Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 715-packet.md (7 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-72-lst72-pkt-715-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-72 (NHHC live page, verified live 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-72 service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-72 was laid down on 20 December 1942 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 17 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Audra Ehrhardt; and commissioned on 5 June 1943.' Assigned to the European theater; participated in the Normandy invasion from 6 to 25 June 1944; assigned to occupation duty in the Far East from October 1945 to May 1946; decommissioned 4 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 June 1946; transferred to the Philippine government on 8 June 1948. Earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Entry is a thin numbered-hull stub - no spec block, no CO list, and it compresses her 1945 Pacific transfer and China service into 'occupation duty in the Far East' (theater detail comes from NavSource, ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-72 (10/16/160072) - designation timeline, commanding officers, specifications, campaign/award record, post-USN disposition (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160072.htm header block, campaign/award tables, commanding-officer table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: LST-1-class tank landing ship; laid down 20 December 1942, Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 17 March 1943; commissioned USS LST-72 5 June 1943, LT. Henry A. Kaye, USNR, in command. Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater: Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LST Flotilla Thirty-Six (CAPT. D. F. J. Shea USN), LST Group One Hundred Seven (CDR. L. F. Teuscher USN), LST Division Two Hundred-Fourteen. Post-war Occupation and China service: 2 October - 14 November 1945 (Navy Occupation Service Medal) and 15 November 1945 - 13 May 1946 (both Occupation and China Service Medal extended). Decommissioned 4 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; one battle star. Transferred 8 June 1948 to the Philippine government; sold by the Philippine government 1957-58 (ref. Janes 1957-58, p.77); purchased by T. Engan, Philippines, renamed MV San Fernando; sold by T. Engan for scrapping November 1959 to Hong Kong shipbreakers (ref. Marine News, WSS, March 1960). Commanding officers: LT Kaye (5 Jun 1943 - 26 Aug 1943), LT Lombard (26 Aug 1943 - 1944), LT Huber (1944 - 1945), LT Byron (1945 - Apr 1946), LT Sumrall (Apr 1946 - 4 Jun 1946). Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators, two shafts 1,700 shp, twin rudders; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Philippine government and merchant crews (1948-59); Hong Kong shipbreakers (1959)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates generally track DANFS/NVR and the CO list is credited to Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves. Post-1948 disposition rests on secondary references cited within the page (Janes 1957-58; Marine News/WSS March 1960), not the underlying registries themselves. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-02
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[4]NARA photographs via NavSource captions: 80-G-46817 (LSTs on Utah Beach shortly after D-Day, incl. USS LST-72) and US Army Signal Corps SC 194739 (LST-72 and LST-325 unloading at Morlaix, France, 5 September 1944); corroborated by NARA Unwritten Record blog on Jack Lieb's D-Day color film; plus LST-72 crew photo, Shanghai, China, 15 February 1946 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160072.htm photo captions; NARA Unwritten Record blog (2014-06-05), Jack Lieb D-Day film
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival photographic record placing this hull at documented operations: (1) US National Archives photo 80-G-46817 shows LST-72 among the LSTs beached on Utah Beach shortly after the 6 June 1944 D-Day assault (released for publication 23 October 1944); (2) Army Signal Corps photo SC 194739 shows LST-325 (right) and LST-72 unloading directly onto trucks after being left 'high and dry' by the tide at Morlaix, France, 5 September 1944, during the Siege of Brest period; (3) a crew photograph aboard LST-72 at Shanghai, China, 15 February 1946 documents her China-service period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops at Normandy (June 1944), Brittany logistics ops (Sept 1944), Shanghai (Feb 1946)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: photographs establish physical presence at Utah Beach, Morlaix, and Shanghai - not work performed, materials disturbed, or any exposure event. NARA catalog is JS-rendered and could not be fetched directly; photo metadata transcribed via NavSource captions, with the Lieb-film corroboration verified live at the official NARA Unwritten Record blog. The famous image is frequently mislabeled 'Omaha Beach' - the Utah Beach attribution is documented in the NavSource caption analysis of the Lieb film (see ev-07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST-1 design group table (shipscribe.com scan) - class machinery/design data [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (LST-1 design group); class-profile consolidated era inference (lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-03)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST-1-class hull (BuShips design group LST1-490): no boilers - the asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and build period were GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, deck coverings/tile, winch and crane brake linings, and valve packing, all inside the confined internal volume characteristic of the type. Construction (Dec 1942 - Jun 1943) falls inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (see ev-05).