Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet tt-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-183-lsm183-pkt-tt-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-183 hull page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Hull history, awards, specifications, photograph captions, and commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSM-183 as an LSM-1-class landing ship medium laid down 24 July 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 28 August 1944; commissioned 14 October 1944 with LT Chester G. Bingaman, USNR, in command; assigned during World War II to LSM Flotilla Eight, LSM Group Twenty-Three, and LSM Division Forty-Six; and decommissioned 2 August 1946. It records Far East occupation-service periods of 4-20 September and 7 October-9 December 1945, an unknown strike date, and sale on 5 November 1947 to C. B. Cruso of Gig Harbor, Washington, with fate unknown. Its specification block lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and the diesel propulsion and generator plant recorded in the structured summary.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce (1944); ship's company (1944-1946); post-sale industrial personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist naval-history archive; its history extract is attributed on the page to a 1997 Turner Publishing compilation, rather than a Navy registry. The live page verifies the listed identity and chronology but contains no asbestos, insulation-composition, hazmat, exposure, or causation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-183-lsm183-01
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[3]National Archives, RG 181 Charleston commissioning files finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- Box 7 table row: Landing Ship, Medium; LSM-183; date 8/28/1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Atlanta finding aid for RG 181 Sixth Naval District Charleston commissioning files lists LSM-183 as a Landing Ship, Medium in box 7 and gives the date 8/28/1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- U.S. Navy commissioning records
- Limitations
- The official finding aid confirms the series and table entry, but its column is labelled only 'Date' and the 8/28/1944 value conflicts with NavSource's 14 October 1944 commissioning date while matching the latter's launch date. This row does not resolve the discrepancy or establish the contents of the commissioning file. It does not establish asbestos materials, quantities, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-183-lsm183-02
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[4]Batch-5989 source sweep: NavSource hull page; NARA RG 181 finding aid; live NHHC photograph-page candidate; Naval Vessel Register historic-detail candidate; authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number opinion/docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-183-lsm183-01 through -08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: the public sources searched for USS LSM-183 located no asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, ship-specific exposure record, or qualifying exact-name or hull-number CourtListener opinion or docket. Asbestos aboard this hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Construction workers, ship's company, and post-sale industrial personnel
- Limitations
- This is a negative public-source finding, not proof that asbestos was absent. The NHHC photograph candidate and NVR historic-detail candidate did not provide a retrievable ship detail, and no lack of access is treated as evidence of absence. The finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-183-lsm183-03
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[5]National Archives, RG 181 - Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Ship Commissioning Files - Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina [other_primary]
- Locator
- Series description and box 7 LSM-183 row; National Archives Identifier 2694599
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA RG 181, National Archives Identifier 2694599, includes a box-7 LSM-183 commissioning-file entry in the Sixth Naval District Charleston series. The series description says it consists of correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to commissioning naval vessels at Charleston Navy Yard during World War II.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- U.S. Navy commissioning records
- Limitations
- Finding-aid and record-group mapping only; the commissioning-file contents were not retrieved. Whether the file includes construction, machinery, asbestos, or other material documentation is unknown. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-183-lsm183-04