Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 574-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LSM-417 · hull: LSM-417 · designation: LSM · type/class: LSM-1-class landing ship, medium
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-417-lsm417-pkt-574-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-417 - construction, commissioning, awards display, commanding officers, disposition (history extract credited to 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14417.htm header block, awards ribbon display, specifications block, commanding-officer list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull in the standard secondary compilation: LSM-1 class; laid down 21 September 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE; launched 8 November 1944; commissioned USS LSM-417, 1 December 1944, LTjg Richard S. Scott Jr. USNR in command; decommissioned 17 March 1947; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred 20 March 1947 to Chile as Aspirante Morel (LSM-31); decommissioned by the Chilean Navy 21 June 1957; scrapped 26 June 1958; ribbon display shows American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal only; full LSM-1 spec block (Fairbanks Morse diesels) and commanding-officer list (Scott to May 1946; LTjg Van B. Fox to Aug 1946; LT Dennis Garret USN to 17 Mar 1947). Photos: launching at Dravo Wilmington 8 Nov 1944; underway aerial; pierside.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation citing Turner Publishing's LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II - not a primary registry; no DANFS entry exists to cross-check against. Build dates, CO list, Chilean transfer sequence, and Chilean dates rest on this and the consistent shipbuildinghistory/uboat/navypedia secondary set. The PhibTraLant assignment (ev-02) and the Atlantic command spread (ev-06) independently corroborate the service profile. No asbestos content in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-01
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[3]NARA, 'MR404(2) Sec 29. Assignment of Naval Vessels - November 1944,' NAID 27578837, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Map Room Papers (collection FDR-FDRMRP), object mr0685.pdf, page 105 (PDF p. 112) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/27578837; object mr0685.pdf (medialive/37/5788/27578837), document page 105 - PHIBTRALANT > LSM FLOTILLA ELEVEN > LSM GROUP 31 > LSM Div 61 column listing 'LSM 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 417'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The November 1944 'Assignment of Naval Vessels' bulletin retained in the FDR Map Room papers (NARA NAID 27578837, digitized PDF reviewed at image level, document page 105) lists 'LSM 417' under LSM Division 61, LSM Group 31, LSM Flotilla Eleven (COM LSM FLOT ELEVEN, footnoted '(1) Upon reporting'), inside the PHIBTRALANT section - the Amphibious Training Command of the Atlantic Fleet. The hull was therefore assigned, upon completion/reporting, to the Atlantic amphibious training establishment rather than to a forward-deployed amphibious force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11
- Population
- LSM-417 crew at commissioning
- Limitations
- Ship-generated-era official assignment list read at image level - names the hull in its assigned unit as of November 1944 with the flotilla 'upon reporting' caveat (the flotilla was forming). Establishes organizational assignment only; does not establish where the hull physically operated, construction dates, materials aboard, asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), Dravo Wilmington yard table - 'LSM 417' row and yard-history header [other_primary]
- Locator
- Dravo Wilmington WWII construction table, LSM 417 row; page header yard-history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton) Dravo-Wilmington construction table lists 'LSM 417': U.S. Navy landing ship, 520 tons, 203 ft, delivered 30-Nov-44, disposition 'To Chile 1947 as Aspirante Morel (LSM-31), scrapped 1958.' The page also documents the yard itself: the Wilmington plant began as Betts, Harlan & Hollingsworth (1837), became Bethlehem's Wilmington yard, and the property was sold to Dravo in 1926; during WWII Bethlehem reopened part of the yard and the two companies teamed for wartime construction.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation - not an official builder's record. Independently consistent with NavSource/Turner and uboat.net on build and Chilean-transfer details; its 30-Nov-44 delivery date feeds the one-day commissioning conflict carried in gaps. No asbestos content in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LSM 417 (ship/13004) - milestone table and history block [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/13004 header table and history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS LSM 417 (ship/13004): built by Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Delaware; ordered 8 April 1944; laid down 21 September 1944; launched 8 November 1944; 'Commissioned 30 Nov 1944'; 'end service' 20 March 1947; history block: 'Decommissioned on 20 March 1947 and transferred to Chili' [sic].
