Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive — LSM-362 history page [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-362 earned three battle stars for Korean War service. Stricken from the Naval Register on an unknown date. Transferred to Taiwan 3 May 1962 and named ROCS Mei-Lo (LSM-356); rebuilt between 1969 and 1973 and redesignated LSM-637. ROCS Mei-Lo was decommissioned 1 June 2005 at Kaohsiung Harbour, Taiwan; final disposition unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Stricken date is explicitly unknown per NavSource. The Taiwan transfer and 2005 decommissioning are corroborated by shipbuildinghistory's LSM table; details of the 1969-1973 rebuild are not given by either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-04
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive — LSM-362 specifications block [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specifications: displacement 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t fully loaded; length 203'6" overall; beam 34'6"; speed 13.2 kts max; complement 5 officers and 54 enlisted; armament one twin bow-mounted 40mm gun and four single 20mm mounts; fuel capacity 1,225 barrels diesel; troop accommodations 2 officers and 46 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Specification figures are as published by NavSource; engine type is not stated on the ship page — diesel propulsion is established by the stated diesel fuel capacity and corroborated at class level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-05
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[3]navypedia.org — LSM-1 medium landing ships technical data; class propulsion described as 'Fairbanks-Morse or GM Cleveland diesel engines' in class references [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The LSM-1 class was a diesel-powered design: two shafts, four General Motors diesels producing 2,800 hp total, burning diesel oil, with no steam plant. Builder variants across the class used Fairbanks-Morse or GM Cleveland diesel engines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Class-level data, not a record of this hull's engine fit. Engine manufacturer varied by builder; Brown Shipbuilding's specific fit for LSM-362 is not documented in the sources located. Used only to bound the asbestos-relevant systems (no boiler/turbine lagging).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-06
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (published Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 (October 1979), 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' documents Navy-wide use of asbestos insulation aboard ships and the Navy's removal policies: the 1975 policy called for removing and replacing with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Navy-wide policy context only. The report does not name LSM-362 or the LSM-1 class and establishes nothing about asbestos aboard this hull; it is used solely to date the era in which Navy asbestos insulation was standard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-07
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[5]Negative finding from structured search: NavSource ship page, web search sweep, and CourtListener queries (see search ledger) returned no ship-specific asbestos record [other_primary]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located for USS LSM-362: no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or qualifying litigation naming this hull. Asbestos aboard is an era-consistent inference only — a diesel-powered vessel of this era would have carried asbestos in exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation — not a ship-proven fact.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. The inference is bounded by the class propulsion record (no steam plant, so no boiler/turbine lagging exposure pathway); it does not establish that any specific product was aboard or that any individual was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-08
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search; docket: Ling v. Mukasey, 1:07-cv-07001 (N.D. Ill.) [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Three authenticated CourtListener queries were run 2026-10-01: (1) opinion search '"USS LSM-362" asbestos' — zero results; (2) opinion search '"LSM-362" asbestos' — zero results; (3) docket search '"LSM-362"' — one hit, Ling v. Mukasey, No. 1:07-cv-07001 (N.D. Ill., filed 2007-12-13, terminated 2008-01-15), an immigration case against the Attorney General with no vessel or asbestos connection — classified as name collision, non-qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Zero-result queries are genuine negatives from authenticated runs, not throttled or unrun queries. The single docket hit was classified down: a text-string collision in an immigration docket, not litigation involving the vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-09
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[7]NHHC DANFS ship-history URL for LSM-362 — verified HTTP 404 on 2026-10-01 [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- No DANFS (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) history entry exists for LSM-362: the NHHC DANFS URL for this hull returns HTTP 404.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Most LSMs were never given DANFS entries; the 404 reflects NHHC coverage scope, not a statement about the vessel. NavSource and shipbuildinghistory remain the primary history sources for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-10
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[8]Shipbuilding History — Landing Ships, Medium (LSM, LSM(R)) builder table [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuilding History's LSM builder table corroborates the hull identity: LSM-362, built by Brown SB, Houston TX, delivered 11 January 1945; laid up 1947, reactivated 1950, transferred to Taiwan 1962 as Mei Lo (LSM-356), decommissioned 2005.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- 'Laid up 1947' is approximate and follows NavSource's precise decommissioning date of 18 December 1946; the two are consistent, not conflicting. The table's Taiwan-service summary matches NavSource's fuller account.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-11
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[9]navypedia.org - LSM-1 medium landing ships technical data (class machinery: four GM diesels, no steam plant); inference basis is ev-uss-lsm-362-06 [other_primary]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Bounded era inference for this hull: as a diesel-powered LSM-1-class vessel built 1944-45 (class design: four General Motors diesels, 2,800 hp total, two shafts; no steam plant - see ev-uss-lsm-362-06), USS LSM-362 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. The era-standard asbestos applications consistent with a diesel amphibious hull of this size and period are diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in machinery spaces. She carried no boilers or steam plant, so the boiler/turbine-lagging exposure pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Inferred from vessel type, build era, and the class propulsion record - never asserted as documented aboard this hull. No ship-specific asbestos survey, material list, work package, or photograph of insulation was located for LSM-362. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities and no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-12
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[10]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive — LSM-362 history page [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-362 was laid down 18 November 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 9 December 1944; and commissioned 11 January 1945 with LT. James C. Duer, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- NavSource is a photographic archive with compiled histories, not an official Navy publication; dates corroborated against shipbuildinghistory's builder table (delivery 11 Jan 1945). No DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-01
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[11]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive — LSM-362 history page [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II LSM-362 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LSM Group Thirty-Eight, LSM Division Seventy-Five. After the war she performed occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 7 February 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Unit assignments (flotilla/group/division) are as stated by NavSource without an accompanying official source citation on the page; campaign-level detail for WWII service is not given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-02
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[12]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive — LSM-362 history page [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Decommissioned 18 December 1946 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 14 October 1950. During the Korean War she participated in the UN Summer-Fall Offensive (1 Oct-1 Nov 1951), Korean Defense Summer-Fall (10-19 Oct 1952), and Third Korean Winter (31 Dec 1952-23 Jan 1953) campaigns. Decommissioned 18 December 1953 at Astoria, OR, and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Campaign dates are as listed by NavSource; the 'Korean Defense, Summer-Fall' campaign label is non-standard Navy nomenclature and is reproduced verbatim rather than normalized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-362-03