Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 519-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-r-188-lsmr188-pkt-519-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM(R)-188, Inshore Fire Support Ship LSMR-188 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship history and disposition bullets; specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LSM(R)-188 as laid down 18 August 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard; launched 12 September 1944; commissioned 15 November 1944; damaged off Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze dive bomber on 29 March 1945; repaired and converted to an ammunition carrier; decommissioned 23 June 1946 at Terminal Island Navy Yard; transferred for disposal; and sold for scrapping 17 February 1948. It records the struck-from-register date as unknown, the Navy Unit Commendation, and one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's crew; Navy and disposal personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-history and disposition record; does not document asbestos content, an asbestos survey, abatement, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. NavSource is used as an archival/photo-archive source and its struck-date field is explicitly unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-188-lsmr188-01
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[3]Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945, HyperWar transcription, LSM(R)-188 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM(R)-188 specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The transcription identifies LSM(R)-188 as an LSM(R)-188-class Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket), built at Charleston Navy Yard and commissioned 15 November 1944. It gives a loaded displacement of 968 tons, length 203 feet 6 inches, beam 34 feet 6 inches, speed 13.2 knots, two GM 1,440-BHP diesels, twin screws, and a complement of 5 officers and 76 enlisted personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew and construction personnel
- Limitations
- Historical transcription with a 2001 update date; used for ship specifications and commissioning cross-check, not asbestos evidence. Some specifications differ from NavSource, so no disputed dimensions or displacement are used in the top-level summary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-188-lsmr188-02
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[4]National Archives, RG 181, Sixth Naval District at Charleston, ship commissioning files finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 181 finding-aid table, Landing Ship Medium, LSM-188 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives finding aid lists the LSM-188 commissioning-file entry for the Sixth Naval District at Charleston and gives a 12 September 1944 date, consistent with the launch date recorded by NavSource. The finding aid confirms an archival commissioning-file lead for the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard and Sixth Naval District commissioning personnel
- Limitations
- Finding aid entry, not the underlying file image or contents; it does not establish asbestos materials, exposure, or the commissioning date by itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-188-lsmr188-03
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[5]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report highlights and full-report discussion of ship thermal insulation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reported that the Navy used asbestos in ship thermal insulation, that ship-specific amounts could be obtained from individual ship weight-control reports, and that Navy policy addressed removal and replacement of damaged insulation or insulation removed during repairs.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy/review period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide/program-level context only; the report does not name LSM(R)-188 or establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, in what locations, in what quantity, or whether any material remained. Direct automated retrieval of the GAO page returned 403; the report page and indexed full-report text were available through web research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-188-lsmr188-04
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[6]NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report 85-21-1654, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation shop [other_primary]
- Locator
- Report sections II-III, Background and evaluation scope
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- NIOSH documented that a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation shop had previously prepared and stored asbestos insulation and that shipyard insulators performed rip-outs and pipe covering aboard Navy ships and submarines. The report describes shipyard work practices, not this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1984-1985
- Population
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Different shipyard, later period, and program-level occupational-health evidence; it does not identify LSM(R)-188, prove asbestos aboard it, or establish exposure for its crew or workers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-188-lsmr188-05
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[7]Search of official/authoritative sources for ship-specific asbestos documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- Research sweep documented in search_ledger entries sl-01 through sl-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or other primary asbestos record for LSM(R)-188/LSMR-188 was located in the sources searched. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown, not established absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- Negative finding limited to the searched and accessible public sources. NHHC/DANFS candidate pages were unavailable or returned 404 in this session, and Firecrawl search was quota-blocked; NARA underlying commissioning-file contents and any non-digitized Navy technical files were not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-188-lsmr188-06