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Philippine crews (1948-59); Hong Kong shipbreakers (1959)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-72. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The BuShips table documents design/machinery, not insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-04
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[6]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 - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and U.S. service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- 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, standing defect per BATCH-01/BATCH-98) - content via product-page description. LST-72 left U.S. service in 1946, decades before the remediation policies the report describes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-05
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[7]NavalCoverMuseum LST 72 page - Ship Name and Designation History table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum wiki, LST 72 'Ship Name and Designation History' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavalCoverMuseum designation history for this hull corroborates the merchant disposition: USS LST-72 (commissioned 5 June 1943 - decommissioned 4 June 1946; struck from Naval Register 19 June 1946; transferred 8 June 1948 to the Philippine government; sold by the Philippine government 1957-58), then SAN FERNANDO (Commercial Service) - 'Purchased by T. Engan, Philippines and renamed; Sold November 1959 for scrap.' No postmarks for LST-72 are held in the museum's collection.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1948-1959
- Population
- Merchant crews, MV San Fernando (c. 1957-59)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation consistent with NavSource's disposition sequence; the commercial rename and scrapping rest on the same secondary references (Janes; Marine News/WSS). No Philippine Navy designation is recorded - consistent with transfer to the Philippine government rather than documented PN naval service. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-06
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[8]NavSource caption analysis of NARA photo 80-G-46817 cross-checked against Jack Lieb's color D-Day film (NARA Unwritten Record blog, official NARA publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160072.htm caption for 80-G-46817; NARA Unwritten Record blog (2014-06-05)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the widely reproduced NARA photograph 80-G-46817 showing LST-72 among beached LSTs is frequently captioned 'Omaha Beach' but actually depicts Utah Beach. NavSource's caption documents that in Jack Lieb's color film (c. 15 minutes in) the camera pans the beach showing LSTs 72, 324, 311, 46, and 47 in the same sequence as the still photo - establishing the Utah Beach location.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Corrects a location attribution in a historical image, not a material or asbestos claim. The Utah attribution rests on NavSource's analysis against the Lieb footage; the NARA blog confirms Lieb filmed on Utah Beach but does not itself enumerate hull numbers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-07
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[9]Batch-7250 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource 10/16/160072; NavalCoverMuseum; NARA photographic leads; BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST design table; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener API v4 opinion + RECAP docket sweeps; BVA/veterans-claim web sweeps; Jeffboat builder-source sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-72-lst72-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-72 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) returned zero opinions for 'USS LST-72' OR 'LST-72' and zero for 'LST 72' asbestos; the four RECAP docket hits on 'LST-72' are all name collisions/OCR noise (prisoner civil rights, consumer bankruptcy, a W.R. Grace fee application, Seroquel MDL scanned exhibits). BVA/veterans-claim sweeps surfaced no claim naming this hull; the only vessel mention located is an incidental reunion listing ('USS LST 72 & 347') in an American Legion publication. 'Asbestos aboard LST-72' assertions exist only on law-firm marketing pages - 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 - a 1942-43 naval hull sits inside the documented asbestos-construction era, and no insulation survey for this hull was located either way. Deck logs (NARA RG 24), Jeffboat wartime work packages, Philippine-custody records, and the 1959 Hong Kong scrapping record are undigitized or unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-72-lst72-08