USS LSM(R)-405

Evidence

8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).

1. [1]research packet 521-packet.md (11 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-pkt-521-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, 'Broadkill River' (LSMR-405), Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative and spec block (full text retrieved via firecrawl; live page returns HTTP 200 with browser user-agent, 404 to plain command-line clients - UA-gated, not dead)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS documents this hull as LSMR-405 (cl. LSMR-401): laid down 18 January 1945 at Charleston, S.C., by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched 6 February 1945; sponsored by Miss Henrietta Agnes Friend; commissioned 9 May 1945. Shakedown in Chesapeake Bay; post-shakedown repairs at Norfolk Navy Yard; departed Norfolk 3 June 1945; arrived San Diego 25 June; seven weeks operational training; departed for Pearl Harbor 12 August, arrived 21 August; about a month of amphibious warfare exercises in the Hawaiian Islands; returned to the west coast 26 September; operated 15 months out of San Diego as a Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force unit; decommissioned 10 February 1947, berthed San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned at San Diego 28 March 1951 (Lt. Samuel P. Adams, USNR); joined LSMR Division 22, LSMR Squadron 2, Landing Ship Flotilla 2, Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va.; four years of amphibious exercises in Chesapeake Bay, off the Virginia capes and North Carolina beaches, and at Vieques Island. Named Broadkill River (LSMR-405) 6 August 1955 per DANFS; inactivation overhaul begun at Jacksonville, Fla.; sailed 30 September 1955 for Orange, Tex.; out of commission 16 November 1955, berthed Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; moved to Norfolk Group late 1961/early 1962; redesignated inshore fire support ship LFR-405 on 1 January 1969 while still in reserve; struck from the Navy list 1 May 1973; sold 28 June 1974 to Maritime Shipping Co., Ltd., Tehran, Iran, 'for purposes unknown.' Spec block: dp. 1,084 (f.); l. 203'6"; b. 34'6"; dr. 6'8" (mean); s. 12.6 k.; cpl. 138; a. 10 rkt. ln., 1 5", 4 4.2" M., 4 40mm.; cl. LSMR-401. Entry authored by Raymond A. Mann, 1 December 2005.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-1974 (entry coverage)

   Population

   Charleston Navy Yard construction trades (Jan-May 1945); Norfolk Navy Yard post-shakedown trades (1945); crew (1945-47, 1951-55); Jacksonville inactivation-overhaul trades (1955)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific official history only; contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS dates the Broadkill River naming 6 August 1955 while NavSource gives 1 October 1955 - conflict logged in gaps, not adjudicated here. Establishes milestones and service, not exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Broadkill River (LFR-405) ex-USS Broadkill River (LSMR-405) ex-USS LSM(R)-405, page 10/06/06405 (Gary P. Priolo, last updated 4 January 2025) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/06/06405.htm header designation line, timeline block, awards block, specifications block, photo captions, commanding-officers table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline and specifications for this hull: laid down 18 January 1945 Charleston Naval Yard; launched 6 February 1945; commissioned USS LSM(R)-405 9 May 1945, LT. William R. Ahmuty, USNR; decommissioned 10 February 1947; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; recommissioned 28 March 1951, Lt. Samuel P. Adams, USNR; renamed USS Broadkill River (LSMR-405) 1 October 1955; decommissioned 16 November 1955; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange; transferred circa late-1961/early-1962 to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Group; reclassified Inshore Fire Support Ship (LFR-405) 1 January 1969; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1973; sold 29 May 1974 to Maritime Shipping Co., Ltd., Tehran, Iran, delivered 28 June 1974, fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; National Defense Service Medal. Specifications: displacement 758 t. light / 994 t. attack / 1,084 t. full; length 203'6"; beam 34'6"; draft 7'2" (lim); speed 12.6 kts; complement 5 officers + 133 enlisted; propulsion two General Motors 16-287A (non-reversing, airflex clutch) diesels, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each @ 720 rpm; four diesel-drive 100kW 450V AC + two diesel-drive 20kW 120V DC ship-service generators; twin screws 2,800 shp. Photo captions document: underway during acceptance testing on the Cooper River, Charleston, 5 May 1945; underway off San Diego 1 July 1954. Commanding officers listed: LT. William Raphael Ahmuty Jr., USNR (9 May 1945 - 10 Feb 1947); LT. Samuel P. Adams, USNR (28 Mar 1951 - 1953); LT. Curtis Loyal Tarbell, USN (1953 - 1954).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-1974

   Population

   Charleston Navy Yard construction trades (1945); crew (1945-47, 1951-55); reserve-fleet berthing personnel (1947-51, 1955-73); Iranian purchaser/shipbreakers (1974)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestones here agree with DANFS on all core dates except the 1955 renaming (NavSource 1 October vs DANFS 6 August - logged in gaps) and the sale-date framing (29 May sale/28 June delivery vs DANFS sold 28 June). Contains no asbestos content. Page verified live HTTP 200 and full text retrieved 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-02

4. [4]U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archives, photo 436234, 'USS Broadkill River (LSMR-405), 1954' [museum_official]

   Locator

   photos.usni.org item page 436234 - title, date, and archive attribution

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive holds a cataloged 1954 photograph of this hull: item 436234, 'USS Broadkill River (LSMR-405), 1954,' digitized in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room, USNI Headquarters, Annapolis, MD. The image is dated 1954 - before the 1955 renaming - so the archive catalogs the hull under its final name.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1954

   Population

   Crew (1954)

   Limitations

   Archival lead only: a captioned photograph establishing the hull's 1954 appearance, not a work or material record. Catalog title uses the post-1955 name for a 1954-dated image - a cataloging convention, not a date conflict. No asbestos content. Page verified live HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-03

