Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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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-23-lsm23-pkt-tz-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-23, LSM-1 class landing ship medium page [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-23 page, timeline and disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-23 was laid down on 30 April 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched on 21 May 1944; commissioned on 23 June 1944; served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; participated in the Leyte operation and Ormoc Bay landings; performed occupation service from 29 September to 29 November 1945; was decommissioned on 1 April 1946 at Charleston Navy Yard; and was sold on 12 February 1948 to Hill Dredging Corp., Ventnor, New Jersey, with final fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades; USS LSM-23 crew; Asiatic-Pacific and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical timeline from a volunteer naval-history archive. The page does not document asbestos, an asbestos survey, material quantities, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-23-lsm23-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-23 specifications and propulsion [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-23 page, Specifications, Complement, and Propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page reports 520 tons light displacement, 743 tons landing displacement, 1,095 tons full-load displacement, 203 feet 6 inches length, 34 feet 6 inches beam, a 13.2-knot maximum speed, a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesel engines with direct drive to twin propellers and 2,800 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops/vehicle operators
- Limitations
- Ship-specific specifications transcribed from the archive; the diesel propulsion data do not establish asbestos-containing components aboard this hull and do not quantify any material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-23-lsm23-02
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[4]NavSource page identifying NARA/NHHC official Navy photographs of USS LSM-23, including NARA photo 80-G-59509 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- USS LSM-23 page, image table entries for NARA photo 80-G-59509 and NHHC contribution
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The page identifies official Navy/NARA photographic documentation of USS LSM-23, including NARA photograph 80-G-59509 showing the ship landing cargo at Leyte on 20 October 1944; the page also identifies an NHHC-contributed photograph of the ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-10-20
- Population
- USS LSM-23 crew and Leyte landing personnel
- Limitations
- Photographic documentation supports ship identity and historical activity only; it does not establish asbestos, an asbestos survey, material quantities, or individual exposure. The live NHHC/DANFS ship-history page was not located in the fallback search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-23-lsm23-03
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program-level reporting is relevant to the Navy asbestos-control era after this hull's 1944-46 construction and service period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a hull-specific finding. The source does not identify USS LSM-23, a component aboard it, an exposure event, or a quantity; full text was not retrieved through the available web path.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-23-lsm23-04
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[6]Public-source and litigation sweep documented in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-23-lsm23-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation record naming USS LSM-23 was located in the sources searched; the CourtListener sweep was incomplete because the authenticated helper reported a temporary fleet pacing stand-down.
- Verification
- partial
- 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 asbestos was absent from the vessel. CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull docket requests were made through the authenticated helper but were paced out before a result payload; no anonymous or direct API request was used. Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-23-lsm23-05