Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 563-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity — real identity: USS LSM-334 (unnamed; hull designation is the identity)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-334-lsm334-pkt-563-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Ships Photo Archive, USS LSM-334 (10/14/14334) - construction, service, decommissioning, disposal, specifications, commanding officers; history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14334.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer listing, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium; laid down 20 July 1944 at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL; launched 3 November 1944; commissioned USS LSM-334, 2 December 1944, LTjg. Harold W. Halling USNR in command. WWII Asiatic-Pacific service in LSM Flotilla Twelve (LCDR A. F. Dineen USN), LSM Group Thirty-Four (LCDR V. W. Webb USNR), LSM Division Sixty-Eight; Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 May to 3 June 1945; one battle star. Photo captions place LSM-334 entering USS ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas, 27 July 1945 together with LSM-112. Occupation duty in the Far East 1 November 1945 - 1 January 1946. Decommissioned 20 June 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; sold 1 March 1948 to Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, CA, fate unknown. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 battle star); World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Specifications: 520 t. light / 743 t. landing / 1,095 t. fully loaded; 203'6" ovl; beam 34'6"; 13.2 kts max; complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10) diesel engines, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, 2,800 shp. Commanding officers: LTjg/LT. Harold Walter Halling USNR (2 December 1944 - 18 December 1945, death by drowning); ENS/LTjg. Donald A. Willis USNR (18 December 1945 - 28 March 1946); LTjg. William Brace Jr. USNR (28 March 1946 - 20 June 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Pullman Standard construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Mare Island inactivation workers (1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; the timeline is credited to the Turner Publishing LSM-LSMR history and no DANFS or NVR entry exists to cross-verify milestones. Ship-specific history only - contains no asbestos or material content. Exact stricken date not stated (only 'in 1946').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-334-01
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[3]U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 83265 - USS LSM-334 under way in San Francisco Bay, circa 1946 (metadata transcribed from NavSource caption; courtesy D. M. McPherson, 1975) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14334.htm photo caption (NH 83265); attempted NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-83000/NH-83265.html (404)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An NHHC-held photograph (NH 83265) documents this hull under way in San Francisco Bay circa 1946 - consistent with her post-occupation return and 20 June 1946 decommissioning at nearby Mare Island Navy Yard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- circa 1946
- Population
- Crew (circa 1946)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the photo number and caption are transcribed from the NavSource page; the image is not located on the live NHHC site (standard NH-series URL returned 404 on 2026-10-01), so direct verification against NHHC is open. A photograph establishes presence, not materials or work performed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-334-02
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[4]U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Ships, Aerial Photographs of U.S. Shipyards, 1943-1945 (Cochrane Collection), Ninth Naval District binder - Pullman Standard Car Mfg. Co. entries (transcription at shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com Cochrane Collection, Ninth Naval District, entries 09-2-3 and 09-2-4
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Bureau of Ships aerial photography documents this hull's builder: Pullman Standard Car Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill. (photo no. BA 345203, dated 28 July 1945 - 'Sent 40-ton sections by rail to Calumet'), and the Calumet Plant, Chicago, Ill. (photo no. BA 345205, dated 28 July 1945 - 'Built PCE/R, LSM (ended 3-4.1945)'). The yard photographs confirm the LSM construction role of the plant where this hull was built in 1944 and date the end of LSM construction there to March-April 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Pullman Standard Calumet yard construction trades (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - LSM-334 is not named in the photo captions. Shipscribe is a private transcription of NARA-held Bureau of Ships photographs; the underlying prints are the archival originals (archival lead). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-334-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesels, direct drive, twin screws - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use era documentation (see ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14334.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious ship built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation, machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in machinery and accommodation spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Pullman Standard construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Mare Island inactivation workers (1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LSM-334. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-334-04
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[6]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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-334-05
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[7]Batch-6145 search ledger (this record): NavSource; hazegray DANFS amphibious index; NHHC NH-series photo page; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket, hull-number queries); shipscribe Cochrane Collection; GAO product page; NARA catalog (JS-rendered) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-334-01 through sl-uss-lsm-334-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LSM-334 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists for this hull (numbered LSMs are not covered; hazegray DANFS amphibious index checked 2026-10-01). CourtListener returned zero hits for both hull-number spellings in both indexes - "LSM-334" and "LSM 334", opinion and RECAP docket (authenticated API v4, 2026-10-01) - no qualifying asbestos litigation, no other litigation, no name collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Hull-number-only litigation search may miss cases that name the vessel differently (numbered LSMs are rarely named in pleadings); deck logs, builder records, and 1946 inactivation work packages are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-334-06