Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet kk-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Lansing; hull DE-388 (later DER-388); destroyer escort,
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lansing-de388-pkt-kk-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lansing (DE-388) (namesake, builder, dates, service narrative, DER reclassification; live NHHC page returns 404 - verbatim transcriptions via HyperWar/ibiblio and Tin Can Sailors destroyers.org, the latter citing DANFS April 2016) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (HyperWar/ibiblio de388.html; destroyers.org/ships/de-388 transcription citing DANFS April 2016; USCG Historian webcutters Lansing.pdf citing DANFS Vol. 4 (1969) p.56)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: only USN ship named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing (killed 11 June 1942 as VP-43 plane captain at Kiska Harbor); laid down 15 May 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.; launched 2 August 1943, sponsor Mrs. Alberta L. Lansing (widow); commissioned 10 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. S. R. Sands in command; after shakedown departed Norfolk 13 February 1944 escorting convoy UGS 33 to Casablanca, first of eight voyages to North African ports; convoy ship G.S. Walden torpedoed 12 May on the second cruise; arrived Boston 12 June 1945; transited Panama Canal 2 August 1945, en route Pearl Harbor at Japanese surrender; returned New York 26 September; decommissioned Green Cove Springs 25 April 1946 (Atlantic Reserve Fleet); transferred to Coast Guard June 1952; on return 1954 converted to radar picket escort, reclassified DER-388 21 October 1955; recommissioned 18 December 1956, Lt. Comdr. G. N. DeBuer; Pacific Barrier radar picket out of Pearl Harbor from 2 June 1957 through 1965; participated in atomic tests at Johnston Island summer 1958 and fall 1962; Far East cruises 1961 and 1963; search for downed Air Force Globemaster January 1964; arrived Bremerton 22 February 1965, decommissioned there 21 May 1965 into the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1965
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; wartime crew (DANFS design complement 186); DER-era crew (association count 948, 1956-65); reserve-fleet caretakers 1965-1974
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry ends at the 1965 decommissioning - striking (1 Feb 1974) and sale (16 Aug 1974) come from the bracketed addendum carried in the USCG Historian PDF transcription, plus NavSource. Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim mirror transcriptions cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I (1945), Destroyer-Escort Vessels roster row 193 for LANSING, DE-388 (shipscribe.com scan; book pp. 250-251) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 roster row 193, LANSING DE-388 (book pp. 250-251; shipscribe scan PDF p. 135)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous official BuShips roster row for this hull (row 193): LANSING, official number DE-388, design group FMR; builder Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.; contract price of hull and machinery $2,183,000; contract signed 7 August 1942; keel laid 15 May 1943; launched 2 August 1943; contract date of completion 10 November 1943; first preliminary acceptance 10 November 1943; first commission 10 November 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding Co. construction trades, Houston, Tex., 1943
- Limitations
- Official contemporaneous build roster - documents identity, builder, contract, and dates; contains no insulation or materials information and says nothing about asbestos. Row read directly from the scanned page (book pp. 250-251, shipscribe scan PDF p. 135).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I (1945), Destroyer-Escort Vessels design-group table, group 4 / FMR (shipscribe.com scan; book pp. 234-235) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 DE design-group table, group-4 row (book pp. 234-235; shipscribe scan PDF p. 127)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design-group table: design group 4 (symbol FMR - Fairbanks-Morse diesel reverse-gear drive) - 306 ft oa, 300 ft wl, beam 36 ft 7 in extreme; 1,200 t standard / 1,590 t full load; 21.2 kt trial; machinery 4 Fairbanks-Morse model 38D8-1/8 geared diesel engines, 6,000 shp, 2 propellers; boiler columns read 'None'; diesel ship's-service generators (2 x 200 kW, 2 x 100 kW, 40 kW; 450 V A.C. / 120 V D.C.); single reduction gears (F.B.); fuel oil 1,959 barrels; accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted; armament 3 x 3 in/50 cal. D.P., 1 quad + 2 twin 40 mm AA. Documents that the FMR design carried a diesel plant with no boilers or steam system.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945 (publication)
- Population
- FMR-design crews (design accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation for the whole FMR group (85 hulls), not a per-hull material schedule - establishes plant type and accommodations, not insulation content or asbestos. Table read directly from the scanned spread (book pp. 234-235, shipscribe scan PDF p. 127).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-03
