Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 592-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED (hull identity) / milestone dates UNVERIFIABLE
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lsm-62-lsm62-pkt-592-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-62 (10/14/14062) - construction milestones, unit assignments, campaign table, award ribbon bar, medal periods, commanding officers, specifications, photographs. History extract credited to 'LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14062.htm header block, award ribbons, campaign table, medal-period table, history narrative, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LSM-1 class; laid down 7 July 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX; launched 29 July 1944; commissioned USS LSM-62 on 27 August 1944, Lt. Herman W. Liehr USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific assignment: LSM Flotilla Six (CDR A. R. Quinn USN), LSM Group Sixteen (LCDR J. T. Brugger Jr. USNR), LSM Division Thirty-One. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 17 June 1945. One battle star for WWII service. Ribbon bar: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp, Philippine Liberation Medal. Medal periods: Navy Occupation 20 September 1945 - 6 May 1946; China Service (extended) 8 - 29 May 1946. Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and turned over to the Republic of China 29 May 1946 at Shanghai; final disposition fate unknown. Commanding officers: Lt. H. W. Liehr USNR (27 Aug 1944 - Dec 1945); Lt.(jg) C. E. Oswald Jr. USNR (Dec 1945 - Mar 1946); Lt.(jg) O. A. Kozeny USNR (Mar - 29 May 1946). Photos: anchored at San Fernando, Luzon, P.I., 1945; beached at Okinawa circa 2 Apr - 17 Jun 1945; off the Okinawa beachhead with a load of tanks; underway at Yokosuka, Japan, May 1946 (two Okinawa photos credited 'Courtesy George Neuman MoMM2/c USS LSM-62' - a crew member).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (Aug 1944 - May 1946); embarked troops on Okinawa lifts
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation sourced here from the Turner Publishing veterans'-history volume, not a primary registry - milestone dates track official sources where independently checked (all corroborated by the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet organization document, uboat.net, navypedia, and shipbuildinghistory this session). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-01
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[3]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (transcribed official administrative document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet section, LSM Flotilla Six / Group 16 / Division 31 table (p. 68 of transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official Navy administrative document names this hull: under Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet (V. Adm. R. K. Turner), 'LSM FLOTILLA SIX' (Commander LSM Flotilla SIX, Comdr. A. R. Quinn), 'LSM GROUP 16' (ComLSMGrp 16, Lt. Cdr. J. T. Brugger, Jr. USNR), 'LSM DIVISION 31' lists 'LSM 62 (1)' under Lt. H. W. Liehr (USNR) - corroborating the NavSource unit chain and commanding officer at the primary-record level. Division 31 as listed: LSM 56 (GF), LSM 61 (1), LSM 62 (1), LSM 221 (1), LSM 240, LSM 320 (1).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt. H. W. Liehr USNR as of 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- Documents organizational assignment and commanding officer as of 1 May 1945 - inside the Okinawa operation window - not the hull's employment on any specific day. The '(1)' flag appearing on LSM 62 and many other hulls is not explained in the transcribed document. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-02
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[4]NARA, Record Group 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), Series: World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories - two ship-titled file units for USS LSM-62: 'Rep of actions with enemy aircraft off Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 4/3-12/45' (NAID 101762952, 3 images, Roll A1775, Micro Serial 134512, Serial 143, dated 5/28/1945) and 'Rep of opers in support of the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 4/12/45-6/17/45' (NAID 77505948, 2 images, Roll A1888, Micro Serial 143198, Serial 151, dated 6/25/1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov searches 'LSM-62' (83 results) and 'USS LSM-62' (24 results); NAID 101762952 (Roll A1775); NAID 77505948 (Roll A1888)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized ship-specific operational records exist: two action reports titled to USS LSM-62 covering the Okinawa operation - the 3-12 April 1945 report of actions with enemy aircraft and the 12 April - 17 June 1945 report of operations in support of the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto - corroborating the NavSource/Turner campaign line (Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April - 17 June 1945) at the primary-record level. Both file units are digitized and unrestricted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- All hands, USS LSM-62 (report windows 4/3-6/17/45)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: action reports document operations, positions, and enemy contact - they contain no asbestos, insulation, or material-content statements. Catalog titles and image counts verified this session; page-level contents not read (scanned images, no transcription). No monthly war-diary run or muster-roll file unit for this hull was located in the digitized catalog (unlike sister hulls, e.g., LSM-13 muster rolls NAID 126513848).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-03
