Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 566-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull — real identity: USS LSM-355 (never named)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-355-lsm355-pkt-566-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-355 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 36-57
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-355 was decommissioned on 23 October 1946, recommissioned on 18 September 1950, and decommissioned on 11 January 1954. It was loaned to France on 18 January 1954 as RFS L 9011, transferred to South Vietnam in December 1955 as RVNS Hat Giang (HQ-400), escaped to the Philippines on 30 April 1975, and transferred to the Republic of the Philippines on 17 November 1975 as BPR Western Samar (LP-66). The hull page reports Philippine Navy disposal in 1989 and an unknown fate.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1946-1989
- Population
- U.S., French, South Vietnamese, and Philippine naval personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the listed service transitions and reported final disposition only; it does not supply a strike date, shipbreaking record, hazmat record, or asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-03
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSM-355 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block, lines 59-85
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page lists a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches and direct drive at 1,440 BHP each, twin propellers, 2,800 shp, two diesel-drive 100-kW AC generators, and one diesel-drive 20-kW DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troop capacity
- Limitations
- Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. It does not identify asbestos-containing components or establish that any listed machinery, electrical, gasket, packing, or deck materials contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-04
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[4]Inference from the ship-specific NavSource diesel specification and the documented source-review negative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion/specification block; source-review negative documented in search ledger sl-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-06
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-355 was a World War II U.S. Navy diesel landing ship, machinery or diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck covering are possible class/era application categories, but none is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Possible categories only, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-355. The cited hull page does not identify asbestos or insulation composition; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-05
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[5]Batch-6168 source-review negative; see search ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-02 through sl-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-06 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger and reviewed source pages
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live hull page, NARA commissioning-file finding aid, NVR resource, and official-source web results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or material-testing record for LSM-355.
- 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. The negative is limited to the sources reviewed and does not establish or defeat an exposure claim, legal eligibility, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-06
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[6]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-355 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 27-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-355 was laid down on 11 November 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched on 2 December 1944; and commissioned on 24 December 1944. The hull page identifies LT. H. P. Reeves, USNR, in command in May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction workforce and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Establishes construction and commissioning identity; the page does not document asbestos, insulation composition, hazmat condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-01
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[7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-355 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology, lines 31-35
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-355 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Twelve, LSM Group Thirty-Five, and LSM Division Sixty-Nine; after the war it performed occupation service in the Far East from 2 September through 23 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and Pacific occupation personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed theater assignment and occupation interval; it is not a complete voyage narrative and does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-355-lsm355-02