Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online, USS LSM-370, LSM-1 class landing ship medium page [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-370 page, timeline and disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM-370 was laid down 2 December 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 23 December 1944; commissioned 24 January 1945 with Lt. Louis L. Smith, USNR, in command; served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in LSM Flotilla Thirteen (LCDR C. L. Weigle, USN), LSM Group Thirty-Seven (LCDR W. J. Chisholm, USNR), LSM Division Seventy-Four; performed post-war occupation service in the Far East 5-23 September 1945 and 8 October-14 November 1945; decommissioned 20 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Florida; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group; struck from the Naval Register on a date the source gives as unknown; and was transferred 15 July 1959 to Venezuela for cannibalization and scrapping, sold 1959.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades; USS LSM-370 crew; Far East occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical timeline from a volunteer naval-history archive; the page does not document asbestos, an asbestos survey, or material quantities. NavSource states the Naval Register strike date was unknown; a secondary aggregator (uboat.net) asserts 15 January 1958, which remains unverified. The NavSource text contains a typographical slip rendering the ship as 'USS LST-370' in the occupation-service sentence; the page subject is LSM-370.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSM-370 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSM-370 page, Specifications, Armament, Troop Accommodations and Propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page reports a 520-ton light displacement, 743-ton landing displacement, 1,095-ton full-load displacement, 203 feet 6 inches length, 34 feet 6 inches beam, 13.2-knot maximum speed, complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted, armament of one twin bow-mounted 40mm gun and four single 20mm mounts, troop accommodations of 2 officers and 46 enlisted, and two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutch and direct drive to twin propellers at 2,800 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops/vehicle operators
- Limitations
- Ship-specific specifications transcribed from the archive; the propulsion data establish a diesel landing-ship plant but do not establish asbestos-containing materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-02
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[3]Naval Historical Center/NARA photograph 80-G-176520, official Navy collection transcription, camouflage plan for LSM-1 class [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC page for NARA Photo 80-G-176520, Description and Catalog fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC identifies a Bureau of Ships camouflage drawing (Measure 31, Design 17L) for the LSM-1 class, dated 13 July 1944, held in the National Archives collections. NavSource identifies USS LSM-370 as an LSM-1-class landing ship medium, so this confirms official Navy/NARA documentation for the class during this hull's construction and service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LSM-1-class construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Class-level archival context only; the page is not a construction or material record for USS LSM-370 and does not mention asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-03
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[4]NHHC DANFS appendix, 'LSM and LSM(R) Histories' (archived copy; live page returned 404 on 2026-10-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC 'LSM and LSM(R) Histories' page, full text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC states that ships bearing only a designation, such as LSM, were not included in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, and that the Naval Historical Center's Ships History Office scanned a compiled history of the LSMs and LSM(R)s prepared by Captain James B. Birindelli, SC, USNR (Ret.), distributed on CD-ROM SH-0068. This explains the absence of a DANFS entry for USS LSM-370 and identifies the official compiled LSM history as an archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2005 (page dated 16 September 2005)
- Population
- LSM and LSM(R) hulls and crews generally
- Limitations
- Archived official page (Wayback capture 15 June 2015); the live NHHC URL returned 404 at research time. The page documents DANFS coverage policy and the existence of the compiled LSM history; it does not address asbestos and the CD-ROM contents were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program-level reporting is relevant to the Navy asbestos-control era covering this hull's 1944-45 construction, 1945-46 service period, and postwar reserve-fleet lay-up.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a hull-specific finding. The source does not identify USS LSM-370, a particular component aboard it, an exposure event, or a quantity; full text was not retrieved (gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-10-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-05
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[6]Public-source and litigation sweep documented in this record's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation record naming USS LSM-370 was located in the sources searched. The only CourtListener opinion hit was a Texas criminal appeal unrelated to the vessel (name collision). This is a search result, not proof that asbestos was absent from the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull searches were made through the authenticated helper for opinions and dockets; quoted queries returned zero results and unquoted queries returned one unrelated Texas criminal opinion plus tokenization-noise docket matches. Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-370-lsm370-06