Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 837-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-maricopa-county-lst938-pkt-837-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Maricopa County (LST-938) - construction, WWII service, post-war reserve training, Korea reactivation, 1955 naming, 1956 decommissioning, 1962 striking and transfer to Vietnam (live NHHC page, verified via firecrawl 2026-10-03; direct curl/webfetch return 404 - automated-fetch block; text confirmed identical to the 2025-04-27 Wayback capture) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Maricopa County service narrative and spec block; Wayback capture web.archive.org/web/20250427084923 (text identical)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 14 July 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass. (narrative opens with erratum 'LST-988' - see correction row); launched 15 August 1944; commissioned 9 September 1944, Ens. H. W. Limes in command. Shakedown in Chesapeake Bay; assigned to the 7th Fleet; with LCT-1210 aboard departed New York 18 October 1944 via Guantanamo and the New Hebrides to Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands (unloading 16 December). Took on supplies for a PT base 7 January 1945; joined a convoy to the partially liberated Philippines and operated there four months; put elements of the 41st Army Division ashore at Zamboanga, Mindanao, 10 March; departed Leyte 28 April for Cairns, Australia; transported elements of the 7th Australian Infantry Division to the assault beaches at Balikpapan, Borneo - landings of 1 July and followup resupply missions; returned to the Philippines 27 July. Embarked occupation troops and discharged them at Tokyo 15 September; Japanese occupation duty until 30 November; China-coast duty until 13 May 1946, then departed Tsingtao for the United States; arrived east coast 12 July 1946. Naval Reserve training ship at Bayonne, N.J., later Gulfport, Miss., until December 1949; deactivated at Green Cove Springs, Fla., decommissioned and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 14 December 1951 (Korea reactivation), Lt. H. W. Childress in command; based at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va., as a Marine Corps training ship operating from Greenland to the Caribbean for 4-1/2 years. Named Maricopa County (LST-938) 1 July 1955; inactivation overhaul at New York; reached Green Cove Springs 2 December 1955; decommissioned 29 February 1956. Towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard late October 1961; stricken from the Navy list 1 June 1962; transferred to Vietnam and commissioned as Da Nang (HQ-501) 12 July 1962. Spec block: dp. 1,625; l. 328'; b. 50'1"; dr. 11'2"; s. 11.6 k.; cpl. 119; a. 8 40mm., 12 20mm.; cl. LST-511.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1969 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); commissioned crew (1944-49, 1951-56); embarked troops incl. 41st Infantry Division (Zamboanga), 7th Australian Infantry Division (Balikpapan), occupation troops (Tokyo); Naval Reserve trainees (1946-49); embarked Marines on training cycles (1951-55)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Entry is stale on disposition ('serves the Vietnamese Navy into 1969' - written during RVN service). Three internal errata documented in the correction row: 'LST-988' opening the narrative, 'five battle stars' (vs two in the parallel DANFS LST-938 entry), and spec-block class 'LST-511' (DANFS house label for Bethlehem-Hingham hulls; standard classing is LST-542). Live page serves 404 to direct curl/webfetch - content retrieved via firecrawl and confirmed against the 2025-04-27 Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-01
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[3]DANFS, LST-938 - the parallel hull-number entry: build, campaigns, and 'two battle stars' finding (live NHHC page, verified via firecrawl 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-938 entry, full narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The companion DANFS entry under the hull designation confirms: 'LST-938 was laid down an 14 July 1944 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 15 August 1944; and commissioned on 9 September 1944, Ens. W. H. Limes in command.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Mindanao Island landings in March and April 1945 and the Balikpapan operation in June and July 1945; occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-May 1946; Naval Reserve training; decommissioned December 1949 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 14 December 1951 as Marine Corps training ship; redesignated Maricopa County (LST-938) after a county in Arizona; decommissioned 29 February 1956; struck from the Navy list 1 June 1962; transferred to the Vietnamese Navy 12 July that year as Da Nang (HQ-501). 'LST-938 earned two battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1962 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Same hull populations as ev-01
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Conflicts internally with the Maricopa County entry on battle stars (two here vs five there) and CO initials ('W. H. Limes' here vs 'H. W. Limes' there) - see correction row; this entry also carries its own minor typo ('laid down an 14 July'). Two battle stars is the count consistent with NavSource's two-campaign table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Maricopa County (LST-938) - campaign/occupation dates, specifications, awards display, commanding officers, photography incl. 2003 Tran Khanh Du series (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160938.htm header block, campaign/occupation/awards tables, specifications block, CO list, photo captions (NH 84876; Windorfer 1946 image; Loomis 2003 HQ-501 series)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and detail for this hull: LST-542-class; laid down 14 July 1944 Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham MA; launched 15 August 1944; commissioned 9 September 1944, ENS. Howard W. Limes USNR. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Mindanao Island landings 10-18 March and 24 March - 14 April 1945; Balikpapan operation 26 June - 9 July 1945. Navy Occupation Service periods 9 September - 30 November 1945 and 29 January - 13 May 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 29 January - 13 May 1946. Naval Reserve training at Bayonne NJ then Gulfport MS; decommissioned December 1949; Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs FL; recommissioned 14 December 1951; renamed USS Maricopa County (LST-938) 1 July 1955; decommissioned 29 February 1956; struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1962; 'earned two battle stars for World War II service as LST-938.' Transferred to South Vietnam 12 July 1962 as Da Nang (HQ-501); 'Final Disposition, captured by the North Vietnamese around the time of the fall of Saigon, 29 April 1975, renamed Tran Khanh Du (HQ-501), still active.' Specifications: two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100kW DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; endurance 24,000 miles @ 9 kts. Awards display: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp, National Defense Service Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (1). Commanding officers: ENS. Howard W. Limes USNR (9 Sep 1944 - 5 Dec 1945); LT. Jerome Cecil Flato USNR (to 20 Feb 1946); LTjg. Russell G. Young USNR (to 3 Jun 1946); LTjg. William C. O'Neill III USNR (from 3 Jun 1946); LCDR. Howard William Childress USN (from 14 Dec 1951). Photography: NH 84876 (Maricopa County under way, 1950s); LST-938 entering San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate returning from the South Pacific, 27 May 1946 (contributor: plank owner Harold J. Windorfer); three photos of ex-Maricopa County as Tran Khanh Du (HQ-501) moored at the Vietnamese Naval Shipyard, Ho Chi Minh City, 13 September 2003 (contributor: Steve Loomis, SN, US Naval Advisory Group Vietnam).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-2003 (plus undated status line)
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-49); recommissioned crew and embarked Marines (1951-56); RVN Navy crew (1962-75); VPN crew (1975-present)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS but the 'still active' disposition line is stale/undated (page reflects pre-2020 information; see gaps on current-status uncertainty). The campaign table supports the two-battle-star count over the five in the Maricopa DANFS entry. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (shipbuildinghistory.com), Bethlehem-Hingham yard table, Hingham MA - LST 938 row and yard history (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bethlehem-Hingham (Hingham MA) page - yard history paragraph + hull-3408 table row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The yard table row for this hull (yard hull number 3408): 'LST 938 | U.S. Navy | Landing Ship, Tank | 14-Jul-44 | 15-Aug-44 | 9-Sep-44 | 32 | 25 | 57 | Later Markopa County, to Vietnam 1962 as Da Nang (HQ 501), active' - matching DANFS on laid-down/launch/delivery dates (32 days on the ways, 25 fitting out, 57 total; the table's own 'Markopa County' is a misspelling). Yard history per the same page: Bethlehem Hingham Shipyards, Inc. was built in 1941 for destroyer-escort construction with a $35 million Navy investment; 16 ways; managed by Bethlehem Quincy; peak employment over 23,000; closed and liquidated after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (yard); 1944 (this hull)
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction workforce (peak >23,000, 1941-45)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation of build data - consistent with DANFS but not itself a government registry; day-count arithmetic (32+25=57) is the site's own, and the 'active' disposition tag is stale. Yard-history text establishes the wartime emergency-yard build and postwar liquidation - no asbestos, material, or worker-health content. URL verified live 2026-10-03 (page update noted August 7, 2021).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (2x GM 12-567A diesel engines - diesel plant, no steam); DANFS/NavSource class designation (LST-542 class); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-program findings (see ev-06); NARA asbestos research guide describing ship-material research path (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; DANFS spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 pp. 1-3 (letter summary); shipbuildinghistory yard table (1944 build dates)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An LST-542-class tank landing ship built July-September 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era: GAO documents that asbestos thermal insulation was the Navy's major shipboard use of asbestos until specifications were revised in 1973, and that 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables.' As a diesel-powered amphibious ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - but era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were machinery and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior/accommodation fireproofing in crew and troop spaces. Wartime build at a Navy-funded emergency yard places construction inside the period when federal asbestos supply was reserved for shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-present
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); USN crew and embarked troops (1944-49, 1951-56); RVN crew (1962-75); VPN crew and yard workers (1975-present, incl. refit personnel)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-938. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The hull's 1962-1975 RVN service and 1975-present VPN service - including at least one documented modernization/restoration - occurred entirely outside U.S. documentation; any foreign-era material substitutions are unrecorded here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-05
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[7]GAO, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 / B-163375 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page and full 26-page report PDF (both verified live 2026-10-03) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product-page highlights + full report PDF (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf), letter summary pp. 1-3
