Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-58 (10/14/14058) - construction milestones, unit assignment, campaign/award ribbon bar, commanding officers, specifications, photographs. History extract credited to 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14058.htm header block, award ribbons, unit-assignment line, history narrative, Korean War campaign table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LSM-1 class; laid down 30 June 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 21 July 1944; commissioned USS LSM-58 on 21 August 1944, Lt. Frank E. Lewis USNR in command. WWII assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LSM Flotilla Six (Cdr. A. R. Quinn USN), LSM Group Sixteen (Lt. Cdr. J. T. Brugger Jr. USNR), LSM Division Thirty-Six. Occupation service in the Far East 6 October 1945 - 10 January 1946. Decommissioned 15 July 1946, laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR. Recommissioned 8 September 1950. Korean War service: Korean Defense campaign, 8-30 May and 16 July - 10 August 1952; one battle star. Decommissioned 6 April 1954 at San Diego and transferred same day to France; returned to U.S. custody October 1955; transferred to South Vietnam April 1956; returned to U.S. custody 29 May 1956; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; sold 8 February 1957 to Ron Pickard, Bay Point, Miami, FL, fate unknown. Ribbon bar: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal (1); Philippine Liberation Medal; United Nations Service Medal; Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive). Photos: beached at Cho Do Island in 1952 picking up refugees for transport to Pusan (contributed by Doug Piper, ET1 USS LSM-58); beached at Inchon, 1952; underway views. Commanding officers: Lt. Frank E. Lewis USNR (21 Aug 1944 - 30 Oct 1945); Lt.(jg) Orville F. Jones USNR (30 Oct 1945 - Apr 1946); Ens. Joseph R. Martin USNR (Apr 1946 - 15 Jul 1946); no COs listed for the 1950-54 second commission.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (Aug 1944 - Jul 1946 and Sep 1950 - Apr 1954); embarked troops and evacuated refugees on amphibious lifts
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation sourced here from the Turner Publishing veterans'-history volume, not a primary registry - milestone dates corroborated this session by uboat.net, navypedia, and shipbuildinghistory. Contains no asbestos or material content. NavSource's 'LSM Division Thirty-Six' differs from the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization, which places LSM-58 in LSM Division 32 (same Group 16) - carried as a discrepancy, not reconciled. Photo captions are veteran-contributed attributions. No WWII battle stars are shown - the ribbon bar's Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal carries no campaign stars and no WWII campaign table is given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-01
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[2]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (transcribed organizational document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LSM GROUP 16 / LSM DIVISION 32 table (verified live via firecrawl 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary Navy organizational document lists USS LSM-58 by name and commanding officer as of 1 May 1945: LSM GROUP 16 under ComLSMGrp 16 Lt. Cdr. J. T. Brugger, Jr. (USNR), LSM DIVISION 32 - 'LSM 58 ... Lt. F. E. Lewis (USNR)' - alongside LSM-45, LSM-142, LSM-274(1), and LSM-322. Corroborates the NavSource group/flotilla chain (LSM Flotilla Six / LSM Group Sixteen) at the primary-record level and places the hull under Pacific Fleet, not Seventh Fleet, command on that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew, USS LSM-58 (as of 1 May 1945)
- Limitations
- Point-in-time roster (1 May 1945) - shows assignment on that date, not the whole career. Lists the hull in LSM Division 32 where NavSource says Division Thirty-Six; discrepancy noted, not reconciled (division assignments shifted, or the two sources reflect different dates). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-02
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[3]NHHC photographic collection, catalog NH 79848 - 'USS LSM-58. In San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.' BW photo, courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC NH-series catalog page NH-79848 (verified live via firecrawl 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy photographic record exists for this hull: NH 79848, USS LSM-58 in San Francisco Bay, dated 1945-46 - consistent with the post-war return from Far East occupation service before Columbia River Group lay-up in July 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew, USS LSM-58 (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Catalog record only - image caption contains no operational or material detail, and the '1945-46' date range is the cataloger's. Corroborates presence in U.S. waters in that window; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-03
