Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet tp-packet.md (3 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-157-lsm157-pkt-tp-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-157 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Transfer, strike, and final-disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-157 was decommissioned 12 June 1946 and loaned to the Republic of China the same day as Mei Lo (242); it was permanently transferred and struck from the Naval Register on 7 February 1948. After escaping to Taiwan in October 1949, it was seriously damaged off Quemoy Island on 8 September 1958 and destroyed by Communist Chinese artillery fire in September 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1958
- Population
- LSM-157 after U.S. Navy transfer
- Limitations
- Establishes transfer and final disposition as reported by the source; it does not identify wreck coordinates, salvage details, asbestos status, or post-destruction environmental conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-03
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[3]National Archives, RG 181, Ship Commissioning Files, Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina, NAID 2694599 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Commissioning Files table, box 6, LSM-157 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Charleston commissioning-files series includes LSM-157 as a Landing Ship, Medium in box 6, with a commissioning-file date of 7/31/1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard commissioning records
- Limitations
- The online finding aid establishes the existence and filing location of a commissioning file; it does not expose the file contents or document asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-04
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[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page summary; full report not retrieved because automated access returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-protection report provides program-level context that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and developed later policies for removal or selective replacement; this context overlaps LSM-157's 1944 construction and 1944-1946 U.S. Navy service period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979 report; policies discussed for the 1970s
- Population
- U.S. Navy ships and shipyard asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level context only; GAO does not name LSM-157, Charleston Navy Yard, or any material installed aboard this hull. It does not establish asbestos presence, product type, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation for LSM-157.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-05
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[5]CourtListener authenticated search via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-05 through -08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation finding is reported for USS LSM-157 or LSM-157 because the required authenticated CourtListener sweep could not be completed after the fleet-wide pacing helper reported that the shared request budget was momentarily spent.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is an access gap, not a clean negative. The helper was invoked for exact-name and hull-number opinion searches before reporting the shared pacing stand-down; docket searches were not completed. It does not establish absence of litigation, asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-06
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[6]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-157 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction and commissioning bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-157 was laid down 19 May 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, launched 19 June 1944, and commissioned 8 August 1944 with Lt. (j.g.) Howard E. Fleming, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LSM-157 construction and commissioning personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and milestone dates only; the page does not document asbestos, material composition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-01
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-157 [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II campaign and postwar service bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-157 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla One, LSM Group One, and LSM Division One, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 8 through 30 June 1945. It then performed occupation and China service from 2 September 1945 through 12 June 1946 and earned one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-157 crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Documents service assignments and campaign periods, not asbestos-containing materials or an individual exposure history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-157-lsm157-02