Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-107 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-107 was decommissioned 16 May 1946 at Astoria, Oregon, and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group. It was transferred 19 January 1959 to Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka; the hull page states the strike date from the Naval Register is unknown. Final disposition was a sale in May 1960 to Hyman-Michaels, Co., Chicago, Illinois; the subsequent fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1960
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning, reserve lay-up, transfer, sale, and stated unknowns; no strike date, shipbreaking record, hazmat record, or asbestos documentation is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-05
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-107 hull page, contributed photograph caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page photo table, LSM-137 image description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A contributed photograph caption on the hull page identifies LSM-107 at Cebu, Philippine Islands, on 30 August 1945, in company with LSM-137, LSM-256, LSM-177, LSM-212, LSM-83, LSM-82, LSM-134, LSM-4, and LSM-17, photographed from USS LSM-186.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-08-30
- Population
- Ship's company present at Cebu, P.I.
- Limitations
- A contributed photo caption, not an official operational record; it places the hull at Cebu on the stated date but establishes nothing about cargo, mission detail, asbestos materials, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-03
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[3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, 1953, Part IV, Section 2, item 19 ships table (HyperWar transcription of the official Navy publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships table row 'LSM 107' listing 11-20 Sep 45 and 7 Oct - 9 Nov 45, code A
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual of 1953 lists LSM 107 with Navy Occupation Service Medal qualifying periods of 11 to 20 September 1945 and 7 October to 9 November 1945, both under the Asia clasp designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company credited with occupation service
- Limitations
- An official awards-eligibility list corroborating occupation-service windows; it does not establish locations within the period, asbestos materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-04
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM FLOTILLA ELEVEN / LSM GROUP THIRTY-ONE / LSM DIVISION 61 table entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live NHHC U.S. Pacific Fleet organization page for 1 May 1945 lists LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-One, and LSM Division 61 in the amphibious-force structure, corroborating the organizational chain NavSource assigns to LSM-107. The hull-number rows under LSM Division 61 are blank in the published table, so LSM-107 itself is not named there.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Corroborates that the flotilla, group, and division existed in the 1 May 1945 organization; it does not name LSM-107 (rows blanked) and does not document asbestos, exposure, or operations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-06
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay (archived copy) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC Medium Landing Ship table; LSM-107 absent
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- LSM-107 does not appear on the archived official NHHC list of Allied ships present in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. This is consistent with the documented occupation-service start of 11 September 1945, which postdates the 2 September ceremony.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-09-02
- Limitations
- An absence from this list is a checked result, not a claim about the ship's whereabouts on 2 September beyond not being listed; it does not bear on asbestos or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-07
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[6]NavSource Online, USS LSM-107 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live LSM-107 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
- 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-107-lsm107-08
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[7]Naval Historical Center Online Library / NARA photograph transcription via HyperWar [other_primary]
- Locator
- Picture-data block for 80-G-176520
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships camouflage drawing (photo 80-G-176520, Camouflage Measure 31, Design 17L, dated 13 July 1944) was prepared for landing ships medium of the LSM-1 class, the class to which LSM-107 belongs. The drawing is held in the National Archives collections per the Naval Historical Center transcription.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LSM-1-class construction and maintenance personnel generally
- Limitations
- A class-level official drawing predating LSM-107's construction; it documents a camouflage design for the class, not materials aboard this hull, and contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-09
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[8]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-107 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-107. 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-107-lsm107-10
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[9]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-08 through -11b
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep: the quoted exact name "USS LSM-107" returned zero opinions and zero dockets. The unquoted "LSM-107" opinion query returned 26 results, the unquoted "LSM-107" docket query returned 1,445 results, and the quoted "LSM-107" docket query returned 2 results — all token-level name collisions (judge-initials docket suffixes, a bankruptcy docket, a bid-protest document) with none naming the vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS LSM-107 was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The sweep covered exact-name and hull-number queries on both opinions and dockets. All returned hits are name collisions classified down, not litigation touching the vessel. Absence of a qualifying record in CourtListener is not proof that no claim was ever filed — unindexed dockets and settled or state-court matters may exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-11
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[10]Source-review negative across NavSource, official NHHC records, official awards manual, and BuShips drawing listed in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-107-lsm107-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public research set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-107: the live hull page, the official NHHC organization and Tokyo Bay records, the official 1953 awards manual, and the BuShips class drawing 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, transfer and sale 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-107-lsm107-12
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[11]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-107 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-107 was laid down 7 October 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 28 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-107 on 19 November 1944, with Lt. Burt L. Griffin, 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-107-lsm107-01
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[12]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-107 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-107 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-One, and LSM Division Sixty-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-107-lsm107-02