Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 630-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sutter-county-lst1150-pkt-630-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Sutter County (LST-1150) - construction, Coast Guard commissioning crew, WWII transit and occupation service, 1955 naming, 1966 reactivation, Vietnam narrative, decommissioning, striking (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Sutter County (LST-1150) entry, full narrative (10 paragraphs + battle-star line) + spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1150 was laid down on 1 March 1945 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; launched on 30 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Marie S. Budd; and commissioned on 20 June 1945, Lt. Joseph F. Carpenter, USCGR, in command.' Spec block: displacement 3,960; 328'0" x 50'0"; 11.6 knots; complement 119; troops 131; armament 8 40mm; class LST-542. WWII: outfitted New Orleans, shakedown off Galveston, Panama Canal transit 6 August 1945, recalled mid-Pacific, San Francisco 27 August, cargo offload at Mare Island; occupation provisions run - Pearl Harbor 9 October, Okinawa, Wakayama Honshu 7 November 1945; San Diego 5 January 1946; Coast Guard crew replaced by Navy crew 8 February 1946; out of commission in reserve, Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, 13 September 1946. Named Sutter County 1 July 1955. Ordered activated 4 January 1966; recommissioned 16 April; Guam homeport; Vietnam service 1966-1970 including TF 115 Operation 'Market Time' off the Mekong Delta, the Danang-Cua Viet ammunition shuttle (13 runs, over 15 million pounds), Operation 'Schoolhouse' lifts, the 7 September 1967 landing of ROK Tiger Division Marines at Anky, and relief of Pitkin County (LST-1082) as resupply ship for Mobile Riverine Base 'A' of TF 117 on the Tien Giang and Ham Luong rivers until relieved by Tom Green County on 18 December 1968. Meritorious Unit Commendation for Landing Ship Squadron 3 service July 1966-March 1968. Returned to the US via Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Acapulco, Panama Canal; Orange, Tex., 25 November 1970; in reserve in commission at the Inactive Ship Facility 1 December 1970; out of commission in reserve 12 March 1971; struck from the Navy list 15 September 1974. 'Sutter County received eight battle stars for service in South Vietnam.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1974
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (Mar-Jun 1945); USCG crew (1945-46); USN crew (1946, 1966-1971); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Two internal defects in the entry: the relieving ship is printed as 'Tom Green County (LST-1169)' but the actual Tom Green County was LST-1159 (LST-1169 is a different hull), and the 'eight battle stars' count conflicts with NavSource's seven-campaign-star table (see gaps). Does not state the disposal method beyond striking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Sutter County (LST-1150) - timeline, unit assignments, Vietnam campaign table, specifications, commanding-officer list, photo captions, disposal note (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161150.htm header block, awards ribbon list, occupation/campaign tables, specifications block, CO list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 1 March 1945 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 30 May 1945; commissioned USS LST-1150 20 June 1945, LT Joseph F. Carpenter USCGR in command ('first commissioned with a Coast Guard crew'). WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-Four, LST Group 102, LST Division 203; occupation service 20 October-3 December 1945; Navy crew replaced USCG at San Diego 7 February 1946 (LTjg. Richard W. Shollenberger, USNR). Decommissioned 13 September 1946, Pacific Reserve Fleet Columbia River Group. Named USS Sutter County (LST-1150) 1 July 1955. Recommissioned 16 April 1966 at Willamette Iron and Steel Co., Portland, OR, LCDR Lawrence Massa USN in command. Vietnam campaign table: Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phases II, III, IV, V, Tet 69/Counteroffensive, Vietnam Winter Spring-1970, Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase VII (with per-phase in-country date ranges). Decommissioned 12 March 1971 at Orange, TX; Atlantic Reserve Fleet Texas Group; struck 15 September 1974. 'Sold for commercial service, 1 November 1975, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service. Commercial service, renamed MV Marland II, date unknown, and in 1980 renamed MV Amal. Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; ultimate design armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm; 2 x GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, 3 x 100-kW 230-V DC diesel-drive ship's service generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Awards ribbons include Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Vietnam Service Medal with 7 stars, RVN Gallantry Cross unit citation. Photo captions include NHHC photo NH 79719 (San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46, courtesy D.M. McPherson), launching photos at Seneca 30 May 1945, Vietnam beaching photos July 1967, and Willamette Iron and Steel refit-period photos April 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1975
