Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 492-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-10-lcsl310-pkt-492-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LCS(L)(3)-10 / LSSL-10 page (milestone timeline, assignment, campaign table, spec block sourced to NavShips 250-012 + Lawley class instructions, foreign-transfer chain, disposition; NARA-credited Dimasalang mortar photograph caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050010.htm header block, assignment/campaign table, specifications block, photo-caption table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 10 August 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 19 August 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-10, 10 September 1944, LT A. C. Eldridge USNR in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One (CAPT R. E. Arison USNR), Group One (LCDR W. I. Hunt USNR), Division One; campaign credit 'Consolidation and Capture of Southern Philippines, 4 February to 23 May 1945'; one battle star for WWII. Decommissioned, date unknown, laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-10, 28 February 1949; reactivated and transferred (loaned) to France 15 August 1950 as RFS Javeline (L-9024); returned to US custody 1955; transferred to Japan 7 May 1956 as JSDFS Hinageshi; transferred to South Vietnam 15 September 1956 as RVNS Le Van Binh (HQ-227); struck from the US Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition - sunk in South Vietnam, 2 October 1966. Spec block (NavShips 250-012, 15 Apr 1945): 250 t light / 387 t full; 158 ft oa; complement 6 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion 2 quad packs of 4 GM 6-71-series diesels per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 1,600 bhp, 2 diesel-driven 60 kW 450 V AC ship's-service generators; armament 3"/50 bow gun, 2 twin 40mm, 4 single 20mm, 4 .50-cal, 10 Mk 7 rocket launchers. A NARA-credited photo caption documents her crew firing white-phosphorus rounds from the bow 80mm trench mortar in support of Philippine guerrilla operations at Dimasalang, Masbate Island, 1-4 March 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1966
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Aug-Sep 1944); commissioning crew (Sep 1944); TG 70.4 crew (Feb-Jul 1945); Pacific Reserve Fleet caretakers (1946-50); French, JMSDF, and RVNS crews (1950-66)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records and the spec block cites NavShips 250-012 and Lawley's class instructions, but the South-Vietnam transfer date (15 September 1956) conflicts with shipbuildinghistory.com's '1965' (see gaps) and the sinking's circumstances are not given. Page verified live via firecrawl 2026-09-30 (navsource.net, the live domain - navsource.org is dead). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-01
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[3]Lt. Albert C. Eldridge, USNR (commanding officer), 'A Brief History of USS LCS(L)(3) 10' - first-person ship history provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130, hosted on NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050010h.htm, full narrative text and quoted commendation block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The CO's own memoir for this hull documents: crew formed and trained at Solomons, MD and Fort Pierce, FL; Chesapeake training aboard LCI(L)-694; transit to Boston for the 10 September 1944 commissioning; shakedown via Chesapeake/Little Creek, camouflage paint at Norfolk; Key West mid-October 1944, departed 20 October; Coco Solo Panama 24 October, canal transit 27 October; Galapagos equator crossing 1 November; Bora Bora and Espiritu Santo; Manus drydock for new screws and repair of incomplete weld joining the skegs to the hull (the CO attributes it to the builder's yard work); Hollandia after Christmas 1944; formation of Task Group 70.4 (LCS(L)(3)-9, LCS(L)(3)-10, LCI(L)-361, LCI(L)-363) on 1 February 1945 orders to supply Filipino guerrilla forces, working for Admiral Kincaid with MacArthur's intelligence group; thirteen-plus missions February-May 1945 including Dimasalang/Masbate bombardment (1-4 March), Masbate City (29 March), Nasipit 'Operation Hogan's Goat' (18 April), Buenavista (29 April), Agusan and Butuan; last Southern Philippines run 23 May 1945; June-July 1945 eastern Luzon operations (Infanta, Casiguran, Palanan, Ballesteros) with guerrillas and Alamo Scouts; postwar Manila, Tacloban, Eniwetok, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco (Golden Gate entry about December 1945); laid up 'by the end of spring, 1946'. The memoir quotes Col. W. W. Fertig's 8 May 1945 commendation letter for TG 70.4 (approx. 600 tons of supplies landed; landings at Talisayan, Ananaon, Cabadbaran, Nasipit) and records that Admiral Kincaid recommended the task group for the Navy Unit Commendation, which the Navy Department Board of Decorations did not grant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (memoir coverage)
- Population
- Commissioning and wartime crew (Sep 1944 - spring 1946); Filipino guerrilla forces embarked on missions
- Limitations
- A postwar crew memoir hosted on a volunteer secondary site - primary in authorship (the commissioning CO), secondary in venue. Narrative history with no material or asbestos content; specific dates inside the narrative are the memoirist's. The quoted Fertig commendation names 'Lieut. William Eldridge' while the ship's CO was Lt. A. C. (Albert) Eldridge - a transcription slip inside the memoir, noted not resolved. The Manus welding-defect passage is the CO's characterization, not a BuShips quality record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities': file unit 'LCS(L) (3) 10 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120318693 (105 images, first displayed roll dated 30 September 1944) and file unit NAID 120283321 (20 images, roll dated 31 December 1944); digitized under the NARA-Ancestry collaboration; archival copies at NARA College Park [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120318693 (105 images) and /id/120283321 (20 images), RG 24 muster-roll file units
