Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Henry T. Allen (AP-30) - verbatim transcription via HistoryCentral mirror (live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-20); NavSource AP/APA-15 page reproduces the same entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full text; NavSource archives/10/03/03015.htm 'Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)' reproduction
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched as an Army transport under Shipping Board contract by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; completed 1921 as Wenatchee (Pacific Steamship Co.), renamed President Jefferson (Admiral Oriental Line), laid up Seattle 1938; purchased by the Army (October 1940 per DANFS; 1 November 1940 per Army Order of Battle), renamed Henry T. Allen; acquired by the Navy 6 December 1941, partial commission during conversion at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland; commissioned in full 22 April 1942. Service: Honolulu troop run; San Diego amphibious exercises to August 1942; flagship of Northern Attack Force transports, Operation Torch (off Mehedia/Port Lyautey 7 November 1942, under intermittent shore-battery fire to mid-November; Casablanca; Norfolk 30 November); Pacific from December 1942 (Tutuila 13 January 1943; Noumea; Espiritu Santo - redesignated APA-15 there 1 February 1943); flagship, Commander Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet from 17 March 1943; five-week overhaul at Sydney from 10 April 1943; New Guinea-Australia troop shuttle to March 1944 (13 July 1943 torpedo evasion); Goodenough Island training with 24th Infantry Division; Hollandia/Tanahmerah Bay landings 22 April 1944; Toem-Wakde-Sarmi landing 17 May 1944; administrative base ship of Seventh Amphibious Force at Hollandia from 3 October 1944 (Capt. H. J. Nelson's Administrative Command established aboard 7 October 1944); shifted to Leyte Gulf 28 January 1945; Manila 3 September 1945; departed for U.S. 15 November; arrived 10 December 1945; decommissioned 5 February 1946; redelivered to War Department; NDRF Suisun Bay; sold to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, scrapped March 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Camden, 1918-21); Army Transport Service crew (1940-41); Moore Dry Dock conversion workers (1941-42); crew ~725 + embarked troops + Seventh Amphibious Force flag/administrative staffs (1942-45); Sydney overhaul yard workers (1943)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, not materials or asbestos content. Transcription mirrors carry minor OCR artifacts (e.g., 'APA-1' for APA-15, 'New China' for New Guinea, 'until 16 November' where another rendering says 15 November); no battle-stars sentence appears in the transcribed text. Live NHHC page not located (404); canonical URL unresolved - standing NHHC link-rot issue.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-01
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[2]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HENRY T. ALLEN (APA-15), Detail 2180, including digitized NDRF vessel status card and index card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2180; status card scans /cards/2180_4054AF.jpg and /cards/2180_4054AB.jpg; index card /documents/HenryTAllen_2180_001.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record for this hull: U.S. Official No. 221042; built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation; MARAD type USSB 1029; 14,174 gross / 8,443 net tons; name history HENRY T. ALLEN (APA-15), PRESIDENT JEFFERSON; mission WWII; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones: Disposition and Withdrawal 26 March 1948 (ex-HENRY T. ALLEN). Status card (Suisun Bay fleet unit): type 'Passenger (steam turbine)'; built New York SB Camden N.J. 1921; entered fleet 2-5-46; stripping of vessel equipment '100% per wire 6/17/47'; ship's papers PJ-X-401 dated 10-7-47; award Boston Metals Co. 1-2-48; withdrawn from fleet 3-26-48 1400 hours; condition-report side lists 8 WTB (water-tube boilers), 12000 SHP, 2 steam turbines. Separate index card notes the vessel at Oakland, Cal., December 1941, consistent with the documented Moore Dry Dock conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1921-1948
- Population
- NDRF caretaker crews (1946-48); scrapping workers (Boston Metals / delivery operator, 1948)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones and machinery summary; status-card handwriting partially legible (the 'delivered to' line reads closer to 'National Iron & Metal Co.' where NavSource reads 'NASSCO' - unreconciled). Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, USS Henry T. Allen (AG-90) amphibious archive page + AP transport archive page (archives/14/03015.htm) - campaign table, commanding-officer list, stricken date, disposal detail, specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource amphibious archive 10/03/03015.htm and transport archive 14/03015.htm - specification block, campaign table, CO table, disposal line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: campaign credits - North African occupation (Algeria-Morocco landings 8-11 November 1942), Hollandia operation (Tanahmerah Bay 21-24 April and 2-9 May 1944), Western New Guinea operations (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi 17 May 1944); reclassified APA-15 1 February 1943; reclassified AG-90 'in 1944'; decommissioned 5 February 1946 to NDRF Suisun Bay; stricken 25 February 1946; sold for scrapping 2 January 1948 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore (PD-X-401 dated 7 October 1947). Specification block: 8 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers (265 psi, 480 F), 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, De Laval main reduction gears, 2 propellers; 13,529 t light / 21,900 t full; 535 ft; 16 kt; complement 52 officers / 673 enlisted; troop accommodations 107 officers / 529 enlisted; armament 1x 5"/51, 4x 3"/50 DP, 2 quad 1.1" later replaced by 2 twin 40mm, 15x 20mm. Commanding officers list CAPT Paul A. Stevens (22 April 1942) through CAPT Elwood E. Burgess (4 January 1945 - 5 February 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- Crew 1941-46; embarked troops (capacity listed 107 officers / 529 enlisted - conflict flagged in gaps)
- Limitations
- Secondary-compilation data, not a primary register record; internally inconsistent on battle stars (amphibious page: three, matching the 3-credit campaign table; transport page: 'four battle stars') and imprecise on the AG-90 reclassification date ('in 1944'). The 6,000 shp figure in its propulsion block is per-shaft; MARAD card and NavSource spec agree on 12,000 total. No asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-03
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[4]DANFS specifications block + documented yard periods (Moore Dry Dock conversion 1941-42; Sydney overhaul April-May 1943; Hollandia headquarters refit October 1944) + NavSource specification block (8 B&W header-type boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared turbines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (construction, conversion, overhaul and refit narrative); NavSource specification block; MARAD status card machinery line (8 WTB, steam turbine, 12,000 SHP)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: this hull is a 1918-1921 steam passenger liner (8 Babcock & Wilcox header-type water-tube boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp) whose Navy conversion at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland (December 1941-April 1942) and wartime availabilities (Sydney, April-May 1943; Hollandia headquarters-function refit, October 1944) fall inside the documented peak asbestos-insulation era for both interwar commercial steamship construction and WWII naval conversion/overhaul work. Standard applications for the type: boiler, steam-drum, and turbine insulation; steam-line lagging; gaskets and packing; fireproofing and accommodation insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Population
- NYSB Camden construction trades 1918-21; Moore Dry Dock conversion workers 1941-42; Sydney overhaul workers 1943; Hollandia refit workers 1944; crew 1941-46; Boston Metals-area scrapping workers 1948
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only - no ship-specific insulation survey, conversion material list, or abatement record was located. This row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding; it does not establish that asbestos products were or remain aboard this hull, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation. Hull scrapped 1948; no material survives to inspect.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-04
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[5]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era covering this hull's 1941-42 naval conversion and wartime availabilities - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard government and merchant-type hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Covers the WWII conversion/overhaul period, not the 1918-21 original commercial construction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-05
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[6]Batch-692 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + HistoryCentral/NavSource transcriptions; MARAD ShipHistory + status card; NavSource amphibious and transport archives; CourtListener docket and opinion indexes; Naval Vessel Register; NARA deck-log lead; open-web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-01 through sl-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, conversion-material specification, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, or litigation record naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener RECAP/docket exact-name queries ('Henry T. Allen', 'USS Henry T. Allen') returned zero results; the opinion index returned 7 exact-phrase hits whose enumeration was blocked by rate limiting - site-level sampling shows only person-name collisions, none ship-related.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1918-21 steam liner with a 1941-42 naval conversion is era-consistent with asbestos insulation. The 1948 scrapping predates hazmat-disclosure practice, so no disposal survey is expected to exist. CourtListener opinion enumeration was incomplete due to rate limiting; the negative litigation finding is verified at docket level but partial at opinion level. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-ag90-06