Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LSM-204 (navsource.net/archives/10/14/14204.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/14/14204.htm, header/history block and disposition line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: built by Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE; keel laid 18 January 1944; launched 29 March 1944; commissioned 15 May 1944 under Lt. Durland S. Lund, USNR. 'Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater' as part of LSM Flotilla One, LSM Group Two (flagship), and LSM Division Four. Assigned to 'Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 16 November 1945.' Decommissioned 2 August 1946. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Commanding officers: Lt. Durland S. Lund, USNR (May 1944 - November 1945); Lt.(jg) Joseph H. McPherson Jr., USNR (November 1945 - 2 August 1946). Final disposition: 'sold in July 1959, to Henry J. Kaiser Co., converted to a barge, fate unknown.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946; 1959 (sale)
- Population
- Dravo Corp. construction trades, Wilmington DE, 1944; wartime and occupation-era crew, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary Navy registry; its dates generally track DANFS/NVR practice but no individual DANFS page exists for this hull to cross-check against (it was never named/renamed - common for unnamed LSM hull numbers). Decommission and striking dates conflict with the uboat.net Allied Warships database (see ev-02 and gaps). Page does not name a specific WWII campaign or invasion (no Iwo Jima/Okinawa/Philippines landing is stated for this hull specifically, despite the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal entry) - no campaign-specific claim is made in this record. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-204-lsm204-01
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[2]uboat.net, Allied Warships, USS LSM 204 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12803.html, vessel detail block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net Allied Warships database record for this hull, corroborating builder and construction milestones: Dravo Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware); ordered 6 October 1943; laid down 18 January 1944; launched 29 March 1944; commissioned 15 May 1944. The database additionally states the ship was decommissioned 27 July 1946, stricken from the naval register 14 January 1958, and sold in July 1959. No commanding officers are listed in this database's entry (NavSource, ev-01, is the source for commanding officers).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary database, not a primary Navy registry. Decommission date (27 July 1946) conflicts with NavSource's 2 August 1946; this is the only source located that supplies a specific striking date (14 January 1958) - NavSource states the striking date as unknown and no NVR entry exists to adjudicate between them (see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-204-lsm204-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LSM-1-class general specifications block (via sister hull LSM-413 page, navsource.net/archives/10/14/14413.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/14/14413.htm, specifications and machinery blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-1-class general specifications (class-level, not hull-specific): displacement 520 t. (light), 743 t. (landing), 1,095 t. (fully loaded); length 203'6" overall; beam 34'6"; draft 3'6" fwd/7'8" aft (light), 6'4" fwd/8'3" aft (fully loaded); speed 13.2 kts. max.; complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; armament one twin bow-mounted 40mm gun and four single 20mm gun mounts. Propulsion: 'two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm,' twin propellers, 2,800 shp combined; ship's service power from two diesel-drive 100Kw generators at 450V A.C. and one diesel-drive 20Kw generator at 120V D.C.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (class construction era)
- Population
- Dravo Corp. construction trades (class-wide); LSM-1-class crews generally
- Limitations
- Class-level specification transcribed from a sister hull's NavSource page, not from an LSM-204-specific page or primary Navy spec sheet; used here for propulsion/era context only. Direct-drive diesel plant - no boiler or steam turbine aboard this ship type, so the boiler/turbine lagging asbestos pathway common to steam-powered combatants does not apply. No hull-specific confirmation that LSM-204 matched the class spec exactly (no deviations are documented either).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-204-lsm204-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1944) and entire active service (1944-1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-204-lsm204-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 search (opinions, type=o, and RECAP dockets, type=r), exact-phrase queries "USS LSM-204", "LSM-204", and "LSM 204" [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-204-lsm204-05 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located: CourtListener searches for the exact phrases "USS LSM-204" (opinions: 0 hits), "LSM-204" (opinions: 0 hits; dockets: 0 hits), and "LSM 204" (dockets: 0 hits) all returned zero results. An unquoted/non-phrase search on "LSM-204" returned 1,017 opinion hits and an unquoted docket search likewise returned high-volume noise, all attributable to the search engine matching the bare number '204' and term 'LSM' independently across unrelated cases (e.g., docket numbers ending in -204, unrelated party names) rather than to the ship - those results were reviewed and are not qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Confirms no qualifying hit was found in the public CourtListener index as of this search date; does not prove no litigation exists (CourtListener's RECAP coverage of PACER is incomplete, and state-court asbestos dockets that never removed to federal court are outside CourtListener's index entirely). A supplementary non-ship-specific query for "Dravo Corporation" asbestos litigation was paced out by the fleet-wide CourtListener limiter mid-session and not completed (see search_ledger) - this does not affect the ship-specific negative finding above, which completed cleanly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-204-lsm204-05