Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS / NHHC, LST-1056 (live page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text (single-paragraph entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1056 was laid down on 20 January 1945 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched on 24 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. W. M. Harrison; and commissioned on 2 May 1945.' Following World War II she 'performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early July 1946. She was decommissioned on 12 July 1946 and sold to Bosey, Philippines, on 20 January 1947. The ship was struck from the Navy list on 10 June 1947.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Jan-May 1945); crew (May 1945-Jul 1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS records no WWII operational detail for this hull beyond its postwar occupation/China service - the entry covers essentially the whole career. Note the documented order of events: sale (20 January 1947) precedes striking (10 June 1947); both dates are as DANFS states them.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1056 (10/16/161056) - class assignment, WWII flotilla assignment, awards, command history, spec block, photo record (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161056.htm header, awards block, specification block, photo captions, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542 class tank landing ship; commissioned 2 May 1945 with LT. M. L. Willis, USNR, in command; assigned during WWII to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-Four (CAPT. C. A. H. H. Tiemroth), LST Group One Hundred-One, LST Division Two Hundred-One; postwar Occupation and China service in the Far East 2 February-25 March 1946 and 1 April-10 July 1946 under both the Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) qualifying periods. Awards carried: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Photo record: launch at Dravo, Pittsburgh, 24 March 1945; and LST-1056 beached at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, with LST-847 and LST-724, circa 1-5 March 1946 (collection of Joe Grassoni, S2/c, USS LST-847). Commanding officers: LT. M. L. Willis USNR (2 May 1945-December 1945); LTjg. Melven J. Gilpen USNR (December 1945-22 June 1946); LTjg. Jaline Wayne Holbroook USN (22 June-12 July 1946). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, 3 x 100 kW diesel-driven generators, 2 shafts 1,700 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1945); crew (1945-46); LST Flotilla 34 / Group 101 / Division 201 operating population; Okinawa Buckner Bay presence March 1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its milestone dates track DANFS exactly here (all dates concur). The flotilla assignment, CO list, awards, and photo captions are secondary-source detail not individually verified against primary records. Complement and specs are the class spec block, not a hull muster. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-02
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[3]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp - diesel plant, no boilers); LST-1-class profile (research/class-profiles-f, lst-1-class.class.json: LST-1056 in the Dravo Pittsburgh block, LST-542 design group, GM 12-567A engines - the GM 12-278A engine-variant blocks were LST-932-979 and LST-1060-1080, not this hull); era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; class profile ev-lst-1-class-01/-03 (background only)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST built January-May 1945 sits inside the documented WWII-era asbestos-use window for shipbuilding. Era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period: diesel-engine exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, and winch/crane brake linings. As a diesel plant she carried no boilers - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Jan-May 1945); crew and embarked troops (May 1945-Jul 1946); unknown commercial operators/scrappers after 1947 sale
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1056. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no individual exposure. Her short career (commissioned May 1945 - decommissioned July 1946) and 1947 commercial sale mean no postwar Navy yard-period documentation exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-03
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[4]OPNAVINST 5100.19F, Navy Safety and Occupational Health Manual, ch. B1 (Asbestos), 5 May 2019 (archived Wayback capture - live med.navy.mil PDF returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- OPNAVINST 5100.19F ch. B1, para. 3.d-3.e (keel-date presumption) and para. 3/1.e (shipboard ACM inventory)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Navy policy documents era asbestos practice: 'Any ship whose keel was laid prior to 1980 will be considered to contain friable asbestos thermal systems insulation (TSI), and must therefore maintain an EART [emergency asbestos response team]' (ch. B1 para. 3.d); ships whose keels were laid during or after 1980 'were prohibited by Federal regulation' from TSI construction (para. 3.e). The instruction's ACM inventory for Navy ships lists insulation for machinery, boilers and piping, gasket material, electrical wiring, certain deck tiles and decorative paneling, and packing material - friable examples: pipe lagging, acoustical insulation, high-temperature sheet gasket; non-friable examples: brake and clutch linings, gaskets and adhesives, floor tile. LST-1056's keel was laid 20 January 1945 - inside the pre-1980 presumption window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2019 (instruction); presumption covers pre-1980 construction
- Population
- Pre-1980-keel Navy ships (management population); applied here as era context for a 1945 keel
- Limitations
- Policy presumption, not a hull record: OPNAVINST 5100.19F is an afloat-management rule treating pre-1980 keels as TSI-bearing for response-protocol purposes - it does not establish that this specific hull contained asbestos in 1945-46, and by its own terms the presumption governs in-service Navy ships, not a hull sold out of service in 1947. No quantity, no installation confirmation. Cited via verified Wayback capture; the live PDF is blocked to automated fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-04
