USS LSM-82

Name: USS LSM-82
Hull designation: LSM-82
Vessel class: LSM-1
Evidence tier: Tier 2
Evidence entries: 14
Record ID: uss-lsm-82-lsm82
Dataset version: 2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL: https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-lsm-82-lsm82

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-82 hull page (history extract credited to LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1997, ISBN 1-56311-389-9) [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource 10/14/14082.htm header block and construction chronology

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
Documented for this hull: LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium; laid down 14 August 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX; launched 7 September 1944; commissioned USS LSM-82 on 7 October 1944, LT. Frederic S. Dean, Jr., USNR, in command; international radio call sign NVGG (November-Victor-Golf-Golf).

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1944

Population
Brown Shipbuilding construction workforce and commissioning crew

Limitations
Volunteer-compiled secondary compilation carrying a Turner Publishing history extract - not itself a Navy registry document, though milestones track official records and are corroborated here by the NHHC fleet-organization record, shipbuildinghistory.com, and uboat.net. Contains no asbestos or material-content information.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-01
[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-82 hull page - flotilla assignment, campaign table, awards, occupation service, photo captions [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource 10/14/14082.htm campaign/awards blocks and photo captions

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
During World War II USS LSM-82 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LSM Flotilla Six (CDR A. R. Quinn USN), LSM Group Eighteen (LCDR J. M. Fabre USNR), LSM Division Thirty-Five; she participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 17 June 1945 - earning one battle star. Contributor-captioned photographs place her landing men and tanks of the 713th Flame Thrower Tank Battalion during the invasion of Okinawa, beached at Okinawa with USS LSM-28 and other LSMs in 1945, at Cebu, P.I., 30 August 1945 among a group of LSMs (photographed from USS LSM-186), and in China in 1945. Following WWII she was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 11 September to 30 November 1945.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1944-1945

Population
Ship's company and embarked troops during Pacific operations

Limitations
Establishes theater assignment, the Okinawa campaign window, occupation service, and one battle star. Division assignment differs from the NHHC fleet-organization record (Division Thirty-Five here vs Division 36 in the official 1 May 1945 document - see ev-04 correction row). Photo captions are contributor-supplied. No asbestos content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-02
[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (Navy Department Library online reading room) [nhhc_danfs]

Locator
LSM Flotilla Six > LSM Group 18 (1) > LSM Division 36 table row; live page verified 2026-10-02

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
The official NHHC 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' document lists LSM 82 within LSM Flotilla Six under LSM Group 18 (1), LSM Division 36, with commanding officer 'Lt. F. S. Deans, Jr. (USNR)'; the same table lists the Group 18 commander as 'Lt. Cdr. J. M. Tabre (USNR)' (OCR rendering; NavSource gives 'Fabre').

Verification
verified

Role
supporting

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1945-05-01

Population
Ship's company and Pacific Fleet personnel

Limitations
Official organization record corroborating assignment and command on 1 May 1945 - inside the documented Okinawa Gunto window. It places the hull in Division 36 where NavSource/Turner says Division Thirty-Five, and spells the CO 'Deans' where NavSource says 'Dean' - both discrepancies logged in gaps. Organization tables are not a complete service history and contain no asbestos, insulation, exposure, or causation content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-03
[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSM-82 hull page - decommissioning, strike, sale, disposition, commanding-officers table [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource 10/14/14082.htm chronology lines and commanding-officers table

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
DISPOSITION: USS LSM-82 was decommissioned 15 March 1946 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold 29 December 1947 for commercial service to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA; final disposition reported as scrapped in 1961. Commanding officers listed: LT Frederic S. Dean, Jr., USNR (7 October 1944 - December 1945) and LTjg John C. Cummings, USNR (December 1945 - 15 March 1946).

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1946-1961

Population
Ship's company to March 1946; Charleston Navy Yard decommissioning/inactivation trades

Limitations
Establishes decommissioning, strike, sale, and reported scrapping. 'Scrapped in 1961' is consistent with the Lloyd's Register archive's 26 April 1961 total-loss/casualty report for the post-Navy hull (see ev-08, ev-09) but NavSource supplies no scrapping location or facility. The decommissioning site is explicitly Charleston Navy Yard - a shipyards.json entry (charleston-naval-shipyard). No asbestos or hazmat content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-04
[5]NavSource Online, USS LSM-82 specifications block [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource 10/14/14082.htm specifications block

