Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet 515-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-fort-marion-lsd22-pkt-515-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 0634668, Docket No. 02-21 663 (decision dated 8 Nov 2006), Keith W. Allen, Veterans Law Judge [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA Citation Nr 0634668, Findings of Fact 1-2, Factual Background, and ORDER
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-level administrative finding: the Board granted service connection for COPD secondary to asbestos exposure to a veteran who served aboard USS Fort Marion (LSD-22) as a Boatswain's Mate Third Class, April 1948 - March 1951. Finding of fact: 'It is just as likely as not the veteran was exposed to asbestos during service.' The Board credited his testimony that asbestos seeped through holes in insulation on steam pipes above his bunk for ~1.5 years and that he wore asbestos gloves in BM duties; a June 2003 CT showed bilateral pleural plaques 'suggestive of asbestos exposure'; a November 2005 VA examiner addendum concluded his respiratory condition was likely at least partly attributable to in-service asbestos exposure and that smoking was not the primary cause. The Navy Medical Liaison office (NPRC) had assessed a BM's asbestos-exposure probability as 'minimal' while conceding a definitive statement could not be made.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1948-1951 (service); 2001-2006 (claim development); decided 2006-11-08
- Population
- One veteran (BM3, aboard 1948-1951); by extension berthing-area and BM personnel
- Limitations
- Administrative benefits adjudication under the veteran-favorable 'as likely as not' / reasonable-doubt standard (38 C.F.R. 3.102) - it finds this claimant was probably exposed aboard this hull; it is not a vessel survey, does not establish quantities or other individuals' exposure, and binds no tort defendant. The decision does not itself assert asbestos was present ship-wide; the exposure route documented is steam-pipe insulation in berthing plus BM work gloves.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-01
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[3]Brantley v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, Inc. et al., then Grande v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, Inc., No. 3:12-cv-00540-GPC(JMA) (S.D. Cal.) - Order Denying Motion to Remand (Doc. 33, 3 May 2012, Battaglia, J.); Notice/Order Providing Tentative Rulings (Doc. 227, 6 Mar 2014); Order Denying Defendant Crane Co.'s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 248, 18 Aug 2014, Curiel, J.). CourtListener RECAP docket 6005630 (PACER case 378077) [court_record]
- Locator
- govinfo USCOURTS-casd-3_12-cv-00540 package (4 PDFs): remand order pp.1-8; SJ order Doc. 248 pp.1-11 esp. pp.2-4 (factual background) and pp.7-8 (triable-issue holding); CL docket /docket/6005630/
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos personal-injury/wrongful-death action confined to service aboard USS Fort Marion. Gerald Brantley alleged mesothelioma from asbestos exposure aboard the ship; per undisputed facts recited at summary judgment, he served aboard approximately 1958-1960 as a boilerman tending boilers, pumps, and valves in two boiler rooms and performing work on globe, gate, ball, micrometer, and steam valves. Procedural posture: filed San Diego Superior Court 30 Jan 2012; removed under 28 U.S.C. 1442(a)(1) federal-officer removal 2 Mar 2012; motion to remand denied 3 May 2012; Brantley died 8 Feb 2013 and daughter Lisa Grande continued as successor-in-interest (wrongful-death FAC 30 Apr 2013); sole remaining defendant Crane Co.'s summary-judgment motion DENIED 18 Aug 2014 - the court found a triable issue on exposure to Crane asbestos-containing products and granted severance of punitive damages for trial. CourtListener docket shows the case terminated 20 May 2015; no trial verdict or judgment on the merits was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1958-1960 (alleged exposure); litigation 2012-2015
- Population
- Boiler-room/engineering personnel (boilermen), ~1958-1960 service window
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage record: denial of summary judgment finds only a triable factual dispute, not that exposure occurred. The exposure account rests on the decedent's deposition testimony; Crane's admission covers its era product composition, not installation aboard this hull. Final disposition after docket closure (settlement, dismissal, or verdict) is not in located records - PACER file not pulled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-02
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[4]Same record as ev-02: Grande v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, No. 3:12-cv-00540-GPC(JMA) (S.D. Cal.), Doc. 248 (18 Aug 2014) product-identification recitals; Doc. 33 (3 May 2012) for the Westinghouse-turbine identification [court_record]
- Locator
