Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet l-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; DANFS unreachable, see disclosure) — real identity: USS Henry T. Allen — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Henry_T._Allen [MIRROR]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; DANFS unreachable, see disclosure)
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-pkt-l-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Henry T. Allen (AP-30), Naval History and Heritage Command (Wayback capture 2025-12-09; live page returned 404 on 2026-09-25) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full entry text (specifications line and narrative paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity and service narrative: launched as an Army transport under the Shipping Board in 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ; completed 1921 as Wenatchee; operated by Pacific Steamship Co. until November 1922, renamed President Jefferson; operated for and purchased by Admiral Oriental Line; laid up in Seattle 1938; purchased by the Army October 1940 and renamed Henry T. Allen; acquired by the Navy 6 December 1941 and placed in partial commission for conversion at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland; commissioned in full 22 April 1942, Capt. P. A. Stevens. WWII service: Honolulu troop voyage; San Diego exercises; Norfolk; Operation Torch Northern Attack Force transport flagship off Mehedia/Port Lyautey 7-15 November 1942, then Casablanca; Pacific assignment from December 1942; redesignated APA-15 at Espiritu Santo 1 February 1943; New Guinea-Australia troop runs; torpedo evasion 13 July 1943; Hollandia (Tanahmerah Bay, 22 April 1944) and Wakde-Sarmi (17 May 1944) landings; Seventh Amphibious Force administrative flagship from October 1944 (Hollandia, then Leyte 28 January 1945); Manila September 1945; arrived United States 10 December 1945; decommissioned 5 February 1946; redelivered to War Department; reserve at Suisun Bay; sold to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, scrapped March 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1920-1948
- Population
- Navy crew and embarked troops, 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy biographical entry. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information; DANFS does not record the AG-90 reclassification and frames launch as '1920' where secondary sources give May 1919 - see gaps. Establishes identity, ownership chain, and exposure-relevant events (conversion, overhaul availabilities, flagship service) but says nothing about materials handled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-01
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HENRY T. ALLEN (APA-15), Ship History Detail 2180, and linked PRESIDENT JEFFERSON record Detail 12008 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2180 (milestones, characteristics) and Detail 12008 (name history)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records the hull as built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Official No. 221042, USSB Design 1029, passenger type, 516.50 ft length, 72.20 ft beam, 14,174 gross tons, displacement 21,900/13,529; fate 'Sold - Scrap' with disposition and withdrawal dated 26 March 1948; name history 1921-1923 Wenatchee, 1923-1940 President Jefferson, 1940-1948 Henry T. Allen. Digitized vessel status card exists for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1921-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government registry milestones, dimensions, and disposition; contains no asbestos, insulation, condition-survey, or abatement information; supports no asbestos claim. Dimensions measured per registry convention (differ from DANFS overall length).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-02
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[4]U.S. Navy, 'The Seventh Amphibious Force - Command History, 1943-1945' (Office of Naval Records and Library administrative history, reproduced via HyperWar/ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Part II(a) staff history (March 1943 flagship paragraph; 7 October 1944 Administrative Group paragraph) and Part II(b) training section (10 April 1943 Sydney availability)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official administrative history documents material-condition and repair events aboard this hull: the ship reported as flagship in March 1943 but was 'in poor material condition' and the force staff moved off within days; she was withdrawn from First Marine Division training on 10 April 1943 for a five-week overhaul availability at Sydney; before designation as Administrative Command flagship she received 'a short availability' (repair period) in 1944; she then served as administrative flagship afloat at Hollandia and Leyte through 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Navy crew; embarked 7th Amphibious Force staff
- Limitations
- Documents repair/availabilities and repeated 'poor material condition' findings on a 1919-launched steam plant - events consistent with machinery and insulation disturbance, but the source names no insulation material and contains no asbestos statement. Maintenance scope is inferred, not documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-03
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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 in which this 1921 hull was converted to a naval transport at Moore Dry Dock, Oakland (December 1941-April 1942) and repeatedly overhauled through 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987; conversion 1941-1942
- 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 installed or disturbed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. The hull's original 1919-1921 construction predates the WWII window covered by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-04
