Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 532-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LSM-128
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-128-lsm128-pkt-532-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-128 ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-128 page, history/campaigns and final-disposition blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II USS LSM-128 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Palawan Islands landings, Visayan Island landings, and Brunei Bay operation; it earned two World War II battle stars. It was decommissioned 21 June 1946 at Terminal Island Navy Yard, San Pedro, California; the Naval Register strike date is unknown; and it was sold 24 February 1948 to Margaret A. Turner of San Diego, California, with subsequent fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked forces
- Limitations
- Supports service and disposition history only. The source expressly leaves the strike date and post-sale fate unknown; it contains no asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-02
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-128 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-128 page, Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship-specific specification block reports a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, 2,800 shp, and a 13.2-knot maximum speed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and troop accommodations
- Limitations
- The specification block does not identify insulation or other asbestos-containing materials. Diesel propulsion does not justify inferring any particular asbestos product aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-03
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[4]Naval Historical Center/National Archives photograph 80-G-176520, LSM-1-class camouflage plan [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC/NARA photo page, description and catalog fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center/National Archives transcription identifies an official Bureau of Ships camouflage drawing for the LSM-1 class dated 13 July 1944, documenting Navy/NARA class-era material during the historical LSM-128 construction and service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LSM-1-class construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Class-level archival context only; the page is not a construction or material record for USS LSM-128 and does not mention asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-04
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page; live fetch returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The GAO product page identifies HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, as a Navy asbestos-control program report relevant to the era, but the report text was not retrieved through the available endpoint.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard and shipboard asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level lead only, not a hull-specific finding. No inaccessible report text is attributed here; the endpoint returned HTTP 403 and supplies no identified component, quantity, survey, exposure, or causation evidence for LSM-128.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-05
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[6]Reviewed NavSource LSM-128 record; NHHC/NARA class page; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull sweep; Firecrawl access-gap record [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, construction-material inventory, or exposure record was located in the reviewed public sources; asbestos presence aboard USS LSM-128 remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a bounded public-source research negative, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was quota-blocked and GAO full text was HTTP-403 blocked; absence from the reviewed sources does not defeat an exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-06
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-128 ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-128 page, history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-128 was laid down 13 February 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 1 April 1944; and commissioned 13 May 1944 with Lt. William F. Ney, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce; ship's company
- Limitations
- Supports identity and construction milestones only; the page does not document asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-128-lsm128-01