- Doc. 248 pp.2-4 (valve work aboard; Crane product admissions), pp.7-8 ('Crane'-embossed valves, triable issue); Doc. 33 p.2 (Westinghouse turbines aboard)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Products identified aboard this hull in litigation: (a) Crane Co. steam valves with internal asbestos-containing bonnet gaskets and stem packing - decedent testified he disassembled valves embossed 'Crane' to access internal packing/gaskets, releasing dust he inhaled; Crane Co. admitted manufacturing/selling valves with asbestos internal components into the late 1980s and that many valves bore the 'Crane' name on the valve; the court found this raised a triable exposure issue. (b) Westinghouse propulsion turbines - the complaint and the remand order's recital establish Fort Marion 'was outfitted with Westinghouse propulsion turbines that were later insulated with asbestos-containing materials by other parties' (plaintiff expressly disclaimed claims for exposure caused by defendants acting at government direction).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1958-1960 exposure window; ruling 2014
- Population
- Boilermen/machinists performing valve maintenance in the two boiler rooms
- Limitations
- Product identification in a contested case that survived SJ - the Crane-valve identification is deposition-level testimony plus manufacturer admissions, sufficient for a triable issue but never adjudicated at trial. For the turbines, the pleaded theory assigns the asbestos insulation to 'other parties,' not Westinghouse; presence of Westinghouse turbines aboard is corroborated by the NavSource ONI spec block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-03
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[5]Phillips v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec et al., No. 1:12-cv-00450-WO-JEP (M.D.N.C., complaint filed 9 May 2012), Schedule I 'Decedent-Worker Employment History / Asbestos Exposure Worksite Information'; docket sheet and complaint captured in MDL-875 JPML docket as Document 8693-1 (tag-along notice entered 11 May 2012) [court_record]
- Locator
- RECAP gov.uscourts.jpml.375294.8693.1.pdf, Schedule I (complaint p.17 / PDF p.20); N.C. Middle docket 1:12-cv-00450
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage allegation naming the hull: the complaint's Schedule I lists 'U.S. Navy - USS Fort Marion (LSD-22) 1945-1948' and 'USS Bayfield (APA-33)' among decedent Richard Phillips Sr.'s asbestos-exposure worksites (occupation listed: 'Seaman, Postal Delivery Driver'), in a wrongful-death mesothelioma action against 16 defendants; complaint alleges exposure occurred 'at the sites listed on the attached Schedule I.' The case was noticed as a potential MDL-875 tag-along (JPML Doc. 8693, 11 May 2012).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1948 (alleged exposure); complaint filed 2012-05-09
- Population
- One decedent (seaman, aboard per allegation 1945-1948)
- Limitations
- A complaint's worksite list is an allegation, not a finding - no testimony, product identification, or adjudication of exposure aboard this hull appears in the located record. The schedule mixes two Navy hulls with civilian worksites (Piedmont Airlines, bakery, USPS, home remodeling), diluting hull-specific attribution. Case outcome after the tag-along notice not located. Complaint pages are image scans; ship list verified by local OCR of the RECAP PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-04
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[6]Rushworth, D. H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2):35-48 (2005) - era technical review of asbestos thermal insulation in WWII/post-WWII Navy ships; plus this hull's documented steam plant (NavSource ONI spec: 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Westinghouse turbines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rushworth NEJ 117(2):35-48 (2005), DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x (publisher/Wiley pages return 403 to automated fetch; DOI and TOC verified via ingentaconnect listing); NavSource LSD-22 spec block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Fort Marion's 1945-46 construction joined a two-boiler steam plant (Babcock & Wilcox oil-fired D-type, 250 psi) and steam turbines - the configuration for which WWII-era Navy specifications called asbestos thermal insulation on boilers, steam drums, and steam piping, plus asbestos gaskets and packing at flanges and valves. Rushworth documents that asbestos was used in US Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation of the era and that thermal insulation was the most likely source of shipboard exposures in later litigation. Typical applications for the type: boiler and steam-drum insulation; steam-line lagging; valve and flange gaskets; machinery packing; accommodation-space insulation; winch/windlass brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1970 (construction era through USN disposal)
- Population
- Engineering crew; shipyard construction workers at Gulf Shipbuilding Chickasaw; overhaul crews
- Limitations
