Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 522-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-pkt-522-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Flambeau River (LSMR-503), ex USS LSM(R)-503 (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Header and milestone history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as USS Flambeau River (LSMR-503), ex USS LSM(R)-503; lists Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, as builder; commissioning on 5 June 1945 under Lt. Leslie R. Roos, USNR; assignment during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LSM(R) Flotilla Eighteen, Group Forty-Three, Division 105; decommissioning on 3 May 1946 at Astoria, Oregon; placement in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; naming as Flambeau River on 1 October 1955; striking from the Naval Register in 1958; and sale in 1959 to Turnagain Towing Corp. for conversion to a tug, with fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1959
- Population
- Construction trades (1945); Navy crew (1945-1946); reserve personnel; commercial tug-conversion workers (1959)
- Limitations
- Ship-history and disposition evidence only. NavSource does not state that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, does not quantify material, and does not document a survey, abatement, exposure, or present-day condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LSM(R)-503 specification block (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM(R) Specifications: displacement, dimensions, complement, propulsion, and ship-service-generator blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's specification block gives this hull's displacement as 758 tons light, 993 tons attack, and 1,175 tons fully loaded; length 206 feet 3 inches; beam 34 feet 6 inches; speed 13 knots; complement 6 officers and 137 enlisted; and propulsion by two General Motors 16-278A non-reversing diesel engines with direct drive, 1,440 BHP each, twin screws, and 2,800 shaft horsepower. It lists diesel-driven ship-service generators and no boiler or steam-turbine plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1959
- Population
- Shipyard and repair personnel; Navy crew
- Limitations
- Technical specifications do not identify insulation or other asbestos-containing products. The diesel specification supports only the statement that no boiler/turbine lagging claim is made; it does not prove the absence of asbestos in other machinery, piping, electrical, or accommodation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-02
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy program review is an era-level source concerning Navy asbestos-insulation controls and worker protection; its period covers the 1945 construction and 1945-1959 Navy service era of this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 report concerning earlier Navy practices
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-program personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a record of Flambeau River. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify a product or manufacturer, quantify material, establish exposure, or establish what remained after the 1959 conversion. The GAO full text was not retrieved because the product page was the accessible official surface during this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-03
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[5]Batch-5862 research ledger: NavSource hull page; NHHC/DANFS and Naval Vessel Register checks; CourtListener authenticated API attempt; Firecrawl live-web research attempt; targeted official-source web searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-01 through sl-uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material list, or other primary record documenting asbestos aboard USS Flambeau River (LSMR-503) was found in the sources searched. No qualifying asbestos-litigation finding is carried in this record because the required authenticated CourtListener name-and-hull sweep was stopped after the fleet pacing limiter reported the request budget spent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30 research sweep
- Limitations
- A failure to locate a public record does not prove that asbestos was absent. This negative finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or present-day material condition. CourtListener coverage is incomplete and explicitly logged as blocked in the search ledger; Firecrawl was unavailable after reporting a multi-hour keyless quota wait.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flambeau-river-lsmr503-04