USS LSM-388

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 15, 1945), LSM roster and design table (shipscribe.com scan of official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAVSHIPS 250-011 printed p.160 (roster, LSM 388 row) and printed p.150 (LSM design table, footnote 4 engine list); scan pp. 166, 176

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official BuShips roster lists LSM 388 as built by Brown S.B. Co., Houston, Tex.; keel laid 6 Jan 1945, launched 27 Jan 1945, first commissioned 26 Feb 1945. The LSM design table's machinery footnote explicitly includes LSM-388 in the block of hulls fitted with Fairbanks Morse engines Model 38D8-3/8x10: 'LSM 1-145, 201-232, 253-267, 310-319, 354-388, 414-428, 459-478, and 540-552.' Design data: 203 ft 6 in overall, 34 ft 6 in beam, 743 t beaching / 1,095 t full-load displacement, 12.5 kt trial speed, twin propellers, 2,800 shp, diesel ship's-service generators (two 100 kW 450 V AC, one 20 kW 120 V DC), accommodations 4 officers / 54 enlisted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   Construction trades (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, 1944-45); embarked troops (2 officers, 46 enlisted capacity); ship's crew

   Limitations

   Establishes identity, builder, dates, and machinery fit for this specific hull; contains no information about insulation or asbestos materials - the design tables do not enumerate hull insulation content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-01

2. [2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-388 page (history extract from 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-56311-389-9) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource page text, specifications block, awards block, commanding-officers table, photo captions (Peter W conversion: 203-ft hull cut to 145 ft at Albina)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Timeline and service summary: laid down 6 Jan 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 27 Jan 1945; commissioned USS LSM-388 26 Feb 1945, LT. Wilbur G. Inman USNR in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Eleven, LSM Group Thirty-Two, LSM Division Sixty-Two; decommissioned 2 May 1947 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown per this source); sold 9 Dec 1947 to William J. Mitchell, Oakland, CA; converted to towboat Peter W (official no. 255409) at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, OR; operated by Western Transportation Co., Portland, on the Columbia and Snake Rivers; renamed Bristol Monarch for Alaska commercial service; final disposition unknown. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars. Four commanding officers listed (Inman to 11/1945; Adams to 5/1946; Cardoz to 12/1946; Larson to decommissioning).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1945-1947 (naval service); 1947 onward (commercial)

   Population

   Ship's crew (5 officers, 54 enlisted per NavSource spec table); embarked troops

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation quoting the Turner volume - the standard per-hull reference for numbered LSMs; the extract gives flotilla assignments but no operation-by-operation detail, and states the stricken date is unknown. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or material-condition information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-02

3. [3]Veterans Memorial Hall (St. Louis County, MN), Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center - service record of William Oscar Allison, drawn from 'Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project,' p.17 [museum_official]

   Locator

   vets-hall.org story page, WWII section

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   A named crew member is documented aboard this hull: William Oscar Allison served as a Fireman First Class and diesel engine mechanic on USS LSM-388 in the Pacific Theater; inducted into the Naval Reserve 23 March 1944; honorably discharged 4 December 1945 at Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA. Awards listed match the ship's ribbon set (American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   Engineering crew (diesel engine mechanics) aboard this hull, 1945

   Limitations

   Personnel record only - documents that engineering ratings served aboard maintaining the diesel plant; contains no asbestos, insulation, or environmental information and establishes no exposure. Single-veteran museum record; corroborates complement and Pacific assignment.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-03

4. [4]Howard v. M/V Bristol Monarch, 652 F. Supp. 677 (W.D. Wash. 1987), No. C85-986M, order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment (Chief Judge McGovern, filed 3 Feb 1987) [court_record]

   Locator

   652 F. Supp. 677; CourtListener cluster 8903820; docket No. C85-986M

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   A published federal opinion documents the converted hull still operating in Alaska: plaintiff Howard was a seafood processor aboard the M/V Bristol Monarch when it anchored near Cape Pankof, Unimak Island (between herring season and the False Pass salmon season, c. 1985); he was injured visiting a shipwreck. The court granted summary judgment for the vessel/operator on Jones Act negligence and unseaworthiness claims.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1985 (injury); 1987 (opinion)

   Population

   Commercial crew (seafood processors) aboard the converted hull, c. 1985

   Limitations

   Non-asbestos litigation: an admiralty personal-injury case decided on duty/breach grounds - it contains no asbestos, insulation, or environmental findings. Its evidentiary value here is ship-specific documentation that the ex-LSM-388 hull remained in service as a working fish processor into the mid-1980s. Summary judgment for defendants is a merits-level negative for the plaintiff, not exposure evidence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-04

5. [5]U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA enforcement record for Bristol Monarch Corporation at M/V Bristol Monarch, Red Bluff, Egegik, AK - inspection opened 6 July 1987 (republished by the SVEP Navigator aggregator of DOL data) [other_primary]

   Locator

   svepnavigator.com facility page, citation matrix (inspection opened 1987-07-06)

