Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 624-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-league-island-lst1097-pkt-624-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'League Island II (LST-1097)' - construction, Okinawa service, Pearl Harbor conversion, AG-149/AKS-30 auxiliary career, disposal (live page verified) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS League Island II (LST-1097) entry - full narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 22 November 1944 by Jeffersonville Bridge & Machinery Co. (name as printed; see gaps), Jeffersonville, Ind.; launched 16 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Susan A. Rash; commissioned 9 February 1945, Lt. Earl J. Lane in command. Reported to CinCPac 27 March 1945; short western Pacific voyages; Okinawa campaign 21 May-30 June 1945. Entered Pearl Harbor Navy Yard December 1945 for conversion to an Ordnance Spare Parts Barge, remaining to March 1946; steamed to Portland, Oreg., 21 November [1946]; decommissioned 19 December 1946. Reclassified AG-149 27 January 1949, named League Island 1 February. Recommissioned 3 January 1951, Lt. R. E. Duppenthaler in command; converted to a cargo stores ship 17 January-2 March [1951] by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., Oakland, Calif.; moved to San Diego 24 March. Departed for Japan 1 June, joined ServRon 3, served from Sasebo and Yokosuka June 1951-August 1954; reclassified AKS-30 18 August 1951; mission was supplying spare parts to the fleet in the Far East in support of the Korean commitment. Post-Korea: served 7th Fleet from Subic Bay, returned to Japan May 1955; Philippines early 1956; Sasebo March 1956; sailed for San Francisco 30 April. Decommissioned Astoria, Oreg., 14 December 1956; stricken 1 April 1960; sold 17 March 1961 to Hatch & Kirk Co., Seattle, Wash., towed away for scrapping 24 April 1961. One battle star for WWII. Spec block: dp. 1,625; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'; s. 12 k.; cpl. 119; a. 2 40mm, 12 20mm; cl. LST-511.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- JeffBoat construction trades (1944-45); WWII crew (1945-46); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard conversion trades (1945-46); Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel conversion trades (1951); AG-149/AKS-30 crew (1951-56)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS prints builder as 'Jeffersonville Bridge & Machinery Co.' (the yard's documented name was Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.) and class 'LST-511' (the hull sits in the BuShips LST-1081-1152 block of the LST-542-series design; NavSource/secondary sources call her LST-542 class) - variants logged in gaps. 'Ordnance Spare Parts Barge' wording vs shipscribe 'mobile spare parts issue ship' describes the same documented conversion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS League Island (AKS-30) ex USS League Island (AG-149) ex USS LST-1097 - page 10/16/161097 (live-verified; navsource.org is dead, .net domain used) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161097.htm header block, timeline, campaign table, spec block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542 class tank landing ship; laid down 22 November 1944, Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 16 January 1945; commissioned 9 February 1945, Lt. Earl J. Lane USNR. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-Two (CAPT. D.J. Sweeny), LST Group Ninety-Six (CDR. J.M. Dod USNR), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-One; Okinawa Gunto operation 21 May-30 June 1945. Decommissioned 19 December 1946, Portland, OR; Pacific Reserve Fleet. Named and redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary League Island (AG-149) 27 January 1949; recommissioned 3 January 1951; converted to a General Stores Issue Ship 17 January-2 March 1951 at Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., Oakland, CA; redesignated AKS-30 18 August 1951. Korean War: operated in the war zone 7 July 1951-27 July 1954, no combat operations. Decommissioned 14 December 1956, Astoria, OR; stricken 1 April 1960; sold for scrapping 24 April 1961 to Hatch & Kirk Co., Seattle, WA; resold for merchant service (date unknown); sunk at Bahrain 1976, raised March 1980, cut down to a Persian Gulf barge. One battle star WWII. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328' x 50'; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted, troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; propulsion 2 x General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, three 100 kW ship's-service generators, 2 shafts, 1,700 shp. Awards block: American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific (1 star); WWII Victory; National Defense; Korean Service; UN Service; ROK War Service (retroactive). Commanding officers: Lane (Feb-Mar 1945), Baynard (Mar-Dec 1945), Wagener (Dec 1945-Mar 1946), Stuart (Mar-Jun 1946), Jimenez (Jun-1946), Vint (1946-19 Dec 1946); Duppenthaler (3 Jan 1951-?); Chessman (1955-14 Dec 1956). Photo documentation: fitting-out at Jeffersonville Jan-Feb 1945; underway on the Mississippi February 1945; anchored at Kerama Retto June 1945 (USMC photo 130125); Pearl Harbor; AG-149 underway (All Hands, September 1951); ex-LST-1097 sunk at Bahrain early 1980 and under tow March 1980 (Kevin Patience).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1981
