Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-386 page (timeline and service data drawn from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LSM-386 page, 'LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium' timeline block and awards header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity and milestones: LSM-1-class landing ship medium; laid down 30 December 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 20 January 1945; commissioned 26 February 1945 (LTjg. Bert R. Durkee, USNR); assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater (LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-Two, LSM Division Sixty-Two); occupation service in the Far East 16 September 1945 - 28 July 1946; decommissioned 14 August 1946 at NOB Subic Bay, Philippine Islands; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; sold 13 February 1947 to the Republic of China; fate unknown. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- WWII construction trades (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, 1944-45); commissioning crew 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive transcribing a published unit history (Turner Publishing, 1997); no DANFS entry exists for this hull for cross-check, and the struck date is not recorded. Establishes identity, milestones, and disposal only - contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-01
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-386 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LSM-386 page, 'Specifications' block (Propulsion, Ship's Service Generators, Complement)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Propulsion was diesel, not steam: two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D8-1/8 x10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesel engines, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers totaling 2,800 shp; ship's service generators two diesel-drive 100 kW 450 V A.C. and one diesel-drive 20 kW 120 V D.C. Complement 5 officers and 54 enlisted; troop accommodations 2 officers and 46 enlisted. Displacement 520 t. light / 1,095 t. fully loaded; length 203'6"; speed 13.2 kts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Specifications are class-standard figures republished on this hull's page, not a hull survey; they establish the absence of a steam plant, which bounds which asbestos pathways are even plausible (no boiler/turbine lagging) - they do not establish presence or absence of asbestos in any system.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-02
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[3]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (published 1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page Highlights section (verified live 2026-10-01)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing it, and worker-protection efforts; the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This documents that asbestos insulation was in general use across Navy ship construction of this hull's era. Applied to a diesel amphibious of 1944-45, the era-standard applications are thermal insulation, machinery and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy window); 1940s construction era (application)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level, 1970s); not hull-specific
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation: GAO fieldwork was the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, decades after this hull's construction and U.S. service; the report does not name this hull or her class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard. All ship-level application is era inference, not ship-proven; no quantity or present-day presence is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-03
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[4]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'LSM-386, 2/26/45-7/1/46' (naId 126651458), muster rolls, Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), microfilm roll 3951, National Archives at College Park [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog record naId 126651458 (verified live 2026-10-01); digitized deck-log finding aid https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds this ship's muster rolls covering 26 February 1945 (her commissioning date) through 1 July 1946 - crew name lists spanning nearly her entire commissioned life, ending about six weeks before her 14 August 1946 decommissioning. Catalog status Unrestricted; scanned as part of the Ancestry-NARA collaboration; physical microfilm at NARA II, College Park, MD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Enlisted and officer crew of LSM-386, 1945-02-26 to 1946-07-01 (named individuals)
- Limitations
- Catalog description only - the rolls themselves were not consulted. Muster rolls establish who served aboard (population evidence) but contain no asbestos information; individual exposure cannot be inferred from presence on a crew list. Her deck logs are not among NARA's digitized deck logs (published digitized list checked 2026-10-01 - other LSM hulls present, LSM-386 absent).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-04
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[5]Batch-6202 search ledger (this record): NavSource/NHHC/NVR/NARA/GAO searches; CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches by exact name and hull number (opinions and dockets); authoritative-source search for builder-yard asbestos documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-01 through sl-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LSM-386 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results for 'LSM-386' (opinions and dockets), 'USS LSM-386', and 'LSM 386' (opinions) - clean negatives through the authenticated, rate-limited helper. No authoritative yard-level asbestos documentation was located for Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston; what circulates is law-firm marketing material, excluded by source policy.
- 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 - a 1944-45 hull of this type is era-consistent with retained asbestos applications, and her post-1947 Republic of China service is undocumented. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-386-lsm386-05