Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-105 hull page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1997); NavalCoverMuseum LSM 105 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology and specification block; NavalCoverMuseum LSM_105 designation history and Covers Page 1 (1946-01-17 cover)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-105 was laid down 20 September 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 21 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-105 on 15 November 1944, with LTjg. William V. Shannon, USNR, in command. International radio call sign November-Victor-India-Alpha (NVIA). The NavalCoverMuseum designation history carries the same dates and preserves a single 1946 postal cover (postmarked 17 January 1946, Locy Type 2z; ship had no post office).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Brown Ship Building Co. construction workforce; commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity. The compiled history contains no asbestos, insulation-composition, hazmat, exposure, or causation information. Laid-down date conflicts with the Brown Shipbuilding yard table (1944-09-30) and uboat.net/Wikipedia (1944-07-30) - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-105 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page assignment block, awards block, and commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-105 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-One, and LSM Division Sixty-One. The hull page lists awards of the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal, with no battle stars or specific operations recorded. Commanding officers: LTjg. William V. Shannon, USNR (15 November 1944 - February 1946) and LTjg. Charles Thomas Outcalt, USN (February 1946 - 20 June 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific theater operating personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes theater assignment and awards; the page records no specific campaigns, landings, or occupation-service window for this hull. No asbestos, exposure, or causation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (archived Wayback copy; live page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet amphibious section: LSM Flotilla Eleven > LSM Group Thirty-One > LSM Division 61 / LSM Division 621
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An archived copy of the official NHHC document 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' contains LSM Flotilla Eleven, under it LSM Group Thirty-One, and under that LSM Division 61 - the exact unit chain the hull history assigns to LSM-105 - within the Pacific Fleet organization on that date. In the digitized document, Division 61 lists 'LSM 317' followed by blank 'LSM' roster rows; individual hull numbers are not filled in, so LSM-105 is not individually named.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Pacific Fleet amphibious-force personnel, 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- Confirms that the flotilla/group/division structure the hull history cites existed in the Pacific Fleet organization on 1 May 1945; the document does not name LSM-105 (hull-number cells under Division 61 are blank). ARCHIVED COPY - cited as archived because the live NHHC page returned 404. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-105 specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull specification block gives 520 tons light, 743 tons landing, and 1,095 tons fully loaded; length 203 feet 6 inches; beam 34 feet 6 inches; speed 13.2 knots at 928 tons displacement; endurance 4,900 miles at 12 knots; complement 5 officers and 54 enlisted; troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted; armament one twin bow-mounted 40 mm gun and four single 20 mm mounts; vehicle capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs; fuel capacity 1,225 barrels diesel; propulsion by two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible direct-drive diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, 2,800 shp, with diesel-driven service generators (two 100 kW 450 V A.C., one 20 kW 120 V D.C.).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- These are the specialist compilation's hull specification figures; no official LSM-105 technical record was located to independently verify them. The diesel specification establishes no boiler or turbine plant, but does not identify insulation or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-04
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-105 hull page; corroborating secondary compilations (uboat.net ship 12716; navalmarinearchive.com Brown Shipbuilding yard table, yard hull 210) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page disposition lines; uboat.net allied-warships ship record 12716; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencylarge/brown.html hull 210
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-105 was decommissioned 20 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Florida, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs. NavSource records the Naval Register strike date as unknown; the ship was sold 10 December 1958 to Inter-Insular Mails, Ltd., Miami, Florida, with final disposition listed as fate unknown. Secondary compilations report a strike date of 27 August 1957 (uboat.net; repeated by Wikipedia) and characterize the lay-up year as 1947 (shipbuildinghistory yard table).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1958
- Population
- Decommissioning crew; Atlantic Reserve Fleet Florida Group caretaker personnel (1946-1958)
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning, reserve lay-up, sale, and stated unknown post-sale fate; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied. Strike date and lay-up-year variants are secondary-only and unresolved - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-05
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[6]PubMed record and abstract for Jacqueline Karnell Corn and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987), PMID 3555021, DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 (verified via NCBI efetch); inference framed against the NavSource diesel specification [other_primary]
- Locator
- NCBI efetch abstract for PMID 3555021; 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. Corn and Starr's peer-reviewed historical study documents extensive asbestos use as fireproofing and insulation in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II. For LSM-105, this supports only class/era context: because she was a WWII U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, possible application categories include machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, deck covering, and fireproofing. None is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946; study published 1987
- 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-105. The PubMed abstract documents WWII shipbuilding generally and does not name this hull; 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-105-lsm105-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-06 through -10; name-collision hit at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16030638/dyncorp-international-llc-v-united-states/
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps completed 2026-10-01 through the authenticated helper: 'USS LSM-105' opinion search returned 0 results; 'LSM-105' opinion search returned 0 results; 'LSM 105 navy ship' opinion search returned 0 results; 'USS LSM-105' docket search returned 0 results; 'LSM-105' docket search returned 1 result - DynCorp International LLC v. United States, Court of Federal Claims 1:19-cv-01133 (filed 2019-08-05, terminated 2020-05-21), a post-award contract bid protest unrelated to the vessel (name collision on the string 'LSM-105'). No qualifying asbestos litigation, and no litigation of any kind involving this hull, was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A completed no-result sweep within the indexed corpora, not proof that no case exists: RECAP coverage is incomplete and PACER-only or state-court filings naming the ship would not be indexed. The single docket hit is a contract bid protest - a name collision, not a maritime or asbestos matter.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-07
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[8]Batch-5903 source review: NavSource USS LSM-105 page; NHHC Pacific Fleet org (archived); NHHC Tokyo Bay ship list (archived, LSM-105 not listed); NARA RG 181 finding aid 2694599; CourtListener API v4; NCBI efetch; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; MARAD vesselhistory endpoint [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-01 through -18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public research set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-105: the live NavSource hull page, the official NHHC Pacific Fleet organization document, the NARA RG 181 Charleston commissioning-files public finding aid, and the completed CourtListener sweep document identity, service, propulsion, complement, and disposition but contain no asbestos, insulation-composition, abatement, hazmat-survey, or exposure information.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Non-digitized Navy records (RG 24 deck logs, Brown yard hull files, Atlantic Reserve Fleet inactivation/condition surveys, 1958 sale file) may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-08
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page Highlights; full-report PDF blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-program review documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and that its 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs - modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This spans era context only: LSM-105 was decommissioned in 1946 and sold in 1958, before the documented substitution era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy period reviewed)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. Does not name this hull, establish materials aboard it, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence. Cited to the product-page Highlights because the full text is access-blocked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-105-lsm105-09