Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-387 page (history extract credited to 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-56311-389-9; photo captions incl. Ensign Carl Metz Collection convoy Pearl Harbor-Eniwetok 29 Jun-9 Jul 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LSM-387 page, history extract, specifications block, awards display, commanding-officers table (page last updated 4 January 2025)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSM-387 (LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium) was laid down 6 January 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 27 January 1945; commissioned 26 February 1945 as USS LSM-387, LT Lesley D. Fay USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-Two, LSM Division Sixty-Two; occupation service in the Far East 17 September 1945 - 20 July 1946; decommissioned 16 August 1946 at NOB Subic Bay, Philippines; struck from the Naval Register (date given as unknown); sold 13 February 1947 to the Republic of China; final disposition unknown. Spec block: 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t full; 203 ft 6 in; beam 34 ft 6 in; 13.2 kts; complement 5 officers + 54 enlisted; two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible diesels, direct drive, twin screws 2,800 shp. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). CO table: Fay (26 Feb-29 Apr 1945), Conkey (29 Apr-14 Dec 1945), Riester (14 Dec 1945-7 Feb 1946), Kraegel (7 Feb-9 Jun 1946), Wallace (9 Jun-16 Aug 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, construction, assignment, occupation service, decommissioning, and sale; the underlying source is a secondary compiled history (Turner Publishing) hosted by NavSource, not an official Navy document. Strike date left 'unknown' (uboat.net's 25 Sep 1946 conflicts - see ev-02/gaps). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-01
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[2]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LSM 387 (LSM 387) ship page (ship/12986) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/12986 data table and history line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LSM 387 (LSM class medium landing ship): built by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas; ordered 8 April 1944; laid down 6 January 1945; launched 27 January 1945; commissioned 26 February 1945; end service 16 August 1946. History line: 'Decommissioned on 16 August 1946; Stricken on 25 September 1946; Sold on 13 February 1947.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Reputable compiled reference (Gudmundur Helgason's uboat.net Allied Warships), corroborating milestones and adding order date and a specific strike date (25 Sep 1946) that NavSource leaves unknown - treated as a secondary-source conflict carried in gaps, not resolved. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-02
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[3]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Brown Shipbuilding Houston construction list, yard hull 264 / LSM 387 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Brown Shipbuilding page, hull table row 264 (LSM 387)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Brown Shipbuilding yard table (Houston TX; 359 wartime vessels incl. 254 LSMs): yard hull 264 = LSM 387, keel laid 6-Jan-45, delivered 26-Feb-45, disposition 'To China 1947.' The row's launch cell reads '27-Jun-45' - internally inconsistent with the same row's 26-Feb-45 delivery; NavSource and uboat.net both give 27-Jan-45, so the Jun figure is treated as a typographical error.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Yard-production reference compiled from official builder's records; corroborates builder identity, keel date, delivery date, and China 1947 disposition. Launch-date cell is defective (Jun vs Jan typo, flagged in gaps). No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-03
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[4]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-387 spec block (Fairbanks Morse diesel plant, no steam); Corn & Starr 1987 WWII-shipbuilding asbestos documentation (ev-05); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide insulation-era documentation (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (diesel plant); ev-05 and ev-06 of this record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a diesel-driven LSM-1-class amphibious hull built January-February 1945 at a wartime Houston yard sits inside the documented WWII-era shipbuilding asbestos-use window. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel amphibious type of this period were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery and piping gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation/joiner materials. As a diesel ship she carried no boiler plant, so the boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1945); crew (1945-46); Republic of China service personnel (1947-unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, deck log, or work package located for LSM-387. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no individual exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-04
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[5]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373; DOI resolves to Wiley (publisher blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - resolution verified)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this LSM-1-class hull was mass-produced in 1945 - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in Navy and merchant construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remained aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-05
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[6]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 historically blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403 - content via product-page description)
- 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 U.S. Navy construction and service era (1945-46).
- 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. Does not establish presence, quantity, exposure, or causation aboard LSM-387.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-06
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[7]Batch-6203 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live checks; NavSource; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; NVR; Wikipedia; CourtListener (o and r); NARA catalog; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-387-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, deck-log record, or qualifying litigation naming USS LSM-387 was found in the public sources searched. Supporting negatives: NHHC DANFS has no LSM-387 entry (canonical URL returns Page Not Found) and no generic LSM entry; the HyperWar DANFS mirror likewise lacks LSM-387; Wikipedia has no article; NVR carries no detail page (ships disposed prior to 1987 excluded). CourtListener (API v4, authenticated, 2026-10-01): opinion search 'USS LSM-387' returned 0 results; 'LSM-387' returned 7 opinion hits and 472 docket hits, all name/token collisions (Weisner; DeFries v. Haarhues; Cioppa v. USPS; Sealift Inc. v. United States; Martinez Soria v. Ex Parte; Rosenbloom v. Adams Scott & Conway; Chisholm v. USPS; docket-number fragments) - no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no ship-specific asbestos claim; the only asbestos material touching the builder is law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.com, mesothelioma.net, mesotheliomaveterans.org and similar) - 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. Deck logs (RG 24), BuShips work packages, and ROC-service records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-07
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[8]NARA, 'Digitized Deck Logs' and 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (archives.gov research pages); NARA catalog search 'LSM-387' [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log research pages; catalog.archives.gov search 'LSM-387' (7,600 broad hits, none confirmed hull-specific)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: WWII-era deck logs for USS LSM-387 (February 1945 - August 1946) are expected in NARA RG 24 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983); the NARA catalog's partial WWII deck-log digitization project covers portions of 1941-1950, but no LSM-387-specific digitized record was confirmed in this session's catalog search (broad tokenized results only).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Lead only - RG 24 deck logs are the most likely primary source for this hull's day-by-day service and any material notations, but their existence/digitization for LSM-387 was not confirmed. No asbestos content claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-387-08