- Population
- JeffBoat trades (1944-45); crew 1945-46 and 1951-56; Pearl Harbor and Bethlehem Oakland yard trades; post-1961 merchant crews; Bahrain salvage crews (1980-81)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS; 'sold for scrapping 24 April 1961' merges DANFS's separate sale (17 Mar) and tow-away (24 Apr) dates; CO table labels Chessman's ship 'AGS-30' (typo for AKS-30); 'LST-542 class' label conflicts with DANFS 'cl. LST-511' (see gaps). Merchant-end narrative rests on photo captions/reporting, not registry documents. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-02
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[4]Shipscribe, 'USS Electron (AKS-27, ex LST) Class' - class table and per-ship notes for AKS 27-31 (compiled from official Ships' Data/register sources; compiled 18 Aug 2021) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AKS/AKS27.html - construction table, disposition table, class notes, per-ship notes rows 27-31
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Conversion-class context and hull-specific detail: five late-build LSTs (LST-1070, -1078, -1085, -1097, -1102) were converted to mobile spare parts issue ships at Pearl Harbor between December 1945 and April 1946 and reassigned to Commander Service Force Pacific effective 1 January 1946. On 9 December 1948 the CNO asked the Chief of Naval Personnel to name the five LSTs whose alterations had changed their characteristics to spare parts issue ships for reclassification as AGs; island names were proposed 10 January 1949 and approved 1 February 1949 (AG 146-150); all were reclassified AKS 27-31 on 18 August 1951. This hull: reassigned ComServPac 1 January 1946; converted to mobile spare parts issue ship at Pearl 29 December 1945-16 March 1946; designated for inactivation 28 August 1946; reported to Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, 7 October 1946; inactive 'Out of Commission, in Reserve' 19 December 1946; to AG-149 and named 1 February 1949; reactivation ordered 31 August 1950; recommissioned 3 January 1951; converted to a cargo stores ship 17 January-2 March 1951 by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., Oakland, California; to AKS-30 18 August 1951; homeport shifted from Mare Island to Sasebo, Japan, 1 November 1954; arrived San Francisco from Sasebo 28 May 1956; reported for inactivation 16 August 1956, Columbia River Group; offered for sale 21 September 1960 and again 8 February 1961; to buyer 24 April 1961. Post-sale (per Bahrain newspapers): bought at Singapore early 1970s, renamed AL RASHIDIYA, carried bagged cement to Bahrain 1975, beached and abandoned; raised by Smit Salvage and D.M.S., cut down to barge 1981; sank at Sitra, Bahrain, 21 September 1981; broken up at Gadani Beach.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1981
- Population
- Pearl Harbor conversion trades (1945-46); Bethlehem Oakland trades (1951); Korean-war-era crew; reserve-fleet caretakers (Columbia River Group); Bahrain salvage crews
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (shipscribe, S. S. Roberts) assembled from official Ships' Data/register material - treated as a transcription aid, not a primary record; merchant-end details are attributed by shipscribe itself to Bahrain newspaper reporting. Merchant name conflicts with the JeffBoat table's 'Magellan' - carried in gaps. Refines but conflicts slightly with DANFS wording ('Ordnance Spare Parts Barge' vs 'mobile spare parts issue ship'; sale date 17 March vs delivery 24 April 1961). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-03
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[5]Filson Historical Society (Louisville, KY), finding aid: 'USS LST 1097 Association Records, 1944-2000 (bulk 1992-2000),' 6 cubic feet, Mss./BC/U58 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Filson finding aid PDF - scope note, historical note, folder list (folders 24-25 = log notebooks)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - reading-room or reproduction request required; no spend authorized): the Filson holds the USS LST 1097 Association collection - correspondence, newsletters ('Echoes of the 1097'), photographs, reunion questionnaires/'E-Book' crew biographies, and two crew log notebooks covering 9 February 1945-1 December 1945 and 1 January 1946-19 December 1946. Reunions organized from October 1992 by Frank R. Fultz. The log notebooks document the ship's commissioned WWII service year and are the closest located primary daily-activity material for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2000 collection; 1945-1946 log coverage
- Population
- LST-1097 crew (1945-46 coverage period)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid description only - collection contents not examined. The log notebooks are association-held crew records, not official deck logs; whether they contain any material/maintenance information is unknown until surveyed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-04