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation. Unique details it alone supplies: order date 8 Apr 1944. Its 'Commissioned 30 Nov 1944' conflicts with NavSource's 1 Dec 1944 (matches the Dravo delivery date - the commissioning/delivery boundary is unresolved, carried in gaps); its 'Decommissioned on 20 March 1947' merges NavSource's decommission (17 Mar) and transfer (20 Mar) dates. No asbestos content in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-04
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[6]seaforces.org Chilean Navy ships list; navypedia.org 'LSM' medium landing ships table; navalmarinearchive.com LSM table [other_primary]
- Locator
- seaforces.org Chilean Navy ships table, LSM-1 class section; navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_aws_lsm.htm LSM417 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Chilean disposition is corroborated across independent secondary compilations: seaforces.org's Chilean Navy ship list records 'LSM-417 Aspirante Morel (1947-58)' under LSM-1-class 'Barcaza' medium landing ships; navypedia's LSM table records 'LSM417 ... Dravo, Wilmington ... comm 11.1944 ... to Chile 3.1947 (Aspirante Morel)'; navalmarinearchive.com's LSM table repeats the Colton row 'To Chile 1947 as Aspirante Morel (LSM-31), scrapped 1958.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1947-1958
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew, 1947-1957
- Limitations
- All secondary compilations - no official Chilean Navy record located. The Chilean name 'Aspirante Morel' was reused on other ex-U.S. LSMs (e.g., ex-LSM-444 as LSM-92), so cross-references risk collision; the ex-LSM-417 mapping is consistent across all three. No asbestos content in the sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-05
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[7]NARA catalog phrase search '"LSM-417"' - RG 38 WWII War Diaries file units naming the hull (catalog-level hits); NAID 139910751 cover image verified [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search results (72 file units); NAID 139910751 object 1160.jpg cover letterhead; NAIDs 139822554, 139831856, 139932098, 633416111, 140030370, 101722524, 101755885, 83561520, 77554886, 101763673, 633448656, 101781066, 77507589, 77599796, 77616548, 190097529, 77532377, 285137754
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A NARA catalog phrase search on 'LSM-417' (72 file-unit results) returns Atlantic-command operational records spanning the hull's entire U.S. career: COM 4 war diary Dec 1944; FLEET ADMIN OFFICE NORFOLK Jan 1945; COMSERFORLANT Feb 1945; COMSERRON 5 war diaries for Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, and Aug 1945; COM LANDING CRAFT TRAINING FLOT LANT Mar 1945; COM CHESAPEAKE GR 02.5 ESF Jun 1945; CINCLANT May and Jul 1945; COM 5 Sep and Nov 1945; NOB GUANTANAMO BAY Jan 1946; Commander Amphibious Force US Atlantic Fleet 1946-49; plus mentions inside the USS LSM-163 diary (Sep 1945) and Egret (IX-181) record (Apr-Jun 1945). The COMSERRON 5 Feb-1945 diary cover was reviewed at image level (NAID 139910751, roll A1451 image 1160) and reads 'UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET / SERVICE FORCE / SERVICE SQUADRON FIVE' - ServRon 5 was an Atlantic Fleet Service Force unit, consistent with the rest of the hit set.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12 to 1949-01
- Population
- LSM-417 crew, 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Catalog-level hits: the file units are verified to match the hull phrase in NARA's index, but the specific matching pages inside each diary were not pinpointed (catalog search-within returned no object-level results for spot-checked units) and most were not image-reviewed. The unit spread verifies Atlantic-service context, not specific movements or events. No materials, insulation, asbestos, or exposure content is established by any of these records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-06
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[8]NHHC, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) Part 4 - full-text absence of 'LSM 417'; NHHC United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - full-text absence; NavSource ribbon display [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NAVPERS Pt. 4 page full-text grep (0 hits); us-pacific-fleet-organization-1may1945.html full-text grep (0 hits); NavSource 10/14/14417.htm ribbon block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No campaign-star or occupation-service credit exists for this hull in the official awards record: full-text search of NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) Part 4 (NHHC-hosted transcription) returns zero occurrences of 'LSM 417'; the hull is likewise absent from NHHC's official United States Pacific Fleet Organization of 1 May 1945 (full-text search, zero occurrences). NavSource's ribbon display shows only the American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal - consistent with a hull that spent her U.S. career in Atlantic waters and earned no battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LSM-417 crew
- Limitations
- A bounded negative: absence from the awards manual and the Pacific fleet organization supports Atlantic/non-combat service but does not prove where every day was spent - the ship could still have deployed without earning a star, and the Atlantic Fleet's own 1945 organization list is not published online for comparison. Says nothing about materials aboard, asbestos, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (2 x Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8 x10 diesels, direct drive, twin screws; diesel ship's-service generators); shipbuildinghistory.com Dravo yard table; LSM Class Manual machinery chapters (ev-09); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-era documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/dravow.htm LSM 417 row; LSM Class Manual index; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel landing ship built September-December 1944 at Dravo's Wilmington yard sits inside the documented asbestos-use era for U.S. naval construction (GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation). Era-standard applications aboard a diesel LSM of this period: diesel-exhaust and machinery lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal insulation of hull spaces, and electrical insulation; a small oil-fired auxiliary steam boiler (per the LSM class manual, ev-09) adds a limited boiler-lagging pathway - not the main-propulsion boiler lagging of steam vessels.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington construction trades (1944); U.S. Navy crew (1944-47); Chilean Navy crew (1947-57); scrappers (1958)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LSM-417. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish presence aboard, exposure of any person, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-08
