Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 981-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-allentown-pf52-pkt-981-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Allentown (PF-52), 1944-1961 (NHHC, live page verified via browser-rendered fetch 2026-10-04; bare-agent curl receives 404 - bot-filtering, not link rot) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (NHHC live page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 23 March 1943 at Milwaukee, Wis., by Froemming Bros., Inc., under a Maritime Commission contract (M.C. Hull 1477; type S2-S2-AQ1); launched 3 July 1943, sponsored by Miss Joyce E. Beary; moved to New Orleans for outfitting and commissioned 24 March 1944, Cmdr. Garland W. Collins, USCG, in command. Bermuda shakedown; escorted Norwegian SS Norden to New York (arrived 13 May 1944); Norfolk navy-yard repairs from 28 June to mid-August 1944; Escort Division (CortDiv) 33; Pacific via Panama Canal and Bora Bora; New Guinea coast end of September 1944; patrol and escort duty in the Netherlands East Indies; Morotai occupation late October 1944; Hollandia-Leyte convoy escort from mid-November 1944 and within the Philippine archipelago until early March 1945; homeward via a Ulithi-bound convoy from 9 March 1945; Puget Sound Navy Yard overhaul from 7 April; departed 7 June, arrived Cold Bay 15 June; decommissioned at Cold Bay 12 July 1945; transferred to the Soviet Union under lend-lease 13 July 1945; Soviet Navy service until returned to U.S. Navy custody at Yokosuka 15 October 1949; caretaker status until loaned to Japan April 1953 (served as Ume); name struck from the Navy list 1 December 1961; 'transferred to Japan on a permanent basis on 28 August 1962'; two WWII battle stars. Spec block: displacement 1,430; length 303'11"; beam 37'6"; draft 13'8"; speed 20.3 knots (trial); complement 190; armament 3 3-inch, 4 20mm, 2 depth-charge tracks, 8 depth-charge projectors, 1 hedgehog; class Tacoma.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Froemming Bros. construction trades 1943-44; New Orleans fitting-out trades; USCG-manned crew 1944-45 (design complement 190); Norfolk Navy Yard and Puget Sound Navy Yard repair/overhaul workers
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Its 'transferred to Japan on a permanent basis 28 August 1962' conflicts with NavSource's record of JMSDF service to 1970 and return to U.S. custody 12 July 1971 - the conflict is carried in gaps. Specification figures differ from the USCG Historian's page (displacement, draft) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS Allentown, PF-52' (history.uscg.mil, published 2021-03-29; live page verified via browser-rendered fetch 2026-10-04; bare curl 403) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office, Assets > Water > Other Vessels (Non-CG), 'USS Allentown, PF-52' (spec block + History section + sources list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG historian record for this hull: builder Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, WI; launched 3 July 1943, sponsored by Miss Joyce E. Beary; commissioned 24 March 1944 under CDR G. W. Collins, USCG; reported to Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet; 'the Coast Guard-manned Allentown' joined Escort Division 33 and steamed to the Pacific, arriving Finschhafen, New Guinea, 29 September 1944; patrolled and escorted convoys in New Guinea waters to March 1945 except the Morotai landing (30-31 October 1944) and the reinforcement of Leyte (15-29 November 1944); joined a Ulithi-bound convoy 9 March 1945; Puget Sound Navy Yard overhaul from 7 April; departed 7 June for Cold Bay, AK; decommissioned there 12 July 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union the following day; commissioned into the Soviet Navy as EK-9; returned to American custody at Yokosuka 15 October 1949; loaned to Japan 2 April 1953; two WWII battle stars. USCG spec line: displacement 2,230 tons; draft 12'8" fl; propulsion '2-shaft VTE, 3 boilers'; range 9,500 nm at 12 knots; complement 190.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1953
- Population
- USCG-manned crew 1944-45
- Limitations
