Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 609-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-652 | Hull: LST-652 | Designation: LST, later LST(H)-652 | Class: LST-542 class
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-h-652-lsth652-pkt-609-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-652 (verbatim transcription via historycentral.com mirror; live NHHC page https://www.history.navy.mil/.../danfs/l/lst-652.html returned HTTP 404 on all URL forms 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- historycentral.com 'History of LST - 650 - 700' LST-652 entry (DANFS transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-652 was laid down on 24 July 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 19 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Sadie M. Eveleigh; and commissioned on 1 January 1945, Lt. Richard N. Shaw, USNR, in command. On 15 September 1945, she was redesignated LSTH-652. The ship performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946. She was decommissioned on 5 March 1946. On 6 March 1952, the ship was redesignated LST-652 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 where she operated as USNS LST-652 until struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1961.' The DANFS entry contains no WWII campaign listing and no battle-star line - consistent with no combat-star awards for this late-commissioning hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944-45); crew (1945-46); MSTS civil-service/mariner complement (1952-61)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS renders the hospital designation 'LSTH-652' (no parenthesis); NavSource and this record render it 'LST(H)-652' - the same hull. The DANFS entry ends at the 1961 striking and does not state the Indonesian transfer or the SCAJAP/Q086 period (NavSource rows cover those). Live NHHC DANFS page for LST-652 returned HTTP 404 on every candidate URL 2026-10-02; verbatim transcription mirror used - same standing NHHC link-rot pattern noted in BATCH-01, verified live this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS T-LST-652 ex-USS LST(H)-652 (1945-1952) ex-USS LST-652 (1945) - timeline, unit assignments, commanding officers, specifications, awards, disposal (live page verified 2026-10-02; navsource.org is dead, .net domain used; page last updated 28 February 2025) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160652.htm header block, assignment/occupation tables, commanding-officer table, specifications block, photo captions 1016065201-1016065205
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource expands the DANFS timeline for this hull: LST-542-class; wartime assignment to LST Flotilla Twenty-Three (CAPT. W.W. Weeden Jr. USN), LST Group Sixty-Seven (CDR V.A. King USN), LST Division One Hundred Thirty-Three; international radio call sign NFIR; awards - American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp). Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) USS LST(H)-652 on 15 September 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal windows: 12-29 September 1945, 10-29 October 1945, 10-30 December 1945, 25 January-5 March 1946. Decommissioned 5 March 1946 and assigned to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q086; reverted to LST-652 on 6 March 1952; transferred to MSTS 31 March 1952 as USNS T-LST-652; placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1961; transferred to Indonesia and renamed KRI Teluk Kau (LST-504); 'Disposed of by Indonesian Navy, 26 January 2011. Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Commanding officers: LT. Richard Nesbitt Shaw USNR (1 Jan 1945 - 12 Dec 1945); LTjg. Monroe Stewart Fein USNR (12 Dec 1945 - 5 Mar 1946). Photo captions document: the hull being towed on the Chicago River 3 November 1944 (Chicago Sun-Times); moored pierside at Navy Pier, Chicago, 6 December 1944 with USS LCI(L)-1097 during the 6th War Loan Drive exhibition ('Pacific Theater' Navy exhibit, Navy Pier, 18 November - 3 December 1944, including a mock-beach-battle demonstration with USS LSM-329, USS Wolverine IX-64, YP-67, USS PCE(R)-856); and KRI Teluk Kau (LST-504) in Indonesian service, a Kolinlamil fire-role medical exercise aboard at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, 7 December 2011 (Indonesian Navy photo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944-45); crew and embarked troops (1945-46); hospital-evacuation medical staff (1945-46); SCAJAP crews (1946-52); MSTS civil mariners (1952-61); Indonesian Navy crews (1961-2012)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS where an entry exists (they agree here) and add SCAJAP/Q086, unit assignments, CO roster, and the Indonesian transfer. The 26 January 2011 disposal date conflicts with the page's own Indonesian-Navy photo dated 7 December 2011 and with Indonesian press documenting the retirement ceremony 3 May 2012 - the conflict is carried in gaps. Complement (104 enlisted) conflicts with the BuShips design table (106). