Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 570-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-382-lsm382-pkt-570-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-382 (history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997; live page verified 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14382.htm header block, specifications block, photo captions, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 23 December 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 13 January 1945; commissioned USS LSM-382 on 14 February 1945, LT. Henry S. White, USNR, in command. During World War II assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LSM Flotilla Fourteen (LCDR. W. R. McCaleb), LSM Group Forty (LCDR. O. J. Heggem, USNR), LSM Division Eighty. Decommissioned 17 November 1947; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown per this source; sold for scrapping 13 January 1948 to Fairbanks Morse & Co., Chicago, IL. Awards bar: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. Commanding officers: LT. White (Feb 1945-Nov 1945); ENS. Gary Nicholas Carpender, USNR (Nov 1945-May 1946); LT. Hall Bradley Wessinger, USN (May 1946-1947); LT. Paul Mitchell Gorman, USN (1947-?). Photo captions document the hull beached at Saipan (date unknown); present at Kure Shipyard, Japan, circa February 1946 alongside USS LSM-371, USS LSM-255, and USS LCS(L)(3)-67; and under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46 (NHHC photo NH 79841).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45); commissioned crew (1945-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on the Turner Publishing LSM history; milestone dates track the register but the strike date is reported as 'date unknown' here (uboat.net gives 5 December 1947 - see ev-04 and gaps). Photograph captions establish physical presence at Saipan, Kure (Feb 1946), and San Francisco Bay, not the work performed there. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-01
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[3]University of Washington Libraries, Donaldson (Lauren R.) Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys - excerpt of Neal O. Hines, 'Proving Ground: An Account of the Radiobiological Studies in the Pacific, 1946-1961' (Univ. of Washington Press, 1962), chapter 3 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hines, 'Proving Ground' ch. 3, section II (resurvey organization paragraph), UW Libraries digital excerpt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- This hull is named as a participating vessel of the 1947 Bikini Scientific Resurvey, the follow-on to Operation Crossroads: 'The resurvey, placed under the operational control of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, employed as its flagship the U.S.S. Chilton (APA 38), which was to be supported by the Coucal (ASR 8), the LSM 382 and, later, by the LCI (L 615).' The resurvey was directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (memorandum signed by Fleet Admiral Leahy, 16 May 1947), with a target date of 15 July 1947 for operations at Bikini; scientific/technical staff numbered about 80 and total expedition personnel about 700.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Ship's crew plus embarked scientific/technical personnel (summer 1947); expedition ~700 personnel across all vessels
- Limitations
- Establishes that LSM-382 was a resurvey support vessel under CinCPac operational control in summer 1947. This is a radiological-survey context - it documents the ship's role, NOT asbestos conditions, and NOT a radiation-exposure finding for any individual aboard; Rongerik Atoll, where the ship is photographed, was the radiologically uncontaminated comparison site. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-02
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[4]Defense Atomic Support Agency, 'Bikini Scientific Resurvey, Volume II: Report of the Technical Director' (December 1947), DTIC accession ADA077490 (archived copy; live apps.dtic.mil URL displayed a scheduled-maintenance page at access time) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ADA077490 Vol. II, list of illustrations ('Dr. Morrison recording data aboard LSM 382'); RadSafe narrative sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official technical report of the resurvey includes the figure caption 'Dr. Morrison recording data aboard LSM 382' - placing Smithsonian associate curator Dr. J. P. E. Morrison working aboard this hull during the resurvey. The report documents radiobiology, fisheries, geology, radiological-safety and other group work at Bikini, Rongerik, and Kwajalein in summer 1947 (operations targeted from 15 July; departure monitoring at Bikini in August), and records that before departure all Task Group ships were instructed to dispose of lines, fenders, anchors, and deck equipment showing radiation above BuShips final clearance limits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Resurvey scientific staff and ship's crew, summer 1947
- Limitations
- Primary government document naming this hull as a resurvey working platform. Radiological context only - does not document asbestos aboard or individual radiation doses; the vessel worked at Rongerik, the uncontaminated control atoll, per the UW photo captions. Scanned copy obtained via Wayback Machine capture dated 2025-02-02; live DTIC page under maintenance at access time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-03
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[5]University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, Donaldson Collection items 125, 132, 138 - U.S. Navy photographs from the 'Bikini Atoll Radiological Survey Scrapbook' (ABCR 5072/5085), Lauren R. Donaldson Papers, Accession 2932-007 [other_primary]
- Locator
- donaldson/id/125, /id/132, /id/138; Digital Pasifik items 678219, 679155, 370375, 385863
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Three U.S. Navy photographs in the Donaldson Collection document work performed aboard this hull at Rongerik Atoll in summer 1947: item 132 (ABCR 5072-11) - Dr. J. P. E. Morrison logging findings aboard the LSM 382 near Rongerik Island; item 138 (ABCR 5085-1) - Jesse P. Pflueger and Dr. F. H. Rodenbaugh Sr. obtaining tuna-liver samples aboard LSM 382 for ashing aboard USS Chilton; item 125 (ABCR 5072-12, scrapbook p. 50) - commercial fishermen sewing bait seine on fish nets aboard LSM 382.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1947 (summer)
- Population
- Embarked scientists and commercial fishermen working aboard; ship's crew
- Limitations
- Photographs document scientific work performed aboard the hull and corroborate the resurvey role in ev-02/ev-03; they are presence records, not work or material records. Radiological-survey context only - no asbestos content. Also mirrored at Wikimedia Commons (DONALDSON 125) and Digital Pasifik aggregator.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-04
