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-219 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-history chronology; live page verified
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-219 was laid down 30 May 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 17 July 1944; and commissioned on 15 August 1944 with Lt. Harmon Burns Jr., 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-219-lsm219-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-219 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications, complement, propulsion, and ship-service-generator blocks; live page verified
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted personnel, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesel engines rated at 1,440 BHP each, direct drive, twin propellers, and 2,800 shaft horsepower, plus two 100-kW AC and one 20-kW DC diesel-drive generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, and construction personnel
- 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-219-lsm219-02
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-219 hull history and campaign list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Campaign chronology and awards block; live page verified
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource hull record lists LSM-219's World War II service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, including the Lingayen Gulf landings on 9 January 1945, Palawan Islands landings from 28 February to 2 March 1945, Brunei Bay operations from 10 to 14 June 1945, and Mindanao landings on 12 July 1945; it credits the ship with three battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LSM-219 crew and embarked operating personnel
- Limitations
- Records the campaign list and award count presented by the source; it does not establish asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-219 hull history and disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- Disposition chronology; live page verified
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-219 was decommissioned on 25 March 1947 at Mare Island Navy Yard; the strike date is unknown; and it was sold on 29 December 1947 to Walter H. Wilms of Detroit, Michigan, for conversion to a barge. The later fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Navy decommissioning personnel and later barge-conversion workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes reported decommissioning, sale, and conversion only; no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-05
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), used with ship-specific diesel specifications [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page and LSM-219 propulsion/specification block; full report text not retrieved
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-219 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
- partial
- 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 occupational and insulation-program context, not hull-specific. The source does not identify LSM-219, prove asbestos aboard it, identify locations or quantity, or establish exposure or causation; the GAO full text was not retrieved because the product site returned HTTP 403 to automated access.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-06
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[6]NIOSH HETA 85-021-1654, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (January 1986) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Report background, pp. 4-5
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- NIOSH documented that a Navy shipyard insulation shop had prepared and stored asbestos insulation and that workers performed insulation rip-outs and pipe-covering work aboard Navy ships and submarines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1984-1985 evaluation; report issued 1986
- Population
- Navy shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Different shipyard and later period; occupational-health context only. The report does not identify LSM-219, prove asbestos aboard it, or establish exposure for its crew or workers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-07
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[7]Bounded official-source review documented in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-01 through -09
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or other primary asbestos record for LSM-219 was located in the accessible public sources reviewed. 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 limited to accessible public sources. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and barge-conversion records may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-08
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[8]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-10 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull searches found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-219. Any unrelated opinion or docket matches are classified as other litigation or name/text collisions and excluded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Population
- CourtListener opinions and RECAP dockets
- Limitations
- Bounded to indexed CourtListener material returned by the authenticated helper. It does not establish that no litigation exists in other courts or in unindexed, sealed, non-digitized, or differently captioned records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-219-lsm219-09