Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 630-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sublette-county-lst1144-pkt-630-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Sublette County' entry (Naval History and Heritage Command; updated Robert J. Cressman, 5 March 2024) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text, full narrative; header line (displacement 3,960; l. 328'0"; b. 50'0"; dr. 11'2"; s. 11.6 k.; cpl. 119; trp. 147; a. 8 40mm, 12 20mm; cl. LST-542)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents this hull by name: LST-542-class tank landing ship, laid down 3 February 1945 by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; launched 2 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Evelyn B. Adams; commissioned 28 May 1945, Lt. Theodore R. Hopkins, D-V(G), USNR, in command. After shakedown she loaded supplies at New Orleans and sailed via Mobile and Galveston for Hawaii, transiting the Panama Canal 12 July 1945 and arriving Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 1 August - where she lay when hostilities with Japan ceased. Assigned postwar to the Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, she ran training and logistics missions into 1954; decommissioned 11 February 1955 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; redesignated Sublette County (LST-1144) 1 July 1955 after the Wyoming county; stricken from the Navy list 1 June 1960, 'never having performed any active service under that name'; transferred to the Republic of China in September 1961, serving as Chung Yek (LST-231).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1961
- Population
- Ship's company (~119 per DANFS header) plus embarked troops (147 berthing)
- Limitations
- DANFS is a ship-history narrative; it contains no asbestos, hazmat, crew-health, or material-composition information and ends the record at transfer. Does not establish exposure, quantities, or post-transfer disposition. Romanization here is 'Chung Yek'; NavSource and Wikipedia carry 'Chung Yeh' (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-01
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[3]DANFS, 'LST-1144' entry (Naval History and Heritage Command; updated Robert J. Cressman, 5 March 2024) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-1144' entry, full text (1945-1955 narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The companion DANFS LST-1144 entry carries the detailed 1945-1955 narrative: after Galveston Bay shakedown (10-20 June 1945), New Orleans yard availability and Mobile drydocking, she departed 4 July 1945 with three other LSTs for Hawaii; at Kaneohe Bay when the war ended; ordered back to her port of origin, sailing 23 August, retransiting the Panama Canal 14 September, reaching Mobile 20 September. On 13 October 1945 she ran up the Mississippi to Cairo, Illinois, for the Navy Day celebration; returned to New Orleans 4 November; drydocked two days at Mobile; sailed 11 November for Little Creek, Va., arriving 23 November, and was assigned to the Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, at Norfolk. She operated on training and logistics missions until August 1954, when she was placed in commission, in reserve; placed out of commission, in reserve, 11 February 1955 with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; named Sublette County 1 July 1955.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1955
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked personnel on training/logistics lifts
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational narrative; no asbestos or material content. Confirms this hull spent its USN career stateside/Atlantic - no combat-theater service and no forward-deployed postwar occupation duty in Asia (contrast Pacific LSTs); occupation service credited by NavSource is Europe-clasp Atlantic-Mediterranean duty.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-02
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[4]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS Sublette County (LST-1144) ex USS LST-1144 (1945-1955)' page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161144.htm: awards block, timeline, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions, disposition line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's per-hull page documents: awards (American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Europe clasp - qualifying periods 19 January-5 May 1951, 17 October 1951-26 January 1952, and 14 January-22 June 1953; National Defense Service Medal); decommissioned 11 February 1955 at Green Cove Springs, FL, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet there; named Sublette County 1 July 1955; struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960; transferred to the Republic of China Navy September 1961 and renamed ROCS Chung Yeh (LST-231); 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' 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; ultimate armament design 2 twin + 4 single 40 mm, 12 single 20 mm; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; endurance 24,000 mi @ 9 kt. Photographs document LST-1144 entering Valletta Harbor, Malta, 1951, and beaching in the Caribbean c.1953-55, plus ROC-service views of Chung Yeh.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1961
- 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 for narrative; its 'fate unknown' leaves ROC-era disposition open. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-03
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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 1142 Strafford County 25-Jun-59 SOLD; precedes LST 1146 Summit County 14-Feb-77 FMS)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NAVSEA inactive-ships disposal table lists 'LST 1144 | SUBLETTE COUNTY | 1-Sep-61 | MAP' - the hull was removed/transferred 1 September 1961 under the Military Assistance Program, fixing the exact transfer date that DANFS gives only as 'September 1961' and identifying the transfer program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1961
- Population
- Receiving ROC Navy crew (1961 onward); any later disposal workers - pathway asserted by inference only, not by this source
- Limitations
- The table's disposition code 'MAP' documents transfer to a foreign navy (here, the Republic of China per DANFS/NavSource) but says nothing of the receiving navy's use or ultimate disposition; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan, HTTP 200 verified live 2026-10-02 - the earlier class-profile-era path shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf now returns 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table and hull-block roster (LST-1144 falls in the Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL block, LST-542 design group, block LST-1081 through LST-1152)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST: the BuShips 1945 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
- 1945-1955
- Population
- Construction trades at Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca (1945); engine-room and maintenance crew (1945-54 USN; 1961- ROC)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation plus era-materials inference - the table names no individual hull and 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-sublette-county-lst1144-05
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[7]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 (1945) and entire U.S. Navy service life (1945-1955 active, 1955-1960 reserve).
