Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 574-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LSM-414 · hull: LSM-414 · designation: LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) · type/class: LSM-1-class landing ship, medium
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-414-lsm414-pkt-574-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-414 ship-detail page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Construction/commissioning lines, specifications complement section, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-414, an LSM-1-class landing ship medium, was laid down 31 August 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 20 October 1944; and commissioned 14 November 1944 with LTjg. J. F. Cummins, USNR, in command. NavSource lists a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted and a commanding-officer roster of Cummins (14 Nov 1944-Mar 1946), LTjg. Orin R. Currie (Mar-Apr 1946), LTjg. Kenneth J. Myers (Apr-Sep 1946), and ENS. Kenneth S. Goldfarb (Sep-17 Dec 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Dravo Corporation (Wilmington) construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Establishes construction, commissioning identity, listed complement, and CO roster only; the underlying narrative source is a veterans-association volume republished by NavSource, not a Navy record. It does not establish asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-414 ship-detail page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Campaign table, occupation-service table, decommission/reserve/struck/sold lines, final disposition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-414 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 17 April-18 May 1945), earning one World War II battle star. Postwar she performed Navy Occupation Service duty in the Far East (24 September-6 October 1945 and 30 October 1945-21 March 1946). She decommissioned 17 December 1946 at Terminal Island Navy Yard, San Pedro, and was laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; she was struck from the Naval Register on a date recorded as unknown, and was sold 5 January 1948 to R.J. MacCallum Co., Compton, California. Final disposition is recorded as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Establishes operational and disposition history as reported by NavSource; the striking date and final fate are explicitly unknown in this source. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Online Reading Room transcription of the official fleet organization) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Flotilla Nine / LSM Group 26 / LSM Division 52 table section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NHHC publication 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' lists 'LSM 414, Lt. J. F. Cummings (USNR)' under LSM Flotilla Nine (Comdr. D. L. Francis), LSM Group 26 (Lt. Cdr. L. Brouwer), LSM Division 52.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- A dated organizational snapshot as of 1 May 1945; it documents assignment and commanding officer at that date only. Conflicts with NavSource's Group 25 / Division 50 attribution and spells the CO 'Cummings' vs 'Cummins' in the Turner extract and the signed NARA action report - see correction row. Establishes no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-03
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[5]National Archives Catalog, NAID 140048588 (digitized action report, 1 image; Fold3 file 296142047) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Catalog record page and digitized report image (serial 41-45, Reg. No. 13297)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The National Archives Catalog holds a digitized ship-specific primary record: 'USS LSM-414 - Report of attempted bombing by enemy aircraft off Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 5/12/45' (NAID 140048588, RG 38, World War II War Diaries and Other Operational Records, microfilm Roll A1666, unrestricted). The report, dated 13 May 1945 and signed by Lt. J. F. Cummins, USNR, states that on the evening of 12 May 1945 the ship was tied to a pontoon causeway at Brown Beach, Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa, preparing to unload Army vehicles from S.S. Nicaragua Victory, when an air raid began at 1921; at 1930 she sustained three near misses from bombs or 90 mm shells, with minor damage to the bow door mechanism and scattered shrapnel damage; three personnel were killed (Ens. Lumir G. Abraham USNR, GM1c(T) Dean S. Ellis USN, F1c Rex E. Dimick USNR) and one wounded (Ens. John C. Berlier USNR).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Ship's crew aboard at Okinawa, 12 May 1945
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous ship-originated action report; establishes the 12-13 May 1945 event, damage, and casualties. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-04
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[6]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' vs NavSource USS LSM-414 detail page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC LSM Group 26 / Division 52 section vs NavSource flotilla/group/division lines and CO table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unit-assignment discrepancy: NavSource's history extract (Turner Publishing, LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II) places LSM-414 in 'LSM Flotilla Nine; LSM Group Twenty-Five, LCDR. L. Brouwer USN; LSM Division Fifty,' while the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization places her in LSM Flotilla Nine, LSM Group 26 (Lt. Cdr. L. Brouwer), LSM Division 52. The commanding officer's surname is spelled 'Cummins' in NavSource's CO table and in the signed NARA action report, but 'Cummings' in the NHHC table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Both sources agree on flotilla and group commander (Brouwer) but differ on group/division numbering; the dated official organization is treated as the more reliable snapshot for 1 May 1945 while the conflict is retained rather than silently reconciled. No asbestos content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-05
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[7]NARA Navy Deck Logs online index; NARA Catalog search results for "LSM-414" [other_primary]
- Locator
- Deck-logs index LSM section (no LSM-414 entry); catalog search https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=%22LSM-414%22
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): NARA's online Navy deck-logs index does not list LSM-414 among digitized logs; wartime deck logs for 1944-1946-era vessels, if extant, are held at Archives II (College Park) and are reachable through textual reference. The RG 38 war-diaries/action-report series that produced NAID 140048588 may contain additional LSM-414 documents; the broader 'LSM-414' catalog query returned 87 file units, nearly all war diaries of other commands whose text mentions the hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948 records
- Limitations
- Availability mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of additional asbestos-relevant documents is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-06
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-414 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Specifications, propulsion and ship's-service-generators sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NavSource lists two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 diesel engines and no steam plant. There is therefore no documented boiler/turbine lagging pathway. Possible era-standard applications on a 1944 U.S. Navy diesel-powered vessel include diesel exhaust/muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in engineering spaces, electrical cable insulation, and deck covering material.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (U.S. Navy and reserve service)
- Population
- Engineering-space crew, construction and service eras
- Limitations
- The specification documents propulsion only and does not say asbestos. The applications list is class/era inference, not a finding that any material was installed on this hull; it does not establish quantity, condition, individual exposure, causation, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-07
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[9]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (released 1979-10-22) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page Highlights
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO reported that the Navy's 1975 asbestos policy was to replace only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; in 1979 it was modified to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas where repairs were expected during the next operating cycle.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers in the GAO review (Long Beach and Norfolk)
- Limitations
- Program-level review of Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; it does not name LSM-414, Dravo Corporation, or Terminal Island Navy Yard and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull. The product page was verified live; the full-report text was not separately retrieved for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4, authenticated via cl-auth-search.py fleet helper /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py (opinions and dockets/RECAP searches) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-414-08 through sl-uss-lsm-414-11; re-run 2026-10-02 via cl-auth-search.py; HTTP 200, count: 0 for each query
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Re-run 2026-10-02 through the mandated fleet helper /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py: authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches returned zero results (HTTP 200 on each of the 4 queries) for exact-name and hull-number queries in both opinions and RECAP dockets: "USS LSM-414" and "LSM-414". No qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name-collision result naming this hull was located in those indexed collections.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A completed CourtListener negative, not a throttled or anonymous search. It covers CourtListener-indexed opinions and RECAP dockets only; it does not rule out unindexed state-court filings, sealed matters, or settlements without public entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-09
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[11]Batch-6222 search ledger (this record): NavSource, NHHC, NARA, NVR, MARAD, GAO, and authenticated CourtListener searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-414-01 through sl-uss-lsm-414-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LSM-414. A ship-specific NARA action report (NAID 140048588) and a live NHHC organizational listing document the hull's service but contain no asbestos or insulation-material statements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard this hull. The only asbestos association carried here is class/era inference in ev-uss-lsm-414-07; this negative finding does not establish or defeat individual exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or present material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-414-10