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[6]Egan v. United States, 158 F. Supp. 377, 141 Ct. Cl. 1 (Ct. Cl. 1958) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 158 F. Supp. 377 at facts section (Samoa passage recital); CourtListener cluster 1371969 / opinion 8591814
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Court of Claims opinion in a Marine Corps Reserve officer's pay and wrongful-discharge case recounts that plaintiff 'while en route to Samoa aboard the USS Henry T. Allen... suffered a head injury while in the process of cocking a 20 millimeter gun during an alert' and was treated in quarters owing to spinal meningitis cases in the ship's hospital - matching the ship's documented December 1942-January 1943 Samoa passage. Classified: OTHER LITIGATION - not an asbestos or personal-injury exposure claim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1943 passage; opinion 1958
- Population
- Marine Corps officer aboard Dec 1942-Jan 1943
- Limitations
- Ship-named court record but a pay/discharge dispute, not asbestos litigation; establishes only that a named Marine officer sailed aboard during the Samoa passage. No exposure finding, no materials finding. Classified at face value as other litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-05
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[7]NavSource Online, USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30/APA-15/AG-90) photo archive pages 10/03/03015 and 14/03015 (secondary compilation - lead only, not an official source) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block and chronology, archives/10/03/03015.htm and archives/14/03015.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation records the machinery fit asbestos-relevant to this hull: eight Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers (265 psi, 480 deg F), two Westinghouse geared turbines with De Laval main reduction gears, twin screw, and turbo-drive ship's-service generators; also records the Army acquisition (1 November 1940), renaming (12 February 1941), struck date (25 February 1946), and a conflicting sale date (2 January 1948) and battle-star count (three vs four in its own mirrored pages).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1919-1948
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled secondary source, not an official record - specifications are carried as unverified leads. Propulsion and complement figures await confirmation against an official source (Ships' Data 1945 or BuShips records); nothing here is an asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-06
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[8]Batch-2221 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture); MARAD ShipHistory Details 2180 and 12008; U.S. Navy 7th Amphibious Force administrative history (HyperWar reproduction); CourtListener authenticated searches; NavSource as secondary lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-01 through sl-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming the Henry T. Allen / APA-15 / AP-30 / AG-90 hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only ship-named court record located (Egan v. United States, 1958) is a non-asbestos pay and discharge case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a WWI-era steamship converted for Navy service in 1941-42 is era-consistent with installed asbestos insulation. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-07
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[9]NARA record-group mapping: RG 24 Navy deck logs (WWII-era, NARA College Park) for AP-30/APA-15/AG-90; RG 32 Records of the U.S. Shipping Board (EFC Design 1029 / NY Shipbuilding hull 240 construction records); RG 336 Office of the Chief of Transportation (USAT Henry T. Allen period 1940-41); MARAD digitized status card already on file [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA record-group guides (archives.gov RG 24/32/336); MARAD status card on ShipHistory Detail 2180
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs 1941-1946 for this hull would record daily operations, drills, casualties, and repair events; RG 32 (U.S. Shipping Board/Emergency Fleet Corporation) may hold Design 1029 construction and outfitting specifications for NY Shipbuilding hull 240; RG 336 (Office of the Chief of Transportation) covers the Army transport period.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1918-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-08
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[10]HyperWar 'U.S. Navy Ships (Alpha: H), 1940-45' listing AG-90 Henry T. Allen (1945); corroborating NavSource/Wikipedia compilations date the AG-90 reclassification to January 1945 (one NavSource page says 'in 1944') [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- HyperWar alpha-H list row for AG-90; NavSource chronology; DANFS entry (silent on AG-90)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Reclassification chain documented: AP-30 (transport) to APA-15 (attack transport) on 1 February 1943 per DANFS; to AG-90 (miscellaneous auxiliary) dated 1945 per the Navy ship listing, consistent with her assumption of the afloat administrative-headquarters role in October 1944 - secondary sources conflict between January 1945 and '1944'; DANFS itself does not record the AG-90 designation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- The AG-90 effective date is not stated in any located official entry; January 1945 is the best-supported secondary reading (HyperWar alpha list shows 1945; Wikipedia cites January 1945). Carried in gaps pending a controlling registry document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-t-allen-apa15-09