Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 654-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-27-lst27-pkt-654-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-27' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (published 30 Jul 2015) - verified live 2026-10-02 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full page (single-paragraph LST-class entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-27 laid down 10 December 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by Dravo Corp.; launched 27 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. R. R. Creed; commissioned 25 June 1943 (DANFS date; NavSource and the USCG Historian's Office give 16 June 1943 - conflict, see ev-uss-lst-27-04). Assigned to the European theater; participated in Convoy UGS-36 (April 1944) and the Invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Decommissioned 9 November 1945; struck from the Navy list 28 November 1945; sold 15 December 1947 to the Rhode Island Navigation Co. of Newport, R.I., for scrapping. Earned two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Official Navy history entry; the live NHHC page was verified 2026-10-02 (no link rot this hull). Contains no asbestos, material, or crew-health information. Commission date conflicts with NavSource/USCG (25 vs 16 June 1943). Does not establish any exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-27 page (last updated 5 May 2023) - verified live at navsource.net 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page 10/16/160027.htm - milestone block, campaign table, spec block, CO list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LST-27 (LST-1 class) laid down 10 December 1942 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA; launched 27 April 1943; commissioned 16 June 1943, LT Lance J. Kirstine, USCG, in command. Page states the ship was manned by a U.S. Coast Guard crew during WWII. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater: LST Flotilla 11, Group 31, Division 61; campaigns listed: Convoy UGS-36 (1 April 1944) and Invasion of Normandy (6-25 June 1944). Two battle stars. Decommissioned 9 November 1945 at Boston, MA; struck 28 November 1945; sold for scrapping 15 December 1947 to Rhode Island Navigation Co., Newport, RI. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC generators, two propellers, twin rudders. Commanding officers (all USCG): LT Kirstine (16 Jun 1943-Jun 1944), LT Volton (Jun 1944-15 Jan 1945), LT Gilleran (15 Jan-9 Nov 1945). Period photographs document the ship loading out in England early June 1944, in convoy 5 June 1944 carrying elements of the U.S. Army 29th Division, and views of the Normandy beachhead (one contributor caption reads 'Utah Beach'; official records assign the ship to Omaha - see ev-uss-lst-27-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (USCG-manned, ~117) plus embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled photographic archive, not a federal record - treated as the canonical per-hull reference for milestones/specs and corroborated here against DANFS and the USCG Historian's Office. Beach assignment in photo captions ('Utah Beach') is contributor-supplied and conflicts with the USCG fact sheet's 'Omaha Beach'. Contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS LST-27' fact sheet PDF (sources: LST files, Coast Guard Historian's Office; The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, vol. 2, 1949; DANFS vol. VII, 1981) - ARCHIVED copy; live uscg.mil URL returns HTTP 403 (Akamai block) as of 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-27 fact sheet, single-page PDF (Wayback timestamp 2017-05-07)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard-manned USS LST-27 was laid down at the Dravo Corporation shipyard and commissioned 16 June 1943 (the fact sheet names LT Alfred Volton as first commanding officer; NavSource names LT Lance J. Kirstine - conflict, see ev-uss-lst-27-04). On 4 April 1944 she was in the Mediterranean, reaching Tunisia 13 April 1944; reported arrived in the United Kingdom 3 May 1944 for the Normandy buildup; departed England 5 June 1944 and participated in the invasion at Omaha Beach; remained in British waters until 2 July 1944, then departed for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 17 July 1944. Decommissioned Boston 9 November 1945; two battle stars. Fact-sheet disposition field reads: 'Sold to Arctic Circle Exploration, Seattle, Washington, on 17 June 1946 for conversion to merchant service' - which conflicts with the DANFS/NavSource disposition (sold 15 December 1947 to Rhode Island Navigation Co. for scrapping); unresolved, see gaps. Also lists: LST Flotilla 7 in body text vs Flotilla 11 in header and NavSource; length 327 ft 9 in; initial armament 7 x 40mm single, 6 x 20mm single, 2 x .50-cal, 4 x .30-cal; complement 111; troops 163.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (USCG-manned)
- Limitations
- Official USCG historian compilation citing Coast Guard At War (1949) and DANFS VII - archived copy cited because the live uscg.mil file is 403-blocked to automated fetch (Wayback capture 2017-05-07). Internal inconsistencies (flotilla number; CO list omitting Kirstine) and the disposition conflict are documented, not resolved. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-03
