Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet to-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-149-lsm149-pkt-to-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-149 hull page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records that LSM-149 was laid down 4 May 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 27 May 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-149 on 8 July 1944, with LT Ezra D. Woodbury, 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 vessel identity and reported milestones only. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation carrying a cited print-history extract, not a primary registry; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-01
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[3]National Archives at Atlanta, RG 181, Ship Commissioning Files, 1942-1945, Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina, finding aid (NAID 2694599) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Box 6 table row: Landing Ship, Medium | LSM-149 | 7/8/1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Atlanta's finding aid for RG 181, Ship Commissioning Files, 1942-1945, lists a Landing Ship, Medium file for LSM-149 in Box 6, dated 7/8/1944. The series consists of correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to commissioning naval vessels at Charleston Navy Yard during World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commissioning-era crew and Charleston Navy Yard staff
- Limitations
- The finding aid establishes that the commissioning file exists and its listed date; its undigitized contents were not examined. It is not a work package, material list, or exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-149 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records that USS LSM-149 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, broached while attempting to salvage a barge in heavy surf at Sansapor, New Guinea, was declared a total loss, and was decommissioned on 15 April 1945. It gives the Naval Register strike date as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company during wartime service and loss
- Limitations
- Establishes the reported loss and decommissioning chronology only. The cited page supplies no primary loss report, material inventory, hazmat record, asbestos information, or location coordinates; the strike date remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-03
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-149 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page Specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live LSM-149 hull page lists a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and propulsion of two General Motors 16-278A 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 diesel-drive 100 kW AC generators and one diesel-drive 20 kW DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. The cited specifications do not identify asbestos or any insulation composition; no boiler or steam plant is documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-04
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[6]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, highlights and Navy comments enclosure; live GAO PDF URL verified by search result, direct Studio fetch returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 Navy-wide review reported that recently constructed Navy ships had little or no asbestos insulation, while other Navy ships contained large quantities of asbestos, and described Navy policy for replacement of asbestos insulation during repair. This is Navy-wide context only; the report does not name LSM-149.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and personnel covered by the 1979 review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide, 1979 program documentation decades after this hull's 1944-45 service. It does not name LSM-149, Charleston Navy Yard, an LSM-class vessel, or any material on this hull; it does not establish quantity, condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-05
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[7]Naval History and Heritage Command, Casualties Navy and Coast Guard Ships and U.S. Navy at War Final Official Report search-index entries; NavSource Online, USS LSM-149 hull page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC search-index snippets for both pages (live candidate page URLs returned 404 on direct Studio fetch); NavSource 10/14/14149.htm chronology block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancy logged: the NHHC casualty-list and final-report search indexes identify LSM-149 as grounded in the Philippine Islands on 5 December 1944, while the NavSource hull page says it broached during barge salvage at Sansapor, New Guinea and was declared a total loss. The loss date is consistent; the accessible sources do not resolve the location or mechanism.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The NHHC candidate pages were indexed but returned 404 when directly fetched, so their snippets are not treated as live-page proof beyond recording the conflict. NavSource is a secondary compilation. No primary deck log, casualty report, or disposal record was retrieved; this row makes no asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated-helper sweep attempt; this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-04 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the publicly accessible historical and regulatory sources searched. The CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep was initiated only through the authenticated fleet-paced helper, but the helper processes returned no API payload before the session command ended; therefore no CourtListener result is classified as a no-result, name collision, other litigation, or qualifying asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a limited negative finding, not proof that asbestos was absent or that litigation does not exist. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because authenticated helper attempts produced no result payload; no anonymous or non-helper query was made. No historical-source absence establishes presence/absence, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-07
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[9]National Archives, Guide to Federal Records, Record Group 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel; NARA Atlanta RG 181 Ship Commissioning Files finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 24 guide bibliography (List of Logbooks, 1801-1947); RG 181 Box 6 LSM-149 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead only: NARA's guide to RG 24 identifies the Navy record group and its List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947. The RG 181 finding aid identifies a separate commissioning file for LSM-149. Deck logs, commissioning-file contents, construction specifications, salvage records, and disposal records were not retrieved.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and finding-aid mapping only; no box, deck log, or material list was examined. Such records may clarify operations but are not presumed to contain asbestos documentation. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-149-lsm149-08