Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 638-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-127-lst127-pkt-638-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-127 - construction at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, sponsor, commissioning, Asiatic-Pacific campaign list, decommission/strike/sale, five battle stars (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-127 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 30 June 1943 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 31 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Paul Johnson; commissioned 6 October 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Marshall Islands operation (occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, January-February 1944; occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, February 1944); Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Saipan, June-July 1944; Tinian capture and occupation, July 1944); Western Caroline Islands operation (capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September-October 1944); Lingayen landings on Luzon, January 1945. Decommissioned 11 March 1947; struck from the Navy list 10 June 1947; sold 11 June 1948 to Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping. Earned five battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron construction trades (1943); crew (1943-47); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. The live NHHC page loaded via rendered fetch 2026-10-02 (plain curl returned 404 - UA/rendering quirk on history.navy.mil, noted in prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-127 - flotilla/group/division assignment, campaign table with dates, commanding-officer list, awards block, specification block, photo documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160127.htm header block, campaign table, specification block, CO list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: assigned to LST Flotilla Thirteen (Capt. J. G. Sampson), LST Group Thirty-Eight (Lt. Cmdr. M. F. Stiling, USNR), LST Division Seventy-Five; campaign dates itemized (Kwajalein/Majuro 31 Jan-8 Feb 1944; Eniwetok 17-23 Feb 1944; Saipan 15 Jun-28 Jul 1944; Tinian 24-28 Jul 1944; southern Palaus 6 Sep-14 Oct 1944; Lingayen Gulf 9 Jan 1945). Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5 battle stars), WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal. CO list: Lt. R. S. Blieden (Oct 1943-Jun 1944), Lt. J. J. Reed (Jun 1944-Mar 1945), Lt. S. Tabin (Mar-15 Sep 1945), Lt. L. W. Rabb Jr. (15 Sep-8 Nov 1945), Lt. J. B. O'Rourke (8 Nov 1945-11 Mar 1947). Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; ultimate design armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm; 2 GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 3x 100kW diesel-drive generators, 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Photographs: LST-127 with LST-681 unloading across a pontoon bridge at Lingayen Gulf, 9 January 1945; LST-127 underway in San Francisco Bay circa 1945-46 (NHHC photo NH 83626, courtesy D. M. McPherson 1975).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Evansville, 1943); crew (1943-47); embarked troops; Walter W. Johnson Co. shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS (verified consistent this session); campaign/organization detail goes beyond DANFS and rests on NavSource's compilation. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-02
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[4]Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order - U.S. Third Fleet, Western Attack Force, Peleliu Transport Group / Commander Transport Group 3, Fifth Amphibious Force, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944 (operation-order scan hosted by NavSource; image-only PDF, OCR'd this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Attack landing order, organization section, items (g) 32.13.1-32.13.2, LST Unit ONE ship list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A contemporaneous wartime operation order names this hull: the attack landing order for the Western Caroline Islands (Peleliu) operation lists 'LST's 61, 243, 553, 127, 128, 224, 607, 227(F)' under '32.13.2 LST Unit ONE, Commander McFall,' within the 32.13.1 LST Flotilla organization under Captain Sampson - confirming DANFS's 'capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September-October 1944' entry and NavSource's Flotilla 13 / Capt. Sampson assignment for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-23 (order date); operation 1944-09-1944-10
- Population
- LST-127 crew and embarked troops, southern Palaus operation (Sep-Oct 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational documentation (the hull is explicitly numbered in the landing-force organization table) - but an operation order is an assignment document, not an engineering or material record; contains no asbestos, maintenance, or material content. Scan is image-only; task-unit numbers and ship list read by OCR (tesseract, 200 dpi) - individual OCR characters may be imperfect; the LST-127 listing itself is unambiguous in context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-03
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[5]NHHC photographic record NH 83626, 'USS LST-127' - 'In San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46' (courtesy D. M. McPherson, 1975) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC NH 83626 catalog record (title, caption, catalog number)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds a cataloged photograph of this hull underway in San Francisco Bay circa 1945-46 - documentary evidence of the ship's postwar return to the United States before decommissioning at an undetermined West Coast location.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (photo date range)
- Population
- Crew during postwar return transit (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Photograph catalog record only: establishes presence, not activity, work performed, or material condition. No asbestos content. Decommissioning yard/location is not stated in DANFS or NavSource and remains unverified (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan; URL corrected from /styles/usnaux/sdb/ path which now 404s) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table + roster section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The official BuShips 1945 design data for the LST-1 design group document this hull's machinery class: two General Motors 12-567A diesels (~1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gears, 2 shafts), 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, ~2,366 t light / ~3,960-4,080 t trial, 11.6 kt, accommodations 13 officers / 106 enlisted. A diesel plant means no boiler or steam-turbine lagging pathway; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a ship of this type and period were engine-room and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, accommodation insulation, and deck coverings in the confined hull volume.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948 (vessel life); design data Jan 1945
- Population
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron construction trades (1943); crew (1943-47); shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation, not a hull record - the table does not name this vessel and does not state 'asbestos' content; applications listed are era inference, not confirmed installed materials. Does not establish quantity or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1948). Shipscribe is a private archive hosting an official government scan; URL verified live 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-05
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[7]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 and emergency-program context under which this LST-1-class hull was mass-produced at an inland 'cornfield' yard (Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- 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 or this yard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Publisher page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; DOI resolves correctly - content cited per prior-batch usage of this article.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-06
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[8]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 - the program window covers this hull's entire construction (1943) and service era (1943-47).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); covers 1943-47 service era
- 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, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description; standing defect from Batch 01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-07
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[9]Batch-6697 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource 10/16/160127; ComTransGroup 3 attack landing order (OCR); NHHC NH 83626; BuShips SDB1945v2; Corn & Starr 1987; GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked - fleet pacing); NARA catalog (JS-gated); secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep; Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard documentation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-127-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-127 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be completed this session - the authenticated helper returned fleet-pacing stand-down responses on repeated attempts; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. NARA catalog is JS-rendered with no accessible API this session; RG 24 deck logs and RG 19 work records for this hull remain undigitized leads. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (asbestos.com, mesotheliomahope.com, gorilaw.com, mesothelioma.com listicles) asserting asbestos aboard LST-type ships generally - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run to completion). The 1948 scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation and no hazmat record of the breakup was located. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-127-08