Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]research packet 843-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-991-lst991-pkt-843-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-991 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Asiatic-Pacific operations, post-war State Dept/UNRRA transfer, four battle stars (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-991 entry, full text (entry dated 05 September 2007)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 26 February 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 27 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Ann Govostes; commissioned 6 May 1944, Lt. Randall R. Shake, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; DANFS lists four operations: capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands (Sep-Oct 1944), Leyte landings (Oct-Nov 1944), Lingayen Gulf landings (Jan 1945), assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (Apr-Jun 1945). Post-war occupation duty in the Far East; transferred to the State Department for further transfer to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in China, where she 'most likely participated in the post-war repatriation of Japanese soldiers and civilians'; 'sold on 3 May 1946.' DANFS carries an editorial flag: '[clarification of post-war service and ultimate disposition is needed].' DANFS credits four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (Feb-May 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (operation-dependent)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS's own editorial note marks the post-1946 disposition unresolved, and its four-operation list omits campaigns NavSource credits (Morotai, Zambales-Subic Bay) - the four-vs-six battle-star discrepancy is carried in gaps. 'Sold 3 May 1946' vs NavSource 'decommissioned 3 May 1946 at Shanghai' is also a carried variant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-991 - designation timeline, flotilla/group assignment, campaign credits, specifications, commanding officers, crew photography (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160991.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions (last updated 22 Jan 2021)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 26 February 1944 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 27 March 1944; commissioned USS LST-991, 6 May 1944, Lt. Randall R. Shake, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment: LST Flotilla Fourteen (Capt. E. A. Seay), LST Group Forty (Cdr. G. Reith), LST Division Eighty. Six campaign credits: southern Palau Islands (6 Sep-14 Oct 1944), Leyte landings (18 Oct-6 Nov and 19-29 Nov 1944), Morotai landings (22-23 Dec 1944, Western New Guinea operation), Lingayen Gulf landings (4-18 Jan 1945), Zambales-Subic Bay (20-30 Jan 1945, Manila Bay-Bicol operations), Okinawa Gunto (1 Apr-22 Jun 1945). Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended) for 28 Sep 1945-3 May 1946. Decommissioned 3 May 1946 at Shanghai; transferred to U.S. Department of State for immediate transfer to UNRRA for service in China; struck from Naval Register, date unknown. 'USS LST-991 earned six battle stars for World War II service.' Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328' oa; 50' beam; 11.6 kts trial; 2x GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100kW 230V DC ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament (ultimate design) 2 twin + 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm. Nicknamed 'Lady Bug' by her crew; call sign NKME. Commanding officers: Lt. Randall R. Shake (6 May 1944-24 Sep 1945), Lt. Norman W. Schweitzer (24 Sep-12 Dec 1945), Ltjg. William Chadbourne Remick (12 Dec 1945-3 May 1946). Photo captions document an engineering department photo (Sep 1944), engine-room main-panel work, Hong Kong harbor service Sep 1945-May 1946, a Navy Day captain's inspection 27 Oct 1945, and a NARA USAF photo (no. 76826 AC) of LST-991 landing elements of the 1876th Engineer Aviation Battalion at Luzon, circa Jan 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (U.S. service)
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); UNRRA/CNRRA crews (1946+)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS but the flotilla/group assignment (Flot. 14/Grp. 40/Div. 80) differs from the NHHC 1 May 1945 order of battle (Grp. 41/Div. 81), a wartime reassignment left unresolved (see gaps). Six battle stars conflicts with DANFS's four. The August 1958 sinking claim is analyzed in ev-13. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-02
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[4]DANFS, Grasp (ARS-24) - salvage operations at the Zambales landings, January 1945 (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Grasp (ARS-24) entry, Luzon operations paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- At the Zambales, Luzon landings (25 January 1945), the salvage ship USS Grasp (ARS-24) 'pulled LST-991, LST-609, LST-777 and LST-714 from the beach' - a ship-specific operational event naming this hull: LST-991 required salvage retraction after beaching during the Zambales operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-01
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during Zambales-Subic Bay landings (Jan 1945); Grasp salvage crew
- Limitations
- Documented via another vessel's DANFS entry; establishes the beach-retraction event only. No damage assessment, casualty, or material content for this hull; grounding/retraction is an operational event, not an asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-03
