Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
-
[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-367 page - construction, commissioning, unit assignments, campaign table, occupation service, decommissioning, disposal, specifications, commanding officers, photographs (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14367.htm - history extract, awards block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 2 December 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 23 December 1944; commissioned USS LSM-367, 20 January 1945, LT. Martin A. Brown USNR in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LSM Flotilla Thirteen (LCDR C. L. Weigle USN), LSM Group Thirty-Seven (LCDR W. J. Chisholm USNR), LSM Division Seventy-Four; Asiatic-Pacific campaign credit: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 30 May to 30 June 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) service 20 September - 5 October 1945 and 22 October - 29 November 1945; decommissioned 19 July 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned one battle star for WWII service; sold December 1958 to Hugo Neu Corp., New York, N.Y. Spec block: displacement 520 t. light / 743 t. landing / 1,095 t. full; length 203'6" ovl; beam 34'6"; speed 13.2 kts; complement 5 officers + 54 enlisted; armament one twin 40mm bow mount, four single 20mm; propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8 diesels 1,440 BHP each @ 720 rpm, direct drive, twin screws, 2,800 shp. Commanding officers: LT. Martin A. Brown USNR (20 Jan 1945 - Nov 1945); LTjg/LT. Hilliard A. Cohen USNR (Nov 1945 - 19 Jul 1946). Photographs: with LSM-249, LSM-289, LSM-369 approaching/beached at Okinawa (captions 'circa 1 to 3 April 1945'), and beached at Wakayama, Japan, September 1945 (Freeman/Lozmack collections via USS LSM/LSMR Association).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1945-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation whose history extract is credited to Turner Publishing's LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces Vol. II (1997) - a veteran-published compilation, not a primary registry; dates track Navy records but rest on secondary transcription. The spec block is the standard LSM-1-class block reproduced on the ship page - class-level data, not a hull survey. The Okinawa photo captions' 'circa 1 to 3 April 1945' dating conflicts with the documented campaign credit window (30 May - 30 June 1945) and with a Jan-1945-commissioned Houston-built hull's feasible transit timeline - captions carried as captions only; discrepancy in gaps. No asbestos or material content anywhere on the page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-01
-
[2]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official fleet organization listing, reproduced on history.navy.mil) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room, US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, page 72 region - 'LSM FLOTILLA THIRTEEN / LSM GROUP 37 / LSM DIVISION 74' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary Navy document naming this hull: the official U.S. Pacific Fleet organization as of 1 May 1945 lists 'LSM 367' in LSM DIVISION 74, under LSM GROUP 37 (ComLSMGrp 37: Lt. Cdr. W. K. Chisholm USNR), under LSM FLOTILLA THIRTEEN - confirming the NavSource unit assignments. Division mates: LSM 366 (Lt. S. J. Tregillis), LSM 368 (Lt. R. J. Guiral), LSM 369, LSM 370, LSM 371; the CO column for LSM-367 is blank ('..........') in this listing. Places the hull in the active Pacific Fleet amphibious force five weeks before the Okinawa campaign credit window closed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific organizational placement only; contains no asbestos, material, or maintenance content. The blank CO field for LSM-367 does not contradict the NavSource CO table (LT. Brown) - the roster prints '..........' for many hulls whose commanders it did not list. Confirms unit chain, not a specific operation or location on that date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-02
-
[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation of U.S. Navy small combatant construction), Landing Ships Medium table, LSM-367 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/lsm - LSM table, LSM-367 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record for this hull: 'LSM-367 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 20 Jan 1945 | laid up 1947, sold to Hugo Neu Corp. 1958, scrapped.' Confirms builder, commissioning date, reserve-fleet layup, December-1958-era sale to Hugo Neu Corp., and final fate as scrapped - resolving NavSource's 'fate unknown' toward a documented scrap disposition. Same table rows show division mates' parallel fates (LSM-365 to Chesapeake Corp. 1958 converted to barge; LSM-366 to James K. Ulrick 1958, resold 1961 as Caicos Cloud; LSM-368 to Charles Weaver Co. 1947; LSM-369 to Inter-Island Metals 1958).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1958
- Population
- 1958 breakers yard / Hugo Neu Corp. workforce
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation of official construction/disposal records, not a primary source - the 'scrapped' outcome is attributed to this table, not to a demolition contract. 'Laid up 1947' does not state where she was laid up (reserve-fleet group not documented). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-03
-
[4]The Oakland Press, 'USS LSM reunion fills room with wartime memories' (Tom Watts, 2012-05-28); corroborating profile: Michigan Public (NPR member station), '70 years later, two WWII veterans remember V-J Day' (2015-08-13) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- theoaklandpress.com article text (Morisette paragraphs); michiganpublic.org/families-community/2015-08-13 article text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Crew documentation naming this hull: Edward 'Ed' Morisette of Mount Clemens, MI (joined the Navy July 1944 at age 17) served aboard USS LSM-367 at Okinawa - per the 2015 Michigan Public profile, kamikaze pilots 'attacked his landing ship during the Battle of Okinawa' after he saw combat in the retaking of the Philippine Islands; per the 2012 Oakland Press reunion coverage he 'served on the USS LSM-367 that invaded Okinawa,' and a photo 'of the actual invasion of Okinawa with LSM 367' was displayed at the reunion. Establishes a named crew member and a kamikaze-attack account aboard this hull during the Okinawa operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1946 service; 2012/2015 publication
- Population
- LSM-367 crew incl. Edward Morisette (1944/45-46)
- Limitations
- Reputable local press documenting veteran recollection - a person aboard, not a ship record: no date precision beyond the battle period, and the Oakland Press piece loosely dates the Okinawa battle 'March 1945' (it ran April-June). The 'kamikaze attack' and 'Philippines combat' claims are the veteran's account as reported, not independently confirmed records. No asbestos or exposure content; this record makes no exposure claim for Morisette or any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-04
-
[5]Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas: 'Brown, Herman' entry; corroborated by TSHA 'Shipbuilding' entry (brown-herman: 'The brothers formed the Brown Shipbuilding Company in 1942 and constructed more than 350 vessels for the navy. The shipyard had a labor force of 25,000 and won the Army-Navy E and a presidential citation.'; shipbuilding entry: Brown Shipbuilding Corp. of Houston held ~$100M in escort-vessel contracts with ~$200M supplemental awards, August 1942) [other_primary]
