Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 576-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-430-lsm430-pkt-576-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-430 (10/14/14430.htm), history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1997; ISBN 1-56311-389-9) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 14430.htm header/history block, occupation/China-service dates table, specifications block, awards ribbon display, photo-caption series, and commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1997): LSM-1 class; laid down 7 December 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE; launched 27 January 1945; commissioned USS LSM-430 20 February 1945, LT. James W. Plowman, USNR, in command; WWII Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment - LSM Flotilla Fourteen (LCDR. W. R. McCaleb), LSM Group Forty-One, LSM Division Eighty-Two; post-war Occupation and China service in the Far East - Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 20 September 1945 - 1 February 1946 and 2 February - 1 June 1946, China Service Medal (extended) 2 February - 1 June 1946; decommissioned 1 June 1946 and transferred the same day to the Republic of China; 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown'; seized October 1949 by People's Republic of China forces, redesignated HUA-204; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Spec block: 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t full load; 203'6" ovl x 34'6" beam; 13.2 kts; complement 5 officers + 54 enlisted (troop accommodations 2 officers, 46 enlisted); armament one twin 40mm bow + four single 20mm; capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs; endurance 4,900 mi @ 12 kts; propulsion two GM 16-278A diesels, 1,440 BHP each @ 720 rpm, twin propellers 2,800 shp. Ribbon display: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Photo captions: launch at Dravo Corp., Wilmington DE, 27 January 1945; moored alongside LCI(M)-756/757 and LSM-456 (date/location unknown). Commanding officers: LT. James W. Plowman USNR (20 Feb 1945 - 5 Mar 1946), LTjg. J. T. Fitzgerald USNR (5 Mar - 1 Jun 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington construction trades (1944-45); USN crew (1945-46); Republic of China Navy crew (1946-49); PRC operators/handlers post-1949
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track the Turner Publishing extract; the struck date is explicitly unknown; the ROCN name (if any) and post-1949 fate are not documented. Page verified live 2026-10-01 via Firecrawl (navsource.net - the .org domain is dead). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Department Library Online Reading Room: 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM FLOTILLA FOURTEEN (1) > LSM GROUP FORTY-ONE > LSM DIVISION 82, row 'LSM 430'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC Navy Department Library transcription of 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' lists 'LSM 430' under LSM Flotilla Fourteen, LSM Group Forty-One, LSM Division 82 - the same flotilla/group/division assignment NavSource records - alongside LSM 431, LSM 432 (GF), and LSM 433 in Division 82. The roster documents the hull's Pacific Fleet unit assignment roughly ten weeks after commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Organizational roster only: establishes the hull's Pacific Fleet unit assignment as of 1 May 1945 but documents no operations, location, or service event for this hull, and contains no asbestos or material content. Page verified live 2026-10-01 via Firecrawl.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-02
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[4]navypedia.org, China amphibious ships - 'HUA 201 medium landing ships (1944-1945/1946-1948)' roster, row 'Hua 204 (ex-LSM430)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- PRC LSM roster table, row 'Hua 204 (ex-LSM430) | Dravo, Wilmington | 1944 | 1945 | 2.1945 // 6.1946'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navypedia's People's Republic of China amphibious roster ('HUA 201 medium landing ships') lists 'Hua 204 (ex-LSM430)' with builder Dravo, Wilmington, USA; laid down 1944, launched 1945, commissioned 2.1945 with USN service ending 6.1946; the fate cell is blank. This independently corroborates the NavSource/Turner record of transfer to the Republic of China (June 1946) and the PRC redesignation HUA-204 after the October 1949 seizure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1949 (PRC service window per roster class dates)
- Population
- PRC crew/operators of ex-LSM-430 / Hua 204 (post-1949)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (navypedia), not a primary naval register - used as corroboration for the Turner/NavSource disposition record, consistent with uboat.net. The roster documents identity continuity (ex-LSM430 = Hua 204) and service endpoints; it does not document the October 1949 seizure event itself or any later fate, and carries no asbestos or material content. Page verified live 2026-10-01 via Firecrawl.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-03
