Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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-110-lsm110-pkt-529-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-110 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block and flag line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-110 was transferred to France on 22 January 1954, commissioned into French service, then turned over to the Republic of South Vietnam in October 1955 and named RVNS Han Giang (HQ-401). It was interned at Subic Bay, Philippines, in May 1975 and transferred to the Republic of the Philippines on 17 November 1975 for cannibalization and scrapping. NavSource lists final disposition as "hulk sold for scrapping, 9 June 1966, to Santiago A. Gerrero, Olongapo City, Philippines" and states the date of striking from the Naval Register is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1954-1976
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew at transfer; French and South Vietnamese crews (unquantified); scrapping workforce at Olongapo
- Limitations
- Establishes the multi-flag transfer and disposition chain. Two internal/secondary conflicts stand: the "9 June 1966" sale year precedes the documented May 1975 internment on the same page (secondary compilations give 9 June 1976), and the French pennant is reported variously as LSM-9011/L9011/L9012 (see ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-07 and gaps). No asbestos, hazmat, or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-05
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, "Ships 'L' - Ships and Other Units Eligible for the Korean Service Medal" (Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual rev. 1953 online reading room); NavSource hull page for campaign names and battle-star count [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM 110 entry in the Ships "L" table; NavSource Korean War campaigns table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC Korean Service Medal eligibility list (Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual, rev. 1953) records LSM-110 in the Korean theater 18 May to 8 November 1951 and 8 September 1952 to 6 March 1953, with campaign-credit windows 2-31 October 1951 (K6, U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive); 26 September-6 October, 11-16 October, and 12-20 December 1952 (K8, Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952); and 2-4 January and 6-9 February 1953 (K9, Third Korean Winter). NavSource states the ship earned three battle stars for Korean War service, consistent with the three campaign codes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1951-1953
- Population
- Ship's company during Korean War deployments
- Limitations
- Establishes official in-theater and campaign-credit windows and the three battle stars. NavSource's campaign table groups 10-20 December 1952 under Third Korean Winter while the NHHC list assigns 12-20 December to K8 and carries no 10-20 December K9 window - NHHC is carried as authoritative. Establishes no asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-04
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[4]Commander U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam, Quarterly Summary, April-June 1972 (NHHC archives; live PDF returned HTTP 404, archived copy verified 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Quarterly summary narrative, VNN logistics section (scanned-image PDF; OCR-extracted); Wayback capture 20251210054127
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam quarterly summary for April-June 1972 records that the Vietnamese Navy requested assistance providing food for 1,500 Navy dependents evacuated from MR-1 to Danang during the NVA offensive, and that transshipment was coordinated "via VNN Hospital Ship HQ 401," with shipment aboard HQ 401 also coordinated for two pallets of medicine and 14 cartons of clothing from the Catholic Relief Society - documenting the hull's hospital-ship role in South Vietnamese service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1972
- Population
- VNN HQ-401 crew and embarked dependents/patients (hospital-ship role)
- Limitations
- The document identifies the hull by its South Vietnamese pennant HQ-401, not by ex-USS LSM-110; the identity link rests on the NavSource transfer chain. Establishes the hospital-ship role in 1972; no asbestos, insulation, hazmat, exposure, or causation content. Citation URL is a Wayback capture labeled archived; the live NHHC PDF returned 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-06
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[5]NavSource USS LSM-110 and USS LSM-355 hull pages (collision); secondary cross-checks: en.wikipedia USS LSM-110 (citing Warship International 10(3):320-335, 1973, JSTOR 44890242); fr.wikipedia "Liste des navires amphibies francais" [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LSM-355 page flag line vs NavSource LSM-110 page flag line; secondary lists
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The French pennant designation of ex-LSM-110 is unresolved across sources. NavSource's LSM-110 page designates the French identity "RFS LSM-9011," while NavSource's own LSM-355 page assigns "RFS L 9011" to ex-LSM-355 - an internal collision; two hulls cannot share one pennant. English secondary compilations (citing Warship International 10(3), 1973) give ex-LSM-110 as L9012, while a French-language amphibious-ship list gives L9011 to ex-LSM-110.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1954-1955
- Limitations
- Documents a source conflict rather than resolving it. NavSource's "LSM-9011" for LSM-110 collides with its own LSM-355 "L 9011"; the authoritative French registry resolution was not retrieved this session (Warship International 1973 is cited secondhand via Wikipedia; JSTOR text not accessed). The record therefore reports the pennant as disputed rather than asserting either value.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-07
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[6]U.S. Navy photos 1163217 and 1126260, via NavSource caption record and Wikimedia Commons mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource photo-caption table; Commons file page for 1163217