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[5]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Lansing (DE-388) page (specs, building/operational data, awards, commanding-officer table, photo captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/388.htm building-and-operational-data block, CO table, awards block (navsource.org live fetch failed; identical content served at navsource.net and verified against Wayback capture 2025-03-25)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiled record for this hull: keel laid 15 May 1943 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.; launched and christened 2 August 1943; commissioned 10 November 1943, Lcdr. S. R. Sands, USCG, in command; decommissioned 25 April 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Fla., after 2 years 5.5 months; loaned to USCG and recommissioned as WDE-488 15 June 1952 at Green Cove Springs, Lcdr. William F. Adams, USCG; returned USN and decommissioned at San Diego 29 March 1954; reclassified and converted DER-388 21 October 1955; recommissioned at Long Beach, Cal., 18 December 1956, Lcdr. G. N. DeBuer, USN; Pacific Barrier radar picket out of Pearl Harbor from 2 June 1957; decommissioned at Bremerton, Wash., 21 May 1965 after 8 years 5 months; struck from the NVR 1 February 1974 (total 12 years 8 months service); sold for scrapping 6 September 1974 to Levin Metals Co., San Jose, Calif., for $72,216.00, dismantled at Richmond, Cal. All three DE-era commanding officers (Sands, Rea, Carkeek) and the WDE-488 CO (Adams) are listed as USCG - the hull was Coast Guard-manned in both early commissions. Awards: American Campaign Medal; European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star. Complement listed 8 officers / 201 enlisted; specs FMR type, 1,200 t light / 1,590 t full, 21 kt, 9,100 nm at 12 kt.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Wartime crew (NavSource complement 8 officers/201 enlisted); USCG crew WDE-488 period
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive, not a contemporaneous record - dates concur with DANFS/SDB where they overlap. Contributed photo captions are unattributed detail. The 6 September 1974 disposal date conflicts with the 16 August 1974 sale date in the DANFS addendum (USCG Historian), Wikipedia, uboat.net, and usslansing.org - carried in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-04
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, cutter file 'USS Lansing (DE-388) & USCGC Lansing (WDE-488)' (webcutters PDF; Wayback capture 2016-12-14 - live history.uscg.mil returns 403) [other_primary]
- Locator
- webcutters Lansing.pdf p.1-2 (Wayback 2016-12-14); cutterlist entry 'LANSING, USS, (1952-USCG); DE-388; WDE-488' (Wayback 2008-04-23)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office file for this hull: Edsall-class DE, machinery '2-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesels, 6,000 bhp'; reproduces the DANFS narrative and adds the closing disposition line - 'Stricken from the Navy Register on 1 February 1974, LANSING was sold for scrap on 16 August that same year' - citing 'Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (1969) Vol. 4, p.56'. The Historian's cutter list carries the hull as 'LANSING, USS, (1952-USCG); DE-388; WDE-488', formally documenting the Coast Guard service identity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- USCG crew aboard WDE-488, 1952-54
- Limitations
- Official secondary compilation drawing on DANFS Vol. 4 - documents identity, service narrative, and disposition dates, not materials or asbestos. Its spec block contains an obvious displacement typo (1,102 t 'full load' - should read ~1,590; not carried). The sold-for-scrap date (16 Aug 1974) conflicts with NavSource's disposal entry (6 Sep 1974) - carried in gaps. Live uscg.mil/history.uscg.mil pages 403; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-05
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[7]usslansing.org (USS Lansing veterans' association), ship writeup + DER page + deck-log transcriptions + fate page [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslansing.org lanswriteupfinal.html (ship writeup), derpge.html (DER configuration), derfate.htm (deck-log transcriptions + disposal), shalowtr.html (WDE-488)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Veterans'-association record compiled 'from private and National Archive sources' including the ship's deck logs and muster records (all checked 'with the exception of approximately 6 months in 1945'): the DE was manned by Coast Guard crewmembers from commissioning 10 November 1943 at Houston through decommissioning 25 April 1946; WDE-488 commissioned 11 June 1952 at Green Cove Springs for Korean-war-era weather patrol and SAR in the Pacific (painted white with yellow stack; balloon shack added aft of the stack; heads, galley, berthing improved), decommissioned 29 March 1954 at San Diego; DER-388 conversion included 'complete rearrangement of berthing, mess, CIC, radio, sonar and machinery spaces' with aluminum deckhouse and radar masts added plus TACAN, passive ECM, SPS-8, SPS-28 and SPS-10 radars; recommissioned 18 December 1956 while moored Pier 6, Berth 62, Long Beach Naval Shipyard (deck-log transcription) by Rear Adm. Campbell, COMNAVBASE Los Angeles; decommissioned 21 May 1965 moored at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard supply pier in a nest with YFNB-8 and USS Kodiak (LSM-161) (deck-log transcription); stricken 10 February 1974 per the fate page; sold to Levin Metals Corp., San Jose, 16 August 1974; dismantled at Richmond, Cal., late 1974. Crew counts from the association's muster/deck-log work: 583 men (DE era), 273 (WDE era), 948 (DER era) - 1,804 total.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- USCG crew (DE era 1943-46, WDE era 1952-54); USN DER crew 1956-65
