Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 612-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-1011 | Hull: LST-1011 | Designation: LST (landing ship, tank) | Class: LST-542 class (see class note)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1011-lst1011-pkt-612-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1011 (NHHC live page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1011 entry (single-paragraph entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1011 was laid down on 29 February 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 29 March 1944; and commissioned on 5 May 1944.' Assigned to the European theater; 'participated in the invasion of southern France in August and September 1944.' Then Asiatic-Pacific theater; 'took part in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945.' Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; 'decommissioned on 20 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 31 July that same year. On 12 June 1948, she was sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping.' Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS wording for the Southern France window is 'August and September 1944' - NavSource's campaign-credit table reads 15-22 September 1944; both reported, not reconciled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1011 (542-class page - timeline, campaign credits, occupation-duty periods, commanding officers, specifications; live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161011.htm - header block, campaign table, occupation table, CO list, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: '542-Class Tank Landing Ship'; laid down 29 February 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 29 March 1944; commissioned USS LST 1011, 5 May 1944, LT. Robert M. Wilson USNR in command. First assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, later Asiatic-Pacific Theater; campaign credits - Invasion of southern France, 15 to 22 September 1944; Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation, 22 to 30 June 1945. Pacific assignment: LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven (CAPT. Riley), LST Group One Hundred Nine (CDR. E. W. Wilson USNR), LST Division Two Hundred-Eighteen. Navy Occupation service periods: 2 Sep-1 Dec 1945; 24 Dec 1945-8 Jan 1946; 30 Jan-19 Feb 1946. Decommissioned 20 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; sold for scrapping 12 June 1948 to the Walter W. Johnson Co. Two battle stars. CO list: LT. Robert M. Wilson USNR (5 May 1944-1 Jan 1946); LTjg. Keith L. Dixon USNR (1 Jan-4 May 1946); ENS. James R. Andrews USNR (4 May-20 Jun 1946). Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kts trial; 24,000 mi at 9 kts; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16/147; 2 LCVP; two GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-driven 100 kW generators, two propellers 1,700 shp; call sign NVPX. Page photography places her loading at Oran, Algeria (Aug 1944), beached at St. Raphael (~22 Aug 1944), at Hampton Roads 27 May 1944 with LST-906/LST-1012, at Pearl Harbor with LST-899/LST-530, and in San Francisco Bay with LCT-1373 embarked (1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); shipbreakers, Walter W. Johnson Co. (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates agree with DANFS on every point here. Photo captions are contributor-credited documentation, not official records. Contains no asbestos content. No hazmat or material record for the 1948 breakup was located - scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-02
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[4]NARA National Archives Catalog: 'LST-1011, 4/28/44-5/31/46' (NAID 126558020, deck logs, 209 images, digitized online); 'USS LST-1011 - War Diary, 12/1/44 to 2/28/46' (NAID 77670926); 'USS LST-1011 - Rep of opers in the invasion of Southern France, 8/15-16/44' (NAID 77528925) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 126558020, 77670926, 77528925 (all 'available to access online' per catalog search)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized ship-specific records for this hull: the complete deck-log run covering her commissioned career (NAID 126558020, 209 images, 28 Apr 1944 - 31 May 1946, Ancestry-scan partnership series), the ship's war diary Dec 1944 - Feb 1946 (NAID 77670926), and her report of operations in the invasion of Southern France, 15-16 Aug 1944 (NAID 77528925) - the last corroborating August participation in the Dragoon assault window, per the file-unit title.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (1944-46) - records context
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: digitized and online, but the 209 deck-log images, war diary, and action report were not individually reviewed for material, yard-availability, or asbestos content. Deck logs and war diaries rarely record insulation/material detail; they are leads, not asbestos records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan) - documents the diesel plant; asbestos application list is consolidated era inference (class profile lst-1-class, ev-lst-1-class-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; class profile lst-1-class.class.json
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LST-1011 falls in the LST-542 design group (BuShips SD-1945 v2 grouping, hull block 980-1059): two GM 12-567A diesels, no boilers. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications for diesel amphibious ships of this type and build period: diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The diesel plant removes the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway that dominates steam-ship exposure; the confined engine-room and interior-finish pathways remain.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1011. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. BuShips table documents the plant, not insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-04
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[6]O'Connor v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 401 Mass. 586, 518 N.E.2d 510 (1988) (Mass. SJC opinion text via Justia, verified live 2026-10-02) [court_record]
- Locator
- 401 Mass. 586 at *587-*589 (special questions 1-2; 'a welder at the Fore River Shipyard in the 1940's ... asbestos blankets ... gave off asbestos dust')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level litigation record for this hull's builder: a Massachusetts jury found that Richard O'Connor, a welder at the Bethlehem Steel (Fore River) Shipyard in the 1940s, was exposed to asbestos in Raybestos-Manhattan welding blankets used for spark protection - a trial finding that asbestos products were present and in use at the yard in the decade this hull was built there (Feb-May 1944). The jury also answered that the exposure did not cause or substantially contribute to O'Connor's mesothelioma/death; judgment entered for the defendant and affirmed on appeal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s (exposure window); 1987-88 (litigation)
- Population
- Fore River Shipyard trades, 1940s (O'Connor: welder)
- Limitations
- Builder-yard documentation, not a hull record: establishes asbestos product presence and a worker-exposure finding at Fore River in the 1940s, not aboard LST-1011. Affirmed defense judgment - the exposure finding (Q1 'yes') stands as a jury finding, but causation for that plaintiff was not established (Q2 'no'); described at trial-finding stage exactly as disposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-05
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[7]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 - the program-level backdrop for any 1944-built hull. Marginal relevance here: this ship was sold for scrapping in 1948, before the 1975/1979 asbestos-management policies the report evaluates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation only; supports era context, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved this session (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, per Batch-01/Batch-98 findings) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-06
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[8]Batch-6499 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource live page; NARA catalog (three digitized ship-specific file units); NVR (no record - ship disposed 1948, pre-1987 coverage); CourtListener authenticated API v4 (four queries); secondary-web litigation/marketing sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1011-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation naming USS LST-1011 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, 2026-10-02): 'LST-1011' and 'LST 1011' returned zero opinion hits; the sole docket hit for both variants is B.D. Cooke & Partners Ltd. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, S.D.N.Y. 1:08-cv-03435 (filed 2008) - a marine-insurance dispute where 'LST-1011' appears inside a RECAP-indexed affidavit, an incidental document-level mention, not an asbestos case or exposure record. Secondary web surfaced only law-firm marketing content (mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org 'LST 542 and Asbestos Exposure' class-level page; Navy-ship listicles at mesotheliomahope.com, swmwlaw.com, mesotheliomaveterans.org) 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. Coverage caveat: the ship was hull-number-only, so name-collision risk is nil, but RECAP indexes docket text unevenly - a pleading in an unindexed district or an MDL-875 line entry could exist outside the searched index. Deck logs and war diary are digitized but unreviewed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1011-07