Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 626-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1106-lst1106-pkt-626-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1106, Naval History and Heritage Command; archived 2025-12-09 because the current NHHC URL returned 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full narrative (meta description mirrors body text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-1106 was laid down 9 December 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 24 January 1945; and commissioned 16 February 1945, Lt. Jack Flinn, USNR, in command. During World War II, LST-1106 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until late September 1945. She was decommissioned 2 August 1946 and struck from the Navy list 8 October that same year. On 13 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping. LST-1106 earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, and shipyard personnel
- Limitations
- Authoritative ship history and disposition record. It contains no asbestos, material, survey, abatement, or individual-exposure finding. The archived citation is used because the current NHHC page returned 404 at research time (archived 2025-12-09 via Wayback).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1106, live page verified HTTP 200 on 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History, campaign table, specifications, and commanding-officers blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this as an LST-542-class tank landing ship and records: laid down 9 December 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 24 January 1945; commissioned 16 February 1945; call sign NAWV; wartime assignment listed as LST Flotilla Thirty-Three, LST Group Ninety-Seven, LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Two; Okinawa Gunto operation 8 to 28 June 1945; Far East occupation service 9 to 26 September 1945; decommissioned 2 August 1946; struck 8 October 1946; sold for scrapping 13 June 1948 to Walter W. Johnson Co.; one battle star. Specifications: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam, 11.6 kt trial speed, 2,366 t beaching displacement, 13 officers/104 enlisted ship's company with troop accommodations of 16 officers/147 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW ship-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officers: Lt. Jack Flinn USNR (16 Feb 1945 - 20 Nov 1945) and Ltjg. Charles Merrill Saunders USN (20 Nov 1945 - 2 Aug 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled naval-history archive used for specifications and corroboration. It does not document asbestos aboard this hull and does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, condition, or legal eligibility. Its flotilla/group attribution conflicts with the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization table (see ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-02
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[4]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (Navy Department Library online reading room), live page verified 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST Flotilla Thirty-Two > LST Group 96 > LST Division 192, ship listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization table lists LST-1106 in LST Division 192 under LST Group 96 of LST Flotilla 32, alongside LSTs 873, 1039, 1085, 1122, and 1123. This conflicts with NavSource's attribution of the hull to LST Flotilla Thirty-Three / LST Group Ninety-Seven / LST Division 192. The division assignment (192) agrees across sources; the group and flotilla assignments differ and are preserved as a source discrepancy rather than harmonized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- A dated organizational table is authoritative for its snapshot date (1 May 1945); NavSource's attribution may reflect a different date or a transcription error. Either way the discrepancy does not bear on asbestos documentation - it is recorded for research accuracy. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST machinery/design table (shipscribe.com scan) - consolidated with lst-1-class class-profile design analysis [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design/machinery table (group rows LST1-490 through LST1153); lst-1-class.class.json design analysis
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The BuShips SD-1945 v2 table places LST-1106 in design group LST1081-1152: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam, 2,366 t light / 4,080 t full load, 11.6 kt, two GM Diesel 12-567A engines at 1,700 shp total; the boiler and steam-condition columns are blank for all LST groups, consistent with an all-diesel plant. Era/design inference for a diesel-powered amphibious ship built at an inland 'cornfield' yard in the peak wartime asbestos period: NO boilers or steam plant - the steam-lagging pathway does not apply; plausible asbestos applications on this type concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing throughout the engineering spaces, electrical insulation/cable, deck coverings including tank-deck surfaces, accommodation-space insulation, and brake/friction linings on winches and the stern-anchor windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron (Evansville) construction trades 1944-45; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - no hull-level material schedule, insulation spec, or survey exists in the public record for this ship, and the hull was scrapped in 1948 so no later-material history exists to weigh. Does not establish presence, absence, or quantity of ACM aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-04
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[6]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987); DOI verified via CrossRef API 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval and merchant construction - the era and program context in which this hull was built (1944-45, Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-1948
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers and crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship only; the source does not name this hull, class, or yard and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. The diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. Citation note: the verified citation is AJIM 11(3):359-373, DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311; a sibling batch record carried a mis-citation (12(4) / DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402, which resolves to an unrelated lead-exposure paper) - corrected here against CrossRef metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-05
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[7]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961, live page verified HTTP 200 on 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; RG 19 correspondence entries; Specification Files; Cartographic Branch (S39/S48, 19-Hull, 19-Micro)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives identifies the records pathway for hull-level asbestos research: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) general/confidential/secret correspondence filed by hull designation (here 'LST1106'), class correspondence under the namesake hull ('LST542 Class'), type correspondence ('LST'), and private-builder contract correspondence under the QM filing code ('QM/Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron'); and, in the Cartographic Branch, ship engineering drawings in the 19-Hull paper series and 19-Micro microfilm series arranged by hull number and Ship Material Group, with S39 (Insulation and Lagging) and S48 (Piping) among the most frequently reviewed codes. The guide expressly warns that locating these series is not itself direct evidence of asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940-1961 guidance
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard records through 1961
- Limitations
- Research guidance, not an LST-1106 finding. It identifies a records pathway for ship-specific research and expressly does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull. No box-level retrieval was performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-06
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[8]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, published 1979-10-18 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs. The Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish repairs; the policy was modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels
- Limitations
- Navy-wide and shipyard-program context, not an LST-1106 or LST-542-class finding; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk, not Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron. The page was retrievable via Firecrawl but direct automated fetch returned HTTP 403; no class-specific quantity is carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-07
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[9]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual, Part VIII, Subpart iii, Chapter 7, Section C - Evaluating Evidence of Asbestos Exposure (updated 2021-07-29; page updated 2025-05-28), live page verified HTTP 200 on 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- M21-1 VIII.iii.7.C.1.b (Navy MOS probability table) and VIII.iii.7.C.1.e (WWII insulation/shipyard workers)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- VA adjudication guidance states that during World War II 'several million people employed in U.S. shipyards and U.S. Navy Veterans were exposed to chrysotile products as well as amosite and crocidolite since these varieties were used extensively in military ship construction,' and directs raters to assess exposure probability by Navy occupational specialty rather than by a ship-by-ship asbestos census.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- WWII exposure period; manual current to 2025
- Population
- WWII Navy veterans and shipyard workers (claims population)
- Limitations
- Federal adjudication guidance, not a hull-level finding: VA concedes exposure probability by rating/MOS, not by verified ship material schedules; the manual names no vessel. It establishes the era-level administrative acknowledgment of WWII naval asbestos exposure, not asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-08
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[10]Batch-6595 source sweep and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, insulation schedule, museum-condition record, or verified public asbestos litigation record naming USS LST-1106 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 research sweep
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull was a 1944-45 Navy landing ship built in the peak asbestos shipbuilding period, and class/era possibility is not converted into a ship-specific finding. CourtListener opinion coverage is a clean negative (quoted phrase count 0); the docket (type=r) sweep and exact-name searches hit the fleet pacing stand-down - RECAP docket coverage remains an access gap, not an exhaustive no-result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1106-lst1106-09