Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-215 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 39-42
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-215 was decommissioned 17 April 1946 at San Diego, California; its strike date is unknown; and it was sold for scrapping in November 1946 to National Metal and Steel Corp., Terminal Island, California. Its subsequent disposition details were not located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning and reported sale for scrapping; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-05
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived copy, LSM Group 13 / LSM Division 25 table, page 67 of the online reading-room document
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization record lists LSM-215 in LSM Division 25 under LSM Group 13 and records Lt. E. J. Percival as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific Fleet personnel
- Limitations
- Official organization record corroborating assignment and command in May 1945; it does not provide the full service history or any asbestos, insulation, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-03
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-215 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block, lines 49-68
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp; it also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW AC generators and one diesel-drive 20-kW DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any listed machinery insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-04
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-215 was a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Possible categories only, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-215. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-06
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-04; authenticated exact-name and hull-number queries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-215. The exact-name search returned an unrelated Texas oil-and-gas opinion, and hull-number docket results were broad unrelated matters; these were classified as name/text collisions or other litigation and excluded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a search result, not proof that no unindexed or non-text-linked case exists. The unrelated matches do not identify this vessel, its crew, or asbestos exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-07
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[6]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live hull page, official NHHC organization record, NVR resource, and authenticated CourtListener results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-215.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-08
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-215 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 18-21
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-215 was laid down 4 May 1944 at Dravo Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, Delaware; launched 23 June 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-215 on 23 July 1944 with Lt. George Arthur Vovos, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Dravo Shipbuilding construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-215 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 22-31
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-215 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Five, LSM Group Fourteen, and LSM Division Twenty-Eight, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 to 26 April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and Okinawa operating personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed theater assignment and Okinawa operation; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-215-lsm215-02