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[5]NavSource-hosted transcription scan, LSM ship's organization and technical manual (1 March 1944), Section II chapter 31-9 'Boilers' (lsm02-31-9.pdf) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section II, chapter 31-9 'Boilers' paragraph text; manual index page lsm manual index.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The period LSM ship's organization and technical manual (NavSource-hosted scan, dated 1 March 1944) documents the class plant: Section II chapter 31-9 'Boilers' states 'There is an Auxiliary Steam Boiler supplied to each vessel designed to supply 1500 pounds of saturated steam per hour at 35 pounds per square inch, gage steam pressure... It is an oil fired water tube or fire tube type,' located in the boiler room, compartment C-101-1/2E, main deck starboard, frames 24-26. The type therefore carried a small steam-side insulation surface in addition to its diesel main plant - relevant to era-inference scoping of insulation aboard an LSM-1-class hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944 (manual date)
- Population
- LSM-1-class crews and construction trades (class context)
- Limitations
- Class manual, not a hull document - scanned pages carry no vessel name and do not state insulation composition; 'asbestos' does not appear in the extracted text. Documents that an auxiliary boiler existed aboard the type, not that its insulation was asbestos-containing. Manual chapter verified live 2026-10-01 via Firecrawl.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block for this hull (GM 16-278A diesel plant); LSM class technical manual ch. 31-9 (auxiliary boiler); Rushworth 2005 Navy asbestos-insulation review (ev-06); Corn & Starr 1987 WWII-shipbuilding asbestos documentation (ev-07); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era program documentation (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; synthesis of ev-04, ev-06, ev-07, ev-08 era documentation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-driven amphibious ship built December 1944 - February 1945 at Dravo's Wilmington DE 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 winch/windlass brake linings - the same application set carried for sister Dravo-built LSM hulls.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington construction trades (1944-45); USN crew (1945-46); ROC Navy crew (1946-49); PRC operators post-1949
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, shipyard work package, or survey located for LSM-430. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull, no present-day presence claim. The auxiliary boiler documents a steam side aboard the type, not its insulation material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-05
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[7]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2):35-48 (April 2005), American Society of Naval Engineers [other_primary]
- Locator
- NEJ 117(2):35-48; bibliographic record verified via Crossref API (DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x)
- 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 and U.S. service window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- era documented 1940s-1970s; article 2005
- Population
- WWII-and-after Navy ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level technical review, not a hull record - the LSM type and this hull are not named. Bibliographic details verified via Crossref; DOI did not resolve to automated fetch from this network and ingentaconnect returns HTTP 403 - content quoted per the article's abstract-level record; full text not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-06
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[8]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article
- 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 this LSM-1-class hull (laid down December 1944) was mass-produced at a Navy-contracted commercial yard - 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 era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or this yard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. DOI verified live 2026-10-01 (302 redirect to Wiley).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure (fieldwork at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards), covering 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities.' Per the report highlights, the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - establishing that asbestos insulation was in service aboard Navy ships of this hull's era and remained a managed material into the late 1970s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy window
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - not Dravo Wilmington - so this is era/program context, not a hull or builder-yard finding. Product page verified live via Firecrawl 2026-10-01; the full-report PDF (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf) has returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch in prior batches (standing gao.gov access defect) - content quoted from the live Highlights text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-08
