Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, 'LST-1054', Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, lst-1054.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 4 February 1945 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 17 March 1945, sponsored by Mrs. R. L. Stallings; commissioned 17 April 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-April 1946; returned to the United States, decommissioned 28 June 1946, struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; sold 25 November 1947 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Limitations
- Official secondary compilation; entry is brief and names no commanding officer or flotilla assignment. Contains a printed typo ('sruck'). No asbestos content. Verified live 2026-10-02 (HTTP GET 200; HEAD requests return 404 - user-agent filtering, not link rot).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1054 page (10/16/161054) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page sections: header data, awards ribbon display, specifications, commanding officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Per-hull record: LST-542 class; laid down 4 Feb 1945 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh PA; launched 17 Mar 1945; commissioned 17 Apr 1945, Lt. Robert W. Gorton USNR in command; WWII assignment Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla 34 (CAPT. C. A. H. H. Tiemroth), LST Group 100, LST Division 200; occupation service in the Far East 1 Oct 1945 - 12 Apr 1946; decommissioned 28 Jun 1946; struck 31 Jul 1946; sold for scrapping 25 Nov 1947 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem PA. Specs: 328' oa x 50' beam; 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 11.6 kt; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-driven 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; call sign NAEA; awards American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; four commanding officers listed; photo shows hull entering San Francisco Bay circa 1946 flying a homeward-bound pennant (Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archival archive quoting official sources; the spec block is class-standard and its complement (104 enlisted) differs from the BuShips design-table figure (106) - see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945), roster of landing ships, p. 189 (shipscribe.com mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 p. 189, landing-ship roster line LST1054 (PDF text layer verified 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips roster line names this hull: 'LST1054 - Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pa. - keel laid 4 Feb 45 - ship launched 17 Mar 45 - date of first commission 17 Apr 48 [sic]'. Builder yard (Dravo, Neville Island) and keel/launch dates agree with DANFS and NavSource; the printed commission year '48' is a typo in the official document (publication dated 15 April 1945, so a 1948 commissioning is impossible; the correct year, 1945, is confirmed by DANFS, NavSource, and the ship's own war diary showing her in full commission 17 April 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Primary official roster; its '17 Apr 48' commission year is a documented printing error, not a conflicting date. Builder attribution is ship-specific. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945), LST design-group table (shipscribe.com mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST characteristics table, machinery table, and generator/fuel table, LST980-1059 group rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design table for group LST980-1059 (this hull's block): 328 ft oa x 316 ft x 50 ft beam; 2,366 t light / 4,080 t; 11.6 kt; machinery two G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines totaling 1,700 shp; Falk reduction gear; three diesel-driven 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators; fuel 4,320 bbls; complement 13 officers / 106 enlisted; design armament two twin and four single 40 mm plus 20 mm mounts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Design-group data applying to hulls LST980-1059 as designed, not a survey of this hull; enlisted complement 106 differs from the NavSource ship-page figure of 104 - discrepancy carried in gaps. Confirms diesel plant (no boilers) for this hull's block. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-04
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[5]NARA, RG 38 World War II War Diaries: USS LST-1054 war diaries April-August 1945 (NAIDs 101736351, 101766984, 77508418), digitized microfilm [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA file units: NAID 101736351 (War Diary 4/17/45-6/30/45, 4 images); NAID 101766984 (7/1-31/45, 2 images); NAID 77508418 (8/1-31/45, 2 images)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship's own monthly war diaries (commanding officer, to C-in-C U.S. Fleet): placed in full commission at Naval Repair Base, New Orleans (Algiers), La., 17 April 1945 under ComEIGHT orders, Lt. R. W. Gorton USNR commanding; repairs/alterations and outfitting to 30 April; shakedown under OinC LST Shakedown, St. Andrew Bay, Panama City, Fla. (reported 25 April, completed by 19 May); loaded 750 tons of ammunition at Naval Magazine, Theodore, Ala.; arrived Coco Solo, Canal Zone, 25 May and transited the Panama Canal 26 May; diverted from Pearl Harbor to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu (arrived 15 June); formed Task Unit 13.11.41 with USS LST-1135 and departed for Eniwetok 19 June, crossing the International Date Line 25 June; arrived Eniwetok 1 July and Ulithi 8 July, where orders held her ammunition cargo aboard; anchored at Ulithi 8 July - 22 August (AA target practice; commanding officer served as Senior Landing Ship (Craft) Officer, Present, Ulithi, from 12 August); sailed to Leyte 22-26 August, anchoring in San Pedro Bay to discharge the ammunition cargo.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04 to 1945-08