- Locator
- tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/brown-herman (paragraph on Brown Shipbuilding); tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/shipbuilding (WWII expansion paragraph)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder documentation: Brown Shipbuilding Company was formed in 1942 by George and Herman Brown (of Brown and Root) as a wartime emergency yard on the Houston Ship Channel; it built more than 350 Navy vessels with a labor force of about 25,000, earning the Army-Navy 'E' award. This hull was among the LSMs Brown built on contract awarded/ordered 8 April 1944 (uboat.net contract date). Establishes the scale and wartime character of the yard where this hull was fabricated - the construction-population context for era-inference applications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding workforce, ~25,000 (1942-46)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only - TSHA does not name LSM-367 and says nothing about materials, insulation, or asbestos practice at the yard. No government health survey of Brown Shipbuilding was located (wartime yard predates NIOSH-era evaluation); CourtListener returns no asbestos opinion naming the builder. Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-05
-
[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-1-class spec block (Fairbanks-Morse opposed-piston diesels, direct drive); LSM-1-class general characteristics (558 hulls built 1944-45); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07); TSHA builder record (ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion); GAO HRD-80-2 (era); TSHA (builder era)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 203-foot diesel landing ship built December 1944 - January 1945 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard an amphibious hull of this type and period were thermal and machinery insulation, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation in accommodation spaces. As a direct-drive diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; the diesel exhaust, generators, and confined berthing/mess compartments remain the relevant applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1945-46); reserve-fleet caretakers (1946/47-58); Hugo Neu scrapping workforce (1958-59)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LSM-367. 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-367-lsm367-06
-
[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published 1979-10-18, released 1979-10-22) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- 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). The review covered Navy worker-protection efforts, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and asbestos-disability compensation programs, and describes the 1975/1979 removal policies.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era reviewed covers 1940s-70s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Content taken from the GAO product page (live 2026-10-01); full-text PDF not pulled this session. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - unrelated to this hull's Houston build.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-07
-
[8]Batch-6181 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page; NHHC DANFS index and candidate URLs; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization document; NVR; CourtListener authenticated API (opinions + dockets, hull number and name); CourtListener builder queries; shipbuildinghistory; uboat.net; TSHA; reputable press; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-367-01 through sl-uss-lsm-367-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed/published litigation naming USS LSM-367 (or LSM-367) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated search returned zero opinions and zero dockets for the hull; builder queries ('Brown Shipbuilding' asbestos) returned zero qualifying opinions - only 1940s-era non-asbestos cases against the yard (Miller v. Brown Shipbuilding Co., S.D. Tex. 1947 / 5th Cir. 1948 - a wartime collective employment action; Continental Fire & Casualty v. Drummond - a 1947 injury-compensation case). The secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case and no marketing listicle asserting asbestos aboard this specific hull.
- 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 - 1944-45 construction at a wartime yard is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. CourtListener is an opinion/docket index, not a complete claim record: claims settled pre-decision, state-court filings, and trust-fund claims leave no indexed trace. Deck logs, builder's records, and disposal-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-08
-
[9]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LSM 367 (LSM 367) page - build contract and milestone table, internally inconsistent decommission line [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12966.html - warship data table and History line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: uboat.net's data table carries 'End service 19 Jul 1946' (consistent with NavSource's decommission date) while its narrative History line reads 'Decommissioned on 19 July 1947' - an internal inconsistency in one secondary source; 19 July 1946 is the documented date carried here, and shipbuildinghistory's 'laid up 1947' most plausibly explains the 1947 figure (reserve-fleet layup, not decommissioning). uboat.net uniquely supplies the build-contract date 'Ordered 8 Apr 1944.' uboat.net lists no commanding officers for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating secondary-source typo, not a material claim. The 8 April 1944 'ordered' date is uboat.net-only - not corroborated by a primary source this session (carried in 'commissioned' field note as contract date). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-09
-
[10]NARA RG 24 deck logs and war diary (leads): WWII-era LSM deck logs are held at NARA College Park; NARA catalog (catalog.archives.gov) is JS-rendered and could not be queried for this hull's logs this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov (JS-rendered); NARA RG 24 deck-log series; RG 38 war-diaries series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Open archival lead: USS LSM-367 deck logs (Jan 1945 - Jul 1946) and any ship war diary/after-action report for the Okinawa Gunto operation would be the closest primary documents to daily operating conditions aboard; they exist in RG 24/RG 38 at NARA College Park but their digitization status for this hull could not be verified (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered, unfetchable). Builder's records (Brown Shipbuilding contract MC hull documentation) and the 1958 Hugo Neu disposal contract are additional unfetched leads.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew (1945-46) if logs retrieved
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - no records retrieved; no claim made about their content. Deck logs for WWII amphibious craft are variably digitized; availability unverified for this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-367-lsm367-10