Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 566-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull — real identity: USS LSM-358 (never named)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-358-lsm358-pkt-566-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-358, live page verified 2026-10-01 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LSM-358 page: LSM-1 Class milestones, disposition, Specifications, and Commanding Officers sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSM-358 as an LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium laid down 11 November 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 2 December 1944; and commissioned 2 January 1945 with Lieutenant John B. Cox Jr., USNR, in command. It records Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment, postwar Far East occupation service from 20-23 September and 22 October-30 November 1945, decommissioning at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 20 June 1946, lay-up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, sale to Commercial Metals Co. in November 1958, and final disposition as unknown. The specification block gives a five-officer/54-enlisted complement and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible direct-drive diesel engines, 1,440 BHP each, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades; U.S. Navy crew and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Ship history and specifications only; the page is not an asbestos inventory, survey, abatement record, or exposure finding. The page states that the striking date is unknown and that final disposition is unknown. No individual exposure, causation, material quantity, or legal eligibility is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-01
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[3]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), product page [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page; full text blocked by HTTP 403 during 2026-10-01 retrieval
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The GAO product page identifies a 1979 review of Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, including Navy asbestos-control practices and insulation-removal policy. This provides Navy program and era context relevant to a WWII-built landing ship, but it does not identify asbestos aboard USS LSM-358.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level context only, not hull-specific evidence. The GAO full page was blocked by HTTP 403 during direct retrieval, so no full-text finding is asserted beyond the accessible product-page description. It does not establish any product, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation aboard LSM-358.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-02
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[4]Bounded official-source search ledger for USS LSM-358 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-01 through sl-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or primary record identifying asbestos aboard USS LSM-358 was located in the sources reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Bounded negative search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl research was unavailable because its keyless quota was exhausted; NHHC/DANFS and NVR endpoints were unavailable or blocked; non-digitized Navy and NARA holdings remain unreviewed. The presence or absence of asbestos aboard this hull is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 exact quoted searches through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-08 through sl-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener sweep was attempted for exact quoted USS LSM-358 and LSM-358 searches across opinions and dockets. Each helper request began with authenticated access but timed out before returning a result; no hit is classified and no no-result conclusion is made.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Search attempted 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Access-gap finding, not a negative litigation result. The helper was used for every request; no anonymous request, raw request, or v3 API was used. The timeout leaves qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, or no result unresolved in the CourtListener index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-358-lsm358-04