Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 529-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-108-lsm108-pkt-529-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-108 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-108 was decommissioned 18 December 1946, laid up in the Reserve Fleet, and sold on 11 November 1958 to Commercial Metals Co. of Dallas, Texas; 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-sale fate; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-06
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[3]U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (CINCPAC/CINCPOA organization document), HyperWar transcription; live NHHC online reading room URL returned HTTP 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Flotilla Sixteen section of the organization document transcription
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A transcription of the official U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization document of 1 May 1945 lists LSM Flotilla Sixteen with LSM Group Forty-Six and LSM Divisions Ninety-One and Ninety-Two under Commander Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. The hull-number cells in the Flotilla Sixteen section are blank in the transcription, so the document corroborates the existence of the documented assignment chain but does not enumerate LSM-108.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Pacific Fleet amphibious-force personnel (organizational context)
- Limitations
- The document does not name LSM-108; it corroborates that the flotilla, group, and division NavSource lists for this hull existed as Pacific Fleet amphibious units on 1 May 1945. It establishes no asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-108 hull page (photograph caption); NHHC, Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay (archived copy) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource photo-caption table; archived NHHC page https://web.archive.org/web/20141015144211/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq69-2.htm (Medium Landing Ship table)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A NavSource photograph caption records USS LSM-108, USS LSM-109, and USS LSM-399 beached at Algiers Naval Base, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 13 November to 9 December 1945, with masts and yardarms removed for river travel. An archived copy of the official NHHC list of Allied ships present in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 does not include LSM-108.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company during postwar return and inactivation transit
- Limitations
- Establishes the ship's presence at Algiers Naval Base in late 1945 and its absence from the Tokyo Bay surrender list; does not establish the complete 1945 itinerary, asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-04
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-108 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live LSM-108 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 (two 100 kW 450 V AC and one 20 kW 120 V DC).
- 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-108-lsm108-05
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[6]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-108 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-108. 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-108-lsm108-07
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[7]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py (authenticated) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-08 and sl-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An authenticated CourtListener opinion search for "LSM-108" returned 24 hits, all reviewed as name collisions (token matches such as the "Leo Ship Management" abbreviation and unrelated docket or statute numbers); none named the vessel or concerned asbestos. An authenticated CourtListener RECAP docket search for "LSM-108" returned 1,324 hits on the same token basis; review of the returned case names and snippets found no vessel-related or asbestos-related docket. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming LSM-108 was located in the completed searches.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The completed sweeps found no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel. An exact-phrase "USS LSM-108" opinion query could not be completed (fleet-wide pacing budget spent; see sl-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-10); it remains an access note. Litigation not indexed by CourtListener (e.g., un-digitized state filings or MDL-875 docket activity not surfaced) is outside this sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-08
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[8]Source-review negative across the sources listed in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public research set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-108: the live hull page, corroborating official-unit records, the archived NHHC Tokyo Bay list, the Naval Vessel Register, and the MARAD Vessel History Database document identity, service, propulsion, complement, and disposition but contain no asbestos, insulation-composition, abatement, or hazmat survey information.
- 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 (deck logs, war diaries, reserve-fleet files), the 1958 sale/disposal record, 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-108-lsm108-09
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[9]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-108 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-108 was laid down 7 October 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 28 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-108 on 19 November 1944, with LTjg. Frank H. Kibling, 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-108-lsm108-01
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[10]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-108 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology and awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-108 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Sixteen, LSM Group Forty-Six, and LSM Division Ninety-One. The hull page lists the awards American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal; no battle star or named campaign is listed.
- 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, organization, and listed awards; it is not a complete voyage narrative, and absence of a listed battle star is absence from this source's listing, not proof of non-participation. Establishes no asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-108-lsm108-02