Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 627-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1120-lst1120-pkt-627-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-1120' (NHHC) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Okinawa service, occupation/China duty, disposal, battle star [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text (full entry, ~1 paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-1120 was laid down 20 October 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 16 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Brown; commissioned 9 February 1945. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May and June 1945. Postwar occupation duty in the Far East and China service until late January 1947. Decommissioned 14 January 1948; struck from the Navy list 19 February 1948; sold 20 June 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Wash., for scrapping. Earned one battle star for World War II service. DANFS identifies the ship only by hull number - no name was ever assigned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-10-20 to 1948-06-20
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers / 104 enlisted typical) and embarked troops, 1945-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy ship history (verified live 2026-10-02). Contains no asbestos, material-composition, crew-health, or exposure information whatsoever; establishes identity and service history only. Does not establish any exposure or condition aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1120 page - class label, build dates, flotilla/group/division assignment, campaign credit dates, medal windows, CO list, specifications, photographic record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/161120.htm - headline data block, campaign/awards tables, specifications block, CO table, photo captions (page verified live on navsource.net 2026-10-02; legacy .org domain is dead)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource labels the hull 'LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship' and records: laid down 20 October 1944 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca IL; launched 16 January 1945; commissioned 9 February 1945 with LT. Henderson A. Moore Jr., USNR in command. Wartime assignment: LST Flotilla Thirty-Two (CAPT. D. J. Sweeny), LST Group Ninety-Six (CDR. J. M. Dod, USNR), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-One; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign - Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 26-28 June 1945. Medal windows: Navy Occupation Service Medal 29 Sep-14 Oct 1945, 19 Oct 1945-4 Jan 1946, 6 Dec 1946-26 Jan 1947; China Service Medal (extended) 6 Dec 1946-26 Jan 1947. Decommissioned 14 January 1948; struck 19 February 1948; sold for scrapping 20 June 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle WA; one battle star. Specifications: 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gears, 3 x diesel-driven 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. Photo record: launch at Seneca 16 Jan 1945; underway with elements of US Army 41st Division en route to Hiro Wan near Hiroshima 25 Sep 1945; beached with LST-1130 and LST-864 (date/location unknown); Mare Island berthing 8 Feb 1946; Golden Gate circa 1946 (NHHC photo NH 84716).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; shipyard construction workers (Seneca launch photo)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photographic archive, not an official Navy publication - used for dates, unit assignments, specifications, and captioned photographs which agree with DANFS and NHHC records. Contains no asbestos information. CO table lists Moore from '9 January 1945', one month before the 9 February commissioning - treated as pre-commissioning assignment, not a discrepancy carried forward. The '(GF)' flagship notation for LST-1120 is carried via the NHHC fleet-organization row (ev-uss-lst-1120-03), not this page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-02
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[4]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - LST Group 96 / LST Division 191 listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LST GROUP 96 / LST DIVISION 191 section of the org chart
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization chart lists LST-1120 in LST Division 191(1) under LST Group 96 (ComLSTGrp 96 Comdr. J. M. Dod, USNR), alongside LST-1038, -1084, -1097, -1104, -1105; the entry carries a '(GF)' notation beside the hull number - consistent with duty as group flagship, though the chart does not expand the abbreviation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Single-date administrative snapshot; corroborates NavSource's group/division assignment but does not document operations, locations, or any material condition aboard. '(GF)' is interpreted as a flagship notation but the chart provides no legend - treated as probable, not asserted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-03
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[5]NHHC photograph NH 84716, 'USS LST - 1120' - In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1946 (courtesy D. M. McPherson, 1976) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online image catalog, NH 84716 record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds cataloged photograph NH 84716 showing USS LST-1120 in San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1946 - corroborating the ship's postwar return to the U.S. West Coast between occupation/China tours (Mare Island berthing photo of 8 February 1946 is separately captioned on NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- circa 1946
- Limitations
- Photograph catalog entry only - establishes presence in San Francisco Bay circa 1946; no asbestos or material content. Date is 'circa' per the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Colton), 'Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL' yard page - Prairie Shipyard history and per-hull build table; Village of Seneca official history page (senecail.org) - shipyard operated 1942-1945, 157 LSTs built [other_primary]
