Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 821-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-241-lsm241-pkt-821-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-241 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page postwar chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-241 was decommissioned 17 May 1946 at Terminal Island Navy Yard, San Pedro, California; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; and sold 17 February 1948 to Edmond and Margaret E. Pierre of San Diego, California. Its subsequent fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Limitations
- Establishes the reported decommissioning, strike, and sale; the source supplies no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record and does not establish subsequent ownership or fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-241-lsm241-04
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-241 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two General Motors model 16-278A 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
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- 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-241-lsm241-03
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page propulsion/specification block; source-review negative in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories for a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, but none is documented aboard LSM-241.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- 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-241. 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-241-lsm241-05
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-241-lsm241-07; authenticated exact quoted queries
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-241. Exact quoted USS LSM-241 searches returned no opinions or dockets; exact quoted LSM-241 returned no opinions and one unrelated Nortel bankruptcy docket, classified as a text collision and excluded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a bounded CourtListener index result, not proof that no unindexed or non-text-linked case exists. The Nortel bankruptcy result does not identify this vessel, its crew, or asbestos exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-241-lsm241-06
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[6]Source-review negative across the sources listed in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-241-lsm241-01 through -08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, product inventory, or primary source identifying asbestos aboard USS LSM-241 was located in the bounded sources reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, sale, and scrapping records may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-241-lsm241-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-241 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-241 was laid down 16 March 1944 at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California; launched 20 August 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-241 on 5 October 1944 with Lt. William T. Brooks, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Western Pipe and Steel 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-241-lsm241-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-241 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page World War II assignment and campaign table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-241 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Five, LSM Group Thirteen, and LSM Division Twenty-Six, and participated in the Iwo Jima operation from 19 to 20 February 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and Iwo Jima operating personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed assignment and operation only; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-241-lsm241-02