Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-101 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 30-34
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-101 was decommissioned 6 November 1946, laid up in the Reserve Fleet, and sold on 28 October 1958 to Ship Supply Corp. of Brooklyn, New York, for conversion to a barge; the subsequent fate is unknown. NavSource states that the date of striking from the Naval Register is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1958
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning, reserve lay-up, sale, and stated unknown post-conversion fate; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-05
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay, archived copy; NavSource Online, USS LSM-101 hull page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC Medium Landing Ship table; NavSource chronology lines 30-34
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An archived copy of the official NHHC list of Allied ships present in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 includes LSM-101 among the Medium Landing Ships. NavSource also records LSM-101 in occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 21 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes Tokyo Bay presence and the cited occupation-service window; it does not establish asbestos materials, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-03
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-101 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block, lines 36-62
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live LSM-101 hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible direct-drive diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity; Pacific construction-support personnel
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not establish any asbestos-containing component; no boiler or steam plant is documented in the cited specifications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-04
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented research gap; GAO HRD-80-2 was retained as an archival lead but its full text was not retrieved [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-101 was a WWII U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- WWII Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- These are possible class/era categories, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-101. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-06
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-06; helper stderr reported fleet-wide pacing budget spent before HTTP request
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No litigation classification was completed because the required authenticated CourtListener helper halted before the first HTTP request when the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent. Exact-name and hull-number queries therefore remain an access gap, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is not a clean litigation negative. No opinions or dockets were retrieved, and no claim may be classified as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, or no result from this incomplete sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-07
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[6]Source-review negative across NavSource and official NHHC records listed in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public research set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-101: the live hull page and official NHHC records reviewed document identity, service, propulsion, complement, and disposition but do not document asbestos, insulation composition, abatement, or a hazmat survey.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy records, reserve-fleet files, conversion records, and litigation not indexed by the searched services may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-08
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-101 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 22-25
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-101 was laid down 23 September 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 14 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-101 on 8 November 1944, with Lt. Rodeheaver H. Hicks, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Brown Ship Building Co. construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-101 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 26-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-101 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Nine, LSM Group Twenty-Six, and LSM Division Fifty-One.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific theater operating personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes assignment and organization, not a complete voyage narrative and not asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-101-lsm101-02