Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-364 - construction, service, awards, commanding officers, specifications, disposition; history extract sourced to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14364.htm - header block, history extract, awards table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium laid down 25 November 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 16 December 1944; commissioned USS LSM-364 on 13 January 1945, LTjg. Clifford R. Lewis USNR in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LSM Flotilla Thirteen (extract lists LSM Group Thirty-Eight, LCDR. T. F. Lane USNR; LSM Division Seventy-Five); post-WWII Occupation service 2-27 September 1945 (Navy Occupation Service Medal) and China service 28 September-1 November 1945 (China Service Medal, extended); photographed at San Diego with LSM-65 circa January-February 1946; decommissioned 20 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); sold November 1958 to Commercial Metals Co., Dallas, TX, converted to a barge; final disposition unknown. Awards listed: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). COs: Lewis (Jan 1945-Nov 1945), LTjg. Howard F. McClain USN (Nov 1945-Mar 1946), LTjg. Cyril T. Casademont USNR (Mar-20 Jun 1946). Spec block: 520 t. light / 743 t. landing / 1,095 t. full; 203'6" x 34'6"; 13.2 kts; complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesels, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin propellers 2,800 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (Jan 1945-Jun 1946); barge-conversion yard workers, Commercial Metals (1958)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the extract is sourced to Turner Publishing's LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II (1997), a veterans' reference, not an official record. The page contains a transcription typo ('USS LST-364') in the occupation-service sentence; corrected here. The Group 38/Division 75 assignment conflicts with NHHC's 1 May 1945 fleet organization (Group 37/Division 73) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-364-lsm364-01
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[2]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (official wartime fleet organization document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LSM Flotilla Thirteen > LSM Group 37 > LSM Division 73 listing
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC-hosted fleet-organization document lists 'LSM 364' under LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LSM Group 37 (ComLSMGrp 37, Lt. Cdr. W. K. Chisholm USNR), LSM Division 73 - alongside LSMs 360 (GF), 361, 362, 363, and 365 - with the commanding-officer column blank for this hull. This is a US government document placing the ship in the Pacific Fleet amphibious order of battle on 1 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LSM-364 crew and LSM Flotilla 13 amphibious forces (1945)
- Limitations
- A single-date organizational snapshot; it places LSM-364 in Group 37/Division 73 while NavSource's Turner-derived extract lists Group 38/Division 75 - the two assignments conflict and are flagged in gaps (likely reflects reassignment or a different reporting date; both share Flotilla Thirteen). The blank CO field does not contradict NavSource's CO list (LTjg. Lewis held command through November 1945 per that secondary source). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-364-lsm364-02
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory (Colton lineage), 'Landing Ships, Medium' construction table [other_primary]
- Locator
- ShipbuildingHistory LSM table, LSM-364 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ShipbuildingHistory LSM construction table independently corroborates: 'LSM-364 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 13 Jan 1945 | laid up 1947, sold to Commercial Metals 1958, converted to barge' - confirming builder, yard city, commissioning date, the 1958 sale to Commercial Metals, and barge conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work (the late Tim Colton's shipbuilding tables, now mirrored at njscuba.net). Its 'laid up 1947' is looser than NavSource's documented 20 June 1946 decommissioning - both carried, variant noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-364-lsm364-03
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[4]Eric Pearson, 'The Brown Shipbuilding Company's Rise During World War II,' Naval History (U.S. Naval Institute), June 2025 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History June 2025 feature article, 'Building Different Types of Naval Vessels' and closing sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI's peer-history magazine documents this hull's builder: Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, was established in 1941 by George and Herman Brown of Brown and Root; it was the second-largest Houston-area employer in WWII, peaking above 25,000 workers from late 1942; it built 12 PC-461-class submarine chasers, 61 destroyer escorts, 32 LCIs, and 254 Landing Ship Medium amphibious assault craft - launched sideways into the narrow Greens Bayou. Postwar: the yard was leased to Todd Shipyards Corporation in 1949 as a ship-repair facility and taken over by Brown and Root in 1984 as an offshore fabrication yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (construction era); 1949/1984 (postwar yard)
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding workforce (>25,000 peak, 1942-45)
- Limitations
- Yard-level history only - establishes the builder and its LSM production run but contains no asbestos or material documentation, and names no specific hull including LSM-364. The Todd Shipyards lease (1949) and Brown and Root takeover (1984) postdate this ship's construction by years and are yard-context, not hull events.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-364-lsm364-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-364 spec block (two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesels, direct drive, no steam plant); NavSource class framing (LSM-1 class); USNI builder documentation (254 LSMs built at Brown Shipbuilding 1944-45); GAO HRD-80-2 program context (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; USNI Brown Shipbuilding article; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing ship built November-December 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a landing ship of this type and period were machinery and exhaust lagging in the engine room, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined hull volume. As a direct-drive diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the small-ship confined-space dynamic does.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1945-46); Commercial Metals barge-conversion workers (1958)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LSM-364. 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-364-lsm364-05
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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 (1945-46).
- 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, standing defect since 2026-09-14 batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-364-lsm364-06
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[7]Batch-6178 search ledger (this record): NavSource LSM-364 page; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs and site search; ShipbuildingHistory LSM table; USNI Naval History; CourtListener API v4 (type=o and type=r); NARA digitized deck-log index; MARAD/PMARS; NVR; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-364-01 through sl-uss-lsm-364-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LSM-364 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener 2026-10-01 via authenticated helper: type=o '"USS LSM-364"' = 0 opinions; bare 'LSM-364' = 9 hits, all name collisions (e.g., 'LSM Children Trust') with no vessel or asbestos connection; '"LSM 364" OR "LSM No. 364"' = 0; type=r '"LSM-364"' = 0 dockets. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC candidate URLs 404; ibiblio DANFS mirror carries no lsm364 page). Secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case and, unusually, no law-firm marketing coverage naming this hull at all.
- 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 - WWII diesel landing ships of this era are consistent with retained era materials during construction and barge conversion. Deck logs (RG 24, 1945-46) are undigitized; the barge-conversion and any scrapping records are undocumented; MARAD PMARS was unreachable this session (curl 000). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-364-lsm364-07