Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 654-packet.md (5 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-272-lst272-pkt-654-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-272 (NHHC live page, verified 2026-10-02) - construction, sponsor, operations list, disposal, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-272 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 9 February 1943 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched 1 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. P. D. Gerrese; commissioned 17 September 1943 (NHHC page prints '17 Seutember 1943' - typographical error), Lt. Heinrich Heine, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; operations listed: occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (January-February 1944); occupation of Eniwetok Atoll (February-March 1944); capture and occupation of Saipan (June-July 1944); Tinian capture and occupation (July 1944); capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands (September-October 1944); Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945). Returned to the United States; decommissioned 16 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 25 September 1946; sold 5 April 1948 to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., 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
- American Bridge construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational history; contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS names Lt. Heinrich Heine, USNR as commissioning commanding officer; NavSource's commanding-officer table lists LT. J. H. Parsons for 17 September - 7 October 1943 - an unresolved source conflict carried in gaps. Campaign phrasing is operation-level, not a day-by-day presence record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-272 - timeline, campaign table, awards, specifications, commanding-officer list, photo captions (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160272.htm header block, specifications block, campaign table, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 9 February 1943 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 1 August 1943; commissioned USS LST-272, 17 September 1943, LT. J. H. Parsons in command. Campaign table: Marshall Islands operation (Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls 31 January - 8 February 1944; Eniwetok Atoll 17 February - 2 March 1944); Marianas operation (Saipan 15 June - 28 July 1944); Tinian capture and occupation (24-28 July 1944); Western Caroline Islands operation (southern Palau Islands, September-October 1944); Luzon operation (Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945). Decommissioned 16 August 1946; struck from the Naval Register 25 September 1946; five battle stars; sold for scrapping 5 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. Awards shown: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5); World War II Victory Medal; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (1). Specifications: displacement 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers, 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers, 147 enlisted; 2 x General Motors 12-567A diesels, 900 hp each, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers, 1,700 shp; three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's service generators; call sign NPPA. Photo captions document: the ship 'high and dry on a reef at Ellice Island, 1945'; LST-272 beached alongside USS LST-42 (All Hands magazine, February 1945); the ship underway circa 1945-46 (NHHC photo NH 84687). Commanding-officer list: LT J. H. Parsons (17 Sep - 7 Oct 1943); LT D. R. McLeod (7-21 Oct 1943); LT Vern Willard Tracy, USN (21-27 Oct 1943); LT John F. Dore, USNR (27 Oct 1943 - 11 Mar 1945); LT Marshall T. Ismond, USNR (11 Mar - Dec 1945); LT Clarence J. Barr, USNR (Dec 1945 - Mar 1946); LTjg Donald M. Payne, USNR (Mar - 16 Aug 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); embarked troops (operation periods)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but its commanding-officer table conflicts with DANFS on the commissioning CO (see gaps). The Ellice Island reef-grounding event is documented only by a photo caption - no official casualty/grounding record located (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-02
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[4]NARA record NAID 139753309, 'USS LST-272 - Rep of Ops in the Amphibious Landing on Peleliu Is, Palau Is, 9/4-20/44', National Archives at College Park (metadata via Digital Public Library of America / Digital Pasifik aggregation; NARA catalog page is JS-rendered) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/139753309; digitalpasifik.org/items/394003
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-generated operational record for this hull exists at NARA: the vessel's own Report of Operations in the Amphibious Landing on Peleliu Island, Palau Islands, 4-20 September 1944 - micro serial 91087, serial 111-44, dated 30 September 1944 - held by National Archives at College Park in the series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), indexed through the Digital Public Library of America.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LST-272 crew and embarked personnel during the Peleliu operation (Sep 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - establishes that the report exists, not its contents; the document itself was not retrieved. NARA catalog page is JS-rendered and could not be fetched directly; NAID, title, serials, and date are from the DPLA/Digital Pasifik metadata record. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-03
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[5]National Diet Library (Japan), index of U.S. Marine Corps Geographic File 1940-1945 (MCJ series, NARA-originated records), entry: 'USS LST 272, Action Report 12-22Feb44, Eniwetok Atoll - Marshalls', file MCJ 00130, item 17 [other_primary]
- Locator
- MCJ1_2.pdf, Marshalls section, folder 17, microfiche MCJ 00130
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A second ship-generated operational record for this hull is indexed: 'USS LST 272, Action Report 12-22Feb44, Eniwetok Atoll - Marshalls' (coverage 1944/02-1944/06), folder 17 on microfiche MCJ 00130 of the U.S. Marine Corps Geographic File, 1940-1945 - a U.S. record series cataloged in the National Diet Library's occupation-era document index (NDL document 65A-5188).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LST-272 crew during the Eniwetok operation (Feb-Mar 1944)
- Limitations
- Index entry only - the action report itself was not retrieved; establishes existence, not contents. The index lists box/folder titles, dates, and microfiche numbers; exact NARA series/NAID for this specific report was not resolved this session. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton compilation), 'Landing Ships Tank LST 1 thru LST 400' - American Bridge Co., Ambridge PA build-table row for LST-272 [other_primary]
