Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-1101 / Saline County, Naval History and Heritage Command; archived capture dated 2025-02-20 because the current NHHC page returns 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry opening paragraph, service narrative, and closing disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as LST-1101: laid down 22 November 1944 by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. at Evansville, Indiana; launched 3 January 1945; placed in reduced commission 20 January 1945; fully commissioned at New Orleans on 26 January 1945; recommissioned 3 November 1950; named Saline County on 1 July 1955; decommissioned 9 March 1960; and struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1960. It records World War II and Korean War service, including Okinawa, occupation service, Korea, and Operation Little Switch, and states that the ship was later transferred to Germany, converted to a minelayer, and scrapped after German service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops, 1945-1960
- Limitations
- DANFS establishes the vessel's history and dates, not asbestos content, an exposure event, an ACM inventory, or the final post-Navy disposition details beyond the summary of German service and scrapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saline-county-lst1101-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS Saline County (LST-1101), amphibious photo archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship history bullets, specifications block, and post-U.S.-service image captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The verified ship page identifies the LST-542-class hull's principal dimensions and crew figures: 1,625 tons light displacement, 328 feet length, 50 feet beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted crew, and accommodation for 16 officers and 147 enlisted troops. It identifies propulsion as two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines with Falk reduction gears, three diesel-drive ship-service generators, and two propellers. The page also records the 1945 commissioning, 1946 decommissioning, 1950 recommissioning, 1955 naming, 1960 decommissioning and striking, transfer to Germany as Bottrop, later sale to Turkey as Bayraktar, and an image of the former ship awaiting scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1970s
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops; later foreign-navy crews
- Limitations
- NavSource is used here for ship-specific historical and technical corroboration. Its page does not provide a hull-specific asbestos survey, material inventory, abatement record, or documented exposure finding; its image captions do not establish a final scrapping date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saline-county-lst1101-02
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[3]U.S. Government Accountability Office, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page and HRD-80-2 full-report discussion of Navy ship insulation and individual-ship weight-control reports
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reviewed asbestos use in Navy ships and Navy shipyard worker protection. The report states that data on asbestos used as thermal insulation could be obtained from individual-ship weight-control reports and that Navy decisions to replace asbestos insulation were made by ship or ship class. This establishes a Navy-wide and era-level research context for seeking hull records, not a finding about Saline County.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979 review; historical Navy practices
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels generally
- Limitations
- The GAO report does not name LST-1101 or Saline County and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, in what quantities, where, or whether any material remains.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saline-county-lst1101-03
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[4]Official-source research sweep for USS Saline County (LST-1101): NHHC/DANFS, Naval Sea Systems Command inactive-ship history, NARA/NPS/museum leads, and government asbestos records [other_primary]
- Locator
- Research notes and search ledger entries sl-uss-saline-county-lst1101-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, product inventory, or other primary asbestos record naming USS Saline County or LST-1101 was located in the reviewed official-source material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- This is a documented search result, not proof that no such record exists. NARA engineering, weight-control, shipyard, and foreign-service records may be uncatalogued, undigitized, or held outside the searched public pages. No asbestos presence or absence is inferred from the negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saline-county-lst1101-04
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener API v4 search via fleet helper: exact-name and hull-number queries [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper searches on 2026-10-02: "USS Saline County" and "LST-1101", opinion and docket endpoints
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep returned no opinion matching the exact name query "USS Saline County" and no opinion matching "LST-1101". The docket searches returned one unrelated S.D.N.Y. contract case, American Beer Distributing Co. v. Shelton Brothers Inc., because the indexed text contained the string "LST-1101"; it is a name collision and not asbestos litigation involving this hull. No qualifying asbestos-litigation hit was identified.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- Indexed records through 2026-10-02
- Population
- CourtListener indexed opinions and RECAP dockets
- Limitations
- The result is a search finding, not a merits determination and not proof that no non-indexed or unavailable case exists. The unrelated docket was classified as a name collision. No pleading, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment concerning this ship was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saline-county-lst1101-05