- Class/era documentation, not a hull record: the technical literature and the ship's documented plant make era asbestos applications a reasonable inference, but no source located enumerates materials installed on this hull. Does not establish quantity, location-by-location presence, or present-day material (hull destroyed as reef).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and insulation-removal policies applying to the fleet's asbestos-era steam plants - program-level context for a 1945-46 steam-powered hull that underwent major overhauls (1953, 1960) during the documented use/removal window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); program covers WWII-era construction and postwar overhauls
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level report; does not name this hull or yard. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing defect since Batch-01) - product-page description used; full-text pull remains the open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-06
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[8]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 0715230 (12 Oct 2007) - asbestos claim by a veteran of USS Colonial (LSD-18) and USS Point Defiance (LSD-31) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA Citation Nr 0715230, 'Reasons and Bases' asbestos-exposure paragraph
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-era context: a veteran of two other dock landing ships - USS Colonial (LSD-18, a Casa Grande-class sister of Fort Marion) and USS Point Defiance (LSD-31, Thomaston class) - contended 'he was exposed to asbestos which was used as insulation on steam piping he repaired throughout both ships.' The Board denied service connection for COPD on medical-nexus grounds.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- service-era claim; decided 2007-10-12
- Population
- Sister-LSD crews (class context)
- Limitations
- The underlying claim was DENIED - carried only as class-era context documenting the exposure pathway alleged on sister LSDs; it is not evidence of conditions aboard Fort Marion and the denial reflects this veteran's nexus record, not a finding that the ships lacked asbestos insulation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-07
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[9]DANFS, 'Fort Marion' (NHHC ship-history entry; ARCHIVED COPY - live history.navy.mil URL returns 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-10 verified; verbatim transcription also live at losthistory.net/hazegray danfs/amphib/lsd22.htm) - construction at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw; launch 22 May 1945 (sponsor Mrs. Louise S. Dodson); commissioning 29 Jan 1946; San Diego operations; Korea 1950-53 (Wolmi Do/Inchon, Wonsan, commando raid, mine-squadron mother ship); 1953 overhaul; Operation Wigwam; Taiwan Patrol Force/Quemoy 1958; 1960 modernization overhaul [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback 20251210023123 capture of history.navy.mil DANFS/Fort Marion; live mirror losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/amphib/lsd22.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS service narrative for this hull: launched 22 May 1945 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala.; commissioned 29 January 1946; San Diego home port from 26 May 1946; Korean War service including the Wolmi Do assault landing enabling Inchon, Wonsan duty, the April 1951 American/British commando raid on the east coast railway, and second-deployment Wonsan mine-squadron mother-ship duty; extensive 1953 overhaul adding mezzanine deck and helicopter capability; Operation Wigwam (1955); Quemoy resupply under fire with the Taiwan Patrol Force (September 1958); extensive modernization overhaul in 1960; five battle stars for Korean service. Spec block: dp. 4,490; l. 457'9"; b. 72'2"; s. 15 k.; cpl. 326.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1960
- Population
- Ship's company ~326 (DANFS spec) plus embarked troops/landing-craft crews
- Limitations
- DANFS covers the ship through ~1960 (Volume II era); post-1960 service (Vietnam campaigns, decommissioning, Taiwan transfer) comes from NavSource/other sources. Live NHHC URL 404s - archived copy cited and labeled; the verified live losthistory/hazegray transcription matches the archived official text verbatim. DANFS does not print a laid-down date; it also internally prints the second Korean deployment start as '16 April 1951' - a DANFS-internal typo (ship sailed home 26 April 1951); 1952 carried per secondary chronologies.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-08
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[10]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Fort Marion (LSD-22) page 10/12/1222 - ONI 7 Apr 1944 specification block, Korean/Vietnam campaign tables, commanding-officer list, photo captions incl. USN 1143678 (Bremerton reserve, 19 Mar 1970) and NARA photo 428316 (LVTs carrying British Royal Marine commandos leaving the ship for Sorye Dong, 7 Apr 1951; 'blew up about 100 yards of railroad'), and the decommission/stricken/sale/disposal timeline [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/12/1222.htm header block, ONI specifications block, campaign tables, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents: ONI spec block (2 Westinghouse steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox oil-fired D-type