Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet uc-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-245-lsm245-pkt-uc-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, USS LSM-245 (live transcription; live NHHC DANFS URL returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Entry heading/specifications and service narrative. Transcription's builder wording is 'Western Pipe and teel Co.'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The DANFS entry identifies LSM-245 as an LSM-201-class landing ship medium; gives dimensions of 203 ft 6 in length, 34 ft beam, and complement 52; states it was laid down at Western Pipe and 'teel' Co., San Pedro, California, and commissioned on 2 November 1944; says it did not participate in any World War II operations; and states it was decommissioned on 3 June 1946 and sold to Southwest Steel Corp. on 8 October 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Live transcription of a DANFS entry, not the live NHHC page; NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lsm-245.html returned HTTP 404 when checked. Entry does not give a construction date, launch date, propulsion description, stricken date, or post-sale disposition. Its apparent 'teel' typo was not independently checked against a hull-specific construction record. The entry contains no asbestos finding; silence is not proof that asbestos was absent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Department Library, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table entry for LSM Flotilla Eight; LSM 245
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's United States Pacific Fleet Organization dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM 245 under LSM Flotilla Eight and gives Lt. W. J. Mauter (USNR) as its commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A dated fleet organization snapshot; it confirms the listing and named officer on 1 May 1945, not the full service history, operational participation, or location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-02
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[4]U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Appendix A: Study Descriptions and Data Summaries (2008), A11, New Jersey Pipe Insulation Manufacturing Plant [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix A, A11, 'Location and Facility Description,' page A11-1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- EPA's Appendix A, study A11, describes a Patterson, New Jersey factory established to supply asbestos insulation for U.S. Navy ships' pipes, boilers, and turbines during World War II. The source establishes general Navy-era supply context only; it does not identify LSM-245, its class, or material aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The report concerns an insulation manufacturer's supply relationship and worker cohort, not Navy ship inventories. It does not establish that any asbestos-containing product was installed aboard LSM-245 or any particular LSM hull, and does not establish crew or shipyard-worker exposure, quantity, condition, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-03
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[5]Batch 6046 official-source search record; see search_ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-04 through sl-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-06 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA asbestos guide and ship-index searches; DANFS entry review; litigation opinion searches
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, condition report, or hazmat disclosure for USS LSM-245 was located in the official-source searches documented for this batch. This is a bounded search result, not evidence that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Searches did not include examination of non-digitized NARA files, ship engineering drawings, or every possible court repository; CourtListener docket searches were blocked by the fleet pacing limiter. No negative inference about actual asbestos presence, prior abatement, exposure, or claims eligibility follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-04
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard U.S. Naval Vessels up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections on ship engineering drawings, S39 insulation and lagging, and S48 piping
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guidance identifies ship engineering drawings as a research path and lists S39 insulation and lagging and sometimes S48 piping among relevant drawing codes; it says S39 and S48 drawings are relatively rare in the paper ship engineering drawing series. No LSM-245 drawings were reviewed for this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is research guidance, not a hull-specific asbestos record. The existence, survival, and contents of applicable LSM-245 drawings were not verified; technical drawings alone may not identify asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-05
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[7]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search results via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion query USS LSM-245: 0 results; opinion query LSM-245: 11 unrelated search hits. Docket queries not completed after helper pacing refusal.
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 exact-name opinion search for 'USS LSM-245' returned zero results. The hull-number opinion search for 'LSM-245' returned 11 unrelated opinions; review of the titles and courts identified them as text-search collisions, not cases concerning this vessel. Exact-name and hull-number docket searches were not completed because the required helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget momentarily spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Only the two opinion searches completed. No conclusion is drawn that no litigation exists: exact-name and hull-number docket coverage is incomplete, the hull query produced noisy full-text matches, and an API search is not exhaustive of all court records. The collision results are not asbestos allegations, discovery records, trial findings, or judgments involving this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-245-lsm245-06