Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, vol. 7, entry 'LST-1058,' p. 713 (Navy Department/Naval Historical Center publication; live archival scan hosted by Internet Archive) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- p. 713, entry headed 'LST-1058'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navy-authored DANFS records that LST-1058 was laid down 24 February 1945 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched 7 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Harry Schoeffel; and commissioned 16 May 1945. It states that the ship performed no active service, was decommissioned 30 July 1946, struck 25 September 1946, and sold 13 June 1948 to Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1945); Navy crew (1945-1946); shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- This ship-specific history establishes construction, inactive service status, and disposition only. It contains no asbestos, insulation-material, machinery-specification, crew, exposure, or causation information. The current NHHC DANFS URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02, so the original Navy publication is cited through a live archival scan and identified as such.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-01
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[2]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page/report description; direct automated retrieval returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy-wide asbestos review reports that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and began substituting alternative insulation materials in the early 1970s. LST-1058 was built in 1945, within the period described.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 report; historical period described through the early 1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews (Navy-wide program context)
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program documentation, not a hull record: it does not name LST-1058, its builder, or any component, and cannot establish asbestos presence, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation aboard this ship. The GAO source was access-blocked to direct automated retrieval (HTTP 403); the access gap is logged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-02
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[3]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-04 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep status: the authenticated helper completed the exact-hull docket query for 'LST-1058' with zero results. Exact-name opinion and docket queries for 'USS LST-1058' and the exact-hull opinion query were attempted through the required authenticated helper but did not return before the helper/network timeout. No conclusion about qualifying asbestos litigation is drawn from the incomplete queries.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- One exact-hull docket query returned zero results, but the required exact-name and exact-hull opinion searches did not complete. This is an incomplete repository sweep, not a finding that litigation is absent and not evidence of exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-03
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[4]Batch-6546 completed-source ledger: Navy-authored DANFS entry and CourtListener partial sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, construction material list, or completed qualifying litigation record naming LST-1058 was located in the authoritative sources completed for this record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a limited negative finding from completed public-source checks, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was quota-blocked, the live NHHC page was dead, NVR reset the direct request, and the CourtListener opinion/name queries were incomplete; those gaps materially limit the search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-04
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[5]National Archives, Guide to Federal Records, Record Group 19, Records of the Bureau of Ships [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 19 guide; no hull-specific item identified or retrieved
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: National Archives records relating to Bureau of Ships, naval-vessel construction, and Navy deck logs may hold hull-specific construction, fitting-out, or operational records for LST-1058; no box-level or item-level retrieval was performed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948 records (potential)
- Limitations
- Record-group-level lead only. It does not establish that a responsive LST-1058 record exists, much less that it contains asbestos information; no reproduction order or research-room retrieval was authorized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1058-lst1058-05