Evidence
19 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-19).
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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-383-lsm383-pkt-570-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-383 hull page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, chronology section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive hull page reports USS LSM-383 as an LSM-1 class landing ship medium laid down 30 December 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; launched 20 January 1945; and commissioned 15 February 1945 with LT. Edgar W. Stanton III, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-12-30 to 1945-02-15
- Population
- Construction trades (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, TX, 1944-1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained naval-history archive, not a federal records repository; the chronology is credited to the Turner Publishing LSM-LSMR history extract and was not corroborated by an independent official source (no DANFS entry exists for this hull). Establishes construction and commissioning facts only; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-383 hull page (Turner Publishing history extract) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, service chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull page reports that after World War II USS LSM-383 was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 20 October to 2 November 1945; was decommissioned 25 January 1947 at NOB Guam, Marianas Islands; was transferred the same day to the State Department for disposal; and was struck from the Naval Register on a date unknown, with final disposition listed as fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-10-20 to 1947-01-25; fate thereafter unknown
- Limitations
- Single-source chronology not corroborated by an independent official record; the striking date and post-transfer disposition are unknown to the source. Contains no asbestos information and no statement on the vessel's material condition at disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-383 hull page, specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull page reports a complement of 5 officers and 54 enlisted; displacement of 520 tons (light), 743 tons (landing), and 1,095 tons (fully loaded); length 203 ft 6 in overall; beam 34 ft 6 in; maximum speed 13.2 knots at 928 tons displacement; and propulsion by two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, with twin propellers rated 2,800 shp. The ship had diesel propulsion and diesel-driven service generators, not a steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1947 service era
- Population
- Crew (5 officers, 54 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Single-source specifications not corroborated by an official record. The diesel (non-steam) plant means the boiler/steam-pipe lagging exposure pathway prominent on steam-driven vessels does not apply to this hull; asbestos aboard, if any, would be in other applications. The source contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-04
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-383 hull page, photo captions (photos by LT. Edgar W. Stanton III, USNR, CO USS LSM-383, donated to the USS LSM/LSMR Association) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, photo table captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Hull-page photo captions, contributed by the ship's first commanding officer LT. Edgar W. Stanton III, USNR, document USS LSM-383 unloading steel pontoons at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in summer 1945; unloading on the beach at Marcus Island circa 4 September 1945; and beached alongside USS LSM-459 while unloading 'C' rations for survivors of the October typhoon at Okinawa circa 20 October 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-06 to 1945-10 (approximate, per captions)
- Population
- Crew during Okinawa relief operations
- Limitations
- Photo captions document presence and relief activity. The October 1945 image describes deliberate beaching to unload relief supplies for typhoon survivors; it does not state or imply that LSM-383 was damaged or grounded by the storm, and the NHHC damage list does not name her (see ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-07). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-05
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[6]Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' (FAQ page faq102-6), including extract from the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas report on the Surrender and Occupation of Japan [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived capture dated 2000-12-04 of history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-6.htm; the live NHHC page was not located on the current history.navy.mil site structure
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center's archived account of Typhoon 'Louise' (the 9 October 1945 storm at Okinawa) records that 12 ships and craft were sunk, 222 grounded, and 32 severely damaged in Buckner Bay, with personnel casualties of 36 killed, 47 missing, and 100 seriously injured, and that the storm wrecked four tank landing ships and two medium landing ships among 107 amphibious craft grounded or damaged.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-10-09
- Population
- U.S. Navy forces at Okinawa, October 1945
- Limitations
- Archived official page (Wayback capture), cited as archived because no live equivalent was located. Describes the storm event generally; does not establish that LSM-383 was present during the storm itself or damaged by it. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-06
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[7]Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' vessel listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived capture dated 2000-12-04; vessel list table within the page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The vessel damage listing on the same archived NHHC Typhoon Louise page does not name LSM-383. The list does name many LSM hulls (for example LSM-15 sunk; LSM-9, 51, 79, 137, 141, 143, 170, 200, 273, 307, 334, 344, 356, 361, 365, 406, 408, 437, 444, 458, 465, 468, and 1120 grounded, damaged, or refloated). A different hull, YMS-383 (a motor minesweeper), appears as grounded and sunk/struck from the register.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-10-09
