Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 822-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-251-lsm251-pkt-822-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-251 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live hull-page chronology and service section; HTTP 200
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-251 was an LSM-1 class landing ship, medium, laid down 23 August 1944 at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California; launched 15 October 1944; commissioned 31 December 1944 with Lieutenant Randall M. Snow, USNR, in command. NavSource records Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment with LSM Flotilla Twelve, LSM Group Thirty-Five, and LSM Division Sixty-Nine; postwar occupation and China service from 30 September to 29 November 1945; decommissioning on 22 May 1947 at Mare Island Navy Yard; and an unknown stricken date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LSM-251 construction workforce, ship's company, and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the listed identity, construction, command, assignments, service periods, decommissioning, and unknown stricken date. It does not document asbestos, insulation composition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Flotilla Twelve / Group 34 / Division 67 listing, page 72 equivalent in HTML
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC United States Pacific Fleet Organization dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM 251 under LSM Flotilla Twelve, LSM Group 34, LSM Division 67, with Lt. R. N. Snow (USNR). The contemporaneous roster corroborates the hull's Pacific Fleet organization and command listing but does not provide asbestos information.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LSM-251 ship's company
- Limitations
- This roster is a contemporaneous organizational record and gives the commander's initials as R. N.; it does not establish every later assignment or the material composition of the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-251 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block: complement, troop accommodations, and propulsion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NavSource hull page reports LSM-251's complement as 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and propulsion by 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.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LSM-251 ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Supports the listed complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any machinery, gasket, packing, electrical, or deck material contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-03
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-251 disposition chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- Disposition section: donation, barge conversion, and final disposition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource reports that LSM-251 was donated on 17 February 1948 to the Port of Newport Authority in Newport, Oregon, later sold to Humble Oil & Refining Co. and converted to a barge, and finally sunk on 25 November 1961 off Government Point, California.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1948-1961
- Limitations
- Reports the disposition chronology but does not provide the exact wreck coordinates, wreck condition, salvage record, or hazmat/asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-04
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[6]Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Vessel Register [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR scope statement and linked Quick Find/Ships resources
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAVSEA's Naval Vessel Register page states that ships and service craft disposed of before 1987 are currently not included in the NVR database. No hull-specific NVR record for LSM-251 was located in the accessible official material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- NVR current scope accessed 2026-10-01
- Population
- Pre-1987 Navy disposals
- Limitations
- Explains an official database coverage limitation; it is not evidence that no Navy record exists elsewhere and does not establish anything about asbestos aboard LSM-251.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-05
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[7]Bounded source-review negative across the live NavSource hull page, NHHC Pacific Fleet organization record, NAVSEA NVR scope page, official-source searches, and authenticated CourtListener sweep; see search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-01 through -12
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or authoritative class/era record identifying asbestos aboard USS LSM-251 was located in the bounded sources reviewed. The asbestos documentation level therefore remains unknown/context-only, and no asbestos product is normalized for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records remain unreviewed; no conclusion about past or present asbestos aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, condition, or causation is supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-07 through -10; authenticated helper output
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-251 or LSM-251 in the searches completed. Returned records, if any, were classified as other litigation or name/text collisions and excluded; no pleading, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment linking this hull to asbestos exposure was identified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Search conducted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The exact-name opinion search completed with no results; the exact-name docket request encountered the fleet pacing stand-down before returning. Hull-number searches were attempted after the stand-down and remain a documented access gap. The result is bounded by CourtListener's indexed opinions and RECAP dockets and is not proof that no litigation exists elsewhere.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-251-lsm251-07