- Official Coast Guard source confirming Coast Guard manning and service narrative; documents history, not asbestos content. Its displacement (2,230 t), draft (12'8" fl), and boiler count (3) differ from DANFS (1,430; 13'8") and NavSource (2 boilers) - variances carried in gaps, not reconciled. Page's own sources include DANFS Vol. 1 and Russell's Project Hula monograph.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive, Allentown (PF-52) (navsource.net; live page verified via browser-rendered fetch 2026-10-04; bare curl 406) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/12/08052.htm - vessel data block, specifications, commanding-officer table, NARA photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiled record for this hull: originally authorized as patrol gunboat PG-160, reclassified patrol frigate PF-52 on 15 April 1943; laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by Froemming Brothers Inc., Milwaukee; launched 3 July 1943; commissioned USS Allentown (PF-52) 24 March 1944; decommissioned 12 July 1945 (page reads 'Cold Harbor, Alaska' - DANFS and USCG read Cold Bay; carried in gaps); transferred under Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union and renamed EK-9 on 13 July 1945; assigned to the Soviet Pacific Fleet 23 July 1945; participated in troop landings at Yuki (Ungi), Japan, 12 August 1945 and Seysin (Chongjin), Korea, 15 August 1945; returned to U.S. custody at Yokosuka 15 October 1949 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; loaned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 2 April 1953 and renamed Ume (PF-289); reclassified auxiliary stock craft YAC-14 on 31 March 1965; decommissioned 31 March 1970; returned to U.S. custody 12 July 1971; fate unknown. Propulsion: two 240-psi 3-drum express boilers; two 5,500-ihp vertical triple-expansion J. Hendy Iron Works engines; two shafts. Commanding officers: CDR Garland Weldonne Collins, USCG (24 March 1944 - 31 January 1945); LCDR Edward Gregory Cardwell, USCG (31 January 1945 - 12 July 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- USCG-manned crew 1944-45; Soviet Navy crew 1945-49; JMSDF crew 1953-70
- Limitations
- NavSource is a privately compiled photographic and data archive that mirrors official sources - used here for the PG-160 reclassification, Soviet EK-9 detail, JMSDF Ume/YAC-14 timeline, propulsion specifics, and CO list that DANFS compresses or omits. 'Fate unknown' after the 1971 return conflicts with DANFS's 'transferred permanently 28 August 1962' and with secondary claims of Taiwan scrapping - carried in gaps. Does not document materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-03
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[5]NARA catalog (catalog.archives.gov): NAID 78686412, 'USS ALLENTOWN - Form Reps of AA Acts in Morotai Harbor, Morotai Is, 10/30 & 31/44' (microfilm Roll A1265, NARA College Park); NAID 139804352, 'COMCORTDIV 33 - War Diary, 12/1-31/44' [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov records search; NAID 78686412 (Roll A1265); NAID 139804352
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog returns hull-specific WWII records for this vessel: an action report on microfilm covering her antiaircraft actions in Morotai Harbor 30-31 October 1944 (matching the Morotai dates in DANFS/USCG), and the Escort Division 33 war diary for December 1944 covering the formation to which she belonged. These are primary-source leads for ship-specific operational records at NARA College Park.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- none
- Limitations
- Catalog-level hits only; records are on microfilm, not digitized for full-text review here. An action report and a division war diary document operations, not materials - no asbestos content is implied. RG 19 General Information Books (per-vessel material specifications) are the further archival lead and were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource/DANFS specification blocks (Tacoma class, MC type S2-S2-AQ1; two 240-psi 3-drum express boilers; two 5,500-ihp vertical triple-expansion engines; 1943-44 construction); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource + DANFS specification blocks; shipyards.json (Froemming absent)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steam-driven patrol frigate built 1943-44 under a Maritime Commission contract sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era. Era-standard applications for a steam vessel of this type and period were boiler and engine-room insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, valve packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. No steam turbine - the plant was vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines fed by water-tube boilers - so the exposure pathway is boiler/main-engine insulation and piping lagging rather than turbine lagging.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Froemming Bros. construction trades 1943-44; USCG-manned crew 1944-45; Norfolk and Puget Sound navy-yard workers 1944-45; Soviet and JMSDF crews 1945-70
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or litigation exhibit located for PF-52. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Builder-level documentation cannot be added: Froemming Bros., Inc. is absent from the Atlas shipyard dataset (gap).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-05
