USS Pitkin County (LST-1082)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [1]research packet 622-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: Queue: USS Pitkin County / LST-1082 → VERIFIED — real identity: USS Pitkin County (LST-1082), ex-USS LST-1082, named 1 July 1955 after Pitkin County, Colorado — the only U.S. Naval Vessel to bear the name. Type: LST-542-class tank landing ship.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-pkt-622-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Pitkin County - construction, sponsor, commissioning, WWII Okinawa service, occupation lifts, Korea POW transport and campaigns, 1953 Mare Island overhaul, 1955 naming and inactivation, 1966 Long Beach recommissioning, Vietnam Market Time service to 1970 (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl and re-verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02; bare curl is UA-gated) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Pitkin County entry, full text

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 18 November 1944 as LST-1082 by the American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa.; launched 26 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Stephen Anzio; departed Ambridge under a ferry crew down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the U.S. Naval Repair Base, Algiers, La.; commissioned at New Orleans 7 February 1945, Lt. John B. Cameron, USNR, in command. Shakedown to St. Andrews Bay, Fla., and alterations at Mobile; loaded pontoon barges at Gulfport; departed 24 March 1945 with 90 Navy passengers for the Panama Canal Zone; Pearl Harbor; embarked Marines for Guam (arrived Apra Harbor 17 May); via Saipan to Okinawa, weathering a typhoon 5 June, arriving Buckner Bay 8 June under smoke screen through air alerts. Departed Naha 4 July returning Marines to Guam; via Saipan to Pearl Harbor 5 August; 'in floating drydock number 2' when hostilities ended 15 August 1945. Departed Pearl Harbor 29 August with 210 Marines for occupation duty, reaching Sasebo 23 September; embarked 5th Army Air Force elements at Subic Bay and landed Army troops at Wakayama 22 October; embarked 185 officers and men of an Army aviation battalion at San Fabian Beach and debarked them at Sasebo 15 November. Homeward via Saipan and Pearl Harbor, arriving San Francisco 16 January 1946; decommissioned at Astoria 5 August 1946 into the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned at Astoria 6 September 1950, Lt. Comdr. John E. Chadwick, USNR; fitted out at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (DANFS renders it 'Paget Sound'); Korea service from 23 January 1951: Pusan/Inchon troop lifts, thousands of Communist POWs transported Inchon to Koje Do Island, repairs at Kobe, Kunsan cargo transfer from USS Andromeda (AKA-15); second Far East deployment April-November 1952 including 105 POWs to Koje Do 20-23 September. Overhauled at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, sailing 19 October 1953 for eight months of amphibious exercises (Japan, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Inchon); returned San Diego 19 July 1954. 'Named Pitkin County'; decommissioned at San Diego 1 September 1955 into the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard 9 July 1966, Lt. C. E. Quarles; same day became flagship for Landing Ship Squadron 3. Vietnam service from Da Nang arrival 29 November 1966; Da Nang-Chu Lai shuttles; Guam-based operations (Apra Harbor from 2 January 1967); survey cruise to the Marianas, Volcanos, Bonins, Ryukyus; three years of 'Market Time' operations out of Guam with Far East port visits; on Christmas Eve assisted the burning merchant tug Makah in Vung Tau Harbor and extinguished the fires; 'Into 1970, she continues to operate in the western Pacific.' One battle star for World War II and four for the Korean War (per DANFS; NavSource carries three Korea stars - see correction row).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1971

   Population

   Construction trades (Ambridge, 1944-45); ferry crew and ship's company (1945-46); recommissioned crews (1950-55, 1966-71); embarked Marines, Army aviation units, POW transport populations

   Limitations

   Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS narrative ends in 1970 - it does not cover the 1 September 1971 decommissioning, 1975 strike, or the commercial/disposal chain. 'Alterations at Mobile' names no contractor; the floating drydock, Mare Island, Puget Sound, and Long Beach yard events are stated without work-package scope.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) ex USS LST-1082 (10/16/161082.htm, last updated 24 December 2020) - class attribution, unit assignments, campaign tables, awards, spec block, CO list, and the 1975-1988 commercial/disposal chain [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/16/161082.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block, CO table, disposal notes

