Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online, Tank Landing Ship LST-1064 Nansemond County, live page verified 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History timeline and disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies LST-1064 as a LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 9 January 1945 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 14 February 1945; commissioned 12 March 1945; decommissioned 21 August 1946 at Astoria, Oregon; named Nansemond County on 1 July 1955; struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1959; sold to Japan in April 1961; reacquired in 1975; transferred to the Philippines on 24 September 1976; and last recorded as BRP Samar Del Norte with final disposition fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-forward
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, shipyard personnel, and later Japanese and Philippine crews
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history and disposition record. The page contains no asbestos, material, survey, abatement, exposure, or condition finding; it does not establish present location after Philippine service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-nansemond-county-lst1064-01
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[2]NavSource Online, LST-1064 specifications and propulsion block, live page verified 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications, complement, troop accommodations, and propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The specification block lists a 328-foot overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the ship's company, separate accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted troops, two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, a single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers producing 1,700 shaft horsepower, and three diesel-drive 100 kW ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 design and service period
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific specifications from a volunteer-compiled naval-history archive. These figures describe the plant and accommodations but do not document asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-nansemond-county-lst1064-02
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[3]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Specification Files; Other Specifications and Standards Series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives identifies ship engineering drawings and S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping records as relevant archival series for researching asbestos aboard Navy vessels, while warning that the listed record series do not themselves provide direct evidence of asbestos presence. It also cautions that sister ships can differ by builder and outfitting.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1961 guidance
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard records through 1961
- Limitations
- Research guidance, not a Nansemond County finding. It identifies a records pathway and expressly does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, any product, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-nansemond-county-lst1064-03
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[4]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy ship asbestos use, removal costs, and worker-protection programs, and reported Navy policies for removing or replacing damaged or repair-disturbed insulation in the 1970s.
- 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 program context, not a Nansemond County or LST-542-class finding. It does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor any quantity, product, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-nansemond-county-lst1064-04
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[5]Batch-6552 source sweep and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-nansemond-county-lst1064-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, condition report, insulation schedule, or verified public asbestos litigation record naming USS Nansemond County (LST-1064) was verified. The exact-name CourtListener docket search returned no results; the exact-hull docket and opinion coverage was blocked by the authenticated helper's fleet pacing stand-down and is therefore an access gap, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 research sweep
- Limitations
- A negative search result does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The ship's 1945 construction and Navy service provide era context only; they are not converted into a ship-specific asbestos finding. The incomplete CourtListener sweep does not establish or defeat any claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-nansemond-county-lst1064-05