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number section, 'LST-652' inventory row (live PDF verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 51, row 'LST-652 12/1/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, ship-number section, inventories deck logs for LST-652 covering 12/1/1944 - 6/30/1945 (PDF page 51, row verified in the live document: 'LST-652 12/1/1944 6/30/1945'). Coverage begins during the ship's pre-commissioning period - she was moored at Navy Pier, Chicago, for the 6th War Loan exhibition through early December 1944 and did not commission until 1 January 1945 (log coverage dates are an inventory window, not commissioning evidence) - and runs through June 1945, spanning commissioning, the transit to Pearl Harbor, and the April-June 1945 hospital-evacuation fit-out period. Deck logs are the primary daily record of operations, personnel movements, and location - a high-value unexamined primary source for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12-01 to 1945-06-30 (inventory coverage)
- Population
- crew (13 officers / ~104 enlisted) plus embarked troops and medical staff during the logged window
- Limitations
- SL-44 is an inventory of logbooks held, not the logs themselves: coverage ends 6/30/1945, so the forward-area arrival, the formal LST(H) redesignation (15 Sep 1945), occupation windows, decommissioning, and the entire SCAJAP/MSTS/Indonesian periods are NOT in this inventory window; whether logs exist for July 1945 onward is unresolved by this source (a May 1961 file unit IS digitized in the RG 24 Logbooks series - see ev-05). The inventory carries no content detail - no asbestos-relevant content is asserted or implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, NAID 139992179 - USS LST-652 War Diary, 4/1-30/45 (RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; Micro Serial 120196, Serial 013, dated 1 May 1945; 3 images, unrestricted, Fold3-sourced; OCR'd this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/139992179, 3 images (letterhead, CO signature block, daily narrative pp. 1-3); OCR verified 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-generated primary document for this hull (OCR of all 3 pages): the commanding officer's April 1945 war diary (Serial 013, signed for the CO, USS LST-652, c/o FPO San Francisco; forwarded to Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, cc ComLSTFlot 23 and ComLSTGr 67). It documents: moored Pearl Harbor berth T-8 (1-3 April); underway 4-7 April with LST Training Group 13.10.13 (OTC in LST-896) conducting tactical exercises, anti-aircraft firing (336 rounds 40-mm + 576 rounds 20-mm on 4 April; 1,414 rounds 40-mm + 3,657 rounds 20-mm on 7 April), simulated landings off Kahoolawe and Maalaea Bay, Maui, and LVT embarkation drills; loading four 3x12 pontoon barges on the ship's sides at Navy Yard Pearl Harbor berths B-16/B-17 (14-15 April); then moored T-13 West Loch (17-30 April), where on 22 April the ship 'commenced loading 160 boxes of assorted medical supplies in accordance with this vessel's designation as a hospital evacuation ship' and Lieut. K.F. Stefan (MC), USNR reported aboard as senior medical officer; during 23-30 April 'three medical corps officers and 31 hospital corpsmen reported aboard for hospital evacuation duty.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-01 to 1945-04-30
- Population
- LST-652 crew; embarked senior medical officer, 3 medical officers, 31 hospital corpsmen (April 1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record - documents that the hospital-evacuation designation and medical-staff embarkation were operational at Pearl Harbor in April 1945, months before the formal LST(H) redesignation of 15 September 1945 recorded by DANFS/NavSource. It is an operational log, not a material, maintenance, or exposure record - no asbestos content is asserted or implied. The diary shows stateside/training activity in April 1945; the hull's forward-area employment May-September 1945 is outside this record (only the April diary is digitized for this hull).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-04
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[6]NARA Catalog file units for this hull: NAID 126624004 'LST-652, 11/8/44-3/5/46' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities - 232 images digitized, Ancestry-sourced); NAID 219185669 'LST-652 - May 1961' (RG 24, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations - 54 images digitized, Veterans Benefits Administration / Blue Water Navy Deck Log Project); NAID 2761257 'LST-652 (T-LST-652)' (RG 38, Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, Board of Inspection and Survey - paper only, College Park) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-652' and 'T-LST-652' (verified live 2026-10-02): NAIDs 126624004 (232 images), 219185669 (54 images), 2761257 (not online)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized personnel and logbook record set exists for this hull: (1) muster rolls covering 8 November 1944 - 5 March 1946 (232 images, NAID 126624004) - the entire USN commissioned period, enumerating every crew member by name and rate across the hospital-evacuation and occupation windows; (2) a May 1961 deck log (54 images, NAID 219185669) - the final month of U.S. custody under MSTS as T-LST-652, ending at the 1 May 1961 striking; (3) a Board of Inspection and Survey material-inspection file unit for LST-652 (T-LST-652) (NAID 2761257, not yet online, College Park) - INSURV material-condition reporting for the post-war hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946; 1961-05; INSURV coverage dates undetermined