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[5]NARA, RG 38 WWII War Diaries series - parent-unit records for this hull's documented organizations: COM LSM FLOT 6 monthly war diaries Oct 1944 - Nov 1945 (14 file units incl. NAIDs 78653163, 78699963, 139807281, 139836793, 139901828, 139963828, 139985688, 140025962, 101733074, 101778135, 77486586, 77562607, 633456025, 77583885) plus two COM LSM FLOT 6 Okinawa operation reports ('Rep of opers in the invasion of Okinawa Jima 4/1-8/45', NAID 83519199, 46 images, Roll A1729; 'Rep of opers in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto 4/12/45 - 6/9/45', NAID 101702690, 5 images, Roll A1702); COM LSM GR 16 monthly war diaries Sep 1944 - Nov 1945 (10 file units incl. NAIDs 139823266, 139922360, 140015976, 140025966, 101741374, 77486621, 77511261, 77562616, 77601139, 633456069) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov searches 'COM LSM FLOT 6' (35 results) and 'COM LSM GR 16' (10 results); representative NAIDs listed in citation_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The digitized parent-unit file series for the organizations this hull is documented under (LSM Flotilla 6 / Group 16 per NavSource and the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet organization) cover its entire commissioned period: COM LSM FLOT 6 war diaries run October 1944 through November 1945 including two flotilla-level operation reports spanning the Okinawa assault (4/1-8/45) and occupation (4/12/45-6/9/45) phases - the operation this hull's own action reports cover; COM LSM GR 16 war diaries run September 1944 through mid-November 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LSM Flotilla 6 / Group 16 staffs and crews (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Parent-unit records: these diaries and reports document the flotilla and group as organizations - they name constituent hulls variably and page-level contents were not read (scanned images, no transcription). Presence of an LSM-62 mention inside any specific volume is likely but not verified. No asbestos or material content expected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-04
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[6]U.S. Naval Academy, Nimitz Library Special Collections & Archives - 'World War II Ship Action Reports, 1942-1945: Finding Aid' (MS 415) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MS 415 finding aid, Box 13 Folder 2 entry under 'Occupation of Okinawa Shima'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USNA Special Collections action-report collection holds a ship-titled report for this hull: 'U.S.S. LSM-62 (Landing Ship - Medium), May 1945. Occupation of Okinawa Shima.' - Box 13 Folder 2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew, USS LSM-62 (May 1945 report window)
- Limitations
- Physical (undigitized) archival holding - finding-aid entry verified live 2026-10-02; the document itself was not read and the USNA report may duplicate the NARA 4/12/45-6/17/45 file (NAID 77505948). No asbestos or material content expected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LSM 62 (ship/12673) - Brown Shipbuilding Co., ordered 15 September 1943, milestones, end service 29 May 1946; navypedia.org LSM hull table ('LSM62 | Brown SB, Houston | 1944 | 1944 | 8.1944 | to China 5.1946'); shipbuildinghistory.com LSM table ('LSM 62 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 27-Aug-44 | To China 1946') and Brown Shipbuilding yard table (yard hull #167: laid 7-Jul-44, launched 29-Jul-44, delivered 27-Aug-44, 'To China 1946') [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12673.html data table; navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_aws_lsm.htm hull table; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lsm.htm hull table and /shipyards/emergencylarge/brown.htm yard table (all verified live 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Three independent secondary compilations corroborate the milestone and disposition record: uboat.net lists ordered 15 Sep 1943, laid down 7 Jul 1944, launched 29 Jul 1944, commissioned 27 Aug 1944, end service 29 May 1946 ('Decommissioned on 29 May 1946 and transferred to China'); navypedia lists LSM62 built by Brown SB Houston, completed 8.1944, 'to China 5.1946'; shipbuildinghistory's LSM hull table gives 'LSM 62 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 27-Aug-44 | To China 1946', and its Brown yard hull table gives yard hull no. 167 with matching build dates. The Brown yard page documents the builder itself: yard built in 1941 by George and Herman Brown at the junction of Green's Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel with $9mm in Navy funding; 359 vessels delivered in four years including 254 LSMs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations agreeing with NavSource; 'ordered 15 Sep 1943' rests on uboat.net alone - no contract/award document located. No source documents a Republic of China name, a post-1946 ROC service record, or a PRC seizure for this hull (unlike documented sister hulls such as LSM-42/HUA-208). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-06