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[6]NavalCoverMuseum, 'LEAGUE ISLAND AKS 30' - designation history and postmark evidence [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LEAGUE_ISLAND_AKS_30 - name/designation history, postmarks section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Philatelic documentation for this hull: designation sequence USS LST-1097 (commissioned 9 February 1945 - decommissioned 19 December 1946); USS League Island AG-149 (named/designated in reserve 27 January 1949, commissioned 3 January 1951); USS League Island AKS-30 (redesignated General Stores Issue Ship 18 August 1951, decommissioned 14 December 1956); struck 1 April 1960; sold 24 April 1961 to Hatch & Kirk Co., Seattle; resold commercially; sunk at Bahrain 1976; raised March 1980 and cut down to a Persian Gulf barge. Ship's post office documented in operation 9 February 1951 - 30 June 1956. Awards listed: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific (1), WWII Victory, National Defense, Korean Service, UN Service, ROK War Service (retroactive).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1980
- Limitations
- Philatelic secondary source; designation dates track DANFS; the post-office window documents only the recommissioned era, not the 1945-46 LST period (no post office listed then). 'LST-511 Class' label repeated - conflicts with NavSource 'LST-542 class' (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-05
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company (JeffBoat), Jeffersonville IN - Self-Propelled Vessels' construction table [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com JeffBoat self-propelled-vessels table, row O.N. 293241 / LST 1097
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder documentation: Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company (JeffBoat), organized 1938 by American Barge Line on the former M.A. Sweeney & Brothers site; operated the condemned/leased Howard Shipyard during WWII and was a major wartime LST builder with employment peaking at 13,000; closed permanently 2018. Yard table row for this hull: O.N. 293241, LST-1097, US Navy, Landing Ship, 1,625 dwt, 328 ft, delivered 9 February 1945; disposition noted 'Redesignated League Island (AG 149/AKS 30), sold 1961 as Magellan, reduced to barge 1980.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1980
- Population
- JeffBoat wartime workforce (peak ~13,000)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiler's yard table - merchant name 'Magellan' conflicts with shipscribe's 'Al Rashidiya' (both may have been sequential renamings; carried in gaps); 'reduced to barge 1980' vs shipscribe's 1981. No asbestos content; establishes builder identity and merchant resale only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-06
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[8]Consolidated era inference - NavSource/SDB-series LST machinery data (2 x GM 12-567A diesels) + shipscribe Electron-class conversion notes + era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 161097 spec block; shipscribe AKS27 conversion notes; Corn & Starr doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700110311 (era context)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST-542-series hull: no boilers and no steam plant, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard this type were diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings, and accommodation-space insulation. Two documented conversions add interior rework scope: the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard conversion to a mobile spare parts issue ship (29 December 1945-16 March 1946) and the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., Oakland, conversion to a cargo stores ship (17 January-2 March 1951) - interior outfit changes of that era commonly disturbed or added insulation materials. Peer-reviewed documentation establishes that asbestos was used extensively as fireproofing and insulation in WWII-era U.S. shipbuilding (Corn & Starr 1987, AJIM 11(3):359-373).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1981
- Population
- JeffBoat construction trades (1944-45); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard conversion trades (1945-46); Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Oakland trades (1951); crew (1945-46, 1951-56); merchant crews (post-1961); Bahrain salvage/breaking crews (1980-81)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or conversion work package was located for LST-1097/AG-149/AKS-30. Does not establish quantity, present-day presence (hull broken up 1981), individual exposure, or causation. Conversion-yard scopes are documented events; their asbestos content is inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-07
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[9]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 to automated fetch)
- 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 Navy life (built 1944-45; stricken 1960; sold 1961) and both documented conversions.