- Locator
- lstpart1.htm, American Bridge Ambridge block, row for LST 272
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard build-table row for this hull: American Bridge Co., Ambridge PA; program year 1942; laid down 9-Feb-43; launched 1-Aug-43; delivered/commissioned 17-Sep-43; build metrics 173 days on the ways, 47 days fitting out, 220 days total; disposition column: 'Scrapped 1947'. Confirms the DANFS milestone dates and situates the hull in the Ambridge production block (neighboring rows: LST-270, LST-271, LST-273, LST-274, all American Bridge).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- American Bridge Ambridge workforce (1942-43 contract)
- Limitations
- Secondary maritime reference - build-table dates agree with DANFS/NavSource but the disposition 'Scrapped 1947' conflicts in framing with DANFS 'sold for scrapping 5 April 1948' (sale date vs breakup-completion year unresolved - see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-05
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[7]American Bridge Company, official company history - 1940s section (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- americanbridge.net/about/history, 1940s section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's own corporate history documents the yard context: '100% of American Bridge's capacity was utilized for National Defense projects from 1941-1945. American Bridge manufactured 199 LST's' at its Ambridge, PA plant, alongside aviation repair vessels, Essex-class carrier components, auxiliary carriers, C-type cargo ships, tankers, cargo lighters, and barges. The Ambridge plant - the facility that built this hull - was a dedicated wartime naval-production yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- American Bridge Ambridge workforce (1941-45)
- Limitations
- Company-published history; documents yard output and wartime dedication, not materials used aboard any specific hull. Does not name LST-272 (the hull-level build row is carried separately). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-06
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[8]Corn, J. K., & Starr, J., '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
- Wiley Online Library DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 - abstract and references
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed documentation of the era in which this hull was built: the paper 'focuses on the extensive use of asbestos as a fireproofing and insulating material in shipbuilding in the 1940s, when World War II industrial expansion brought about a hitherto unprecedented rise in the amount of asbestos utilized,' and examines U.S. Navy-era policy on asbestos in wartime shipbuilding (its references include E. Brown, 'Industrial hygiene and the Navy in national defense,' War Medicine 1:3-14 (1941)). Establishes the documented shipbuilding-asbestos era covering this hull's 1943 construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1987 (publication); 1940s subject period
- Population
- WWII shipbuilding workforce generally; Navy-era industrial-hygiene policy context
- Limitations
- Era/policy-level scholarly documentation - does not name this hull, this yard, or the LST type; supports era context only, not 'documented aboard this hull.' Abstract and reference list verified via publisher page; full text paywalled. Does not establish quantities, individual exposure, or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1947-48).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy use of asbestos in ships and documented the program history: the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was needed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - confirming extensive original-era asbestos insulation aboard Navy ships of this hull's era. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1970s subject era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review); era shipbuilders
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific - LST-272 is not named. The 1975/1979 policies postdate this hull's 1946 decommissioning and 1948 sale; the row's relevance is confined to documenting the Navy asbestos-use era into which she was built. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-10-02 (direct curl returns HTTP 403).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-08
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[10]Consolidated era inference built on: NavSource propulsion specifications (2 x GM 12-567A diesels - diesel plant, no boilers); Corn & Starr 1987 (WWII shipbuilding asbestos era); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos insulation era); LST-1-class design data (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2, per class profile - shipscribe.com scan returned HTTP 404 this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; class-level design record (LST-1 class profile, class-f worktree)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel-powered LST-1-class tank landing ship of 1943 construction: diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, winch/crane brake linings, and electrical insulation. The diesel plant means no boilers - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply to this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); Bethlehem Steel scrapping workforce (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-272. Names era-standard applications for the type, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-09
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[11]Batch-6809 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource amphibious archive; NARA via DPLA/Digital Pasifik; NDL MCJ index; ShipbuildingHistory; American Bridge official history; GAO; Wiley/AJIM; NVR; secondary web litigation-and-asbestos sweep; CourtListener [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-272-01 through sl-uss-lst-272-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-272 / LST-272 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched this session via the authenticated helper: 'LST-272', 'LST 272', and 'USS LST-272' opinion searches (type=o) all returned zero; the 'LST-272' docket search (type=r) returned two hits, both name collisions on the search string, neither naming the vessel - Seasons Express Inwood LLC (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1-18-45290, 2018) and In re ShoreTel, Inc. Securities Litigation (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-00271, 2008; securities). The secondary web sweep surfaced no law-firm or marketing page dedicated to this hull.
- 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 - the ship was a 1943 wartime build in the documented shipbuilding-asbestos era, and her own action reports and deck logs (NARA leads) remain unexamined. CourtListener coverage is federal RECAP/opinion text; state-court and unindexed filings are outside it. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-272-10