Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-106 hull page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, 'LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-106 was laid down 30 September 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 21 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-106 on 17 November 1944, with Lt. (j.g.) Russell B. 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-106-lsm106-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-106 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, decommissioning and final-disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-106 was decommissioned 10 February 1947 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet. NavSource states the ship was struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date and was sold in November 1958 to Commercial Metals Co., Dallas, Texas; the subsequent fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947-1958
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning, reserve lay-up, sale, and stated unknown post-sale fate; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied. The buyer's identity as a metals firm does not itself document scrapping and none is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-05
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[3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual--1953, Part IV, Sections 17-21, Navy Occupation Service Medal eligible-ships list (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription); NavSource Online, USS LSM-106 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-17 eligible-ships table, LSM 106 rows; NavSource hull page occupation-service table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual--1953 (NAVPERS 15,790) lists LSM 106 among ships credited for the Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp for two periods: 17 September - 3 October 1945 and 15 October 1945 - 28 March 1946. NavSource records the same two occupation-service windows in the Far East.
- 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 official credit for the two occupation-service periods; it does not establish asbestos materials, individual exposure, or causation. The manual is a 1953 BUPERS publication transcribed by HyperWar, not a scanned original.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-106 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live LSM-106 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, with diesel-drive ship's service generators. Displacement 520 t. light, 743 t. landing, 1,095 t. fully loaded; length 203 ft 6 in; beam 34 ft 6 in.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- 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-106-lsm106-04
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945 (archived copy) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC page, Medium Landing Ship (LSM) table - LSM-106 absent
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- LSM-106 is not on the NHHC list of Allied ships present in Tokyo Bay during the 2 September 1945 surrender ceremony; the Medium Landing Ship section lists LSM-13, 15, 71, 101, 208, 252, 284, 290, 362, 368, 371, 419, and 488 only. This is consistent with the ship's officially credited occupation service beginning 17 September 1945, after the ceremony.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-09-02
- Limitations
- A non-presence finding only: it confirms the ship did not attend the surrender ceremony and prevents overclaiming; it says nothing about asbestos materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-06
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[6]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented research gap across official sources reviewed (see search_ledger) [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-106 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
- 1944-1947
- 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-106. 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-106-lsm106-07
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[7]CourtListener API v4 searches via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-08; authenticated queries executed 2026-10-01
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion and docket searches returned no case naming the vessel: exact "USS LSM-106" returned 0 opinions, exact "LSM-106" returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets, and the unquoted LSM-106 query returned 34 hits that are all name collisions (unrelated parties such as LSM L.L.C.; no asbestos, Navy, vessel, ship, or landing terms in any result). No qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or ambiguous name match was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A clean no-result: no opinion or docket naming the ship was located. CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets only; unreported cases, settled claims, and non-digitized dockets (e.g., MDL-875 filings not indexed by name) are outside its coverage, so this does not prove no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-08
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[8]Source-review negative across NavSource, the 1953 Navy awards manual, NHHC/DANFS, NVR, and CourtListener as listed in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public research set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-106: the live hull page and the official Navy awards manual document identity, service, propulsion, complement, and disposition but contain no asbestos, insulation-composition, abatement, or hazmat-survey information, and no DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- 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, the 1958 sale/disposition file, 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-106-lsm106-09
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[9]NARA, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' guidance page; NHHC photo credit NH 79853 on the NavSource hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA logbook guidance page (RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208, post-1941 logs at College Park); NavSource photo credit line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): LSM-106's 1944-1947 deck logs should be in NARA Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208), held at NARA College Park for post-1941 logs; Navy muster rolls and the reserve-fleet inactivation/sale correspondence (1958) would follow the same research path. NHHC photo NH 79853 (ship in San Francisco Bay, July 1946) is credited on the hull page but has no live NHHC catalog page.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-10
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[10]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-106 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology and photo captions (NHHC photo # NH 79853 credit)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-106 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater but saw no action; it served with LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-One, and LSM Division Sixty-One. A photo caption on the same page records the ship en route from Pearl Harbor to San Pedro, California, in June 1945, and NHHC photo NH 79853 shows the ship under way in San Francisco Bay in early July 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, organization, and the absence of recorded combat action; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not document asbestos materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-106-lsm106-02