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association site, not an official archive - its deck-log transcriptions are unverified copies (they concur with DANFS/NavSource where they overlap: recommissioning officer, places, dates). The 11 June 1952 WDE commissioning date conflicts with NavSource's 15 June; the fate page's 10 February 1974 stricken date conflicts with the 1 February figure in NavSource and the USCG Historian PDF - both conflicts carried in gaps. The DER conversion scope description has no corroborating primary in hand. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-06
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[8]Brown-built era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 design-group-4 machinery row (no boilers; F.M. diesel) + GAO HRD-80-2 era context + Atlas class-pattern precedent for diesel-powered escorts [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 group-4 row (machinery, 'None' in boiler columns); cf. batch-4037 uss-edsall-de129 ev-06 (same diesel-DE application set)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: an Edsall-class (FMR) destroyer escort built 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-powered escort - exhaust-system insulation and lagging, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on winches and windlass, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Because the FMR plant has no boilers or steam lines (SDB 1945 design-group-4 machinery row), the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply to this design. The 1955-56 DER conversion (rearranged berthing/mess/CIC/machinery spaces, new aluminum deckhouse and radar masts) is a documented yard event that would have disturbed installed materials, but no asbestos scope for the conversion is documented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; USCG crew 1943-46 and 1952-54; DER crew 1956-65; reserve-fleet maintenance 1946-52 and 1965-74
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No insulation schedule or material list for DE-388 was located; this establishes era-consistent expectation for the type, not that any specific material went aboard this hull. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Builder yard (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston) is not in the Atlas shipyards dataset - no yard-level asbestos documentation is attached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-07
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[9]Keri Heath, 'World War II-era vessels in Galveston to undergo asbestos abatement', Galveston Daily News, 27 July 2020 (citation re-verified in class-f gato-class profile, accessed 2026-09-16) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- galvnews.com article_c2c77857, 27 Jul 2020
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Documented asbestos aboard a preserved Edsall-class sister hull built by the same yard: the Galveston Daily News reported asbestos in public areas of USS Stewart (DE-238) and USS Cavalla (SS-244) at Seawolf Park, with contractor Separation Systems Consultants approved to proceed with abatement; the Galveston Park Board cited U.S. Navy inspection recommendations that an asbestos survey be conducted. USS Stewart (DE-238) is a Brown Shipbuilding (Houston) Edsall-class hull - same class and same builder as DE-388 - class-level corroboration that Edsall-class/Brown-built construction carried asbestos-containing material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2020
- Population
- Museum staff/volunteers and Seawolf Park visitors; abatement crews
- Limitations
- Evidence about a sister hull (DE-238), NOT this hull: a museum-hull lifecycle DE-388 never had (DE-388 was scrapped 1974). Documents asbestos aboard one Brown-built Edsall-class ship as delivered/preserved; establishes nothing about DE-388's materials, quantity, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - DE-388 (built 1943; DER conversion 1955-56) falls inside the documented asbestos-use era for Navy ship construction and conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content via product-page description. Says nothing about this specific hull or any diesel-escort application specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-09
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[11]Defense Nuclear Agency/DNA NTPR reports: 'Operation DOMINIC I - 1962' (ADA136820; five high-altitude shots at Johnston Island, Apr-Nov 1962) and 'Operation HARDTACK, Eniwetok Proving Ground, March-August 1958' (ADA078572; Johnston Island phase, shots Teak and Orange) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DTIC ADA136820 abstract/keywords (Dominic I: Johnston Island high-altitude shots); DTIC ADA078572 (Hardtack Johnston Island phase); shot dates per DOE/NV-209-era test list mirrored at osti.gov
