Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet tz-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: REAL
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-228-lsm228-pkt-tz-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-228 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page disposition and awards sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource reports that USS LSM-228 was decommissioned 27 May 1946, struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date, and sold in October 1946 to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. of New York; its final disposition is reported as unknown. The page also records one World War II battle star and the listed campaign and occupation awards.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Navy disposal personnel and later owners
- Limitations
- Establishes reported decommissioning and sale, but supplies no later shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record; direct retrieval returned HTTP 406.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-03
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[3]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report discussion of ship thermal insulation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO describes Navy use of asbestos in ship thermal insulation and Navy policy concerning damaged or removed insulation. This is Navy-wide program context only and does not name LSM-228.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program-level evidence only. It does not establish asbestos aboard LSM-228, any product, location, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation; direct automated retrieval of the cited page was blocked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-04
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[4]NIOSH HETA 85-21-1654, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation shop [other_primary]
- Locator
- HETA 85-21-1654, Background and evaluation scope
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NIOSH documents that a naval shipyard insulation shop had previously prepared and stored asbestos insulation and that insulators performed rip-outs and pipe covering aboard Navy ships and submarines. This is different-shipyard occupational context only and does not name LSM-228.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1984-1985
- Population
- Naval shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Different shipyard and program-level occupational-health evidence. It does not establish asbestos aboard LSM-228, any product, location, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation; direct automated retrieval of the cited page was blocked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-05
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[5]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-01 through -04 and -08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or condition report for USS LSM-228/LSM-228 was located in the accessible authoritative 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 is limited to the searched and accessible public sources. Firecrawl was quota-blocked, direct NavSource/Navy pages were not fully retrievable, non-digitized records were not reviewed, and no inference from class or construction era is treated as a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-06
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[6]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-05 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion search for "USS LSM-228" returned no results. The exact-name docket and exact-hull opinion/docket searches were not completed after the fleet-wide pacing limiter reported the shared request budget spent; no qualifying asbestos litigation record is established by this incomplete sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Only one of the four required query/type combinations completed. The result is not proof that no indexed, unindexed, or non-text-linked litigation exists; no anonymous or alternate API request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-228 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology and LSM-1-class heading
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies LSM-228 as an LSM-1-class landing ship, medium; laid down 27 July 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 30 July 1944; and commissioned USS LSM-228 on 13 October 1944 with Lt. George F. Wood, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Dravo construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Indexed hull-page result supports the identity and construction chronology, but direct retrieval returned HTTP 406 in this session. The source does not document asbestos, insulation composition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-228 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page World War II and postwar assignment chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource places USS LSM-228 in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Eight, LSM Group Twenty-Four, and LSM Division Forty-Seven; it lists participation in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 April to 3 June 1945 and occupation service from 3 to 24 September 1945 and 8 October to 10 November 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific operating personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the listed theater, unit, campaign, and occupation-service entries; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-228-lsm228-02