Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 607-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-19** (no proper name); hull number **LST-19**; designation
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-pkt-607-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-19' (Naval History and Heritage Command) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, LSTH redesignation, campaign list, disposal (ARCHIVED COPY: live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02; Wayback capture 2025-12-09 verified) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-19' entry, full text (short-form unnamed-LST entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 22 October 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 11 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Frances P. Gott; commissioned 15 May 1943; redesignated LSTH on 15 September 1945. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific theater - Gilbert Islands operation (November-December 1943); Marianas operation, capture and occupation of Saipan (June-July 1944); Tinian capture and occupation (July 1944); Western Caroline Islands operations, capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands (September-October 1944). Post-war: occupation duty in the Far East in October and December 1945; decommissioned 20 March 1946; struck from the Navy list 1 May 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Ships and Power Equipment Co., of Barber, N.J., for scrapping. LST-19 earned four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Dravo, Neville Island, 1942-43); Coast Guard crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Canonical live URL (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-19.html) returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02 - the same standing NHHC link-rot defect noted in BATCH-01; the citation URL is therefore the labeled Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS LST(H)-19 ex USS LST-19 (1943-1945)' - designation timeline, Coast Guard manning note, flotilla/group/division assignment, campaign-date table, specifications, commanding-officer list, final disposition (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160019.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: 'USS LST-19 was manned by a Coast Guard crew during World War II'; laid down 22 October 1942 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA; launched 11 March 1943; commissioned USS LST-19 on 15 May 1943, LCDR Charles M. Blackford III, USCGR, in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LST Flotilla Thirteen, LST Group Thirty-Seven, LST Division Seventy-Three. Campaign table: Gilbert Islands operation (Makin and Tarawa Island landings, 28 November-8 December 1943); Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June 1944); Tinian capture and occupation (24-28 July 1944); Western Caroline Islands operations (capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September-14 October 1944). Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-19 on 15 September 1945; occupation service in the Far East 27 October-2 December 1945; decommissioned 20 March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1946; four battle stars; sold for scrapping 5 December 1947 to Ships and Power Equipment Co., of Barber, N.J. Photo captions place the hull beached in Kiska Harbor on 19 August 1943 (citing the August 1943 war diary), at Peleliu, entering a floating drydock at Kossel Roads, Babelthuap Island, in January 1945 alongside USS Munsee (ATF-107), anchored in Long Beach Harbor in April 1945, and in San Diego Bay in July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1942-43); USCGR ship's company (1943-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates track DANFS and the ship's war diaries but are compiled. Contains no asbestos content. Photo-caption itinerary details (Kiska, Kossel Roads drydock, Long Beach, San Diego) derive from cited war diaries and contributor photographs; they establish the ship's movements, not any material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), p. 41 of PDF [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 41, 'LST-19' row; cross-check NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page (LST-19 absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for LST-19 covering 14 May 1943 through 30 June 1945 (entry 'LST-19 | 5/14/1943 | 6/30/1945'), confirming that dated contemporaneous Navy records for this hull exist in NARA custody for the full commissioned WWII period. The logbooks themselves are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog (the NARA online deck-log list includes only LST-652 and LST-914 among LSTs).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-05-14 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew of record during log coverage (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates are an inventory of extant records, not commissioning documentation - the 5/14/1943 start is one day before the DANFS/NavSource commissioning date of 15 May 1943 and is not asserted here as a commissioning date. The logs were not individually reviewed; their content (weather, positions, personnel entries) is operational, not material-history documentation. No asbestos relevance is claimed from this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018) - USS LST-19 monthly war-diary file units, digitized (Fold3 scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-19' file units under series NAID 4697018; sample page NAID 135939372
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Catalog holds digitized contemporaneous monthly war diaries for USS LST-19 spanning July 1943 through August 1945, including file units 7/1-31/43 (NAID 135919819), 8/1-31/43 (NAID 135939372), 10/1-31/43 (NAID 136028226), 11/1-30/43 (NAID 78637795), 12/1/43-3/21/44 (NAID 78475887), 3/22/44-6/30/44 (NAID 78516582), 7/1-31/44 (NAID 78573672), 8/1-31/44 (NAID 633385020), 9/1-30/44 (NAID 633396193), 10/1-31/44 (NAID 78681226), 11/1-30/44 (NAID 78706118), 12/1-31/44 (NAID 139799172), 1/1-31/45 (NAID 139866430), 2/1-28/45 (NAID 139921417), 3/1-31/45 (NAID 139984047), 4/1-30/45 (NAID 140003071), 5/1-31/45 (NAID 140039048), 6/1/45-7/31/45 (NAID 140081322), and 8/1-31/45 (NAID 77590311). The August 1943 war diary is the cited source for the NavSource-documented Kiska Harbor beaching of 19 August 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-07 to 1945-08
- Population