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's asbestos worker-protection efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and documented the program-wide picture: 'although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables, most ships delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation, which was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' Product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to asbestos-free materials, but asbestos materials already purchased were in some cases installed in ships under construction; the Navy's October 1975 removal policy (replaced damaged insulation only) was modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. The Navy estimated a one-time removal program at $2 billion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- 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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - neither built nor (documented) serviced this hull. Product page verified live 2026-10-03 via firecrawl (direct curl to gao.gov returns 403 to scripted fetch).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-06
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[8]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - research guide to RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence for ship-specific asbestos documentation (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topic page; RG 19 entries cited include Entry P 29 series (Indexes to Central Correspondence 1940-1945) and Entries A1 1266-A et seq. (General Correspondence 1940-1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own research guide confirms that asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel 1941-1961 'is a frequently requested topic' documented through Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) general/confidential/secret correspondence, filed by Navy Filing Manual codes: individual hulls under their hull designation (for this hull, 'LST938'), classes under the namesake hull ('LST542 Class'), types under the type code ('LST'), and private contract builders under 'QM/<yard name>' (here, QM/Bethlehem-Hingham). This is the archival path through which a ship-specific material answer for this hull would run; none of the series is digitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- guide current 2026-10-03; records span 1940-1961
- Population
- Researchers; veterans pursuing VA claims (guide's stated audience)
- Limitations
- Research guidance, not evidence about this hull - describes where ship-specific asbestos records would sit, not what they contain. No RG 19 LST938, LST542-class, or QM/Bethlehem-Hingham correspondence was retrieved; all are undigitized College Park holdings. The guide's 1961 end-date also precedes this hull's Vietnam-era service entirely.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-07
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[9]An ninh Thủ đô (Vietnam state-security daily), 'Vietnam's naval infantry practices island seizure with US-made landing ship HQ-501' (2017-08-28); corroborated by Báo Nghệ An, 'Vietnam successfully restores the US-made LST' (May 2017, baonghean.vn/viet-nam-khoi-phuc-thanh-cong-tau-do-bo-lst-cua-my-10134392.html) - both verified live 2026-10-03 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- anninhthudo.vn post327619 (2017-08-28, full text incl. captions); baonghean.vn article 10134392 (May 2017, full text incl. captions; image paths dated 2017-05-13)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Vietnamese state press documents this hull's post-1975 career and names it explicitly: 'HQ-501 vốn thuộc lớp LST-542 do Mỹ chế tạo năm 1944 và mang tên USS Maricopa County (LST-938)' (ANTD). Documented for this hull: transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy 1962 as RVNS Đà Nẵng (HQ-501); taken over by the Vietnam People's Navy in 1975 and reused as Trần Khánh Dư (HQ-501); used by the transport unit of the 126th Naval Infantry Brigade for a seaborne landing in Cambodia against the Khmer Rouge in 1979; used in the 1988 Spratly (Trường Sa) conflict for transport and sovereignty protection; underwent a restoration/modernization program directed by the General Department of Engineering (Tổng cục Kỹ thuật), described in a QĐND Online article, which restored full operation of the ship and sustained its twin 40mm Bofors mounts including domestic ammunition manufacture; participated in seaborne landing exercises in 2016 and a live-fire amphibious exercise reported August 2017; helicopter deck marked for Mi-8/17 and Ka-28 operations. Báo Nghệ An describes Vietnam's successful restoration of the captured LST type and states HQ-501 is the only surviving hull (sister HQ-505 was lost after the 1988 Johnson South Reef fighting). VPN-era specs per the same coverage: ~3,698 t full displacement, 100 m x 15 m, two GM 12-567 diesels, max ~22 km/h, ~140 naval infantry embarked, 2 landing boats, PT-76/BTR-60PB capacity, eight twin 40mm Bofors.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-2017
- Population
- VPN crew and embarked 126th Naval Infantry Brigade (1975-present); Tổng cục Kỹ thuật restoration/refit personnel (~2016-17); exercise participants (2016-17)
- Limitations
- Vietnamese state-media coverage (machine-translated) - contemporaneous and directly naming this hull, but a state narrative: the restoration scope is described only as returning the ship to operation and sustaining armament; no materials, insulation, or worker-protection detail, and no asbestos content. VPN specs restated in coverage are press figures, not a builder's data sheet. Count of captured LSTs differs by source (two per Báo Nghệ An, three per Oryx) - flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-08
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[10]Oryx (Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans), 'The Test Of Time: Vietnam's U.S.-Made Naval Ships' (2023-01-11) - specialist open-source defense analysis (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Oryx article, LST section incl. HQ-501 photo caption; published 2023-01-11