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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 (1943) and its U.S. service era (1944-45) as well as the later Soviet and Japanese service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing access gap also recorded in BATCH-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-06
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[8]NHHC H-Gram 061 (H-061-1), Director's Corner - Korea-era timeline noting '28 Tacoma-class frigates transferred to the Soviet Union toward the end of World War II as part of Lend-Lease program Project Hula at Cold Bay, Alaska' (live page verified via browser-rendered fetch 2026-10-04; bare curl 404 - bot-filtering) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC H-Gram 061-1, entries discussing Glendale (PF-36) 'EK-6' and Burlington (PF-51) as Project Hula Tacoma-class transfers at Cold Bay
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC program-level context for this hull's 13 July 1945 transfer: Allentown's decommissioning at Cold Bay 12 July 1945 and handover to the Soviet Navy the next day sit inside Project Hula, the secret lend-lease program under which 28 Tacoma-class frigates were transferred at Cold Bay. This hull is individually inside that set (per DANFS/USCG transfer record; NavSource assigns her the Soviet name EK-9 and records her Soviet Pacific Fleet assignment 23 July 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Project Hula transfer crews, Cold Bay, mid-1945
- Limitations
- Program context only - the H-gram does not name Allentown individually; hull-level transfer facts are documented by DANFS (ev-01) and USCG (ev-02). Adds program framing, not materials or asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-07
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[9]MARAD Vessel History Database, name search 'Allentown' (2026-10-04): 'No results found' [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov ShipList keyword search 'Allentown' - 'No results found'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The MARAD Vessel History Database (status cards for vessels owned, operated, or in custody of MARAD/predecessor agencies) returns no card for Allentown / MC Hull 1477 - consistent with this hull's path: built under MC contract but passed directly Navy -> Soviet Navy -> Japan, never entering MARAD custody or the reserve fleets postwar. No MARAD disposal or scrapping record exists for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Population
- none
- Limitations
- A no-result in this database does not prove no MC-era paperwork exists elsewhere; it confirms only that MARAD's vessel-history file holds no card under the searched name. Final disposition remains undocumented (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-08
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[10]Batch-8458 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; USCG Historian's Office; NavSource; NARA catalog; MARAD VHDB; NVR; CourtListener authenticated API v4 (4 base queries); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-allentown-pf52-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS Allentown (PF-52) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated, API v4): exact-name opinion query '"USS Allentown"' returned zero results; exact-name docket query returned zero results; hull-number opinion query '"PF-52"' returned 4 opinions, all classified name collisions ("PF 52" = proposed finding/exhibit numbers or Planet Fitness debtor entities: Nguyen v. Radient Pharmaceuticals C.D. Cal. 2013 securities; Fisher v. United States D. Mass. 2010 FTCA bench trial; CCI, Inc. ASBCA 2014 contract appeal; In re Chicago Investments Bankr. D. Mass. 2012) - none involves the vessel or asbestos. The '"PF-52"' docket query could not be completed: the fleet-wide pacer stayed saturated through ~2 hours of paced retries - logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - only law-firm marketing listicles (asbestos-ships.com; shepardlawfirm.com, which mislabels the hull 'DE 52'; mesotheliomahelp.org) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing, excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Population
- none
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; it means no public ship-specific documentation was found in the sources searched. The docket-side litigation gap is genuine: the hull-number docket query stayed throttled and unrun (a zero docket result for the exact name does not preclude docket text citing 'PF-52'). Deck logs, NARA action reports/war diaries (microfilm), Froemming Bros. construction records, Soviet- and Japanese-era material records, and any scrapping documentation are undigitized or unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allentown-pf52-09