- 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. The ROC-service period (1961 onward) is outside the report's U.S. Navy scope. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-06
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[8]NARA Catalog search 'LST-1144' - 422 file units (416 digitized), predominantly WWII war-diaries of the hull's operational groups (COM LST GR 102, COM LST FLOT 34, COMGULFSEAFRON, COMSERVFORLANT); NARA digitized deck-log index contains no LST-1144 file units [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-1144' (422 results); e.g. NAID 101749980 (COM LST GR 102 war diary 6/11-30/45), NAID 77607191 (COMSERVFORLANT war diary 12/1-31/45); NARA deck-log index archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (LST-1144 absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog returns 422 file units matching 'LST-1144': predominantly digitized WWII war-diary file units of operational group/commands the ship reported through (COM LST GR 102 - LST Group 102, COM LST FLOT 34, COMGULFSEAFRON, COMSERVFORLANT - consistent with her July 1945 Panama transit group and the Service Force Atlantic assignment), plus deck-log file units of other vessels matching the string. No per-hull deck-log or casualty file unit for LST-1144 was surfaced, and the NARA digitized deck-log index lists only LSTs that served past 1955 under county names - LST-1144 left USN commission in February 1955, so her logs (1945-1955) sit undigitized at Archives II. A 'Sublette County' catalog search returns Wyoming county-government and postmaster records - name collisions, not ship files.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1955
- Limitations
- Archival leads, not extracted records: the war-diary images were not page-read this session and the deck logs are not digitized. No asbestos content established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-07
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[9]Batch-6633 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion/docket sweeps ('Sublette County', 'Sublette County' + asbestos, 'LST-1144'); NHHC DANFS x2; NavSource; NAVSEA disposal list; NVR; NARA catalog + deck-log index; GAO product page; secondary disposition registries; live-web search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-01 through -13
- 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-1144 or USS Sublette County was found in the sources searched. CourtListener sweeps complete on both indexes: 'Sublette County' returned 1,603 opinion hits that are Wyoming county-government litigation (the ship's namesake county - name collision); 'Sublette County' + asbestos returned exactly one hit, Thomas v. JLC Wyo., LLC, 434 P.3d 104 (Wyo. 2019), a foreclosure/bankruptcy dispute over ranch property in Sublette County, Wyoming - a county-venue collision, not a ship case; 'LST-1144' returned zero hits on both the opinion and docket indexes. Live-web sweep surfaced only commercial/crowd-sourced ship pages and law-firm asbestos listicles naming OTHER LST hulls (Meeker County LST-980, Luzerne County LST-902, Tuscaloosa LST-1187) - none asserts 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 - era construction is consistent with retained asbestos-bearing materials. The hull was transferred to the ROC Navy in 1961 rather than scrapped through a U.S. yard, so no domestic disposal/abatement record was ever generated; any ROC-era survey is outside U.S. public-record reach. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sublette-county-lst1144-08