Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ug-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-271-lsm271-pkt-ug-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-271 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, decommissioning and final-disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-271 was decommissioned 29 December 1946 at Naval Operating Base Guam, Mariana Islands; its strike date is unknown; and it was disposed of by scuttling on 8 February 1947 off Guam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- Establishes reported decommissioning and scuttling; it does not supply exact wreck coordinates, a wreck survey, or any shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-04
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-271 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and 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. It also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW AC generators and one diesel-drive 20-kW DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- 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 insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-03
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented official-source review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative 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-271 was a World War II U.S. 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
- 1944-1946
- 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-271. 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-271-lsm271-05
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[5]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-01 through -04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the verified hull page and NVR resource contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or condition report for LSM-271.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was blocked and non-digitized Navy, shipyard, and wreck records may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-06
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[6]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-05 and -06; authenticated helper diagnostics
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were initiated through cl-auth-search.py, but the helper stopped when the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent. No litigation hit was returned or classified, and the sweep remains incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is an access-gap record, not a finding that litigation is absent. Because no results were returned, no hit can be classified as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collision; unsearched/unreturned records remain possible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-271 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, opening history bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-271 was laid down 20 June 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched 29 July 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-271 on 2 September 1944 with Lt. C. L. Hays, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-271 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page service chronology and awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-271 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Five, LSM Group Fifteen, and LSM Division Thirty, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operations from 1 April through 30 June 1945. It later performed Far East occupation service from 5 December 1945 through 27 February 1946 and earned one battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and Okinawa/occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed theater, campaign, occupation-service dates, and award; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-271-lsm271-02