Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-100 ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block, lines 26-40 in the live page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II LSM-100 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 to 3 April 1945; after the war it performed occupation service in the Far East from 7 October to 14 November 1945, was decommissioned 15 April 1946, and was sold 14 August 1947 to Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. for conversion to a barge, with fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops during Navy service
- Limitations
- Supports service and disposition history only. The source expressly leaves the strike date and post-conversion fate unknown; it contains no asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-100-lsm100-02
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-100 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block, lines 42-68 in the live page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship record specifies a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesel engines producing 2,800 shp through twin propellers; maximum speed is 13.2 knots.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and troop accommodation capacity
- Limitations
- The specification block does not identify insulation or other asbestos-containing materials. Diesel propulsion does not justify inferring any particular asbestos product aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-100-lsm100-03
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[3]U.S. Government Accountability Office, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, including Navy CNO enclosure [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 10-12, lines 363-393 and 418-449; PDF pp. 21-22, lines 755-790
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1979 GAO report reproduces Navy information that thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping was a major Navy shipboard asbestos application and that asbestos was also used in piping gaskets and packing, pipe-hanger liners, deck material, galley ranges, and equipment brakes and clutches. This is Navy program and era evidence, not a record that any named product was installed aboard LSM-100.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1971-1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipbuilding, repair, and shipboard personnel; 1979 program review
- Limitations
- The report does not name LSM-100 or the LSM-1 class and supplies no hull-specific quantity, survey, present-day condition, individual exposure, or causation evidence. It cannot be upgraded to a ship-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-100-lsm100-04
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[4]Reviewed NavSource LSM-100 record; GAO HRD-80-2; NARA Special List No. 44 by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source review and NARA PDF search for 'LSM-100'; see search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos document was located in the reviewed LSM-100 ship record, the GAO/Navy asbestos report, or the NARA public logbook index checked for the hull number. The result is a research negative, not a finding that asbestos was absent from the ship.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The negative is limited to the identified public sources. Firecrawl access was quota-blocked and CourtListener was not completed because of the authenticated fleet limiter; absence from this search does not prove absence of asbestos, litigation, or exposure evidence elsewhere.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-100-lsm100-05
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-100 ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block, lines 22-25 in the live page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-100 was laid down 23 September 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 14 October 1944; and commissioned 6 November 1944 with Lt. Francis J. McQuillan, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Brown Ship Building construction workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and construction milestones; the source does not state asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-100-lsm100-01