Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 677-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-472-lst472-pkt-677-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-472 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS operations list and closing paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records LST-472's Asiatic-Pacific operations: southern Solomons, New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu, Cape Torokina, Green Island, Hollandia, Western New Guinea, Morotai, and Mindoro. It states that LST-472 was sunk during action with the enemy off Mindoro Island, Philippines, on 21 December 1944, struck from the Navy list on 19 January 1945, and earned six battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LST-472 crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Supports service and official disposition history; it does not identify asbestos materials or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-472-lst472-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram 040-2, Leyte, Ormoc Bay, Mindoro [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Mindoro section, paragraph beginning 'LST-472 (which was participating...'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's H-Gram 040-2 gives a detailed account of the Mindoro casualty: LST-472 was participating in its 13th amphibious assault, was attacked by five aircraft, one struck the main deck near the superstructure and knocked out the water mains, the ship was abandoned with six dead, and destroyer O'Brien rescued 198 survivors; the ship was then sunk by friendly gunfire.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- LST-472 crew; rescuers; embarked assault personnel
- Limitations
- Provides casualty detail but does not address asbestos, shipboard materials, or post-loss wreck condition. H-Gram timing language differs from DANFS's 21 December sinking date; the discrepancy is carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-472-lst472-03
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[4]National Museum of the U.S. Navy, photograph 80-G-294573, USS LST-472, December 15, 1944 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Photograph title, caption, and collection statement
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Museum of the U.S. Navy identifies an official U.S. Navy photograph of USS LST-472 burning after being hit by a Japanese suicide plane during the Mindoro operation on 15 December 1944; the photograph is held in the National Archives collection.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12-15
- Population
- LST-472 crew and nearby rescue personnel
- Limitations
- Confirms visual documentation of the hull during the Mindoro attack; the photograph does not identify asbestos or other material composition and does not resolve the DANFS/H-Gram date difference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-472-lst472-04
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure; Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data 1945, Volume II, LST design data [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report discussion of 1973 asbestos-free specifications and late deliveries; Ships' Data 1945 LST design table is class background
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context: the LST-1 design group used two GM 12-567A diesel engines, and GAO's 1979 review states that Navy thermal-insulation specifications changed to asbestos-free materials in 1973 but ships under construction were still delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978. For a 1942 Navy ship, this makes asbestos-containing materials a historically plausible class/era possibility, not a documented LST-472 finding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1979
- Population
- World War II Navy shipbuilding and shipboard maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- Neither source names LST-472 or proves that any listed application was installed aboard this hull. Does not establish presence, quantity, condition, present-day survival, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-472-lst472-05
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[6]Batch-6977 source review and CourtListener exact-name opinion search; see search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-472-lst472-01 through sl-uss-lst-472-lst472-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the official sources reviewed: the NHHC DANFS entry, NHHC Mindoro H-Gram, National Museum of the U.S. Navy photograph record, GAO HRD-80-2, or the CourtListener opinion search for the exact name 'USS LST-472'. No asbestos survey, abatement record, material schedule, or hull-specific asbestos opinion was located in those materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative public-source result does not prove absence of asbestos aboard or defeat any exposure claim. The exact hull-number CourtListener search and docket-level searches were throttled and remain gaps; this row is limited to the sources and exact-name opinion search completed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-472-lst472-06
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[7]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-472 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry identifies LST-472 as laid down on 31 October 1942 at Vancouver, Washington, by Kaiser, Inc.; launched on 7 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Frank C. Huntoon; and commissioned on 13 March 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction workforce; commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and construction milestones only; the entry does not document asbestos, insulation composition, a material schedule, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-472-lst472-01