USS LSM-285

Name
USS LSM-285
Hull designation
LSM-285
Vessel class
LSM-1
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
6
Record ID
uss-lsm-285-lsm285
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-lsm-285-lsm285

Evidence

6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).

  1. [1]research packet 832-packet.md [other_primary]
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Evidence ID
    uss-lsm-285-lsm285-pkt-832-packet-md
  2. [2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-285, LSM-1 class landing ship medium page [other_primary]
    Locator
    USS LSM-285 page, awards/campaign-ribbon block and construction/service/disposition bullets
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    USS LSM-285 was laid down 18 October 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.; launched 30 November 1944; and commissioned 14 December 1944 with LTjg. Russell P. Snyder, USNR, in command. During World War II she was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as part of LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-Two, and LSM Division Sixty-Three. Following the war she was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East, earning the Navy Occupation Service Medal for 22 to 27 September 1945 and the China Service Medal (extended) for 28 September 1945 to 24 January 1946. She was decommissioned 20 June 1946 and transferred the same day to the Republic of China, renamed ROCS Mei Yi; struck from the Naval Register on a date NavSource lists as unknown; escaped capture by Communist forces in October 1949 by sailing to Taiwan; and was scrapped in 1973 by the Taiwanese Navy.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-01
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Population
    Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. construction trades; USS LSM-285 crew; Republic of China Navy (ROCS Mei Yi) crew after 1946
    Limitations
    Ship-specific historical timeline from a volunteer naval-history archive; the page does not document asbestos, an asbestos survey, or material quantities. NavSource states the Naval Register strike date was unknown.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-lsm-285-lsm285-01
  3. [3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-285 specifications [other_primary]
    Locator
    USS LSM-285 page, Specifications block
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    The page reports a 520-ton light displacement, 743-ton landing displacement, 1,095-ton fully loaded displacement, 203 feet 6 inches overall length, 34 feet 6 inches beam, maximum speed of 13.2 knots, endurance of 4,900 miles at 12 knots, complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted with troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, armament of one twin bow-mounted 40mm gun and four single 20mm gun mounts, vehicle/boat capacity of 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVTs or 9 DUKWs, 10-lb. STS splinter shield armor to gun mounts/pilot house/conning station, and two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, 2,800 shp, with two diesel-drive 100kW 450V A.C. and one diesel-drive 20kW 120V D.C. ship's service generators.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-01
    Study period
    1944-1946
    Population
    Crew and embarked troops/vehicle operators
    Limitations
    Ship-specific specifications transcribed from the archive; the propulsion, generator, and armor data establish a diesel landing-ship plant but do not establish asbestos-containing materials aboard this hull.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-lsm-285-lsm285-02
  4. [4]Naval Historical Center/NARA photograph 80-G-176520, official Navy collection transcription, camouflage plan for LSM-1 class [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    NHHC page for NARA Photo 80-G-176520, Description and Catalog fields
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    NHHC identifies a Bureau of Ships camouflage drawing for the LSM-1 class, dated 13 July 1944, held in the National Archives collections. This confirms official Navy/NARA documentation for the class during USS LSM-285's construction and service period.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-10-01
    Study period
    1944
    Population
    LSM-1-class construction and operating personnel
    Limitations
    Class-level archival context only; the page is not a construction or material record for USS LSM-285 and does not mention asbestos.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-lsm-285-lsm285-03
  5. [5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
    Locator
    GAO product page HRD-80-2
    Finding type
    gov_survey
    Finding
    GAO program-level reporting is relevant to the Navy shipyard asbestos-control era covering this hull's 1944 construction and 1944-46 Navy service period.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-10-01
    Study period
    1979
    Population
    Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
    Limitations
    Program-level context, not a hull-specific finding. The source does not identify USS LSM-285, Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., a particular component aboard it, an exposure event, or a quantity; direct full-text retrieval returned HTTP 403 and was not available through the permitted web path.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-lsm-285-lsm285-04
  6. [6]Public-source and litigation sweep documented in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-285-lsm285-01 through -09
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation record naming USS LSM-285 was located in the sources searched. CourtListener exact-name searches ('USS LSM-285') returned zero results for both opinions and dockets. A broader exact-phrase docket search on the bare hull number '"LSM-285"' returned 26 dockets, all of which are unrelated federal civil/criminal matters (e.g., prisoner civil-rights suits, an airline-industry class action, a federal criminal case) with no connection to this vessel, asbestos, or maritime claims; these are classified as name-collision noise on the bare numeral string, not litigation about this ship. This is a search result, not proof that asbestos was absent from the vessel.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-01
    Study period
    2026-10-01
    Limitations
    CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull searches were made through the authenticated helper for opinions and dockets; the fleet-wide pacing limiter required waiting and retrying between requests. The docket hits reviewed (first 20 of 26 case names) showed no vessel, Navy, or asbestos connection; the remaining 6 were not individually reviewed given the clear noise pattern. Firecrawl's hosted MCP was not available in this session (not configured), so Firecrawl was not used; WebSearch and WebFetch/curl were used as the fallback web-research path. Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos or defeat any exposure claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-lsm-285-lsm285-05

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned