Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 628-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-solano-county-lst1128-pkt-628-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Solano County (LST-1128) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, shakedown, Pacific cargo runs, occupation lifts to Korea, Japanese POW repatriation, Bremerton preinactivation overhaul, reserve fleet, strike, Indonesia transfer (live NHHC page via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - UA-gated; entry dated 18 July 2005) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Solano County entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 23 November 1944 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; launched 19 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Marie Staat; commissioned 9 March 1945. Transited the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans; Mobile, Ala., 16 March for a propeller change; shakedown at Panama City, Fla., 23 March-5 April; loaded cargo at Gulfport, Miss., 6-9 April; departed 19 April via the Panama Canal, arriving Pearl Harbor 15 May. Sailed for Guam 5 June via Kwajalein; unloaded at Guam 25 June-30 July; Saipan 31 July; the war ended with the LST at anchor there. Loaded Army troops/equipment for Okinawa 21 August; unloaded at Buckner Bay; reloaded for Korea; arrived Jinsen 12 September; Okinawa 27 September-20 October (weathered a violent typhoon in Naha Harbor with no major damage); second Jinsen cargo 29 October; embarked 1,400 Japanese POWs at Saishu island and returned them to Sasebo 2 November; Jinsen again 7 December; Manila 15-26 December 1945; departed Korea January 1946 for home via Pearl Harbor; routed to Bremerton for a preinactivation yard overhaul. Placed in reserve, out of commission, Pacific Reserve Fleet 29 July 1946, berthed Columbia River, Oreg. Struck from the Navy list 1 November 1958; transferred to the Republic of Indonesia 31 March 1960 under the Military Assistance Program; served as Teluk Langsa (LST-501) 'until 1996.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1960 (US custody); 1960-2012 (Indonesian service)
- Population
- Construction trades (Seneca, 1944-45); ship's company and embarked troops/passengers (1945-46); Bremerton yard workers (1946); Indonesian Navy crews (1960-2012)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. The Bremerton 'preinactivation yard overhaul' is documented as an event without material/itemization detail. DANFS frames the whole entry under the post-1955 name 'Solano County' although all commissioned service was as LST-1128 (name assigned 1 July 1955 while in reserve - NavSource). DANFS's 'served ... until 1996' for Indonesian service is contradicted by a US Navy photo of KRI Teluk Langsa operating off Sumatra on 9 January 2005 (NavSource) and the documented 2012 retirement; carried as a flagged source limitation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Solano County (LST-1128) ex USS LST-1128 (10/16/161128.htm, last updated 22 September 2023) - naming timeline, unit assignments, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, Indonesian disposition, photo documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161128.htm header block, awards table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 23 November 1944 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 19 February 1945; commissioned USS LST-1128 9 March 1945, LT. R. B. Graham, USNR, in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-Three (CAPT. C. A. Legg USN), LST Group Ninety-Eight (LCDR. R. H. Meinges USNR), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Five. Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) both for 2 September 1945-8 February 1946. Decommissioned 29 July 1946; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; named Solano County (LST-1128) 1 July 1955; struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1958; transferred to Indonesia as KRI Teluk Langsa (LST-868), later (LST-501); 'Placed in reserve in 1995-96'; 'Disposed of by Indonesian Navy, 26 January 2011; Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW diesel-drive 230 V DC generators; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16/147; radio call sign NBOB. CO table: LT Graham USNR 9 Mar 1945-Dec 1945; LT James C. Porter USNR Dec 1945-20 Mar 1946; LTjg John Franklin Rule USN 20 Mar-29 Jul 1946. Photos document KRI Teluk Langsa (868) circa 1961 and beached at Tjalang, Sumatra, 9 January 2005 during Operation Unified Assistance tsunami relief alongside USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) forces (US Navy photo 050109-N-4166B-101), and moored with KRI Teluk Tomini 2 May 2012 after end of service (Indonesian Navy photo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops/passengers (1945-46); Indonesian Navy crews (1960-2012)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - build/commissioning dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the NARA war diary. The 'Disposed of ... 26 January 2011' line conflicts with Indonesian-press documentation of the 3 May 2012 retirement ceremony and the 2 May 2012 photo of the hull still extant; the conflict is logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-02
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[4]NARA NAID 101736364, 'USS LST-1128 - War Diary, 6/1-30/45' (serial 01, RG 38 World War II War Diaries, micro serial 132103, Roll A1743; 4 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 101736364, images 1-4 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's June 1945 war diary (all 4 pages downloaded and OCR-read this session; signed R. B. Graham) documents the Pearl Harbor-to-Guam transit verbatim: moored Berth T-10, West Loch, Pearl Harbor 1-5 June; 5 June ordered OTC of Task Unit 13-11-28 for Kwajalein and onward routing to Guam, embarked 80 naval and 22 Army passengers, underway 1735 in company with USS LST-1061 and USS LSM-280 (LST-1128 OTC and guide); task unit redesignated 13-11-29 on 7 June; AA gunnery practice 11 and 15 June (balloon point of aim; 194+340 rounds 40mm, 684+567 rounds 20mm expended); crossed the International Date Line 12-13 June; anchored Kwajalein lagoon 0931 17 June; underway for Guam 18 June with USS LST-1061; moored port side to USS LST-723 in anchorage 8, Berth C-3, Apra Harbor, Guam, 0952 25 June; all Pearl Harbor passengers transferred ashore 26 June; moored at Guam through 30 June.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-06-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company plus 80 naval and 22 Army embarked passengers (June 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; OCR extraction is clean across all 4 pages and the transit detail was verified in the read text. No asbestos or material content. The diary ends 30 June 1945 - the subsequent Guam unloading (to 30 July) and Saipan/Okinawa/Korea movements are covered by DANFS, not by a surfaced ship-titled diary for those months.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-1128 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 161128.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, Falk main 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 the documented 1946 Bremerton preinactivation overhaul (DANFS, ev-01) was a yard event aboard this hull inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944-45); ship's company/embarked personnel (1945-46); Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Bremerton) trades (1946); Indonesian crews and shipyard workers (1960-2012)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or overhaul work package was located for LST-1128/Solano County. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-04
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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 construction (1944-45), her wartime and occupation-era service, the documented 1946 Bremerton overhaul, and her reserve-fleet lay-up. Her 1960 transfer and subsequent decades of Indonesian operation/maintenance fall outside the US Navy program's coverage.
