Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS (NHHC), 'LST-929' - construction, WWII campaigns, LSTH-929 redesignation, transfer to Chinese Nationalist Navy [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-929 entry (single-paragraph history)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down on 5 June 1944 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 8 July 1944; commissioned on 2 August 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945. On 15 September 1945 redesignated LSTH-929. Following the war performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until late May 1946. Decommissioned on 24 May 1946 and turned over to the Chinese Nationalist Navy; struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946. Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company and embarked casualties/troops (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS spells the post-1945 designation 'LSTH-929' - typographically the same designation NavSource renders 'LST(H)-929'. DANFS does not identify a post-transfer name/number in Chinese service. Live page verified 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST(H)-929 ex-USS LST-929 - designation timeline, unit assignments, campaign dates, CO roster, specifications, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160929.htm header block, campaign table, commanding-officer table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: 542-class tank landing ship; laid down 5 June 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA; launched 8 July 1944; commissioned USS LST-929 2 August 1944, LT Charles S. Strickler USNR in command. WWII Asiatic-Pacific assignment: LST Flotilla Six (CAPT. Laidlaw USN), LST Group Eighteen (CDR. P. Neikum USNR Ret.), LST Division Thirty-Five. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation (assault and occupation, 19-28 February 1945) and Okinawa operation (assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April - 30 June 1945). Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-929 on 15 September 1945. Postwar: Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 9 Sep - 17 Oct 1945, 7 Nov - 8 Dec 1945, 2 Jan - 20 Feb 1946, 1 Mar - 24 May 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 1 Mar - 24 May 1946. Decommissioned 24 May 1946 and turned over to the Chinese Nationalist Navy; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; two battle stars; final disposition fate unknown. Specifications: 2 x General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels, 1,700 shp, single Falk main reduction gear, 2 propellers, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators, fuel 4,300 bbls diesel; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; call sign NVSD. Commanding officers: LT Strickler 2 Aug 1944 - 6 Apr 1946; LTjg Thomas J. Barfield 6 Apr - 24 May 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-46); embarked troops and evacuated casualties (Iwo Jima/Okinawa, 1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones here track DANFS (verified independently this session). Page header 'ex USS LST-929 (1944 - 1945)' reflects the formal designation change; a Feb 1945 photograph already shows the H hull marking (see ev-03). No asbestos content. Enlisted complement 104 vs BuShips SDB 106 - see gaps. Post-transfer ROC Navy identity and fate undocumented ('fate unknown').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-02
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[3]NHHC Official U.S. Navy Photograph NH 104589 (from Rear Adm. Samuel Eliot Morison's WWII history project working files); plus USCG photo 26-G-4466 / NARA NAID 205585196 (caption transcribed in NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC NH-104589 catalog page (Description field); NavSource 10/16/160929.htm photo caption block for 26-G-4466
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC-captioned photograph NH 104589 shows vehicles on Iwo Jima's Red Beach circa 25 February 1945 'with USS LST-884 (center) and USS LST-929 (at left, with H markings on her hull) unloading in the background' - the hospital/casualty-evacuation hull marking was already painted during the Iwo Jima operation, about seven months before the formal LST(H)-929 redesignation of 15 September 1945 recorded by DANFS and NavSource. A second contemporaneous image (USCG 26-G-4466, NARA NAID 205585196) shows LST-929 at anchor off the Iwo Jima beachhead between 19 and 28 February 1945, alongside an unidentified LST, with LST-876 visible in the distance.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked casualties during the Iwo Jima operation (Feb 1945)
- Limitations
- Photographs document physical presence and the H hull marking; NHHC's caption does not state when the marking was applied or the scope of any hospital conversion work - the gap between the observed marking (Feb 1945) and the formal redesignation (Sep 1945) is not explained by these sources, and in-theater casualty-evacuation fitting preceding formal reclassification is plausible but not established here. NAID 205585196 metadata was transcribed via the NavSource caption (catalog page JS-rendered). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-03
