Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, LST-1103 entry (Naval History and Heritage Command, live page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1103 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1103 was laid down on 28 November 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 13 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. E. S. Paschall; and commissioned on 31 January 1945, Lt. Comdr. R. D. Foster, USNR, in command. Following World War II, LST-1103 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946. She was decommissioned on 18 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 23 June 1947. On 17 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Oil Transport Co., New Orleans, La., for non-self-propelled operation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944-45); commissioned crew (Jan 1945 - Jun 1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS entry is the short-form stub typical for unnamed LSTs - it does not record battle stars, flotilla assignments, or the post-1948 commercial history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1103 page (timeline, unit assignments, occupation-service windows, commanding officers, specification block, awards) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161103.htm header block, unit-assignment and occupation tables, commanding-officer table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: LST-542 class; laid down 28 November 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 13 January 1945; commissioned 31 January 1945, LT. Randall D. Foster, USNR, in command. WWII Asiatic-Pacific assignment: LST Flotilla Thirty-Two (CDR. D. J. Sweeny), LST Group Ninety-Five (CDR. J. Capponi), LST Division One Hundred Ninety. Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) windows: 25 October - 10 December 1945, 1-11 January 1946, 22 January - 9 March 1946. Decommissioned 18 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 23 June 1947; sold 17 June 1948 to Oil Transport Co., New Orleans, for non-self-propelled operation. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp (no battle stars). CO table: LT. Randall D. Foster USNR (Jan 1945 - Dec 1945), LTjg. John Draney O'Kane USNR (Dec 1945 - Jun 1946), ENS. Joseph W. Heintz USNR (Jun - 18 Jun 1946). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gear, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; 3 x diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators; fuel 4,300 bbls diesel; 2 LCVP. Page notes no photographs of this hull are on file.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944-45); commissioned crew (Jan 1945 - Jun 1946); embarked troops in theater
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its dates here track DANFS exactly and are corroborated by the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 roster row (ev-03), except that NavSource and DANFS give 31 January 1945 for commissioning where the SDB roster prints 26 January 1945 (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. No hull photographs located anywhere in the sources searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 1945) - LST design table and per-hull roster, LST1103 row (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design tables (blocks LST1081-1152) and LST roster row 'LST1103' (scan p. 190 / PDF text layer)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster lists this hull by number: 'LST1103' - builder Missouri Valley B. & I. Co., Evansville, Ind. (ditto chain under that yard); keel laid 28 Nov 44; ship launched 13 Jan 45; date of first commission 26 Jan 45. The LST1081-1152 design-block row covering this hull gives: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t light / 4,080 t trial, 11.6 kt, 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines at 1,700 shaft horsepower, Falk reduction gearing, 3 x 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's-service generators, diesel fuel capacity 4,320 bbls. The same table confirms a diesel plant with no boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (roster as of April 1945)
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944-45); commissioned crew (Jan 1945 - Jun 1946)
- Limitations
- Official contemporaneous BuShips publication - a primary ship-specific roster entry naming this hull, but containing no asbestos or material content. CONFLICT: SDB prints 'date of first commission 26 Jan 45' while DANFS and NavSource give 31 January 1945 (carried in gaps). URL note: the previously cited shipscribe path (styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) 404s as of 2026-10-02; the document now resolves at shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf (verified live this session, PDF p. 207 text layer).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-03
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[4]National Park Service, 'Places of WWII History in Evansville, IN' (Evansville Shipyard section) and NPS 'Evansville, Indiana' American WWII Heritage City article (both verified live 2026-10-02) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS 'Places of WWII History in Evansville, IN', Evansville Shipyard section; NPS 'Evansville, Indiana' Heritage City article
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS documentation of this hull's building yard: the Navy built Evansville Shipyard on 40 acres of land on the city's west side; within four months of the February 1942 announcement the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company began production of landing ship tanks (LSTs). By February 1945 the yard had produced 167 LSTs, with workers producing 'one ship every four days in 1944' plus 13 ammunition lighters and 17 oceangoing barges - making Evansville 'the world's largest inland producer of ocean-going ships.' The last ship was launched 12 December 1945; a January 1946 fire destroyed the yard. The city commemorates this history at the USS LST-325 museum (NRHP-listed 24 June 2009). This hull was on the ways at this yard from 28 November 1944 through its 13 January 1945 launch - inside the documented peak-production window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville Shipyard workforce (peak wartime production period)
- Limitations
- Yard-level federal documentation; does not name this hull and contains no asbestos or material content. Establishes the construction environment (mass wartime production, round-the-clock shift work) in which this hull was built - context for the era-inference row, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-04
