Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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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-419 · hull: LSM-419 · designation: LSM · type/class: LSM-1-class landing ship, medium
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-419-lsm419-pkt-574-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-419 - construction, unit assignments, campaigns, disposal, specifications, CO roster, photo captions (history extract sourced to Turner Publishing, 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces' Vol. II, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14419.htm - history block, Korean War campaign table, specifications block, CO roster, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 4 October 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE; launched 18 November 1944; commissioned USS LSM-419 on 14 December 1944, LTjg. John J. Moriarity USNR in command. WWII assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LSM Flotilla Twelve (LCDR A. F. Dineen), LSM Group Thirty-Six (LT V. L. Homer), LSM Division Seventy-Two. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 to 21 March 1946. Korean War campaigns: Inchon Landing (13-17 September 1950), North Korean Aggression (18 September - 2 November 1950), Communist China Aggression (3 November - 30 December 1950), First U.N. Counter Offensive (7 February - 3 April 1951), U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive (16-24 November 1951); five battle stars. Photo captions place her beached at Iwo Jima (March or August 1945), on Yellow Beach at Inchon 16 September 1950 (NH 97155), loading at Hungnam evacuation beach 18 December 1950 (80-G-424505, NARA), moored at Yokosuka 1 May 1951, and underway off San Diego August 1953. Decommissioned 16 February 1955 and transferred to South Korea the same day; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; decommissioned by the ROK Navy in February 1963 (NavSource prints '29 February 1963' - an impossible date, 1963 was not a leap year; see gaps); scrapped 1963. Commanding-officer roster is unbroken December 1944 - February 1955 (11 officers), consistent with continuous commission through the Korean War. Spec block: 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t full; 203'6" x 34'6"; 13.2 kt; complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; two Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8 diesels, direct drive, 2,800 shp, twin screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1963
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington construction trades (1944); USN crew and embarked troops (1944-1955); ROK Navy crew (1955-1963); breakers (1963)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its per-page history extract derives from the Turner Publishing LSM/LSMR volume, and its spec block is generic LSM-1-class text (engine make is class-level, not verified to this hull - see gaps). CO roster spelling 'Moriarty' conflicts with the header's 'Moriarity'. No asbestos or material content. Page verified live via fetch 2026-10-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-01
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[3]ARCHIVED COPY - Navy Department Library (NHHC), 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945.' Live URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-pacific-fleet-organization-1may1945.html returns 404 (link rot); content verified via this 2025-12-08 Wayback capture. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945 page - LSM Group 36 / Division 72 table row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy Department Library organization list 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' carries LSM 419 in LSM Division Seventy-Two (LSM Div. 72) under LSM Group Thirty-Six - contemporaneous official corroboration of this hull's wartime assignment and in-service status as of 1 May 1945, independent of the NavSource/Turner extract.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- USN crew (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Organizational roster entry only - confirms the hull existed and was assigned to Div. 72 / Group 36 as of the list date; no commanding officer is shown for LSM 419 in the table. No asbestos, materials, or condition information. Live NHHC page is dead; citation is the labeled Wayback archive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-02
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[4]ARCHIVED COPIES - NHHC photographic catalog: NH 97155 'Inchon Invasion, September 1950' (caption names USS LSM-419 off Yellow Beach) and USN 1045122 'USS LSM-419' (underway, circa 1950s). Both live NHHC URLs return 404 (link rot); verified via 2025-12-17 Wayback captures: https://web.archive.org/web/20251217003139/.../NH-97155.html and https://web.archive.org/web/20251217195850/.../USN-1045122.html. NARA holds photo 80-G-424505 (live NAID record https://catalog.archives.gov/id/146203940). [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC catalog pages NH-97155 and USN-1045122; NARA NAID 146203940 record page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy photographic records place this hull in Korean War operations: photo NH 97155 shows LSTs on Yellow Beach, Inchon waterfront, 16 September 1950, its caption naming 'USS LSM-419' as the ship next beyond the probable USS LST-914; NARA-held Navy photo 80-G-424505 shows her loading at the Hungnam evacuation beach 18 December 1950 (caption via NavSource, NARA record resolves live); NHHC catalog record USN 1045122 is a photograph titled 'USS LSM-419,' dated circa 1950s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1950-1951 (photograph dates)