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
The hull page lists: displacement 520 t light / 743 t landing / 1,095 t fully loaded; length 203'6"; beam 34'6"; speed 13.2 knots (at 928 tons); complement 5 officers and 54 enlisted with troop accommodations for 2 officers and 46 enlisted; capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs; armament one twin 40mm bow mount and four single 20mm mounts; propulsion two Fairbanks Morse model 38D8-1/8X10 reversible diesel engines with hydraulic clutches, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers, 2,800 shp; ship's-service generators two diesel-drive 100 kW 450V AC and one diesel-drive 20 kW 120V DC; endurance 4,900 miles at 12 knots.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1944-1946

Population
Ship's company and embarked troop capacity

Limitations
Supports complement and diesel propulsion only. Diesel mains - no steam propulsion plant. The specification block does not identify asbestos-containing components or insulation composition; no quantity, location, or condition of any material is established.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-05
[6]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton compilation), 'Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX' yard page, hull table row 187; corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships, 'USS LSM 82 (LSM 82)' entry (ship 12693) [other_primary]

Locator
shipbuildinghistory.com Brown yard page (row 187) - also mirrored at shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net and navalmarinearchive.com; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12693.html

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
Yard record for this hull: Brown Shipbuilding yard hull no. 187 = LSM 82, keel laid 14-Aug-44, launched 7-Sep-44, delivered 7-Oct-44, disposition 'Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge Alfred J. Harris, scrapped 1961.' Yard context: Brown Shipbuilding was the emergency yard built in 1941 by George and Herman Brown at Green's Bayou on the Houston Ship Channel with $9mm of Navy funding; it produced 359 vessels in four years including 254 LSMs. uboat.net independently lists this hull: ordered 15 September 1943, built by Brown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston), laid down 14 Aug 1944, launched 7 Sep 1944, commissioned 7 Oct 1944, decommissioned 15 March 1946, sold 29 December (1947).

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1943-1961

Population
Brown Shipbuilding construction workforce

Limitations
Published compilations of builder production records, not primary contract documents; dates corroborate NavSource exactly. 'Converted to barge' is loose wording - the Lloyd's Register 1959-60 entry (ev-08) classed Alfred J. Harris as a self-propelled 'Coarse Freight Carrier' retaining Fairbanks Morse engines. Sources do not document materials, insulation practice, or asbestos handling at the yard or in the conversion.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-06
[7]National Archives catalog, RG 38 WWII War Diaries series (NAID 4697018): USS LSM-82 operations report file unit NAID 101762961 [other_primary]

Locator
NAID 101762961 (Roll A1775, micro serial 134514, serial 0345); searches run within series NAID 4697018, 594258, and 594996 on 2026-10-02

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
NARA holds a ship-filed record for this hull: RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (parent series NAID 4697018) file unit 'USS LSM-82 - Rep of opers in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 4/2/45-6/17/45' (NAID 101762961; micro serial 134514, serial 0345, Roll A1775) - the ship's own operations report covering exactly her documented Okinawa campaign window. Cataloged on the same microfilm roll is the companion report of sister LSM-279 (NAID 101763108). A separate NARA search of the digitized 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series (NAID 594258) for 'LSM-82' returned no logbook file unit titled for this hull (only in-text mentions inside other ships' logs); the digitized RG 24 muster-roll series (NAID 594996) likewise produced no file unit titled for LSM-82.

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1945

Population
Ship's company during the Okinawa Gunto operation, April-June 1945

Limitations
Catalog metadata verified live via NARA catalog search on 2026-10-02; the /id/ record page is JS-rendered and the file-unit scans were not opened - title, date range, and container verified, contents not extracted. An operations report documents operations, not materials; no asbestos claim is made from this record. It is however the strongest single archival lead for this hull's crew/operations population.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-07
[8]Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1959-60, combined register volume, entry Pid 00948 'ALFRED J. HARRIS' (Internet Archive HECROS1960 digitization) [other_primary]

Locator
Lloyd's Register 1959-60 combined register, ALFRED J. HARRIS entry (register Pid 00948); OCR text line ~17658 of the archive.org djvu transcript

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
POST-NAVY IDENTITY: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1959-60 (combined register, digitized on Internet Archive) carries 'ALFRED J. HARRIS' - 659 gross tons, official no. 190458, call sign VCMZ, owner Anticosti Shipping Co., Montreal, British flag, classed special survey 4/58, 'Coarse Freight Carrier,' built 1944 by 'Brown S.B. Co. Houston,' converted 1949 ('conv 49'), dimensions 203'6" x 34'1", one deck, powered by '2 Oil Engines 2SA each 10Cy. 215 x 255 mm' built by 'Fairbanks, Morse & Co.' Chicago, in 'service in River St. Lawrence to Port Menier, Anticosti Island.' Builder, build year, length, and engine maker/model family all match the Navy LSM-82 (203'6" hull; Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8 ten-cylinder opposed-piston diesels), confirming the post-Navy identity reported by shipbuildinghistory's yard table.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1949-1960

