Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-1042-lst1042-pkt-616-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1042 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Okinawa campaign, occupation/China service, decommissioning, strike (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - UA-gated, re-verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1042 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 10 December 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 20 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Shields; commissioned 22 February 1945, Lt. Patrick Connolly, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific operations: assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (June 1945). Following the war: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until early May 1946; decommissioned 9 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 June 1946. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Pittsburgh, 1944-45); ship's company and embarked troops (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no post-strike disposition for this hull and does not name the decommissioning port; NavSource independently records 'fate unknown.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1042 (10/16/161042.htm) - designation timeline, unit assignments, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, 'fate unknown' disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161042.htm header block, campaign table, medal windows, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 10 December 1944 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; launched 20 January 1945; commissioned USS LST-1042 22 February 1945, LT Patrick Connolly USNR in command. Assigned to LST Flotilla Thirty-Three (CAPT. C. A. Legg USN), LST Group Ninety-Seven (CDR. H. B. McLean), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Three. Campaign table: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation 21-30 June 1945. Navy Occupation Service and China Service Medal (extended) qualifying periods both 12 September-10 October 1945. Decommissioned 9 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' One battle star. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW 230 V DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NAAJ. CO table: LT Connolly USNR 22 Feb 1945-14 Jan 1946; LTjg G. W. Pixler USNR 14 Jan-24 Mar 1946; LTjg F. Kalasinsky USN 24 Mar-Apr 1946. Photo captions document launching at Dravo (20 Jan 1945), the ship beached in Manchuria alongside LST-1015 (1945), and on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai (December 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops; CO list USNR/USN officers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS. Its 'fate unknown' disposition line is an accurate statement of the public record for this hull, not a research failure; contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-1042 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 161042.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1945 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Pittsburgh, 1944-45); ship's company/embarked troops (1945-46); decommissioning/disposal crews on the China station (1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-1042. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live (HTTP 200) 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-03
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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 blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 construction (1944-45), her Pacific service, and her 1946 disposal on the China station.
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-04
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[6]DANFS, LST-1059 - sibling Dravo-built, China-station LST disposition (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1059 entry, full text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Context for this hull's undocumented disposition: DANFS records that sister hull LST-1059 - built in the same Dravo Pittsburgh block three months later and likewise on China service - was decommissioned 14 September 1946 and 'sold to the Morrison Knudsen Co., Shanghai, China, on 14 January 1947.' China-station LST disposals ran through local sale/transfer channels that left no published per-hull record for LST-1042; NavSource records this hull's fate as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- Documents a different hull (LST-1059) only - establishes the China-station disposal pattern, not this hull's fate. No primary source located names a buyer, transfer flag, or scrapyard for LST-1042; do not infer one.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-07 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-1042" returned 0 in the opinion index and 0 in the docket index; "LST 1042" asbestos in opinions returned 0; "USS LST-1042" in opinions returned 0. No asbestos case naming this hull and no name collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero qualifying result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-06
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[8]Batch-6530 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog (ship-title and parent-unit searches); BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NVR; NIOSH/OSTI; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-1042 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard sits squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-07
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[9]NARA catalog, "LST-1042" - ~95 file units (fuzzy relevance; NO ship-titled war diary or muster-roll unit surfaced); Index to Muster Rolls file unit 'USS LST-1006 to USS PC-566' (NAID 118967605, RG 24, 1,599 images, digitized) spans this hull's alphabetical range; parent-unit COM LST GR 97 monthly war diaries digitized for Mar, Apr, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-1042" and "USS LST-1042" result sets; NAID 118967605; NAID 594996 series; COM LST GR 97 unit diaries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is thin at ship-title level: the catalog's "LST-1042" result set (~95 fuzzy file units) surfaces no 'USS LST-1042 - War Diary' unit and no dedicated muster-roll file unit (sibling hulls LST-968/987/1026/1027 do have digitized muster-roll units in the same series, NAID 594996). The Index to Muster Rolls (RG 24) file unit 'USS LST-1006 to USS PC-566' (NAID 118967605, 1,599 images, digitized) covers this hull's alphabetical range - an index to individuals' muster-roll entries, not a roll itself. The parent unit's war diaries - COM LST GR 97 for March, April, June, August, September, and October 1945 (NAIDs 139982154, 633420819, 101733189, 77486705, 77562696, 77537189) - are digitized and bridge the ship's Pacific and occupation-period months at unit level.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (1945-46); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: absence of a surfaced ship-titled unit means none was located in catalog results, not that none exists - paper holdings at College Park/St. Louis are not fully catalog-indexed; group-level diaries reference but do not substitute for ship-level records. WWII deck logs proper for this hull not located in NARA's digitized logbook program checked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1042-lst1042-08