Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-208 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-history, final-disposition, awards, specifications, and photo-caption sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSM-208 as an LSM-1-class landing ship medium laid down 3 March 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 10 May 1944; commissioned 12 June 1944 with LT E. F. Cunningham Jr., USNR, in command; decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China on 20 May 1946; and struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date. It reports one World War II battle star, seizure by Communist Chinese forces in October 1949, and final fate unknown. Its specification block lists the complement, troop accommodations, diesel propulsion, and generators recorded in this structured summary.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Dravo Corporation construction workforce (1944); ship's company (1944-1946); Republic of China personnel after transfer
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist volunteer archive, not a federal registry; its page identifies the history extract as Turner Publishing's 1997 LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces volume. The live page establishes the stated historical and specification assertions as reported there, but does not identify asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-208-lsm208-01
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[2]CDC/NIOSH National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, 100 Years of Respiratory Protection History [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II section, paragraph beginning 'Because of the horrific casualties of WWI'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- CDC/NIOSH states that, as World War II began, U.S. Navy use of asbestos increased for insulation purposes for pipes in naval vessels. USS LSM-208 was a U.S. Navy vessel commissioned in 1944, so this is World War II Navy-era context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- World War II era
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels and associated workers and crews during World War II
- Limitations
- The CDC/NIOSH history is Navy-wide wartime context. It does not name USS LSM-208, Dravo Corporation, or the LSM-1 class and does not establish that asbestos was installed, remained, or was disturbed aboard this hull; it also establishes neither individual exposure nor causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-208-lsm208-02
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[3]National Archives, An Introduction to Navy Deck Logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- Opening paragraphs on retention of commissioned-ship deck logs and 1941-and-later holdings
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA explains that deck logs of commissioned U.S. Navy ships are permanently retained and that logs dated 1941 and later are generally held at the National Archives at College Park. USS LSM-208 was commissioned, but no catalog record or digitized deck log specifically for this hull was located in this research.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946 potential records
- Population
- Commissioned U.S. Navy ships, including potential LSM-208 records
- Limitations
- This is record-group guidance, not a record-level confirmation that LSM-208's logs survive or are digitized. Deck logs may provide operational chronology but do not themselves establish asbestos material content, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-208-lsm208-03
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[4]Batch-6005 source sweep: live NavSource hull page; NARA deck-log and ship-plan guidance; NHHC/DANFS and NVR candidate searches; CDC/NIOSH Navy-era context; authenticated CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-208-lsm208-01 through -09
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible public-source sweep: no survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying ship-specific exposure record was found for USS LSM-208. 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 post-transfer personnel
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding from the accessible sources, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl MCP was unavailable in this execution environment, direct NHHC candidate URLs returned 404, no historic NVR detail was retrieved, and CourtListener exact-name and hull-number opinion attempts returned no response body through the required authenticated helper. These gaps mean neither litigation absence nor material absence is inferred. The finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-208-lsm208-04