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent defense analysis documents the captured-fleet context and this hull's endpoint: almost the entire RVN Navy escaped to the Philippines in April 1975; vessels under maintenance or too small for the voyage were captured - including three LSTs, which 'was arguably the most significant buttress to the capabilities of the VPN.' Captured LSTs could embark ~20 PT-76 amphibious tanks or BTR-50 APCs and doubled as patrol craft; they took part in the 1978 invasion of Cambodia; two participated in the 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish with China, where HQ-505 was heavily damaged and sank under tow back to Cam Ranh; the surviving LSTs remained in service alongside the newer Polnocny-class ships, 'with one even surviving into the modern age in VPN service, seeing use to this day' - captioned photograph: 'A Mi-17 helicopter prepares to land on the last of Vietnam's three Landing Ship Tanks Trần Khánh Dư (HQ-501).'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-2023
- Population
- VPN crew; 1978-88 combat-era personnel
- Limitations
- Specialist analyst work, not official documentation - consistent with Vietnamese state press on the capture/modernization narrative but carrying no primary sourcing for this hull specifically; 'seeing use to this day' reflects January 2023. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-09
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[11]Wikimedia Commons photograph 'HQ-501 Trần Khánh Dư.jpg', dated 29 July 2023 - uploader description 'The Trần Khánh Dư (ex-USS Maricopa County) possibly laid up, early August 2023' (live file page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Commons file page for HQ-501_Trần_Khánh_Dư.jpg - Summary/Description block (date 2023-07-29; 'possibly laid up, early August 2023'; 'ex-USS Maricopa County')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A photograph dated 29 July 2023 shows this hull - Trần Khánh Dư (HQ-501) - moored and described by the uploader as 'possibly laid up, early August 2023'; the file page itself identifies the ship as 'ex-USS Maricopa County,' extending the documented survival of the 1944-built hull to at least July 2023, nearly 79 years after commissioning.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2023-07/08
- Population
- VPN caretaker crew (2023)
- Limitations
- A photograph establishes presence and apparent condition ('possibly laid up' per the uploader's own hedge), not operational status, location chain of custody, or any work done aboard - 'laid up' vs the 'in use' status reported by Oryx six months earlier is unresolved (see gaps). Wikipedia uses this image in the Maricopa County article; the Commons file itself is the evidence. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-10
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[12]Batch-7481 search ledger (this record): two live DANFS entries; NavSource page; shipbuildinghistory yard table; NVR (no entry - pre-1987 disposal); Vietnamese press sweep (An ninh Thủ đô, Báo Nghệ An, kevesko re-post); Oryx analysis; Commons file page; NARA asbestos guide; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep; Vietnamese-language asbestos-keyword search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material list, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-938 / USS Maricopa County / RVNS Da Nang (HQ-501) / Trần Khánh Dư (HQ-501) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper reported the shared daily quota exhausted (~7.4 h to reset at attempt time); logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing pages asserting asbestos aboard LSTs/Navy ships generally without primary sourcing (excluded by source policy) and Maricopa County, Arizona government pages (name collision - the county's own asbestos programs). Vietnamese-language searches returned service coverage only - no asbestos content for HQ-501.
- 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 - era inference remains reasonable for a 1944-built Navy hull, and this hull's survival in active naval service means present-day material condition is a live question no located source answers. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Vietnamese refit documentation describes restoration scope without materials disclosure. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-11
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[13]DANFS internal errata cross-check: Maricopa County entry vs LST-938 entry vs NavSource campaign table (all live 2026-10-03; M-entry text identical to the 2025-04-27 Wayback capture) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS maricopa-county.html narrative line 1 + closing line + spec block; DANFS lst-938.html closing line; NavSource campaign/awards tables; DANFS marinette-county.html spec block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the DANFS Maricopa County entry contains three errata against companion sources. (a) The narrative opens 'LST-988 was laid down 14 July 1944' - LST-988 was a different ship; the correct hull is LST-938, which the same paragraph and spec block use everywhere else (verified on the live page via firecrawl and against the 2025-04-27 Wayback capture). (b) It credits 'five battle stars for World War II service' while the parallel DANFS LST-938 entry and NavSource both record two - consistent with the two documented campaigns (Mindanao landings; Balikpapan). Two is the campaign-consistent count carried here. (c) Its spec block classes the ship 'LST-511'; NavSource and standard references class her LST-542. The 'LST-511' label is not a one-off typo - the DANFS spec block of sister Bethlehem-Hingham hull Marinette County (LST-953) carries the same 'cl. LST-511' label, so it is a DANFS labeling convention for this builder group, retained here only as a documented variant. Minor: the two DANFS entries transpose the commissioning CO's initials ('H. W. Limes' vs 'W. H. Limes'; NavSource gives the full name Howard W. Limes).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- entries as published; checked 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Corrects documentary errata, not a material claim about the hull. Does not establish why the M-entry says five stars or LST-511 - recorded as unresolved source conflicts. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-maricopa-county-lst938-12
