Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online, Landing Ship Medium LSM-213 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship history bullets and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LSM-213 as laid down 17 April 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 8 June 1944; commissioned 11 July 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and the Okinawa Gunto operation; decommissioned 19 November 1945; and sold to A.T. Davis on 5 June 1946. It records one World War II battle star and the ship's diesel propulsion specifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew and Navy construction/disposal personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-history and disposition record; it does not document asbestos content, an asbestos survey, abatement, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. NavSource records the struck-from-register date and post-sale fate as unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-01
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, USS LSM-213, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations/Naval History Division transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The DANFS transcription states that LSM-213 was built at Dravo Corporation and commissioned 11 July 1944; served in the Pacific and at Okinawa from 30 May through 30 June 1945; was struck by a kamikaze on 22 June, suffering three killed or missing and ten wounded; sustained extensive damage requiring retirement to Seattle; was determined not worth repairing on 5 October; was decommissioned 19 November 1945; and was sold to A.T. Davis on 5 June 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew during the 22 June 1945 attack
- Limitations
- Historical DANFS transcription used for the ship-specific service and casualty history; it contains no asbestos, insulation-material, survey, abatement, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-02
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[3]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reported that its review covered the use of asbestos in Navy ships and that the Navy's policy removed and replaced damaged asbestos insulation or insulation removed to accomplish necessary repairs, with a 1979 modification for selected high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard workers generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide/program-level context, not a record for LSM-213. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify a location or quantity, establish what remained, or prove exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-03
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[4]NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 85-021-1654, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (1986) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 4-5, Background
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- NIOSH documented that a Navy shipyard insulation shop had previously prepared and stored asbestos insulation and that its workers performed rip-outs and pipe covering aboard Navy ships and submarines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1984-1985
- Population
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Different shipyard and later occupational-health investigation; it does not identify LSM-213, prove asbestos aboard this hull, or establish exposure for its crew or workers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-04
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener API v4 exact-name search via cl-auth-search.py; no opinion result returned [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-05 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No indexed CourtListener opinion result was returned for the exact-name query "USS LSM-213". The full exact-hull and docket sweep could not be completed after the helper reported that the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Population
- Indexed CourtListener opinions and dockets
- Limitations
- This is a limited negative finding, not proof that no litigation exists. The exact hull-number and docket requests were not completed because the authenticated fleet limiter instructed the session to stand down; no anonymous or raw CourtListener request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-05
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[6]Search of accessible official/authoritative sources for ship-specific asbestos documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-01 through -08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or other primary asbestos record for USS LSM-213 was located in the accessible sources searched. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown, not established absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- Negative finding is limited to accessible public sources. Firecrawl MCP was unavailable because its keyless quota was exhausted with a multi-hour retry interval; the exact-hull CourtListener sweep was stopped by the fleet limiter; and non-digitized Navy technical files were not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-213-lsm213-06