Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ts-packet.md (5 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-173-lsm173-pkt-ts-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-173 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-173 was decommissioned 2 May 1946. The hull page states that the date of striking from the Naval Register is unknown and that the vessel was sold on 3 November 1947 to Charles Zubik of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; subsequent fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- Establishes the stated decommissioning, unknown strike date, sale, and stated unknown fate; it does not supply a shipbreaking, conversion, hazmat, or asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-04
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-173 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page specifies a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two General Motors 16-278A reversible direct-drive diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, through twin propellers for 2,800 shp. No steam plant is documented in the cited specifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and troop accommodation capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. The specifications do not identify insulation or any asbestos-containing component; diesel propulsion does not establish a particular asbestos product aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-03
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented research gap [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-173 was a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- These are possible class/era categories, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-173. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-05
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-02 and -03; opinion JSON count 0 for each query; docket calls timed out
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener opinion searches for the exact name "USS LSM-173" and hull number "LSM-173" each returned zero results. The authenticated docket endpoint did not return within the session timeout on two attempts, so the docket portion remains incomplete and is not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The result is limited to the two completed opinion queries. It does not establish that no docket, claim, asbestos exposure, asbestos-containing material, or litigation exists; no anonymous or v3 request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-06
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[6]Source-review negative across the live NavSource hull page and repositories listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Source-review negative; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed public source set located no ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-173: the live hull page documents identity, service, diesel propulsion, complement, and disposition but does not document asbestos, insulation composition, abatement, or a hazmat survey. Firecrawl access was quota-blocked, the NARA catalog was not usable in this session, and the CourtListener docket portion was incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is not proof that asbestos was absent. It is limited by Firecrawl's quota block, the unavailable NARA catalog response, incomplete CourtListener docket retrieval, and the possibility of non-digitized Navy, reserve-fleet, sale, conversion, or litigation records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-173 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page history block and launching-photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-173 was laid down 26 June 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 21 July 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-173 on 20 September 1944, with Lt. Alexander M. Hull, 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 construction milestones and commissioning identity only; the source does not document asbestos, insulation composition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-173 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page World War II and occupation/China-service blocks; Tientsin photograph caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-173 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Six, LSM Group Eighteen, and LSM Division Thirty-Five, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 2 April to 30 June 1945. The hull page records occupation service from 2 to 27 September 1945 and China service from 28 September to 5 December 1945; its photograph caption identifies LSM-173 and LSM-157 at Tientsin on 1 October 1945, transporting U.S. Marines to rescue Allied POWs and accept the Japanese garrison's surrender.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked Marines, and occupation/China-service personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the stated unit, campaign, service-period, and photograph-caption history; it does not document asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-173-lsm173-02