Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-321 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page disposition and awards lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-321 was decommissioned 10 May 1946, was struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date, earned one World War II battle star, and was sold 10 January 1947 to John D. Schapiro; its subsequent fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- Establishes the reported decommissioning, unknown strike date, award, and sale; it supplies no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-05
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived official copy, LSM Group 17 / LSM Division 34 table; archived because the live NHHC URL returned 404
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization record lists LSM 321 in LSM Division 34 under LSM Group 17.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific Fleet personnel
- Limitations
- Official organization record corroborating the May 1945 assignment; it does not provide the full service history or any asbestos, insulation, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-03
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-321 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp; it also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW 450V AC generators and one diesel-drive 20-kW 120V DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish the composition of any insulation, gasket, packing, electrical component, or deck covering.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-04
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[4]Source-review negative and NavSource Online USS LSM-321 diesel specification [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block; search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-01, -03, and -06
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or condition report was located. The documented World War II diesel machinery provides class/era research context only; it does not establish that any material aboard LSM-321 contained asbestos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition. This row is not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-321 and establishes no quantity, location, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-06
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[5]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-04; authenticated exact-name opinion result {count: 0}; incomplete remaining request payloads
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An authenticated CourtListener API v4 exact-name opinion search for USS LSM-321 returned zero results. The docket and hull-number portions of the required sweep did not return payloads before the local execution window expired, so no conclusion about qualifying asbestos litigation is made.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This partial search result is not proof that no case exists. Because the docket and hull-number result payloads were unavailable, it neither establishes nor defeats any asbestos-exposure claim or litigation history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-07
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[6]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public sources reviewed did not provide ship-specific asbestos documentation for LSM-321: no survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, condition report, or asbestos-material statement was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding does not prove asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and sale records may contain additional evidence; documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-08
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-321 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page chronology; the page title says LSM-319 in error, while the displayed chronology identifies USS LSM-321
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-321 was laid down 5 May 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois; launched 27 July 1944; and commissioned 26 August 1944 with Lt. Fred H. Callies, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Pullman Standard construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity only. The page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-01
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-321 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-page wartime assignment and campaign table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-321 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Six, LSM Group Seventeen, and LSM Division Thirty-Four, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 April to 7 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and Okinawa operating personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed assignment and operation; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-321-lsm321-02