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[10]NavSource - LSM Class Manual scan (1 Mar 1944, Serial 1766, issued to LSM-294) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net LSM manual index page; machinery chapters 28-48 including auxiliary boiler
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LSM Class Manual (1 March 1944, Serial 1766, issued to LSM-294) is the class-level technical documentation for this hull type; its machinery chapters cover the Fairbanks Morse diesel main propulsion plant and include a small oil-fired auxiliary steam boiler - the limited boiler-lagging pathway noted in the era inference (ev-08).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation issued to a different hull (LSM-294); image-scan only - insulation-specification chapters were not extracted for this hull this session. Does not document LSM-417's installed materials; supports only the existence and general arrangement of the systems named.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2 (HTTP 403 to automated fetch this session - standing defect); identifier and title carried from prior verified batch records
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO report 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (HRD-80-2, 18 October 1979) is the program-level documentation that U.S. Navy ship construction and repair in this hull's era used asbestos insulation extensively - the era documentation behind the class/era inference in ev-08.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 report; WWII-era conditions
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level era documentation, not a hull record - does not name LSM-417 or any LSM. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 for both the product page and PDF this session; content was not re-verified and the row relies on the identifier/title as previously verified in sibling batch records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-10
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[12]NARA catalog file units: NAID 472241464 (RG 24 Casualty Information Reports series); NAID 118967604 (RG 24 muster rolls); NAID 491896589 (WIA casualty list); RG 38 war-diary units per ev-06; catalog.archives.gov [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/472241464 record page ('Not Yet Available Online', paper box 54); phrase-search result set for 'LSM-417'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (catalog-verified, contents unreviewed): (1) non-digitized hull-specific file unit NARA NAID 472241464 'USS LSM-417' in RG 24 series 'Casualty Information Reports' (series NAID 803937, 1941-1960, paper box 54, College Park - 'Not Yet Available Online'); (2) digitized RG 24 muster-roll range unit NAID 118967604 'USS LSM-144 to USS LST-1005' (2,968 images) which the catalog's full-text index hits on this hull - probable muster-roll pages, not pinpointed; (3) the Atlantic-command war diaries listed in ev-06, whose LSM-417 matching pages were not pinpointed; (4) '[Enlisted, Wounded in Action] Peeler, James THRU Pritchard, Owen' (NAID 491896589) - a WIA casualty list unit matching the hull phrase, contents unreviewed; (5) RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) construction/contract records for the Dravo Wilmington hull - not enumerated this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Catalog-level identification only - contents were not reviewed; the casualty-reports file unit is not digitized, so extraction requires a NARA request or visit. Whether any of these contain material-condition or personnel detail relevant to exposure is unknown. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-11
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[13]Batch-6225 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + photo page + fleet organization + NAVPERS 15,790 checks; NARA catalog phrase search, ship plan index, search-within spot checks; NVR; NavSource; shipbuildinghistory; uboat.net; navypedia; seaforces; GAO; CourtListener; secondary-web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-01 through -18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or litigation record naming USS LSM-417 was found in the public sources searched - no DANFS entry exists for this hull; no NHHC photo page exists; the NARA public Ship Plan Index contains no LSM-417 listing; the Naval Vessel Register does not list the hull (pre-1987 disposals excluded); and a secondary-web litigation sweep surfaced no qualifying case or marketing coverage naming this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 search
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built amphibious hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The hull left U.S. custody in March 1947 and was scrapped abroad in 1958, decades before modern hazmat-disclosure practice, so no postwar survey or abatement record can be expected in U.S. sources. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-12
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[14]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) - opinion and RECAP docket searches on exact hull string, name variants, and Chilean name [court_record]
- Locator
- API v4 search endpoint, type=o and type=r, queries 'LSM-417', '"LSM 417" OR "USS LSM-417" OR "USS LSM 417"', 'Aspirante Morel' - all HTTP 200; true counts (QA re-run 2026-10-02): opinions 8, dockets/RECAP 643, name-variant OR opinions 0, dockets 0, 'Aspirante Morel' opinions 7. Original package misrecorded all five as count 0.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches (all HTTP 200): 'LSM-417' opinions count 8 and dockets/RECAP count 643; name-variant query '"LSM 417" OR "USS LSM-417" OR "USS LSM 417"' opinions count 0 and dockets count 0; 'Aspirante Morel' opinions count 7. The original package misrecorded all five queries as count 0 (QA correction 2026-10-02). Hull-mention review: none of the 8 opinion records mentions LSM-417 (fuzzy token matches, e.g. '417' in citations and docket numbers); none of the 7 'Aspirante Morel' opinion records mentions the hull or the word 'Aspirante' (Puerto Rico cases matching the surname Morel(l)); a spot-check of the first 240 of the 643 docket records found zero hull mentions. All nonzero hits are non-qualifying fuzzy matches - none reframed as findings. No qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collision is indexed under this hull or its Chilean name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Population
- CourtListener opinions and RECAP dockets
- Limitations
- Authenticated queries all returned HTTP 200 (not a blocked search); true counts are 8 / 643 / 0 / 0 / 7, not zero as originally recorded. Hull-mention review of the nonzero result sets found zero mentions of LSM-417 - all are fuzzy token artifacts, non-qualifying, so the substantive conclusion (no qualifying litigation naming the hull) is unchanged. Coverage extends only to indexed opinions and RECAP dockets; unindexed, sealed, non-digitized, or differently captioned litigation would not appear, and MDL-875 administrative claims are not fully indexed. A complaint would be pleading-stage anyway; none exists here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-417-lsm417-13