Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-394 hull page (history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium heading
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-394 was laid down 9 December 1944 at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina; launched 29 December 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-394 on 12 March 1945 with LTjg. Jacob Schulman, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-394 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology and commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-394 was decommissioned 24 September 1946 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet; its strike date is unknown; and it was sold in December 1958 to Gibbs Corp., Jacksonville, Florida, with its fate unknown. The hull page lists commanding officers LTjg/LT. Jacob Schulman, USNR (12 March 1945 - 24 January 1946), LTjg. Robert H. Doney, USNR (24 January 1946 - 1946), and LTjg. Neil Diamond, USNR (May 1946 - 24 September 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1958
- Population
- Ship's company at decommissioning; reserve-fleet and disposal-chain workers
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning, reserve-fleet layup, and reported 1958 sale; the strike date and post-sale disposition are expressly unknown, and no shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-06
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (archived copy; live NHHC URL returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived copy, LSM Flotilla Fourteen / LSM Group Forty-One / LSM Division 81 table, approximately document page 73
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization record lists LSM 394 in LSM Division 81 under LSM Group Forty-One of LSM Flotilla Fourteen, with ComLSMGrp 41 recorded as Lt. Cdr. R. McKee (USNR); the document's commanding-officer field for LSM 394 is blank.
- 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 assignment as of 1 May 1945; it does not provide the full service history, names no commanding officer for this hull, and carries no asbestos, insulation, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-03
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[4]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-394 hull page image captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page image table, photo captions 132-46 (1945-01-10), Subic Bay (1946-03-10), Legazpi
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource hosts a photographic record for the hull: a U.S. Navy Yard Charleston photograph (photo no. 132-46, dated 10 January 1945) showing LSM-394 among LSM hulls at the fitting-out piers during construction; a crew photograph taken at Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippine Islands, 10 March 1946; and a photograph of LSM-394 beached at Legazpi, at the foot of Mt. Mayon, southern Luzon, Philippine Islands, date unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard fitting-out workforce; ship's company in the Philippines
- Limitations
- Photographic captions place the hull at the Charleston yard during fitting-out and in the Philippines in 1946; captions are contributed material and do not document asbestos, insulation composition, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-04
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-394 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block (complement, propulsion, generators)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, 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
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any listed machinery insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-05
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[6]National Archives at Atlanta, RG 181 Ship Commissioning Files finding aid, NAID 2694599 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Finding-aid ship table, Box 9 row: Landing Ship, Medium, LSM-394, 3/12/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives at Atlanta finding aid for RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Ship Commissioning Files, 1942-1945, Sixth Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina; National Archives Identifier 2694599) indexes an LSM-394 commissioning file in Box 9, dated 3/12/1945. The series consists of correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to the commissioning of naval vessels at the Charleston Navy Yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard commissioning workforce
- Limitations
- The index proves a hull-specific commissioning file exists; the file contents are not digitized and were not examined, so nothing in it - including any material or construction detail - is asserted here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-07
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[7]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-394 was a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship built at a Navy yard, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- 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
- Possible categories only, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-394. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-08
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[8]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-06; three authenticated queries, count 0 each
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-394: the exact-hull opinion query, the exact-hull docket query, and the name-variant opinion query each returned zero results, with no name collisions to classify.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a search result, not proof that no unindexed or non-text-linked case exists. Zero-result queries establish only that no indexed opinion or docket text names this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-09
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[9]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live hull page, official NHHC organization record, NARA commissioning-file index, DANFS amphibious index, and authenticated CourtListener results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-394.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records may contain additional evidence; asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-10
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[10]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-394 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology and awards/ribbons block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-394 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Fourteen (LCDR. W. R. McCaleb), LSM Group Forty-One, and LSM Division Eighty-One. The hull page lists the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal; no battle star or named landing operation is listed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed theater assignment and unit chain; it is not a complete voyage narrative, lists no specific landing operation, and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-394-lsm394-02