- Population
- Ship's company (~13 officers, ~104 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous operational record, unrestricted; war-diary coverage located for Apr-Dec 1945 only - 1946 file units not found digitized (series ended). No asbestos content; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-05
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[6]NARA, RG 38 World War II War Diaries: USS LST-1054 war diaries September-December 1945 (NAIDs 77567730, 77571284, 140081932, 140084399), digitized microfilm [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA file units: NAID 77567730 (3 images = Sept 1945 diary); NAID 77571284 (10/45, 3 images); NAID 140081932 (11/45, 2 images); NAID 140084399 (12/45, 5 images)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Occupation-duty record: completed discharging 954 short tons of ammunition alongside SS Carrol Victory, San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 11 September; discharged material at Naval Supply Depot, Calicoan Island (14-20 September); beached at Bugo, Macajalar Bay, Mindanao (24-26 September) loading Army occupation units (HQ Boat Bn. 533rd EB&SR; Company C, 1874th Engineer Aviation Bn.; X Corps officers); sailed for Kure (Hiro Wan), Japan, as Task Unit 54.15.1, weathering a typhoon 29-30 September without damage; arrived Kure (Hirowan) 7 October and was designated mail ship and barracks ship for the Occupation Boat Pool, Kure (49 LCVPs, 1 LCP(L), 163 enlisted pool personnel); Lt. Comdr. Gorton relieved by Lt. Horace L. Tilghman Jr. 15 October; en route to Sasebo sank a horned-type mine 21 October at 32deg17'N 129deg18'E (416 rds 40 mm, 948 rds 20 mm); carried Naval Technical Mission to Japan (NavTechJap) equipment from Sasebo to Wakayama (delivered 2 November) and Tokyo Bay/Yokohama (4-6 November), then berthed and messed transient NavTechJap officers at Shigaura Dock, Shinagawa Wan, Tokyo; attached for NavTechJap duty 23 November; fueled and provisioned five LSMs at Neke Seto, Hiro Wan, 11 December; convoyed to Mitsugahama Hakuchi, Shikoku, and carried 36th Military Government HQ equipment and 263rd Army Hospital patients from the Matsuyama area to Red Beach, Hiro Wan (discharged 28 December); ended 1945 anchored at Mitsugahama Hakuchi.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-09 to 1945-12
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked Army occupation troops; 163 enlisted boat-pool personnel berthed aboard
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous operational record. Catalog quirk disclosed: NAID 77567730 is catalog-titled 'Report of operations screening Logistic Support Group supporting the THIRD Fleet, 7/3/45-8/15/45', but its three digitized images are the ship's September 1945 war diary (cover letter 4 October 1945, serial 09). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-06
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[7]Consolidated era inference - verified ship-specific diesel plant (NavSource spec block; BuShips design table for LST980-1059) plus era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Derived from ev-uss-lst-1054-03/-04 (diesel plant) + era construction practice
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST built Feb-Apr 1945: no boilers - asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/windlass brake linings. Built at peak wartime tempo (keel to commissioning in 72 days) in the period when asbestos was standard in naval construction; her 14-month commissioned life and 1947 disposal precede the Navy's asbestos-control era and leave no conversion or overhaul record.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Dravo, Neville Island, 1945); ship's company (Apr 1945 - Jun 1946); Bethlehem Steel scrapping workforce (post-Nov 1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for this hull. Establishes no quantities, no remaining material (hull scrapped 1947), and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: asbestos insulation was used extensively aboard Navy ships; 1975 standing policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Program-level context for a hull disposed of 25 November 1947 - decades before the documented policy window.
- 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 class- or hull-specific; this ship was scrapped before the documented policies took effect. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-08
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[9]Batch-6542 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog; NavSource; NHHC DANFS; BuShips SDB-1945; CourtListener opinion/docket indexes; NVR; secondary web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1054-01 through sl-uss-lst-1054-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed/opinion-level case naming LST-1054 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results for all six queries run (hull number in three written forms - 'LST-1054', 'LST 1054', 'USS LST-1054' - across both the opinion and RECAP docket indexes).
- 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 - the ship was built at peak wartime asbestos-use tempo and scrapped before any abatement documentation regime existed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage caveat: hull-number-only ships can appear in opinions under free-text variants not captured by quoted phrase search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1054-09