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[10]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 Dravo's interrogatory answers (Nos. 7, 13, 17) 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. The opinion also recites Dravo's interrogatory answers stating that from 1941 to 1945 the major portion of the ships it built (over 145 LST-type vessels) were for the Bureau of Ships of the U.S. Navy and that asbestos was used as pipe insulating material in the construction of motor vessels at the Neville Island building docks. Summary judgment for Dravo was affirmed on Pennsylvania workers' compensation exclusivity grounds (employee tort claim barred). Dravo's Wilmington DE yard - which built this hull - ran the same corporate wartime landing-ship program (65 of 558 LSMs per secondary compilations).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (alleged exposure); opinion filed 1983
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island shipyard trades (1942-45, alleged); Dravo shipbuilding workforce generally
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation that never reached a merits adjudication - 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. The recited interrogatory answers concern the Neville Island (Pittsburgh) yard - the sister yard, not the Wilmington DE yard that built this hull; no Wilmington-specific allegation or admission appears. Establishes the builder's litigation context, not material aboard this ship. Opinion page verified live 2026-10-01 via vLex (CourtListener does not index this opinion).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-09
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[11]In re Dravo LLC - Derivative Claims Against Carmeuse Lime, 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 (Section A, 'Dravo's Background and Insurance Policies')
- 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 had 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) that built this hull at its Wilmington DE yard in 1944-45. The appeal concerned whether asbestos plaintiffs could pierce the corporate veil to hold Carmeuse Lime entities liable for Dravo's torts; the Superior 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/liability-allocation litigation, not an exposure finding: the appellate disposition is a veil-piercing reversal on remand - no asbestos facts about any vessel or yard were adjudicated, and the opinion records the existence of suits against the builder generally, not conditions at the Wilmington yard or aboard this hull. Opinion page verified live 2026-10-01 via vLex (CourtListener does not index this opinion).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-10
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[12]US EPA Envirofacts/FRS facility detail for DRAVO SHIPYARD - HARBOR (registry 110071966576, ACRES brownfields property 10151) and companion DEN-sourced Dravo records; EPA Cleanups in My Community property page, ACRES ID 10151; Delaware DNREC-SIRB 'PCB Mass Loading from Hazardous Substance Release Sites to Surface Waters of the Christina River Basin' Phase I page and Dravo Shipyard appendices 11a/11b (DE-1092, DE-1096) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA FRS facility detail (ACRES row, ID 10151, dated 04/27/2017); CIMC property page https://cimc.epa.gov/ords/cimc/f?p=CIMC:31::::31,0:P31_ID:10151 (Phase II assessment 07/30/1999, cleanup not started); DNREC page https://dnrec.delaware.gov/waste-hazardous/remediation/watar/pcb-mass-loading/phase-i/ and appendix PDF 11b pp19-44 (DE-1096)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder yard is a documented contaminated industrial site: EPA FRS carries five Wilmington DE Dravo records including DRAVO SHIPYARD FORMER WILMINGTON (foot of South Madison Street), DRAVO SHIPYARD MADSION ST, DRAVO MARSH, DRAVO BUILDING (all Delaware-state DEN program source), and DRAVO SHIPYARD - HARBOR (registry 110071966576, South Madison Street) in ACRES - EPA's brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System - whose CIMC property page records a completed Phase II Environmental Assessment (07/30/1999, EPA Region 3 Targeted Brownfields Assessment - Delaware) with cleanup 'Not Started' and 'Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown.' DNREC's Site Investigation and Restoration Branch documents the former Dravo Shipyard as two Delaware HSCA (Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act) sites - DE-1092 (Amer property) and DE-1096 (Harbor Associates property, ~33 acres of the ~120-acre yard) - in the Christina River Basin PCB mass-loading study, with measured surface-soil PCB concentrations and groundwater-discharge loading calculations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1999-2017 (records window); yard operation 1926-1965
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington shipyard workforce (operational era through ~1965 closure); riverfront remediation/redevelopment crews (1990s-2000s)
- Limitations