- 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, previously confirmed in this batch series) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-08
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[10]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
- historical_record
- 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 LST-542-series hull was mass-produced at an inland yard, 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 this yard and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search (type=o): "League Island" returned 85 opinion hits - all examined hits are name collisions with League Island, Philadelphia (the Navy Yard site/neighborhood): sea-pay and mileage claims by officers stationed at the League Island Navy-Yard (Court of Claims era), Philadelphia wage-tax litigation, park/preservation and community cases. Hull-number queries pending - see search_ledger. [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-league-island-lst1097-10 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located: the CourtListener 'League Island' opinion sweep (85 hits) produced only collisions with the Philadelphia Navy Yard place-name - not the ship - and the secondary web sweep surfaced only law-firm marketing content about the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (a namesake, not this hull; excluded by source policy). Hull-number queries ('LST-1097', 'AG-149', 'AKS-30') could not be completed this session - the fleet-wide CourtListener pace budget was spent (HTTP 429-style stand-down); logged as blocked, not as a negative result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Litigation coverage is incomplete: the name query ran but hull-number queries did not run (paced) - this row is a partial negative, not a full clearance. None of the examined 'League Island' hits is a vessel case; absence of a located docket does not prove no case exists. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-10
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[12]Batch-6585 search ledger (this record): DANFS League Island I & II entries; NavSource 161097; shipscribe AKS-27 class; shipbuildinghistory JeffBoat table; NavalCoverMuseum AKS-30; Filson finding aid; NVR; MARAD ShipHistory; CourtListener (partial); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-league-island-lst1097-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or verified litigation naming LST-1097 / League Island (AG-149) / League Island (AKS-30) was found in the public sources searched. DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe, NavalCoverMuseum, the JeffBoat yard table, and the Filson finding aid contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. No NVR record exists (hull disposed pre-1987). MARAD ShipHistory returned a site error this session (hull spent its post-1961 career in foreign/merchant hands; a record may not exist).
- 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 - a 1944-45-built ship inside the documented Navy asbestos era (GAO HRD-80-2) that underwent two conversions is era-consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials. CourtListener hull-number queries remain open (paced, not run). Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-11
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[13]DANFS, 'League Island I (YFB-20)' - namesake/disambiguation entry (live page verified); plus DANFS II spec block and secondary labels (NavSource, Wikipedia, NavalCoverMuseum) for the class/builder-name variants [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS League Island I entry; DANFS II spec block; NavSource 161097 header; NavalCoverMuseum AKS-30 history; shipscribe AKS27 class notes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISAMBIGUATION AND LABEL CORRECTIONS: (a) This record consolidates one hull under three designations - LST-1097 (1945-49), League Island AG-149 (designated 27 Jan 1949, named 1 Feb 1949), League Island AKS-30 (18 Aug 1951) - the second Navy ship named for League Island, the Philadelphia Navy Yard site at the junction of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. The first League Island (YFB-20, ex-Machigonne SP-1043/Hook Mountain/Block Island/Dida, built 1907 by Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia) was a separate ferry vessel in 4th Naval District service 1941-46 - not this hull. (b) Class label: DANFS prints 'cl. LST-511'; Wikipedia and NavalCoverMuseum repeat 'LST-511 class'; NavSource carries 'LST-542 class'; the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design grouping places hulls LST-1081-1152 in the last block of the LST-542-series design - 'LST-542 class' carried, variant noted. (c) Builder name: DANFS prints 'Jeffersonville Bridge & Machinery Co.'; the yard's documented name was Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. (JeffBoat) - DANFS variant noted. Landing-ship-only type metadata corrected to reflect the documented auxiliary conversion (AG/AKS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1951 (designation window)
- Limitations
- Corrects naming/label metadata only - no bearing on asbestos findings. The LST-511-vs-542 distinction is a reference-label convention difference; the hull's physical design group (LST-1081-1152 block) is not in dispute. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-league-island-lst1097-12