Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 531-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-126-lsm126-pkt-531-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-126 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 21-24
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-126 was laid down 29 January 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 15 March 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-126 on 28 April 1944, with Lt. George E. Stricker, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard 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-126-lsm126-01
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[3]United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945, HyperWar transcription of the official Navy organization report (live NHHC page unavailable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Group 15 / LSM Division 29 table; LSM 126 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC United States Pacific Fleet Organization report dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM 126 under LSM Group 15 and LSM Division 29, with Lt. G. E. Stricker, USNR, as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific theater operating personnel
- Limitations
- Corroborates the ship's 1945 organization and commander; it does not provide a complete voyage narrative or establish asbestos materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-02
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[4]NHHC, 80-G-K-14465 USS LSM-126 and LSM-127, archived copy (live NHHC page unavailable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog title, caption, and original date fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC National Archives photograph catalog identifies USS LSM-126 and LSM-127 ready for launching at Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, on 15 March 1944, under catalog number 80-G-K-14465.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-03-15
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard launch personnel
- Limitations
- Confirms the launch event and location; the photograph catalog does not identify asbestos, insulation composition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-03
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-126 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page specification block, lines 44-70
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live 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; it also lists two 100 kW AC and one 20 kW DC diesel-drive service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity; construction and maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. The cited specifications do not identify asbestos-containing components; no boiler or steam plant is documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-04
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[6]NavSource Online, USS LSM-126 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 38-41
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-126 was decommissioned 17 June 1946 at New Orleans, Louisiana; NavSource states that the strike date is unknown and that the vessel was sold for scrapping in October 1946 to A.G. Schoonmaker Inc. of New York City.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning, stated unknown strike date, and sale for scrapping; no scrapping record, hazmat record, asbestos documentation, or post-sale fate is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-06
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[7]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and source-review negative across the official records listed in 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-126 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-126. 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-126-lsm126-07
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[8]Source-review negative across NavSource and official NHHC records listed in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed public source set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-126: the NavSource hull page and official NHHC records reviewed 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, shipyard files, scrapping 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-126-lsm126-08
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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-126-lsm126-06; helper was blocked by shared pacing limiter
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were initiated through cl-auth-search.py but did not return usable results before the fleet-wide pacing limiter blocked the requests. No litigation result is classified from this incomplete sweep.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is not a clean litigation negative. The incomplete sweep cannot classify any hit as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, or no result. No anonymous retry was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-09
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[10]NavSource Online, USS LSM-126 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page service chronology, lines 25-40
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-126 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Five, LSM Group Fifteen, and LSM Division Twenty-Nine, and the hull page records participation in the Iwo Jima operation on 19 February 1945. It records occupation-service periods of 4 to 23 September and 8 October to 2 November 1945.
- 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 the listed assignment, campaign, and occupation-service periods; it does not establish cargo, individual exposure, asbestos materials, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-126-lsm126-05