5. [5]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) - Navy-wide program context; propulsion and hull details from DANFS spec block and NavSource specifications [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: this hull is a 1945 LSM(R)-401-class landing ship medium (rocket) built at Charleston Navy Yard with all-diesel propulsion (two GM 16-287A diesels; diesel-driven ship-service generators; twin screws). GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1945) and commissioned service (1945-47, 1951-55) and reserve-fleet lay-up (1947-51, 1955-73). Era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation, machinery and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation; with no steam plant documented, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-1979

   Population

   World War II Navy shipbuilding and Navy asbestos-program context; not a USS LSM(R)-405 survey

   Limitations

   Program/era context and a propulsion-type distinction - NOT a finding that asbestos was aboard this hull. Does not establish product identity, quantity, location, condition, remaining material, exposure, or causation. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (confirmed 2026-09-30 with plain and browser user-agents); the product-page description is the cited content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-04

6. [6]OSHA inspection 100361849, Commander, Charleston Naval Shipyard (via shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json, yard_id charleston-naval-shipyard) [other_primary]

   Locator

   OSHA IMIS establishment inspection detail 100361849; shipyards.json charleston-naval-shipyard asbestos_products_documented and evidence rows

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Builder-yard context: the project shipyards dataset documents asbestos product categories for Charleston Naval Shipyard - this hull's builder - including magnesia pipe insulation, asbestos cement products, boiler external coatings with 15% asbestos, spray-on insulation for walls and ship interiors, asbestos gaskets in pumps and valves, packing for rotating equipment, thermal insulation for steam systems, and electrical insulation throughout vessels. OSHA inspection 100361849 (opened 1988, case closed 2 May 1990) identifies Commander, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Code 106, and lists a citation under the asbestos standard, 29 CFR 1910.1001 D07 I. These establish asbestos presence and use at the yard - not aboard this specific hull.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1988-1990 (inspection record); 1945 (hull construction era)

   Population

   Charleston Naval Shipyard trades (inspection era 1988-90; construction era 1945 by context only)

   Limitations

   Yard-level documentation: the OSHA inspection is dated 1988 - 43 years after this hull's 1945 construction and reflects late-era yard conditions, not 1945 practice aboard a specific hull. osha.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-30; the inspection record is cited via the project yard dataset transcription. Does not establish materials aboard LSM(R)-405, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-05

7. [7]Negative-finding synthesis from DANFS, NavSource, NARA Catalog (Logbooks series NAID 594258 search-within + catalog-wide), NVR, GAO/OSHA context, and the source-policy web sweep [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-01 through -11; no qualifying ship-specific asbestos source located

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull asbestos survey, material inventory, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, donation/museum condition record, or government investigation naming LSM(R)-405 / LSMR-405 / LFR-405 / USS Broadkill River was found in the authoritative-source sweep (DANFS, NavSource, NARA Catalog, Naval Vessel Register, secondary web). The vessel spent 1947-51 and 1955-73 in reserve fleets (San Diego Group Pacific; Texas Group Orange and Norfolk Group Atlantic) and was sold to an Iranian purchaser in 1974 with no preservation pathway - so no preserved-hull survey route exists. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no law-firm marketing content naming this hull.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-2026

   Limitations

   Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. This row does not establish the absence of asbestos and does not resolve litigation - the CourtListener sweep is partially blocked (fleet pacing limiter): exact-hull LSMR-405 opinion and docket searches completed with verified zeros, while vessel-name and LFR-405 queries remain incomplete. Undigitized NARA holdings (RG 24 deck logs for the 1945-47 and 1951-55 commissioned periods, Bureau of Ships work packages, reserve-fleet inspection reports, the 1974 MARAD/Navy sale file) are open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-06

8. [8]CourtListener API v4, authenticated through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]

   Locator

   Helper stdout: 'LSMR-405' type=o count 0; 'LSMR-405' type=r count 0/document_count 0; 'Broadkill River' type=o count 10 (all Delaware river-name collisions, none vessel- or asbestos-related); helper stderr 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent', exit 2, on remaining queries; LFR-405 docket read timed out.

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener sweep partially completed through the authenticated fleet helper. VERIFIED ZERO: exact-hull opinion search 'LSMR-405' returned count 0 and exact-hull docket search 'LSMR-405' returned count 0/document_count 0 (both HTTP 200, authenticated). VERIFIED NAME COLLISIONS ONLY: opinion search 'Broadkill River' returned count 10 - all Delaware riparian/land-use/environmental cases about the Broadkill River itself (Broadkill Beach Builders LLC v. Frampton, Del. Super.; Cook v. Deep Hole Creek Associates, Del. Ch.; United States v. 16.296 Acres of Land, 3d Cir./D. Del. condemnation; State of Delaware DNREC and United States v. Cargill, D. Del.; Deakyne v. Lewes Anglers, D. Del.; Potter v. Gustafson, N.Y. county court) - none name the vessel and none are asbestos matters. Still blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limiter: 'USS LSM(R)-405' and 'Broadkill River' docket searches and the 'LFR-405' and 'LSM(R)-405' opinion/docket queries (the LFR-405 docket read timed out). Accordingly no qualifying asbestos litigation is asserted and no negative litigation result is claimed beyond the three completed queries.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   CourtListener access attempted 2026-09-30

   Limitations

   Mixed result: the LSMR-405 opinion/docket zeros are real negatives for that exact string; the 'Broadkill River' opinion hits are verified river-name collisions (Delaware riparian/environmental dockets), none vessel-linked, none asbestos. Every remaining query (all docket-type searches for the named variants, 'LFR-405'/'LSM(R)-405' queries) is blocked or timed out - not a negative result. MDL-875 pleading-stage vessel lists would not be caught by completed queries alone; rerun all variants for both opinion and docket types when fleet capacity returns.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-r-405-lsmr405-07