Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 616-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1040-lst1040-pkt-616-packet-md
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[2]DANFS (NHHC), "LST-1040" entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1040 entry, full text (page verified live, HTTP 200, 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS chronology: laid down 3 December 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 13 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Charles L. Hoffman; commissioned 13 February 1945, Lt. George E. Cooper, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945. Postwar occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-July 1946. Decommissioned 23 September 1946; sold to the Netherlands East Indies 5 October 1946; stricken from the Navy list 23 April 1947. Earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company, 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Official identity and service chronology only - DANFS contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information for this hull and establishes nothing about exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1040-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1040 page (161040.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-1040 page: chronology block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions (page verified live, HTTP 200, 2026-10-02; full text scraped)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-542-class tank landing ship; unit assignment LST Flotilla Thirty-Three (CAPT. C. A. Legg), LST Group Ninety-Seven (CDR. H. B. McLean), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Three. Okinawa Gunto operation: assault and occupation, 8 to 28 June 1945. Navy Occupation Service and China Service Medal (extended) periods spanning 30 October 1945 to 30 July 1946. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels (1,700 shp), single Falk main reduction gear, twin screws - diesel plant, no boilers. Sold 5 October 1946 to the Netherlands East Indies, renamed Hr.Ms. LST-3; final disposition: fate unknown. Photographic record: Tinian, May 1945; beached at Okinawa with LST-570, June 1945; Yangtze River, Shanghai, 19 January 1946, with LST-1060 and USS Ascella (AK-137); Palembang, Indonesia, 1946; Dutch-service photographs (Hr.Ms. LST-3), Java, 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive, not an official record - used for unit/specification detail corroborated against DANFS where overlapping. Complement figures are NavSource-only (DANFS silent). Contains no asbestos information. The occupation/China date table contains an impossible '41 November' typo (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1040-02
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[4]Consolidated era inference - LST-542-class design data (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 machinery figures, carried via class profile lst-1-class, verified there 2026-09-16) plus documented era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class design data; era construction practice
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a 1944-45 diesel-powered LST: with no boilers or steam plant, the asbestos-relevant applications are diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/crane brake linings; insulation, gasket, and friction products of this construction era were commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, 1944-45); ship's company
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, abatement record, or crew account located for this hull. Establishes no quantities, no present-day presence, and no exposure for any individual. The underlying BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 scan (shipscribe.com) returned HTTP 404 at research time (2026-10-02) with no Wayback snapshot - see search_ledger sl-uss-lst-1040-09.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1040-03
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[5]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 HTTP 403, 2026-10-02)
- 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 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. This post-dates the hull's U.S. Navy custody by roughly three decades and has no direct bearing on her 1944-46 configuration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific; the ship left U.S. custody in October 1946, long before these policies. Full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403, standing since BATCH-01); content via the GAO product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1040-04
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[6]Batch-6528 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NavSource; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches; Naval Vessel Register; live-web asbestos/survey/abatement search; GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1040-01 through sl-uss-lst-1040-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-1040 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion and docket searches for "LST-1040" each returned zero hits.
- 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 - era-consistent inference remains plausible. The hull's 1946 sale out of U.S. custody and unknown final disposition foreclose most later documentation channels (no museum, no NDRF custody, no MARAD file). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1040-05