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 18 November 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 26 January 1945; commissioned USS LST-1082 7 February 1945 at Naval Repair Base, Algiers, LA, LT. John B. Cameron, USNR. WWII unit assignment: LST Flotilla Thirty-Two (CDR. D. J. Sweeny), LST Group Ninety-Five (CDR. J. Capponi), LST Division One Hundred Ninety. Asiatic-Pacific campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 8-30 June 1945. Navy Occupation service: 8 Sep-1 Oct 1945, 15-28 Oct 1945, 10 Nov-10 Dec 1945. Decommissioned 7 August 1946 at Astoria, OR (DANFS carries 5 August - see correction row); Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group. Recommissioned Astoria 6 September 1950, LCDR. John E. Chadwick, USNR. Korea campaigns: First UN Counter Offensive (10-20 Mar 1951); Communist China Spring Offensive (28 Apr-1 May and 9-12 May 1951); Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 (seven dated periods May-October 1952). Named USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) 1 July 1955. Decommissioned 1 September 1955 at San Diego; Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group. Recommissioned 9 July 1966 at Long Beach, CA, LT. C. E. Quarles. Vietnam: 'served continuously in country and in contiguous waters, with the exception of overhaul periods, from late 1968 to early 1971' - campaign table carries ten campaign-star phases December 1966 through March 1971. Decommissioned 1 September 1971; struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1975; sold for scrapping 19 December 1975 by DRMS; resold to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, CA, taken in hand by Marine Industries, Tacoma, WA for commercial conversion; sold to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd., Singapore (Lauritz Kloster, Norway) in 1975, renamed MV LST 4; acquired at Piraeus by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama (Greek flag), renamed Petrola 144, 6 June 1978; entered service 26 October 1980; arrived at the ship breakers at Gadani Beach, Pakistan for demolition 16 April 1988. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 3,650 t full (2,366 t beaching); 328 ft oa x 50.5 ft; 11.6 kt; 24,000 mi at 9 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW diesel-drive DC generators; complement 8 officers / 89 enlisted; troops 16/147; call sign NANA; awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), Navy Unit Commendation (2), Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific (1 star), WWII Victory, Navy Occupation (Asia clasp), NDSM (2), Korea Service (3 stars), Vietnam Service (10 stars), RVN Gallantry Cross unit citation, UN Korea, RVN Campaign, ROK War Service (retroactive). CO list: Cameron to May 1946; LTjg Benevento to June 1946; LTjg Vosatka to 7 Aug 1946; LCDR Chadwick from 6 Sep 1950; LT Quarles 9 Jul 1966-Jun 1967; LT Kunsky Jun 1967-Jul 1968; LT Callahan Jul 1968-1970; LCDR Willandt from 1970.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1988

   Population

   Ship's company (8 officers/89 enlisted spec figure) plus embarked troops (16/147 accommodations) across three wars; DRMS/commercial crews 1975-1988; Gadani Beach breakers 1988

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check against DANFS (one decommissioning-date and one Korea battle-star conflict noted in the correction row). The commercial chain (LST 4 / Petrola 144 / Gadani Beach 1988) is carried only by NavSource here; Wikipedia corroborates it and adds IMO 7629908 (secondary, not carried). Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-02

4. [4]NARA, 'Pitkin County (LST-1082) - December 1970' deck-log file unit, NAID 220764195 (RG 24, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations; 64+ images in series; digitized by the Veterans Benefits Administration / Blue Water Navy Deck Log Project) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov 'LST-1082' (728 fuzzy results) and 'Pitkin County' 'LST-1082' (455 results) searches; NAID 220764195 title page image 1 (OCR-read 2026-10-02); NAID 220763161 record page (64 images)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The National Archives carries a digitized run of ship-titled monthly deck logs for Pitkin County (LST-1082) beginning August 1966 (post-recommissioning) and running at least through December 1970 - the full documented Vietnam commission. Spot verification this session: the December 1970 log's title page (downloaded and OCR-read) is the NAVPERS 3100/1 'LOG BOOK OF THE PITKIN COUNTY LST-1082', Seventh Fleet, commencing 1 December 1970 at Binh Thuy, Republic of Vietnam, ending 31 December 1970 at Vung Tau, Republic of Vietnam - confirming ship-titled coverage of the in-country Market Time period. The catalog surfaces ~455 file units under 'Pitkin County' + 'LST-1082', the great majority being this monthly deck-log run (representative NAIDs: 220763161 Aug 1966; 220763355 Nov 1966; 176086031 May 1967; 176087099 Sep 1968; 176087827 Aug 1969; 220763807 Jun 1970; 220764065 Oct 1970).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1966-08 to 1970-12 (digitized run)