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[5]In re: Dravo LLC-Derivative Claims Against Carmeuse Lime, Inc., and Certain Affiliated Entities, Nos. 33 & 34 WAP 2024 (Pa. May 22, 2026) (J-79A-2025, Brobson, J.); rev'g 2023 PA Super 268 (Nos. 1210/1284 WDA 2022, Dec. 19, 2023), which had rev'd Allegheny CCP GD-20-010198 (Oct. 5, 2022) [court_record]
- Locator
- Pa. Supreme Court opinion J-79A/J-79B-2025 (Factual Background; Procedural History; Conclusion); Superior Court opinion J-A15029-23 (stipulated-facts recital para. 5-7)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-level asbestos litigation documented: 'Since at least the early 1990s, Dravo had been sued in a number of lawsuits that sought damages due to alleged bodily injury caused by exposure to asbestos, where the exposure typically occurred during its operations from the 1940s through the 1980s' (Superior Court recital of stipulated facts). 'Hundreds of asbestos claimants' asserted claims by the July 13, 2020 dissolution-claim bar date; Dravo resolved all timely filed asbestos claims through insurance settlements under court oversight. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court (May 22, 2026) held that veil piercing is not available to revive time-barred tort claims against dissolved Dravo LLC's parent Carmeuse Lime - reversing the Superior Court, which had reversed the trial court's summary judgment for CLI.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s-1980s (alleged exposure window); 2018-2026 (dissolution and litigation)
- Population
- Dravo operations workforce incl. shipyard trades (1940s-1980s exposure window alleged); asbestos claimants
- Limitations
- Builder/company-level litigation context, not a hull record: the opinions concern successor liability and the LLC Act claim bar - they make no findings about asbestos conditions aboard any vessel Dravo built, do not name LST-1056 or the Neville Island shipyard product line specifically, and establish only that asbestos-related claims against Dravo's operations existed, were settled when timely, and are time-barred when late. Litigation-stage classification: appellate ruling on a legal bar (dissolution/veil-piercing), not an exposure adjudication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-05
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[6]NIOSH, Industrial-Hygiene Survey Report of Dravo Corporation, Engineering Works Division, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Bloom, Dooley, Peguese; survey July 1981; report July 1985; OSTI biblio 6065127) [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSTI biblio 6065127 abstract (full text not digitized)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Government industrial-hygiene record fixing the builder's yard identity: Dravo's Engineering Works Division shipyard was located on Neville Island, Pittsburgh - the 'Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh' yard that built this hull. The July 1981 NIOSH survey evaluated occupational exposure in painting/coating processes during barge and towboat construction; sampling covered organic solvents, metals, and nuisance dust, finding lead and nuisance-dust exceedances of OSHA standards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1981 (survey); 1985 (report)
- Population
- Dravo Engineering Works Division production workforce (~1,200 production personnel per the 1979 walk-through companion survey)
- Limitations
- Yard-identity and industrial-hygiene context only: the abstracted findings concern solvents, lead, and nuisance dust - asbestos was not an evaluated analyte in this survey's abstract, and no asbestos finding should be attributed to it. The survey postdates this hull's construction by 36 years and describes a different production line (barges/towboats). It establishes where the Pittsburgh yard was and that the yard operated under federal industrial-hygiene scrutiny - nothing about this hull or its materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-06
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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
- 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 entire construction (1945) and service era (1945-46).
- 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; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or class. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-07
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[8]Batch-6544 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource live page; NVR (no entry - pre-1987 disposal); CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket indexes searched, zero hits; one unhyphenated docket variant blocked by fleet pacing); PA courts official opinions; OPNAVINST 5100.19F via Wayback; OSTI/NIOSH; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LST-1056 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener searches on 2026-10-02 returned zero results on all four sweeps: '"LST-1056"' and '"LST 1056"' across both the opinion and RECAP docket indexes (authenticated API v4). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - no law-firm listicle even names this hull. The only litigation material located is builder-level (ev-05).
- 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 - a 1945-built hull is era-consistent with asbestos use. CourtListener coverage is complete for exact hull-number forms (hyphenated and unhyphenated, opinions and dockets); it does not cover cases where the hull appears only in deposition exhibits or unindexed filings. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-08
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[9]NARA RG 24 deck logs and BuShips/NHHC archival series for USS LST-1056 (lead) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search interface (unfiltered text search returns non-hull-specific results)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Open archival leads for this hull: NARA RG 24 deck logs (May 1945-July 1946 commission period, covering the Okinawa/China occupation deployments) are the primary undigitized source for operations detail; Dravo/Neville Island construction records and the 1947 foreign-sale disposal file (Bosey, Philippines) are leads for build material schedules and post-Navy fate.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Crew (May 1945-Jul 1946)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the NARA catalog interface is JS-rendered and could not be hull-filtered this session; no digitized deck log for LST-1056 was located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1056-lst1056-09