Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 633-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-pkt-633-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, De Soto County (LST-1171) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, and early service through 1962 (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'De Soto County' entry, service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: named for counties in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Launched 28 February 1957 by Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., Avondale, La.; sponsored by Mrs. C. H. Smith; commissioned 10 June 1958, Lieutenant Commander D. A. York in command. Home port Norfolk, Va., from 3 July 1958; operated off the Virginia Capes; Caribbean amphibious exercises 17 July - 7 August and 1 - 17 December 1958; sailed 24 February 1959 to embark Marines at Morehead City, N.C., for a Mediterranean tour with the 6th Fleet, returning to Norfolk 26 August 1959; exercises with Marines along the North Carolina coast and local operations continued through 1962. Spec block: dp. 7,823 (f.); l. 445'; b. 62'; dr. 16'8"; s. 16 k.; cpl. 186; a. 6 3"; cl. De Soto County.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1956-1962 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Avondale construction trades (1956-58); crew (1958-forward)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Classic DANFS entry covers through 1962 - post-1962 career, decommissioning, and disposal come from other rows. Spec-block speed (16 k.) and complement (186) conflict with secondary spec sheets - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-01
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[3]NHHC supplemental ship history, DeSoto County (LST-1171) - career summary, Vietnam service, decommissioning and Italian transfer, awards (live page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC 'DeSoto County (LST-1171)' supplemental entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'For almost the entire length of her active service, DeSoto County was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet. She interspersed operations off the east coast of the United States with frequent deployments to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. The tank landing ship saw brief service in the Vietnam theater of operations in 1969. Decommissioned on 17 July 1972, DeSoto County was transferred to the Italian Navy where she served as Nave Grado (L9890).' Awards: one Meritorious Unit Commendation for service with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and one battle star for Vietnam service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1958-1972
- Population
- Crew (1958-1972)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Dates the decommissioning and documents the transfer and awards at summary level; does not state stricken date or Italian-era end dates (NavSource row carries those).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS De Soto County (LST-1171) - milestone timeline, Vietnam campaign dates, specification block, commanding-officer list, photo captions, and disposal (live page, HTTP 200, verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161171.htm header block, specifications block, campaign table, CO table, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: laid down 15 September 1956 at Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., Avondale, LA; launched 28 February 1957; commissioned USS De Soto County (LST-1171) 10 June 1958, LCDR Daniel A. York in command; Vietnam War campaign 'Vietnam Summer - Fall 1969,' 9 to 11 September 1969; decommissioned 17 July 1972 and loaned to Italy, renamed Nave Grado (L9890); struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1992; earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service; final disposition - sold for scrapping by the Italian government in 1989. Ribbon block: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuba), National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuba), Vietnam Service Medal. Spec block: 3,560 t light / 7,823 t full; 445'; beam 62'; draft 16'8"; 17.5 kts; complement 10 officers + 174 enlisted; troop capacity 575; four LCVPs; 28 medium tanks or vehicles to 75 tons on a 288-ft tank deck; 100,000 gal diesel/jet fuel plus 7,000 gal vehicle petrol; three twin 3"/50 gun mounts; propulsion 6 Nordburg diesel engines, 2 shafts, controllable-pitch propellers. Eight commanding officers listed, LCDR York (10 Jun 1958) through LCDR Bonham (to 17 Jul 1972). Captions place the hull at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. shipyard circa 1967-68 (NARA BuShips photos), moored at Toledo OH and cruising Lake Michigan during the 1964 Great Lakes tour (All Hands photos Aug-Oct 1964), at Genoa 31 December 1967, and as Nave Grado at Brindisi 9 March 1986 during Exercise Sardinia-86.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1956-1992
- Population
- Avondale construction trades (1956-58); crew (1958-72); yard trades at availabilities; Italian Navy crew (1972-88); shipbreakers (1989)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates here are consistent with both DANFS entries (commission, decommission, Vietnam service) and with NARA-photo metadata where cross-checked. 'Nordburg' engine attribution conflicts with other secondary sources (Fairbanks-Morse, Cooper Bessemer) - flagged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-03
