Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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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-292 — real identity: USS LSM-292 | **Verified hull:** LSM-292 | **Designation:** LSM | **Type:** Landing Ship, Medium | **Class:** LSM-1-class
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-292-lsm292-pkt-uj-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-292 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Final chronology entries, lines 30-34
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-292 was decommissioned on 5 June 1946 at Naval Operating Base Subic Bay, Philippines; the hull page reports the strike date as unknown; it was sold on 13 February 1948 to the Republic of China; and its final fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Limitations
- Supports decommissioning, reported sale, and unknown subsequent fate only. No foreign-service name, shipbreaking, conversion, hazmat, asbestos, or later-location record was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-04
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-292 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block, lines 36-62
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull page reports a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted; troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted; maximum speed of 13.2 knots; two General Motors 16-278A diesel engines rated at 1,440 brake horsepower each; twin propellers and 2,800 shaft horsepower; and capacity for 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-292 ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the reported complement, troop capacity, and propulsion specifications only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any machinery, gasket, packing, deck, electrical, brake, or clutch material contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-03
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[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page summary; full report text not retrieved
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The GAO's HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos review describes application categories including thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping systems; ship decks; piping gaskets and packing; and equipment brakes and clutches. The review does not identify USS LSM-292 or establish that any listed material was installed aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy ships and shipyard workers covered by the 1979 review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide policy and application context, not hull-specific evidence. It does not establish any asbestos-containing product aboard LSM-292, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-05
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[5]Bounded source-review negative; see search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, condition report, hazmat disclosure, or disposal record for LSM-292 was located in the bounded authoritative-source review. Ship-specific asbestos documentation and asbestos presence aboard remain unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A bounded public-source negative is not proof asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, inspection, maintenance, disposal, and litigation records were not fully reviewed; no product, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established. CourtListener work was stopped at the fleet pacing stand-down and is incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-06
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research and RG 19 sections, especially lines 66-75 and 258-260
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives asbestos research guide identifies Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence, class and type correspondence, shipyard files, engineering drawings, and inspection records as possible paths for vessel-specific asbestos research. No LSM-292 file from those series was requested or inspected.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Records through 1961
- Population
- Researchers examining U.S. naval-vessel asbestos records through 1961
- Limitations
- This is an archival research roadmap, not a vessel history or evidence of asbestos aboard LSM-292. Relevant hull-specific records remain unreviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-07
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-292 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology block, lines 22-25; live page verified
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-292 was laid down on 9 December 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, New Jersey; launched on 22 January 1945; and commissioned on 8 February 1945 with Lieutenant Thomas E. Key, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- The live hull page supports the construction and commissioning chronology but is not a DANFS page and was not independently corroborated by an official Navy hull record in this session. It does not identify asbestos, insulation composition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-292 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II assignment and postwar occupation blocks, lines 26-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II USS LSM-292 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Fourteen, LSM Group Forty, and LSM Division Seventy-Nine. It then performed occupation service in the Far East from 19 October 1945 through 28 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-292 crew and assigned amphibious forces
- Limitations
- Supports the listed theater, unit assignments, and occupation-service dates only. It does not provide a complete voyage or maintenance chronology and does not establish asbestos or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-292-lsm292-02