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-243-lsm243-pkt-821-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-243 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page disposition chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-243 was decommissioned on 2 May 1946; its strike date is unknown; and it was sold in October 1946 to Mechanical Equipment Co., New Orleans, Louisiana. Its subsequent fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Establishes reported decommissioning and sale. No shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-243-lsm243-04
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-243 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification 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 16-278A non-reversible diesel engines with Airflex clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp. It also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW 450V AC generators and two diesel-drive 20-kW 120V DC generators.
- 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-243-lsm243-03
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-243 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
- 1944-1946
- 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-243. 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-243-lsm243-05
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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-243-lsm243-04; Richardson docket 5091509
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep located no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-243 in completed searches. Exact-name opinion and docket searches returned no results. The LSM-243 docket query returned Richardson v. Virgin Islands Port Authority, No. 3:09-cv-00136 (D.V.I.), a civil-rights matter that is a non-vessel/non-asbestos text collision and was excluded.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a completed-search result, not proof that no unindexed or non-text-linked case exists. The LSM-243 opinion query did not complete before the local command time limit, so the sweep is partial; the collision does not identify this vessel, its crew, or asbestos exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-243-lsm243-06
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[6]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-243-lsm243-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live hull archive and completed authenticated CourtListener searches contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, condition report, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-243.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. NHHC, NVR, Firecrawl, and one CourtListener query had access/completion gaps; non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and sale records may contain additional evidence. Asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-243-lsm243-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-243 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-243 was laid down on 31 May 1944 at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California; launched on 3 September 1944; and commissioned on 19 October 1944 with Lt. (jg.) Roy E. Hills Jr., 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-243-lsm243-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-243 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page World War II and occupation-service chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-243 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Six, LSM Group Eighteen, and LSM Division Thirty-Five. After the war it was assigned to Far East occupation service from 2 to 15 September 1945 and from 17 November to 1 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed theater assignment and occupation periods; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-243-lsm243-02