USS Silenus (LST-604)

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]research packet 697-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-silenus-lst604-pkt-697-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Silenus - construction as LST-604 (ex LST-519), conversion to motor torpedo boat tender AGP-11, Pacific service, disposal; spec block (cl. Portunus; cpl. 283) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative and spec block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: laid down 28 October 1943 by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; originally designated LST-519, redesignated LST-604 on 18 December 1943; launched 20 March 1944, sponsored by Miss Bernice Moore; placed in reduced commission 3 April 1944 and in full commission 8 April 1944; made shakedown as LST-604 from 12 to 18 April 1944; decommissioned 29 April 1944 at Baltimore and entered the Maryland Drydock Co. yard for conversion; again commissioned 9 August 1944, classified AGP-11 and named Silenus; completed tender shakedown in Chesapeake Bay 9 September; transited the Panama Canal 26 September; tended boats of Motor Torpedo Squadron (PT) 37 at Tulagi from 27 October to 26 December 1944; Treasury Islands six weeks; Espiritu Santo 23 February-9 August 1945 as tender for PT Squadrons 32 and 37; arrived Okinawa via Guam and Saipan 19 September 1945; routed to New York via Samar, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, arriving 17 January 1946; decommissioned 14 March 1946; struck from the Navy list 17 April 1946; sold to A. G. Vincent 25 July 1947 for scrap; received one battle star for World War II service. Spec block: dp. 3,960; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'2"; s. 11.6 k.; cpl. 283; a. 1 3", 8 40mm., 8 20mm.; cl. Portunus.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1943-1947

   Population

   Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1943-44); Maryland Drydock conversion trades (1944); crew (1944-46)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS names Lt. Comdr. H. L. Baron, USNR, as commanding at the 8 April 1944 full commissioning - NavSource's commanding-officer table names LT. John S. Meddaugh at both 1944 commissionings and places Baron in command 10 Nov-12 Dec 1945; conflict unresolved (see gaps). The disposal claim 'sold for scrap' is contradicted in outcome (not in sale date) by the Shipscribe MC-record compilation - see ev-11.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Silenus (AGP-11) ex USS LST-604 (1944) - designation timeline, specifications, campaign record, commanding-officer table, photo captions [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 09/09/0911.htm header block, specifications block, campaign table, CO table, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 28 October 1943 as LST-519 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; redesignated LST-604 on 18 December 1943; launched 20 March 1944; commissioned USS LST-604 8 April 1944; decommissioned 29 April 1944 at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore MD for conversion to a motor torpedo boat tender; recommissioned 9 August 1944 as USS Silenus (AGP-11). Campaign: Consolidation of Solomon Islands (northern Solomons), January-February 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 17 September-21 November 1945. Decommissioned 14 March 1946 at New York; struck 17 April 1946; sold for scrapping 25 July 1947 to A. G. Vincent; one battle star. Ribbons: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Specifications: displacement 3,960 t (lt) / 4,100 t (fl); length 328'; beam 50'; draft 11'2"; speed 11.6 kts; complement 37 officers + 246 enlisted; largest boom capacity 50 t; two LCVP; armament one single 3"/50 cal DP mount, two quad 40mm AA mounts, eight single 20mm AA mounts; fuel: diesel 4,480 bbls, gasoline 62,000 gals; propulsion two GM 12-567A diesels, Falk main reduction gears, two propellers 1,800 shp, twin rudders; generators 3x 100kW DC + 2x 100kW 450V AC. Photo captions place her in Chesapeake Bay near her Baltimore conversion yard 12 August 1944 (BuShips photo 19-N-69719, camouflage measure 31/11L) and at anchor Baltimore harbor circa Aug-Sep 1944 (80-G-248513, 80-G-248511). Its commanding-officer table (courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves) lists: LT. John S. Meddaugh, USNR, 8 Apr-29 Apr 1944 and again from 9 Aug 1944 (end date misprinted '20 April 1944'); LT. Murdoch Jerome Finlayson, USNR, shown from 9 Aug 1944 to 10 Nov 1945 (overlapping Meddaugh - internally inconsistent); LCDR. Henry Louis Baron, USNR, 10 Nov-12 Dec 1945; LT. Henry B. Stringer Jr., USNR, 12 Dec 1945-14 Mar 1946.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1943-1947

   Population

   Crew (1944-46); Maryland Drydock conversion trades (1944); PT squadron personnel serviced (1944-45)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS. Its commanding-officer table is internally inconsistent (two rows start 9 Aug 1944; Meddaugh's second tour ends '20 April 1944') and conflicts with DANFS on who commanded at the 1944 commissionings - conflict carried in gaps, no adjudication attempted. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-02

4. [4]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS Portunus (AGP-4) Class data page - construction/disposition tables, class notes compiled from BuShips, OpNav, and Maritime Commission records [other_primary]

