Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 597-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS LSM-98 (VERIFIED)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-98-lsm98-pkt-597-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-98 hull page (history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology block, 'LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-98 was laid down 23 September 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas; launched 7 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-98 on 2 November 1944 with Lt. Edward W. Doherty, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Brown Ship Building construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-98 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, decommissioning and final disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-98 was decommissioned 7 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; and sold 30 September 1946 to Western Boat Building Co., Seattle, Washington. Its fate after sale is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Establishes decommissioning and reported sale; the strike date is unknown and no post-sale, shipbreaking, hazmat, or asbestos record is supplied. A secondary yard table conflicts on the sale year (1947); see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-05
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived copy, LSM Flotilla Eight / LSM Group 23 / LSM Division 46 table, page 69 of the online reading-room document
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization record lists LSM 98 in LSM Division 46 under LSM Group 23 (ComLSMGrp 23: Lt. Cdr. R. W. Payne, USNR), within LSM Flotilla Eight (Commander LSM Flotilla Eight: Comdr. H. Doe), and records Lt. E. W. Doherty (USNR) as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific Fleet personnel
- Limitations
- Official organization record corroborating assignment and command in May 1945; it does not provide the full service history or any asbestos, insulation, exposure, or causation finding. Cited copy is the 2025-12-08 Wayback capture - the complete capture; the live URL was unreachable and the 2019-11-16 capture ends at page 56, before the LSM tables.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-03
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-98 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block of the hull page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp; it also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW 450-V AC generators and one diesel-drive 20-kW 120-V DC generator, diesel fuel capacity 1,225 Bbls, and endurance 4,900 miles at 12 knots.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any listed machinery insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-04
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[6]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-98 hull page - photo captions; US Naval Historical Center photo NH 79851 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page image table, three photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photographs captioned on the hull page place USS LSM-98 underway off Iwo Jima with Mount Suribachi in the background (date unknown), and beached at Iwo Jima alongside USS LSM-419, USS LSM-238, and USS LSM-202 in one of two windows (23-28 March or 20-23 August 1945). A third image is captioned US Navy photo NH 79851 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, showing the ship flying a 'Homeward Bound' pennant on the last leg of her journey home (date unknown).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company during Iwo Jima/Okinawa operations and post-war return
- Limitations
- Photographs establish physical presence at Iwo Jima and a post-war homeward transit, not work performed or material content. The Iwo Jima beaching window is ambiguous (two date ranges offered by the contributor). NH 79851's NHHC catalog page was not located on the live site (NHHC numerical-list URLs returned 404) - the photo exists via the NavSource display. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-06
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[7]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative documented in search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-98 was a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Possible categories only, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-98. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established. Diesel plant - no boiler/turbine lagging pathway.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-07
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[8]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-05; authenticated exact-name and hull-number queries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-98. The exact-name opinion search returned zero results; the hull-number opinion search returned one unrelated opinion - Morial v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 785 So. 2d 1 (La. 2001), a Louisiana municipal gun-industry case - classified as a name/text collision and excluded; the hull-number docket search returned zero results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a search result, not proof that no unindexed or non-text-linked case exists. The unrelated match does not identify this vessel, its crew, or asbestos exposure aboard this hull. Two supplementary queries ('USS LSM-98' dockets; 'LSM-98 asbestos' opinions) were pacing-limited and did not run - the residual gap is recorded in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-08
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[9]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live NavSource hull page, the official NHHC 1 May 1945 organization record, the NVR resource, authenticated CourtListener results, and official-source web results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-98.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, and scrapping records may contain additional evidence; the CourtListener sweep covered exact-name and hull-number opinion/docket queries (two supplementary queries were pacing-limited). Asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-09
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[10]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-98 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page campaign table and post-war chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-98 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945); after the war it was assigned to occupation duty from 2 September 1945 to 8 January 1946. USS LSM-98 earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, Okinawa and occupation service
- Limitations
- Establishes theater assignment, Okinawa operation window, occupation duty window, and battle star; not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-98-lsm98-02