- Population
- USN crew and embarked forces at Inchon (Sep 1950) and Hungnam (Dec 1950)
- Limitations
- Photo captions establish presence at Inchon (16 Sep 1950) and Hungnam (18 Dec 1950) and the hull's existence in the 1950s. The Hungnam frame (80-G-424505) is verified at NARA catalog level; its descriptive caption was not independently re-read from the NARA scan - caption detail is via NavSource. NHHC live catalog pages are dead; citations are labeled Wayback archives. No asbestos, materials, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LSM 419 - construction data (ordered 8 April 1944) and wartime movement entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 13006 - build table and 'Notable events' list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates construction chain (Dravo Corp., Wilmington DE; ordered 8 April 1944; laid down 4 October 1944; launched 18 November 1944; commissioned 14 December 1944; end of US service 16 February 1955, transferred to South Korea) and supplies movement entries: departed Pearl Harbor 13 April 1945; arrived Marianas Group, Saipan, 1 May 1945; arrived Iwo Jima 23 May 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- Crew (1945 Pacific transit)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary database; the three movement entries are footnoted only to 'personal communication,' so they are carried as corroboration, not as primary itinerary proof. The 23 May 1945 Iwo Jima arrival postdates the assault (19 Feb - 26 Mar 1945) - consistent with the NavSource photo window of March/August 1945 but not proof of assault participation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-04
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[6]Navypedia, 'DAECHO medium landing ships (1944-1945/1955-1956)' - Republic of Korea Navy roster table; corroborated by the published List of Republic of Korea Navy ships (Dokdo LSM 603 ex-LSM-419, loaned 16 February 1955) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia kos_ls_taecho.htm table row 'Dokdo (ex-LSM419), no. 603'; List of Republic of Korea Navy ships, Medium Landing Ships section; namu.moe entry (lead only - unreachable at final verification)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ROK service identity for this hull: Dokdo (LSM 603), Dravo Wilmington 1944-built, in ROK commission from February 1955 (transferred the day the USN decommissioned her), stricken 1963. Korean-language secondary coverage consulted in the prior session (namu.moe) adds that as Dokdo she captured a North Korean agent vessel off Soyeonpyeong-do in 1959 and was retired and broken up in February 1963 - consistent with NavSource's February 1963 ROK decommission and 1963 scrapping (NavSource's printed '29 February 1963' is an impossible date - not a leap year).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1955-1963
- Population
- ROK Navy crew (1955-1963)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations only - no ROK Navy primary record was located. Sources conflict on transfer terms ('on loan' in ROKN roster compilations and Jane's vs 'grant aid' in Korean-language secondary coverage) and on year (1955 vs Jane's 1956) - flagged in gaps. The 1959 spy-ship incident rests on a single Korean secondary source; the namu.moe page could not be re-verified (404/geo-block) at final check - treated as a lead, not cited fact. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-05
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[7]Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63 (Internet Archive full text) - Republic of Korea Navy section ex-U.S. LSM roster and USN LSM-class transfer/disposal notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- JanesFightingShips196263 full text: ROKN 'Ex-U.S. LSM Type' roster (DOK DO line); USN LSM class 'Transfer Notes' and 'Recent Disposals' paragraphs; ROK ex-LSM spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Jane's 1962-63 documents the hull's Korean service identity: the ROKN ex-U.S. LSM list carries 'DOK DO LSM 603 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 419)' under an 'On loan from the United States' note, and the LSM-class Transfer Notes state verbatim: 'LSMs 17, 19, 30, 54, 57, 84, 96, 268, 316, 419, 462, and 546 were loaned to Korea in 1956' - a one-year conflict with NavSource/Turner's 16 February 1955 transfer date, carried unresolved in gaps. Jane's Recent Disposals also state: 'All LSMs were stricken from the Navy List in 1957 except 13 LSMs and the two YVs' - hulls out on foreign loan (the Korea group) plausibly among the retained, but Jane's does not say which hulls the 13 were; LSM-419's strike date remains unknown. Jane's class spec block for the ROK ex-LSM type prints diesels, direct drive, 2,880 BHP, 12.5 kt, complement 62 - diverging from NavSource's 2,800 shp / 13.2 kt / 59.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1955-1963 (ROK service); published 1962