   Locator

   Shipscribe AGP04.html class data block, construction table row 11, class notes paragraphs, ship notes row 11

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Documents the designation and conversion sequence for this hull: the reclassification of AGP 10-11 from LSTs was approved 3 November 1943, and the LST designated in that action for AGP-11, LST-519, was changed to LST-604 on 18 December 1943. Ship note: 'Ex LST-604 18 Dec 43. Ferry commission as LST-604 3-29 Apr 44 (from reduced to full commission at New Orleans 8 Apr 44). Converted by Maryland DD, Baltimore (begun 1 May 44).' Class notes: all units of the class except AGP-5 were converted by Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore; hulls built on the Mississippi were taken to New Orleans for three days of voyage repairs and stores, then delivered to Baltimore by combat crews with a three-day shakedown at St. Andrews Bay, Florida; ships transited under their LST numbers and began using their AGP numbers only upon decommissioning and entering the conversion yard (for AGP-11, that date was 1 May 44); Gibbs and Cox was design agent for the LST conversion designs; the class was designed with shops and equipment for maintenance of one MTB squadron, initially with two ten-ton booms, to which a 50-ton 'A' frame hoist was added. Class data: displacement 2,028 light / 4,100 lim tons; 328' oa x 50' x 11.2' lim; 1,800 HP GM diesels, 2 screws, 11.6 kts; complement 240 (1944); original armament 1-3"/50, 2-40mmQ, 8-20mm (1943-44: AGP 4-5, 10-11).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1943-1947

   Population

   Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1943-44); Maryland Drydock conversion trades (May-Aug 1944); delivery/ferry crew Apr 1944

   Limitations

   Expert secondary compilation of BuShips/OpNav/MC records, not the underlying documents themselves; its 'MC/D' disposal code and merchant-fate notes are register-derived but unverified against the original MC sales documents this session. Complement 240 conflicts with DANFS/NavSource 283 - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content; the conversion-scope description (shops, hoists) establishes interior rework but names no materials.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-03

5. [5]DANFS, LST-604 (stub entry) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS LST-604 stub text; Shipscribe AGP04.html class notes; class profile lst-1-class member table (Calhoun County LST-519, CB&I Seneca)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   CLARIFICATION of the designation chain: the DANFS LST-604 stub states 'LST-604 was redesignated AGP-11 and named Silenus (q.v.) on 18 December 1943.' Read against the fuller record this compresses two events: the AGP-11 conversion allocation was approved 3 November 1943 while the hull was still designated LST-519, and the hull was renumbered LST-604 on 18 December 1943 (Shipscribe class notes, compiled from BuShips/OpNav records); the ship was classified AGP-11 and named Silenus at her 9 August 1944 recommissioning (DANFS Silenus entry; NavSource). The LST-519 designation freed by this hull's renumbering went to a different Chicago Bridge & Iron hull that completed as USS Calhoun County (LST-519).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1943-1944

   Limitations

   Reconciles a compressed DANFS stub against DANFS's own Silenus entry, NavSource, and the Shipscribe BuShips/OpNav compilation; the underlying 3 Nov 43 and 18 Dec 43 directives were not directly sighted this session - the dates rest on the Shipscribe register compilation. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-04

6. [6]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons, Pacific Fleet section [other_primary]

   Locator

   US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Pacific Fleet table (p. 97)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official fleet-organization document, 1 May 1945: under Commander Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Pacific Fleet (Commodore E. J. Moran), the tender listing shows 'AGP 11, SILENUS (1), Lt. Cdr. M. J. Finlayson (USNR)' followed by AGP-12 Acontius, with MTB Squadron Thirty-One (ComMTBRon 31, Lt. J. M. Searles: PT 453-455, 467-469) and MTB Squadron Thirty-Two (ComMTBRon 32, Lt. R. C. Wark (USNR): PT 474-476, 480-482) in the same organization block. Places this hull in active Pacific tender service under Lt. Cdr. M. J. Finlayson on 1 May 1945, consistent with the NavSource CO table's Finlayson tour (through 10 November 1945).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945-05-01

   Population

   Crew and squadron staff under Lt. Cdr. Finlayson (May 1945)

   Limitations

   Confirms command as of 1 May 1945 and fleet organization only; the document does not state when Finlayson assumed command, so it cannot adjudicate the DANFS-vs-NavSource conflict over the 1944 commissioning CO (Baron vs Meddaugh - see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-05

