Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 530-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-114-lsm114-pkt-530-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-114 - construction timeline, organization assignment, occupation service, decommissioning/disposal, specifications, commanding officer; history extract credited to 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14114.htm - history extract, awards block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LSM-1 class; laid down 14 October 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX; launched 4 November 1944; commissioned USS LSM-114, 1 December 1944, LT. Garrett Bunker USNR in command (sole CO listed, 1 Dec 1944 - 10 Jun 1946). WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LSM Flotilla Nine (CDR D. L. Francis USN), LSM Group Twenty-Six (LCDR L. Brouwer USN), LSM Division Fifty-One. Post-war occupation service in the Far East 19 October - 20 November 1945; photographs show her beached at Wakayama, Japan, unloading occupation equipment on 25 September 1945. Decommissioned 10 June 1946 at Terminal Island Navy Yard, San Pedro, CA; struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946; sold December 1946 to A. G. Schoonmaker Inc., NY, for scrapping, delivered 6 January 1947. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Spec block: 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t full; 203'6" x 34'6"; 13.2 kt; complement 5 officers + 54 enlisted; armament one twin 40mm bow + four single 20mm; propulsion two Fairbanks-Morse (model 38D81/8X10) reversible diesels, direct drive, 1,440 bhp each @ 720 rpm, twin propellers 2,800 shp; generators 2 x 100kW AC + 1 x 20kW DC diesel-drive.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Brown Ship Building construction trades (1944); crew 1944-46; scrappers, A. G. Schoonmaker Inc. (1946-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its extract is credited to Turner Publishing's 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces' Vol. II, not a primary registry page; no DANFS entry exists to cross-verify. Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Occupation-service window (19 Oct - 20 Nov 1945) vs Wakayama photo captions dated 25 September 1945 is a minor internal variance (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Landing Ship Medium (LSM) / LSM(R) index - class totals, armament notes, Bureau of Ships camouflage blueprint for the LSM-1 class, LSM class manual index [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14idx.htm - index narrative and class-manual/blueprint links
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class context: 558 Landing Ship Medium (LSM) and Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) (LSM(R)) hulls were built during World War II; most served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. The index hosts a Bureau of Ships blueprint camouflage drawing (Measure 31, Design 10L) intended for the LSM-1 class and a scanned BuShips-issued LSM class manual - the design family to which this hull belongs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945 build program
- Population
- WWII LSM construction crews and crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level context only; does not name this hull and contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-02
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[4]Landing Ship Medium class manual, March 1 1944, Serial No. 1766, issued to USS LSM-294 (scanned PDF chapters hosted by NavSource; BuShips-issued ship's book) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LSM manual index; lsm01-01.pdf (General Data), lsm02-30.pdf (Main Propelling Machinery, pp. 30-1 to 30-5), lsm02-31.pdf + lsm02-31-9.pdf (Auxiliary Machinery incl. auxiliary boiler), lsm02-41.pdf (Compartmentation)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships LSM class manual (1944) documents the design aboard which this hull was built: Chapter 30 allocates the Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-1/8 diesel to vessels 'Nos. 1-125' - a hull-number range that includes LSM-114 - and Chapter 31-9 documents an auxiliary oil-fired water-tube steam boiler designed to supply steam at 55 psi service pressure (100 psi design) located in the hold (frames 17-19, compartment A-218), alongside diesel-drive ship's-service generators, refrigerating plants, distilling plant, and other auxiliaries. An OCR pass of the manual's General Data, Main Propelling Machinery, Auxiliary Machinery, Boilers, and Compartmentation chapters found no insulation-material statements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944 design standard
- Population
- Class construction crews; engineering ratings
- Limitations
- Class manual, not a hull-specific record - the engine-allocation table covers LSM-114 by hull number but the document was issued to a sister hull (LSM-294). Establishes machinery fit, not materials: no asbestos statement appears in the chapters examined, and the manual's silence on insulation is not evidence of absence. OCR quality on the 1944 scan is degraded; figures transcribed conservatively.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-03
