Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-1108-lst1108-pkt-626-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'LST-1108' entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS LST-1108 entry, full entry text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: LST-1108 laid down 16 December 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 1 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Edward H. Barnard; commissioned 27 February 1945, Lt. C. V. Lieb in command; performed occupation duty in the Far East until early December 1945; decommissioned 15 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 25 September 1946; sold 10 January 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- DANFS states the ship 'was sold to the Argentine Navy where she served as Cabo San Vicente (BDT-14)' - the buyer/name portion conflicts with NavSource and Argentine-registry-derived lists, which show sale to broker Pablo N. Ferrari & Co. (MV Doña Irma) then BDT-11 / ARA Cabo San Sebastián; BDT-14/Cabo San Vicente is identified in those lists as ex-LST-734. See correction row ev-uss-lst-1108-08. Live URL verified 200 with browser user-agent 2026-10-02 (plain automated fetch returns 404 - UA-dependent).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive: USS LST-1108 page (timeline, flotilla assignments, commanding officers, specifications, photographic record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-1108 page - timeline, CO table, spec block, award ribbon list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource: WWII Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment - LST Flotilla 33 (CAPT C. A. Legg), LST Group 97 flagship (CDR H. B. McLean), LST Division 193; occupation service 15 September-8 December 1945; decommissioned 15 August 1946; struck 25 September 1946; sold 10 January 1948 to Pablo N. Ferrari & Co. as MV Doña Irma; resold 1948 to Argentina as BDT-11; named ARA Cabo San Sebastián in 1959; transferred to Naval Transport Service; disarmed 1962 at Río Santiago Naval Base; struck from Argentine Naval Register 1963; sold for scrapping 31 March 1966 to Action S.A. COs: LT Carl V. Lieb USNR (1945-02-27 to 1945-10-21), LTjg Thomas S. Olesko USNR (to 1946-05-10), ENS William H. Hochella USNR (to 1946-08-15). Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), Falk reduction gear, twin screws, ~1,700 shp; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted + 16 officers / 147 enlisted troops; call sign NAZF.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1966
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained naval-history archive, not a government publication; its dates track DANFS where they overlap and add the Argentine chain and CO list not in DANFS. Contains no asbestos information. Specifications are class-level values attributed to the hull page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-02
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[4]NHHC, 'Operation Crossroads' topic page, carrying NARA photograph NAID 146763092 (local ID 374-ANT-18-CR-401-10) of LST-1108 at Rongerik Atoll, 8 March 1946 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Operation Crossroads page, Bikini-relocation section + photo caption (NARA 146763092); NARA catalog https://catalog.archives.gov/id/146763092 (200 verified)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC publishes the NARA photograph of USS LST-1108 arriving at Rongerik Atoll on 8 March 1946 'as part of operation to transfer Bikini natives to their temporary home' (NARA 146763092); the page records that the Navy relocated the Bikini inhabitants to Rongerik in March 1946, ~125 miles east of Bikini, after the islanders voted to leave temporarily ahead of the nuclear tests.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-03
- Population
- Ship's company during Bikini evacuation (March 1946)
- Limitations
- Establishes the ship's documented Operation Crossroads role as the pre-test Bikini-population evacuation; does not establish presence at Bikini for the July 1946 Able/Baker detonations, and the sources reviewed do not list her among the unmanned target fleet. NHHC text gives 165 natives voting to leave; the official pictorial record gives 161 persons making the trip - counts vary by source. Live URL verified 200 with browser user-agent 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-03
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[5]Operation Crossroads: The Official Pictorial Record (U.S. Government document, mirrored at atomicarchive.com), Bikini section, page 10 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official Pictorial Record, Bikini section (page 10 of 13)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official pictorial record: 'On March 7, 1946, the population of Bikini was moved to Rongerik in LST 1108, a total of 161 persons making the trip.' Names the hull explicitly for the Bikini evacuation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-03-07
- Population
- 161 Bikini islanders transported; LST-1108 ship's company
- Limitations
- Atomic Archive is a mirror of the official government pictorial record (DNA/DOD publication), not the issuing agency's site; text verified verbatim against the mirror 2026-10-02. Establishes the evacuation event only; says nothing about asbestos, exposure, or the ship's presence at the later detonations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan; file relocated to /pubs/ path - verified live 200 on 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design data for the LST-542 class group: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, ~11.6 kt, two GM 12-567A diesels ~1,700 shp with Falk reduction gears - a diesel plant with no boilers; accommodations 13 officers / ~106 enlisted. LST-1108 (block LST1081-1152) falls in the GM 12-567A engine groups per the class profile's BuShips-derived roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Class design table, not a hull record - establishes the standard machinery fit of the design group, which is consistent with NavSource's hull-page spec block. Does not state asbestos content; relevance is that the absence of a steam plant removes the boiler-lagging exposure pathway typical of steam ships of the era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-05
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[7]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB v2 machinery data + era amphibious-ship construction practice (carried in class profile lst-1-class, class-f worktree) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data; LST-1-class class profile ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST built 1944-45: with no boilers, asbestos-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. WWII naval construction of this era used asbestos extensively in exactly these applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1966
- Population
- Construction trades (Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, 1944-45); ship's company 1945-46; Argentine service 1948-66
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull. Establishes no quantities, no installed locations, and no exposure for any individual. The diesel plant narrows but does not eliminate the exposure pathways relevant to the type.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-06
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[8]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 to automated fetch)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless disturbed.
