Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 588-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-538-lsm538-pkt-588-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-538 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block, lines 20-28 of live page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The verified USS LSM-538 hull page identifies this vessel as an LSM-1-class Landing Ship, Medium laid down 10 May 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, commissioned 15 November 1945 under Lt. j.g. Francis T. Montague, decommissioned 20 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. It reports transfer to the Dominican Republic on 10 March 1958 as Antares (BA-105), followed by sale for scrapping in 1959.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1959
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction workers; U.S. Navy crew; reserve-fleet caretakers; Dominican Republic Navy and disposal workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation and credits its history extract to a 1997 Turner Publishing volume; it is not a Navy registry or DANFS entry. The page does not address asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-01
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[3]Naval Sea Systems Command, Ship History, 28 June 2011 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table row 'Hull ID LSM 0538'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NAVSEA inactive-ship history table lists Hull ID LSM 0538 with removal date 7 February 1958 and final disposition MAP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1958
- Limitations
- The official table establishes removal and records final disposition as MAP; it does not identify asbestos, transfer details, scrapping, or exposure conditions. The PDF itself was search-result verified but direct automated fetch returned 403.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSM-538 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block, lines 20-56 of live page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LSM-538 page gives the LSM-1-class specifications as 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two General Motors 16-278A reversible diesel engines rated at 1,440 BHP each with twin propellers and 2,800 shp. It also states that no launch date was located for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-1-class crews and maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- The page presents class specifications alongside hull history and does not provide a hull-specific engineering plan. The diesel specifications do not establish asbestos content in any component.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-03
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reports that it reviewed the Navy's use of asbestos in Navy ships and the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and that the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced nonasbestos materials only when insulation was damaged or had to be removed for repairs. This supports WWII-era Navy program context for possible asbestos applications, not a finding aboard LSM-538.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s-1979
- Population
- Navy shipbuilding and maintenance workforce
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a record for LSM-538, Brown Shipbuilding, or the LSM-1 class. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, its quantity, condition, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation. Full report text was not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-04
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[6]Batch-6323 source and litigation search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-01 through sl-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the official Navy sources reviewed, the verified hull-history page, the NARA/NPS web searches, or the litigation sweep completed before the required CourtListener helper reported a fleet pacing stand-down. No asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation record was established for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a negative research finding, not proof that asbestos was absent and not a merits-level negative litigation finding. It is limited by Firecrawl keyless quota exhaustion, the absence of digitized hull-level construction files, and incomplete CourtListener variants after the authenticated fleet limiter stood down.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-538-lsm538-05