Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 629-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-stone-county-lst1141-pkt-629-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Stone County' entry (Naval History and Heritage Command) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text, full narrative; header line (dp. 3,960; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'2"; s. 11.6 k.; cpl. 119; trp. 147; a. 8 40mm.; cl. LST-542)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents this hull by name: LST-542-class tank landing ship, laid down 22 January 1945 by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; launched 18 April 1945, sponsored by Miss Gwendolyn K. Bartels; commissioned 9 May 1945, Lt. E. M. Biggs, USNR, in command. WWII: shakedown out of Mobile 17-31 May 1945; San Pedro 6 July; Pearl Harbor 23 July; Guam 31 August; Saipan 5 September; one Tokyo voyage early October; San Francisco 22 December 1945. Occupation/China tour May 1946-April 1949 (Shanghai, Sasebo, Tsingtao; China coast operations). Decommissioned 24 August 1949 at San Diego, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 3 November 1950 for Korea; two Far East tours including the 'Royal Marine Lift,' 35 days in enemy-held Wonsan Harbor, and Operation 'Big Switch' POW lifts (Koje Do and Choju Do to Inchon). Named Stone County 1 July 1955 after counties in Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Tachen Islands evacuation 1955; EASTPAC Survey logistic support 1962; Vietnam lifts including 'A' Battery, 2d Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion to Chu Lai September 1965 and Danang-area cargo operations 1966 and 1968; regular overhaul at Todd Shipyard, San Pedro, December 1965 to 14 February 1966; Guam homeport from 19 November 1969. Decommissioned and transferred under lease to Thailand 12 March 1970 as HTMS Lanta (LST-4); returned to U.S. custody 15 August 1973 and retransferred to Thailand the same date as a sale; struck from the Navy list 15 August 1973. Four battle stars for Korean service; entry states four stars for Vietnam service (see gaps for the five-star variance in the companion LST-1141 entry).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1973
- Population
- Ship's company (~119 per DANFS header) plus embarked troops (147 berthing) and lift passengers (missile battalion, engineers, POWs, evacuees)
- Limitations
- DANFS is a ship-history narrative; it contains no asbestos, hazmat, crew-health, or material-composition information and ends the record at striking. Does not establish exposure, quantities, or the asbestos scope of the documented yard overhauls it lists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-01
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[3]DANFS, 'LST-1141' entry (Naval History and Heritage Command) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1141 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The separate DANFS LST-1141 entry records the same construction milestones and summarizes the career: occupation duty in the Far East and China service until mid-April 1949; decommissioned 24 August 1949; recommissioned 3 November 1950 'due to the onset of the Korean War'; 'redesignated Stone County (LST-1141) (q.v.) after counties in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri on 1 July 1955'; 'continued her operations with the Pacific Fleet, including service in Vietnam, through 1969'; 'Decommissioned on 12 March 1970, Stone County was sold to the Royal Thai Navy on 15 August 1973 where she served as Lanta (LST-4). She was struck from the Navy list that same date.' This entry credits 'four battle stars for Korean War service and five battle stars for Vietnam War service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1973
- Limitations
- Confirms name, dates, and transfer chain but no asbestos-relevant content. Its 'five battle stars for Vietnam' conflicts with the companion Stone County entry's 'four stars for service in Vietnam' - internal DANFS variance carried in gaps. Its compressed 'sold to the Royal Thai Navy on 15 August 1973' omits the 1970-1973 lease interval documented in the main entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-02
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[4]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS Stone County (LST-1141) ex USS LST-1141 (1945-1955)' page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 161141 page: awards block, campaign tables, specifications block, commanding-officers table, disposition lines, photo-caption table (incl. 2008 RTN dockyard and 2012 Krabi captions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's per-hull page adds: awards block (Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnam 5 March 1968; China Service Medal extended; American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific; WWII Victory; Navy Occupation Asia clasp; National Defense x2; Korean Service Medal 4; Vietnam Service Medal 5; RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation 5; UN Service; RVN Campaign; ROK War Service); Korean War campaign table (UN Summer-Fall Offensive, Second and Third Korean Winter, Korea Summer-Fall 1953) and Vietnam campaign table (Vietnam Defense; Counteroffensive, Phases II, IV, V); occupation/China qualifying periods; commanding officers list (LT Edward M. Biggs USNR 9 May 1945 through LTjg James E. Giles USNR to 12 March 1970); machinery specifications (two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders); and disposition detail: decommissioned 12 March 1970 at Apra, Guam, transferred under lease to Thailand as HTMS Lanta (LST-4), hull renumbered LST-714 (date unknown), 'Sold outright to Thailand under the Security Assistance Program, 15 August 1973,' struck from the Naval Register 15 August 1973, 'Decommissioned by the Royal Thai Navy, date unknown,' 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Photo captions document the hull extant in Thai hands: Lanta (LST-714) pierside at RTN Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao 8 January 2005; 'decommissioned Thai Royal Navy LSTs' Lanta and Chang moored there 12 January 2008; and 'Ex-HTMS Lanta (LST-714) grounded next to Klong Jilad Pier in Krabi, Thailand ... being prepared as a historical site, 30 January 2012.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-2012
- Population
- Ship's company 13 officers + 104 enlisted (NavSource itemization); troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is the canonical volunteer-curated per-hull reference - reliable for names/dates/assignments but secondary to DANFS; its 'fate unknown' disposition line is superseded in part by its own photo captions (hull extant at Krabi, January 2012). Contains no asbestos information. Vietnam campaign table lists 'Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V, 2 to July 1968' with a truncated start date in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-03
