Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-37 hull page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page chronology (laid down / launched / commissioned lines)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-37 was laid down 21 May 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 14 June 1944; and commissioned as USS LSM-37 on 19 July 1944 with Lt. Gordon W. Smith, USNR, in command.
- 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. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - milestones are consistent with DANFS-style records but were not independently verified against a primary register this session (NHHC DANFS returned 404).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-37 hull page, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page campaign table and awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, USS LSM-37 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in: the Luzon operation (Mindoro landings, 12-18 December 1944); Manila Bay-Bicol operations (Mariveles-Corregidor landings, 14-28 February 1945); the Borneo operation (listed as 'Brunei Bay operation, 20 June to 6 July 1945'); and consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings, 10 March, 17-23 April, and 3 May 1945). She earned four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops across the listed operations
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed campaigns and four battle stars; the 'Brunei Bay' label conflicts with the Balikpapan task-organization evidence in ev-04 (overlapping official campaign windows - see gaps). Not a complete voyage narrative; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-02
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-37 and USS LSM-169 hull pages (photo captions citing US Naval Historical Center photography) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSM-169 hull page photo captions; LSM-37 hull page photo caption 2
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-37 came to the assistance of USS LSM-169 at Mariveles Bay, P.I., on 15 February 1945, after LSM-169 struck a mine and began burning; LSM-169 was later decommissioned 19 January 1946 at NOB Subic Bay because of the mine damage. The NavSource captions cite US Naval Historical Center photographs NH-22093 and NH 273341.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-02-15
- Population
- LSM-37 and LSM-169 crews; embarked troops; rescue and firefighting personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes LSM-37's documented presence and assistance role at Mariveles Bay on 15 February 1945 - a combat-zone damage-response event relevant to damage-control and firefighting exposure pathways, though no material content is documented. Photo captions are secondary attributions to NHC photo numbers; the NHC images themselves are archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LSM 37 warship page - Operation Oboe II task organization transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- Notable events: '1 Jul 1945 Operation Oboe II' - TG 78.2.4 LSM Unit / LSM Group 5
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A wartime task-organization transcription for Operation Oboe II (Allied landings at Balikpapan, 1 July 1945) lists USS LSM-37, Lt. G.W. Smith, USNR, in LSM Group 5 (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Smith, USNR) under the LSM Unit TG 78.2.4 (T/Capt. D.J. Wientraub, USN, aboard LCFF-789), in the Balikpapan Attack Group TG 78.2 under Vice-Admiral D.E. Barbey - the Seventh Amphibious Force commander.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-06/1945-07
- Population
- Ship's company at Balikpapan; TG 78.2 amphibious force personnel
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation transcribing a wartime order of battle; consistent with NavSource's commanding-officer record (Lt. Gordon W. Smith) and with Seventh Amphibious Force command structure documented in the official command history (ev-05). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-04
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[5]Command History of the Seventh Amphibious Force, 10 January 1943 - 23 December 1945 (Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey); HyperWar transcription of NHC administrative history [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Annex C index, entries C-20 (Mariveles-Corregidor) and C-42 (Balikpapan / Oboe Two)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official command history of the Seventh Amphibious Force documents that the Mariveles-Corregidor landings of 15-16 February 1945 were conducted under CTF 78.3 (Com Phib Grp 9) OpPlan 4-45, and the Balikpapan Operation ('Oboe Two') 15 June-6 July 1945 was a Seventh Amphibious Force task organization - placing LSM-37's documented 1945 operations within Southwest Pacific / Seventh Fleet command structure rather than the Pacific Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Seventh Amphibious Force staff and participating crews
- Limitations
- Command-structure context: the annex index identifies the operations' task organizations but the HTML transcription does not enumerate ship-level participants - LSM-37's presence in each operation rests on NavSource and the uboat.net task-organization rows, not this document. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-05
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (archived copy; live URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LSM Group/Division tables (Divisions 1-32+); hull-range check
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NEGATIVE: USS LSM-37 does not appear in the official United States Pacific Fleet Organization list of 1 May 1945. A complete December 2025 Wayback capture of the document was checked - it contains LSM hulls from LSM 2 upward (hull-range neighbors LSM 30, 31, 32, 33, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 all appear), and LSM-37 is absent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- A document-search negative: the absence is consistent with LSM-37's documented Southwest Pacific Area operations under Seventh Fleet / Seventh Amphibious Force commands (see ev-04, ev-05), but no Seventh Fleet muster record naming her was located, so her exact 1 May 1945 assignment is unverified. The earlier 2019-11-16 Wayback capture of this document is truncated at LST Division 83 and contains no LSM entries - the December 2025 capture was used. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-06
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[7]NavSource Online, USS LSM-37 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull page lists 5 officers and 54 enlisted, troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse model 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, and 2,800 shp; it also lists two diesel-drive 100-kW 450-V AC generators and one diesel-drive 20-kW DC generator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- 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 insulation, gasket, packing, electrical insulation, or deck covering contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-07
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[8]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-37 hull page - postwar record and barge-series photo captions (Ron Gray / Captain) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Postwar chronology lines, Final/Current Disposition lines, and barge photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Following World War II, USS LSM-37 was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 7 October to 11 December 1945; decommissioned 13 January 1947; struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; sold in 1959 to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., Aberdeen, Washington; converted to a barge (Official Number 290463); and later owned by Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, Washington, as barge #542, used to transport wheat and then as a tie-off 'spud barge' on the Columbia River (photographed December 2002 - March 2003).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-2003
- Population
- Postwar crew (1945-47); barge conversion yard workers; Tidewater Barge Lines personnel
- Limitations
- Establishes postwar disposition including survival of the hull as a Columbia River barge into 2003; sale year, buyer, barge number, decommission date, and strike date conflict with secondary compilations (uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory) - see gaps. A hull surviving as a work barge means original-era material could persist, but no survey, conversion-yard, or hazmat record for the barge was located and none is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-08
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[9]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
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or condition report was located. Because LSM-37 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
- 1944-1947
- 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-37. 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-37-lsm37-09
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[10]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-08; authenticated exact-name and hull-number queries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation record for USS LSM-37: 'USS LSM-37' opinions returned 0 results; 'LSM-37' opinions returned 0; 'LSM-37' dockets returned 0; 'LSM 37' opinions returned 0. No name collisions or other litigation were returned at all.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- This is a search result, not proof that no unindexed or non-text-linked case exists. Zero-result returns mean no opinion or docket text references the hull designation in the CourtListener index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-10
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[11]Source-review negative across the sources listed in the search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed: the live NavSource hull page, the LSM-169 corroborating page, the uboat.net warship page and wartime task organization, the official NHHC Pacific Fleet organization record, the Seventh Amphibious Force command history, and the authenticated CourtListener results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-37.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. The hull's reported survival as a Columbia River barge means original-era material could persist; non-digitized Navy, shipyard, reserve-fleet, conversion-yard, and barge records may contain additional evidence. Asbestos documentation therefore remains class_or_era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-37-lsm37-11