- Population
- entire crew complement by name (1944-46); MSTS-era crew (May 1961)
- Limitations
- Archival leads: muster rolls and deck logs are personnel/operations records, not material or exposure records; the INSURV file is the most likely located lead to contain material-condition detail for this hull (it is not digitized and its contents are unsurveyed). Whether additional monthly deck-log file units for 1952-1961 exist under variant titles was not exhaustively checked - the catalog search surfaced the May 1961 unit. No asbestos content is asserted or implied by any row in this set.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945) - LST design table and List of Naval Vessels roster (shipscribe.com scan, full text layer verified this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 'Landing Ship, Tank (LST)' design table (printed pp. 168-169), LST542-931 rows; List of Naval Vessels LST roster, Chicago B. & I. Co. Seneca block (printed pp. 179-180)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips data for this hull's design group (LST542-931): 328 ft overall, 316 ft waterline, 50 ft beam; 2,366 t light, 4,080 t limiting-draft displacement, 3,960 t at beaching displacement; trial speed 11.6 kt; machinery 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A, 1,700 shp, 2 propellers; single Falk main reduction gears; three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators; diesel fuel capacity 4,320 bbls; accommodations 13 officers / 106 enlisted; armament 2 twin + 4 single 40-mm AA mounts. The volume's List of Naval Vessels roster carries this hull in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill. block: 'LST652 .. 24 Jul 44 / 19 Oct 44 / 1 Jan 45' - keel laid, launched, first commission - matching the NavSource/DANFS milestones exactly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-01 (edition date); build window 1944-45
- Population
- LST542-931 design-group crews; Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca construction trades
- Limitations
- Design-group and roster data, not a hull-specific material schedule: the table specifies machinery and dimensions for the LST542-931 group as built; it does not itemize insulation materials or confirm what was installed aboard hull 652. The roster line is ship-specific confirmation of builder and milestone dates. NOTE: the class-profile citation URL (shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) is now dead (404; no Wayback capture) - the file moved to shipscribe.com/pubs/ and the URL above is the live location (same repair the batch-6453 sibling flagged on the class file).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-06
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[8]Consolidated era inference built on: BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST542-931 machinery data (diesel plant, no boilers); NavSource specifications; LST-1-class profile (class-f worktree, lst-1-class.class.json) era analysis; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-08); FACS Bulletin LST(H) description (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB1945v2 LST design table; NavSource specifications block; lst-1-class.class.json era analysis; GAO HRD-80-2; FACS Bulletin 2025 LST(H) description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class hull built July 1944-January 1945 at an inland Illinois River yard sits inside the documented WWII-era naval asbestos-use period. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a vessel of this type: diesel engine-room and exhaust-system lagging, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, winch/crane brake linings, and electrical insulation. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway does not apply. The hospital-evacuation fit documented in April 1945 and the formal LST(H) conversion (September 1945) added interior medical-space fit-out (ward, operating, sterilizing, laboratory, x-ray spaces per the documented sister-ship outfit) - interior joiner and insulation scope at a conversion or fitting location whose work package is not located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944-45); crew and embarked troops (1945-46); conversion/fit-out trades (1945); SCAJAP crews (1946-52); MSTS civil mariners (1952-61); Indonesian Navy crews and maintainers (1961-2012)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, conversion work package, or abatement record located for LST-652/LST(H)-652/T-LST-652/Teluk Kau. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantities. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. Establishes no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-07