- Population
- ROK Navy crew (1955-1963)
- Limitations
- Reputable published reference work, not an official record. The 1956 loan date is a class-group sentence that conflicts with the NavSource/Turner per-hull date - unresolved. The 'stricken 1957 except 13' note does not enumerate the 13, so it cannot settle this hull's strike date. Class-level spec figures (2,880 bhp / 62 complement) are generic to the ROK ex-LSM group, not ship-specific. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-06
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[8]Amerace Esna Corp. v. United States, 462 F.2d 1377, 199 Ct. Cl. 175 (1972) - Court of Claims per curiam adopting Trial Commissioner Colaianni's findings (CourtListener clusters 8901372 and 8615611) [court_record]
- Locator
- 199 Ct. Cl. 175, findings 13(a), 16, 30(b) (462 F.2d 1377, per curiam)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A federal patent-royalty opinion naming this hull: the Bureau of Ships authorized evaluation of the plaintiff's two-part flotation rust-preventive compounds aboard a small test group including 'Medium Landing Ship (LSM) 419, of the amphibious fleet' on 23 July 1952 (finding 13(a)); copies of BuShips Instruction 9190.12 and of change 1 (11 June 1954) were sent to the commanding officer of LSM-419; and the government introduced no procurement records for ships it admitted were authorized to use such compounds, expressly including LSM-419 (finding 30(b)). Ship-specific documentary evidence that this hull operated an authorized ballast-tank materials program in 1952-54.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1952-1955 (program window); opinion filed 1972
- Population
- LSM-419 crew conducting BuShips 9190.12 ballast-tank evaluations (1952-54)
- Limitations
- Other litigation, not asbestos: a 28 U.S.C. 1498 patent/compensation case over rust-preventive flotation compounds. It names the hull and documents BuShips material authorization aboard her, but establishes nothing about asbestos; the flotation compounds at issue are not alleged to contain asbestos and no exposure claim appears in the opinion. Finding-stage record (adopted commissioner's findings), not a pleading.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-07
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[9]NavSource-hosted transcription scan of the period LSM ship's organization and technical manual (Section I ship's organization; Section II technical chapters 28-48, incl. ch. 30 Main Propelling Machinery and ch. 31-9 Boilers) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lsm manual index page; lsm02-30.pdf (Main Propelling Machinery, engine-hull assignment table); lsm02-31-9.pdf (auxiliary steam boiler, boiler room)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The class technical manual documents the plant aboard LSM-type hulls: main propulsion by two direct-drive diesels - either Fairbanks Morse model 38D8-1/8 (hulls 1-125, 126-141, 201-230, 253-269, and a range through ~351 per the OCRed table) or General Motors 16-278A on intervening hulls - plus an auxiliary oil-fired water-tube steam boiler supplying about 1,500 lb steam/hr at 55 psi, located in a boiler room (ch. 31-9). So the type carried an auxiliary steam system even though propulsion is diesel. The manual's engine-assignment table predates hull 419 (Dravo Wilmington block LSM-414-446) and does not resolve this hull's engine make.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (manual coverage)
- Population
- LSM-type crews and construction/repair trades (class level)
- Limitations
- Class manual, not a hull document - scanned images OCRed page-by-page this session (PDFs have no text layer). OCRed chapters name machinery but do not state insulation composition; 'asbestos' does not appear in the pages OCRed. An auxiliary boiler documents a steam-side insulation surface aboard the type, not the material used. Engine-assignment ranges cover hulls only through the 350s - hull 419's engine make is unresolved (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-1-class spec block (direct-drive diesel plant); class manual (auxiliary steam boiler, ch. 31-9); Rushworth, Naval Engineers Journal 117(2) 2005 (ev-10); Corn & Starr, AJIM 1987 (ev-11); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-12); Dravo builder litigation record (ev-13, ev-14) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis of ev-01 spec block, ev-08 manual, ev-10 Rushworth, ev-11 Corn & Starr, ev-12 GAO; Dravo wartime shipbuilding record (ev-13)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-driven amphibious ship built in the last quarter of 1944 at Dravo's Wilmington yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era; era-standard applications aboard a ship of this type were thermal insulation on the auxiliary steam boiler and its steam/feed lines, diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery and accommodation-space insulation, gaskets and valve packing throughout the piping systems, electrical insulation, and asbestos-containing deck coverings/fireproofing - all within a small, poorly ventilated hull. Because propulsion is direct-drive diesel there is no main boiler/turbine lagging pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1963
