Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Greenbrier River (LSMR-507) entry (live page verified 2026-09-30) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Greenbrier River (LSMR-507) entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as LSMR-507, named for the Greenbrier River in southeastern West Virginia; laid down 31 March 1945 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 28 April 1945; commissioned 22 June 1945 under Lt. Alvin G. Walser. Service narrative: departed Houston 27 June 1945 via Galveston to Charleston, S.C., arriving 7 July; sailed to Little Creek, Va., 28-30 July for training in Chesapeake Bay and along the Virginia coast; assigned to LSMR Squadron 4; departed Little Creek 4 October for the Great Lakes, touching Halifax, Quebec, and Montreal, arriving Rochester, N.Y., 16 October, then sailing to Detroit and Chicago before returning to Rochester 1 November and Little Creek 17 November; operated out of Little Creek two months; departed 29 January 1946 for operations off San Juan, P.R., and out of Guantanamo Bay, returning 24 March; following duty out of Norfolk and Baltimore, departed Little Creek for the West Coast 18 October, arriving San Diego 20 November; assigned to LSMR Squadron 3 and operated out of San Diego; decommissioned there 5 February 1947 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet; named Greenbrier River 1 October 1955 while berthed at San Diego; struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1958
- Population
- Construction trades (1945); Navy crew (1945-1947); reserve personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-history evidence only. DANFS 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. DANFS header classifies the ship as 'cl. LSMR-401' and lists complement as 138 - both differ from the NavSource specification block (LSM(R)-501 class; 6 officers and 137 enlisted); discrepancies are carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Greenbrier River (LSMR-507), ex USS LSM(R)-507 (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Header, milestone history block, awards list, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as USS Greenbrier River (LSMR-507), ex USS LSM(R)-507, of the LSM(R) 501 class; records the same construction milestones (laid down 31 March 1945 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston; launched 28 April 1945; commissioned 22 June 1945, Lt. Alvin G. Walser, USNR); lists wartime assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LSM(R) Flotilla Eighteen (Capt. C. F. Macklin, USN), LSM(R) Group Forty-Three, LSM(R) Division One Hundred Six; lists the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal; records decommissioning 5 February 1947 at San Diego; Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; naming as USS Greenbrier River 1 October 1955; striking from the Naval Register 1 October 1958; and final disposition as sold in 1959 to American Shipping Co., converted to a barge, scrapped between 1980 and 1991. A photograph places USS LSM(R)-507 in the Panama Canal with USS LSM(R)-508 on 9 November 1946, consistent with the DANFS West Coast transit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1991
- Population
- Construction trades (1945); Navy crew (1945-1947); reserve personnel; commercial barge-conversion and scrapping workers (1959; 1980-1991)
- 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. The Asiatic-Pacific wartime assignment and campaign ribbon are NavSource listings that sit beside, not inside, the DANFS operations narrative (which shows Atlantic/Great Lakes/Caribbean service through 1946); the two sources are carried without reconciliation. Final-disposition dates (sold 1959; scrapped 1980-1991) are year-range only and not corroborated by an official disposal record in this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LSM(R)-507 specification block (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM(R) Specifications: displacement, dimensions, complement, armament, 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; draft 5 feet 4 inches light to 7 feet 9 inches fully loaded; speed 13 knots; complement 6 officers and 137 enlisted; armament of one single 5-inch/38 dual-purpose mount, two twin 40 mm AA mounts, four twin 20 mm AA mounts, ten twin continuous-loading 5-inch ship-to-shore rocket launchers, and four 4.2-inch mortars; and propulsion by two General Motors 16-278A non-reversing diesel engines with airflex clutch, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each, twin screws, 2,800 shaft horsepower, with diesel-driven ship-service generators (four 100 kW 450 V AC; two 20 kW 120 V DC) 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-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-03
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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 and highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy program review documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation in ships and managed removal under a 1975 policy - remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs - modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas; the review's fieldwork covered the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. It is an era-level source for the 1945 construction and 1945-1959 Navy service era of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- 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 Greenbrier 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 barge conversion. The product page was verified live; the 26-page full report PDF was not individually reviewed line-by-line.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-04
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[5]Batch-5866 research ledger: NHHC DANFS hull entry; NavSource hull page and specification block; Naval Vessel Register check; NARA catalog check; CourtListener authenticated API opinion sweep; Firecrawl live-web research; targeted official-source web searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-01 through sl-uss-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-10
- 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 Greenbrier River (LSMR-507) was found in the sources searched. The completed CourtListener opinion-name sweep for 'Greenbrier River' returned 261 results, all name collisions (the West Virginia river, Greenbrier-corporate and Greenbrier-place litigation, and unrelated matters), with no qualifying asbestos case naming this hull; the hull-number and docket-level sweeps were blocked by the fleet pacing budget and are logged as blocked, so no broader negative litigation conclusion is drawn.
- 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: the opinion-name query completed, but the hull-number opinion and docket queries are logged as blocked in the search ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenbrier-river-lsmr507-05