Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Naval Marine Archive, 'LSM construction and disposition table' - LSM-347 row: builder Pullman Standard Car Mfg Co., Chicago IL; delivery 17-Mar-45; disposition 'Sold to Sohio Pipeline in 1947'. Page last updated 2018-01-06; verified live 2026-10-01. [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-347 row of the LSM construction/disposition table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: built by Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois; delivered 17 March 1945; sold to Sohio Pipeline Co. in 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The archive is a secondary enthusiast compilation (not a Navy registry), and gives only delivery and disposition milestones - laid-down, launch, commissioning, decommissioning, and stricken dates are not stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'Landing Ship Medium LSM' - LSM-347 page: launching-day ceremony photo at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL; history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II (Turner Publishing Co., Paducah KY, (c) 1997, ISBN 1-56311-389-9); commanding officers LT Warren D. Hall USNR (17 March 1945 - November 1945), LT Burns O. Drake USNR (November 1945 - March 1946), LTjg Erben Matthew Riordan USN (March 1946 - 13 March 1947). Last updated 31 May 2024; verified live 2026-10-01. [other_primary]
- Locator
- photo captions and Commanding Officers section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launching-day ceremony held at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL (photograph); three commanding officers across the 1945-1947 commission, beginning with LT Warren D. Hall USNR on 17 March 1945 and ending with LTjg Erben Matthew Riordan USN on 13 March 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its milestone content generally tracks official records but this page carries no laid-down, launch, decommissioning, or stricken dates, and its history extract is thin (CO list plus photo captions).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, MMC-13 ex USS LSM-492 (1945-1960) - LSM Specifications block: displacement 520 t (light), 743 t (landing), 1,095 t (fully loaded); length 203'6" (ovl); beam 34'6"; complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; propulsion two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each @ 720 rpm; ship's service generators two diesel-drive 100 kW 450V AC and one diesel-drive 20 kW 120V DC; twin propellers, 2,800 shp. Last updated 6 October 2017; verified live 2026-10-01. [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-1 class specifications (carried from sister-ship LSM-492's NavSource page): 203'6" oa, 34'6" beam, 520/743/1,095-ton displacement, complement 59, diesel propulsion - two GM 16-278A diesels (1,440 BHP each), twin screws, 2,800 shp, with diesel-driven service generators. No steam plant: no boilers, no turbines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Class-level specifications only - not this hull's spec sheet, and LSM-347's own NavSource page carries no spec block. A propulsion variant is documented on another hull (Wikipedia's LSM-45 article carries Fairbanks-Morse diesels), so builder-level engine differences within the class are possible but unverified for LSM-347. Class specs inform era inference; they are not ship-specific findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-03
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[4]North Texas Patriot Guard Riders, mission summary for Doyle Collins Moore (1927-2019): joined the US Navy 1 September 1945; trained as a Fireman; served during World War II on USS LST-961, USS LSM-347, USS Potawatomi (ATF-109), and in SUBGRP 1 out of San Francisco; Fireman 1st Class; earned the WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal, American Theater Medal, and China Service Medal. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Mission Summary / Obituary Text section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documented crew lead: Doyle Collins Moore (1927-2019), who entered naval service 1 September 1945 and trained as a Fireman, is identified by a veterans-organization memorial document as having served aboard USS LSM-347 (among other vessels), reaching Fireman 1st Class.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Vessel-history fact only; NOT an exposure claim for any individual. The source is a veterans-organization memorial document, not a service record - service dates aboard LSM-347 are not specified (his September 1945 enlistment is consistent with the Drake/Riordan command era, but the source does not establish this). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-1 class specification block (ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-03: two GM 16-278A diesels, diesel-driven service generators, no steam plant); the vessel's 1945 build date inside the pre-substitution era. [other_primary]
- Locator
- built from ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-03 class spec block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: with a diesel-only propulsion plant there is no boiler/turbine lagging pathway aboard an LSM-1 hull. Era-standard asbestos applications for a 1945 diesel landing craft would be machinery and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation - none confirmed aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package was located for LSM-347. Names era-standard applications; does NOT establish that any asbestos-containing material was aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page description used; gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, standing since batch-01). [gao]
- Locator
- product page https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level documentation: GAO's 1979 report on Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure establishes Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through the substitution era - LSM-347's 1945-1947 service falls inside the pre-substitution window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- 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) - product-page description used. LSM-347 is not named in the report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-06
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[7]Batch-6159 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS 404 on both candidate URLs (no entry); Naval Vessel Register does not digitize hulls disposed before 1987 (disposed 1947); CourtListener opinion search for LSM-347 returned 11 hits, all name-collision false positives (matched 347 in addresses/docket numbers), zero qualifying asbestos cases; CourtListener docket search for LSM-347 ran to completion: 20 hits, ALL name-collision false positives (matched 347 in exhibit numbers, case numbers, phone numbers, docket ID lists, BM25 scores; the LSM hits are Court of Federal Claims judge-assignment codes, not Landing Ship Medium) - zero asbestos/mesothelioma mentions across the full result set, zero qualifying cases; the USS LSM-347 opinion variant could not be run (fleet-wide pacing budget spent) - open gap, not a negative; secondary web litigation sweep surfaced no qualifying case - only law-firm marketing material (excluded by source policy). [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding (first-class result): no ship-specific asbestos documentation of any kind was located for LSM-347 - no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos case naming this hull. Both CourtListener searches that ran (opinions: 11 hits; dockets: 20 hits) were clean - every hit a name-collision false positive. The USS LSM-347 opinion variant remains an open gap (pacing-blocked), not a negative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the USS LSM-347 opinion-variant search is a genuine open gap (blocked by fleet pacing, not run). This negative finding records what the searches that DID run established, nothing more.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-07
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[8]Naval Marine Archive LSM construction/disposition table: LSM-457 row reads 'Sold to China as Mei Song (LSM-347)' - i.e., the Republic of China Navy's LSM-347 (Mei Song) is ex-USN LSM-457, a different hull from USN LSM-347 (which was sold to Sohio Pipeline in 1947). Verified live 2026-10-01. [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-457 row of the LSM construction/disposition table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Identity correction: the Republic of China Navy's Mei Song (LSM-347) is the former USS LSM-457, NOT the former USS LSM-347. The two hulls share a hull number across navies; sources referring to 'LSM-347 (Mei Song)' in Taiwanese service describe LSM-457 and must not be carried into this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating designation collision, not a material claim. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-347-lsm347-08