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   A formal OSHA inspection of the workplace aboard M/V Bristol Monarch at Egegik, Alaska produced 20 citations across 9 standards (29 CFR 1910.23 guarding floor/wall openings, 1910.106 flammable liquids, 1910.212 machine guarding, 1910.219 mechanical power transmission), $1,850 in proposed penalties, citations issued from 24 July 1987 with latest abatement deadline 1 September 1988.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1987-1988

   Population

   Commercial crew and processors aboard the converted hull, 1987

   Limitations

   Documents regulatory contact with the vessel's commercial operation; none of the cited standards is an asbestos standard (no 1910.1001/1915.1001/1926.1101 citations) - the record neither establishes nor excludes asbestos aboard. The underlying primary source is the OSHA IMIS inspection file; OSHA's establishment search was unreachable by automated access this session (CloudFront block), so this row relies on a data aggregator - treat citation-level detail as unverified at the agency source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-05

6. [6]UPI business report, 15 December 1986: Trident Seafoods merger/acquisition series - Sea Alaska Products had signed letters of intent to acquire Bristol Monarch Corp., Seattle Seafoods Inc., and Seafood Packers Inc. [reputable_press]

   Locator

   UPI Archives, 1986-12-15 story body (Sea Alaska acquisitions paragraph)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Contemporaneous press documentation of the vessel's operating company in the 1986 Northwest seafood consolidation: Bristol Monarch Corp. was among the Seattle seafood companies Sea Alaska Products signed to acquire as part of the Trident/ConAgra merger creating a combined company with catcher-processors, tenders, and Alaska/Washington plants.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1986

   Population

   Commercial fishing/processing workforce (corporate context)

   Limitations

   Documents the corporate chain around the vessel, not the hull's material condition - contains no asbestos or maintenance information; establishes that the Bristol Monarch operation remained an identifiable commercial enterprise through late 1986.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-06

7. [7]Era/design inference grounded in BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. II LSM design table (diesel machinery, no boilers) plus WWII-era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 Vol. II printed p.150 (design table, footnote 4); NavSource conversion captions

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   The LSM-1-class design is diesel-powered with no boilers or steam plant, so the classic steam-ship lagging pathway is absent; era-consistent asbestos applications aboard a 1945 landing ship are engine exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, thermal/acoustic insulation, deck covering and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, electrical insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. The hull's 1948 conversion at Albina (203-ft hull shortened to a 145-ft towboat) and decades of commercial refits constitute material-disturbance events of unknown scope.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1945-c.1987

   Population

   Construction trades (1944-45); conversion yard workers (Albina, 1948); naval and commercial crew

   Limitations

   Class/era inference, not a hull record: no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or work-order documents asbestos aboard LSM-388, and nothing establishes what materials survived or were removed during conversion or commercial service. Does not establish quantity, presence, or absence on this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-07

8. [8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published 18 Oct 1979, released 22 Oct 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   gao.gov HRD-80-2 highlights text

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented that the Navy's standing asbestos policy (1975) was to remove insulation only when damaged or needed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., documented Navy asbestos-management programs began decades after this hull was sold out of service (1947), so no Navy asbestos program was ever applied to this hull; it passed to commercial hands as-built.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1975-1979 (program era); hull disposed 1947

   Limitations

   Program-level finding about Navy practice at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, 1975-1979 - it does not mention this hull or the LSM type and is cited only to bound what could not have happened to this ship in Navy custody. It says nothing about the commercial-era condition of the hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-08

9. [9]National Archives, Logbooks of the U.S. Navy - deck-log series in Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Record Group 24, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208) [other_primary]

   Locator

   archives.gov logbooks page; RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   LSM-388 was a commissioned Navy ship (1945-1947), so its deck logs are the kind of record retained permanently in NARA's Navy deck-log holdings (RG 24, Entry 118); WWII-era logs are among the series being digitized into the National Archives Catalog. The logs would document the ship's Pacific deployment, occupation-era duty if any, and yard periods - the best available lead for ship-specific detail.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-01

   Study period

   1945-1947

   Limitations

   Archival lead only - the catalog's API/search did not return a digitized LSM-388 log set this session (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered / API requires key), so whether LSM-388's logs are scanned online is unverified; the records likely exist in College Park textual holdings regardless.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-09

10. [10]Batch-6204 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS, NVR, NavSource, BuShips SDB-1945, uboat.net, Wikipedia, CourtListener opinion+docket sweeps, Veterans Memorial Hall, UPI archives, OSHA/DOL enforcement data, NARA logbook resources [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-01 through -15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS LSM-388 (or its commercial identities Peter W / Bristol Monarch) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener sweeps returned only name collisions plus one non-asbestos personal-injury case (Howard v. M/V Bristol Monarch). There is no DANFS entry for this numbered landing ship and no NVR page (hull disposed 1947).

    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 1945 emergency-construction amphibious hull is era-consistent with asbestos use, and the record simply does not answer the question. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lsm-388-lsm388-10