- Locator
- Yard page - introductory paragraph + hull table row 'LST 1120'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The yard's per-hull table lists LST-1120: keel laid 10/20/44, launched 1/16/45, delivered 2/9/45 - 88 days on the ways, 24 days in the water, 112 days total - disposition 'Scrapped 1948', matching DANFS dates exactly. Yard context: the Navy requisitioned the Chicago Bridge & Iron facility at Seneca IL in 1942 and invested $6mm in improvements; the 200-acre 'Prairie Shipyard' site east of town built LSTs plus barges and floating dry-docks; the site was sold to Union Mechling in 1949. The Village of Seneca's official history records the shipyard in operation 1942-1945 with a final production of 157 LSTs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron shipyard workforce, Seneca IL (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Independently compiled secondary reference (shipbuildinghistory.com) plus village-government history page (https://www.senecail.org/community/our_history.php) - neither is a federal record; used here only to corroborate DANFS build dates and describe the construction yard. Contains no asbestos information; does not document materials used aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-05
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[7]Wikipedia 'List of United States Navy LSTs' (NPS-derived registry) - hull-number naming convention note [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article lead paragraph (naming convention)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Registry convention: WWII LSTs were given only hull-number designations; on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to ships remaining in service. LST-1120 was sold for scrapping in June 1948 and so never received a name - consistent with all official records identifying her as 'LST-1120' only.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1955
- Limitations
- Not an authoritative source for exposure claims - used solely for the naming-convention datapoint explaining the absence of aliases. Per-hull registry data in this source has documented defects (e.g., omitted hulls).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + consolidated era inference (per class profile lst-1-class ev-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, text layer)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs: the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table documents the machinery fit for this design series (328 ft oa, 2 x GM 12-567A diesels, ~1,700 shp - matching this hull's recorded plant). With no boilers aboard, the asbestos-relevant applications of the type are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; insulation, gasket, and packing products of 1944-45 construction commonly contained asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades at the builder yard (Seneca, 1944-45); ship's company 1945-1948; shipbreaking workforce (Seattle, 1948)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation and era inference - does not name this hull and does not establish that asbestos-containing material was installed aboard LST-1120, nor in what quantity. Establishes no exposure for any individual. The design table itself lists machinery, not insulation materials; the material-content step is era inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program era: standing policy from 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This program postdates LST-1120's existence entirely - the hull was scrapped in 1948, before any documented Navy asbestos-control policy, which is why no survey or abatement record was ever expected to be generated for this ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program era 1975-1979, postdates hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation three decades removed from this hull's disposal - included only to explain the expected absence of abatement-era records. Does not document conditions aboard any LST. gao.gov blocks automated full-text retrieval (HTTP 403); content per product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search, '"LST-1120"' - 0 opinion-index hits; 1 RECAP docket hit: Middlebrook v. Carroll, D. Del. No. 1:05-cv-00827 (28 U.S.C. §2254 habeas corpus; filed 2005-12-02, terminated 2007-01-17) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 type=o (0 hits) and type=r (1 hit, docket 4216664, doc 19)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming LST-1120 was located. CourtListener opinion-index searches returned zero hits for both 'LST-1120' and the unhyphenated variant 'LST 1120'. The sole docket hit (hyphenated form) is a federal habeas corpus petition (state prisoner, D. Delaware); the 'LST-1120' string occurs inside an 89-page scanned appendix (ECF no. 19) of degraded-OCR text - an incidental mention/name collision, not an asbestos case and not an exposure record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Search-stage result, not an adjudicated finding: absence of indexed hits does not prove no case was ever filed (unindexed courts, settled/bankruptcy dockets, and non-digitized records are outside coverage). The unhyphenated docket sweep ('LST 1120' type=r) could not be completed - fleet pacing blocked it at session end; logged in the search ledger, not treated as a negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-09
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[11]Batch-6609 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NHHC photo catalog (NH 84716); NHHC Pacific Fleet org chart 1 May 1945; NavSource; Naval Vessel Register; shipbuildinghistory.com; NARA deck-log access; CourtListener API v4; secondary web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1120-01 through sl-uss-lst-1120-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, crew-health study, or qualifying case naming LST-1120 was found in the public sources searched (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 - 1945-era construction is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull's 1948 scrapping means no abatement-era documentation was ever generated. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1120-10