Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS LST-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS LST-1' returned 17 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1-lst1-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS LST-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS LST-1' returned 2151 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1-lst1-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'LST-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'LST-1' returned 1774 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1-lst1-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'LST-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'LST-1' returned 44935 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1-lst1-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'USS LST-1' - HyperWar mirror of Office of the Chief of Naval Operations / Naval History Division text [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1 full entry (ibiblio.org HyperWar mirror of NHHC text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 20 July 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 7 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Laurence T. Haugen; commissioned 14 December 1942, Lt. W.L. Chessman in command. Assigned to the European theater: Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), Anzio-Nettuno phase on the west coast of Italy (January-March 1944), Invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Decommissioned 21 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 June 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Ships Power and Equipment Co., of Barber, N.J., for scrapping. Four battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers/104 enlisted spec) plus embarked troops
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. Laid-down date conflicts with NavSource (10 June 1942) and sale date conflicts with NavSource (6 January 1948) - both in gaps. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-09-19; verbatim HyperWar transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-01
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[6]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1 - specification block, campaign table, commanding-officer roster, and photo captions citing NHHC and NARA holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160001, specifications block, campaign table, CO roster, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 10 June 1942 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA; launched 7 September 1942; placed in reduced commissioned status for transit to her fitting-out yard 5 December 1942 under CDR Oscar Cottman B. Wev, USCG (ferry crew); commissioned in full 14 December 1942, LT W. L. Chessman (Wesley Edison Chessman, USNR) in command. Campaigns: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 2-21 September 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22 January-1 March 1944; Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944. Decommissioned 21 May 1946; struck 19 June 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal (date unknown); sold for scrapping 6 January 1948 to Ships Power and Equipment Co., Barber, N.J. Specification block: 2 General Motors 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gears, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW ship's-service generators, twin propellers 1,700 shp, 11.6 knots trial - a diesel plant with no boilers. Complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted. Photo captions document the launch at Neville Island 7 September 1942, the ship near Pittsburgh circa December 1942 (NH 91610, NH 97857), causeway landings on an Italian beach (probably Salerno, September 1943), and the ship 'high and dry' with USS LST-292 at Saint-Michel-en-Greves, Brittany, September 1944, during supply operations supporting the Brest campaign (NARA 80-G-247120).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Ship's company ~117 per spec block; embarked troops up to ~163; ferry crew under USCG command Dec 1942
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS where they overlap. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. Laid-down 10 June 1942 conflicts with DANFS 20 July 1942; scrapping-sale 6 January 1948 conflicts with DANFS 5 December 1947 - both carried in gaps. Fitting-out yard is referenced but not named.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-02
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[7]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS LST-1 (1942-1947)' - Naval Historical Center ship page and photo catalog (HyperWar mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Online Library ship page, 'USS LST-1 (1942-1947)' (ibiblio.org HyperWar mirror of history.navy.mil content)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library describes LST-1 as 'name ship of a class of hundreds of 2366-ton tank landing ships,' built at Pittsburgh, commissioned mid-December 1942, and transiting down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to reach salt water; European-theater operations (Sicily July 1943, Salerno September 1943, Anzio-Nettuno January-March 1944, Normandy June 1944) plus 'subsequent operations along the western European coast'; decommissioned May 1946, sold for scrapping December 1947. Cataloged photographs: NH 97857 and NH 91610 (Pittsburgh vicinity, circa December 1942) and Army Signal Corps images USA C-174/C-175/C-235 (troops, trucks, and field guns landing via causeway on an Italian beach, probably Salerno, September 1943).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Official NHHC caption-level history; contains no asbestos or materials information. Confirms the inland-waterway transit route but does not name the fitting-out yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-03
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[8]Heinz History Center (Senator John Heinz History Center), 'Pittsburgh's LSTs: Remembering the Workhorse of Normandy' - senior-curator article citing Pittsburgh press and Detre Library & Archives collections [museum_official]
- Locator
- Heinz History Center blog, article body and 'for further reading' source list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documents LST-1's construction context: Dravo Corporation's Neville Island yard was lead yard for the LST program, assembling all-welded prefabricated sections from five area plants; the first inland-made LST, 'LST-1,' slid down Dravo's greased launch ways into the Ohio River during the lunch hour on Labor Day, 7 September 1942, before thousands of spectators - at that moment the largest warship ever launched on the nation's inland waterways. Dravo's workforce grew from about 1,500 to 25,000 between 1941 and 1945; at least 53 Pennsylvania-made LSTs, including LST-1, participated in the 1944 D-Day campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction workforce (~25,000 peak, yard-level); launch spectators
- Limitations
- Museum-published secondary account (senior curator, citing Pittsburgh Press/Sun-Telegraph/Post-Gazette 1942 coverage and archival collections); documents construction and launch, contains no asbestos or materials information. Workforce figures are yard-level, not hull-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-04
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[9]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era in which this hull was built (1942). For a diesel-powered LST with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; the 1947-48 shipbreaking at Barber, NJ is the documented end-of-life disturbance event.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1942-1948
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (Dravo Neville Island, 1942); wartime crew; shipbreaking workers (1947-48) - era context
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-05
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[10]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place on active Navy hulls for decades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy documentation that never governed this hull: she left naval service in May 1946 and was scrapped by 1948, decades before either policy existed. Context for the era fleet picture only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403); content via product-page description, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-06
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[11]National Archives and Records Administration catalog - Record Group 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' series (ca. 1942-1946), which contains per-ship LST war-history entries (example located: USS LST-464 war history, catalog id 77707313) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/77707313 (LST-464 war history, RG 38 series entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's RG 38 war-diaries series and RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (1941-1992) are the primary-source track for this hull: per-ship LST war histories exist in the catalog for class sisters (e.g., LST-464). An LST-1 war diary and 1942-1946 deck logs, if digitized, would document the fitting-out location and in-service material events; an LST-1-specific entry was not located via public catalog search this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (record period)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the series is verified to exist and to contain class-sister entries; no LST-1-specific catalog item was located or reviewed, and nothing in the series is an asbestos record by nature.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-07
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[12]Batch-317 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC via HyperWar mirror; NavSource 160001; NHHC Online Library; Heinz History Center; shipbuildinghistory.com Dravo Pittsburgh table; CourtListener API and index; NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1-lst1-01 through sl-uss-lst-1-lst1-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-1 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No federal historic designation applies - the hull was scrapped 1947-48. CourtListener API throttled at daily quota (HTTP 429, 125/day) and index searches returned name collisions only (an unrelated 'LST I LLC' life-settlement entity, a barge numbered LS 1501, OCR noise) - no qualifying or other litigation naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-built LST is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull's destruction in 1947-48 precludes any present-day survey. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Docket-level litigation coverage is incomplete due to the documented rate-limit block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1-lst1-08