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[5]NHHC H-Gram 051-1, 'The Last Sacrifices' (Director's Corner) - USS Underhill (DE-682) loss narrative naming LST-991 in convoy TU 99.1.18 (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- H-051-1, '24 July 1945: USS Underhill (DE-682)' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- On 24 July 1945, LST-991 was one of six LSTs of Task Unit 99.1.18, three days out from Okinawa transporting the battle-scarred U.S. Army 96th Infantry Division to Leyte, when Japanese submarine I-53 attacked with Kaiten manned torpedoes, sinking escort USS Underhill (DE-682) with the loss of ~112-119 of her crew of 236-238. Per the NHHC narrative: 'lookouts sighted periscopes of two more submarines heading for Underhill... One of these might have passed underneath LST-991 without exploding.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-07-24
- Population
- Crew + embarked 96th Infantry Division elements (Jul 1945)
- Limitations
- NHHC secondary narrative based on Japanese and U.S. records; the kaiten-under-991 detail is stated as possibility ('might have'), not established fact. Documents a ship-specific combat-proximity event; no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-04
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[6]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - LST-991 order-of-battle listing (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST Group 41 / Division 81 listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists LST-991 (Lt. R. R. Shake, USNR) under LST Group 41 (Comdr. E. C. Parsons, USNR), LST Division 81 - differing from the Flotilla 14 / Group 40 / Division 80 assignment NavSource carries for the campaign period, documenting an organizational reassignment during her Okinawa service window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Order-of-battle snapshot only; establishes the 1 May 1945 assignment, not which unit she fought under on each earlier campaign date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-05
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[7]Universal Ship Cancellation Society Log (August 2019), veteran narrative by Philip Schreiber, radioman aboard LST-991 (full-text PDF extracted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCS Log Aug 2019, pp. ~18-19 ('Figure 1: Censored cover sent by author while serving in USS LST 991 at the Leyte staging area')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- First-person veteran account of this hull's final war phase: the author, a radioman aboard USS LST-991, records that at the 6 August 1945 atomic bombing the ship was 'in the staging area for the invasion of Japan... practicing how to land troops on a rocky beach on Leyte Island,' that 'LST 991 was configured to deliver the first wave of invasion troops. She had already done so on six previous operations,' and describes facing 'land, sea and air enemy attacks shortly before at Okinawa' and Japanese Marines advancing 'to our bow doors' at Angaur (Palaus operation). Also describes the Leyte Gulf anchorage's night-long ammunition/flare celebration at war's end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (narrative window); published 2019
- Population
- Crew (1945); invasion-staging complement incl. embarked troops
- Limitations
- Veteran memoir in a philatelic-society journal - a personal narrative, not an official record; 'six previous operations' is the author's count and is consistent with NavSource's six campaign credits but is not an official tally. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-06
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[8]The American Legion Magazine (April 2021), reader letter from Phil Schreiber (Highland Park, N.J.), radioman aboard LST-991 and reunion chairman (OCR text verified) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- American Legion Magazine Vol. 190 No. 4 (Apr 2021), Vet Voice letters, 'Six Triple Eight' letter
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Named-veteran documentation of crew composition aboard this hull: the author states 'I was a radioman on LST 991 delivering troops to Southwest Pacific island beachheads' and records that 'the Black steward's mates of LST 991 came from areas of severe discrimination, and faced more during their wartime service. They were relegated to what others thought unimportant jobs, so much so that our steward's mates would not attend reunions after the war.' Documents that the ship's wartime complement included Black steward's mates - relevant to the exposed-population description for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (service); published 2021
- Population
- Crew incl. Black steward's mates (1944-46)
- Limitations
- A published reader letter (veteran testimony), not an official muster record; establishes the presence of steward's mates aboard but not names, numbers, or ratings lists. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-07
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[9]Rutgers Oral History Archives, interviewee index: Schreiber, Philip - radioman, USS LST 991 and USS Cambria (APA-36); interviews Part 1 (3 Mar 2009) and Part 2 (10 Mar 2009) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rutgers Oral History Archives interviewee record 1729
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An institutional oral-history archive holds two interview sessions (3 and 10 March 2009) with a named crew member of this hull: Philip Schreiber, radioman, USS LST 991 (also USS Cambria APA-36). The index confirms his LST-991 service 'in the battle of Leyte Gulf and the invasions of the islands of Leyte, Luzon, Samar, Morotai and Okinawa' - corroborating the Morotai campaign credit DANFS omits - and identifies him as the veteran behind the USCS/American Legion accounts and several NavSource photo contributions.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2009 (interviews); 1944-46 (subject period)
- Population
- Crew (1944-46); named veteran Philip Schreiber
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the index metadata was verified, but the interview transcripts/full text were not retrieved this session; content depth for this hull (e.g., engine-room or material details) is unverified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-08
