Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online, USS LSM-2, LSM-1-class landing ship medium page [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-2 page, timeline, Okinawa campaign, and disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-2 was laid down 14 February 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 23 March 1944; commissioned 8 May 1944; participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 to 29 April 1945; decommissioned 20 December 1946 at Terminal Island, San Pedro, California; and was struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1947. NavSource reports a December 1946 sale to A. G. Schoonmaker for conversion to a barge, followed by commercial service as Big Moose.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades; USS LSM-2 crew; Okinawa operation personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical timeline transcribed by a volunteer naval-history archive. The page does not document asbestos, an asbestos survey, material quantities, present barge condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-2 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-2 page, Specifications, Complement, and Propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The LSM-2 page reports a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesel engines with direct drive to twin propellers and 2,800 shaft horsepower, and a 13.2-knot maximum speed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops/vehicle operators
- Limitations
- Ship-specific specifications transcribed by the archive; propulsion information does not establish asbestos-containing materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-02
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[3]Naval Historical Center, U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945, transcription hosted by HyperWar [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Group 24, LSM Division 48 table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center transcription of the U.S. Pacific Fleet organization dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM-2 in LSM Division 48 under Lt. (j.g.) J. G. Himelberger, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- USS LSM-2 crew
- Limitations
- An official Navy historical transcription corroborating the vessel's wartime organization and command on one date. It is not a construction, material, asbestos, or exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-03
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; direct live retrieval returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-control report is program-level context for Navy shipyard asbestos management; it does not identify USS LSM-2 or a component aboard it.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level context only, and the full report was blocked in direct retrieval. It does not name this vessel or establish asbestos presence, quantity, location, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-04
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener v4 sweep and public-source search ledger documented in this record [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-01 through -08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or material list was located in the public sources searched. Completed CourtListener exact-name searches returned zero results; the completed first page of the exact-hull docket search and the exact-hull opinion result identified no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the hull. This is a search result, not proof that asbestos was absent from the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Exact-name opinion and docket searches returned zero results. Exact-hull opinion search returned one unrelated commercial case. The exact-hull docket search reported 35 broad results; the first returned page was classified as non-ship collisions, but the pagination follow-up did not return within the helper request window and was not retried. Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-05
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[6]National Archives, Guide to Federal Records: Record Group 181, Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 181 guide
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's guide identifies Record Group 181 as Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments. Relevant shipyard, port, and district records may provide leads for hull-level repair, disposal, or material documentation, but no box-level record for USS LSM-2 was retrieved.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records potentially relevant
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only; no box-level or hull-level document was retrieved, and the existence of asbestos-specific records is unknown. This is not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-2-lsm2-06