Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-25-lsm25-pkt-uc-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-25 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page decommissioning, strike, and final-disposition entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-25 was decommissioned 18 December 1945 at Terminal Island, San Pedro, California; struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946; and reportedly sold for scrapping circa October-November 1946 to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, California.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Establishes the reported Navy disposition timeline; no shipbreaking, hazmat, asbestos, or subsequent-disposition record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-05
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Flotilla One table; live NHHC page returned HTTP 200 through Firecrawl
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Naval History and Heritage Command United States Pacific Fleet Organization record dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM 25 under LSM Flotilla One and records Lt. J. C. Repine, USNR, as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LSM Flotilla One and Pacific Fleet personnel
- Limitations
- Official organization record corroborating assignment and command on 1 May 1945; it does not provide a full service history or any asbestos, insulation, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-25 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block: complement, troop accommodations, and propulsion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 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 two diesel-drive 20-kW DC generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- 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, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-04
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[5]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the bounded source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page specification block; negative source review 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-25 was a World War II 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
- 1944-1945
- 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-25. 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-25-lsm25-06
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[6]Bounded source review documented in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-01 through -03 and -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live hull page, official NHHC organization record, and current NAVSEA/NVR scope page contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or condition report for LSM-25.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A bounded public-source negative is not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl became unavailable after the initial retrievals, and non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records remain unreviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-07
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[7]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper diagnostics: fleet-wide pacing budget momentarily spent; no result payload returned
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener searches were attempted for the exact name USS LSM-25 and the exact hull number LSM-25 across opinions and dockets, but the helper stopped at the fleet-wide pacing limiter before returning search results. No litigation conclusion is drawn.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is an incomplete search, not a no-result finding. The helper was used and no anonymous or v3 request was made; qualifying asbestos litigation may exist in CourtListener or elsewhere and remains unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-08
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-25 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology; live page returned HTTP 200
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-25 was an LSM-1 class landing ship medium laid down 30 April 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 21 May 1944; and commissioned 26 June 1944 with Ensign Ralph D. Cline, USN, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and construction chronology from a live archival hull page; it does not document asbestos, insulation composition, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-01
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[9]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-25 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page service narrative and Asiatic-Pacific campaigns table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull page places USS LSM-25 in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Three, LSM Group Seven, and LSM Division Fourteen; it lists the Lingayen Gulf landing of 9 January 1945 and the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 to 26 April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the campaigns and organizational assignments listed by the source; it is not a complete operational log and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-25-lsm25-02