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[5]USS De Soto County (LST-1171) 'Welcome Aboard' pamphlet, Amphibious Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet (ship-issued booklet, ~1971-72; scanned PDF hosted on NavSource, downloaded and OCR'd 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pamphlet p. 2 'Command History'; p. 9 Amphibious Force context; p. 10 CO letter (11-page scan)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-issued command history for this hull: 'a prototype of the LST 1171 Class,' keel laid September 1956, launched 28 February 1957, commissioned 10 June 1958, assigned to Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Mediterranean deployment of seven months in 1959; Scotland and Ireland trips in 1961; five-month Sixth Fleet Mediterranean tour in 1962; deployed in the Caribbean when the Cuba crisis erupted - 'the only Amphibious Force ship to participate in the evacuation of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base personnel'; December 1963 Caribbean deployment extended by the Panama riots; summer 1964 St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes public cruise visiting 17 cities and hosting 'almost half a million visitors'; STEELPIKE I off Spain in November 1964 - 'the largest peacetime Amphibious landing ever conducted'; Caribbean Amphibious Ready Group spring 1966 with three August-September trips to the Dominican Republic embarking Army personnel for return to North Carolina; two Caribbean deployments in spring 1967 including joint Navy-Army-Air Force exercise CLOVEHITCH III; Mediterranean deployment with Amphibious Squadron TWO (Med 2-67) August 1967, returning to Little Creek February 1968; 'the last half of 1968 found her in the shipyard for regular overhaul'; five-month Caribbean deployment from May 1969 with Amphibious Squadron TEN (Carib 2-69); July-December 1970 Mediterranean deployment (Med 2-70) including NATO exercise DEEP EXPRESS culminating in a joint landing at Alexandropoulis, Greece; three Caribbean deployments January-April 1971; joint exercise EXOTIC DANCER May 1971; from June 1971 local operations and 'a major engineering overhaul.' CO welcome letter (LCDR Charlie Leonard Bonham): the ship 'represents an investment of 27 million dollars,' can 'transport 600 troops and their associated equipment,' and is air-conditioned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1956-1972 (booklet coverage ~1971-72)
- Population
- Crew and embarked Marines (1958-72); shipyard workers during 1968 regular overhaul and 1971 engineering overhaul
- Limitations
- Ship-issued public-relations booklet - a primary document for the service narrative it recounts, but not a technical or material record: no asbestos content, no yard named for the 1968/1971 overhauls. The 'only Amphibious Force ship' GTMO-evacuation framing is the ship's own claim; NHHC Enterprise DANFS separately documents 92 evacuees aboard her. Pamphlet predates decommissioning; CO letter shows Bonham in command while NavSource dates his tenure from 1972 - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-04
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[6]DANFS, Enterprise VIII (CVAN-65) 1961-1965 - Cuban Missile Crisis Guantanamo dependents evacuation naming this hull (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Enterprise VIII (CVAN-65) DANFS 1961-1965 entry, October 1962 crisis narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC cross-reference naming this hull during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: 'the task force passed four ships carrying 2,432 dependents evacuated from Guantanamo, including 1,703 on board Upshur (T-AP-198), 351 in Duxbury Bay (AVP-38), 286 in Hyades (AF-28) and 92 in DeSoto County (LST-1171).' Corroborates the ship-pamphlet claim that she participated in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base personnel evacuation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- October 1962
- Population
- Crew; 92 evacuated Guantanamo dependents (October 1962)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific for the evacuation event only (92 dependents aboard); no asbestos or material content. The '92 aboard DeSoto County' figure is documented here; the pamphlet's 'only Amphibious Force ship' claim is a separate, ship-issued framing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-05
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[7]All Hands - The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, August 1958, Nav-Pers-0 No. 499, 'What's Going on in the Fleet?' roundup (official BuPers publication; scan via Internet Archive, OCR text verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- All Hands No. 499 (Aug 1958), p. 8 fleet-news item (djvu.txt line ~1742)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous official Navy magazine documenting the class entering Atlantic Fleet service: five older LSTs (Vernon County, Westchester County, Washoe County, Washtenaw County, Windham County) transferred to the West Coast 'to make room for six new 3500-ton landing ships. The USS York County (LST 1175) was the first of the new class to join the Atlantic Fleet. She was followed by USS Grant County (LST 1174), Graham County (LST 1176) and De Soto County (LST 1171). Lorain County (LST 1177) is scheduled for commissioning in August and Wood County (LST 1178) will be finished in December.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- August 1958
- Population
- Atlantic Fleet amphibious crews, 1958
- Limitations
- Fleet-news item, not a ship record - confirms Atlantic Fleet entry sequence and class context; no asbestos content. '3500-ton' is the magazine's light-displacement shorthand. Cited via Internet Archive scan of the official publication; the NHHC All Hands archive copy was not separately fetched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-06
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[8]NHHC photo catalog, USN 1044988 USS DeSoto County (LST-1171), original date 1959-10-21, National Archives accession (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog page for USN 1044988 (catalog # USN 1044988, copyright owner National Archives)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC catalogs NARA-held photo USN 1044988, 'USS DeSoto County (LST-1171),' original date 21 October 1959 - the hull underway (same photo carried on NavSource with location unknown). Archival lead: an official photograph documenting the ship early in commissioned service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1959-10-21
- Population