Population
Post-Navy merchant crew, Anticosti Shipping Co. (1949-1961); conversion yard trades (1949)

Limitations
Post-Navy registry documentation of this hull under its merchant name - establishes identity continuity, owner, flag, tonnage, machinery, and St. Lawrence trade; it is a classification registry record, not a materials or hazmat survey. 'Coarse Freight Carrier' (pulpwood-class trade to Anticosti Island) refines shipbuildinghistory's 'converted to barge' wording. No asbestos content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-08
[9]Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage, archive library documents for Alfred J Harris (document group lrf-pun-002418-002426; e.g., items -0025-o, -0029-r, -0013-w; collection/archive 110668262, 110725704) [other_primary]

Locator
Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage archive library, Alfred J Harris document group lrf-pun-002418-002426 (record titles via indexed catalog listings; record pages are JS-rendered)

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage archive holds a survey file for 'Alfred J Harris' (document group lrf-pun-002418-002426) including: 'Particulars of Fairbanks Morse Main Engines for Alfred J Harris' (undated); 'Report on Machinery for Alfred J Harris, 26th May 1949'; 'Report of Survey for Repairs, &c, of Engines & Boilers for Alfred J Harris, 8th August 1949'; British Corporation Register 'Survey for Freeboard' (March 1949) and 'Report of Hull Particulars' (undated); a 'Copy of Letter from C G Savage, Manager, Anticosti Shipping Co, Montreal to Lloyd's Register, Montreal, regarding Alfred J Harris, 17th October 1949'; and 'Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c for Alfred J Harris, 26th April 1961.'

Verification
partial

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1949-1961

Population
Conversion-yard trades (1949); merchant crew and surveyors (1949-1961)

Limitations
Document titles and dates verified through the archive's indexed catalog listings on 2026-10-02; the record pages are JS-rendered and contents were not extracted this session, so document interiors are unverified. The 1949 machinery/engine/freeboard/hull-particulars surveys document the post-Navy conversion of this hull; the 26 April 1961 total-loss report anchors the 'scrapped 1961' disposition - these are the strongest material-condition leads for this hull's post-Navy state, and a conversion-era survey file could contain insulation/material detail worth a manual pull.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-09
[10]LSM Class Manual, 1 March 1944 (issued to USS LSM-294), scanned chapter PDFs hosted on NavSource - U.S. Navy ship's organization and operation manual; ch. 30 and ch. 31-9 OCR-verified this session [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource LSM manual index; lsm02-30.pdf (ch. 30, vessel-number applicability list and FM/GM engine makes) and lsm02-31-9.pdf (auxiliary steam boiler) OCR'd 2026-10-02

Finding type
asbestos_application

Finding
Class documentation establishes the machinery fit relevant to era-standard asbestos applications: LSM Class Manual ch. 30 (Main Propelling Machinery) confirms the Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8 opposed-piston diesel - 'used on the following Vessels: Nos. 1-125...' - covers hull 82, one muffler per engine; ch. 31-9 documents an auxiliary oil-fired fire-tube steam boiler designed for about 150 psi (supplying ~55 psi working steam for the distilling plant); ch. 31 documents refrigeration plants in the machinery space; ch. 32 covers pumps, tanks, and piping systems. Aboard a 1944-built naval vessel the asbestos-relevant loci are the auxiliary boiler and its steam lines, exhaust/muffler lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation - era-standard applications, none documented as asbestos aboard this specific hull.

Verification
inferred

Role
supporting

Documentation level
class_or_era

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1944-1946

Population
World War II Navy diesel landing-ship construction and operating personnel

Limitations
Class/era inference only - the manual is the class's operational/organizational document issued to a sister ship (LSM-294), not a construction or material specification, and it does not name this hull. OCR of ch. 30 and ch. 31-9 this session verified the machinery claims; the machinery chapters contain no explicit asbestos or insulation-material references (it is an operator's manual, not a construction spec). Possible application categories only - not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard LSM-82; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation established.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-10
[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]

Locator
GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights block (product page verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; direct curl still returns HTTP 403)

