Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 560-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LSM-315 (USN); later AV-1355 Vernon Sturdee (Australian Army)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-315-lsm315-pkt-560-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-315 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block, propulsion and complement entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource lists LSM-315's design specifications as 203 feet 6 inches overall, 5 officers and 54 enlisted complement, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp total.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew and machinery personnel
- Limitations
- Supports identity and propulsion summary only. The specifications block does not state asbestos content or identify insulation, gaskets, packing, or other materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-315-lsm315-03
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[3]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report product page and indexed report description concerning Navy ship insulation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos program report describes Navy use of asbestos in ship thermal insulation and related control/removal practices during the period relevant to LSM-315's 1944 construction and 1944-1946 Navy service. This is Navy-wide era context only; it does not identify LSM-315 or prove any material aboard it.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard workers generally
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a hull record; direct full-text retrieval was blocked by GAO access controls in this session. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-315, identify locations or quantity, establish present condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-315-lsm315-04
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[4]Batch-6124 research sweep: NHHC/DANFS candidate search, NavSource ship page, NARA RG 181 guide, GAO program report page, and authenticated CourtListener exact-name/hull searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-315-lsm315-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible official and authoritative sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or hull-specific asbestos litigation record was found for USS LSM-315, LSM-315, or Vernon Sturdee (AV-1355). Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown, not established absent. Authenticated CourtListener searches returned only unrelated/name-collision results: 2 opinions for 'USS LSM-315', 10 opinions for 'LSM-315', 202 dockets for 'USS LSM-315', and 1,182 dockets for 'LSM-315'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- Negative finding is limited to accessible public sources and the exact searches recorded in the ledger. Firecrawl was quota-blocked; NHHC has no live LSM-315 page located; NARA underlying ship files and non-digitized Navy technical records were not reviewed. Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard and does not establish or defeat an exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-315-lsm315-05
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-315 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship-history bullets and campaign table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSM-315 as an LSM-1-class landing ship medium built by Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company at Chicago, commissioned 13 July 1944 under Lieutenant Alfred W. Holmes, assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and credited with the Luzon and Mindanao operations. It records Far East occupation service from 28 September to 2 October 1945, decommissioning at Astoria on 14 June 1946, and two World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew and Pullman Standard construction personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource archival compilation, not a Navy registry page; it reports laid-down and launched dates as unknown and does not document asbestos content, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-315-lsm315-01
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[6]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-315 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Postwar disposition bullets and Australian/commercial-service photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LSM-315's post-Navy history as transfer to the Australian Army in 1960, assignment to the Royal Engineers' 32 Small Ship Squadron, renaming Vernon Sturdee (AV-1355), sale for commercial service in 1972, and final disposition believed to be sinking in the Solomon Islands circa 1984. The same page documents Australian service photographs in the Gulf of Carpentaria, South Vietnam, and Ballina, Australia.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1960-1984
- Population
- Australian Army crews; commercial-service and disposal personnel
- Limitations
- The page uses 'believed' for the circa-1984 sinking and says the ship was 'possibly' modified as a timber carrier; no Australian registry, commercial disposal file, or wreck record was located. This row does not establish asbestos handling during transfer, conversion, or breakup.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-315-lsm315-02