Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet uj-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS LSM-290 — real identity: USS LSM-290 | **Verified hull:** LSM-290 | **Designation:** LSM | **Type:** Landing Ship, Medium | **Class:** LSM-1-class
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-290-lsm290-pkt-uj-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-290, Amphibious Photo Archive (live page; history extract attributed on page to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History bullets; page identifies the class and source of the history extract
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records USS LSM-290 as laid down 27 November 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched 8 January 1945; commissioned 23 January 1945; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in LSM Flotilla 13, Group 39, Division 77; assigned to Far East occupation service 2 September 1945 to 21 March 1946; decommissioned 5 June 1946 at Subic Bay; struck on an unknown date; sold to the Republic of China on 13 February 1948; final fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship crew; Navy personnel; Republic of China recipient
- Limitations
- The live NavSource page supplies this transcription and attributes the history extract to a 1997 compiled volume; it is not a contemporaneous Navy record. Its stated strike date is unknown, and its final-fate field says unknown. It does not document asbestos, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-290-lsm290-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-290, specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: displacement, complement, propulsion
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource lists an LSM-1-class displacement of 520 tons light, 743 tons landing, and 1,095 tons fully loaded; complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted; two General Motors GM 16-278A diesel engines, direct drive, rated 1,440 BHP each; twin propellers and 2,800 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship crew and engineering personnel
- Limitations
- The page is a compiled specification source, not a shipyard machinery record. Diesel propulsion specifications do not establish whether asbestos-containing materials were aboard. No asbestos product or quantity is inferred from these specifications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-290-lsm290-02
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[4]NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 85-021-1654, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 4-5, Background
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- NIOSH described historical asbestos-insulation preparation/storage in a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation shop and reported that insulators performed shipboard rip-outs and pipe covering aboard Navy ships and submarines. This establishes Navy shipyard occupational context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1984-1986
- Population
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Different shipyard and later period; the report does not identify USS LSM-290, Federal Shipbuilding, or any material aboard this hull. It does not establish individual exposure, causation, or asbestos aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-290-lsm290-03
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[5]Negative finding from the accessible-source research sweep documented in this record’s search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries 01-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or qualifying asbestos-litigation record has been verified in this research pass. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- Limited to sources and live endpoints accessible during this pass. Firecrawl keyless search exhausted its quota; NHHC page path returned 404; GAO page fetch returned 403; authenticated CourtListener search did not pass the fleet-wide limiter before this record was prepared. No underlying Navy technical or non-digitized archival files were reviewed. Does not prove absence of asbestos or defeat an exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-290-lsm290-04