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 construction (1944) and Navy service era (1944-46). The review covered Navy efforts to protect workers at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, asbestos use in Navy ships, removal costs, and compensation programs; Navy policy (1975) was to remove/replace only damaged insulation or insulation that had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
class_or_era

Accessed
2026-10-02

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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - noted as context, not hull evidence. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 confirmed by direct curl 2026-10-02) - content via the product-page highlights description.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-11
[12]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py, 2026-10-02 [court_record]

Locator
search_ledger sl-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-05; CourtListener docket 4223608 (collision, excluded)

Finding type
litigation_documented

Finding
No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS LSM-82 was located in CourtListener. Authenticated API v4 sweeps on 2026-10-02: opinion search '"LSM-82"' returned 0 results; opinion search '"USS LSM-82"' returned 0; docket search '"USS LSM-82"' returned 0; docket search '"LSM-82"' returned 1 hit - Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. bankruptcy (Bankr. M.D. Fla., No. 3:05-bk-03817, filed 2005, Chapter 11 grocery-chain bankruptcy) - a text collision on an unrelated docket, not a vessel reference. The unhyphenated '"LSM 82"' sweep could not be completed - the fleet pacing budget refused the request repeatedly this session (logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative).

Verification
verified

Role
negative_finding

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
2026-10-02

Limitations
Negative result bounded by index coverage and by the incomplete unhyphenated sweep: CourtListener indexes opinions and RECAP dockets; unindexed filings, state-court complaints, VA claims, and settled pleading-stage matters may contain ship lists never captured. 'LSM-82' also collides with non-ship text (e.g., a model designator and gene/protein nomenclature). The Winn-Dixie docket does not reference this vessel.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-12
[13]Batch-6375 search ledger (this record): NavSource amphibious archive; NHHC fleet organization; NARA catalog; shipbuildinghistory.com; Lloyd's Register register and Heritage archive; uboat.net; GAO; CourtListener; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]

Locator
search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-01 through -12

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
SOURCE-REVIEW NEGATIVE: no ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources reviewed - the live NavSource hull page, the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet-organization document, NARA catalog records (the LSM-82 Okinawa operations report, logbook series, muster-roll series), shipbuildinghistory.com, the Lloyd's Register 1959-60 entry and Lloyd's archive document titles, uboat.net, and authenticated CourtListener results contain no asbestos survey, insulation-material statement, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LSM-82. No DANFS entry exists for this hull - DANFS published individual entries only for a handful of named LSMs.

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 - a 1944 hull built at a wartime emergency yard sits squarely in the Navy's documented asbestos era, and ship-specific documentation may exist in undigitized records (BuShips construction specifications, Brown Shipbuilding yard records, Charleston inactivation records, the 1949 Lloyd's conversion-survey file, the 1961 casualty file). Deck logs and muster rolls for this hull were not located in the digitized NARA series checked. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-13
[14]Cross-source check: NavSource 10/14/14082.htm; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945 (LSM Group 18 / Division 36); shipbuildinghistory.com Brown yard table row 187; Lloyd's Register 1959-60 ALFRED J. HARRIS entry [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource assignment block vs NHHC org table row; NavSource CO table vs NHHC org row; shipbuildinghistory disposition vs Lloyd's register entry

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
CORRECTIONS surfaced by cross-check: (a) Division assignment - NavSource's Turner extract places LSM-82 in 'LSM Division Thirty-Five,' while the official NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet-organization document lists LSM 82 under LSM Division 36 (both agree on Flotilla Six / Group 18); the official document is carried for the 1 May 1945 snapshot and the discrepancy logged. (b) Commanding-officer spelling - NavSource 'LT. Frederic S. Dean, Jr., USNR' vs NHHC 'Lt. F. S. Deans, Jr. (USNR)' - same officer, unresolved terminal-'s' variant. (c) Post-Navy form - shipbuildinghistory's 'converted to barge Alfred J. Harris' vs Lloyd's Register's classed self-propelled 'Coarse Freight Carrier' retaining Fairbanks Morse engines ('conv 49'); the hull evidently retained propulsion and operated as a small motorship freight carrier.

Verification
partial

Role
correction

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-10-02

Study period
1944-1961

Limitations
Records discrepancies, not a claim of error by any source - administrative assignments and name renderings legitimately vary between a secondary compilation and a wartime organization snapshot; the 'barge' vs 'coarse freight carrier' wording difference is resolved by the Lloyd's classification showing retained propulsion. No asbestos content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lsm-82-lsm82-14

Attribution

Compiled by: Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher: Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License: CC-BY-4.0
Citation: Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version: asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI: not yet assigned