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[5]Cross-source discrepancy record: DANFS LST-27 entry (live NHHC) vs NavSource LST-27 page (live) vs USCG Historian's Office fact sheet (archived) vs shipbuildinghistory.com Dravo Neville Island hull table (live secondary compilation, Tim Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-27; NavSource 160027.htm CO table and milestone block; USCG fact sheet disposition field and CO list; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/dravoboats.htm hull table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Three documented cross-source conflicts for this hull: (1) Commission date - DANFS prints 25 June 1943; NavSource and the USCG fact sheet print 16 June 1943; the Dravo yard hull table lists the ship 'delivered 25-Jun-43,' indicating the DANFS figure is most plausibly the yard delivery date conflated with commissioning. (2) First commanding officer - NavSource lists LT Lance J. Kirstine, USCG (16 Jun 1943-Jun 1944); the USCG fact sheet omits Kirstine and lists LT Alfred Volton from commissioning (16 Jun 1943-15 Jan 1945). (3) Disposition - DANFS and NavSource record sale 15 December 1947 to Rhode Island Navigation Co. for scrapping; the USCG fact sheet records sale 17 June 1946 to Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc., Seattle, for conversion to merchant service (Arctic Circle Exploration is documented in DANFS entries for other hulls, e.g. LST-698 sold to it 25 June 1946, as a real bulk buyer of surplus LSTs - the two statements are not necessarily mutually exclusive but no source reconciles them).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Correction row documenting unresolved primary-source conflicts; carried values elsewhere in this record follow the majority/best-corroborated reading (16 June 1943 commission; Kirstine as commissioning CO per NavSource; DANFS disposition). The yard-delivery date of 25 June 1943 is a plausible explanation of the DANFS figure but no primary commissioning document was retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table and roster (shipscribe.com scan) - verified live 2026-10-02 (class profile's URL /styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf now 404; file moved to /pubs/) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table + roster section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design data for the LST-1 design group (hull block LST-1 through LST-490, which contains this hull): 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, ~2,366 t light / 3,960-4,080 t trial, 11.6 kt, 2 x GM 12-567A diesels ~1,700 shp via Falk reduction gears, accommodations 13 officers/~106 enlisted plus embarked troops. Confirms the class propulsion is diesel - no boilers aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Class design table, not a hull record - establishes the design LST-27 was built to, not what was installed aboard this hull. No asbestos or material content in the table itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-05
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference (BuShips SDB v2 machinery data + era amphibious-ship construction practice; carried forward from class profile lst-1-class ev-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data (class profile lst-1-class, ev-lst-1-class-03)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs of this design: no boilers, so the steam-lagging pathway does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and exhaust-system gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve and machinery packing, winch/crane and bow-ramp machinery brake linings, and electrical insulation - applications standard to a 1943-built welded steel landing ship of this design.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Construction trades at Dravo Neville Island (1942-43); USCG ship's company (1943-45); scrapping-yard workforce (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only. No ship-specific asbestos record exists for LST-27; this row establishes no asbestos content, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-06
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[8]'History of the Dravo Shipyard During World War II' (1945, period corporate history), hosted by ExplorePAHistory.com (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission project) - verified live 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ExplorePAHistory odocument.php?docId=1-4-189 - 'The Job Grows Bigger' and 'Personnel Problems' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Period (1945) account of the builder yard during this hull's construction window: the Dravo Neville Island plant expanded from a peacetime yard of 1,000-1,500 workers to 14,000-16,000 by early 1944 across two yards (West Yard and the purpose-built East Yard, ground broken 4 February 1942); LSTs were produced on welded-hull assembly lines with shop-built preassemblies and land-transfer launching; the first LST (LST-1) launched 7 September 1942; the original award was for 60 LSTs and Dravo became the largest single LST producer; the workforce was majority war-reenlisted civilians trained on site (16% female).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction workforce (14,000-16,000 by early 1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level period history - does not name LST-27, does not mention asbestos or insulation materials, and is a corporate-commissioned wartime account (not a neutral survey). Establishes the scale and construction method of the yard where this hull was built, nothing more.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-07
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[9]NIOSH, 'Industrial hygiene survey report, Dravo Corporation, Engineering Works Division, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania' (Bloom, Dooley, Peguese; Industry Wide Field Studies series; field survey July 1981, report dated 2 July 1985) - CDC Stacks index record (NIOSHTIC-2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC Stacks record cdc/233199 (NIOSHTIC-2 index; digital file not available)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A federal industrial-hygiene survey exists for the builder yard - NIOSH surveyed Dravo's Neville Island Engineering Works Division in July 1981 (shipbuilding/repair, SIC-3731) - but the CDC Stacks record is an index record only: the digital file is missing from Stacks (placeholder notice, retrieved 2026-10-02), so the survey's content could not be reviewed. Whether the survey addresses asbestos is unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1981 (survey); 1985 (report)
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island workforce (1981 survey population)
- Limitations
- Index record only - the report PDF is a 'Missing Digital File' placeholder; content unreviewed. Even in full the survey post-dates LST-27's 1942-43 construction by 38 years (the yard was building barges by 1981) and would be yard-level context, not a hull record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-08
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[10]GAO, 'Navy Efforts to Protect Workers from Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) - product page verified 2026-10-02 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy since 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Program-level context for any WWII-era Navy hull still in service or reserve after 1945; LST-27 was stricken 1945 and sold 1947, so the policy period does not reach this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program scope)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific. gao.gov blocks automated full-text retrieval (HTTP 403; same standing defect as Batch 01 and Batch 98) - content relied on is the product-page description. No bearing on this scrapped-1947 hull beyond era context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-09
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[11]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Cutters and Vessels' roster for D-Day (6 June 1944), Normandy topic section - verified live 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cutters and Vessels page, 'LSTs (11 total)' list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official USCG historian roster lists LST-27 among 11 Coast Guard-manned LSTs participating in the Normandy invasion (with LST-16, -17, -21, -176, -261, -262, -326, -327, -331, -381), corroborating the hull's D-Day service and Coast Guard manning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- USCG LST crews at Normandy
- Limitations
- Roster page lists hull numbers without per-ship detail - corroborates participation and CG manning only; does not assign LST-27 to a specific beach and contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-10
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[12]Batch-6806 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource 160027.htm; USCG Historian's Office fact sheet (archived); USCG D-Day cutters/vessels roster; CDC Stacks NIOSHTIC-2; GAO; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4; general web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-27-01 through sl-uss-lst-27-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-27 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'USS LST-27' and quoted 'LST-27' both returned zero results; the 19 docket hits for quoted 'LST-27' were all name collisions (unrelated contract, bankruptcy, and employment dockets whose filed documents contain the token) - no qualifying asbestos litigation.
- 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 - 1943 construction practice makes era-standard insulation plausible. The hull was scrapped in the late 1940s, so there is no surviving vessel to survey. CourtListener coverage: 'USS LST-27' opinions = 0, dockets = 0; 'LST-27' opinions (quoted) = 0, dockets = 19 collisions; unquoted 'LST-27' opinions = 739 token-level matches (first-page results all collisions); one variant sweep ('LST 27' asbestos, unhyphenated) was blocked by fleet rate pacing - a residual coverage gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-11
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[13]NARA / NOAA deck-log digitization program (RG 24 Navy logbooks; USCG Historian's Office finding aid to the digitized-decklog collections, NARA IDs 587169 and 559642) - finding aid verified live 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office 'Digitized Decklogs at NARA' finding aid; catalog.archives.gov IDs 587169 (WWII era) and 559642
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- LST-27's WWII-era deck logs (1943-45, USCG-kept aboard a Navy hull) are the primary-source trail for any maintenance/material events; whether the hull's logs are within the digitized NARA sets could not be confirmed this session - the National Archives Catalog is JS-rendered and did not return record-level data to automated queries (same catalog limitation noted in Batch 98). The USCG finding aid documents the digitization program and collections to search.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log period)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - deck-log digitization status for this hull unverified; the finding aid covers program scope, not this hull's specific logbooks. Deck logs in any case rarely name insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-27-12