Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online, USS LSM-1, LSM-1 class landing ship medium page [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-1 page, timeline and disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The historical USS LSM-1 was laid down 15 February 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 23 March 1944; commissioned 5 May 1944 with Lt. (j.g.) Edward J. Flowers, USNR, in command; served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; participated in the Balikpapan operation from 20 June to 7 July 1945; decommissioned 9 April 1946 at Galveston, Texas; and was sold 29 October 1947 to Industrial Marine Services, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades; USS LSM-1 crew; Balikpapan operation personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical timeline from a volunteer naval-history archive; the page does not document asbestos, an asbestos survey, or material quantities. NavSource states the Naval Register strike date was unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-1 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-1 page, Specifications and Propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page reports a 520-ton light displacement, 743-ton landing displacement, 1,095-ton full-load displacement, 203 feet 6 inches length, 34 feet 6 inches beam, 13.2-knot maximum speed, complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesel engines with direct drive to twin propellers and 2,800 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops/vehicle operators
- Limitations
- Ship-specific specifications transcribed from the archive; the propulsion data establish a diesel landing-ship plant but do not establish asbestos-containing materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-02
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[3]Naval Historical Center/NARA photograph 80-G-176520, official Navy collection transcription, camouflage plan for LSM-1 class [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC page for NARA Photo 80-G-176520, Description and Catalog fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC identifies a Bureau of Ships camouflage drawing for the LSM-1 class, dated 13 July 1944, held in the National Archives collections. This confirms official Navy/NARA documentation for the class during the historical LSM-1 construction and service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LSM-1-class construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Class-level archival context only; the page is not a construction or material record for USS LSM-1 and does not mention asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program-level reporting is relevant to the Navy shipyard asbestos-control era covering this hull's 1944 construction and 1944-46 service period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a hull-specific finding. The source does not identify USS LSM-1, a particular component aboard it, an exposure event, or a quantity; full text was not retrieved through the available web path.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-04
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[5]U.S. Navy, SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Medium Landing Ship LSM 1, 16 January 2025 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navy press release headline and opening paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy announced USS McClung (LSM 1) as the first ship in a new McClung class in 2025. That modern future ship is distinct from the historical WWII USS LSM-1 documented in this record; the modern name is retained only to prevent an identity collision.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2025
- Limitations
- Official Navy naming announcement for the future vessel; it does not establish any historical fact about the WWII hull or any asbestos condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-05
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[6]Public-source and litigation sweep documented in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation record naming the historical USS LSM-1 was located in the sources searched. This is a search result, not proof that asbestos was absent from the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull searches were made through the authenticated helper for opinions and dockets; the helper returned no result payload. Firecrawl was unavailable because its hosted MCP reported a multi-hour quota stand-down. Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-1-lsm1-06