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1945); USCG crew (1945-46); USN crew (1946, 1966-1971); embarked troops in amphibious operations; post-sale merchant crews (if the commercial-service claim is accurate)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates agree with DANFS everywhere DANFS gives one. Contains no asbestos content. The commercial-service disposal detail (DRMS sale, Marland II, Amal) is uncaptioned secondary material conflicting with NAVSEA's 'SCRAP SALE' record (ev-04). Its own commanding-officer table opens Carpenter's tenure 20 July 1945 - one month after the 20 June 1945 commissioning it also lists (internal discrepancy, see gaps). Seven campaign stars vs DANFS's eight battle stars (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL yard page - per-hull production table row for LST 1150 (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com CB&I Seneca yard page, LST 1150 production-table row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's-yard production table carries a row for this hull: 'LST 1150 | U.S. Navy | Landing Ship, Tank | keel 3/1/45 | launched 5/30/45 | delivered 6/20/45 | 90 days on ways | 21 days in water | 111 total days | Sutter County 1955, scrapped 1974' - corroborating the DANFS/NavSource build dates and documenting wartime build tempo at the yard. The disposition note 'scrapped 1974' matches the Navy's removal-side record (struck September 1974, NAVSEA 'SCRAP SALE' November 1975) and does not reflect the NavSource merchant-service narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1945)
- Limitations
- Secondary tabulation of official build data, not itself an official record - dates agree exactly with DANFS and NavSource. 'Delivered 6/20/45' is the build-delivery date; the Navy commissioned her the same day. The one-word disposition 'scrapped 1974' is a yard-table summary; it aligns with the official scrap-sale record but does not itself document where or how disposal occurred. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-03
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[5]NAVSEA (TeamShips/SEA21 Inactive Ships), ship_history_28june2011.pdf - official inactive-ships disposition table (live PDF verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; direct curl returns HTTP 403) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ship_history_28june2011.pdf, disposition table, row 'LST 1150 | SUTTER COUNTY'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own inactive-ships history table carries this hull's disposal row: 'LST 1150 | SUTTER COUNTY | 18-Nov-75 | SCRAP SALE' (columns: Hull ID | Hull Name | Rmvl Date | Final Disposition). This is the official Navy record of the disposal event - removal from Navy custody 18 November 1975 by a scrap sale.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1974-1975 (disposal)
- Population
- Shipbreakers or post-sale merchant crews (1975 onward; which population applied depends on the unresolved scrap-vs-commercial conflict)
- Limitations
- Terse official table - gives removal date and disposition category only; no buyer, price, location, or scrapping yard named. 'SCRAP SALE' states the sale category at time of Navy disposal; it conflicts in thrust with NavSource's 'sold for commercial service... MV Marland II / MV Amal' narrative and does not itself prove physical dismantling - a scrap-sale buyer could have resold the hull commercially. Date variance vs NavSource (18-Nov-75 vs 1-Nov-75) is within the same month. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-04
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[6]Internet Archive scan, 'USA - LST-1150 USS Sutter County Booklet of General Plans' (identifier lst1150bogp19xx; 7 sheets: cover, 01 level & above, main deck, second deck, third deck, hold, cross sections; metadata verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org/details/lst1150bogp19xx - item metadata + file list (00 cover through 06 cross sections)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Navy Booklet of General Plans titled for this hull survives as a public scan: cover plus six plates showing the 01 level and above, main deck, second deck, third deck, hold, and cross sections. This is the ship-titled construction/arrangement document for LST-1150 - the standard archival starting point for establishing what equipment, fittings, and compartment arrangements the design called for on this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 (build-era document)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only. Uploaded by a private contributor (NavSource-linked upload pipeline), not a NARA-hosted catalog record; the booklet is the class-standard LST BOGP titled for this hull. The individual sheets were not examined line-by-line for material callouts, and BOGP plates identify arrangements and equipment, not asbestos content - no asbestos finding is asserted from it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-05
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[7]NARA, Navy deck logs digitization index - Sutter County (LST-1150) panel: Commission June 1945 / Decommission September 1946; Commission April 1966 / Decommission March 1971; digitized monthly logs April 1966-December 1970 with catalog.archives.gov identifiers (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online, Sutter County (LST-1150) collapsible panel - monthly links to catalog.archives.gov (e.g., April 1966 id 174217539; December 1970 id 173569791)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's online deck-log index carries an entry for this hull confirming the two commission periods (June 1945-September 1946; April 1966-March 1971) and providing fully digitized monthly deck logs for April 1966 through December 1970 - the entire recommissioned period including all Vietnam deployments, upkeep periods, and the transit to inactivation at Orange, Texas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1966-1970 (digitized coverage)
- Population