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[5]NAVSEA, SEA 21 Inactive Ships Program Office, 'Ship History' hull disposal list (28 June 2011), PDF table of Hull ID / Hull Name / Rmvl Date / Final Disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF table, LST block (row follows LST 1134 Stark County MAP; precedes LST 1142 Strafford County 25-Jun-59 SOLD)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NAVSEA inactive-ships disposal table lists 'LST 1141 | STONE COUNTY | 31-Dec-69 | FML' - the hull's removal-to-foreign-military-lease entry dated 31 December 1969, about ten weeks before the physical decommission and lease transfer at Guam on 12 March 1970 documented by DANFS and NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1969-1970
- Population
- Lease/transfer processing and subsequent Thai Navy crew - pathway asserted by inference only, not by this source
- Limitations
- The disposition code 'FML' (foreign military lease) reflects the administrative lease action; the table does not record the 1973 outright sale or any subsequent Thai disposition, and its 31-Dec-69 date is the program/inventory action, not the physical transfer date - the variance is carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table + hull roster (shipscribe.com scan, current URL - the older class-profile-era path shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf returns 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST hull-roster block (Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill. entries LST1120-LST1153; LST1141 row) and LST design table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST: the BuShips 1945 volume's own hull roster confirms LST-1141 in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill. block (keel 22 Jan 45, launched 18 Apr 45, first commission 9 May 45 - matching DANFS), and the LST design table documents the LST-542-series machinery (two GM 12-567A diesels, ~1,700 shp, Falk reduction gears - a diesel plant with NO boilers), which removes the steam-lagging pathway and concentrates asbestos-relevant applications in engine exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch brake linings; 1944-45-era insulation, gasket, and friction products commonly contained asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-2007
- Population
- Construction trades at Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca (1945); engine-room and maintenance crew (1945-70); Todd Shipyard San Pedro and Guam overhaul workers (1965-66, 1969-70); Thai Navy crew and yard workers (1970-c.2007)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation plus era-materials inference - the roster names the hull and builder but lists no insulating material composition; asbestos presence aboard THIS hull is era inference, not ship-proven. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-05
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[7]NARA Catalog search '"LST-1141"' (~1,615 archival descriptions, 1,609 digitized), including RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' monthly deck-log file units titled 'Stone County (LST-1141)' spanning at least January 1957-May 1968 (e.g., NAID 174593012, September 1967), WWII war-diary file units 'USS LST-1141' August 1945 (NAID 77532988) and October 1945 (NAID 77592411), CTF-76 Vietnam-era command chronology (NAID 6618886), and RG 428 moving image 'LOADING SUPPLIES ABOARD USS STONE COUNTY (LST-1141) DA NANG, VIETNAM' (NAID 85353) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search '"LST-1141"' results page 1 (NAIDs 85353, 77532988, 77592411, 6618886; deck-log NAIDs incl. 173563303, 173563499, 174592682, 174593012, 174593208, 175043877, 176093273, 176093607, 216279318, 216279860, 216279930, 216280349, 216772688, 216774754, 217175368, 220766075)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog returns ~1,615 file-unit hits for 'LST-1141' (1,609 available online): unusually deep digitized coverage for the class, including ship-titled monthly deck logs across 1957-1968 (the Korea-to-Vietnam era), two digitized WWII war diaries, a CTF-76 command-chronology file unit for July 1966, and a Naval Photographic Center film of the ship loading supplies at Da Nang. The hit count is fuzzy (catalog relevance matching); the ship-titled units visible on the first results page alone span January 1957 through May 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1968
- Limitations
- Archival lead, not an extracted record: the deck-log and war-diary images were not page-read this session. Deck logs and command chronologies record movements and events, not materials - they are a service-history and yard-availability lead, not an asbestos source. No asbestos content established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-06
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[8]Batch-6630 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion sweeps via authenticated fleet helper ('Stone County' + asbestos; 'USS Stone County'; 'LST-1141'); NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NAVSEA SEA 21 disposal list; NVR; NARA catalog; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2; live-web search; secondary-registry cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-stone-county-lst1141-01 through -13 plus -10b and -10c
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming LST-1141 or USS Stone County was found in the sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated helper): '"USS Stone County"' returned 0 opinion hits and '"LST-1141"' returned 0 opinion hits - genuine negatives; '"Stone County"' + asbestos returned 2 hits - In re Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation (Minn. Ct. App. 2002) and Enbridge Pipelines (East Texas) L.P. v. Gilbert Wheeler, Inc. (Tex. App.-Tyler 2015) - both name collisions whose match terms are incidental, not vessel cases; the bare '"Stone County"' sweep returned 1,077 opinion hits, all sampled results being county-government litigation against the ship's three namesake counties (Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri) plus a Big Stone County, Minn. collision - no vessel cases. The 'LST-1141' docket sweep (type=r) was paced out by the fleet-wide rate limiter across spaced retries - logged pending, not claimed as a negative. Live-web sweeps surfaced only excluded source types: law-firm marketing lists, a crew-forum anecdote, a veterans'-newsletter cargo reminiscence, and an LST-1166 collision.
- 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 construction is consistent with retained asbestos-bearing materials, and this hull's unusually long U.S. career (1945-1970) includes two documented yard overhauls whose asbestos scope is unrecorded. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage: opinion sweeps completed ('USS Stone County' 0, 'LST-1141' 0, 'Stone County'+asbestos 2 collisions, bare 'Stone County' 1,077 county-government collisions); the docket-side sweep (type=r) was paced out by the fleet limiter across spaced retries - logged in search_ledger as pending, not claimed as a negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stone-county-lst1141-07