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington construction trades (1944); USN crew and embarked troops (1944-55); maintenance crews at availabilities; ROK crew (1955-63); breakers (1963)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, shipyard work package, or survey located for LSM-419. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The auxiliary boiler documents a steam side, not its insulation material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-09
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[11]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2):35-48 (April 2005), American Society of Naval Engineers - DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x [other_primary]
- Locator
- Naval Engineers Journal vol. 117 no. 2, pp. 35-48; ingentaconnect article record art00012
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed technical-journal review documenting that asbestos 'was once used in U.S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation and in many other shipboard products,' describing the evolution of thermal-insulation systems in WWII and post-WWII ships and the litigation wave from Navy personnel exposed aboard ships built during and following WWII - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and US/ROK service era (1944-1963).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s (reviewed era); published 2005
- Population
- WWII/post-WWII Navy shipboard personnel and shipyard workers (era level)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level technical review, not a hull record - the LSM type and this hull are not named. Abstract and bibliographic record verified via independent listings (ingentaconnect TOC; Wiley DOI record); ingentaconnect returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - bibliographic details verified, full text not pulled this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-10
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[12]Corn, Jacqueline K., and Jacqueline Starr, 'Historical Perspective on Asbestos: Policies and Protective Measures in World War II Shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) - DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM vol. 11 no. 3, pp. 359-373; DOI record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documenting that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and wartime construction program under which LSM-419 (laid down October 1944) was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Navy and merchant-type hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1940s shipbuilding era; published 1987
- Population
- WWII U.S. shipbuilding workforce and Navy crews (era level)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. DOI resolves to Wiley record (302 -> onlinelibrary.wiley.com); article page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - bibliographic verification only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-11
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[13]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1944) and US service era (1944-55).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed again 2026-10-01 (same standing defect as Batch 98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-12
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[14]Christman v. Dravo Corp., 466 A.2d 209, 319 Pa. Super. 378 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1983) - affirming summary judgment for Dravo [court_record]
- Locator
- 466 A.2d 209; complaint paragraphs FOURTH/FIFTH and interrogatory answers as recited in the opinion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-level asbestos litigation record: the complaint alleged that Jacob F. Christman worked 1942-1945 at Dravo's Neville Island (Pittsburgh) shipyard as a mechanic/welder, 'in the hold of the ship where they were putting up insulation,' with asbestos attributed to Johns-Manville - i.e., an allegation of asbestos insulation work inside ships under wartime construction at a Dravo yard in the same period and corporate shipbuilding program that built this hull at Dravo's sister yard (Wilmington DE). Summary judgment for Dravo was affirmed on Pennsylvania workers' compensation exclusivity grounds (employee tort claim barred).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (alleged exposure); opinion filed 1983-09-30
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island shipyard trades (1942-45, alleged); Dravo shipbuilding workforce generally
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation that never reached a merits adjudication - the appellate record describes claimed exposure; summary judgment was affirmed for Dravo on statutory exclusivity (employees' exclusive remedy was workers' comp), so the court made NO finding that asbestos was or was not present. Neville Island is the sister yard, not the Wilmington DE yard that built this hull; no Wilmington-specific allegation appears. Establishes the litigation context of the builder, not material aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-13
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[15]In re Dravo LLC - Derivative Claims Against Carmeuse Lime, Pennsylvania Inc., and Certain Affiliated Entities (Appeal of: All Plaintiffs Represented by Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C.), 307 A.3d 146 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2023) [court_record]
