Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-305 (10/14/14305) - build timeline, theater assignment, decommissioning, disposal, specifications, awards, commanding officers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Main page text: class header, timeline bullets, awards line, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium: laid down 30 October 1944 at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; launched 27 November 1944; commissioned USS LSM-305, 11 January 1945, LTjg. Rupert M. Dennis USNR in command. World War II assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LSM Flotilla Sixteen, LSM Group Forty-Seven, LSM Division Ninety-Three. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. Decommissioned 20 November 1947 at Green Cove Springs, FL; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group. Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown. Final disposition: sold 7 October 1958 to Paul E. McDaniel, Houston, TX, converted to a barge, fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Crew (5 officers, 54 enlisted per page specifications block)
- Limitations
- NavSource's stated history source for this page is 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1997), a secondary compilation, not DANFS; numbered LSMs have no individual DANFS entries (404 verified at NHHC). Documents service history only - contains no asbestos information and establishes nothing about materials aboard. Stricken-date conflict (unknown here vs 27 August 1957 in other secondary compilations) carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-305-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945), Landing Ship, Medium (LSM) build table - digitized official publication mirrored at shipscribe.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. II, Landing Ship, Medium (LSM) tabulated build data, p. 158 (PDF scan), row 'LSM305 (ex-LCT(7) 1803)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Bureau of Ships tabulation lists 'LSM305 (ex-LCT(7) 1803)' built at Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. (ditto chain from LSM295 entry), keel laid 30 October 1944, launched 27 November 1944, date of first commission 11 January 1945 - matching the NavSource timeline exactly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Construction workforce, Navy Yard Charleston (1944)
- Limitations
- Build-record tabulation only - establishes builder, hull provenance (ordered as LCT(7)-1803), and dates; contains no materials or asbestos information. PDF is a digitization of the 1945 GPO publication hosted on a private mirror (shipscribe.com); content is the official BuShips document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-305-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), LSM class characteristics table and engine footnote - digitized official publication mirrored at shipscribe.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. II, LSM class characteristics table, p. 150 (PDF scan), including footnote 4 engine-model listing
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LSM class characteristics table gives: length 203'6" overall, beam 34'6", full-load displacement 1,095 tons, complement 5 officers / 54 enlisted, one twin 40mm AA mount, diesel direct drive 2,800 shp on 2 propellers, and diesel-drive ship's service generators (2x100 kW 450V AC, 1x20 kW 120V DC). Footnote 4 lists the hulls fitted with General Motors model 16-278A engines, a range that includes LSM 268-309 and therefore this hull. No boilers or steam system are listed for the class - the plant is diesel only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and construction workforce (class-wide)
- Limitations
- Propulsion and characteristics documentation only - the table contains no insulation-materials or asbestos information. The documented absence of a steam plant removes the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway, but this establishes neither the presence nor the absence of other asbestos-containing materials (gaskets, packing, exhaust lagging, electrical insulation) aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-305-03
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, Amphibious Forces section, 'LSM FLOTILLA SIXTEEN' / 'LSM GROUP 47' / 'LSM DIVISION 93' entries (p. 75 of the underlying document)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC organization document confirms the existence of LSM Flotilla Sixteen with LSM Group Forty-Seven and its LSM Division Ninety-Three in the Pacific Fleet structure as of 1 May 1945 - the units to which NavSource assigns LSM-305.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Unit-level corroboration only: the online transcription lists 'LSM' entries under Division 93 without hull numbers, so the document does not itself place LSM-305 in Division 93 - that assignment rests on NavSource/Turner alone. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-305-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches, 1 October 2026 (see search_ledger): opinion and docket indexes for "LSM-305", "USS LSM-305", and "LSM 305" asbestos - zero results on all five queries [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-305-05 through sl-uss-lsm-305-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation located: no opinion or RECAP docket naming LSM-305 / USS LSM-305 was found in CourtListener, asbestos-related or otherwise. Searches were authenticated and completed (HTTP 200), so this is a true negative result, not a blocked search.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not the full federal docket (PACER) and excludes most state-court and pre-2000 trial-level pleadings; absence from CourtListener does not prove no case was ever filed. An asbestos claim involving a 1944-45 landing ship would most likely have appeared in MDL-875-era filings indexed by vessel lists in pleadings, which are only partially captured in opinion/docket text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-305-05
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[6]Batch-6113 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS, NavSource, BuShips Ships' Data 1945, NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, CourtListener API v4, NVR, NARA catalog, secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-305-01 through sl-uss-lsm-305-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming LSM-305 was found in the public sources searched. Additionally, no class-level asbestos materials documentation for the LSM-1 class was located (no design manual describing insulation materials), and no industrial-hygiene study covering Charleston Navy Yard landing-ship construction was found. No individual DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC URL returns 404; DANFS covers named ships and a minority of numbered landing ships).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 naval vessel of this size plausibly carried era-standard asbestos in gaskets, packing, and insulation, but that is inference, not documentation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. NARA deck logs (RG 24) for this hull are undigitized and remain the open primary-source lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-305-06