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[4]NARA catalog, quoted 'LSM-58' search (110 file units reviewed across 6 result pages): RG 19 'Unclassified General Correspondence, 1956' series (NAID 586225, Bureau of Ships central files - ship files arranged by hull number, documents the 1956 transfer/return window); RG 24 'Index to Muster Rolls' range file 'USS LCI(R)-704 to USS LSM-143' (NAID 118967603, 1,217 images - covers this hull's muster-roll index entries); RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships...' 'Commander, Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, 12/1/45-1/1/49' (NAID 190113550, 565 images - the reserve group in which the hull lay 1946-50); RG 38 vessel-assignment card file 'MR404(2) Sec 29. Assignment of Naval Vessels - November 1944' (NAID 27578837) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search '"LSM-58"' (110 file units, all pages reviewed); detail pages NAID 118967603, NAID 190113550, NAID 586225, NAID 27578837, NAID 656593892 (Askari Nov 1951)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized/archival records touching this hull exist but are mention-level: no ship-titled war diary, action report, deck log, or muster-roll file unit surfaced for LSM-58 itself. What exists: (1) the RG 24 muster-roll index range file explicitly spanning hulls LCI(R)-704 through LSM-143 (contains this hull's index cards); (2) the Columbia River Group Pacific Reserve Fleet muster rolls for the exact period of her Astoria lay-up; (3) a November 1944 vessel-assignment card file that OCRs to this hull; (4) an RG 19 Bureau of Ships 1956 general-correspondence series indexed to hull LSM-58 - the year of her South Vietnam transfer and return (not yet digitized); and (5) OCR mention-level hits inside other units' records, including Korea-era deck logs of Askari (ARL-30) for Nov 1951, May 1953, Jun 1953, and Jan 1954 (a landing-craft repair ship LSM-58 lay alongside), and Seventh Amphibious Force and parent-command war diaries for the WWII period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- All hands, USS LSM-58 (1944-46 WWII era; 1950-54 Korea era); reserve-fleet caretaker crews (1946-50)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - none of these records contains asbestos, insulation, or material-content statements; the 1956 BuShips file is not digitized ('Not Yet Available Online'), so its LSM-58 content is unread this session. No ship-titled deck logs for the 1950-54 second commission surfaced in the catalog search, though sister-hull RG 24 logbook units exist (e.g., LSM-175, LSM-268, LSM-419, LSM-462) - absence may reflect indexing rather than nonexistence. Page-level contents of the muster-roll index and reserve-group rolls not read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-04
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LSM 58 (ship/12669) - Brown Shipbuilding Co., ordered 15 September 1943; laid down 30 Jun 1944; launched 21 Jul 1944; commissioned 21 Aug 1944; end service 15 Jul 1946; history line: decommissioned 15 Jul 1946, recommissioned 8 Sep 1950, decommissioned 6 Apr 1954 and transferred to France, returned to the USN by France October 1955, transferred to South Vietnam April 1956, returned to the USN 29 May 1956, sold 8 February 1957 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/12669 data table and history line (verified live via firecrawl 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary compilation corroborates every milestone and the full France/South Vietnam transfer-return chain, and adds an order date of 15 September 1943. No commands listed on the uboat.net page for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary compilation; 'ordered 15 Sep 1943' is uncorroborated by a primary contract document. Its 'end service 15 Jul 1946' covers only the first commission - the Korea-era recommissioned period is in the history line. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-05
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[6]navypedia.org US LSM hull table ('LSM58 | Brown SB, Houston | 1944 | 1944 | 8.1944 | to France 4.1954 (LSM58)'); shipbuildinghistory.com LSM table ('LSM 58 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 21-Aug-44 | To France 1954 as L 9018, returned 1956, sold to Ron Pickard 1957') [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_aws_lsm.htm hull table; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lsm.htm hull table (both verified live via firecrawl 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Two further independent secondary compilations corroborate builder, delivery date (21 Aug 1944 / Aug 1944), and disposition. Shipbuilding History supplies the French designation L 9018 - consistent with France's L-90xx numbering of transferred LSMs (LSM-17 to France as L 9017 in the same table) - while navypedia records the transfer as 'to France 4.1954 (LSM58)'. Neither documents a South Vietnamese name/pennant for the April-May 1956 transfer window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations agreeing with NavSource on the transfer chain; navypedia gives only month/year granularity and its '(LSM58)' parenthetical conflicts with shipbuildinghistory's 'L 9018' French pennant - discrepancy noted, not resolved (France used L-90xx numbers; retained USN pennant may also have been carried). No source documents any Republic of Vietnam name or pennant, consistent with a nominal ~1-month transfer. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (2 x Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 reversible diesels, direct drive, twin screws; no steam plant); Wikipedia LSM-1-class article (558 ships built 1944-45, Fairbanks-Morse or GM Cleveland diesels by builder); NARA asbestos research guide and GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-08, ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; Wikipedia 'LSM-1-class landing ship medium' general characteristics (cross-check only, not cited as record source)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious transport built June - August 1944 at a commercial wartime yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (1941-1961 per NARA's asbestos research guide; GAO documents the Navy's asbestos-management program era). Era-standard applications aboard an LSM-1-class hull of this period were thermal and machinery insulation, engine and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing and deck coverings, and brake linings on winches and handling gear. With a Fairbanks-Morse diesel direct-drive plant she carried no steam system - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1957 (USN custody); foreign/commercial era thereafter undated
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (Aug 1944 - Jul 1946, Sep 1950 - Apr 1954); reserve-fleet caretaker crews (1946-50); French Navy crew (Apr 1954 - Oct 1955); any Republic of Vietnam and commercial/post-sale personnel (1956-57 onward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or construction work package located for LSM-58. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-07
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[8]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (official research guide): 'The use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961 is a frequently requested topic'; directs researchers to RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence files arranged by hull designation and to shipyard files [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided topic 'asbestos' page (verified live via firecrawl 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Official NARA guidance confirms (a) asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel across 1941-1961 - a window covering this hull's entire U.S. Navy career including the 1950-54 recommission - and (b) the authoritative repository path for hull-level material documentation: RG 19 Bureau of Ships general correspondence filed by hull number ('LSM58' filing code for this hull), which is exactly the series (NAID 586225, 1956 file) surfaced in this record's archival-lead row.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1961
- Population
- Navy personnel and shipyard workers, 1941-1961 (guide's stated scope)
- Limitations
- Methodology/era documentation - establishes the era window and the research path, not any material fact aboard this hull. The guide itself notes research must go hull-by-hull through BuShips correspondence; LSM-58's hull file was not digitized/read this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-08
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards) covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal costs, and compensation programs; the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This documents the Navy's asbestos-insulation era spanning this hull's 1944 construction and U.S. service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); program era 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. The hull left Navy custody in 1957 - before the 1975/1979 policies - so no hull-level survey under that program could exist. Full-text PDF not retrieved this session (product-page Highlights used).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-09
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[10]Batch-6348 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches via cl-auth-search.py - quoted 'LSM-58' type=o (0 hits), quoted 'LSM 58' type=o (0 hits), unquoted fuzzy 'LSM-58' type=o (32 hits, all pages reviewed, all non-qualifying token collisions), quoted 'LSM-58' type=r docket search (0 hits) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-02, -03, -04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: the CourtListener opinion index contains no opinion naming this hull in either quoted name form, and the RECAP docket index contains no docket matching the quoted hull number. The unquoted fuzzy opinion search returned 32 relevance-ranked hits; all were reviewed and all are non-qualifying token collisions - 'LSM' as a corporate/party acronym (e.g., Montana Professional Sports v. Leisure Sports Management, M.D. Fla. 2006), postal-service employment dockets, criminal appeals, and OCR token noise. No hit involves the vessel or asbestos. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - only law-firm marketing pages for LSM-type ships generically (excluded by source policy).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public docket does not prove no claim was ever filed - PACER/state-court records are not fully indexed by CourtListener, and short-lived numbered amphibious hulls are thinly litigated generally. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-10
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[11]Batch-6348 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS hull and collective LSM/LSMR entries (404 on live site); NVR ship detail (no entry - pre-1987 disposition, per NVR's own page statement); NARA catalog (mention-level and index-level records located, no ship-titled operational files); NavSource; uboat.net/navypedia/shipbuildinghistory corroboration; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NHHC photo catalog NH 79848; NARA asbestos research guide; GAO product page; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, ship's material schedule, or court record naming USS LSM-58 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists for this hull. The hull left Navy custody by sale in February 1957 - predating the Navy's 1975 asbestos-management policy - so no modern survey or abatement record could be expected to exist. The best remaining primary lead is the hull's RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence file (1956 file indexed; undigitized).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - construction-era asbestos use for a 1944 amphibious is era-consistent, and the French Navy (Apr 1954 - Oct 1955) and South Vietnam (Apr - May 1956) custody windows are undocumented for material condition. NARA holds undigitized leads (RG 19 BuShips hull file, RG 24 deck logs if extant). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-58-lsm58-11