7. [7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (January 1945) - Naval Vessels roster and LST design table (Shipscribe-hosted PDF scan) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 Vol. II, Naval Vessels roster LST section ('LST604 Now AGP11'), alphabetical vessel index ('Silenus (ex-LST 604)'), and LST tabulated-data machinery table (pp. 168-169)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official BuShips register, January 1945: the Naval Vessels roster lists 'LST604 Now AGP11' in the Landing Ship-Tank section and 'Silenus (ex-LST 604) - AGP11 - Auxiliary-Motor Torpedo Boat Tender' in the alphabetical index. The LST design table documents the LST542-931 group (this hull's design block): trial displacement 3,960 tons; limiting navigational draft 11'2"; maximum draft 14'1"; two GM Diesel 12-567A engines, 1,700 shaft horsepower; accommodations 13 officers / 106 enlisted (base LST configuration - the AGP conversion complement is reported as 283 by DANFS).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Official register entry and design table; the roster documents designation status only, not material content. The January 1945 register predates her war service and disposal - it captures her mid-service identity. Base-LST accommodation figures (13 officers/106 enlisted) reflect the landing-ship design, not the tender fit. PDF mirror hosted on shipscribe.com (S. Roberts); the register is a U.S. Navy publication. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-06

8. [8]Bulkley, Robert J., Jr., At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy (Naval History Division / NHHC official history), pp. 164-165, 438-440 (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]

   Locator

   At Close Quarters pp. 164-165 (HyperWar PT-3.html), pp. 438-440 (PT-8.html); photo use p. 70 per NHHC catalog caption

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official PT-boat service history documenting this hull's tender operations: 'Squadron 37, 12 Elcos, [arrived Tulagi] in November [1944] with the tender Silenus' (Squadron 37 commanded by Lt. Clark W. Faulkner, USNR); 'Squadrons 32 and 37 left Treasury with the Silenus on February 15 [1945] for Espiritu Santo to await forward movement to Okinawa'; by 1 December 1944 ComMTBRonsPac's command was 'reduced to Squadrons 31, 32, and 37, and the tenders Acontius and Silenus, newly arrived in the Solomons from the United States'; and 'the tenders Silenus and Antigone did not reach Okinawa until after the end of hostilities.' The book's photo of Silenus (NARA 80-G-248513, 19 August 1944) is used at p. 70.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   Silenus crew; MTB Squadrons 31/32/37 personnel under her tenders (1944-45)

   Limitations

   Official history published by the Naval History Division; dates are narrative, not per-hull logs. Bulkley's 'Squadron 37 ... in November with the tender Silenus' and DANFS's 27 October Tulagi arrival are compatible readings (ship arrival vs squadron arrival/operations) but are noted in gaps. Contains no asbestos or material content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-07

9. [9]NHHC photographic catalog, 80-G-248513 USS SILENUS (AGP-11), 19 August 1944 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NHHC catalog page 80-G-248513; companion photos 80-G-248511, 19-N-69719 (NavSource/Shipscribe captions)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official NHHC catalog record: 'USS SILENUS (AGP-11), 19 August 1944. Used in book titled At Close Quarters page 70. LST-545 in background.' Copyright owner National Archives; original date 19 August 1944. Documents the hull in completed AGP configuration ten days after recommissioning; NavSource captions tie the same shoot to Baltimore harbor (80-G-248511 also exists) and the BuShips RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-69719 shows her underway in Chesapeake Bay 12 August 1944 in camouflage measure 31/11L.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-08

   Limitations

   Archival lead only: photographs establish the hull's configuration and location in August 1944, not material content - visual presence of insulation cannot establish asbestos. Location attribution varies across sources (NHHC catalog gives no place; NavSource captions Baltimore; Wikipedia captions a related frame 'at Norfolk'); date is fixed by the NHHC catalog.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-silenus-lst604-08

10. [10]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST design table (2x GM 12-567A diesels, no boilers); Shipscribe Portunus-class notes (Maryland Drydock conversion, added shop/hoist scope); LST-1-class profile era synthesis; Corn & Starr (1987) WWII shipbuilding asbestos documentation [other_primary]

    Locator

    SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; Shipscribe AGP04 class notes; class profile lst-1-class ev-03

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    A diesel-powered tank landing ship hull built October 1943-March 1944 and converted May-August 1944 sits inside the documented WWII shipbuilding asbestos era. As a diesel vessel she carried no boilers - the steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel LST/AGP of this 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. The AGP conversion added interior rework scope (tender shops, accommodation for squadron support, hoist machinery) at a Baltimore commercial yard during the peak asbestos-use years.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1943-1946

    Population

    Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1943-44); Maryland Drydock conversion trades (May-Aug 1944); crew (1944-46); PT squadron personnel serviced (1944-45)

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, conversion work package, material schedule, or abatement record located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials on this hull. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no individual exposure.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-silenus-lst604-09

11. [11]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this hull was built (1943-44) and converted (1944) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in naval and merchant construction.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or its yards and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-silenus-lst604-10

