Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-276' - Naval History and Heritage Command ship history page (archived Wayback capture 2025-12-09; live NHHC URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-276 full entry (Wayback capture 20251209190333 of history.navy.mil DANFS page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 10 May 1943 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched 29 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Ragland; commissioned 11 October 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; operations: (a) occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, February 1944; (b) Hollandia operation, April 1944; (c) capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944; (d) capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944; (e) Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945. Redesignated LSTH-276 on 15 September 1945; occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; returned to the United States; transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 for service as LST-276 (T-LST-276); struck from the Navy list 10 June 1973 and sold. Five battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers/104 enlisted spec) plus embarked troops and, as LST(H), patients/casualties handled
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing NHHC link-rot defect); the Wayback capture of the official page is cited and labeled as archived.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS T-LST-276 ex USS LST(H)-276 ex USS LST-276 - specification block, flotilla/group assignments, campaign table, commanding-officer roster, and photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160276, full record incl. awards bar, campaign table, occupation-service periods, CO roster, spec block, photo caption (AWM P04641.061)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: international radio call sign NZDZ; laid down 10 May 1943 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 29 August 1943; commissioned USS LST-276, 11 October 1943, LT Philip J. Bergeaux, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific assignments: LST Flotilla Thirteen (CAPT J.G. Sampson, USN), LST Group Thirty-Eight (LCDR M.F. Stiling, USNR), LST Division Seventy-Six. Campaigns as printed: occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls 1-6 February 1944; Hollandia operation 21-28 April 1944; capture and occupation of Guam 21-25 July 1944; capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands 6 September-14 October 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 9 January 1945. Redesignated LST(H)-276, 15 September 1945. Navy Occupation Service (Asia clasp) periods: 1 November-10 December 1945 and 1 January-15 February 1946. Decommissioned 1 March 1946; assigned to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q079; placed in service by MSTS as USNS T-LST-276, 31 March 1952; placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1973; transferred to the Republic of Singapore in 1973; fate unknown. Awards bar: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp); Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (1). Specification block: 2x General Motors 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gear, 3x diesel-drive 100 kW 230V DC ship's-service generators, twin propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders, 11.6 kt trial - diesel plant, NO boilers; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. Photograph: USNS T-LST-276 and USNS T-LST-572 tied up at an Inchon, South Korea wharf circa 1953 - one of a series by Australian UN-accredited war correspondent Douglas (Doug) Bushby, Australian War Memorial Photo No. P04641.061. CO roster: LT Bergeaux 11 October 1943-9 November 1944; LT William Aaron Spalding Jr., USNR, 9 November 1944-1 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Ship's company ~117 per spec block; embarked troops up to ~163; SCAJAP-period crew 1946; MSTS-era crew 1952-1973
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS where they overlap. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. 'Transferred to the Republic of Singapore in 1973' is the page's wording; shipbuildinghistory.com reads 'to Singapore 1974' and Navypedia records her sold commercially before entering RSN service - discrepancy carried in gaps. Decommissioning '1 March 1946' vs a Japanese compilation's '15 February 1946' - flagged in gaps; DANFS frames only 'occupation duty ... until mid-February 1946.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-02
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[3]U.S. Third Fleet, Western Attack Force, TG 32.34 Peleliu Transport Group and ComTransGroup 3, Fifth Amphibious Force - Attack Landing Order No. 17-44, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944 (NavSource-hosted scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDF 10/18/180782a, page 1 task-organization block, item 32.13.4
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary operational document naming this hull: the Peleliu attack landing order's task organization lists '32.13.4 LST Unit THREE, Commander Whiteside Sears - LST's 19, 121, 734, 276' - LST-276 explicitly listed among the assault landing ships of LST Unit Three for the southern Palau Islands operation (Peleliu). Consistent with the DANFS/NavSource campaign credit 'capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September-October 1944.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops assigned to the Peleliu assault echelon
- Limitations
