Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
-
[1]research packet 559-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LSM-311. **Hull/designation:** LSM-311, Landing Ship Medium (LSM-1 class) [mirror].
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-311-lsm311-pkt-559-packet-md
-
[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph record 80-G-59511, archived capture (live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Caption, title, original date, and catalog number 80-G-59511
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC photograph record identifies USS LSM-311 among the landing ships approaching the beach during the Leyte landing on 20 October 1944 (photograph 80-G-59511).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-10-20
- Population
- Ship's crew present at the Leyte landing, 20 October 1944
- Limitations
- Archived NHHC catalog record; the live page returned 404. It documents the hull's presence at this dated Leyte landing scene only and does not establish the vessel's full service history, construction details, materials, asbestos, exposure, or later disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-311-lsm311-01
-
[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph record 80-G-59504, archived capture (live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Caption, title, original date, and catalog number 80-G-59504
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC photograph record caption states that cargo is being landed from USS LSM-311 and other ships at Leyte on 20 October 1944 (photograph 80-G-59504).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-10-20
- Population
- Ship's crew present at Leyte, 20 October 1944
- Limitations
- Archived NHHC catalog record; the live page returned 404. The caption does not describe cargo contents, duration of service, vessel construction, materials, asbestos, exposure, or later disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-311-lsm311-02
-
[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979), including enclosure I, a 5 January 1979 Chief of Naval Operations response [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 10-11 (CNO response, 5 Jan 1979) and p. 16 (scope of attachment 1)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1979 Navy response reproduced in GAO HRD-80-2 states generally that Navy ships used asbestos in several applications, with thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping systems described as the major application; it also identifies asbestos in some electrical equipment, deck coverings, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches. The report's hull-by-hull attachment concerns vessels delivered since 1973 or under construction, not USS LSM-311.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy ships and shipyard workers discussed in the 1979 program review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide context only. It does not name USS LSM-311 or establish that this hull or its class contained any listed material, nor the location, amount, condition, exposure, or causation. The report cannot support an asbestos product list aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-311-lsm311-03
-
[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961, RG 19 holdings and research guide [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections on Bureau of Ships correspondence, specifications (lines 471-478), and Cartographic Branch engineering drawings (lines 501-508)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's guide identifies RG 19 Bureau of Ships hull-specific correspondence and ship engineering drawings as relevant records for asbestos research, including ship hull-number-arranged engineering drawings and S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping drawing codes. It also lists RG 19 Entry PI-133 1273, Specifications, 1937-1944, as a relevant record series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Records dated 1937-1961
- Limitations
- Research-path guidance only. No LSM-311 RG 19 correspondence, specification, engineering drawing, insulation record, or asbestos survey was retrieved or reviewed in this batch; the guide itself establishes no material aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-311-lsm311-04
-
[6]Authenticated CourtListener API v4, through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; exact-name docket search returned zero results; exact-name opinion and hull-number searches remain incomplete under fleet pacing stand-down [court_record]
- Locator
- Exact-name docket and hull-number opinion queries: authenticated HTTP 200, count 0. Exact-name opinion request and hull-number docket request: helper reported fleet-wide pacing stand-down before returning payloads.
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated exact-name docket search for "USS LSM-311" returned zero results. The later authenticated hull-number opinion search for "LSM-311" also returned zero results. The exact-name opinion request and hull-number docket request did not return payloads because the helper reached the fleet-wide pacing stand-down. The CourtListener sweep therefore remains incomplete and no classification is made for those two blocked queries.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- The two completed zero-result requests do not establish that no asbestos litigation exists. The exact-name opinion and hull-number docket searches remain outstanding; no conclusion is made about alternate spellings, unindexed RECAP material, vessel exposure, or asbestos aboard. Resume the two blocked searches through the authenticated helper when pacing permits.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-311-lsm311-05