- 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, not ship- or class-specific; LST-1108 was out of U.S. service before this policy period, so the report bears on era context rather than this hull's condition. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-07
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[9]Disposition conflict between DANFS ('Cabo San Vicente (BDT-14)') and NavSource + Argentine-registry-derived lists (BDT-11 / ARA Cabo San Sebastián; BDT-14 = ex-LST-734) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource disposition lines + ARA photo caption; es.wikipedia ARA BDT N.º 11 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS assigns this hull the Argentine identity 'Cabo San Vicente (BDT-14)'. NavSource documents instead: sale to Pablo N. Ferrari & Co. as MV Doña Irma (10 January 1948), resale to Argentina 1948 as BDT-11, named ARA Cabo San Sebastián 1959, disarmed Río Santiago 1962, struck 1963, scrapped 1966 - and carries an official Argentine Navy photo captioned ARA Cabo San Sebastián (BDT-11). Argentine-registry-derived fleet lists (Spanish Wikipedia 'Buques de asalto anfibio de Argentina'; specialist BDT tables) consistently map BDT-11 = ex-LST-1108 and BDT-14 / Cabo San Vicente = ex-LST-734. Weight of sources: BDT-11 / Cabo San Sebastián is this hull's Argentine identity; the DANFS line is a probable clerical error.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1948-1966
- Limitations
- The corroborating Argentine-registry lists are secondary sources, not an official Armada Argentina publication - Histarmar's canonical BDT pages were unreachable this session (histarmar.com.ar unresponsive; Facebook mirrors blocked to fetch). The correction rests on NavSource's photo-documented chain plus multiple agreeing secondary lists; DANFS's 'BDT-14' could not be corroborated for this hull anywhere.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-08
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[10]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (digitized index) + 1941-1959 deck-log series description [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (LST entries checked, no LST-1108); catalog.archives.gov/id/146763092
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds WWII-era deck logs of commissioned Navy vessels in the 1941-1959 deck-log series, which covers LST-1108's commission period (Feb 1945-Aug 1946); the digitized online index, however, lists only the county-named post-1955 LSTs - no LST-1108 entries appear, so any logs for this hull are undigitized physical holdings. The NARA photo record NAID 146763092 is a confirmed ship-specific catalog item.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (log coverage); 2026-10-02 (index check)
- Limitations
- Lead only - the existence and location of this specific hull's deck-log volumes were not confirmed against NARA's physical finding aids this session. Deck logs record operations/positions, not material condition; they would document movements and personnel, not asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-09
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[11]Batch-6597 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC, NavSource, NARA catalog + digitized deck-log index, CourtListener API v4 (opinion + RECAP docket sweeps), NVR detail-page attempt, open-web asbestos sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1108-01 through sl-uss-lst-1108-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-1108 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinion-index and zero docket-index hits for 'LST-1108' (2026-10-02).
- 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 - era construction practice makes asbestos-containing materials likely aboard the type. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Argentine-side records (1962 disarmament, 1966 scrapping) were not searched in Spanish-language repositories beyond the indexed sweeps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1108-10