- Scanned single-page typewritten operation order (image PDF; text extracted by OCR and verified against the scan image at 300 dpi). Documents task-organizational assignment only - contains no material, condition, or asbestos information. Related-unit context: the same order lists the flotilla organization around her (LST Units One and Two, LCT Group 40, gunboat and control units).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, 'USS LST 276 (LST 276)' - ship record plus operation event chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/11357 record block; '22 Apr 1944 - Operations Reckless and Persecution' event entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: ordered 15 February 1942; built by American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; laid down 10 May 1943; launched 29 August 1943; commissioned 11 October 1943; history note 'Transferred to Singapore in 1973.' Event chronology for Operations Reckless and Persecution (the Hollandia and Aitape landings, 22 April 1944) places 'USS LST-276 (Lt. P.J. Bergeaux, USNR)' in Task Unit 74.4.2, the Central Unit under T/Cdr. J.J. Greytak, USN, within Task Force 77.4's First Reinforcement Group; Echelon R-2 (including LST-276) departed Cape Cretin for the operations area at 1300K/19 April 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1973
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation consistent with DANFS/NavSource on every shared field; the Hollandia order-of-battle detail is the editor-compiled Allied Warships chronology, not itself a scan of the operation order. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-04
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton / Maritime Business Strategies data), 'American Bridge, Ambridge PA' - yard history and production table, LST 276 row; corroborating class-wide table 'Landing Ships Tank LST 1 thru LST 400' (smallships/lstpart1.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com large-yards americanbridge.htm, LST 276 table row; smallships/lstpart1.htm LST 276 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard production record for this hull: American Bridge Co. (founded 1900, U.S. Steel subsidiary until 1987) - the Navy requisitioned the Ambridge yard in 1942 and invested $9M in its improvement; the yard also fabricated structural components for 43 aircraft carriers and 81 cargo ships; postwar it returned to inland hopper barges until closing in 1981. LST 276 row (yard table): U.S. Navy, Landing Ship, built/delivered 11-Oct-43, disposition 'To MSTS 1952, to Singapore 1974.' The class table adds laid 10-May-43, launched 29-Aug-43, delivered 11-Oct-43 - consistent with DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943 (construction); 1942-1981 (yard)
- Population
- American Bridge Co. Ambridge construction workforce (yard-level)
- Limitations
- Commercial shipbuilding-history compilation consistent with DANFS on every shared field; contains no asbestos or materials information. Documents the inland wartime yard only - does not name material suppliers, subcontractors, or specs. Its 'Singapore 1974' date sits beside DANFS/NavSource's 1973 strike-and-sale - discrepancy carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-05
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[6]Navypedia, 'ENDURANCE tank landing ships (1944/1971-1975)' - Republic of Singapore Navy ex-USN LST table and compiler note [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia Singapore amphibious ships page, ENDURANCE-class table footnote
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Singapore-disposition detail: Navypedia's table itemizes the six ex-USN LSTs that did enter Republic of Singapore Navy service (Endurance ex-LST-836, Excellence ex-T-LST-629, Intrepid ex-T-LST-579, Resolution ex-T-LST-649, Persistence ex-T-LST-613, Perseverance ex-T-LST-623) and states: 'Three more ships, T-LST276, LST532 Chase County and T-LST117 were also transferred to Singapore but sold commercially before entering naval service.' This hull therefore never commissioned into the RSN - her documented endpoint is the 1973-74 transfer to Singapore followed by commercial resale; subsequent identity and fate unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1973-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary navy-reference compilation, not an official Singaporean or U.S. record; it is the only located source resolving what happened after the 1973 transfer. No asbestos, material, condition, or scrapping detail - 'sold commercially' leaves final disposition (merchant conversion, scrapping, or loss) undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-06
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[7]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST design table via class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era in which this hull was built (1943, American Bridge Co.'s requisitioned Ambridge, PA yard). For a diesel-powered LST with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel engine and exhaust-system insulation, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1943-1973
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (American Bridge Ambridge, 1943); wartime crew - era context
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. End-of-life disturbance is undocumented: the hull was sold into Singaporean commercial hands in 1973-74 and her ultimate disposition is not recorded in the sources consulted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-07
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[8]Tadlock MD, Sobocinski MLS, 'US Navy Surgical Teams Fight to Save Lives on WWII Amphibious Warships,' Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 110(5), May 2025 - LST(H) platform history citing NHHC and BuMed sources [reputable_press]
- Locator
