Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet uf-packet.md (1 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-269-lsm269-pkt-uf-packet-md
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[2]Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Eight, Landing Attack Order No. 1-45 (1945), digitized in the Australian War Memorial collection RCDIG1021212. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix 1 to Annex A, loading schedule row “LSM 269”; order section 3(x)(2) (LOVE Day 20 June 1945).
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A 1945 Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Eight Landing Attack Order lists “LSM 269” in a planned loading schedule: its first loading was cargo at beach PML6 and a second loading was personnel at beach AML9. The order states LOVE Day, the initial landing date, as 20 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-06
- Population
- Planned amphibious loading, Miri-Lutong operation
- Limitations
- The order is a plan and loading schedule; it does not prove that the planned loads were carried or that the landing was executed as scheduled. It contains no asbestos information and does not establish crew exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-01
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[3]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979). [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report highlights and report text, pp. 1-3; live product page confirms date and scope.
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy shipboard asbestos use, asbestos-removal costs, and worker protection at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, and described Navy insulation-removal policies in 1975 and 1979. The report does not identify USS LSM-269.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ships covered by GAO review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program and policy context only. It does not establish an asbestos-containing product aboard LSM-269, any quantity, location, condition, worker exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-02
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; “Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence”; “General Information Books,” including RG 19 Entry P 10.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies Record Group 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence and Amphibious Vessel General Information Books as possible research paths for ship-specific asbestos investigation. It cautions that its guide is not comprehensive; no LSM-269 record was reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Records through 1961
- Population
- Researchers of naval-vessel asbestos documentation
- Limitations
- The guide is not evidence of asbestos aboard LSM-269. Hull-specific and shipyard records have not been requested or examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-03
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[5]Documented limited-source-review negative; see search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-01 through -09. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Limited review of NHHC/DANFS, NARA, GAO, NVR, AWM archive, and search_ledger; Firecrawl unavailable after quota response.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, condition report, or hazardous-material disclosure for LSM-269 was located in the limited official-source review documented in the search ledger. Ship-specific asbestos status remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A limited public-source search negative is not proof asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was quota-exhausted and NARA hull-specific files were not examined. No asbestos product, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-04
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[6]Documented limited-source-review negative; see search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-01 and -09. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Limited official-source search of NHHC/DANFS and NVR recorded in search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-01 and -09.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The limited official-source review did not locate an accessible hull-specific Navy history establishing LSM-269’s builder, construction dates, detailed class designation, commissioning, complement, propulsion, service chronology, decommissioning, strike date, or final disposition.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a limited public-source search negative, not proof the information or official records do not exist. Firecrawl access limits affected the review; NARA files were not examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search responses via cl-auth-search.py; exact-name opinion and exact-hull docket queries. [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated opinion search for “USS LSM-269”: count 0; authenticated docket search for “LSM-269”: count 0, document_count 0.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches completed for the exact ship-name query “USS LSM-269” (opinion search) and exact hull-number query “LSM-269” (docket search). Both returned zero results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- No CourtListener opinions matched the exact-name query and no dockets matched the exact-hull query in these authenticated searches. This is not proof that no litigation exists: other search types, variants, party-name searches, or non-indexed/unavailable records may not be captured. No asbestos lawsuit, other case, or name collision was returned for classification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-269-lsm269-06