Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 621-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (properly unnamed)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1075-lst1075-pkt-621-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'LST-1075' (Naval History and Heritage Command) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full text (short unnamed-hull entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC, verified live): LST-1075 laid down 5 March 1945 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched 3 April 1945; commissioned 25 April 1945. Following WWII she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-December 1946; decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China Navy on 18 December 1946; struck from the Navy list 12 March 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity and milestones. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information. The 18 December 1946 transfer date conflicts with NavSource's 8 December 1946 (see gaps). The DANFS text does not state whether decommissioning and transfer were the same or separate events.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-01
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1075 (archives/10/16/161075.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page: timeline, spec block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource hull page (verified live at navsource.net): LST-542-class; laid down 5 March 1945, launched 3 April 1945, commissioned 25 April 1945 with LT Arthur W. Seale USNR in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla 34 / Group 100 / Division 200; Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) qualifying periods 2 September-18 December 1945; assigned to the Chinese Naval Training Command (CNTC) at Tsingtao, China for training duty with the Republic of China Navy; decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China 8 December 1946; struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1948; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Six commanding officers listed (Seale, Wood, Quinter, Veazie, Lozansky, Teasley). Photo caption by a crew member documents the ship carrying an LCT from the U.S. to Okinawa and delivering it to Jinsen, Korea, in late 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Ship's company ~117 (13 officers, 104 enlisted) + embarked troops
- Limitations
- Canonical per-hull reference; compiled secondary source, not a primary document. Its 8 December 1946 decommission/transfer date conflicts with DANFS's 18 December 1946 (see gaps). Spec block is class-generic (prints GM 12-567A engines; the BuShips roster assigns this hull's block the 12-278A variant - see gaps). 'Fate unknown' for final disposition. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-02
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[4]NARA RG 38, 'USS LST-1075 - War Diary, 4/25/45 TO 10/31/45' (NAID 77592321) and 'USS LST-1075 - War Diary, 11/1-30/45' (NAID 633451429), Fold3-digitized [other_primary]
- Locator
- Catalog records catalog.archives.gov/id/77592321 and /id/633451429; 39 page images OCR'd
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own war diaries are digitized at NARA (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; NAID 77592321 covers 25 April-31 October 1945 in 35 images; NAID 633451429 covers 1-30 November 1945 in 4 images; both retrieved and OCR-read this session). They document: commissioning at Hingham Shipyard 25 April 1945; fueling at Fuel Pier, East Boston; degaussing calibration at Boston Navy Yard Degaussing Pier #11 (27 April); outfitting at Commonwealth Pier #5 (28-30 April); May fitting-out activity including Portsmouth Navy Yard; loading LCT-520 at Pier 42 New York and ammunition at Pier 3 NOB Norfolk (June); Canal Zone transit and Kaneohe Bay arrival 21 July; Lt. H.R. Wood relieving Lt. Seale as CO 26 July; Eniwetok 7 August; Task Unit 96.6.8 to Saipan; Task Unit 94.19.14 (with USS Rhind DD-404, USS Lilling DE-640, USS Paul G. Baker DE-642, LSTs 696 and 1062) carrying Army/Navy personnel Saipan-to-Okinawa, Buckner Bay 22 August; September beaching operations at Naha and Hagushi and typhoon evasion; Okinawa-to-Jinsen, Korea convoy from 28 September; unloading Army cargo/personnel and launching LCT-520 at Jinsen 7 October; second Okinawa-Jinsen shuttle late October; Task Unit 78.16.12 (USS Kephart APD-61 with LSTs 596, 856, 985, 1012, 1128) to Saishu To, embarking 1,400 Japanese prisoners of war plus ten military police on 31 October for repatriation to Sasebo; November repatriation lift to Fusan (Pusan), Korea, moored alongside LST-596 at Pier #2 Fusan on 7 November.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-25 to 1945-11-30
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked Army/Navy transients; 1,400 Japanese POWs embarked 31 October 1945
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary record, but an operations log: it documents movements, task assignments, and cargo - it contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statements. OCR of carbon-copy microfilm is imperfect; November pages are partly illegible. The digitized series ends 30 November 1945 - the December 1945-December 1946 CNTC period and decommissioning are not covered in digitized holdings. No exposure claim can be drawn from this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 roster row 'LST1075' and LST design-table machinery rows (LST1060-1080)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- BuShips 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels,' Vol. 2 (January 1945 edition), official roster: LST-1075 is listed under builder 'Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass.' with keel 2 March 1945, launched 3 April 1945, commissioned 25 April 1945. The LST design table assigns design blocks: LST1060-1080 (this hull's block) carried 2 x GM Diesel 12-278A engines at 1,700 shp - an engine-variant block distinct from the GM 12-567A fitted to the LST1-490, LST980-1059, and LST1081-1152 blocks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem-Hingham, 1945)
- Limitations
- Official BuShips publication; the roster names this hull directly. Keel date (2 March 1945) conflicts with DANFS/NavSource (5 March 1945) - see gaps; launch and commission dates agree. Engine variant conflicts with NavSource's class-generic spec block - see gaps. 1945 edition is contemporary with construction but figures are design-level; no asbestos or materials content. NOTE: the URL previously cited in the class profile (/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) is dead (404 verified 2026-10-02); the live copy is at /pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-04
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[6]Shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), 'Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA' yard page and hull table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Yard history paragraph + hull table row 3465
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuildinghistory yard table for Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards, Inc. (verified live): yard built in 1941 with $35M Navy funding for destroyer-escort construction; 16 ways; managed by Bethlehem Quincy; peak employment over 23,000; closed and liquidated after the war. The hull table lists yard no. 3465 (LST-1075): keel 5 March 1945, launched 3 April 1945, delivered/commissioned 25 April 1945 - 29 days on the ways, 22 days in the water, 51 days total - disposition 'To China 1947.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1947
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction workforce (~23,000 peak, yard-level)
- Limitations
- Respected shipbuilding reference work but a secondary compilation, not a primary document. 'To China 1947' disposition conflicts with the December 1946 transfer dates in DANFS/NavSource - likely reflects fiscal-year/program accounting; carried as a minor wrinkle in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-05
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[7]Wikipedia 'USS LST-1075' (ROC-service details sourced there to a Chinese-language blog post - secondary chain only); corroborating detail: documented reassignment of the name Chung Cheng to LST-224/ex-LST-859 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article infobox + 'Service in the Republic of China Navy' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary reporting only - Republic of China Navy service: the hull is reported to have served as ROCS Chung Cheng (LST-207), commissioned in ROC service 8 December 1946; to have participated in the Battle of the Dachen Archipelago (January-February 1955); to have run aground off Pingtung in 1957, been decommissioned 1 November 1957, deemed unrepairable and scrapped; and the name Chung Cheng is documented as subsequently assigned to ex-USS Lafayette County (LST-859), which became ROCS Chung Cheng (LST-224) in 1958. NavSource lists the ship's final disposition as 'fate unknown.'
