Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ty-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-222-lsm222-pkt-ty-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-222 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page disposition bullets and commercial-service photograph captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-222 was decommissioned 17 March 1947 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California. NavSource reports it was struck from the Naval Register in 1946 and sold on 29 December 1947 to Charles Weaver & Co., Detroit, Michigan, for conversion to the barge Otsega; it later documents commercial barge photographs through 2002-2003 as Spud-Barge No. 3.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947-2003
- Population
- Navy decommissioning, purchaser, and commercial-barge personnel
- Limitations
- The source reports a 1946 strike but a 1947 sale; that chronology is unresolved. It documents reported disposition and dated commercial-service images, not a current location, shipbreaking record, hazmat condition, asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-04
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-222 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 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
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- Supports diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that listed machinery insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-03
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[4]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page highlights and full-report opening summary
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's Navy-wide 1979 review states that all ships contained some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables and that thermal insulation had been the Navy's major asbestos use aboard ships. It describes a 1975 policy to remove and replace only damaged insulation or insulation removed for repairs, modified in 1979 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 1979 program context, not a hull-specific record. The report does not name LSM-222 and cannot establish asbestos aboard it, locations, quantity, removal history, remaining material, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-05
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[5]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; search ledger source-review negative
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or condition report was located. Because LSM-222 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
- 1944-1947
- 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-222. 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-222-lsm222-06
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[6]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-07 and -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required CourtListener exact-name and hull-number litigation sweep remains incomplete. Authenticated helper requests for the exact ship name entered the fleet pacing queue but did not return an HTTP response before the local execution host terminated them; no CourtListener result or litigation classification is asserted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Population
- CourtListener opinions and RECAP dockets
- Limitations
- This is an access/pacing gap, not a negative litigation finding. No anonymous, raw, or v3 CourtListener request was made; no conclusion about qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collisions can be drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-07
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[7]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-01 through -06 and -09
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the accessible sources reviewed: the live hull page, accessible official-source checks, GAO review, and web-indexed authoritative-source results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or product inventory for LSM-222.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- A negative accessible-public-source finding is not proof asbestos was absent. CourtListener was incomplete and non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, commercial conversion, and barge records may contain evidence; ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-08
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-222 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-222 was laid down 15 July 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 5 August 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-222 on 1 September 1944 with Lt. Lewis T. Jones, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Dravo construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity only. The page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-01
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[9]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-222 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page WWII assignment, campaign table, and award entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-222 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Six, LSM Group Seventeen, and LSM Division Thirty-Four, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 9 April to 30 June 1945. The hull page reports one World War II battle star.
- 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 assignment, campaign period, and reported award; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-222-lsm222-02