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[10]UC Berkeley College of Engineering news, 'Jerome Thomas Honored for WWII Service' - engineering officer aboard LST-991 ('The Lady Bug') [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Berkeley Engineering news item (undated profile)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Named-officer account: Lt. (USNR) Jerome (Tom) Thomas served as Qualified Deck Engineer aboard LST-991 ('The Lady Bug') for approximately 15 continuous months in the South Pacific; the profile records five attack battle landings in 'leap frog' operations toward Japan, five U.S. government citations plus two Philippine government citations for attack landings, continuous convoy transport of replacement personnel and supplies between landings, and Japanese strafing/bombing hazard underway - including retraction under fire.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (service window)
- Population
- Lt. Jerome Thomas and engineering department (1944-45)
- Limitations
- University alumni news profile (veteran tribute); '5 citations' is a third battle-star variant (DANFS 4, NavSource 6) - see gaps. Named-officer service is consistent with NavSource photo credits (Lt. Jerome Thomas, engineering officer 1944-45). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-09
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[11]Crew-authored ship document, 'OL' 991 Readiness for Sea; Special Report of' (humorous condition report signed 'The Skipper'), contributed by John Taylor via NavSource (PDF verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource-hosted PDF 160991a.pdf, 2 pp., 'The Skipper' signature
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A surviving crew-authored artifact from this hull: a tongue-in-cheek 'readiness for sea' report enumerating material deficiencies - leaking fuel tank, slipping bow ramp, buckled voids, dead evaporators ('her evaps are dead'), inoperative guns, worn piston rings, missing stern cable, no spare parts ('some wire stretchers and a pair of shears / Is all we've had for the past two years'). Documents a heavily-used, worn amphibious hull late in her wartime career and the crew culture that named her ('our ol' ship... the LST nine ninety one').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- circa 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (late-war period implied)
- Limitations
- Informal humor document, not an inspection or maintenance record; enumerates defects in verse and cannot be read as a technical condition survey. No asbestos content - though worn equipment and improvised repairs are the conditions under which era insulation was disturbed (observation only).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-10
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[12]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'Landing Ships, Tank (3/4)' - per-hull build roster corroboration for LST-991 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net LST part 3 table, LST-991 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent build-roster corroboration: LST-991, Boston NSY Charlestown MA, laid down 26 February 1944, launched 27 March 1944, commissioned 6 May 1944, disposition 'to State Dept. 1946' - matching DANFS and NavSource on all milestones.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (Feb-May 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference site, corroborative only; independently confirms the 26 Feb 1944 laid-down date against the 10 Feb 1944 variant circulating in Wikipedia infoboxes (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-11
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[13]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan; URL relocated from /styles/usnaux/sdb/ to /pubs/ - live URL verified 2026-10-03); consolidated era inference on BuShips machinery data + era amphibious-ship construction practice + class profile lst-1-class [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 machinery data table (LST980-1059 block: 2x G.M. Diesel 12-567A, 1,700 shp) + LST roster; class profile ev-lst-1-class-03 inference
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST-542-class hull built Feb-May 1944 at a U.S. naval shipyard: the official BuShips machinery table places hulls LST980-1059 (this hull's block) at 2x G.M. 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp - no boilers - so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and period were GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. Construction at the Boston Navy Yard at the wartime peak places the hull inside the documented Navy-wide asbestos-use era (see ev-14). The diesel plant narrows the classic boiler/steam-line lagging pathway relative to steam vessels; machinery-space, deck-covering, and accommodation applications remain. Class context: the BuShips roster enumerates the LST program as the Navy's largest WWII ship class (~1,050 hulls across the LST-1/491/542 series), built at 17 yards including inland 'cornfield' yards.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1958 (claimed loss window)
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (Feb-May 1944); crew (1944-46); CNRRA/ROC-era crews (1946+); any scrapping/reserve workforce post-transfer
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-991. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. BuShips data is class-level; asbestos presence aboard this specific hull is era-consistent inference, not ship-proven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-12
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[14]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. 1st Dist. 2003), as indexed in the Atlas shipyards.json record for boston-naval-shipyard (evidence_tier 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json boston-naval-shipyard record; Justia mirror of Tex. App. opinion