   Population

   Vietnam-era ship's company (~97-100 per period documents) and embarked/support personnel 1966-1970

   Limitations

   Deck logs are underway/position/administrative logs - they fix the ship's location and status day by day but do not itemize materials or asbestos content; none read end-to-end this session beyond the Dec 1970 title page. Coverage begins Aug 1966: pre-1971 logs may extend further but no ship-titled 1971 unit was surfaced in the fuzzy catalog ordering; WWII (1945-46) and Korea-era (1950-55) ship-titled logs and war diaries did not surface as digitized ship-titled units. The Blue Water Navy digitization was done for VA claim support (Agent Orange era exposure verification), which is why this hull's post-recommissioning logs are the digitized run.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-03

5. [5]Ship-produced 'WELCOME ABOARD U.S.S. PITKIN COUNTY LST-1082' pamphlet, c. 1969-70 (LCDR Joseph E. Callahan command period; NavSource-hosted scan contributed by George Kissenger) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/16/pdf/161082c.pdf, pages 1-4 (OCR-read 2026-10-02)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's own welcome-aboard pamphlet (all 4 pages OCR-read this session) documents: Pitkin County as a Landing Ship Squadron THREE unit engaged in Vietnam river/coastal support and 'redeployment lifts to OKINAWA'; crewed by 'nine officers and some one-hundred enlisted men'; armed with two twin 40mm mounts, four single 40mm mounts, and numerous .50/.30-caliber machine guns; characteristics block gives 8 officers / 89 enlisted, 3,650 tons at normal draft, 328 ft, 50.5 ft beam. The history section records construction by American Bridge Co., Ambridge; commissioning at New Orleans 7 February 1945; WWII landings at Okinawa and in the Marianas; Korea landings at Ulsan, Pusan, Kunsan, and Inchon; and recommissioning 9 July 1966. It states: 'It wasn't until 8 JUNE 1955 that she was renamed USS PITKIN COUNTY (LST-1082)' - a naming date that conflicts with the 1 July 1955 date carried by NavSource and the standard county-naming convention (see correction row).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   c. 1969-1970

   Population

   Vietnam-era crew (~9 officers / ~100 enlisted per the pamphlet) and embarked personnel

   Limitations

   A ship-produced document of the period, surviving via a veteran-contributed scan on NavSource - authentic in kind but not a federal registry. Its '8 JUNE 1955' renaming date conflicts with the 1 July 1955 mass-naming date and is treated as the minority claim. No asbestos, insulation, or material content anywhere in the pamphlet.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-04

6. [6]LST-1082 initial crew orders, Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Norfolk 11, Va., 11 January 1945, serial 284, Crew #4777 (NavSource-hosted scan); 'Notes from LCDR John B. Cameron' family memoir PDF (161082b.pdf) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/16/pdf/161082a.pdf pages 1-4 (OCR); 161082b.pdf pages 1-2 (text layer)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The 11 January 1945 orders (4 pages, OCR-read this session) detach the nucleus crew (Crew #4777) from Amphibious Training Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and direct Lt. John B. Cameron, USNR, to take charge of the listed enlisted personnel, proceed to Pittsburgh, report to the Naval Barracks at Carnegie Institute of Technology, then to 'the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa., for duty in connection with fitting out of LST 1082 and duty onboard when commissioned' - naming the officer slate (Cameron CO; Lt(jg) Clare K. Martinson XO; Ensigns Ohlson, Meador, Frank, Martin) with the full enlisted muster appended. The Cameron family notes (2002 memoir of the first CO, 2 pages, text-extracted) corroborate the DANFS narrative from the deck-plate level: ferry down the Ohio/Mississippi, New Orleans commissioning, Panama City shakedown, pontoon strings delivered to Okinawa, smoke-screen anchorage, Pearl Harbor drydock when the war ended, Philippine/Sasebo occupation lifts, and arrival San Francisco 16 January 1946.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   Crew #4777 nucleus crew (officers + ~100 enlisted on the appended muster) at Ambridge fitting-out, Jan-Feb 1945