- Crew (October 1959)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a single NARA-cataloged underway photograph - establishes the hull's documented existence and appearance in October 1959, not conditions, materials, or any work performed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-07
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[9]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index - De Soto County (LST-1171) entry; catalog search returns 83+ monthly deck-log file units scanned under the VA Blue Water Navy Deck Log Project, RG 24, NARA College Park (live pages verified 2026-10-02; example NAID 214838405, 'De Soto County (LST-1171) - May 1959') [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online, De Soto County (LST-1171) collapsible section; catalog.archives.gov/id/214838405 (May 1959 file unit)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Deck logs for this hull are digitized in the National Archives Catalog: the NARA index lists 'De Soto County (LST-1171), Commission: June 1958, Decommission: July 1972' with monthly file units across the commissioned span, scanned under the VA Blue Water Navy Deck Log Project (RG 24, NARA College Park). Catalog search returns 83+ dated file units (sample: May 1959, NAID 214838405; observed coverage includes at least September 1958 through June 1969 plus 1970-1972 units in the index year blocks).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1958-1972
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel (1958-1972)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: deck logs record movements, weather, personnel, and operations - they are not material or asbestos records, though they can date yard availabilities and embarkations. Individual log pages were not read this session; month-by-month coverage in the index is interleaved with adjacent ship sections and was verified only at sample level (May 1959 file unit confirmed live).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-08
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[10]NARA BuShips photographs via NavSource captions - USS De Soto County (LST-1171) at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. shipyard, circa 1967-68 (images 09671807/09671810 show ARD-18 converting to ARDM-3 Endurance and USS Truckee AO-147 in background) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161171.htm photo captions (images 09671807, 09671810, NARA BuShips photos)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photographs held by NARA place this hull at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. (Norshipco) yard circa 1967-68 - consistent in timing with the ship pamphlet's report that 'the last half of 1968 found her in the shipyard for regular overhaul.' Archival lead for the overhaul's location: a private Norfolk-area yard, not a naval shipyard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- circa 1967-1968
- Population
- Crew and Norshipco yard trades (circa 1967-68)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: photographs establish presence at the Norshipco yard circa 1967-68, not what work was performed - a yard photo is not an availability work package. The 1968 overhaul yard is not named in any located primary record; Norshipco is a plausible but unconfirmed attribution. Norshipco is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-09
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[11]seaforces.org, Grado class Tank Landing Ship (ex US De Soto County class) - L 9890 ITS Grado service and disposal summary; corroborated by NavSource disposition line and the wrecksite-hosted 'Unita della Marina Italiana' reference table ('Grado (L9890)(ex LST1171 De Soto County)... 1972/89') [other_primary]
- Locator
- seaforces.org Grado-class page ship table; wrecksite.eu docBrowser 1412 'Unita della Marina Italiana' table; NavSource 10/16/161171.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Italian-service corroboration for this hull: transferred to Italy 1972, renamed ITS Grado (L 9890); Italian decommissioning in 1988; sold for scrap 1989 / scrapped. Sister York County (LST-1175) served alongside as ITS Caorle (L 9891). Photographic record places Grado at Brindisi 9 March 1986 during Exercise Sardinia-86 (NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1972-1989
- Population
- Italian Navy crew (1972-1988); shipbreakers (1989)
- Limitations
- Secondary corroboration only: no Marina Militare official page for ex-Grado was located (pennant L9890 has been reassigned to the Trieste LHD), so Italian dates rest on secondary sources consistent with each other and with NavSource (scrapping 1989) but not with the U.S. stricken date (8 May 1992) - the hull apparently remained on the U.S. register after Italian disposal; mechanics unresolved (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-10
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[12]shipyard-exposure-map Atlas shipyards.json entry 'avondale-shipyard' and its cited court records: Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, No. 18-30652 (5th Cir. 2019); Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls, No. 21-30761 (5th Cir. 2023); Hotard v. Avondale Industries, E.D. La. Civ. No. 20-1877; Granier v. Avondale Industries, No. 2005-CA-1085 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006); Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, No. 2005-CA-1511 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006); Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co., Civ. A. No. 20-2389 (E.D. La. 2022); Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls, Civ. A. No. 22-CV-0610 (E.D. La. 2023); NIOSH HETA-97-0260-2716 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json 'avondale-shipyard' evidence + products_documented blocks; cited opinions as listed