- ACS Bulletin May 2025 article, LST-464 history and LST(H) program sections; DANFS/NavSource for this hull's redesignation date
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LST(H) designation this hull carried from 15 September 1945 identifies the medically augmented combatant-LST type: armed, grey-hulled LSTs fitted for far-forward surgical care and casualty evacuation - not Geneva-protected hospital ships. Documented exemplar LST(H)-464 (converted at Sydney 1943) carried 60 hospital bunk beds and 4 surgical beds, an operating room, sterilizing room, dental office, laboratory, dressing room, and X-ray room, staffed by six medical officers and ~35 hospital corpsmen, and treated 4,846 combat casualties in the Philippines campaign. LST-276's redesignation date (15 September 1945, per DANFS/NavSource) postdates the Japanese surrender (2 September 1945); this hull performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (type); 1945-09-15 onward (this hull's designation)
- Population
- Casualties/patients aboard LST(H)-type platforms (type context); embarked medical staff
- Limitations
- Type-level context: documents what an LST(H) was, not what this hull physically received. The extent of medical outfitting actually installed aboard LST-276 is undocumented - the 15 September 1945 redesignation postdated the Japanese surrender, and secondary literature describes the late-war group as largely administrative conversions used for occupation/troop-return duty; no physical-conversion record for this hull was located. The '36/39 LSTs' group figure and the Operation Olympic association circulate in secondary sources and are not primary-verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-08
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[9]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (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 on active Navy hulls for decades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy documentation. Unlike most WWII-surplus LSTs, this hull remained in U.S. government service (MSTS) until June 1973 - only narrowly predating the 1975 policy; the GAO-documented regime still postdates her entire U.S. service and never governed this hull. Context for the era fleet picture only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403); content via product-page description, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-09
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[10]National Archives and Records Administration catalog - RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' and RG 38 'World War II War Diaries' series as the per-hull primary-source track; plus Australian War Memorial Doug Bushby Inchon photograph series (verified live item: accession P04641.062 = collection item C1098922, wharf scene c. July 1953 during POW-repatriation operations; NavSource attributes this hull's photo to the same series, accession P04641.061) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov RG 24/RG 38 series; AWM collection C1098922 (P04641.062); NavSource photo caption citing AWM P04641.061
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source tracks for this hull: (a) RG 24 deck logs and RG 38 war diaries are the documented per-ship record series - an LST-276 war diary and 1943-1946 deck logs, if digitized, would document the LST(H) conversion scope and in-service material events; MSTS-era (1952-1973) T-LST records follow the Military Sea Transportation Service's log/report channels. (b) The Australian War Memorial's Bushby series documents T-LST-276 physically present at an Inchon wharf circa 1953 (accession P04641.061 per NavSource's caption; the adjacent series frame P04641.062, AWM item C1098922, is verified live and describes LST wharfage at Inchon during Operation Big Switch-era POW repatriation). No LST-276-specific digitized catalog entry was located via the NARA public catalog this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973 (record period); 1953 (photograph)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the series are verified to exist and to contain per-ship LST records; no LST-276-specific catalog item was located or reviewed (the catalog API returned empty to automated query), and nothing in the series is an asbestos record by nature. The AWM item page for accession P04641.061 itself was not individually rendered this session - verified at the series level via the adjacent accession's live collection record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-10
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[11]Batch-6465 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC via Wayback capture; NavSource 160276; NavSource-hosted ComTransGr3/5thPhib Attack Landing Order 17-44 (Peleliu); shipbuildinghistory.com American Bridge tables; uboat.net; Navypedia Singapore table; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and RECAP); NARA catalog; ACS Bulletin; AWM collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-h-276-01 through sl-uss-lst-h-276-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation naming USS LST-276 / LST(H)-276 / USNS T-LST-276 / SCAJAP Q079 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener searches covering 'LST-276', 'LST 276', the LSTH designation variants, the T-LST designation variants, asbestos-conjuncted forms (opinions), and the RECAP docket index all completed with zero hits.
- 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 1943-built LST is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her long MSTS service (1952-1973) plus undocumented post-1973 commercial disposition leave the end-of-life record dark. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-h-276-11