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1957
- Population
- ROC Navy crews (post-transfer, 1946-1957)
- Limitations
- NOT an authoritative source - the ROC-era narrative traces to a Chinese-language blog post; no ROCN or other authoritative record was located. Carried for completeness with explicit unverified status; the 1958 name-reuse corroborates only that a Chung Cheng successor existed, not the details of this hull's fate. Not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-06
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[8]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery data (12-278A diesel block) + class profile consolidated era inference (lst-1-class.class.json, class-f worktree) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (diesel machinery spec); class-notes consolidated inference
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs (no steam plant): the asbestos-relevant applications for this ship type are engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation-space insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The LST was the Navy's largest WWII ship class, mass-produced at 17 yards including this hull's emergency builder, to a standardized BuShips design.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1957
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem-Hingham, 1945); ship's company and embarked troops, 1945-1946; ROC Navy crews, 1946-c.1957
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - no source names asbestos-containing products aboard this hull. The diesel plant eliminates the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway but does not eliminate asbestos: diesel exhaust lagging, gaskets, deck tile, and accommodation insulation of this era commonly contained asbestos. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-07
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[9]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373 (DOI resolves to Wiley article page; publisher blocks automated fetch - bibliographic details confirmed)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and mass-production program under which this LST-542-class hull was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-08
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[10]U.S. GAO, 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (HRD-80-2, published 1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 (product page verified live) documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships and that by the late 1970s the Navy's policy was to remove and replace asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was needed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - Navy-level program documentation, not hull-specific.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1970s policy era documented; report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers generally (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level context: GAO fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not this hull or its builder; the report post-dates this ship's U.S. career (ended 1946). Establishes Navy-wide asbestos use and removal policy as a program fact only. Full PDF linked on the product page; product-page description relied on for this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 search (opinion and docket/RECAP indexes) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1075-07 through sl-uss-lst-1075-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener searches (authenticated API, this session) returned no qualifying litigation naming this hull: exact-name opinion search '"USS LST-1075"' = 0 results; docket search '"LST-1075"' = 0 results; spaced-variant opinion search '"LST 1075" asbestos' = 0 results; unquoted 'LST-1075' opinion search = 34 results, all name collisions (statute/docket numbers and unrelated entities such as 'LST I LLC') - none referencing the vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation, and no litigation of any kind naming this hull, was located in the indexes searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located docket does not prove no claim was ever filed - unindexed or settled cases, or claims that named only manufacturers/yards rather than the hull, would not appear. This hull's U.S. service ended in 1946 and it was transferred abroad, which narrows but does not eliminate the possibility of litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-10
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[12]Batch-6563 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NavSource 161075; shipbuildinghistory Bethlehem-Hingham; NARA catalog + NAIDs 77592321/633451429; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; NVR; CourtListener [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1075-01 through sl-uss-lst-1075-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed case naming LST-1075 was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, the digitized NARA war diaries, the BuShips 1945 roster/design table, the builder-yard table, and CourtListener contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement for this hull (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 - a 1945 emergency-built amphibious ship is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the ship's transfer abroad in 1946 means no U.S. disposal/abatement documentation would be expected. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-11
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel, ship logbooks), RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, war diaries), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA record-group guides; catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-1075' (167 fuzzy hits, only the two war-diary file units name this hull)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - record-group mapping only): (a) NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' holds deck logs; no LST-1075 deck log was located in digitized holdings, and the RG 38 war-diary series digitized for this hull ends 30 November 1945 - the December 1945-December 1946 CNTC/Tsingtao period and the decommissioning/transfer paperwork are undigitized or unlocated. (b) Bethlehem-Hingham construction/outfitting records (yard closed and liquidated postwar) would follow Bethlehem Steel corporate records and RG 19/RG 181 (naval districts/yard files) where they survive. (c) ROC-era records for Chung Cheng (LST-207) would be in Republic of China (Taiwan) naval archives - not in U.S. holdings.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1957 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1075-12