- Crew of record (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: file units were verified to exist in the catalog (metadata viewed via catalog pages); individual diary page contents were not reviewed and war diaries are operational narratives - they do not document hull materials. No asbestos content expected or claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-04
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War,' Vol. VI: The Pacific, Appendix B - 'Coast Guard Manned Ships Entitled to Operation and Engagement Stars - Asiatic and Pacific Area' (HyperWar transcription; source list: NAVPERS 15,632, Bureau of Naval Personnel) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix B operation lists P25, P29-2, P29-8, P30-2 (pp. 259-263 of transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official USCG war history lists LST-19 among Coast Guard-manned ships entitled to operation/engagement stars for four operations: Gilbert Island Operation (P25); Capture and Occupation of Saipan (P29-2); Capture and Occupation of Tinian (P29-8); and Capture and Occupation of Southern Palau Islands (P30-2). This independently corroborates the ship-specific facts that LST-19 was Coast Guard-manned and earned its four battle stars for exactly the campaigns listed by DANFS/NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-11 to 1944-10 (operations listed)
- Population
- USCGR ship's company (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Transcription of an official publication (HyperWar Foundation); establishes manning and campaign entitlement, not material condition. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-05
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[7]NavSource-hosted firsthand crew account: 'The Miracle Salvage Job,' submitted by Walter Nasmyth, QM3/c USCGR (LST-19 quartermaster) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160019h.htm, 'The Miracle Salvage Job' full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A serving crewmember's firsthand account documents for this hull: in late December 1944, while beached on Purple Beach, Peleliu, LST-19 broached and was impaled on coral heads when a moored consort's quarter wire parted; main and auxiliary engine rooms flooded; the ship lay broached for thirteen days with no power or fresh water before being kedged free; damage listed as 111 holes below the waterline and two forward starboard compartments sliced open. She was towed by USS Munsee (ATF-107) toward a floating drydock at Kossel Roads, Babelthuap Island (January 1945), survived the great February 1945 typhoon at anchor, received further repairs moored to an ARL at Ulithi, then steamed - on engines with a whipped port shaft - to Pearl Harbor (arriving around the death of President Roosevelt, April 1945), then Long Beach, and finally to the Coast Guard repair base at San Pedro, California, 'where it would be converted to an LSTH for the final assault on the Japanese mainland.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12 to 1945
- Population
- USCGR ship's company (Dec 1944 - 1945 conversion period); salvage/repair crews at Kossel Roads, Ulithi (ARL availability), San Pedro
- Limitations
- A single veteran's recollection published on NavSource - firsthand but unofficial; incident-level details (day counts, hole count, verbatim exchanges) are not independently corroborated, though the endpoints (Peleliu grounding photos, Kossel Roads drydock photo, Long Beach April 1945 photo, LST(H) redesignation date) match the official record. Establishes a major battle-damage/repair period and a conversion yard period - both exposure-relevant event classes in the era - but contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) + NavSource LST-19 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; NavSource 10/16/160019.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered hull: LST-19 carried two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines (900 hp each, 1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gears, two shafts - NavSource spec block matching the BuShips SDB 1945 v2 class design). With no steam plant aboard, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications for a 1942-43 amphibious hull of this type were diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, machinery gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and brake linings on winches/cranes. The 1945 LST(H) conversion (interior accommodation rework at a Coast Guard repair base) is an additional era-consistent disturbance window.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); repair/conversion-yard workers (1945); 1947-48 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or conversion work package located for LST-19. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The BuShips table documents the class machinery plant; it does not itself enumerate insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-07
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[9]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 and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing defect); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-08
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[10]CourtListener search ledger (this record): opinion search "LST-19" returned a single result - Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion No. C-452 (Tex. Att'y Gen., filed 1965-07-02) re county-judge appointment, a name collision with no vessel relevance; docket and LST(H)-19 searches could not be completed (fleet pacing budget spent, helper-enforced stand-down) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-09 through -12; CourtListener opinion 4357749
- 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-19 / LST(H)-19 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only CourtListener opinion-level 'LST-19' hit is a 1965 Texas Attorney General opinion on county government - a name collision, not a case naming the vessel. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is generic law-firm marketing copy (gorilaw.com 'Asbestos on Landing Ships,' asbestos.com amphibious-vessel lists) asserting asbestos for LSTs as a class without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era construction practice makes installed asbestos plausible, and the CourtListener docket index and 'LST(H)-19'/'LST 19' variants remain UNSEARCHED this session (fleet pacing stand-down; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result). The hull was scrapped in 1947-48, decades before modern ACM-handling documentation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-19-lsth19-09