Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[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-286-lsm286-pkt-832-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-286 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium history block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists decommissioning on 17 May 1946 at Norfolk, Virginia; an unknown strike date; and final disposition by sale in January 1947 to Russell B. Stearns and Ralph Hornblower of Boston, Massachusetts, with later fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- The page reports the sale and unknown later fate but does not provide a bill of sale, scrapping record, strike date, present location, or hazmat/asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-03
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-286 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: Complement, troop accommodations, Propulsion, and Ship's Service Generators
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-specific specifications list 5 officers and 54 enlisted personnel, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted personnel, and two General Motors model GM 16-278A reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp; the page 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 troops
- Limitations
- The specifications establish propulsion and complement, not asbestos content. No boiler or steam-turbine lagging claim is made for this diesel-propelled hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-04
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[4]Documented limited-source review; see search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-01 through -05 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Limited review of verified NavSource hull page, National Archives guide, and official-source searches recorded in search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, condition report, or asbestos product identification for LSM-286 was located in the public authoritative sources reviewed. The verified hull page contains no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a negative public-record finding, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was quota-exhausted, NARA hull-specific files were not retrieved, and the CourtListener sweep was incomplete. No quantity, location, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-05
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Record Group 19; General Information Books, including Entry P 10 Amphibious Vessel General Information Books
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The National Archives explains that research into asbestos aboard U.S. naval vessels through 1961 should use ship-specific Navy records, including Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence and Amphibious Vessel General Information Books. The guide is an archival research path and does not identify asbestos aboard LSM-286.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1941-1961
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessel asbestos research records through 1961
- Limitations
- This guide is not evidence of asbestos aboard LSM-286. No RG 19 file, General Information Book, engineering drawing, or hull-specific material record was inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-06
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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-286-lsm286-06 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener search was initiated for the exact name USS LSM-286 through cl-auth-search.py, but the helper entered a fleet-wide pacing stand-down before returning a result. The exact-name docket search and both hull-number searches for LSM-286 were not completed; no hit was returned for classification.
- 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 no-litigation finding. Because no response was returned, no hit could be classified as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collision. No anonymous, raw, or v3 request was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-286 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-286 was laid down on 25 October 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched on 7 December 1944; and commissioned on 20 December 1944 with Lt. j.g. George D. Lachance, USN, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- U.S. Navy ship's company and shipyard personnel
- Limitations
- The page is a ship-specific historical extract and does not document asbestos, materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-286 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium history block and awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-286 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-Two, and LSM Division Sixty-Three. Following World War II, it performed occupation service in the Far East from 23 September 1945 through 24 February 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The chronology does not identify individual work assignments, repair events, materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-286-lsm286-02