Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945) - LSM design table and construction roster (shipscribe.com scan, OCR text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LSM design table (p. 151) and LSM roster entry 'LSM145 (ex-LCT(7)1645)' under Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Bureau of Ships 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' Vol. 2 (1945) roster row: 'LSM145 (ex-LCT(7)1645)' - built at Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. (ditto-marked builder block); keel laid 24 Apr 44; ship launched 10 May 44; date of first commission 12 Jun 44. LSM design table (p.151): 203 ft 6 in oa x 34 ft 6 in beam; 1,095 t full load; diesel direct drive, 2 engines, 2,800 shp, 2 propellers; diesel oil 1,225 bbls; 1 twin 40 mm AA + 4 single 20 mm; accommodations 5 officers / 54 enlisted. Footnote 4 places hulls LSM1-145 in the Fairbanks Morse engine block (model rendered '38D846 x 10' by OCR; NavSource prints 38D8-1/8x10).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Official BuShips publication scanned via shipscribe.com (Google Books scan host); OCR text layer is imperfect - dates read against column headers and cross-checked with NavSource and uboat.net. Establishes construction data and diesel direct-drive plant only; contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS LSM-145 (10/14/14145.htm), history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-145 entry: service history extract, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource LSM-145 page (history extract from 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997): laid down 24 April 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard; launched 14 May 1944 (see correction row); commissioned 12 June 1944, Lt. Robert P. Palmer USNR; assigned to Asiatic-Pacific - LSM Flotilla Five, LSM Group Fourteen, LSM Division Twenty-Seven; Iwo Jima operation 16 February-16 March 1945; decommissioned 22 May 1946 at San Diego; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; earned one battle star; sold December 1946 to J. C. Berkwit & Co., New York, converted to a barge, fate unknown. Commanding officers: Lt. Palmer (Jun 1944-Sep 1945), Lt.(jg) M. D. Morrison (Sep-Dec 1945), Lt.(jg) Eugene E. Kinsey (Dec 1945-22 May 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Curated secondary reference transcribing a published unit history; milestones agree with BuShips SDB 1945 except the launch date (NavSource 14 May vs SDB 10 May - SDB carried, see ev-08). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (online reading room transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Amphibious Forces section: LSM GROUP 14 > LSM DIVISION 27 > LSM 145, Lt. R. P. Palmer (USNR)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Department Library's 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' roster lists 'LSM 145 - Lt. R. P. Palmer (USNR)' under LSM Division 27 of LSM Group 14 (ComLSMGrp 14: Lt. Cdr. A. E. Lind, USNR), corroborating the hull's operating assignment and commanding officer on that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Official NHHC-published organizational roster; names the hull, division, and CO on 1 May 1945 only - no construction, condition, or materials information. Page returns 404 to bare-UA automated requests; full content verified live via Firecrawl render 2026-10-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-03
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command photo catalog, NH 105032 (USS Shoshone with USS LSM-145 alongside, probably Iwo Jima, February 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NH 105032 catalog record (Title, Description fields); NavSource 10/14/14145 image table for H-Hour and Red Beach 1 photos
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC photograph catalog entry NH 105032: 'USS Shoshone (AKA-65) seen from astern, with USS LSM-145 alongside. Possibly photographed during the Iwo Jima landings, February 1945.' Corroborates the hull's presence at Iwo Jima; NavSource-captioned photography additionally places her in the H-Hour LSM dash on 19 February 1945 (USMC photo) and beached on Red Beach 1 on 2 March 1945 (COMBPHIBGTP 2 photo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- February-March 1945
- Limitations
- NHHC caption qualifies the date/occasion ('possibly photographed during the Iwo Jima landings'); the NavSource-captioned USMC and COMBPHIBGTP photos corroborate Iwo Jima service. Photographic records contain no asbestos information. NHHC pages return 404 to bare-UA automated requests; verified live via Firecrawl render 2026-10-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-04
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[5]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); grounded on BuShips SDB 1945 v2 propulsion data and NavSource specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 abstract/article; SDB1945v2 LSM design table (diesel plant); NavSource 10/14/14145 specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for asbestos applications aboard this hull: LSM-145 was built in 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard with a diesel direct-drive plant (no boilers, no steam lagging pathway). Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII; era-consistent asbestos applications for a 1944 auxiliary of this size are thermal and machinery insulation around the diesel plant and exhausts, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and accommodation-space insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (construction and service era)
- Population
- Construction trades (Charleston Navy Yard, 1944); ship's company 1944-46 (5 officers/54 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level documentation only - neither source names this hull nor establishes that asbestos was, or remains, aboard it. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. Diesel plant removes the boiler/steam-lagging pathway typical of steam-driven hulls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-05
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[6]OSHA IMIS Establishment Search - Inspection Detail 100361849, U.S. Dept. of the Navy (Commander, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Code 106) [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSHA IMIS inspection detail page, violations table (citations 01001 and 01002)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- OSHA establishment record for the building yard: Inspection 100361849, U.S. Dept. of the Navy, Commander Charleston Naval Shipyard Code 106, Charleston, SC - complaint inspection, one 'Other' citation issued 10 March 1988 under the asbestos standard 29 CFR 1910.1001 (citation 01001, D07 I; a second asbestos-standard citation 01002 was later deleted by amendment). Yard-level documentation that asbestos work/exposure was regulated activity at the yard that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1988-1990 (inspection/case record)
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard workers (1988-90 inspection record)
- Limitations
- Yard-level record 44 years after this hull's construction - documents regulated asbestos activity at Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1988, not conditions aboard or during construction of LSM-145. No sample result, worker data, or product identification. Page returns 403 to bare-UA requests; content verified live via Firecrawl render 2026-10-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-06
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[7]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs 1941-1959' guidance and 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-logs-1941-1959 and /logbooks/navy-online index (LSM-145 absent from digitized list)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires NARA research-room or reproduction order): deck logs for LSM-145 for 1944-46 would sit in the 1941-1959 deck-logs series (RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel) at NARA College Park; the NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available Online' index lists digitized logs for several LSMs (LSM-161, LSM-268, LSM-297 and others) but not LSM-145, so this hull's logs are undigitized. Deck logs record underway locations, alongside-yard periods, and casualty/repair entries - potential corroboration of yard exposure windows, not direct asbestos documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether LSM-145's deck logs survive and what they contain is unknown until surveyed. Deck logs do not record materials or asbestos and are not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-07
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data 1945 v2 roster row for LSM145 vs NavSource LSM-145 history extract (Turner Publishing, 1997); uboat.net Allied Warships entry (secondary cross-check only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 roster 'LSM145' row (10 May 44) vs navsource.net/archives/10/14/14145.htm ('Launched, 14 May 1944')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Launch-date conflict resolved: the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 roster (official) records LSM-145 launched 10 May 44; the NavSource history extract prints 'Launched, 14 May 1944.' The BuShips date is carried as controlling; a secondary database (uboat.net) independently concurs with 10 May 1944 and 12 June 1944 commissioning. Keel (24 Apr 1944) and commissioning (12 Jun 1944) dates agree across all three sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Resolves a publication-level date discrepancy in favor of the official construction roster; a four-day launch-date difference does not materially affect the record. uboat.net used as a cross-check only, not cited as a record source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-08
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[9]Batch-5947 search ledger (this record): NavSource LSM-145 page; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945 + photo catalog NH 105032; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; OSHA IMIS; NARA deck-logs index; DANFS/NHHC ship-history candidate URLs; NVR; CourtListener opinion index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-145-01 through sl-uss-lsm-145-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LSM-145 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index searched 2026-10-01 by name and hull number - zero results; the RECAP docket index could not be searched this session (authenticated request fleet-paced, HTTP 429) and is logged as blocked, not as a negative result.
- 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 - a 1944 hull of this era is consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. RECAP docket coverage incomplete (blocked this session).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-145-09