- Limitations
- Absence from this damage list does not prove LSM-383 was undamaged or absent from Okinawa; it shows only that the official NHHC listing does not identify her as a storm casualty. The beaching documented in ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-05 was for relief-supply unloading, circa 20 October 1945, after the storm. YMS-383 is a different vessel and a name-collision caution for any '383' search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-07
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[8]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' research guide [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 'Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence', 'Cartographic Branch (Includes Blueprints & Engineering Drawings)', and 'Other Records and their usefulness'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos research guide identifies Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence (arranged by Navy Filing Manual hull code, e.g., 'LSM383'), amphibious-vessel General Information Books, and ship engineering drawings in the Hull and Microfilm series - including S39 Insulation and Lagging and S48 Piping drawings - as the principal paths for ship-specific asbestos research. The guide states that Navy Ship Deck Logs and Muster Rolls 'do not provide any information on the use of or presence of asbestos in Navy ships or ship components and therefore provide no direct evidence of asbestos.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Guide covers Navy records through 1961
- Limitations
- A research guide, not a finding about this hull. No RG 19 correspondence file, S39 drawing, General Information Book, deck log, or muster roll for LSM-383 was requested or reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-08
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[9]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (published Oct. 18, 1979; publicly released Oct. 22, 1979), product-page Highlights [gao]
- Locator
- Wayback capture dated 2025-04-02 of the GAO product page; the live https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2 returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches at research time
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's report product page states that GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removal, and compensation programs. It describes the Navy's 1975 policy of removing and replacing with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975 and 1979 policies; report published 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships, program-wide
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program documentation; the page does not identify USS LSM-383, LSM-class ships, or this hull's materials. The policies described postdate this hull's 1947 disposal. Cited via an archived snapshot because the live page was blocked (HTTP 403); the full-report PDF was not reviewed. Establishes only that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships and later managed it under these policies - not that asbestos was aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-09
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[10]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' online index [other_primary]
- Locator
- Index page searched in full for 'LSM-383' and '383'; no matching entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live National Archives index 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' contains no entry for LSM-383. The index lists other LSM hulls (LSM-161, LSM-175, LSM-268, LSM-297, LSM-373, LSM-397, LSM-412, LSM-419, LSM-448, LSM-455, LSM-462, LSM-540) but none for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Index accessed 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Negative result in the online index of digitized deck logs only. It does not establish that no deck logs for LSM-383 exist in undigitized NARA holdings; the page itself directs researchers to Archives II textual reference for logs not on the list. Per the NARA asbestos guide, deck logs in any case provide no direct evidence of asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-10
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[11]National Archives, Ship Plan Index online listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full index text searched for LSM-383, LSM 383, and LSM383; no matches
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live National Archives online Ship Plan Index contains no entry for LSM-383. The index lists other LSM hulls (for example LSM-1, LSM-35, LSM-201, LSM-301, LSM-303, LSM-354, LSM-390, LSM-392, LSM-409, LSM-459 through LSM-478, LSM-481, LSM-484, LSM-490, LSM-492) but no LSM-383 record in any series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Index accessed 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Negative result in the public online index only; it does not establish that no plans or drawings for this hull exist in other NARA series or unindexed holdings (the asbestos guide notes S39/S48 drawings are rare in the paper Hull series and the microfilm series is more detailed). No plan or drawing was reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-11
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[12]NHHC Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - search result for USS LSM-383 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Candidate DANFS URL returned HTTP 404; hazegray danfs/amphib/lsm383.htm fetch failed; ibiblio hyperwar LSM-383 path returned HTTP 404
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No individual DANFS or other NHHC ship-history entry for LSM-383 was located. The direct NHHC DANFS URL pattern for this hull returned HTTP 404, the NHHC DANFS 'L' letter index page was unreachable (HTTP 404), and no LSM-383 entry was found at the hazegray or ibiblio/HyperWar DANFS mirror locations checked.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Checked 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Most numbered landing ships lack individual DANFS entries; this negative confirms no accessible DANFS record for this hull in the locations checked. It does not prove NHHC holds no other documentation on LSM-383.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-12
