Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'LST-1051' entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS LST-1051 entry, full text (page verified live 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS, verbatim: 'LST-1051 was laid down on 21 January 1945 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp,; launched on 3 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Posten; and commissioned on 7 April 1945. Following World War II, LST-1051 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 7 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 5 June that same year. On 13 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co., for scrapping.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction trades (Jan-Apr 1945); ship's company 1945-1946; Walter W. Johnson Co. shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- DANFS is the ship's complete official entry and names this hull, but it contains no asbestos or materials information, lists no combat operations (she commissioned 7 April 1945 and reached post-war occupation service rather than amphibious assaults), gives no location for decommissioning or for reserve-fleet berthing between June 1946 and the June 1948 sale, and does not state where scrapping was performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 15, 1945 ed.), LST roster and design tables (scan hosted by Shipscribe) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 printed p.189, LST roster row 'LST1051' (keel/launch/commission columns)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster lists LST1051 under 'Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pa.' (ditto resolved from LST1044, the block's explicit builder line) with keel laid 21 Jan 45, ship launched 3 Mar 45, first commission 7 Apr 45 - matching DANFS and NavSource exactly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction trades (1945)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official U.S. Navy document naming this hull - the strongest available source for build data. The volume is dated April 1945 (printed roster sheets carry a Dec 1945 cover letter), so decommission/strike/disposal are not in scope for it. Contains no asbestos or materials data. NOTE: the URL cited in class-f's lst-1-class profile (shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) now returns 404; the file moved to shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf - verified live 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), LST machinery and characteristics design tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 printed pp.168-169, LST machinery table (row LST980-1059) and characteristics table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The BuShips design table assigns hull group LST980-1059 - which includes LST-1051 - two G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines at 1,700 shp on two propellers. Boiler and steam-condition columns are populated only for the turbine LST1153-1155 group; the diesel LST groups carry no boilers. The characteristics table lists trial displacement 3,960 t., maximum navigation draft 14 ft 1 in, and accommodations for 13 officers and 106 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Design-group data, not an as-built hull survey - establishes the design plant for the hull block, not what was actually installed in LST-1051. NavSource's per-hull spec block independently lists the same engine type (2 x GM 12-567A, 900 hp each), so the two sources agree. Contains no asbestos or materials data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1051 page (unit assignments, award ribbon rows, per-hull specifications, commanding-officer list, contributed photographs and crew documents) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161051.htm - header block, awards ribbon rows, specifications block, commanding-officer table, contributed-image captions (page verified live 2026-10-02; cited as navsource.net - the navsource.org host is defunct)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull page: LST-542 class; commissioned 7 April 1945 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, LT. Philip (n) Drucker (D) USNR in command; assigned during WWII to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LST Flotilla Thirty-Four (CAPT. C. A. H. H. Tiemroth), LST Group One Hundred, LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Nine; Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 2 September - 15 December 1945 and 22 October 1945 - 5 January 1946; awards listed are American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (no battle stars shown), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; radio call sign NABQ. Spec block: 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, 2 LCVP. Commanding officers: LT. Philip Drucker USNR (7 Apr 1945 - 21 Nov 1945), LT. Wayne G. Jensen USNR (21 Nov 1945 - 28 Feb 1946), LTjg. William David Stieg USNR (28 Feb 1946 - 7 May 1946). Contributed items include launch and commissioning photographs, the 13 March 1945 crew reporting orders issued by Amphibious Training Base Bradford NOB, Norfolk, VA, and a ports-of-call/mileage document covering 7 April 1945 - 4 February 1946 (contributed by the last CO), plus a photo of the ship underway in San Francisco Bay returning from Far East duty in 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1945-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - here every milestone agrees with DANFS and the BuShips roster. The two overlapping occupation-medal windows are reproduced as the page prints them in its ribbon table; no further breakdown is given. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-04
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[5]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery data for the LST-980-1059 group (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, no boilers) plus era amphibious-ship construction practice, during the period when the federal government had reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 pp.168-169 LST design tables; LST-1-class class profile (class-f worktree) consolidated applications list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a 1945 diesel-powered LST: no boilers aboard, so the steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply; asbestos-relevant applications for the type are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction trades (1945); ship's company 1945-1946; shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or litigation record located for LST-1051. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-05
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[6]Batch-6539 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; BuShips NAVSHIPS 250-011 via Shipscribe; NavSource; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog/deck-log program; CourtListener API v4; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1051-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-1051 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener searches returned zero results across the board - 'LST-1051' and 'LST 1051' in the opinion index and 'LST-1051' in the RECAP/docket index. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - the only 'asbestos aboard LST-1051'-type material in circulation is law-firm listicle content 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 - era inference remains reasonable and consistent. The hull's short life (commissioned April 1945, decommissioned May 1946, scrapped by 1948) means it predates the Navy's postwar asbestos-removal programs entirely. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-06
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[7]NARA deck-log program page (archives.gov 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog') + NavSource-contributed crew artifacts for this hull (13 March 1945 crew reporting orders; ports-of-call/mileage log 7 Apr 1945 - 4 Feb 1946, contributed by last CO LTjg. William D. Stieg) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (verified live 200 2026-10-02); NavSource 10/16/161051.htm contributed-document captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- LST-1051's deck logs for her commissioning span (7 April 1945 - 7 May 1946) would sit in NARA RG 24 logbook series; the NARA catalog is JavaScript-rendered and whether this hull's logs are digitized is unverified. NavSource hosts contributed primary artifacts for this hull - the crew's 13 March 1945 reporting orders from Amphibious Training Base Bradford NOB Norfolk and a ports-of-call/mileage document covering 7 April 1945 - 4 February 1946 - which constitute a ship-specific operational record lead.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: deck-log digitization status for this hull unverified (catalog JS-rendered, same limitation logged in batch-98 for Barracuda). The NavSource-hosted images are crew-contributed artifacts, not official records; their content was not fully transcribed this session. No asbestos content expected or claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1051-07