Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-184 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology, wartime/occupation assignments, and final-disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSM-184 as an LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium laid down 13 August 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 7 September 1944; commissioned 20 October 1944 with LT Albert C. Noble, USNR, in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; and assigned to Far East occupation service from 28 September to 8 December 1945. It records decommissioning on 22 June 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard and sale for scrapping on 26 February 1948 to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, Illinois.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce; ship's company; and 1948 shipbreaking workforce
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist historical archive and credits its history extract to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II (1997), rather than a Navy registry. The page establishes the reported identity and chronology but contains no asbestos, insulation-composition, hazmat, exposure, causation, or legal-eligibility information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-01
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[2]National Archives and Records Administration, RG 181 Ship Commissioning Files—Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina, NAID 2694599 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Finding-aid table, box 7: Landing Ship, Medium, LSM-184, 10/20/1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Atlanta finding aid for RG 181 Sixth Naval District Charleston commissioning files lists LSM-184 as a Landing Ship, Medium in box 7, with commissioning date 10/20/1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard commissioning staff and LSM-184 commissioning crew
- Limitations
- The public finding aid establishes that a commissioning file exists and gives its date; the file contents were not retrieved. It does not document asbestos, insulation composition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-02
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-184 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page specification block: complement, troop accommodations, and propulsion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NavSource specification block lists 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 lists two 100 kW 450V AC and one 20 kW 120V DC diesel-driven service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Supports the reported complement and diesel propulsion only. The specification does not identify asbestos-containing components and does not establish that any listed machinery insulation, gasket, packing, or electrical material contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-03
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[4]Jacqueline Karnell Corn and Jennifer Starr, Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding, American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987), PMID 3555021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed bibliographic record, PMID 3555021
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A peer-reviewed historical study documents asbestos use as fireproofing and insulation in World War II U.S. shipbuilding. For LSM-184, that is class/era context only: the study does not name LSM-184 or establish that asbestos-containing material was installed aboard this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- World War II; published 1987
- Population
- World War II U.S. shipbuilding workers and ship crews
- Limitations
- Program/era-level context, not ship-specific evidence. It does not establish product identity, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, causation, present-day asbestos, or legal eligibility for LSM-184.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper output: four HTTP 200 responses, each count 0, for exact-name/exact-hull opinions (type=o) and dockets (type=r)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches returned no results for the exact name "USS LSM-184" and the exact hull number "LSM-184" in both opinions and RECAP dockets. No qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collision was returned by these exact queries.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A zero-result response to four exact queries is a litigation-search result, not proof that no litigation or asbestos exposure ever existed. It does not establish absence of asbestos, exposure, causation, product identity, or legal eligibility; variant phrasing and non-indexed records may exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-05
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[6]Batch-5990 source review: live NavSource hull page; NARA RG 181 finding aid; NHHC/DANFS candidate page; Naval Vessel Register candidate page; PubMed historical context; authenticated CourtListener exact queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-01 through -08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible public-source review: no asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or ship-specific exposure record was found for LSM-184. Asbestos aboard this hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Construction workers, ship's company, and 1948 shipbreaking workforce
- Limitations
- This is a negative accessible-public-source finding, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was quota-blocked; the NARA commissioning-file contents, Navy plans, deck logs, shipbreaking records, and other non-public materials were not reviewed. The finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-184-lsm184-06