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (T. Colton), 'Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX' - yard construction table and history (live page verified 2026-10-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Brown Shipbuilding page, hull table row 259 (LSM 382); yard-history header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Brown Shipbuilding yard table lists this hull as yard hull no. 259: keel laid 23-Dec-44, launched 13-Jan-45, delivered 14-Feb-45, disposition 'Sold to Fairbanks Morse 1948 for scrapping' - corroborating the NavSource milestone dates and sale. Yard context: Brown Shipbuilding was built in 1941 by George and Herman Brown at the junction of Green's Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel with $9 million from the Navy, and produced 12 PCs, 32 LCI(L)s, 61 DEs, and 254 LSMs (359 vessels) in four years; the yard was leased to Todd Shipyards Corp. 1949-1984 and later became a Brown & Root offshore fabrication yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton's shipbuilding history), corroborating primary-pattern dates; 'delivered 14-Feb-45' coincides with the commissioning date in NavSource. Yard-level production data only - contains no material, insulation, or asbestos documentation for this hull or the yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LSM 382 (LSM 382) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/12981 - data table (Ordered, Laid down, Launched, Commissioned, History)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary register entry corroborating the build timeline and adding two data points: ordered 8 April 1944, and 'Stricken on 5 December 1947' - a specific stricken date where NavSource reports 'date unknown.' Decommissioned 17 November 1947; sold 13 January 1948.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled warship database, not an official register; the 5 December 1947 stricken date is unattributed and conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' - carried as an unresolved variant in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-06
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[8]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, Russell Hal Langford Collection, AFC/2001/001/64776 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LoC catalog record AFC/2001/001/64776 - Service History block; interview by Wanda C. Driver / Margaret Reborchuk (WIMSA)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Veterans History Project collection documents a named service member aboard this hull: Russell Hal Langford's service units are cataloged as 'USS LSM 382 (Landing Ship Medium); USS LSM 383,' Navy, World War II Pacific Theater service dates 1943-1947, highest rank Lieutenant Junior Grade. The collection contains an interview/personal narrative recording.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1943-1947 (service); 2002-2003 (collection)
- Population
- LTJG Russell Hal Langford; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the catalog record establishes that a named veteran served aboard LSM-382, and the interview audio may contain first-person detail on service aboard; transcript content not reviewed this session. Vessel-history record only - no asbestos claim or finding. Catalog metadata verified via the loc.gov JSON API (?fo=json returned 200); the human HTML page returned 403 to automated fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-07
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[9]NavSource Online, 'LSM Class Manual' (1 March 1944, Serial No. 1766, issued to USS LSM-294) - digitized WWII-era class technical/organizational manual, contributed by Patrick Blackman [other_primary]
- Locator
- lsm manual index.htm; chapters lsm02-30 (Main Propelling Machinery), lsm02-31/-31-9 (Auxiliary Machinery incl. boilers), lsm02-32 (Pumps, Tanks and Piping)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The 1944 class manual documents the LSM-1 class machinery fit shared by this hull: two diesel main engines (Fairbanks Morse model 38D8-1/8 x 10 or General Motors model 16-278A, hull-assigned by number block - OCR of the scanned assignment lists is partially legible), direct drive with hydraulic couplings, twin screws; an oil-fired auxiliary steam boiler (approx. 35 psi, ~1,500 lb/hr range per OCR) supplying auxiliary steam; distilling plant; refrigerating plants; diesel-drive ship's-service generators. The manual is an operations/bills document: the OCRed technical chapters (30-32, 39-40) contain no 'asbestos' or insulation-material specification.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Class-wide crews and builders (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Class documentation issued to a sister hull (LSM-294), not a ship-specific record - it documents the design's systems, not materials installed aboard LSM-382. Scanned page images OCR'd this session; no asbestos term was located in the machine-readable text, which is an absence of evidence, not evidence of absence (insulation specs may sit in plates/sections not digitized or illegible). NavSource attributes Fairbanks Morse engines to this hull; the manual's per-hull engine assignment lists are OCR-garbled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (LSM-1 class diesel propulsion); 1944 LSM class manual (auxiliary oil-fired boiler, machinery systems); shipbuildinghistory.com Brown yard record; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use window (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- synthesis row - see ev-01, ev-08 (class manual), ev-10 (GAO)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-propelled amphibious landing ship built December 1944-February 1945 at a wartime Gulf Coast yard sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were insulation of the auxiliary boiler and steam lines, machinery and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve and pump packing, electrical insulation, and interior finishes including deck tiling. The ship had no main steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam combatants is limited here to a small auxiliary boiler.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45); crew and embarked troops (1945-47); 1948 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or deck-log entry located for LSM-382. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-09
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[11]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 (1944-45) and service era (1945-47).
- 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 returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-10
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[12]Batch-6198 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (no entry); NavSource; shipbuildinghistory.com; uboat.net; UW Donaldson Collection and 'Proving Ground' excerpt; DTIC ADA077490 via Wayback; LoC Veterans History Project; LSM class manual OCR; CourtListener API v4 (type=o and type=r); NVR (no entry - pre-1987 disposal); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-382-01 through sl-uss-lsm-382-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LSM-382 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, 2026-10-01): quoted-phrase 'LSM-382' and 'LSM 382' returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; unquoted 'LSM-382' returned 9 tokenized hits, none naming this vessel (e.g., Chamberlain v. Shaver Transportation, D. Or. 1966, concerns an unnamed 'converted Landing Ship Medium (LSM)' machine shop in Portland - not this hull). Secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case and no marketing listicle asserting asbestos aboard this 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 - the hull was built and scrapped (1948) inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, and era inference stands at class_or_era only. Deck logs, BuShips work packages, and the Fairbanks Morse scrapping contract are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-382-11