Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-130
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-130-lsm130-pkt-532-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-130 page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14130, header timeline block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium; laid down 1 March 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; launched 12 April 1944; commissioned USS LSM-130 on 20 May 1944, LTjg. Lowell R. Mapes USNR in command. Never named - carried hull number only. International radio call sign NVJZ.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Construction trades (Charleston Navy Yard, 1944); commissioning crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained photo/history archive; its build/milestone data is the standard reference for amphibious hulls but is secondary in form (credited to the Turner volume). No DANFS/NHHC entry exists for this hull to corroborate. Does not itself document asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-130 page (campaign table, occupation duty, disposition; awards display) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14130, Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table, disposition block, commanding-officer table, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- WWII service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings 10 March, 17-23 April, and 5 May 1945) and the Borneo operation (Balikpapan, 26 June-6 July 1945); Occupation Service in the Far East 20-23 September 1945. Two battle stars; awards display includes Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal. Decommissioned 31 May 1946 at San Diego, CA; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; sold November 1946 to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA - fate unknown. Commanding officers: LTjg. Lowell R. Mapes USNR (20 May 1944-March 1945), LT. Leslie R. French USNR (March-December 1945), LTjg. Robert J. Malecki USNR (December 1945-31 May 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew (5 officers, 54 enlisted complement); embarked troops (capacity 2 officers, 46 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Campaign and award data credited to Turner Vol. II via NavSource; no primary action report was located to independently verify campaign dates. 'Struck: date unknown' conflicts with a 19 June 1946 date in secondary sourcing (see ev-05 and gaps). Photographic record places the hull beached in the Philippines alongside USS LSM-37 and USS LSM-119 (dates/locations unknown). Does not document asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-130 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14130, Specifications block (propulsion, generators, displacement, armament)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Propulsion: two Fairbanks-Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutch, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers (2,800 shp); ship's-service generators: two diesel-driven 100 kW 450 V AC sets and one diesel-driven 20 kW 120 V DC set. Displacement 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t fully loaded; length 203'6"; beam 34'6"; speed 13.2 kts; endurance 4,900 miles at 12 kts. Armament: one twin bow-mounted 40mm gun, four single 20mm mounts. No steam plant is fitted - the plant is diesel direct-drive with diesel generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engine-room and electrical crew
- Limitations
- Establishes the machinery fit for this hull (asbestos-relevant: no boilers, no steam piping - the era's boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply). Does not state anything about insulation materials; asbestos content of era diesel-ship insulation is inference, not documented here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-03
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[5]NARA (Atlanta) finding aid, RG 181 Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments - Sixth Naval District, Charleston, SC: Ship Commissioning Files series lists 'Landing Ship, Medium | LSM-130' with file date 4/12/1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 181 finding aid, Ship Commissioning Files table, box 5 row 'LSM-130'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship commissioning file for LSM-130 exists in the Sixth Naval District (Charleston) ship commissioning files, NARA Atlanta. The finding aid's file date (4/12/1944) corresponds to the hull's launch date, not its commissioning (5/20/1944); the series documents yard-built hulls' commissioning paperwork.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944 (file date)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid listing only - the file itself is undigitized and unexamined; contents (specifications, correspondents, materials references) unknown. A commissioning file is a potential primary source for construction detail, not evidence of asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-04
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LSM 130 (LSM 130) page - build dates, stricken 19 June 1946, and contributor-supplied transit log (Norfolk 8 Oct 1944; Key West 20 Oct; Coco Solo CZ 1 Nov; Bora Bora 29 Nov; Espirito Santo 10 Dec 1944; Balikpapan operation detail) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 12741, data table + Notable events section + sources note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary corroboration: ordered 15 September 1943; laid down 1 March 1944; launched 12 April 1944; commissioned 20 May 1944; decommissioned 31 May 1946; stricken 19 June 1946; sold November 1946. Contributor transit log records the 1944 Norfolk-to-Pacific passage (Norfolk 8 Oct, Key West 20 Oct, Coco Solo 1 Nov, Bora Bora 29 Nov, Espirito Santo 10 Dec 1944).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable secondary reference; the transit log is credited to 'personal communication' (contributor-supplied) and the stricken date (19 Jun 1946) conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' - both unverified against primary registers. Its claim that Mapes commanded 'through the end of the war' conflicts with NavSource's CO table (see gaps). Used for cross-check only; no claim here rests on it alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-05
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[7]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 construction (1944) and entire service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1944-46 (this hull's era)
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, confirmed 2026-10-01) - content via product-page description, same limitation as prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-06
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[8]OSHA Inspection 100361849, Commander, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Code 106 (opened 1/6/1988, Columbia Area Office; asbestos-standard citation 29 CFR 1910.1001); plus Atlas shipyard record charleston-naval-shipyard (tier 2) documenting asbestos-containing pipe insulation, boiler external coatings, spray-on insulation, gaskets, and packing at the yard [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSHA IMIS inspection detail id=100361849 (verified live via browser-agent fetch; blocks plain curl with 403); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json entry charleston-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- LSM-130's builder, Charleston Naval Shipyard, is a documented asbestos worksite: the Atlas yard dataset records asbestos products documented at the yard (pipe insulation, boiler coatings, spray-on insulation, gaskets, packing, brake linings, electrical insulation, fireproofing), and OSHA's 1988 health-complaint inspection lists a citation under the asbestos standard 29 CFR 1910.1001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1988-1990 (OSHA case); yard products undated
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard establishment workers
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - does not name this vessel. The OSHA citation is dated 1988, forty-four years after this hull's construction, and does not establish 1944-era conditions; the yard product list is undated. Establishes the builder as an asbestos-documented worksite consistent with the era, not that asbestos was installed in this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-07
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[9]Synthesis: NavSource propulsion specifications (this hull, ev-03) + GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos era (ev-06) + Charleston Naval Shipyard documented asbestos profile (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cross-row synthesis of ev-03, ev-06, ev-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era-consistent asbestos applications expected on a diesel-driven amphibious ship built at a U.S. Navy yard in 1944: thermal insulation around diesel exhaust uptakes and machinery spaces, exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve/machinery packing, electrical insulation, and fireproofing. The boiler-insulation and steam-line-lagging pathways prominent on steam vessels do not apply - this hull has no steam plant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Charleston Navy Yard, 1944); ship's engineering crew (1944-46); any 1946 breakup crews (unverified)
- Limitations
- INFERENCE ROW: no document names LSM-130's insulation materials. This synthesizes the ship-specific machinery fit (diesel, verified) with era-level and yard-level asbestos documentation (ev-06, ev-07) - it is a reasonable era-consistent inference, explicitly NOT ship-proven. Establishes neither quantity nor present-day presence; the hull was sold to a scrap dealer in 1946 and its fate is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-08
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[10]Batch-5931 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS candidate URLs (all 404); NavSource 10/14/14130; NARA RG 181 Charleston finding aid; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener API v4 type=o; NARA catalog; secondary corroboration (uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory); marketing sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, VA/BVA decision, or published opinion naming USS LSM-130 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches 'LSM-130' and 'USS LSM-130' (authenticated, type=o) returned zero hits; the RECAP docket search remained pace-blocked this session - logged as blocked/pending, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying litigation; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com generic per-hull LSM pages; mesotheliomahope.com Navy-ship lists) 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 - era-consistent inference supports probable presence during construction/service, and the hull's undocumented post-sale fate precludes any present-day statement. The docket-level litigation index is a genuine open gap (pace-blocked, not run). NARA commissioning file and deck logs are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-130-lsm130-09