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Era identification for the ship's DANFS-documented test participation: the only atomic test operations conducted at Johnston Island in the summer of 1958 and the fall of 1962 were the Johnston Island high-altitude phases of Operation Hardtack I (shots Teak, 1 Aug 1958, and Orange, 12 Aug 1958) and Operation Dominic I / Fishbowl (fall 1962 Johnston Island shots incl. Bluegill Triple Prime 26 Oct, Kingfish 1 Nov, Tightrope 4 Nov; five high-altitude shots at Johnston Island overall plus October airdrops in the vicinity). Places DE-388's DANFS-stated test participation inside named test series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1958; 1962
- Population
- DER-388 crew during Johnston Island test participation, 1958 and 1962
- Limitations
- Program-level identification only - the official reports establish which operations ran at Johnston Island in those windows; they do not describe DE-388's role, station, or crew exposure. DANFS says only 'participated in the atomic tests at Johnston Island' - per-hull assignment details are in the deck logs/NARA records, not surveyed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'USS Lansing' / 'DE-388' / 'Lansing asbestos' (via fleet-paced authenticated helper cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results 2026-09-28: 'USS Lansing' type=o count=0, type=r count=0; 'DE-388' type=o count=10 (all non-vessel collisions); 'Lansing asbestos' type=o count=132 (top 40 reviewed - all Michigan/judicial-surname collisions, non-qualifying)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull. Opinion sweep '"USS Lansing"' (type=o): 0 hits. Docket sweep '"USS Lansing"' (type=r): 0 hits - no docketed case names the ship. Hull-number sweep '"DE-388"' (type=o): 10 hits, all non-vessel string collisions (United States v. Ryan Collins, Broderick Fourte v. Faulkner County, International Telecard Ass'n v. FCC, Porto Venezia Condominium Ass'n, United States v. 5,507.38 Acres, Jhass Group v. Arizona DFI, Gonzalez v. Gonzalez, United States v. Varner, Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Healthpoint v. Ethex) - zero vessel or asbestos content in returned case names, attorneys, or snippets. Supplemental 'Lansing asbestos' sweep (type=o): 132 hits; top-40 results reviewed page-by-page - every reviewed hit is a Michigan-city (Lansing datelines/counsel), judicial-surname (Judge Lansing), or attorney-name collision, several inside genuine asbestos cases (e.g., Marshall v. Celotex, E.D. Mich.; Meyerhoff v. Turner Construction) where 'Lansing' is the venue or a name, never the vessel - non-qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage is the CourtListener opinion + RECAP docket indexes only; state-court dockets not mirrored, PACER-only filings, and settled/undocketed claims are outside it. 'No result' does not prove no claim was ever filed - it proves no indexed opinion or docket names the hull. 'Lansing' is a high-collision term (Michigan city, judicial surname); the supplemental sweep's remaining lower-relevance pages (beyond the top 40 reviewed) are the same collision stream and were not exhausted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-11
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[13]Batch-4286 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcriptions; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 1 (scanned rows read directly); NavSource archive page; USCG Historian's Office PDF and cutter list; usslansing.org association record; NARA digitized deck-log inventory; VA/BVA web search; general web sweep; CourtListener sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lansing-de388-01 through sl-uss-lansing-de388-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-388: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or docketed asbestos claim naming DE-388/DER-388/WDE-488 was found. The hull was sold for scrapping in 1974, pre-dating the museum-donation and hazmat-disclosure era that produced records for sister hull Stewart (DE-238). The only 'asbestos' hits naming USS Lansing (DE-388) in general web search are law-firm marketing listicles that enumerate every WWII hull (asbestos-ships.com, shepardlawfirm.com, mesotheliomahope.com, freeasbestostesting.com) - non-authoritative and excluded by batch rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof of absence aboard - 1943 escort construction and the 1955-56 DER conversion fall inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era, and same-builder sister hull DE-238 carried documented asbestos. Deck logs for DE-388 ARE digitized in the National Archives Catalog (Nov-Dec 1943; Dec 1956-May 1965) but were not surveyed for materials content; BuShips construction records (RG 19, incl. any General Information Book) and USCG-era logs are unsurveyed leads. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present aboard; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansing-de388-12