Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 692-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-572-lst572-pkt-692-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'LST-572' entry. ARCHIVED COPY CITED: the live NHHC URL (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-572.html) returned 404 on 2026-10-02; this is the Internet Archive Wayback Machine capture of 2025-12-09. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-572' entry, full text (4 paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records: laid down 15 April 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 29 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Dumville; commissioned 19 June 1944, Lt. James N. Kincanon in command. During WWII assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto May-June 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946; decommissioned 8 March 1946; transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service 31 March 1952 and operated as USNS LST-572; struck from the Navy list 15 June 1973; sold 19 November 1973 to Yi Ho Enterprise Corp. Earned one battle star for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- DANFS omits the ship's documented Europe-Africa-Middle East phase (convoy HX 301, Omaha Beach September 1944) and the entire SCAJAP 'Q090' period (in service at Inchon January 1951 per NavSource photo record); its decommissioning date (8 March 1946) conflicts with NavSource's 7 March 1946. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or equipment-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945), LST roster - shipscribe.com scan with text layer [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST roster table, row LST572 (LST section, pp. 168-191 of scan)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster lists: 'LST572 | Missouri Valley B. & I. Co., Evansville, Ind. | Keel laid 15 Apr 44 | Ship launched 29 May 44 | Date of first commission 19 Jun 44' (the Missouri Valley builder column applies via ditto marks from the LST-546 block). Independently confirms builder and all three milestone dates against DANFS and NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Roster entry only - establishes builder, keel, launch, and commission dates. The design table for the LST groups (diesel plant, dimensions, complement) is class-level data, not a hull record. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USNS T-LST-572 ex USS LST-572 (1944-1952)' page (maintained by Gary P. Priolo; last updated 24 November 2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page timeline, campaign table, award ribbons, photo captions, CO list, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records: first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater (convoy HXM 301), reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater September 1944; Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 10 May to 29 June 1945 - assigned to LST Flotilla 35, LST Group 104, LST Division 207; Navy Occupation Service periods 2 October-1 November 1945 and 12 January-7 March 1946; decommissioned 7 March 1946; loaned to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP) and redesignated Q090; returned and placed in MSTS service 31 March 1952 as USNS T-LST-572; struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1973; sold 19 November 1973 to Yi Ho Enterprise Corp., fate unknown; one battle star. Photo record additionally documents: beached on Omaha Beach, Normandy, circa 10-13 September 1944; as Q090 taking the last defenders of Seoul off the beach at Inchon after the fall of Seoul, January 1951; at Inchon circa 1953 with USNS T-LST-276; beached at Can Tho, South Vietnam, 1965; offloading at Da Nang, 6 January 1966 (NHHC photo NH 74483). Award ribbons listed include the Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Philippine Liberation Medal annotated '1-Sub Attack, 4 August 1945 off Leyte.' Commanding officers: LT James Nelms Kincanon, USNR (19 June 1944-3 December 1945); LTjg Edward Angus Carpenter, USNR (3-29 December 1945). Specifications: two GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three 100-kW diesel-drive ship's-service generators, twin screws 1,700 shp; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, SCAJAP Japanese crews, MSTS civil-service crews, 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled record assembled from official documents and veteran/photo submissions. Its event list is internally disordered (the 31 March 1952 MSTS line precedes the SCAJAP loan line although photo captions place Q090 in service January 1951) - the sequence here follows the photographic record and the standard SCAJAP-to-MSTS pattern. Decommissioning date (7 March) conflicts with DANFS (8 March). Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-03
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[5]UK National Archives (TNA), Discovery catalogue entry C10249976 - 'Convoy number HXM301 from Halifax (later New York) to UK. Sailing on 23 & 25 7 1944 and arriving on 11 8 1944' (ship list includes LST572); corroborated by warsailors.com HX 301 page transcribed from Public Record Office (Kew) documents [other_primary]
- Locator
- TNA Discovery C10249976 ship-name list; warsailors.com/convoys/hx301.html ship table row 'U.S. L.S.T. 572'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The UK National Archives catalogue lists LST572 among the ships of convoy HXM301 (Halifax/New York to UK, sailing 23-25 July 1944, arriving 11 August 1944). The warsailors.com transcription of the PRO convoy record for HX 301 (departed New York 25 July 1944, arrived Liverpool 8 August 1944) lists 'U.S. L.S.T. 572', American, cargo 'equipment', destination Londonderry/Plymouth - documenting the Atlantic crossing phase that DANFS omits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company during Atlantic convoy passage, July-August 1944
