Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet ug-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-270-lsm270-pkt-ug-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-270, Landing Ship Medium photo archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-270 history bullets, lines 20-38 in the live page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-270 was laid down 7 June 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched 25 July 1944; commissioned 28 August 1944 with Ensign Owen R. Meredith, USNR, in command; served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Five, LSM Group Fifteen, and LSM Division Thirty; participated in the Okinawa Gunto operations from 1 April through 17 June 1945; was decommissioned 14 June 1946 at Astoria, Oregon; was laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; and was sold 9 May 1960 to Zidell Exploration Inc. for conversion to a barge, with later fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades; USS LSM-270 crew; Okinawa operation personnel
- Limitations
- The live page is a naval-history archive rather than a current Navy register record; it supports the stated timeline and explicitly says the Naval Register strike date was unknown. It contains no asbestos, material-condition, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-270-lsm270-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'Investigating Okinawa: The Story Behind A Kamikaze Pilot's Scarf,' 4 June 2020 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC article paragraphs beginning 'The story does not end there' and the NH 102680 photograph caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Naval History and Heritage Command account of a Japanese pilot recovered near Okinawa identifies LSM-270 as the ship to which LCS-112 transferred the prisoner for delivery to higher authorities. It states that LSM-270's war diary recorded the prisoner's medical treatment, death aboard ship on 25 April 1945, and burial at sea the following morning. The same NHHC article includes a photograph caption identifying USS LSM-270, NH 102680.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-04-25 to 1945-04-26
- Population
- USS LSM-270 crew and Okinawa operation personnel
- Limitations
- The article is an official operational-history account and does not document asbestos or ship materials. The direct Studio-side fetch timed out; the live NHHC URL and indexed article content were checked through the web fallback.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-270-lsm270-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-270 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-270 Specifications, Propulsion, and Ship's Service Generators blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship-specific specification block reports 520 tons light displacement, 743 tons landing displacement, 1,095 tons full-load displacement, 203 feet 6 inches length, 34 feet 6 inches beam, 13.2 knots maximum speed, 5 officers and 54 enlisted, capacity for five medium or three heavy tanks (or six LVTs or nine DUKWs), two General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two 100-kW AC and one 20-kW DC service generators, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp total.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked vehicle or landing-force personnel
- Limitations
- The specifications establish the diesel propulsion arrangement but do not identify asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical components, or any exposure condition aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-270-lsm270-03
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[5]Batch-6074 bounded source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-270-lsm270-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material list, or primary exposure record naming USS LSM-270 was located in the bounded source review. No qualifying asbestos litigation finding was established because the required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull requests were held by the fleet pacing limiter before returning results.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is an access-bounded negative finding, not proof that asbestos was absent and not a conclusion about litigation. CourtListener searches were initiated only through the authenticated helper and then stopped when the shared limiter queued the requests; Firecrawl reported a multi-hour quota stand-down. Non-digitized Navy, NARA, shipyard, disposal, and court records remain possible sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-270-lsm270-04