Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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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-174-lsm174-pkt-ts-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-174 hull page (chronology and specification block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology and Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-174, an LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium, was laid down 26 June 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 21 July 1944; and commissioned USS LSM-174 on 25 September 1944 with LTjg. George N. Ward Jr., USNR, in command. The cited hull page reports 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, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp. It also reports two diesel-driven 100 kW 450V AC generators and one diesel-driven 20 kW 120V DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce (1944); ship's company (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- The live page is a volunteer secondary compilation that attributes its history extract to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II (1997). It supports the stated hull history and specifications, but contains no asbestos, insulation-composition, hazmat, product, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-174 hull page (campaign, occupation-service, decommissioning, and sale chronology) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page Asiatic-Pacific campaign table; occupation and China-service table; postwar chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LSM-174 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in LSM Flotilla Six, LSM Group Seventeen, and LSM Division Thirty-Four. The cited hull page records participation in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from 9 to 30 June 1945, occupation service in the Far East from 2 to 27 September 1945, China service from 28 September to 20 December 1945, and one World War II battle star. It reports decommissioning on 5 August 1946, an unknown strike date, and sale on 16 January 1948 to C. T. Smith of The Dalles, Oregon; subsequent fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked personnel during WWII and occupation service
- Limitations
- The cited page is a secondary compilation. Its express 'date unknown' strike entry is retained rather than replaced with an unverified date. This history establishes no asbestos content, repair scope, material inventory, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-02
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[4]National Archives, RG 181 finding aid, Sixth Naval District (Charleston) Ship Commissioning Files [other_primary]
- Locator
- Box 7, Landing Ship, Medium, LSM-174 row, listed date 7/21/1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's RG 181 finding aid for Sixth Naval District, Charleston, lists a box-7 ship commissioning file for 'Landing Ship, Medium' LSM-174, with a listed date of 7/21/1944. The finding aid establishes the existence and repository location of a hull-specific commissioning-file archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944 record; finding aid accessed 2026
- Limitations
- This is a catalog finding aid, not the file contents. The finding aid does not explain the date field, establish a commissioning event, or document construction materials, asbestos, product identity, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-03
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-174 hull page (diesel propulsion and ship specifications); search ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-01 through -07 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block; search-ledger source sweep
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, condition report, or qualifying litigation record was located. The cited specifications identify this hull as a WWII diesel landing ship and do not document a steam plant. Machinery-space and diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, valve or machinery packing, electrical insulation, deck covering, and fireproofing are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard LSM-174.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- This is an explicitly limited class/era inference, not a finding that any named material was installed aboard this hull. The cited specifications do not state asbestos content. The incomplete CourtListener sweep prevents treating litigation absence as a definitive negative result. No quantity, manufacturer, location, condition, individual exposure, disease causation, or legal eligibility is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Report pp. 1, 33-35 and 68-82; live GAO product URL returned HTTP 403, and a local prior-batch copy was consulted
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 Navy-wide review states that thermal insulation was the Navy's major shipboard use of asbestos and discusses Navy removal and replacement policy for asbestos insulation. This is Navy-wide program context, not a record naming LSM-174.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and personnel in the Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- The official product URL was live-checked but blocked (HTTP 403); this row relies on an earlier local copy of the federal report and is consequently partial. The report postdates this hull's service and does not identify this ship, its class, its construction yard, any installed material, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4, authenticated searches via cl-auth-search.py; see search ledger sl-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-06 [court_record]
- Locator
- Required helper invocation only; no result payload available because of fleet-wide pacing
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required CourtListener API v4 sweep for the exact name 'USS LSM-174' and hull number 'LSM-174' was initiated through the required authenticated helper, cl-auth-search.py, for opinion and docket searches. Fleet-wide pacing did not return usable responses in this session. No CourtListener hit is classified as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, or no result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This documents an incomplete, authenticated search attempt, not a no-result or merits finding. No anonymous query, raw API call, v3 request, or retry loop was used. CourtListener must be rerun before any litigation conclusion may be drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-174-lsm174-06