Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 629-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1140-lst1140-pkt-629-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1140 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, occupation duty, decommissioning, striking, sale [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1140 entry (full text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 17 January 1945 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 13 April 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Eugenia L. Renkosik; commissioned 4 May 1945. 'Following World War II, LST-1140 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early November 1945. She was decommissioned on 3 June 1949 and struck from the Navy list on 15 August that same year. On 26 January 1950, the ship was sold to the Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, Wash.' DANFS records no combat operations and NavSource lists no battle stars - her documented service is post-surrender occupation duty.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1950
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1945); ship's company (1945-49)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Entry is short - no spec block, no commanding-officer detail, no battle stars (consistent with a ship reaching the Pacific only for occupation duty).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1140 - build/disposition timeline, commanding officers, awards, occupation-duty windows, specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161140.htm - header block, commanding-officer table, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates the DANFS milestone set (laid down 17 Jan 1945, Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca; launched 13 Apr 1945; commissioned USS LST-1140, 4 May 1945, LT. John R. Vaught USNR in command; decommissioned 3 June 1949; struck 15 August 1949; sold 26 Jan 1950 to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, 'fate unknown'). Adds commanding-officer succession: Vaught (May 1945 - Mar 1946), LTjg. Albert F. Bailey (Mar - Jun 1946), LT. Albert K. Price (Jun 1946 - 1947), LT. Mack M. Boynton (1947 - Aug 1948). Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp - occupation-duty windows 20-30 Sep 1945 and 28 Oct - 9 Nov 1945. Spec block (LST-542 class): 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; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gears, 2 propellers, 1,700 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1950
- Population
- Ship's company (1945-49); embarked troops (capacity 16 officers/147 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones here match DANFS exactly. Specification block is class-standard LST-542 data displayed on this hull's page, not a hull survey. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-02
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[4]Commander Transport Squadron Twelve (ComNAGASAKI Group, C.T.G. 54.3), Action Report - Landings of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki, Japan, September 1945 (NARA-derived scan hosted by NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action Report Part II - task organization 54.3.21 LST Group 13 (Temp); Part II embarkation table (PERSONNEL/VEHICLES/CARGO columns)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A wartime primary document names this hull: LST-1140 is listed in the task organization of TG 54.3 (NAGASAKI Group) under LST Flotilla 23 (Temp), LST Group 13 (Temp) - '1140 (Csy Set)' denoting a pontoon-causeway set embarked - and in the embarkation table as carrying 130 personnel, 73 vehicles, and 402 short tons of cargo of the Second Marine Division, landed at Nagasaki 23-28 September 1945. Consistent with her DANFS occupation duty and her Navy Occupation Service Medal window (20-30 Sep 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- September 1945
- Population
- Ship's company + 130 embarked 2nd Marine Division personnel (Sep 1945)
- Limitations
- Operational record only - documents the ship's presence and load in the Nagasaki occupation landing; contains no asbestos or material content. OCR'd scan - some table text garbled, but the hull number and row are legible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-03
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[5]Library of Virginia, World War II Separation Notices: Navy - NAVPERS-553 separation notice for S2c William Efford Dodson (transcribed via FromThePage) [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage work 1142424_015_128_001, display 36131537 - 'Service Vessels and Stations' field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Navy separation notice (NAVPERS-553, Rev. 8-45) for Seaman 2nd Class William Efford Dodson, USNR (b. 1927, Roxboro NC; honorable separation at USNPSC Shelton, VA) lists 'USS LST 1140' under 'Service Vessels and Stations' - a primary personnel record anchoring a named crew member to this hull. Commanding officer on the form: R. W. Royston, Lt. Comdr., USNR.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- S2c William E. Dodson; ship's company (1945-46 window of his service)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: documents one crew member's service aboard, not conditions aboard - no asbestos content. FromThePage is a crowdsourced-transcription interface for the Library of Virginia collection; the underlying document is a state-archive-held Navy form, and the transcription is marked 'Needs Review.' Royston's command relation to this hull is not corroborated by the NavSource CO list (which ends Aug 1948).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-04
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[6]Naval Marine Archive, Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca IL yard table (Colton-derived shipbuildinghistory data) - hull row for LST 1140 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca yard table, row ON 259731 / LST 1140
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-production table row for this hull: official number 259731, 'LST 1140', U.S. Navy Landing Ship Tank, keel 1/17/45, launched 4/13/45, delivered 5/4/45, 86 days on the ways / 21 days fitting out / 107 days total - matching DANFS/NavSource dates - with disposition 'Sold 1950 as Foss 206'. This is the only located trace of a post-Navy identity. The same table shows the pattern was routine: LST 219 'Sold 1947 as Foss 205', LST 221 'Sold 1947 as Foss 208', and sister LST 1142 (Strafford County) 'sold 1958 as Foss 202' - purchased LSTs entered the Foss fleet under numbered units.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945; 1950
- Population
- Foss Launch & Tug crew/steadying trades (post-1950, if conversion occurred)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton-derived yard table hosted by Naval Marine Archive), not an official registry - 'Foss 206' is single-source and unverified against Foss Maritime or MARAD/USCG documentation records. Useful as a lead for tracing post-sale disposition; not relied on for any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource LST-542-class spec block on this hull's page (2 GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gears, 1,700 shp - diesel, no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (class profile ev-lst-1-class-01); era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161140.htm specifications block; BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST design table (class file ev-lst-1-class-01)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1945 diesel-powered LST carries no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications for the type were: diesel exhaust lagging and manifold gaskets on the GM 12-567A engines; engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation; gaskets and packing throughout auxiliary machinery and piping; deck coverings and tile; bulkhead and accommodation-space insulation; and brake linings on winches and windlass. Wartime shipbuilding placed asbestos insulation, gasket, and packing products across hull types of this era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1950
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1945); ship's company (1945-49); any post-Navy conversion trades at Foss (1950, if performed)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1140. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities, no individual exposure established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-06
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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, 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 (1945) and Navy service era (1945-49). Standing policy documented from 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- 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-specific - supports era context only and establishes no fact about materials aboard 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-1140-lst1140-07
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[9]Batch-6629 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource 161140 + Nagasaki action report PDF; Library of Virginia separation notice; Naval Marine Archive CB&I yard table; NVR; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps (four queries, all zero hits); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-1140 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener sweeps for "LST-1140" and "LST 1140" returned zero hits across both the opinion and RECAP docket indexes; no name exists to sweep (numbered hull, never renamed). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm listicle material asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generally - 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 - era-consistent materials aboard a 1945 amphibious hull are a reasonable inference, but no ship-proven record exists. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Deck logs and any shipyard work packages are undigitized archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1140-lst1140-08