- Crew 1966-1970 (log authors and shipmates)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only. Deck logs are administrative records - they can support day-level reconstruction of operations, casualties, and yard availabilities, but do not normally carry material/abatement documentation; no asbestos finding is asserted. The 1945-46 Coast Guard-era logs are not in the digitized set (only 1966-1970). catalog.archives.gov itself is JS-rendered; identifiers transcribed from the NARA index page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource LST-1150 specifications block (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gears, 3 x diesel-drive 100-kW DC ship's service generators, 2 shafts - diesel plant, no boilers); LST-542-class design-group framing per BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 as tabulated in the lst-1-class Atlas profile; GAO HRD-80-2 era findings (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161150.htm specifications block; lst-1-class.class.json design-group fields; GAO HRD-80-2 digest and asbestos-applications narrative (see ev-08 locator)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A tank landing ship built March-June 1945 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel-driven naval vessel of this type and period: thermal insulation/lagging on machinery, diesel exhaust runs, and piping systems; gaskets and valve packing throughout piping; asbestos-containing deck coverings; accommodation-space and fireproof insulation; asbestos in electrical components and in winch/crane brake and clutch linings. Her diesel plant means the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the engine-room/exhaust lagging and general shipboard product pathways do. Her 1966 refit and recommissioning at Willamette Iron and Steel, Portland - twenty-one years into her life and still eight years before the Navy's elimination policy - is an additional era-period yard event; any insulation disturbed or installed in that refit is era-scope inference, not a documented work package.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1975
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1945); Willamette Iron & Steel yard workers (1966 refit); crew 1945-46 and 1966-1971; post-1975 disposal workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification, or Willamette 1966 work package located for LST-1150. Names era-standard applications documented by GAO at program level (ev-07), not confirmed installed materials on this hull. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-07
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[9]GAO, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; product page and highlights verified live via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; direct curl historically returns HTTP 403) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 product page highlights and digest; pp. 9-10 of attachment (asbestos applications narrative), conclusions section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships, and that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' - 'Asbestos is used in home and office floor tiling and on Navy ship decks... Piping system gaskets and packing used throughout... Navy shipboard piping systems contain asbestos. Asbestos is used in... Navy ship equipment brakes and clutches' - concluding 'there are so many common uses of asbestos that it is nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' The Navy's elimination policy dates to 1973 (thermal-insulation specifications) and October 1975 (policy issuance), and asbestos-insulated ships were still being delivered as late as May 1978 - so the entire life of this hull (built 1945, in Navy service through 1971, struck 1974, sold 1975) predates the phase-out era entirely.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); asbestos-use era reviewed extends earlier
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach, Norfolk); fleet-wide context
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not Chicago Bridge & Iron, not Willamette Iron & Steel, and not this hull. Does not establish materials aboard LST-1150, individual exposure, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-08
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[10]Mobile Riverine Force Association (mrfa.org), USS Sutter County (LST-1150) history page - DANFS reprint plus a crewmember's firsthand recollection (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- mrfa.org Sutter County page - history reprint + 'Del Bodingers recollections' paragraph + awards line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Mobile Riverine Force Association hosts a page for this hull that reprints the DANFS narrative and adds a firsthand crewmember recollection (Del Bodinger): the ship stuck in the mud after a water hose fouled the screws during the August 1970 riverine operations period, with a nearby patrol gunboat sunk by sappers while the LST was a 'sitting duck,' and a night river transit under gunship escort - consistent with DANFS's July-August 1970 special-operations narrative. The page's awards line lists seven battle stars for Vietnam service, matching the NavSource campaign-star table against DANFS's eight.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1966-1971
- Population
- Crew 1966-1970 (memoirist and shipmates)
- Limitations
- Veterans' association site - a primary-adjacent firsthand account useful as a lead for dates and events; not an official record and not evidence of materials aboard. Its awards line ('(7) Battle Stars') is informal. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-09
