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-32 (USN); later Onondaga (commercial barge)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-32-lsm32-pkt-560-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-32 (the page identifies its history extract as LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions, and commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live USS LSM-32 hull page identifies an LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium laid down 14 May 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 6 June 1944; and commissioned 8 July 1944 under Lt. Robert B. Youngblood, USNR. The same page reports Asiatic-Pacific service, the Lingayen Gulf landings on 9 January 1945, the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 April to 7 May 1945, decommissioning at Terminal Island on 28 December 1945, striking on 21 January 1946, and a 1948 sale for barge conversion. Its specification block reports a 5-officer/54-enlisted complement and twin Fairbanks Morse diesel direct-drive propulsion; its February 2003 caption identifies ex-LSM-32 as a Tidewater Barge Lines tie-off barge on the Columbia River.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-2003
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction workforce (1944); ship's company (1944-1945)
- Limitations
- This is a live secondary compilation and identifies a secondary print history; it is used for vessel chronology and specifications, not as asbestos documentation. It does not identify material composition, asbestos condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. The 2003 caption does not establish the vessel's present location or condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Group 9, LSM Division 18, printed page 68
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's primary-source United States Pacific Fleet Organization dated 1 May 1945 lists LSM-32 in LSM Group 9, LSM Division 18, under Lt. R. B. Youngblood, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company, Pacific Fleet (1945-05-01)
- Limitations
- This organization table corroborates the ship's assignment and commanding officer as of 1 May 1945 only. It does not provide construction details, a complete service history, material specifications, asbestos information, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published 18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page Highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 Navy-wide review states that it reviewed use of asbestos in Navy ships and reports Navy policies in 1975 and 1979 for removing and replacing asbestos insulation during ship repair. This is asbestos-era and program context for a World War II Navy vessel, not a record of materials aboard LSM-32.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships covered by the 1979 review
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, from a review of Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards decades after this hull's 1944 construction. It does not name LSM-32, Brown Shipbuilding, a product, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. It supports research prioritization only and cannot establish asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; exact-name opinions and docket searches [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-04 and sl-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-05; each response count 0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener v4 searches for the exact phrase USS LSM-32 returned zero results in both the opinions index and RECAP docket index. No qualifying asbestos litigation was located in those completed exact-name searches.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A zero-result exact-name search is not proof that no litigation exists. The required hull-number searches were initiated through the authenticated helper but did not return within the session because fleet pacing was spent; they remain incomplete. No anonymous or direct CourtListener query was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-04
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[6]Bounded source review documented in this record's search_ledger and BATCH-6129-REPORT.md [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-01 through sl-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product inventory, hazmat disclosure, material specification, or qualifying asbestos litigation record was located in the sources reviewed for this record. Asbestos documentation for this hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This bounded negative finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl access was unavailable under a multi-hour quota stand-down and the hull-number CourtListener sweep did not complete. Undigitized NARA deck logs, Navy material records, Brown Shipbuilding records, and post-sale barge records may contain relevant evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-32-lsm32-05