Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 559-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LSM-308. **Hull/designation:** LSM-308, Landing Ship Medium (LSM-1 class) [mirror].
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-308-lsm308-pkt-559-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-308 (archive page 10/14/14308), live page verified 2026-10-01 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium history, occupation-service table, disposition list, specifications, and commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSM-308 as an LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium, laid down 19 November 1944 at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 9 December 1944; and commissioned 22 January 1945 under LTjg. Preston E. Berry, USNR. It records assignment to LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-Two, and LSM Division Sixty-Four; occupation and China service from 12 September 1945 to 11 May 1946; decommissioning, striking, and transfer to the Republic of China on 11 May 1946; and final disposition as unknown. Its class specifications give two General Motors 16-278A direct-drive diesel engines, 1,440 BHP each, twin propellers, 2,800 shp, and a complement of five officers and 54 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades (1944-1945); Navy crew (1945-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-history and specification record, not an asbestos inventory, survey, or exposure record. NavSource attributes its history extract to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II; it does not establish asbestos content, quantity, condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-01
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[3]National Archives, RG 181, Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Ship Commissioning Files—Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina [other_primary]
- Locator
- Series 8 table, Landing Ship, Medium entry for LSM-308
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' Sixth Naval District at Charleston ship-commissioning-files finding aid lists Landing Ship, Medium LSM-308 with commission date 1/22/1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-01-22
- Limitations
- This finding aid verifies the commission-file entry and date, not the contents of the underlying file. It supplies no materials, asbestos, exposure, or causation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Group Thirty-Two, LSM Division 64 list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's United States Pacific Fleet Organization as of 1 May 1945 lists LSM-308 in LSM Division 64 within LSM Group 32.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot only; it does not document particular operations, construction materials, asbestos, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-03
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[5]Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, 59 Fed. Reg. 40964 (10 Aug. 1994); OSHA Shipbuilding and Ship Repair—Outfitting guidance [federal_register]
- Locator
- Federal Register discussion, 'Shipbuilding and repairing—historical contact with asbestos in shipyard work'; related OSHA Outfitting page https://www.osha.gov/ship-building-repair/out-fitting
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA states that asbestos products were used extensively on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s. Its shipyard-outfitting guidance identifies piping and exhaust-manifold insulation and fireproofing for living and working areas as asbestos-use operations. USS LSM-308 was a diesel-powered LSM constructed in 1944-1945; potential piping insulation, exhaust-manifold insulation, and fireproofing are therefore class/era possibilities only.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- early 1940s-late 1970s
- Population
- U.S. shipbuilding and ship-repair workers; class/era context
- Limitations
- General American-ship and shipyard-outfitting evidence, not a hull record: neither OSHA source names LSM-308, Charleston Navy Yard, or a product installed aboard this vessel. This does not establish the presence, quantity, location, condition, or current status of asbestos aboard LSM-308, nor individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. The documented diesel propulsion means boiler and turbine lagging are not asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep, conducted only through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion helper payloads: count 0 for exact-name query (query_len=13) and hull-number query (query_len=9). Docket helper output: authenticated request type=r, then no payload before tool window ended.
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener opinion searches for exact name "USS LSM-308" and hull number "LSM-308" each returned zero results. The required docket/RECAP searches for both terms were submitted through the approved helper but remained at the shared fleet pacing limiter without a returned payload in the research window; no docket result is classified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The two completed opinion queries are no-result findings, but this is not a complete litigation negative because docket/RECAP results were unavailable under fleet pacing. It establishes neither the presence nor absence of qualifying asbestos litigation, asbestos aboard, individual exposure, product identity, causation, or legal eligibility. Re-run exact-name and hull-number docket queries through the authenticated helper when fleet pacing permits.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-05
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[7]Batch-6116 search ledger (this record): National Archives RG 181 finding aid; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization; NavSource hull page; OSHA; authenticated CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-01 through sl-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material list, product identification, or fully completed CourtListener litigation sweep was located in the authoritative public-source review.
- Verification
- partial
- 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. CourtListener docket queries are incomplete because the fleet pacing limiter did not return a payload. This row does not establish presence or absence of asbestos, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-308-lsm308-06