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[11]Wikipedia 'USS Sutter County' - secondary compilation used for cross-checking; citation-chain audit of its references [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wikipedia article infobox + 'Fate' and disposal prose vs DANFS/NavSource/NAVSEA records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: Wikipedia's infobox gives 'laid down 15 February 1945' where DANFS, NavSource, and the ShipbuildingHistory production table all carry 1 March 1945 - the majority/official date is carried here. Wikipedia also carries '7 officers, 104 enlisted men' against NavSource's 13 officers / 104 enlisted (plus separate troop accommodations). Its merchant-career account - DRMS sale 1 November 1975, resale to Lehigh Coal & Navigation (New York) as MV Marland II, 1979 sale to a Jeddah buyer (Hussein T. Abdullaziz) as MV Amal, IMO 7621451, and 'ran aground and was wrecked off Jeddah' 10 November 1986 - extends NavSource's commercial-service note with detail that does not appear in the cited sources and conflicts with NAVSEA's official 'SCRAP SALE' disposition; none of it is asserted in this record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1986
- Limitations
- Corrects/flags secondary-source claims; Wikipedia is not itself cited as authority for any fact in this record. The merchant-career thread (Marland II, Amal, Jeddah wreck) may prove true at registry level - it is unverified, not refuted; carried to gaps pending a Lloyd's/IMO-level source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-10
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[12]Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Company (PLENCO) et al., 1:19-cv-00108 (District Court, D. Guam), filed 2019-06-20, terminated 2020-02-26; CourtListener docket 15808518 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 15808518 (/docket/15808518/jacob-v-plastics-engineering-company-plenco/); docket metadata + doc-1 complaint entry (recap gov.uscourts.gud.14512.1.0)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An authenticated CourtListener docket search for 'LST-1150' returns exactly one hit: Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Company (PLENCO) et al., District Court of Guam, 1:19-cv-00108 - a diversity asbestos personal-injury action (cause 28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation; suitNature '368 P.I. : Asbestos') filed 20 June 2019 by Eusebio V. and Marta A. Jacob against PLENCO and Rockwell Automation, Inc. (individually and as successor by merger to Allen-Bradley Company, LLC and successor-in-interest to Rostone Corporation), terminated 26 February 2020. The hull number 'LST-1150' appears in the case's indexed RECAP text - the complaint for personal injury (document 1, 13 pages) is the docket's only RECAP document - i.e., a pleading-stage allegation naming this vessel in an asbestos-exposure suit. The Guam venue is consistent with this hull's 1966-1969 Guam homeport.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2019-2020 (litigation); alleged exposure period undetermined
- Population
- Plaintiff Eusebio V. Jacob (alleged exposure circumstances not stated in index-level data)
- Limitations
- Pleading allegation only - classified at the least-final stage per batch discipline and never upgraded: a complaint's vessel reference is an allegation, not a finding that asbestos exposure occurred aboard this hull. The pinpoint passage naming LST-1150 was not directly read (the match rests on CourtListener's indexed RECAP text; the complaint PDF itself was not retrieved - all CourtListener access goes through the search helper). Case terminated 2020-02-26; the disposition (settlement, dismissal, judgment) is not established by the index and no opinion exists (type=o searches return zero). Does not establish asbestos aboard, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-11
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[13]Batch-6639 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource; NAVSEA inactive-ships history PDF; shipbuildinghistory CB&I table; NARA deck-log index; archive.org BOGP; GAO HRD-80-2; MRFA; CourtListener (type=o clean negatives on hull/name; type=r 1 pleading-stage hit; qualified county-name query = collisions); secondary web litigation/BVA sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No merits-stage ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or adjudicated/foundational exposure record naming USS Sutter County / USS LST-1150 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinion hits for 'LST-1150' and zero for 'USS Sutter County' (authenticated API v4); the docket search returned one pleading-stage hit (Jacob v. PLENCO, ev-11 - an allegation, not a finding); the qualified 'Sutter County' opinion search returned five results, all name collisions (California county litigation - Carlin v. Superior Court of Sutter County and citing cases, LAOSD asbestos appeals, Ferayorni v. Hyundai). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles (e.g., a Simmons Firm navy-ships list entry), reunion notices, and county-name collisions - all excluded or non-qualifying. No BVA decision naming LST-1150 surfaced.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located merits record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard, and the single pleading-stage docket (ev-11) keeps the litigation thread open - the complaint's exact wording, the plaintiff's service history, and the 2020 termination disposition are unverified beyond index metadata. The 1945-46 deck logs, CB&I build records, the Willamette 1966 refit work package, and post-1975 disposal/merchant records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sutter-county-lst1150-12