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[9]GAO, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full text verified via firecrawl on the PDF asset 2026-10-02 (direct PDF fetch blocked, HTTP 403) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 letter text (full text via firecrawl on gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf; direct fetch blocked, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that 'thermal insulation... was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships' (while 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'); that product specifications were changed in 1973 to asbestos-free but 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; that the Navy's October 1975 policy removed/replaced asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified January 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; and that '30 to 50 percent of the asbestos insulation will never be touched during the useful life of a ship except for painting or making minor repairs to the lagging and cover material.' Fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. This frames the era covering the hull's construction (1944-45) and USN/SCAJAP/MSTS service - and, because the hull continued in Indonesian service to 2012, the persistence pattern it describes would apply to any original-era insulation that survived transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy window 1973-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation - supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. The ship left U.S. Navy custody in 1961 (struck/transferred), before the 1973 spec change and 1975-79 removal policies it describes; application of those policies to this hull under Indonesian custody is unknown. Does not establish materials aboard LST-652, individual exposure, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-08
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[10]American College of Surgeons Bulletin (May 2025), 'US Navy Surgical Teams Fight to Save Lives on WWII Amphibious Warships' - documented LST(H) configuration and casualty-evacuation role, using sister hull LST(H)-464 (citing the Navy Unit Commendation for USS LST-464, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Archives) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- FACS Bulletin vol. 110 no. 5 (May 2025), 'US Ship LST-464' section and 'Patient Movement' section; source note 2 (Navy Unit Commendation USS LST 464, BuMed archives)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Establishes what the LST(H) hospital-evacuation role carried by this hull entailed: the Navy began adapting LSTs into designated medical ships in 1943; the documented sister-ship outfit (LST(H)-464) comprised 60 hospital bunk beds in triple tiers, four 'surgical beds,' an operating room, sterilizing room, dental office, laboratory, dressing room, and x-ray room, with a core staff of six medical officers and 35 hospital corpsmen, augmented by additional surgical teams as missions required. Sixteen LSTs served as designated 'emergency hospitals' at Normandy (over 41,000 casualties evacuated); four medically designated LST(H)s received casualties at Iwo Jima (2,230 evacuated on D-Day alone). This hull's own April 1945 war diary documents a closely parallel embarkation (3 medical officers + 31 hospital corpsmen) - type-level context corroborated at hull level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (WWII medical-service era); published 2025
- Population
- LST(H) medical staffs and embarked casualties (type level, 1943-1945)
- Limitations
- Type-level context via a named sister hull - describes the LST(H) concept and the documented LST(H)-464 fit, NOT this hull's specific outfit, patient counts, or interior materials. Professional-society publication citing Bureau of Medicine archives; not itself a primary source for this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-09
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[11]detikNews (Jakarta), 'Empat Kapal Perang Landing Ship Tank Milik TNI AL Dipensiunkan' [Four Indonesian Navy LSTs Retired], 2 May 2012 - Kolinlamil command announcement (archived copy; live page location via Wayback) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- detik.com article d-1907273 (2 May 2012), via Wayback capture 20240325143725 - verified live 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Indonesian press documents this hull's retirement: Kolinlamil (Military Seaborne Command) announced the retirement of four ex-U.S. LSTs - KRI Teluk Langsa-501, KRI Teluk Kau-504 (this hull), KRI Teluk Tomini-508, and KRI Teluk Saleh-510 - 'American-built in the 1940s' and in Indonesian service for over 50 years, then at the conservation stage and no longer operational. The retirement ceremony was set for 3 May 2012 at the Kolinlamil dock, Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, led by Panglima Kolinlamil Laksda TNI S.M. Darojatim; Teluk Kau-504 was under the daily guidance of Satlinlamil Jakarta. The vessels had been employed on troop, material, and logistics lift across Indonesia.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1961-2012 (Indonesian service); article 2012-05-02