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[5]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST1081-1152 design row (diesel plant, no boilers - ev-03); NavSource specification block (ev-02); Corn & Starr AJIM 1987 WWII shipbuilding asbestos documentation (ev-06); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program documentation (ev-07); lst-1-class profile notes (diesel plant narrows the steam-lagging pathway; exposure relevance concentrates in engine-room/exhaust lagging, gaskets, deck coverings, accommodation insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Composite - see citation_value for source list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A tank landing ship built November 1944 - January 1945 at a Navy-contracted yard sits inside the documented WWII shipbuilding asbestos era. The propulsion plant was diesel (2 x GM 12-567A) with no boilers or steam system - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a landing ship of this type and period were engine and exhaust thermal insulation, machinery lagging, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings (e.g., deck-tile compounds), and accommodation-space insulation, within the confined interior volume of a 328-foot landing ship.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (Nov 1944 - Jan 1945); commissioned crew (Jan 1945 - Jun 1946); Oil Transport Co. conversion and barge-service workers (1948-forward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or muster-level exposure record located for LST-1103. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The absence of a steam plant narrows but does not eliminate the era-consistent inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-05
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[6]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) - PMID 3555021 (record verified via NCBI E-utilities 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed PMID 3555021; AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documenting that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this hull was mass-produced at a Navy-contracted inland yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard newly constructed 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 this yard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 resolves to Wiley, which returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the PubMed record was verified via NCBI E-utilities.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-06
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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 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 (1944-45) and service era (1945-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-07
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[8]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. Ct. App. 1949), No. 17,878 (CourtListener opinion 3428445, verified 2026-10-02) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, 119 Ind. App. 391 (No. 17,878); reporter 'Note' in one transcription prints '87 N.E.2d 54' - CourtListener citation list gives 88 N.E.2d 54 / 119 Ind. App. 391, which is carried here
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- OTHER LITIGATION (not an asbestos case) at this hull's building yard, in the same trade and window as this hull's construction: Elbert Woolsey was employed by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company 'as a pipe fitter in the compartment of ships' from 21 June to 11 November 1944 - ending seventeen days before this hull's keel was laid at the same yard. His estate alleged death (29 October 1945) resulted from 'poisoned... fumes and gases from galvanized metal being welded' and sought compensation under the Indiana Workmen's Occupational Diseases Act. The Industrial Board of Indiana found he 'was not exposed to nor did he contract an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment'; the Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of compensation in banc (opinion filed 17 October 1949, Royse, J.).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (employment); 1945 (death); 1949 (opinion)
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville ship-compartment trades (1944); pipe fitters specifically
- Limitations
- Classified DOWN per litigation-stage discipline: this is a non-asbestos occupational-disease claim (welding fumes, galvanized metal), a yard-level employer case that does not name LST-1103 or any hull, and a merits-level denial for the claimant (Board denial affirmed). It documents that occupational-disease litigation arose from the ship-compartment trades at this hull's builder during her construction window - litigation-posture context only; it is not exposure evidence and does not establish or defeat any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-08
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[9]Batch-6592 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource 10/16/161103; BuShips SDB 1945 v2 (shipscribe PDF); NPS Evansville articles; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); NARA History Hub / catalog lead; PubMed E-utilities; GAO product page; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1103-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-1103 / LST-1103 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions for the quoted phrases 'LST-1103', 'USS LST-1103', and 'LST 1103' asbestos, and zero dockets for 'LST-1103'; an unquoted token search produced 44 hits, all numeric/statute collisions with no connection to the hull. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generally (e.g., Indiana jobsite lists naming 'Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron' / 'Evansville Shipyard') - 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 - the hull was built inside the documented WWII shipbuilding asbestos era at a mass-production Navy yard. Deck logs, muster rolls, flotilla war diaries, and the 1948 barge-conversion work record are undigitized leads (see ev-10). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-09
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[10]NARA History Hub staff answer, 'Deck Logs for LST Class Landing Ships, WWII' - confirms RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983' (NAID 594258) holds WWII LST deck logs and muster rolls at College Park, and RG 38 WWII war diaries; plus the NARA catalog JS-blocked status this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA History Hub thread 16402; catalog.archives.gov search-within/594258 (JS-rendered, unfetchable)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: this hull's deck logs (commissioned January 1945 - decommissioned June 1946) and muster rolls fall inside NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983' (NAID 594258), which NARA staff confirm holds WWII LST logs (e.g., LST-529, LST-521, LST-28) at College Park; RG 38 WWII war diaries covering her LST Flotilla Thirty-Two / Group Ninety-Five / Division One Hundred Ninety are an additional operational-records lead. These are the likeliest repositories for any ship-specific work or material record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (records); current digitization status open
- Population
- Crew of record, Jan 1945 - Jun 1946
- Limitations
- Lead only: the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and could not be searched from this session, so the existence and digitization status of LST-1103's own logs is unverified - the History Hub answer documents the series, not this hull's file. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1103-10