Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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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-229-lsm229-pkt-tz-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-229 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull chronology and disposition bullets; live page verified
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource hull chronology identifies LSM-229 as laid down 1 August 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 25 September 1944; commissioned as USS LSM-229 on 18 October 1944 with Lt. j.g. Constant C. Toohey, USNR, in command; decommissioned 11 April 1946; laid up in the Reserve Fleet; and sold in November 1958 to Army Truck Sales, Tampa, Florida. It states that the strike date is unknown and the final disposition is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Dravo construction workforce; commissioning crew; Navy crew and reserve-fleet personnel
- Limitations
- The chronology supports identity, construction milestones, command, decommissioning, reserve-fleet layup, and reported sale. The same page contains a mismatched LSMR-sized specifications block, which is excluded from this record; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 81024 USS LSM-229 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog title, caption, description, and catalog number
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval History and Heritage Command photograph record identifies USS LSM-229, catalog number NH 81024, and captions the image as taken in San Francisco Bay during 1945-1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- USS LSM-229 crew and San Francisco Bay naval personnel
- Limitations
- Confirms the hull's photographic identity and a 1945-1946 San Francisco Bay location; it does not provide a complete service history, crew figure, material inventory, asbestos finding, exposure evidence, or causation evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Group 26, LSM Division 51 table; LSM 229 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Naval History and Heritage Command Pacific Fleet organization record dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM-229 in LSM Division 51 and records Lt. C. C. Toohey, USNR, as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- USS LSM-229 crew and Pacific Fleet personnel
- Limitations
- Corroborates assignment and command on 1 May 1945 only; it does not supply a full operational narrative, crew complement, asbestos content, exposure, or causation finding. The accessible NHHC page was verified through the indexed official record; direct automated retrieval returned an access error during this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page and full-report Enclosure I, note 1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The GAO's 1979 review of Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure describes asbestos thermal insulation in Navy ships and states that, in addition to ship-specific exceptions, asbestos was used in shipboard applications for which substitutes were not designated, including gaskets and pipe-hanger liners. It does not name LSM-229.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy ship workers and personnel covered by the GAO review
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy evidence, not a record for LSM-229. It supports only the possibility of thermal insulation, gaskets, and pipe-hanger liners as era/application categories; it does not establish installation, quantity, location, condition, present-day material, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-04
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[6]Source-review negative across the NavSource hull record, NHHC LSM-229 photograph record, NHHC Pacific Fleet organization record, GAO Navy asbestos program report, and NVR resource review [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, condition report, or other primary asbestos record for LSM-229 was located in the accessible official and authoritative sources reviewed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific public records
- Limitations
- A public-source negative is not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was unavailable because its keyless quota required a multi-hour stand-down; CourtListener was blocked by the authenticated fleet limiter; non-digitized Navy technical, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records were not reviewed. Asbestos documentation therefore remains unknown/class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; authenticated helper attempt on 2026-10-01 [court_record]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-07 through -10; helper stderr stand-down
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep was attempted through cl-auth-search.py for USS LSM-229 and LSM-229, but the fleet-wide pacing limiter reported that the shared request budget was spent before a result body was returned. No litigation classification or asbestos-litigation result is asserted.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- CourtListener access attempted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is an access gap, not a no-result finding. The helper authenticated the request path but stopped at the shared pacing stand-down; no anonymous request, raw request, v3 API, or retry loop was used. Qualifying asbestos litigation remains unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-229-lsm229-06