Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 628-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1130-lst1130-pkt-628-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1130 (NHHC ship-history entry) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, occupation/China service, grounding and abandonment, striking (via Wayback capture of the official NHHC page; live page returned 404 on 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-1130' entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (complete DANFS entry): 'LST-1130 was laid down on 5 December 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 27 February 1945; sponsored by Miss Bessie F. Jipson; and commissioned on 20 March 1945, Lt. W. E. Johnson in command. Following World War II, LST-1130 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until late November 1946. She was decommissioned and abandoned on 23 March 1948 following a grounding at Yap, Caroline Islands, which left the ship in a condition beyond economical repair. LST-1130 was struck from the Navy list on 12 March 1948.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944-45); crew (1945-48)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; the entire entry fits in two sentences and contains no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02 - cited via Wayback capture 20250531093737 (4 captures, 24 Aug 2021 - 31 May 2025). The printed striking date (12 March) precedes the printed decommission/abandon date (23 March); DANFS carries both as written - sequence anomaly, not resolved here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1130 (verified live) - class label, milestone timeline, unit assignments, medal windows, specification block, commanding-officer list, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161130.htm header block, awards table, specifications block, commanding-officer list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource labels her 'LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship' and documents: laid down 5 December 1944 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 27 February 1945; commissioned USS LST-1130, 20 March 1945, LT. W. E. Johnson USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-Three (CAPT. C. A. Legg USN), LST Group Ninety-Nine (CDR. W. W. Johnson USN), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Seven. Postwar medal windows: Navy Occupation Service 23 Sep - 2 Dec 1945 and 24 Jun - 25 Jul 1946; China Service (extended) 26 Jul - 24 Nov 1946. Final disposition: decommissioned and abandoned 23 March 1948 following grounding at Yap, Caroline Islands, beyond economical repair; struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1948. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t; 328 ft oa; beam 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi @ 9 kt; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament 2 twin 40 mm w/ Mk 51 directors, 4 single 40 mm, 12 single 20 mm; fuel 4,300 bbl; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officers: LT W. E. Johnson USNR (20 Mar 1945 - Dec 1945); LTJG M. T. Otterberg USNR (Dec 1945 - Mar 1946); LT M. J. Miller USN (Mar 1946 - ?). Photos: beached with USS LST-1120 and USS LST-864 (date/location unknown); underway in San Francisco Bay c.1945-46 (USN photo NH 79869) showing 'what appears to be a large round hole in her hull side, amidships.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944-45); crew (1945-48); embarked troops in service
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS/NVR conventions but are not independently authoritative; unit-assignment and medal-window granularity is NavSource-contributed. Contains no asbestos content. Page verified live at navsource.net on 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-02
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[4]Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS LST-1130 (1945-1948)' (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror of the NHC page; verified live) - ship summary and photo NH 79869 caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library page usnsh-l/lst1130.htm; photo NH 79869 caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHC Online Library summarizes: 'USS LST-1130, a 2366-ton LST-511 class tank landing ship, was built at Chicago, Illinois. Commissioned in March 1945, she was in the western Pacific during the next year and a half. Still later, while operating in the Caroline Islands, she suffered severe damage during a grounding at Yap. Judged beyond economical repair, LST-1130 was decommissioned and abandoned in late March 1948.' The page holds the collection's only view of the ship: USN photo NH 79869, underway in San Francisco Bay circa 1945-1946, with the caption noting 'what appears to be a large round hole in her hull side, amidships' (photo courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- Crew (1945-46 photo period)
- Limitations
- Official NHC institutional catalog content via the HyperWar/ibiblio mirror (live). No asbestos content. The 'LST-511 class' label conflicts with the LST-542 designation carried by NavSource and all registry sources - flagged as a correction at ev-07. The amidships hole is unexplained in located sources (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-03
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[5]Era inference built on: lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) consolidating BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (shipscribe.com scan - URL now dead, see limitations) and consolidated era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- class-f/lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-01/-03; BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST design table (shipscribe PDF, link-rotted)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An LST-542-group hull built Dec 1944 - Mar 1945 sits squarely inside the wartime asbestos-shipbuilding era. The diesel plant (two GM 12-567A engines, no boilers) removes the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel LST of this period were engine and exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The hull's confined tank-deck and engine-room volumes are the class-typical exposure geometry.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades, Seneca IL (1944-45); crew engine-room/maintainer ratings (1945-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1130. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Source caveat: the BuShips SDB-1945 v2 scan URL (shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) returned 404 on 2026-10-02 and has no Wayback capture - the design-table data is carried via the 2026-09-16 class-profile extraction, when the URL was live-verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-04
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[6]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 life (1945-48).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-05
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[7]Batch-6619 search ledger (this record): DANFS via archived NHHC capture; NavSource (live); NHC Online Library via HyperWar (live); CourtListener API v4 opinion x2 + docket x1 (all zero hits); NVR (pre-1987 disposal, no entry; site also unreachable); NARA deck-log index; GAO product page; shipscribe SDB (link-rotted); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-1130 (LST-1130) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero hits on both indexes: opinion searches for 'LST-1130' and 'USS LST-1130' and a docket search for 'LST-1130' (all 2026-10-02, authenticated). Unusually, the secondary sweep surfaced not even law-firm marketing listicles specific to this hull - the standard 'asbestos aboard' listicle coverage skips un-named numbered LSTs lost before 1955.
- 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 1948 in-place abandonment means the hull never entered a disposal/abatement pipeline where such records are generated, and whatever era materials she carried went down undocumented. Deck logs and any grounding/survey-board records (NARA RG 24/38) are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-06
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[8]Designation cross-check: NHC Online Library page header vs NavSource header block, Wikipedia infobox, and BuShips SDB-1945 v2 design groups (class profile, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library usnsh-l/lst1130.htm ('LST-511 class'); NavSource 10/16/161130.htm ('LST-542 Class'); BuShips SDB-1945 v2 design groups LST1081-1152
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the Naval Historical Center's own Online Library page labels LST-1130 'a 2366-ton LST-511 class tank landing ship.' No standard 'LST-511 class' exists: NavSource, Wikipedia, and the BuShips SD-1945 v2 design grouping (LST-1081 through LST-1152 block) all place this hull in the LST-542 design series. The 'LST-511' label on the NHC photo-catalog page is a cataloging error or loose label; record it so downstream users do not import it.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (designation)
- Limitations
- Corrects a class-labeling discrepancy, not a material claim. The authoritative anchor is the BuShips block grouping via the class profile (shipscribe source link-rotted since - see ev-04); 'LST-542 class' is the conventional label for the 1081-1152 block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1130-lst1130-07