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[5]NARA, Individual Deceased Personnel File for William Edgar (35466327), NAID 677476680, RG 92 (Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General), Individual Deceased Personnel Files 1939-1953, National Archives at St. Louis [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 677476680, file PDF p. image 22 of 40 (Report of Interment, QMC Form 1042), 'body buried on deceased left' field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A primary record naming this hull: the IDPF of Pvt William Edgar (533rd Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment, Boat Battalion; died Kure, Japan, 13 November 1945, skull fracture) records, on the Report of Interment dated 9 February 1946 for USAF Cemetery Yokohama #1, Honshu (reburial from USAF Cemetery Eta-Jima #1), the adjacent-grave interment of 'ROSS, Ardway M., S1M 1/c, serial 256-52-85, USS LSM 114,' grave 465 - consistent with an LSM-114 crew death in the occupation-theater window.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- S1c Ardway M. Ross (USS LSM-114 crew); Yokohama-area occupation dead
- Limitations
- Burial record, not a death or casualty report: the file belongs to Edgar, and Ross appears only as the adjacent-grave entry - the document does not state Ross's cause, date, or place of death, nor link it to LSM-114 operations. Transcribed via OCR of the scanned form (degraded quality); 'USS LSM 114' naming is clear. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-04
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[6]NARA Catalog quoted-term search "LSM-114" - 67 archival-description hits (full-text OCR matches inside scanned records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search q="LSM-114" (67 hits, 66 file units); search-within/594258 q="LSM-114" (no results)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog returns 67 records mentioning 'LSM-114' in extracted text - predominantly other commands' WWII records in RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (e.g., war diaries of USS LST-913 Dec 1944, USS Winooski Oct 1945, USS LST-643 Oct 1945) plus an RG 24 muster-roll item (Training Command Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet (Pool) Administrative, Nov 1944-Feb 1945) and the RG 92 IDPF noted separately. No dedicated USS LSM-114 war diary file unit appears in the results, and a search-within the digitized 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series (235,177 file units) returned no results for 'LSM-114'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- records cover 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: the hits place the hull inside flotilla/group operational reporting, not aboard-specific records; the underlying microfilm images were not individually reviewed. No deck log or dedicated war diary for this hull was located in digitized NARA holdings - undigitized leads may exist at College Park.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-05
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[7]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, 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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documenting that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and emergency construction program under which this LSM-1-class hull was mass-produced (laid down October 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. DOI resolves to Wiley (automated full-text fetch blocked, HTTP 403); bibliographic details verified via the DOI resolution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-114 specifications (Fairbanks-Morse direct-drive diesels); BuShips LSM class manual (diesel plant + auxiliary oil-fired steam boiler); NavSource class index (wartime mass production); GAO HRD-80-2 and Corn & Starr era documentation (see ev-08, ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14114.htm specifications; LSM class manual chapters 30-31
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LSM-1-class landing ship built October-December 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small amphibious auxiliary of this type were thermal insulation, machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation, with the class's small auxiliary steam boiler and its steam lines a plausible additional lagging point. The main propulsion plant is diesel - there is no main boiler/turbine lagging pathway of the kind dominant on steam vessels.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Brown Ship Building construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); shipbreakers (1946-47)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LSM-114. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire 1944 construction and 1944-46 service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-08
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[10]Batch-5913 search ledger (this record): NavSource LSM-114 archive page; NavSource LSM class index; BuShips LSM class manual (scanned chapters, OCR); NHHC DANFS canonical URL and site search; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog and Logbooks series; NARA IDPF NAID 677476680; CourtListener (blocked - pacing); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LSM-114 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). DANFS carries no individual entry for this hull (canonical URL 404); the Naval Vessel Register excludes ships disposed prior to 1987 (disposed 1947). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - every attempt returned the fleet pacing 'budget spent' stand-down; logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com sister-ship listicles and similar) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (paced out, not run). Undigitized NARA holdings (flotilla/group records naming the hull) and any 1946-47 scrapping-contract records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-114-lsm114-09