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[8]Knights of Columbus Assembly #906 memorial page reproducing the June 2006 obituary of Otto George Neuman of Philomath, Oregon (Corvallis Gazette-Times via Legacy.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uknight.org Assembly #906 memorial page (verified live 2026-10-02); NavSource 10/14/14062.htm photo caption credits
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An identified crew member is documented for this hull: the obituary of Otto George Neuman (1926-2006) states 'He served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. LSM 62 during World War II.' This is consistent with NavSource photo credits reading 'Courtesy George Neuman MoMM2/c USS LSM-62' on the two Okinawa beachhead photographs - the man who contributed the ship's Okinawa photos was a member of her crew (MoMM2/c = Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd class).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (service); 2006 (obituary)
- Population
- MoMM2/c (Otto) George Neuman; crew, USS LSM-62 (WWII)
- Limitations
- Vessel-history/personnel detail only; an obituary is not a service record and this record makes no exposure claim for Neuman or any individual. The identity of the obituary subject and the NavSource contributor rests on the name match (Otto George Neuman / George Neuman) and the stated LSM-62 service - high-confidence but not independently confirmed by a muster roll (none located in the digitized NARA catalog).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-07
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[9]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 - cross-check only, not cited as record source); shipbuildinghistory Brown yard context (254 LSMs built at the Houston yard); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipbuildinghistory Brown yard page; 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 July - August 1944 at a commercial wartime yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use 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
- 1944-1946 (USN career); ROC service era undated
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (Aug 1944 - May 1946); Republic of China crews and any post-transfer yard trades (1946 onward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or construction work package located for LSM-62. 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-62-lsm62-08
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[10]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 (verified live 2026-10-02)
- 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, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities; 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. Full-text PDF not retrieved this session (product-page Highlights used).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-09
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[11]Batch-6353 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches via cl-auth-search.py - quoted 'LSM-62' type=o (0 hits), quoted 'LSM 62' type=o (0 hits), quoted 'USS LSM-62' type=o (0 hits), quoted 'LSM-62' type=r docket search (0 hits), unquoted fuzzy 'LSM-62' type=o (32 hits; first 20 reviewed exhaustively, all non-qualifying token collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-02, -03, -04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: CourtListener opinion index contains no opinion naming this hull in any quoted name form ('LSM-62', 'LSM 62', 'USS LSM-62' - all count=0), and the RECAP docket index contains no docket ('LSM-62' type=r count=0). The unquoted fuzzy opinion search returned 32 relevance-ranked hits; all 33 listed results across both pages were reviewed individually and all are non-qualifying token collisions - 'LSM' as a corporate acronym (Jose Carmona v. Leo Ship Management, Inc., 5th Cir. 2019; Montana Professional Sports v. Leisure Sports Management, M.D. Fla. 2006), and OCR/token noise across postal-service, criminal, bankruptcy, Court of Claims, Texas AG, and family-law opinions.
- 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-62-lsm62-10
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[12]Batch-6353 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 (two ship-titled action reports plus digitized parent-unit series); USNA MS 415 finding aid; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NavSource; uboat.net/navypedia/shipbuildinghistory corroboration; GAO product page; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-01 through -13
- 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-62 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists for this hull or a collective LSM/LSMR entry on the live NHHC site. The hull served 21 months in U.S. commission, nearly all of it in the Asiatic-Pacific and occupation/China theater, and left U.S. custody at Shanghai in May 1946 - predating the Navy's 1975 asbestos-management policy, so no modern survey or abatement record could be expected to exist.
- 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 ROC service and disposal record is undocumented (fate unknown after the May 1946 transfer). NARA holds further undigitized leads (RG 19 Bureau of Ships records, RG 24 deck logs). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-62-lsm62-11