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[13]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database, ship listing for names beginning 'LSM' [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Ship List result for keyword 'LSM': 'Displaying 1-1 of 1 names starting with LSM - LSM-454'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live MARAD Vessel History Database ship-name listing for names beginning 'LSM' contains exactly one entry, LSM-454; LSM-383 is not in the database. This is consistent with the NavSource chronology showing transfer to the State Department for disposal in 1947 rather than custody with the Maritime Administration or its predecessor agencies.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Database accessed 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- Negative result means no MARAD status card, milestone, or custody record for this hull was located; it does not document the 1947 disposal outcome, which remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-13
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[14]Batch-6199 source review (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA deck-log index, Ship Plan Index, and asbestos research guide; NHHC archived Typhoon Louise page and vessel listing; DANFS candidate URLs; MARAD Vessel History Database; CourtListener API v4 exact-phrase sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-01 through sl-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-14
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, condition report, hazmat disclosure, or disposal record for USS LSM-383 was located in the official and publicly searchable sources reviewed for this record. Ship-specific asbestos documentation and asbestos presence aboard remain unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- Public-source review through 2026-10-01
- Limitations
- A bounded public-source negative, not an exhaustive one: undigitized NARA record series (RG 19 correspondence, S39 drawings, General Information Books, deck logs), shipyard records, and State Department disposal files were not reviewed. Absence of a located record does not prove asbestos was absent aboard; class or era information was not used to infer presence either.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-14
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[15]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search result, exact-name opinion query [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper exact-name opinion query; API response count 0
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion search for the exact phrase "USS LSM-383" returned zero results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Limitations
- A zero-result exact-name opinion query does not establish that no qualifying asbestos case exists. This result covers only the exact phrase and CourtListener's indexed opinions. No case or asbestos exposure finding is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-15
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[16]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search result, exact hull-number opinion query [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper exact hull-number opinion query; API response count 0
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion search for the exact phrase "LSM-383" returned zero results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Limitations
- A zero-result exact hull-number opinion query does not establish that no qualifying asbestos case exists. This result covers only the exact phrase and indexed opinions. No case or asbestos exposure finding is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-16
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[17]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search result, exact-name docket query [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper exact-name docket query; API response count 0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 docket search for the exact phrase "USS LSM-383" returned zero results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Limitations
- A zero-result exact-name docket query does not establish that no qualifying asbestos case exists. This result covers only the exact phrase and CourtListener's indexed docket records. No case or asbestos exposure finding is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-17
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[18]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search result, exact hull-number docket query [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper exact hull-number docket query; API response count 0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 docket search for the exact phrase "LSM-383" returned zero results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 2026-10-01 search
- Limitations
- A zero-result exact hull-number docket query does not establish that no qualifying asbestos case exists. This result covers only the exact phrase and indexed docket records. No case or asbestos exposure finding is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-18
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[19]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-383 hull page (Turner Publishing history extract) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, service chronology and awards ribbon display
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull page reports that during World War II USS LSM-383 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Fourteen (LCDR. W. R. McCaleb), LSM Group Forty (LCDR. O. J. Heggem USNR), LSM Division Eighty, and displays ribbon awards of the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew (5 officers, 54 enlisted per same source)
- Limitations
- Single-source chronology not corroborated by an independent official record; no theater operations, landing operations, or battle-star detail is stated for this hull beyond the flotilla/group/division assignment. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-383-lsm383-02