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Navy official photographs document the hull's South Vietnamese service and 1975 internment: photo 1126260 (PH2 D.G. Edmonds) shows Vietnamese civilians awaiting a medical civic-action visit aboard RVNS Han Giang (HQ-401) on 1 August 1967, and photo 1163217 (PH1 R.M. Green) shows HQ-401 approaching Subic Bay on 5 May 1975 during the evacuation. Both are displayed on the NavSource hull page and mirrored at Wikimedia Commons.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1967-1975
- Population
- VNN HQ-401 crew and civilian medcap recipients
- Limitations
- Photo numbers and captions are transcribed from NavSource/Commons mirrors; the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and the RG 428 originals were not directly verified this session. Photographs establish presence and role; no asbestos, material, or exposure content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-08
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[7]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented research gap [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-110 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
- 1944-1976
- Population
- WWII Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel; foreign-service crews 1954-1975
- Limitations
- These are possible class/era categories, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-110. 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-110-lsm110-09
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[8]GAO, "Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure," HRD-80-2 (B-163375), published 1979-10-18, publicly released 1979-10-22 [gao]
- Locator
- Product page highlights and full report text https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (Firecrawl retrieval; direct curl to gao.gov returned HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979), reviewing the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, states the Navy's own position that "all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables," and documents that product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to asbestos-free while already-purchased asbestos materials were in some cases installed in ships under construction. This is Navy-program-level context for the era in which LSM-110 was built and operated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979 report; wartime-to-1970s policy period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context: Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards)
- Limitations
- Navy-program-level document; it does not name LSM-110, the LSM type, or any specific hull, and its fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. It establishes era/program context only, not presence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-10
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[9]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py (authenticated) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-08 through sl-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener sweeps returned zero hits on every completed query: "LSM-110" in opinions (count=0) and RECAP dockets (count=0); "LSM 110" OR "USS LSM-110" in opinions (count=0); "LSM 110" OR "USS LSM-110" OR "LSM-110" in RECAP dockets (count=0). No qualifying asbestos litigation, or any litigation, naming LSM-110 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 four completed sweeps returned zero results - a clean negative within CourtListener's index, not merely name collisions. The foreign-service alias opinion query (Han Giang / HQ-401 / LSM-9011 / L9012) could not be completed (fleet-wide pacing budget spent; see sl-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-12) and remains an access note, not a negative finding. Litigation not indexed by CourtListener (un-digitized state filings, MDL-875 activity not surfaced) is outside this sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-11
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[10]Source-review negative across the sources listed in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-01 through -17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public research set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-110: the live hull page, the NHHC Korean Service Medal eligibility list, the archived COMNAVFORV 1972 quarterly summary, U.S. Navy photo records, the Naval Vessel Register, and the MARAD Vessel History Database document identity, service, propulsion, complement, and multi-flag 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, transfer and sale files), French/South Vietnamese/Philippine custody records, the Olongapo scrapping 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-110-lsm110-12
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[11]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-110 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-110 was laid down 7 October 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 28 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-110 on 25 November 1944, with LT. William O. Stroup Jr., 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-110-lsm110-01
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[12]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-110 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology and awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-110 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Sixteen, LSM Group Forty-Six, and LSM Division Ninety-One. The hull page awards block lists the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal among its awards; no WWII battle star 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 and listed awards; it is not a complete voyage narrative, and absence of a listed WWII 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-110-lsm110-02
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[13]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-110 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-110 was decommissioned 2 January 1947 and placed in service the same day for Naval Reserve training; it was recommissioned 19 September 1950 for Korean War service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947-1950
- Population
- Ship's company and Naval Reserve training personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the decommission/reserve/recommission timeline; uboat.net (secondary) gives the first decommissioning as 30 November 1946 - the conflict is carried in gaps. Establishes no asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-110-lsm110-03