Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet uh-packet.md (3 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-279-lsm279-pkt-uh-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-279 (navsource.net/archives/10/14/14279.htm, last updated 15 March 2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header/history block and commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource service-history page for this hull (sourced per the page itself from 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II,' Turner Publishing Co., 1997): 'Laid down, 30 August 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J. Launched, 14 October 1944. Commissioned USS LSM-279, 31 October 1944, ENS. Paul M. Jones USN in command.' During WWII assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LSM Flotilla Nine (CDR. D. L. Francis USN), LSM Group Twenty-Five (LCDR. L. Brouwer USN), LSM Division Fifty. Participated in the 'Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 30 June 1945' (one battle star). Postwar: 'assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East' (Navy Occupation Service Medal period 2-27 September 1945; China Service Medal, extended, 28 September-9 December 1945), including Tientsin and Taku, China port visits per crew-contributed photo captions. 'Decommissioned, 26 July 1946, at Terminal Island Navy Yard, San Pedro, CA.' 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.' 'Final Disposition, sold, 28 February 1948, to O.W. Dyer, Sr., Houston, TX, and C.L. Cannon, San Diego, CA., fate unknown.' Commanding officers: LT. Paul M. Jones USNR (31 Oct 1944-Dec 1945); LTJG Haro E. Wibberley Jr. USNR (Dec 1945-Apr 1946); LTJG Edward B. Holl USNR (Apr 1946-26 Jul 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades, Kearny, NJ (1944); wartime and postwar crew, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- No individual DANFS/NHHC entry exists for this hull - confirmed by direct fetch of https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lsm-279.html (HTTP 404, 2026-10-01) and of ibiblio.org and hazegray.org DANFS mirrors under three URL patterns (all 404/unreachable); a Wayback availability check also returned no snapshot. This is consistent with DANFS practice of not publishing individual entries for small craft that were never given a name (only renamed/named hulls, e.g. sister ship Lakeland ex-LSM-373, received DANFS coverage). NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation whose own page discloses its narrative text is drawn from a 1997 commercial veterans'-association history book, not from DANFS or NVR directly - it is cited here as the best available service-history source for this specific hull, not as an official government record. Contains no asbestos or material content. Striking date is stated by the source itself as unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-279-lsm279-01
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[3]DANFS, Lakeland (LSM-373) spec block and service narrative (verbatim transcription mirror; live NHHC page at history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lakeland.html returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS spec parenthetical '(LSM-373: dp. 520; l. 204'; b. 35'; dr. 7', s. 13 k., cpl. 106; a. 2 40mm., 4 20mm., 7 .50 cal. AA mg.; cl. LSM-1 )'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only: the LSM-1-class spec block (confirmed via DANFS entry for sister hull Lakeland, ex-LSM-373: 'dp. 520; l. 204'; b. 35'; dr. 7'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 106... cl. LSM-1') describes a diesel-propelled design, meaning period-standard asbestos use for this class would run to engine-room/exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and general insulation rather than boiler/turbine steam-line lagging. Separately, Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Kearny, NJ), the yard that laid down LSM-279 on 30 August 1944, is documented at the yard level in the Atlas shipyards dataset (yard_id 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny', evidence_tier 2) via a contemporaneous Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of the yard conducted 30 August-2 September 1944 - the same window LSM-279 was laid down there - describing insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation yard-wide, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting operations.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944 (yard survey); class design era 1944-1946
- Population
- LSM-1-class design population (class-wide); Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. construction trades, Kearny, NJ, 1944
- Limitations
- This row is class/era and builder-yard inference, not an independent ship-specific finding - it does not establish that asbestos was aboard LSM-279 specifically, does not quantify material, and the Owens-Illinois survey (reproduced at toxicdocs.org, a litigation-exhibit document; see related shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny', evidence_id ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944) names no particular vessel under construction - the date overlap with LSM-279's keel-laying is noted as context only. The underlying yard survey was conducted by Owens-Illinois, a manufacturer with a commercial interest in its own findings, and measured dust in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era), documenting product use, not a worker-health outcome. Ship-specific findings remain ev-01 (vessel history) only; no ship-specific asbestos row exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-279-lsm279-02
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[4]CourtListener API v4 search results (type=o and type=r), queries 'LSM-279', 'USS LSM-279', 'LSM 279' - see search_ledger sl-05, sl-07, sl-08, sl-09 [court_record]
- Locator
- See search_ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-279-lsm279-05 through -09 for per-query result counts
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. CourtListener API v4 searches (via the required fleet-paced helper) for the exact phrases 'LSM-279' (opinions: 0 results; dockets: 1 result, reviewed below), 'USS LSM-279' (opinions: 0; dockets: 0), and the no-dash variant 'LSM 279' (opinions: 0) all returned no qualifying hit. The single docket match for 'LSM-279' is Byrd v. Hernandez (filed 2008-04-09, docket_id 4187601); on review it is a name-token collision unrelated to this vessel or to asbestos litigation, not a qualifying case, and is excluded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 (search date)
- Population
- N/A - negative finding
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding, not proof that no asbestos litigation naming this hull exists anywhere - it reflects the result of the specific CourtListener queries run and logged in search_ledger. One narrow variant ('LSM 279' no-dash, docket index) remains unsearched due to a fleet-wide pacing throttle (sl-10) and has not been folded into this negative finding. CourtListener's RECAP docket coverage is also incomplete for pre-2010s state-court filings generally, so the true absence of any litigation cannot be confirmed beyond what was searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-279-lsm279-03