   Limitations

   Period orders are a primary personnel document; the memoir is a postwar family-compiled account (2002) - it corroborates DANFS but is not authoritative where it differs (it renders Astoria as 'California' and the decommissioning as 5 August 1946, matching DANFS). Neither document mentions asbestos or materials; the orders establish that the nucleus crew was present at the builder's yard for fitting out.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-05

7. [7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-1082 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 161082.htm specifications block; DANFS yard-event narrative

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design series ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1944-45 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings - and this hull's documented repair/refit history is unusually heavy for the type: post-launch alterations at Mobile (1945); floating drydock #2 at Pearl Harbor (August 1945); repairs at Kobe (March-April 1951); a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard fit-out (late 1950); a Mare Island Naval Shipyard overhaul (through October 1953); and a Long Beach Naval Shipyard recommissioning after ~11 years in reserve (July 1966) - all inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1988

   Population

   American Bridge construction trades incl. nucleus crew at fitting-out (1944-45); ship's company across three commissions; yard trades at Mobile, Pearl Harbor, Kobe, Puget Sound NSY, Mare Island NSY, and Long Beach NSY (1945-1966); DRMS/commercial conversion crews 1975-80; Gadani Beach breakers 1988

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-1082/Pitkin County. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The yard events are documented (DANFS); their material scope is not. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live 2026-10-02.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-06

8. [8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full text retrieved this session via Firecrawl [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 PDF full text: summary letter; 'Navy's policy on use of asbestos' section; Enclosure I ship list (post-1973 deliveries - this hull not listed, having been delivered 1945)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documents the Navy's asbestos era and controls: thermal-insulation product specifications were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials, but already-purchased asbestos continued into ships 'as late as May 1978'; the Navy's October 1975 policy removed only damaged insulation; 'about $2 billion' was the estimated fleet-wide removal cost the Navy declined to undertake; 30-50% of shipboard asbestos insulation 'normally remains untouched' over a ship's life; and 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables.' GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - Long Beach is this hull's documented 1966 recommissioning yard. The report's asbestos-control findings describe OPNAVINST 6260.1 (1974, rev. 1978) programs; this hull left Navy custody before those programs could apply to her.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1973-1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach, Norfolk fieldwork 1979); asbestos program review

   Limitations

   Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. The Long Beach fieldwork was 1979, not 1966 - it does not establish conditions during this hull's recommissioning. Direct curl to gao.gov returns HTTP 403 (reconfirmed); full text obtained via Firecrawl on the /assets/ PDF this session - an upgrade over prior batches' product-page-only access.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-07

9. [9]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, fleet-paced helper): opinion + docket indexes; Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Company (PLENCO), D. Guam No. 1:19-cv-00108 [court_record]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-10 through -14; RECAP match metadata on Document 1 (docket entry 1, recap-document id 95550778)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener sweep: exact-phrase 'LST-1082' returned 0 in the opinion index and 1 in the docket index; exact-phrase 'USS Pitkin County' returned 0 in opinions and the same single docket - Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Company (PLENCO), District of Guam No. 1:19-cv-00108, filed 20 June 2019, terminated 26 February 2020, Chief Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, cause '28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation', nature of suit '368 P.I.: Asbestos', plaintiffs Eusebio V. and Marta A. Jacob (counsel Berman O'Connor & Mann, Hagatna, Guam). RECAP match metadata pinpoints both strings to Document 1 - the 13-page 'Complaint for Personal Injury; Exhibit A; and, Demand for Jury Trial' - i.e., the complaint names the ship by name and hull number inside an asbestos personal-injury pleading in the ship's 1967-71 operating port. Classified at pleading stage: an unadjudicated allegation in a terminated case, not a finding about this hull.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   2019-2020

   Population

   Asbestos PI plaintiffs Eusebio V. and Marta A. Jacob, D. Guam; defendants PLENCO and Rockwell Automation

   Limitations

   Classified DOWN to least-final stage per batch rule: a complaint's vessel reference is an allegation, not an adjudicated finding, and the case terminated 2020-02-26 without a located merits opinion. The exact mention context within the complaint (alleged service aboard vs. product/exhibit listing) is not isolated - the helper cannot retrieve binary RECAP files (it JSON-decodes responses), and entry-level detail calls were pacing-gated at record close. CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-08