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[4]NARA Special List #44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by-ship-number edition), RG 24 Bureau of Naval Personnel logbook holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 61 (entries LST-928 through LST-951 block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (ship-number edition, PDF page 61) inventories two logbook entries for LST-929 covering 8/2/1944 - 6/30/1945 - consistent with the rough and smooth logbooks for this hull (RG 24, Entry 118). The dated Navy records document in-scope WWII service spanning commissioning through the Okinawa operation; the logbooks are the day-to-day manuscript record of the hull's Iwo Jima and Okinawa service and are an unexploited primary lead for ship routine, yard availabilities, and personnel movements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-02 to 1945-06-30 (logbook coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company recorded in the logbooks (Aug 1944 - Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- SL-44 is an inventory of physical logbook holdings, not digitized content - the log text is not online; this session's NARA catalog check found no digitized logbook file units for this hull. Log coverage dates are inventory dates, not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. Logbooks after 30 June 1945 (covering the formal LST(H) period, occupation, and China service through May 1946) are in the later deck-logs series and are not listed for this hull in SL-44.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table and machinery data (shipscribe.com-hosted official publication scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table, printed pp. 168-169 (design + machinery tables)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design data for this hull's design block LST-542-931: 328 ft oa x 50 ft beam; 2,366 t beaching / 3,960 t trial / 4,080 t full-load displacement; 11.6 kt trial speed; 2 propellers driven by G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines totaling 1,700 shp through a single Falk main reduction gear; 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators; 4,320 bbls diesel fuel; accommodations 13 officers / 106 enlisted; armament 2 twin + 4 single 40-mm AA. The boiler columns in the table apply only to the turbine-driven LST-1153+ group - the LST-542-931 block has no boiler entries: a diesel plant with no steam system.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a (design data)
- Limitations
- Class-level design data for the hull block, not a hull-specific build sheet - it bounds the machinery type (diesel, no steam plant) and therefore the asbestos-relevant systems aboard, but records no materials for this individual hull. URL note: shipscribe relocated its SDB scans since the 2026-09-16 class-profile session (old /styles/usnaux/sdb/ path now 404); live URL verified 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-05
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[6]Consolidated era inference built on: BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery data (ev-05); LST class profile lst-1-class (LST-542 design group); era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery table (diesel plant, no boilers); class profile lst-1-class ev-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class hull built June-August 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, but its diesel plant removes the boiler/steam-lagging pathway characteristic of steam vessels. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel amphibious ship of this period: engine-room and diesel-exhaust lagging; machinery thermal/acoustic insulation; gaskets and valve packing on the diesel plant, generators, and auxiliaries; deck coverings and tile; bulkhead and accommodation insulation; winch/windlass brake linings. The LST(H) conversion added medical spaces (berthing for casualties, treatment areas) - interior rework of the kind that disturbs and adds insulation material - though the conversion scope and materials for this specific hull are undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (U.S. era); post-1946 unknown
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-46); conversion trades at the (undocumented) LST(H) fitting; Chinese Nationalist Navy crews (post-1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or conversion work order located for LST-929/LST(H)-929. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; establishes no individual exposure. The LST(H) interior-rework point follows the class-documented pattern for LST conversions (ARL/AGP/ARB/LST(H)) and is inference for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-06
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[7]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 (1944) and U.S. service era (1944-1946).
- 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, confirmed 2026-10-02); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-07
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[8]Batch-6480 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NHHC photo catalog; NARA Special List 44 + catalog check; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener opinion index; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or verified litigation naming USS LST-929 / LST(H)-929 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index returned zero results for "LST-929". Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying claim naming this hull - the only asbestos material located is generic LST-542-class marketing content (e.g., a mesothelioma-treatment-centers page asserting 'boiler room' asbestos aboard 'LST 542', an application the diesel-driven class did not carry - excluded by source policy and illustrative of its unreliability). No authoritative yard-level asbestos record for Bethlehem-Hingham was located either (law-firm pages and one unverifiable social-media anecdote only).
- 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. CourtListener coverage is a verified negative for its public indexes (opinion and docket searches across all hull designations returned zero hits, authenticated API v4, 2026-10-02); state-court and non-digitized records remain outside coverage. NARA logbooks, any conversion work order, Bethlehem-Hingham yard records, and ROC Navy records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-929-lsth929-08