Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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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-189-lsmr189-pkt-519-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM(R)-189; history extract credited on the page to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page lines/blocks for construction, commissioning, service, disposal, specifications, and source credit
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific history identifies this hull as an LSM(R)-188-class landing ship medium (rocket), laid down 17 August 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, launched 12 September 1944, and commissioned USS LSM(R)-189 on 15 November 1944. It served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Nine, LSM Group Twenty-Seven, and LSM Division Fifty-Three; participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 26 March through 3 June 1945; was damaged by a Japanese kamikaze on 12 April 1945 while on radar-picket duty; was decommissioned 31 January 1946; struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; and sold for scrapping 17 February 1948.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades; USS LSM(R)-189 crew, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- The live page is ship-specific but its narrative is explicitly credited to a 1997 commercial unit-history compilation rather than a government record. It documents identity, milestones, service, specifications, and disposal, not asbestos content, exposure, or causation. NavSource direct retrieval returned HTTP 406 from this session's command-line client, but the exact navsource.net page was successfully opened and verified through the browser research tool on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-189-lsmr189-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram 045-2, Naval Battle of Okinawa, Part 2 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- H-Gram 045-2 section describing Radar Picket Station No. 4, 12 April 1945, LSM(R)-189, and the rescue of Mannert L. Abele survivors
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official H-Gram account places LSM(R)-189 and LSM(R)-190 with USS Mannert L. Abele at Radar Picket Station No. 4 northeast of Okinawa on 12 April 1945; it states that a kamikaze crashed into LSM(R)-189 after the destroyer was attacked and that LSM(R)-189 continued rescuing survivors with LSM(R)-190. The account also states that LSM(R)-189 was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation and was not repaired before the end of the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-12
- Population
- USS LSM(R)-189 crew and rescued USS Mannert L. Abele survivors, Okinawa, 12 April 1945
- Limitations
- This official NHHC account supports the operational event and disposition of the damaged ship, not asbestos materials, individual exposure, dose, causation, or legal eligibility. The page was located and its text retrieved in the browser research tool; a direct command-line fetch returned HTTP 404 during this session, so URL availability should be rechecked before publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-189-lsmr189-02
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[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), Navy-wide program context; propulsion and hull details from NavSource ship-specific page [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page summary describing Navy asbestos-insulation policy and use; NavSource specifications block for diesel propulsion
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class context only: the hull was a 1944 LSM(R)-188-class landing ship with two General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, twin propellers, and diesel-driven ship-service generators. General Navy asbestos-use context for the World War II shipbuilding era may inform archival prioritization, but no cited source identifies asbestos products installed aboard USS LSM(R)-189 and no steam boiler/turbine system is documented for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- World War II Navy shipbuilding and Navy asbestos-program context; not a USS LSM(R)-189 survey
- Limitations
- This is program/era context and a propulsion-type distinction, not a finding that asbestos was aboard this hull. It does not establish product identity, quantity, location, condition, removal, remaining material, exposure, or causation. The GAO product page was blocked to direct command-line retrieval (HTTP 403) and is retained as an archival lead/context citation only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-189-lsmr189-03
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[5]Negative-finding synthesis from the ship-specific NavSource record, official NHHC references, GAO program context, NARA/NHHC searches, and the source-policy web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-01 through sl-07; no qualifying ship-specific asbestos source located
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the authoritative-source sweep: no hull survey, asbestos abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or official museum-condition record for USS LSM(R)-189 was found. The vessel was sold for scrapping in 1948 and no preserved-hull survey pathway was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- A documentation gap is not evidence that asbestos was absent. This row does not establish the absence of asbestos aboard the ship and does not resolve litigation because CourtListener opinion and docket requests were blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limiter before a result body was returned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-189-lsmr189-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4, authenticated through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper stderr: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'; exit code 2; no response body
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No CourtListener litigation classification could be completed in this session. Authenticated helper requests were attempted for the exact ship name USS LSMR-189, the exact hull number LSMR-189, and the parenthesized designation USS LSM(R)-189; the fleet-wide limiter returned its stand-down response before a search result body was returned. Accordingly, the record is not classified as no-result and no asbestos-litigation hit is asserted.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- CourtListener access attempted 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a blocked search, not a negative litigation result. The exact-name and exact-hull searches must be rerun through the helper when fleet capacity returns. No pleading, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment is being inferred from the blocked requests.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-r-189-lsmr189-05