boilers 250 psi, Fairbanks Morse reduction gears, twin screws 7,000 shp; complement 17 officers + 237 enlisted plus troop accommodations); Korean campaign periods and five battle stars; Vietnam-era Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and five Vietnam Service Medal campaign stars with campaign date tables (1961, 1965-1969); decommissioned 13 Feb 1970 at Naval Station Bremerton, WA; stricken 31 Oct 1974; sold to Republic of China 15 Apr 1977 as ROCS Chen Hai (LSD-192); ROC decommission May 1999; sunk as artificial reef '9 December 2000' (Taiwan official sources say 2001 - see gaps). Photos document the hull at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard reserve berths, Bremerton, 19 Mar 1970, nested with Missouri (BB-63), Roanoke (CL-145), Worcester (CL-144).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2001
- Limitations
- Secondary archive site, not a primary record - value is its compiled timeline, ONI spec transcription, and NARA/USN photo captions. The '9 December 2000' reef date conflicts with Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture and contemporaneous CTS coverage placing the scuttling in ROC year 90 (December 2001); Taiwan-side date carried in current_status. navsource.org is dead - navsource.net verified live 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-09
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[11]Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture (Fisheries Agency program history), '軍艦礁' warship-reef page: five decommissioned ROC Navy ships donated through ROC year 90 (2001), 鎮海艦 (Chen Hai) described as the small-craft mother ship, sunk at the Xiaoliuqiu artificial-reef zone, Pingtung County; + CTS news report '鎮海艦功成身退 炸沈做人工魚礁' (10 Dec 2001): weapons and equipment completely removed, ~200 kg of shaped charges used for the scuttle [other_primary]
- Locator
- moa.gov.tw ws.php?id=4098 (reef program paragraph); news.cts.com.tw 200112/200112100072942.html; coordinates per hong-osama.blogspot.com dive listing
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Disposal documented by the responsible agency: ex-Fort Marion (ROCS Chen Hai, LSD-192) was decommissioned by the ROC Navy in May 1999 and scuttled as Taiwan's fifth and largest warship artificial reef in ROC year 90 = December 2001 (CTS report dated 10 Dec 2001; dive-site listing gives 9 Dec 2001, coordinates 22 19.05 N / 120 21.25 E off Nanfu Village, Xiaoliuqiu, ~35 m). Weapons and equipment were fully removed before sinking; the hull was scuttled by shaped-charge demolition rather than open-sea flooding. This terminates the hull - no present-day in-situ ACM question remains for a US museum or reserve context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1999-2001 (ROC decommission and reef sinking)
- Population
- ROC Navy decommissioning/reef-prep crews (1999-2001)
- Limitations
- Date conflict handled in gaps: US secondary sources (NavSource, seaforces) print 9 December 2000; Taiwan MOA/CTS document December 2001. No asbestos-specific pre-sinking survey or hazmat-removal documentation was located for this hull - 'weapons and equipment completely removed' is documented, but material-abatement scope is not. Dive-site coordinates are from a non-official listing; MOA confirms the reef zone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-10
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[12]Internet Archive item lsd22ga1944v2: 'USA - LSD-22 USS Fort Marion General Arrangement (1944)' - 13-sheet Booklet of General Plans (dated Oct-Nov 1944) scanned from US National Archives, File Unit 'Plans for the Dock Landing Ship Fort Marion (LSD-22), 1789-1967,' Series: Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships, 1940-1966) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org/details/lsd22ga1944v2 description page (13 sheets, RG 19 file unit and series cited verbatim)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's own construction drawings survive and are digitized: the Bureau of Ships general-arrangement booklet for LSD-22 (inboard profiles, superstructure/main/second/third decks, holds). Insulation specifications and material callouts on the sheets are the likeliest primary record of as-built materials aboard this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (drawings); digitized 2023
- Limitations
- Lead only: the drawing set was located and verified online but the 300-dpi sheets were not read sheet-by-sheet for insulation callouts in this session; no asbestos content is asserted from them. NARA catalog direct verification open (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered / API returned no parseable hit).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-11
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[13]Batch-5811 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource; govinfo S.D. Cal. package; CourtListener RECAP/API; VA BVA files; Taiwan MOA/CTS; archive.org RG 19 item; NVR; NARA catalog; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-survey-class asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, NIOSH/OSHA inspection, transfer-condition hazmat disclosure, or reef-prep material assessment naming LSD-22 was found in the public sources searched. Ship-specific documentation that does exist is adjudication/litigation-level only (ev-01 through ev-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; era construction and the litigation/adjudication record point the other way. The reef sinking (2001) forecloses present-day survey of this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-12