- Builder-yard environmental record only: documents that the former Dravo Wilmington shipyard is a state-tracked contaminated site (DNREC HSCA; PCBs, slag/industrial fill) and an EPA brownfields-assessed property - not that asbestos was found or handled there, and nothing ties site conditions to any hull built there. The ACRES contaminant/media fields are blank and the DNREC study addresses PCBs, not asbestos. Does not establish presence, exposure, or causation for this hull. FRS, CIMC, DNREC pages, and the 11b appendix PDF all verified live 2026-10-01 (FRS/CIMC via Firecrawl; DNREC via Firecrawl; appendix PDF via Firecrawl).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-11
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[13]NARA Catalog search 'LSM-430' (JS-gated SPA); NARA RG 181 guide, 4th Naval District records (Philadelphia); NARA Philadelphia finding-aids page; University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections, D.A. Booth Collection on Dravo Corporation AIS.1972.09; Heinz History Center Dravo Corporation records (per SNAC cooperative record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov 'LSM-430' search (HTTP 200, content JS-rendered); archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/181.html 181.2.3; archives.gov/philadelphia/finding-aids; digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:US-PPiU-ais197209 (resolves 302 to bot-challenge page; identity via indexed metadata); snaccooperative.org/view/35165334
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads: NARA RG 24 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations) digitized monthly deck-log file units should exist for this hull's commissioned period (February 1945 - June 1946) - sibling-hull searches return digitized monthly units in the same series - but the NARA catalog is SPA/JS-rendered and result counts for 'LSM-430' were not enumerable from this network (search URL resolves HTTP 200). Fourth Naval District (Philadelphia) records at NARA Philadelphia hold district-level correspondence for the Delaware-area construction district; no published ship-commissioning-files finding aid for the 4ND was located online (the Philadelphia finding-aids page lists none). Dravo corporate records are held at the Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh ('Dravo Corporation records 1900-1986, bulk 1943-1986') and the D.A. Booth Collection on Dravo Corporation (AIS.1972.09, 1925-1989) at University of Pittsburgh Archives & Special Collections - plausible repositories for Wilmington-yard construction records covering the LSM-414-446 block.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (record creation window); collections 1925-1989
- Population
- Researchers; former crew
- Limitations
- Leads only: no individual deck-log page was reviewed and no materials/maintenance reference was read into the record. The Dravo collections' contents for the Wilmington yard and this hull block are unverified at item level. The Booth finding-aid URL resolves through an anti-bot challenge (HTTP 200 terminal) - collection identity verified via indexed metadata, not a fetched page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-12
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[14]Batch-6240 search ledger (this record): NavSource (live); NHHC Pacific Fleet organization document (live); navypedia PRC roster (live); LSM class manual (live); DANFS/HyperWar checks; NVR scope check; MARAD ShipHistory attempt; CourtListener opinion sweep; NARA catalog/4ND checks; GAO product page; vLex opinion pages; EPA FRS/Envirofacts and CIMC; DNREC SIRB; uboat.net [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-430-01 through sl-uss-lsm-430-19
- 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-430 or its PRC designation HUA-204 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search for 'LSM-430' (authenticated API v4, HTTP 200) returned 9 hits, all name/token collisions (Texas criminal appeals, USPS employment cases, a Louisiana museum case, a Virgin Islands foreclosure, an E.D. Pa. civil case) - none names the vessel or concerns asbestos; classified name collision, not qualifying litigation. NHHC has no DANFS entry for this hull (numbered LSMs are not covered; candidate URL and HyperWar mirror both 404). NVR excludes pre-1987 disposals per the site's own scope statement (she left U.S. custody 1946). MARAD ShipHistory is JS-driven and returned an application error to automated query - no record inferred from the Navy-to-foreign-navy transfer path. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no 'asbestos aboard' claims for this hull - no law-firm listicle content was found to exclude.
- 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 - a 1944-45 Dravo-built amphibious hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the October 1949 PRC seizure plus undocumented final fate leave material disposition unrecorded. CourtListener coverage: 'LSM-430' opinion sweep complete (9 collisions); docket-level and variant searches ('LSM 430', 'USS LSM-430', 'USS LSM 430', 'HUA-204') were pace-blocked at session end - open, not negative. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-430-lsm430-13