- Limitations
- Convoy roster documentation only - establishes the ship's presence in HX/HXM 301, not its subsequent UK-service movements. Arrival dates differ by source (8 August per the Hague/PRO transcription for the HX core; 11 August per the TNA catalogue entry for merged HXM301). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton), 'Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville IN' yard table - row: hull No. 97, LST-572, FY1943, keel 15 Apr 1944, launched 29 May 1944, delivered 19 Jun 1944, 44 days on ways, 21 days in water, 65 total days, 'To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1973' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Missouri Valley Bridge yard table, hull 97 row; yard-history header text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard record lists LST-572 as builder's hull No. 97 on a fiscal-1943 contract: keel 15 April 1944, launched 29 May 1944, delivered 19 June 1944 (44 days on the ways, 65 days total). Yard context: the Evansville yard on the Ohio River was built for the war effort, produced 171 LSTs, closed after the war, and was destroyed by fire in 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Construction trades, Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled shipbuilding reference - consistent with BuShips primary data. Its 'scrapped 1973' disposition is firmer than NavSource's 'fate unknown' (both record the 19 November 1973 sale to Yi Ho Enterprise Corp.); no disposal certificate located. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 1945), LST design table (class-level machinery and characteristics data for the LST-542 design group); consistent with the class profile lst-1-class record [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (design groups LST542-931 carry GM 12-567A diesels)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST-542-group hull: no boilers, so the steam-lagging pathway is absent; asbestos-relevant applications for the type were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings - all era-standard uses of asbestos-containing materials in 1944 U.S. shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Construction trades at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron; ship's company engine-room personnel
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - the BuShips table establishes machinery type, not materials content, and does not name this hull's outfit. No ship-specific asbestos record exists for LST-572; this row establishes no quantity, location, condition, or exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-06
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[8]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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article
- 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 program and era under which this LST was mass-produced at a purpose-built inland 'cornfield' yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in naval and merchant construction.
- 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; does not name this vessel or this yard and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. DOI resolves to the correct Wiley article page; the publisher blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403) - verified by redirect target on 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-07
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[9]Batch-7086 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (via Wayback), BuShips SDB 1945 v2, NavSource, UK TNA Discovery, warsailors.com, convoyweb.org.uk, ShipbuildingHistory, MARAD ShipHistory, NVR, CourtListener (opinion + RECAP docket), general web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-572-01 through sl-uss-lst-572-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-572/T-LST-572/Q090 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero dockets for 'LST-572' and zero opinions for 'LST 572'; general-web asbestos/mesothelioma searches returned only encyclopedic entries - no law-firm listicle names 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 - a 1944-built wartime hull retaining original-era materials is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-572-08
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[10]National Archives, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' guidance page - WWII deck logs in RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208) at Archives II College Park; MSTS/MSC deck logs also held at College Park; Vietnam-era logs being digitized under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA logbook guidance page: RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208) and MSTS/MSC log series, Archives II College Park
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): LST-572's WWII deck logs (June 1944-March 1946) and the T-LST-572 MSTS-era logs (1952-1973, including Korean War SCAJAP-adjacent service and Vietnam War operations at Can Tho 1965 and Da Nang 1966) are candidate primary records at NARA College Park. Deck logs document operations and casualties but rarely materials content; BuShips contract plans/specifications for the LST-542 group (NARA RG 19) are the more likely route to any materials documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1973 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-lst-572-09