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation for this hull's builder: the Atlas shipyards dataset carries a verified litigation-product row for Boston Naval Shipyard - a worker alleged exposure to John Crane gaskets and sealing materials at the yard. LST-991 was built there Feb-May 1944 among the ~44 LSTs enumerated for Charlestown in the LST class registry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944 (build); litigation 2003
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard trades (era of suit; hull construction window 1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level allegation, not a hull record: the cited opinion is a mandamus proceeding over discovery scope (Terranova v. John Crane underlying suit) - it documents the claimed gasket/packing exposure at Boston Naval Shipyard generally as a pleading-stage allegation, adjudicates nothing on exposure, does not name LST-991, and does not establish materials aboard this hull. Does not establish quantity, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-13
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[15]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships of this era and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction and U.S. service window (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era window covering 1944-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. The hull left U.S. custody in 1946, so the GAO-documented 1970s substitution/removal policies are largely irrelevant to her configuration. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior-batch findings) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-14
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[16]Batch-7534 search ledger (this record): DANFS (live); NavSource (live); NHHC Grasp DANFS, H-gram 051-1, Pacific Fleet org; USCS Log; American Legion; Rutgers OH index; Berkeley profile; NavSource poem PDF; shipbuildinghistory; NARA catalog (JS-blocked); NVR (out of scope); CourtListener API v4 (searched, no qualifying result); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-991-lst991-01 through -19; batch7534-cl-results.log (six-query sweep, 2026-10-03 17:20-17:40 CDT)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-991 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched 2026-10-03 via the authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py, API v4) after the morning quota event cleared: six queries - "LST-991", "USS LST-991", "LST 991" in both opinions (type=o) and dockets (type=r). All three opinion searches returned zero. Both docket variants "LST-991" and "LST 991" returned the same single docket - In re: Seroquel Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1769 (M.D. Fla., 6:06-md-01769, filed 2006-07-10, terminated 2013-02-14) - a pharmaceutical products-liability MDL with no vessel connection, classified as a name collision (token match inside a mega-docket's party/attorney text), NOT qualifying asbestos litigation and not classified upward. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm marketing claims for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener coverage caveat: type=r docket search matches docket metadata/indexed content, not the full text of every filed document - an MDL-875 complaint alleging LST-991 exposure without the hull number in indexed fields would not surface; this is a coverage limitation, not proof of no filings. Deck logs, BUSHIPS work packages, and CNRRA/ROC-era refit records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-15
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[17]Cross-source disposition analysis: NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum 'sunk off Quemoy Aug 1958' claim vs DANFS clarification flag; U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Notebook (Nov 1995) - veteran Phil Schreiber's published research request for this hull's post-1946 disposition; zh.Wikipedia ROC fleet table identifying the documented 24 Aug 1958 Kinmen LST sinking (the 'Tai Sheng') as ex-LST-237 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160991 'Final Disposition' line; NavalCoverMuseum LST 991; USNI Proceedings Nov 1995 Notebook; zh.Wikipedia '中海級戰車登陸艦' table rows LST-991/LST-237
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum carry 'torpedoed and sunk off of Quemoy Island by torpedo boats of Chinese Peoples Liberation Navy in August 1958' as this hull's final disposition. Three checks weigh against it: (1) DANFS ends the entry with an explicit editorial flag, '[clarification of post-war service and ultimate disposition is needed]'; (2) in November 1995 the ship's own veteran researcher published a USNI Proceedings research request seeking her post-1946 disposition and contacts with the Foreign Liquidation Commission and UNRRA personnel who took possession - i.e., the fate was undocumented even to the best-informed investigator; (3) the documented ROC-side LST loss at Kinmen on 24 August 1958 - the motor transport 'Tai Sheng' sunk alongside the damaged ROCS Chung Hai (LST-201) - is identified in the Republic of China fleet table as ex-LST-237 (UNRRA 'Wan' series -> Minsheng 'Ping Yuan' -> impressed 1949 -> 'Tai Sheng'), not ex-LST-991. The sinking claim for this hull is therefore unverified and likely a misattribution; no CNRRA 'Wan' name, ROC Navy 'Chung' name, or pennant is documented for ex-LST-991 in the sources located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1958 (claimed window); 1995 (USNI note)
- Population
- UNRRA/CNRRA crews (1946+); any ROC-era crew if impressed
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating disposition claim, not a material/asbestos claim. The ROC fleet table is itself a secondary compilation (zh.Wikipedia); the ex-LST-237=Tai Sheng chain is consistent with the documented Aug 1958 engagement record but rests on secondary sourcing. Post-1946 path of this hull remains genuinely unresolved - could not be confirmed sunk, scrapped, captured, or still extant under any flag.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-991-lst991-16