10. [10]Batch-6570 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource record + three hosted PDFs; NARA catalog + one deck-log page read; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener API (opinion + docket + docket detail); NVR; NIOSH HHE check; secondary web sweep (MRFA, Wikipedia, law-firm listicles, Pitkin County CO county pages) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-01 through -21

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or adjudicated case naming LST-1082/Pitkin County was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific primary records are operational (the digitized deck-log run) and documentary (crew orders, welcome-aboard pamphlet); none read names asbestos. The single CourtListener asbestos-docket hit (Jacob v. PLENCO, D. Guam) is a pleading-stage mention, not a finding. The hull's documented history is nonetheless yard-heavy for the type - builder fitting-out at Ambridge, Mobile alterations, Pearl Harbor floating drydock, Kobe repairs, Puget Sound NSY fit-out, Mare Island NSY overhaul, Long Beach NSY recommissioning, a 1975-76 commercial conversion at Marine Industries Tacoma, and breaking at Gadani Beach 1988.

    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 - a 1944-45 hull that remained in naval service to 1971 and in commercial service to 1988 without a documented abatement sits entirely inside the asbestos-use era GAO documented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-09

11. [11]NARA catalog, 'Pitkin County' + 'LST-1082' - ~455 file units dominated by the monthly deck-log run (Aug 1966 onward); COM LST GR 95 parent-unit war diaries (Feb-Jun 1945, rolls A1715/A1818/A2015) digitized; WWII ship-titled war diary NOT surfaced; RG 181 yard work-package records for the documented availabilities unsearched [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov 'LST-1082' / 'Pitkin County' 'LST-1082' / 'USS LST-1082' (71 results) / 'LST-1082' 'War Diary' (34 results) result sets

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads not pursued to box level: (a) the digitized deck-log run itself - ~60 monthly file units Aug 1966 through at least Dec 1970 - is the load-bearing primary archive for the Vietnam commission; individual months can fix overhaul windows, port calls, and yard periods day-by-day. (b) COM LST GR 95 war diaries (Feb-Jun 1945, NAIDs 101715404, 101715345, 83534074, 77605767) cover the parent unit during the hull's Okinawa period - no ship-titled LST-1082 war diary was surfaced. (c) RG 181 naval-district yard records and Mare Island/Long Beach/Puget Sound overhaul work packages would carry the material scope of the 1950/1953/1966 availabilities - the single most promising track for ship-specific material evidence. (d) DRMS disposal file for the December 1975 sale and the Marine Industries commercial-conversion contract are open leads for late-life material condition.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1945-1971 records

    Population

    Ship's company across three commissions; researchers

    Limitations

    Archival-lead row: deck-log months beyond the Dec 1970 title page were not read; the COM LST GR 95 diaries and any 1971 deck-log months were enumerated, not read. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-10

12. [12]Source conflicts logged: DANFS vs NavSource on 1946 decommissioning and Korea star count; ship pamphlet vs standard convention on the naming date; class-designation variants across DANFS header, NavSource, and BuShips groupings [other_primary]

    Locator

    DANFS stats block and closing line; NavSource timeline/CO table/campaign table; 161082c.pdf pamphlet history section; lst-1-class class profile designations field

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Four source discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) First decommissioning - DANFS '5 August 1946' vs NavSource '7 August 1946' (its CO table also ends LTjg Vosatka 7 Aug); DANFS adopted as primary, conflict disclosed. (b) Korea battle stars - DANFS 'four' vs NavSource 'three' (NavSource's own campaign table enumerates three campaigns); both carried, conflict disclosed. (c) Renaming - NavSource 1 July 1955 (the Navy-wide county-naming effective date) vs the ship's own c.1969-70 pamphlet's '8 JUNE 1955'; 1 July 1955 adopted, pamphlet claim logged. (d) Class designation - DANFS stats block reads 'cl. LST-511', NavSource assigns 'LST-542 Class', and the BuShips design grouping for this hull is LST1081-1152; 'LST-542 class' is carried as the operative attribution per the house class profile, with the variant designations disclosed.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1945-1955 (dates at issue)

    Limitations

    None of the conflicts affects identity, service narrative, or the asbestos finding. The LST-511/LST-542 difference is a naming-convention artifact (DANFS stats block vs NavSource/BuShips conventions), not a design dispute about this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-pitkin-county-lst1082-11