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-87 (14087) - milestone timeline, unit assignments, campaign credit, specifications, commanding-officer list, and captioned photographs (history extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14087.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium - laid down 30 August 1944 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX; launched 23 September 1944; commissioned USS LSM-87, 15 October 1944, LTjg. George E. B. McDevitt USNR in command. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LSM Flotilla Nine (CDR. D. L. Francis USN), LSM Group Twenty-Five (LCDR. L. Brouwer USN), LSM Division Forty-Nine. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 19 June 1945. Post-war: Occupation Service in the Far East 11 to 28 September 1945. Decommissioned 29 March 1946 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned one battle star for WWII service; sold 27 February 1948 to Southeastern Pipeline Co., Atlanta, GA, fate unknown. Specifications: 520 t. light / 743 t. landing / 1,095 t. fully loaded; 203'6" ovl; beam 34'6"; two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10) diesels, direct drive, 1,440 BHP each at 720 rpm, twin propellers 2,800 shp; complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted; armament one twin bow 40mm plus four single 20mm. Photo captions document: crew of Class 7226 at NAB Little Creek, VA in September 1944 after amphibious training and before reporting to Brown Shipbuilding for commissioning; officers and crew at the 15 October 1944 commissioning ceremony at Brown Shipbuilding; LSM-87 beached at Ie Shima April 1945 and unloading trucks there; LSM-87 with USS LSM-135 and USS LSM-26 beached at Ie Shima early May 1945. Commanding officers: LTjg. McDevitt (15 Oct 1944 - 2 Jan 1946), LTjg. Edward F. Kurzinski (2 Jan - 5 Mar 1946), LTjg. Jesse H. Burr Jr. (5 Mar - 29 Mar 1946). Awards listed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; the history narrative is attributed to the Turner Publishing LSM-LSMR volume. Strike date is given only as 'date unknown' here - the 8 May 1946 date comes from uboat.net secondary data (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Page verified live 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-01
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[2]USS LSM-87 'Day by Day' project (lsm87.com) - scanned NARA deck logs, all 18 months October 1944 - March 1946, plus the ship's Rough Log and Night Order Book (scan provenance: photocopied/scanned at National Archives, College Park; host site is the private project of a crewman's family) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lsm87.com/wp-content/uploads/ deck-log PDFs, Deck Logs 1, 12, and 18 title pages; source-data page provenance statement
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's complete deck-log run (Deck Log 1, October 1944 through Deck Log 18, March 1946) exists as scans obtained at NARA College Park. Title pages inspected this session confirm: October 1944 log - 'LOG BOOK OF THE U.S.S. LSM 87', commanded by Geo. E. B. McDevitt, Lt.(jg), USNR, attached to Division 49 / Squadron 25 / Flotilla 9, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, commencing 15 October 1944 at 'T.C.I. Docks, Houston, Texas' and ending 31 October 1944 at Pier 42, Galveston, Texas; September 1945 log - commanded by George E. McDevitt, Lieutenant, USNR, Division Forty-Nine / Squadron Twenty-Five / Flotilla Nine, U.S. Pacific Third Fleet, commencing 1 September 1945 at Cebu City, Cebu, Philippine Islands and ending 30 September 1945 at Batangas Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands; March 1946 log - commanded by Jesse H. Burr, Lieutenant (jg), USNR, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, commencing 1 March 1946 'Enroute from Coco Solo, Panama to Charleston, S.C.' and ending 29 March 1946 at 'Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.' - the decommissioning day and place.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-10-15 to 1946-03-29
- Population
- Crew (Oct 1944 - Mar 1946); Brown Shipbuilding and Charleston Navy Yard trades at commissioning and inactivation
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the authoritative records are NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) deck logs at College Park; the lsm87.com files are private scans of those logs, image-only PDFs without a text layer (title pages were read as images; log-body text was not OCR'd this session). No asbestos content. The 'T.C.I. Docks' commissioning location differs from secondary sources naming Brown Shipbuilding - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LSM 87 (LSM 87), ship 12698 - build/milestone table [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12698.html - ship data table and history line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship table for this hull: built by Brown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas); ordered 15 September 1943; laid down 30 August 1944; launched 23 September 1944; commissioned 15 October 1944; end of service 29 March 1946; history line - decommissioned 29 March 1946, stricken 8 May 1946, sold 27 February 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Guomundur Helgason's Allied Warships). It is the only located source giving a strike date (8 May 1946) - NavSource reports 'date unknown'; the date is carried as secondary and the conflict is logged in gaps. The 'ordered 15 September 1943' date is sole-sourced here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-03