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-05
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[7]detikNews, 'Empat Kapal Perang Landing Ship Tank Milik TNI AL Dipensiunkan' (2 May 2012) - archived copy via Wayback Machine (capture 2024-03-25); corroborating sindonews.com report 'Empat kapal perang dipensiunkan' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- detikNews article body (Wayback capture); sindonews.com/berita/623176/14
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Indonesian press documents this hull's end of service: four TNI-AL tank landing ships - KRI Teluk Langsa-501 (this hull), Teluk Kau-504, Teluk Tomini-508 (ex-USS Bledsoe County LST-356), and Teluk Saleh-510 - were retired after more than 50 years of service; the ships were in conservation status with no further operational tasking; the retirement ceremony was held Thursday 3 May 2012 at the Kolinlamil dock, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, led by Panglima Kolinlamil Laksda TNI S.M. Darojatim. sindonews reports the four ex-US ships entered TNI-AL service on 16 August 1961 and had exceeded their service lives through repeated extensions including engine replacements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2012 (retirement); 1961-2012 (service framing)
- Population
- Indonesian Navy crews; eventual Indonesian shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Press reporting of a formal Indonesian Navy event - reputable secondary source, not a registry. No asbestos, hazmat, or scrapping-detail content; 'scrapped after some time' appears only in secondary (wiki-derived) compilations and is not press-confirmed here. The 16 August 1961 entry-into-service date conflicts with DANFS's 31 March 1960 transfer date - consistent with transfer vs. commissioning lag but unresolved in the sources read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-solano-county-lst1128-06 through -09 and -16
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-1128" returned 0 in the opinion index and 0 in the docket index; unhyphenated "LST 1128" returned 0 in opinions; "USS Solano County" returned 0 in opinions; "Solano County" asbestos returned 46 opinion hits, all name collisions - Solano County, California appearing as litigant, venue ('Solano County Super. Ct.' captions), or local entity ('Solano County Roofing, Inc.', 'Solano County Airport Land Use Commission'), with zero ship-context references among the results reviewed. No asbestos case or opinion naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero qualifying result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists. The name 'Solano County' is a high-collision string (populous California county); the discriminating 'USS Solano County' query returned zero.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-07
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[9]Batch-6617 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + one war-diary file unit read in full; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NIOSH HHE search; NVR; secondary web sweep; Indonesian press [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-solano-county-lst1128-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-1128/Solano County/Teluk Langsa was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (the June 1945 war diary) and the DANFS-documented 1946 Bremerton preinactivation overhaul - a relevant yard event - but no primary source read names asbestos aboard this hull.
- 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard and a documented 1946 naval-shipyard overhaul sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era, and a further five decades of undocumented Indonesian maintenance followed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-08
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[10]NARA catalog, "LST-1128" / "USS LST-1128" - one ship-titled file unit (June 1945 war diary, NAID 101736364, read in full); parent-unit COM LST GR 98 monthly war diaries surfaced for April (NAID 139996435), June (NAID 101700965), and July 1945 (NAID 101766485), digitized [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-1128" and "USS LST-1128" result sets; NAIDs 139996435, 101700965, 101766485
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is thin but has open leads: only one ship-titled war-diary file unit surfaced (June 1945). Ship-titled diaries for the commissioning/shakedown months (March-May 1945), the Guam-Saipan unloading period (July 1945), and the Okinawa/Korea/Manila occupation lifts (August 1945-January 1946) were not surfaced; the parent-unit COM LST GR 98 monthly diaries are digitized and are the coverage bridge. RG 181 yard work-package records for the documented 1946 Bremerton (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard) preinactivation overhaul are an open archival lead; WWII deck logs and occupation-era logbooks for the hull were not located in digitized programs.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (1945-46); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: the COM LST GR 98 diaries and any RG 181 work packages were not read or confirmed to mention this hull; the Bremerton overhaul's material scope is unknown from located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-solano-county-lst1128-09