12. [12]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, conversion, and service era (1943-46).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    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-silenus-lst604-11

13. [13]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), Portunus (AGP-4) class ship notes, compiled from Maritime Commission disposal records [other_primary]

    Locator

    Shipscribe AGP04.html ship notes row 11 and disposition table; sister-ship rows for pattern

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CORRECTION/COMPLICATION of the disposal record: DANFS and NavSource record 'sold to A. G. Vincent on 25 July 1947 for scrap.' The Shipscribe compilation of Maritime Commission disposal records records the same 25 July 1947 sale differently: 'Sold by MC as LST-604 for mercantile service, merc. ARZELL III (or II) 1948, became PAULA 1956.' The pattern is consistent across her sister conversions (Varuna>LST-14 merc. GUARAUNA 1948; Callisto>LST-966 merc. ELENA 1949, lost as DAYTONA 1955; Brontes>LST-1125 merc. BARBARA 1947, lost as XALAPA 1959; Chiron>LST-1133 merc. ALTAMAR 1948, lost 1960) - i.e., MC sold several of these hulls into merchant service rather than for demolition. If the merchant-career record is correct, the hull was NOT scrapped in 1947 and may have survived under merchant flags into at least 1956.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1947-1956+

    Population

    Merchant crews, ARZELL III / PAULA (1948-56+) if applicable; disposal buyers (1947)

    Limitations

    Single-source merchant-fate claim (Shipscribe MC-register compilation) not corroborated elsewhere this session; the original MC sales register was not directly sighted. A.G. Vincent may have been a broker who resold rather than scrapped - the sources are not necessarily irreconcilable, but the hull's fate after the 1947 sale is unresolved. Carried as correction because it materially changes the disposition. No asbestos content - though a hull surviving to merchant service in 1948-56+ carries a different post-service exposure window than a 1947 breakup.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-silenus-lst604-12

14. [14]Batch-7122 search ledger (this record): DANFS (live); NavSource; Shipscribe class page and SDB 1945 v2 PDF; NHHC fleet-organization document; NHHC photo catalog; HyperWar At Close Quarters; secondary web sweeps; CourtListener (partially blocked); NARA catalog (JS-rendered, pending) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-silenus-lst604-01 through -14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, conversion work package, or verified litigation naming USS Silenus / LST-604 / AGP-11 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener coverage is PARTIAL: '"USS Silenus"' returned 0 opinions (authenticated 2026-10-02, verified); '"Silenus"' (opinion) completed 2026-10-03 with count=19 - the top-ranked result is In re Silenus Wines, Inc. (C.C.P.A. 1977, trademark registration), a mythological-name collision unrelated to this ship, and the full 19-hit review was cut short when the fleet daily quota was exhausted mid-sweep (server wait ~11.8h); the 'LST-604' and 'AGP-11' queries (opinion and docket) and the 'Silenus' docket query were blocked by that quota on every attempt - logged in search_ledger as partially blocked, not as a clean negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos' material found is law-firm marketing content (yard-level listicles for Maryland Drydock, no ship-specific claims) - excluded by source policy.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-03

    Study period

    2026-10-02/2026-10-03

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and litigation repository coverage is partial (exact-name query clean; unquoted-name query returned 19 name-collision-dominated hits with review truncated by daily quota; hull-number and docket queries open). Deck logs (RG 24), Maryland Drydock conversion work packages, and any MC-era disposal/survey records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-silenus-lst604-13

15. [15]NARA holdings identified via captions and catalog cross-references: RG 19-LCM BuShips photo 19-N-69719 (12 Aug 1944); RG 80-G photos 80-G-248513 and 80-G-248511 (Aug 1944); RG 24 deck logs for LST-604/Silenus (1944-46) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NHHC catalog 80-G-248513; NavSource/Shipscribe captions (19-N-69719, 80-G-248511); RG 24 deck-log series (undigitized)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads located but not digitized this session: the BuShips and wartime still-picture series (RG 19-LCM, RG 80-G) hold confirmed construction/completion photography of this hull (19-N-69719, 80-G-248513, 80-G-248511 - cataloged via NHHC and transcribed in NavSource/Shipscribe captions); RG 24 deck logs for LST-604 and Silenus (1944-46) exist at NARA but are not publicly digitized. Conversion work-package documentation (Maryland Drydock, May-Aug 1944) would likely sit in BuShips contract/completion files - not located.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1944-1946

    Population

    Crew (1944-46) as documented in deck logs

    Limitations

    Archival lead only. NARA catalog is JS-rendered and could not be directly searched from this session; photo numbers are NHHC-cataloged (80-G-248513) or transcribed from NavSource/Shipscribe captions. No deck log, work package, or material record was reviewed - the open asbestos-relevant leads are the conversion work package and deck logs.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-silenus-lst604-14