Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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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-129
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-129-lsm129-pkt-532-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-129 ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-129 page, campaigns, decommissioning, Naval Register, Maritime Commission, and final-disposition blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II USS LSM-129 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Palawan Islands landings from 28 February to 1 March 1945 and the Balikpapan operation from 26 June to 7 July 1945. It earned two World War II battle stars; was decommissioned 7 May 1946 at New Orleans, Louisiana; was struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 17 November 1946; and was sold 12 November 1947 to Platzer Boat Works of Houston, Texas, with subsequent fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked forces
- Limitations
- 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-129-lsm129-02
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-129 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-129 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 shaft horsepower, 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-129-lsm129-03
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[4]National Archives, RG 181, Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Ship Commissioning Files - Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina [other_primary]
- Locator
- Finding aid lines/table describing the series and Box 5 LSM-129 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives identifies a Charleston Navy Yard ship-commissioning-file series for 1942-1945 and lists LSM-129 in Box 5 as a Landing Ship, Medium. The archival finding aid describes correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to vessel commissioning; it is an archival lead, not a retrieved commissioning packet or material record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard commissioning personnel
- Limitations
- The public finding aid does not expose the underlying file contents and does not establish asbestos, exposure, or causation. Its listed date is not substituted for NavSource's commissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-129-lsm129-04
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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 Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's HRD-80-2 product page reports a review of Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including Navy-ship asbestos use, removal costs, and compensation programs. It states that the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced damaged asbestos insulation or insulation removed for necessary repairs, with a 1979 modification for selected high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard and shipboard asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a hull-specific finding. The page does not identify USS LSM-129, a particular component aboard it, an exposure event, quantity, present-day condition, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-129-lsm129-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 via authenticated cl-auth-search.py; exact-name opinion and docket searches [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper outputs /tmp/cl-5929-opinion-USS_LSM-129.json and /tmp/cl-5929-docket-uss.json; exact-name results classified as unrelated
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion search for USS LSM-129 returned two results, Amerace Esna Corp. v. United States and Penn Virginia Oil & Gas GP, LLC v. De La Garza. They are unrelated cases and are classified as other litigation/name-collision results, not qualifying asbestos litigation involving this hull. The exact-name docket search returned broad unrelated results, including Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, and no qualifying LSM-129 asbestos case was identified in the reviewed page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A search result classification is not a merits finding. The exact hull-number requests were not completed after the fleet limiter stopped returning promptly; this row does not claim that no hull-number litigation exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-129-lsm129-06
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[7]Reviewed NavSource LSM-129 record; National Archives RG 181 finding aid; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; authenticated CourtListener sweep; Firecrawl access-gap record [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-129-lsm129-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, construction-material inventory, or primary exposure record was located in the reviewed public sources. Asbestos presence aboard USS LSM-129 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 the hull-number CourtListener sweep was limiter-incomplete; absence from reviewed sources does not defeat an exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-129-lsm129-07
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-129 ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-129 page, history block; live page verified with query parameter because bare URL returned HTTP 406
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-129 was an LSM-1-class landing ship, medium, laid down 15 February 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 1 April 1944; and commissioned 13 May 1944 with Lt. j.g. William A. Farmer, 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-129-lsm129-01