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton), Brown Shipbuilding Houston yard table and Landing Ships Medium list - LSM-87 as Brown yard hull no. 192 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/brown.htm hull-192 row; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lsm.htm LSM-87 row ('15-Oct-44 | Sold to Southeastern Pipeline 1948')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ShipbuildingHistory's Brown Shipbuilding construction list gives this hull as yard hull number 192: 'LSM 87', type Landing Ship, keel laid 30 August 1944, launched 23 September 1944, delivered 15 October 1944 (the date all sources treat as commissioning), disposition 'Sold to Southeastern Pipeline 1948'. The yard summary documents Brown Shipbuilding as built in 1941 by George and Herman Brown at the junction of Green's Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel with $9 million of Navy funding, producing 12 PCs, 32 LCI(L)s, 61 DEs and 254 LSMs - 359 vessels in four years; the yard was leased to Todd Shipyards as its Houston Division 1949-1984, returned to Brown & Root, and sold piecemeal in 2004.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of builder/disposition data; consistent with NavSource and uboat.net on every shared date. 'Delivered 15-Oct-44' equates to the commissioning date on this type. No asbestos content. Brown Shipbuilding is not an Atlas shipyards.json yard - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-04
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[5]NARA catalog full-text hits for 'LSM-87' - RG 38 World War II War Diaries of her parent commands (COM LSM Group 25 monthly war diaries Feb-Sep 1945; COM LSM Flotilla 1, Oct 1945) and Okinawa operation reports naming the hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LSM-87' (91 file units); NAIDs 139901830, 139975639, 139994355, 101778187, 77555051, 77580239, 633456013, 633407654, 77590792
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog search for 'LSM-87' returns 91 file units, almost all digitized: the hull is indexed within RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' for her parent units - COM LSM GR 25 war diaries for February (NAID 139901830), March (139975639), April (139994355), July (101778187), August (77555051) and September 1945 (77580239), COM LSM FLOT 1 for October 1945 (633456013) - and in Okinawa operation reports (COMTASK-Unit 51.7.9/51.7.10 report of operations in the invasion of Okinawa, NAID 633407654; COMNAVFOR Okinawa occupation report, NAID 77590792). These are the group-level operational records in which the ship's movements were reported.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-02 to 1945-10
- Population
- LSM Group 25 / Flotilla 9 ships and staffs (1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: catalog-level indexing confirms the hull is named in these digitized file units; diary page text was not pulled page-by-page this session. War diaries are operational narratives - not material or maintenance records - of the group commander, not ship-level documents. No asbestos content expected or located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LSM-87 spec block (two Fairbanks Morse 38D81/8X10 diesels, direct drive, twin screws); ShipbuildingHistory LSM class table (558 LSM-1-class hulls built by seven yards 1944-45, Brown block LSM-1 through LSM-125 includes this hull); lsm87.com 'About the LSM-1 class ship' (Fairbanks Morse or General Motors diesels); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 14087 spec block; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lsm.htm class header; lsm87.com/about-the-lsm-1-class-ship/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An LSM-1-class diesel Landing Ship Medium built August-October 1944 sits inside the documented WWII Navy asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel amphibious ship of this type and period were thermal insulation on diesel exhaust runs, machinery and piping lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation, all within a small confined 203-foot hull. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers or steam turbines - 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
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Charleston Navy Yard inactivation workers (1946); post-sale commercial handlers (1948+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, work package, or survey located for LSM-87. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-06
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[7]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 blocked, 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 service era (1944-46).
- 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description, same standing defect as Batches 01 and 98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-07
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[8]Batch-6380 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (no entry for this hull); NavSource 14087; HyperWar ship page; NARA catalog 'LSM-87' (91 file units) and deck-log run via lsm87.com; uboat.net; ShipbuildingHistory; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket indexes); NVR; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LSM-87 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero results for 'LSM-87', 'USS LSM-87', 'LSM 87', and 'LSM87' on the opinion index and for 'LSM-87' and 'USS LSM-87' on the docket index; two remaining variant docket queries ('LSM 87', 'LSM87') were blocked by fleet-wide pacing this session and are logged as blocked, not negative. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content (e.g., mesothelioma.com's Brown Shipbuilding jobsite page asserting era asbestos use without primary sourcing) - excluded by source policy. A secondary web hit (Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems, N.D. Cal.) was inspected and is a name collision: it concerns service aboard USS Hollister (DD-788), not this hull.
- 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 - the hull was sold to commercial hands in 1948 with fate unknown, and no post-sale hazmat or scrapping record was located. Deck logs and BuShips/Brown construction records are undigitized leads that could hold material detail. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lsm-87-lsm87-08