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The builder's yard is asbestos-documented: Avondale (Avondale Marine Ways / Avondale Shipyard, Avondale-New Orleans LA) carried documented asbestos products including Kaylo pipe insulation (Kaylo era 1948-1972, which spans this hull's 1956-58 construction), Marinite 36 and Micarta composite wallboards installed by Hopeman Brothers contracts (periods beginning 1961-62), Uniroyal asbestos lagging cloth in engine rooms (1961-1979), and Garlock/Flexitallic gaskets (1963-1976), and is the subject of adjudicated asbestos litigation naming yard exposure (Latiolais 5th Cir. 2019; Barrosse 5th Cir. 2023; Hotard E.D. La. 2020; Granier, Chaisson, Cortez, Robichaux Louisiana matters).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1948-1979 product windows; litigation 2005-2023
- Population
- Avondale yard trades and construction workforce (documented exposure windows 1961-79; Kaylo era reaching back through the build period)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, NOT a hull record: these sources document asbestos products and exposure at Avondale generally - LST-1171 is not named in any of them. Product-era caution: only the Kaylo window (1948-1972) clearly overlaps this hull's 1956-58 construction; the wallboard, lagging-cloth, and gasket windows documented (from 1961-63) postdate the build and describe the service/repair era instead. Does not establish installed materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-11
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[13]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers from Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page plus full 26-page report text fetched live this session (assets/hrd-80-2.pdf via firecrawl) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 full report: letter-summary 'use of asbestos in Navy ships' discussion and Attachment 1 (delivered-since-1973 ship list)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Government documentation of the asbestos era covering this hull's construction (1956-58) and entire service life: GAO reported that 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships; that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' (1979); that Navy thermal-insulation specifications were not changed to asbestos-free materials until 1973, with purchased asbestos still installed in ships then under construction; and that remaining shipboard applications included deck tile, electrical/electronic components (resistors, cabling incl. galley ranges), piping-system gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches. GAO reviewed worker-protection programs at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the Navy declined a one-time fleet removal program (est. $2 billion), replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or during repairs (1975 policy), expanded in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 report; policy windows 1973/1975/1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; fleet-wide ship population
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. LST-1171 predates the report's ship list (ships delivered since 1973). Fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not Avondale and not this hull. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1989 anyway).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-12
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[14]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (De Soto County class tank landing ship); NavSource specifications (6 diesels, controllable-pitch propellers); Avondale yard product documentation (ev-11); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide application list (ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; shipyards.json 'avondale-shipyard' product list; GAO HRD-80-2 application list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-driven tank landing ship built 1956-58 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a ship of this type and period were thermal insulation and lagging for machinery, exhaust and piping systems, gaskets and valve packing, asbestos-containing deck tile, electrical insulation and electronic components, galley-range cabling, and brake/clutch linings in deck machinery. Diesel plant - no boilers or turbines, so the steam-plant lagging pathway is absent; propulsion asbestos relevance is machinery insulation and gasketing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1956-1989
- Population
- Avondale construction trades (1956-58); crew (1958-72); yard trades at availabilities (incl. 1968 regular overhaul, 1971 engineering overhaul); Italian crew (1972-88); shipbreakers (1989)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1171. Names era-standard Navy-wide and yard-documented applications, not confirmed installed materials on this ship. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-13
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[15]Batch-6660 search ledger (this record): two live NHHC DANFS entries; NavSource archive + ship-issued pamphlet PDF (OCR'd); NHHC photo catalog; NHHC Enterprise DANFS cross-reference; All Hands Aug 1958 (BuPers, via Internet Archive); NARA deck-log index and catalog; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener opinions (authenticated); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS De Soto County (LST-1171) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinions (authenticated): 'LST-1171' returned zero opinions; '"De Soto County" ship' returned nine opinions, all county-name collisions (Mississippi/Florida De Soto County civil and criminal matters), none vessel-related. CourtListener DOCKET search could not be completed - the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent across repeated attempts this session (HTTP-equivalent pacing block, not a rate-limit ban); logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; 'asbestos aboard' material exists only on law-firm marketing pages for this class (asbestos-ships.com sister-hull pages for LST-1173/LST-1176; gorilaw.com generic LST page) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the docket-side litigation search is a genuine open gap (fleet-throttled, not run to completion). Deck logs (digitized, RG 24) and Avondale/Norshipco work packages are available archival leads for deeper verification. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-soto-county-lst1171-14