- Locator
- 307 A.3d 146 (Pa. Super. 2023), majority opinion recitation of Dravo's litigation history
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Judicial record of the builder's corporate asbestos-litigation history: the Superior Court recites that 'since at least the early 1990s, Dravo has been sued in a number of lawsuits that sought damages due to alleged bodily injury caused by exposure to asbestos, where the exposure typically occurred during its operations from the 1940s through the 1980s' - the same corporate shipbuilder (Dravo Corp., later Dravo LLC, dissolved 2018) that built this hull at its Wilmington DE yard in 1944. The appeal concerned veil-piercing against successor/parent entities; the court reversed summary judgment for the Carmeuse entities and remanded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1940s-1980s (alleged exposure window); opinion filed 2023-12-19
- Population
- Asbestos plaintiffs vs. Dravo entities (class-level corporate context)
- Limitations
- Corporate-structure and insurance-coverage litigation, not an exposure finding for any vessel or yard: the opinion records the existence of asbestos suits against the builder generally, not conditions at the Wilmington yard or aboard this hull. Veil-piercing is a liability-allocation question - no asbestos facts were adjudicated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-14
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[16]Batch-6227 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and LSM class manual; archived NHHC Pacific Fleet org and photo catalog; uboat.net; navypedia/ROKN roster; Jane's 1962-63 full text; NARA catalog; MARAD ShipHistory; NHHC DANFS (no LSM entries exist); NVR (unreachable; hull predates NVR coverage); GAO (403); CourtListener API v4 type=o and type=r; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-01 through -20
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or qualifying asbestos case naming USS LSM-419 or ROKS Dokdo (LSM-603) was found in the sources searched. The only court record naming the hull is the non-asbestos Amerace Esna patent case (ev-07). The CourtListener opinion sweep for 'LSM-419' (17 hits) returned Amerace Esna plus token collisions only; the docket sweep returned one securities-case collision (Starostenko v. UBS AG, S.D.N.Y.). Notably, no law-firm marketing page dedicated to this hull was located - unusual versus sister hulls - so there are also no marketing claims to rebut.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the ship's construction inside the documented Navy asbestos era makes era-material presence a reasonable inference, not a finding. A subset of CourtListener queries ('USS LSM-419' exact-phrase opinion variant) could not be run before session end because the fleet pace budget was spent - logged as blocked/partial, not negative. Deck logs, Dravo work packages, BuShips 9190.12 evaluation reports, and ROK-era survey/scrapping records are undigitized leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-15
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[17]Archival leads: NARA Catalog search 'LSM-419' returns ~260 record hits, overwhelmingly digitized monthly file units in RG 24 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations) spanning her commissioned career - e.g., 'LSM-419 - July 1952' (NAID 146203940, live), 'LSM-419 - December 1951' (NAID 146203462); NARA photo 80-G-424505; archived NHHC catalog pages NH 97155 and USN 1045122; Dravo Corporation collection 1925-1989, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh (Digital Pitt AIS.1972.09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov 'LSM-419' search + NAID 146203940 / 146203462 record pages; archived NHHC NH-97155 and USN-1045122 pages; Digital Pitt AIS.1972.09 finding-aid page; Amerace Esna finding 16 (reporting obligation)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Physical/digitized records likely to exist but not individually reviewed: ~258 digitized monthly deck-log file units for this hull in NARA RG 24 (marked 'Available to access online'; catalog record URLs resolve, e.g. NAID 146203940); three official photographs naming this hull (NH 97155 and USN 1045122 - NHHC catalog pages verified via Wayback archives; 80-G-424505 - NARA record live); and the Dravo Corporation corporate collection at the University of Pittsburgh (finding-aid page live), the plausible repository for Wilmington-yard construction records for the LSM-414-446 block. The BuShips 9190.12 six-month evaluation reports filed by her commanding officer (required 1952-55 per the Amerace findings) are a further targeted lead - the court record establishes the reporting obligation existed for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1963 (record creation window)
- Population
- Researchers; former crew
- Limitations
- Leads only: NARA catalog is SPA/JS-rendered - record pages resolve (HTTP 200) but content cannot be scraped programmatically from this network; no individual deck-log page was reviewed and no materials/maintenance reference was read into the record. Digital Pitt finding aid verified live 2026-10-01 but collection contents for this yard/hull block are unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-419-lsm419-16