Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-361 (verified live 2026-10-01; page maintained by Gary P. Priolo, last updated 7 June 2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium; Laid down, 18 November 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.; Launched, 9 December 1944
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-361 was an LSM-1-class landing ship, medium, laid down 18 November 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX, and launched 9 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LSM-361 crew
- Limitations
- Corroborated by the navalmarinearchive Brown Shipbuilding yard table (keel laid 18-Nov-44, launched 9-Dec-44). Supports identity, class, builder, and construction dates only; it does not establish materials aboard, asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-01
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[2]navalmarinearchive.com (Tim Colton shipbuildinghistory data), Brown Shipbuilding yard table and Landing Ships Medium LSM table (both verified live 2026-10-01); corroborated by shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net LSM table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull# 238, LSM 361 row: Keel Laid 18-Nov-44, Launched 9-Dec-44, Delivered 6-Jan-45, Disposition 'Wrecked in Buckner Bay 1945, destroyed 1946'; LSM table row: 'LSM | 361 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 6-Jan-45 | Wrecked by typhoon in Buckner Bay 9-Oct-45, destroyed 1946'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-361 was delivered 6 January 1945 (carried as the commissioned date). The vessel wrecked in Buckner Bay during Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945 and the hulk was destroyed in 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-361 crew
- Limitations
- NavSource's history extract prints 'Commissioned USS LSM-361, 6 January 1946'; the year 1946 is contradicted by the same page's record of occupation service from 21 September 1945 and the 9 October 1945 typhoon grounding, and by two independent yard records giving 6 January 1945. The date is carried as 6 January 1945 on the strength of the yard delivery records. The sources state delivery, not the commissioning ceremony; the equivalence is the standard yard-to-Navy handover for this program. Does not establish asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-361 (verified live 2026-10-01); history extract credited to 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- During World War II USS LSM-361 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LSM Flotilla Twelve; LSM Group Thirty-Five; LSM Division Seventy
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II USS LSM-361 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LSM Flotilla Twelve (LCDR A. F. Dineen, USN), LSM Group Thirty-Five (LCDR W. K. Bradbury, USNR), LSM Division Seventy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LSM-361 crew
- Limitations
- Supports wartime assignment and task organization only. It does not establish construction details, materials aboard, asbestos, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-361 (verified live 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons: Top Row - American Campaign Medal; Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource lists USS LSM-361's awards as the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-361 crew
- Limitations
- Supports the awards listing only. It does not establish asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-06
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[5]Batch research search ledger for USS LSM-361; NavSource vessel page, navalmarinearchive and shipbuildinghistory yard tables, National Archives Ship Plan Index, and authenticated CourtListener opinion searches reviewed as bounded sources [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-01 through -14
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or other primary record documenting asbestos aboard USS LSM-361 was located in the accessible official sources searched. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- A negative finding limited to accessible official sources checked. The NARA plan index is not a complete holdings search; the exact-name CourtListener docket search was blocked by fleet pacing and was not run; the hull-token docket search returned 773 incidental token matches (first 20 reviewed as name collisions, 753 not individually reviewed - see ev-09); NIOSH HETA 85-021-1654 and GAO HRD-80-2 were blocked (403); non-digitized Navy engineering, maintenance, and yard files were not reviewed. Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard and does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, remaining material, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-07
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[6]National Archives, Ship Plan Index (live page, verified HTTP 200 on 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full-text scan of the public index page (11,460 hull-designation occurrences, 2,686 unique hulls); zero occurrences of 'LSM-361' or 'LSM 361'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A search of the National Archives' public Ship Plan Index for the exact hull designations LSM-361 and LSM 361 returned no hull-specific ship-plan listing. No asbestos-related plan or document for the hull was identified through this index search.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Population
- Hull-specific records
- Limitations
- The public index page is not a complete search of NARA's holdings; absence from this index does not prove no NARA record exists. No asbestos-related document for the hull was identified through this index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-08
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[7]Authenticated CourtListener API v4 exact-name and exact-hull opinion searches through cl-auth-search.py (HTTP 200); docket searches attempted through the same helper (exit 2, fleet pacing) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-09 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion searches for the exact ship name 'USS LSM-361' (2 results) and the exact hull 'LSM-361' (13 results) returned only name-collision opinions unrelated to the vessel or to asbestos (a Texas criminal appeal, an oil-and-gas royalty dispute, debt-collection, postal-employment, bankruptcy, and construction cases). The docket search for the exact hull 'LSM-361' returned 773 incidental token matches; the first 20 were reviewed and all are name collisions (prisoner petitions, forfeitures, insurance, mortgage matters), none naming the vessel or concerning asbestos, and the remaining 753 were not individually reviewed. The docket search for the exact ship name 'USS LSM-361' was blocked by fleet-wide pacing and was not run. No qualifying asbestos-litigation opinion or docket record was identified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Population
- CourtListener opinions and RECAP dockets
- Limitations
- The two opinion searches ran clean (HTTP 200) and every returned hit was classified as a name collision by case name, court, and docket number. The hull-token docket search is low-specificity: 773 results, of which only the first 20 were individually reviewed (zero asbestos-keyword hits, zero case names containing 'LSM'); the unreviewed remainder is a stated limitation. The exact-name docket search was never executed (fleet-wide request budget spent; helper exit 2) and is logged as blocked, not as a zero-result. This does not establish absence of unindexed, sealed, non-digitized, differently captioned, or non-CourtListener litigation; it is not a judicial finding about exposure or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-09
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[8]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-361 (verified live 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Occupation service 21 September 1945 to 2 March 1946; Ran aground, 9 October 1945, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa during Typhoon 'Louise'; Decommissioned, 4 March 1946, at NOB Okinawa; Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; Final Disposition, hulk destroyed, 8 March 1946
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Following World War II USS LSM-361 was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 21 September 1945 to 2 March 1946; she ran aground 9 October 1945 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa during Typhoon Louise; she was decommissioned 4 March 1946 at NOB Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands; struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; final disposition: hulk destroyed 8 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-361 crew
- Limitations
- The typhoon wreck and 1946 destruction are corroborated by the navalmarinearchive and shipbuildinghistory yard tables. The grounding ended the ship's service life; there was no post-war Navy service, reserve-fleet layup, or foreign transfer. Supports service timeline and final disposition only; it does not establish asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-04
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[9]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-361 (verified live 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: Complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; Propulsion: two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm; twin propellers, 2,800shp
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's specifications for USS LSM-361 give a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, and propulsion of two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 diesel engines (reversible with hydraulic clutch), direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, with twin propellers and 2,800 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LSM-361 crew
- Limitations
- Specifications as presented on the vessel's NavSource page (class-standard figures); no independent Navy engineering source was verified. The propulsion entry documents diesel (not steam) propulsion; it is not evidence about asbestos-containing materials aboard, and no inference about asbestos from propulsion type is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-361-lsm361-05