Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-484 (page history identified as an extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Postwar service, reserve, conversion, transfer, and final-disposition chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource reports that LSM-484 performed Far East occupation service from 1945-09-02 to 1945-12-20 and China service from 1945-12-21 to 1946-04-12; was decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 1946-12-19; was struck from the Naval Register on 1952-09-08; underwent conversion at Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, beginning 1952-02-06 and completing 1952-09-19; and was transferred to Turkey on 1952-10-04 as TCG Mordogan (N-101). The page further reports U.S. Navy reclassification as MMC-11 on 1960-10-01, Turkish Navy decommissioning on 1993-06-16, and unknown final disposition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1993
- Limitations
- Live page verified 2026-10-02. It reports dates and status but supplies no ship-specific asbestos survey, conversion work package, material list, or exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-02
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[2]Rhodes v. MCIC, Inc., No. JKB-16-2459, ECF 187, Memorandum and Order (D. Md. Sept. 29, 2016), page 6 [court_record]
- Locator
- PDF page 6; David P. Sargent Jr. affidavit excerpt reproduced by the court
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- In a federal asbestos removal order, the court reproduced a retired Rear Admiral's affidavit stating that, throughout World War II and well into the 1960s, the vast majority of thermal insulating materials used aboard Navy vessels contained asbestos. The order concerns USS Tarawa (CV-40), not LSM-484.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- World War II through 1960s, as stated in affidavit
- Population
- Navy vessels in the World War II and postwar era (general context)
- Limitations
- This is an affidavit excerpt reproduced in a procedural removal order, not a trial finding and not evidence about LSM-484. It may contextualize WWII Navy-vessel insulation research only; it does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, product identity, amount, location, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-03
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[3]Batch-6299 completed-source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-01 through sl-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Completed non-litigation source review located no ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, product record, or qualifying litigation record naming USS LSM-484/LSM-484. The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep was initiated but did not return from the fleet-wide pacing gate during this session; it is therefore pending, not a no-result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative finding from the completed source review, not proof of absence of asbestos or of litigation. CourtListener is pending because its authenticated helper did not return before the session tool limit; no anonymous or alternate CourtListener request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-04
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[4]National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Ships (Record Group 19), 1794-1972 [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 19 administrative history; sections 19.8.4-19.8.5
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies Record Group 19, Records of the Bureau of Ships, as records of the Navy bureau responsible for design, construction, conversion, procurement, maintenance, and repair of ships; its guide describes shipbuilding-division material specifications and U.S. Navy vessel plans. These are an archival route for hull-specific construction or conversion records for LSM-484.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1952 records potentially relevant
- Limitations
- This NARA guide maps potentially relevant record groups only. No box-, folder-, plan-, or hull-specific record was retrieved, and the guide does not establish that any asbestos-related document for LSM-484 exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-05
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-484 (page history identified as an extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium chronology and WWII assignment list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's vessel page identifies LSM-484 as an LSM-1-class landing ship medium laid down at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas, on 1945-02-17; launched 1945-03-10; and commissioned 1945-04-14 with Lt. John M. Lamb, USNR, in command. The same page reports assignment during World War II to LSM Flotilla Fifteen, LSM Group Forty-Four, and LSM Division Eighty-Seven.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Live page verified 2026-10-02. This is a vessel-history compilation, not a DANFS/NHHC construction record, and it contains no asbestos, material, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-484-lsm484-01