Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]NavSource Online, USS LSM-326 hull record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull history section: Okinawa campaign, occupation service, decommissioning, awards, and final disposition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-326 participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 April through 17 June 1945, performed Far East occupation service from 11 September through 28 November 1945, was decommissioned 17 April 1946, and was sold for scrapping to Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh in April 1947. The record credits one World War II battle star and displays the Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Limitations
- The source reports sale for scrapping, not the completed scrapping date or location; no asbestos-related disposition or remediation information is stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-326-lsm326-02
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[2]Batch-6136 search ledger for USS LSM-326 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-326-lsm326-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The searched public record set yielded no located ship-specific asbestos documentation for USS LSM-326: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation record was located in the sources completed for this record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a located-record negative, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were blocked by the fleet-wide authenticated pacing limiter before results were returned; Firecrawl was unavailable because its MCP reported a multi-hour quota wait.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-326-lsm326-03
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-326 hull record, specifications section [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull record specifications section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The ship-specific record identifies a diesel-powered LSM-1-class landing ship rather than a steam plant. Any asbestos application associated with the LSM class or 1944 naval construction era remains class/era context only and is not attributed to LSM-326.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LSM-1-class construction and shipboard populations as historical context
- Limitations
- Class/era context does not establish that any asbestos-containing product was installed aboard this hull, nor its location, quantity, condition, removal, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-326-lsm326-04
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-326 hull record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull history section: laid down, launched, commissioned, and World War II assignment
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-326 was laid down 30 May 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois; launched 1 September 1944; commissioned 7 October 1944 with Lieutenant J. H. Richardson, USNR, in command; and served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Six, LSM Group Eighteen, and LSM Division Thirty-Six. The hull record gives a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and identifies two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesel engines, twin propellers, and diesel-driven ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The live archive record establishes the ship timeline and assignment but is not an asbestos survey or material schedule; it does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-326-lsm326-01