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[14]Propulsion cross-check: NavSource ONI 7 Apr 1944 spec block (Westinghouse steam turbines) and Casa Grande-class table ('2-shaft turbines, 2 boilers ... 9,000 shp (LSD22-24)') vs Wikipedia ship-article infobox ('2 Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam Engines ... 7,400 shp'); Brantley/Grande court record independently documents 'Westinghouse propulsion turbines' aboard this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/12/1222.htm spec block; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Grande-class_dock_landing_ship; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fort_Marion_(LSD-22); govinfo Doc. 33 p.2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Wikipedia infobox's 'Skinner Uniflow reciprocating engines' for this hull conflicts with three sources pointing to geared steam turbines: the NavSource ONI spec block (Westinghouse turbines), the Casa Grande-class article's own propulsion split (turbines; LSD-22-24 at 9,000 shp vs 7,000 shp for earlier units), and the S.D. Cal. court record identifying Westinghouse propulsion turbines aboard. Record carries the turbine configuration; the Skinner figure is likely class-boilerplate propagation (the type was fitted on other LSD units).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (plant installation)
- Limitations
- Partial verification: the ONI block is a class-level 1944 spec and the court record is a plaintiff-side document; no builder's trial/engineering record was located to close the question definitively. Shaft-horsepower figures also conflict (7,000 ONI vs 9,000 class table vs 7,400 Wikipedia).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-13
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[15]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail page 'FORT MARION (LSD 22) - DOCK LANDING SHIP' (ARCHIVED COPY - live nvr.navy.mil URL returns only the generic NVR shell to automated fetch; Wayback capture 2024-08-22 shows the populated record, 'Last Updated: 03/04/2002') [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback 20240822102222 capture of NVR SHIPSDETAIL_LSD_22.HTML; VESSEL STATUS and MILESTONE DATES blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NVR record (populated archived copy) confirms: Commission Date 01/29/1946; Stricken Date 10/31/1974; Status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned'; Date Status Changed 04/01/1977; Custodian: TAIWAN; Class LSD 22; UIC 03122. Builder, launch, decommission, and physical-characteristics fields are blank in the record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1977 (record last updated 2002)
- Limitations
- Archived copy cited and labeled - the live NVR URL serves a JS shell without the detail table at fetch time. NVR's 'Date Status Changed 04/01/1977' differs from NavSource's sale date of 15 April 1977 (SAP transfer-processing vs formal handover; two-week discrepancy unresolved). Blank fields are not evidence of absence - NVR fills milestone fields inconsistently for pre-1987 disposals.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-14
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[16]National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NMUSN), 'USS Fort Marion (LSD-22)' ships-photography exhibit page (ARCHIVED COPY - live history.navy.mil URL returns 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-10 verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback 20251210090406 capture of NMUSN 'USS Fort Marion (LSD-22)' page; 'Related Content' blurb and image caption 80-G-441736
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy museum blurb corroborates the timeline: Casa-Grande-class dock landing ship commissioned 29 January 1946 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw; off Korea August 1950, Inchon Invasion and Wonsan Landing; war-long Japan-Korea troop transport, British-commando special operations, Wonsan mine-squadron support; extensive 1953 overhaul; Vietnam service ('numerous Vietnamese Counteroffensives'); decommissioned 13 February 1970; sold to Republic of China April 1977; served as ROCS Chen Hai (LSD-192) until May 1999. A model of Fort Marion was displayed in the museum's Korean War section (Cold War Gallery, Bldg. 70) until 2022.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1999 (blurb); model displayed until 2022
- Limitations
- Archived copy cited and labeled - live page 404s. Museum exhibit text is summary-level and contains a 'Chicksaw' spelling slip; it corroborates but adds no dates beyond DANFS/NavSource/NVR. The display model is a museum artifact, not the hull; hull disposition is the 2001 reef sinking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fort-marion-lsd22-15