- Population
- Indonesian Navy crews (to 2012); Indonesian ship-breakers/yard trades post-2012
- Limitations
- Reputable Indonesian press quoting the Kolinlamil spokesman - a contemporaneous news record of the retirement event, not a registry. It conflicts with NavSource's 'Disposed of by Indonesian Navy, 26 January 2011' and with secondary claims of a 19 March 2011 decommissioning and an April 2012 SINKEX - the conflict is carried in gaps; the ceremony date (3 May 2012) is the best-sourced disposal event. The article contains no asbestos, scrapping-hazmat, or material content; Indonesian scrapping/disposal records were not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-10
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[12]Universal Ship Cancellation Society Data Sheet #15, 'U.S. Naval Vessels Transferred to Foreign Navies: 3 September 1945 - 31 December 1991' (compiled from official records; full 24-page scan OCR'd this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DS15 PDF, LST table and Indonesia country section (full OCR, 2026-10-02); NavSource 160652.htm disposition line and photo caption 1016065205
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NEGATIVE-IN-LIST: the compiled foreign-transfer list contains NO LST-652 row and no TELUK KAU entry - Indonesia's listed LST acquisitions are LST-601 (MAP L 7/15/70 TELUK SALEH), LST-839 (MAP LE 7/15/70 TELUK BONE), LST-887 (S 12/27/60 TANDJUNG NUSA), LST-1090 (T 12/27/60 TANDJUNG RADJA), and LST-1128 (MDAP T 11/1/58 TELUK LANGSA). The 1961 transfer of this hull to Indonesia - asserted by NavSource and corroborated by Indonesian Navy photography (7 December 2011 image of KRI Teluk Kau) and Indonesian press - is therefore uncorroborated as to instrument and date by the compiled transfer record; secondary sources describe it as a Military Assistance Program transfer with service entry 17 June 1961.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1961 (transfer year)
- Limitations
- USCS DS15 is itself a secondary compilation (of official transfer records), not a primary registry - an absent row does not disprove the transfer, which is independently corroborated by the Indonesian Navy's own photograph of the ship in service and Indonesian press coverage of her 2012 retirement; the gap is confined to the transfer instrument/date (SCAJAP-era and sale/transfer channels commonly fell outside formal MAP listings). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-11
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[13]Batch-6475 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (historycentral); NavSource 160652 ship page; NARA Special List 44 inventory; NARA Catalog digitized war diary, muster rolls, deck log, and INSURV file unit; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; NVR ship detail; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; FACS Bulletin; USCS DS15 foreign-transfer list (OCR); detikNews retirement coverage; open-web asbestos/litigation sweeps; CourtListener authenticated API sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-h-652-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-652 / LST(H)-652 / T-LST-652 / Q086 / KRI Teluk Kau was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated sweep (2026-10-02): 'LST-652' returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; 'LST 652' returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; 'LSTH-652' returned 0 opinions; 'T-LST-652' returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; 'Teluk Kau' returned 0 opinions; the parenthesized 'LST(H)-652' opinion and docket forms were paced out by the shared fleet budget - residual coverage gap logged in the ledger, not recorded as a negative result for that form. The open-web sweep for 'LST-652' asbestos lawsuit/mesothelioma returned no qualifying results - no case and no law-firm marketing listicle naming this hull surfaced.
- 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 - and CourtListener coverage is near-complete but not total: the parenthesized 'LST(H)-652' opinion/docket forms were paced out and remain unrun (residual gap, see sl-uss-lst-h-652-09); every form actually run returned zero. Digitized deck logs (Dec 1944-Jun 1945 window plus May 1961), muster rolls, the unsampled INSURV file (NAID 2761257), the 1945 LST(H) conversion work package, and Indonesian-era maintenance/disposal records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-652-12