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized U.S. Navy muster rolls exist for this specific hull - crew rosters covering her commissioned service beginning with the 30 September 1944 roll (the commissioning quarter; she commissioned 10 September 1944). The two cataloged file units total 125 scanned images. These are the primary-source crew-population record for the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (per displayed roll dates; full span not enumerated)
- Population
- Commissioned crew of LCS(L)(3)-10, 1944-1946 (roster coverage window per displayed rolls)
- Limitations
- Muster rolls are personnel rosters, not material or exposure records - they establish who served aboard and when, nothing about asbestos. The catalog lists rolls displayed (30 Sep 1944; 31 Dec 1944) but does not enumerate the full coverage span within each file unit; images are scanned but untranscribed (0 transcriptions on either unit as of access).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-03
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[5]NHHC Archives Branch, L. Richard Rhame Collection / National Association of USS LCS(L)(3) 1-130 Papers, collection AR/453 (formerly COLL/245), with published finding aid [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC personal/donated collections page for AR/453; finding aid (Word doc) linked on the page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds the LCS(L)(3) veterans' association collection: per the finding aid, the bulk of AR/453 is files on individual LCS(L) ships arranged in ship order, including reminiscences of crewmembers, crew lists, ships' histories, war diary and action report extracts, ship newsletters, and photographs. For a hull with no DANFS entry and no digitized deck log, this collection is the documented archival lead for ship-specific operational records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- WWII period - 1989 (collection dates)
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) crews, 1944-46 (association membership scope)
- Limitations
- Collection-level finding aid only - it does not enumerate which of the 130 hull files survive or their contents; LCS(L)(3)-10's specific file was not inspected. Contains no asbestos information. This hull's memoir (ev-02) was itself provided by this same veterans' association.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton), George S. Lawley & Sons yard table and history, Neponset MA - hull-number listing and yard closure [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtsmall/lawley.htm - yard history header and hull table row 1615
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Lawley yard table lists hull no. 1615 as 'LCS(L) 10', US Navy landing craft, 250 t / 158 ft, delivered 10-Sep-44 (the commissioning date), with disposition 'Later LSSL 10, to France 1950 as Javeline (L 9024), returned 1955, to Japan 1956 as Hinageshi, to S Vietnam 1965 as Le Van Binh (HQ 227), sunk 1966'. Yard history: George S. Lawley Sr., a London-trained boatbuilder, founded the yard 1866 at Scituate, moved to Neponset (former Putnam Nail Works, Point Norfolk) in 1909; the yard closed in 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; yard 1866-1945
- Population
- Lawley construction trades, 1944
- Limitations
- A private reference compilation (secondary), corroborating NavSource's primary-sourced milestones. Its 'to S Vietnam 1965' conflicts with NavSource's 15 September 1956 transfer date - NavSource carried, conflict logged in gaps; note sister hull 1614 (LCS(L) 9) also shows a 1965 Vietnam transfer in the same table, suggesting a possible systematic source the table follows. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (diesel propulsion, 8 x GM 6-71-series diesels, 1944); NavSource class description (Lawley as class design yard; 130 built at three yards); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-uss-lcsl3-10-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050010.htm specifications; NavSource 05func.htm class description; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 250-ton diesel gunboat built August-September 1944 at a Massachusetts yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were machinery and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal insulation in crew and machinery spaces, and electrical insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1966
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46 US; foreign crews 1950-66); reserve-fleet caretakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCS(L)(3)-10. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. A small shallow-draft gunboat likely carried less asbestos tonnage than steam combatants - inference should not be overstated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-06
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[8]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 construction (1944) and entire U.S. service era (1944-1950 incl. reserve-fleet layup).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- 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, consistent with prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-07
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[9]Batch-5649 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page + CO memoir + class description; NHHC Rhame collection finding aid; NARA catalog (muster-roll hits; deck-log series negative); NVR (pre-1987 exclusion); DANFS amphibious index (no LCS/LSSL entries); CourtListener ('LCS(L)(3)-10' = 0 opinions, 0 dockets; 'LSSL-10' blocked by fleet pacing); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcsl3-10-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCS(L)(3)-10 / LSSL-10 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener 'LCS(L)(3)-10' returned zero opinions and zero dockets (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30). CAVEAT: the 'LSSL-10' opinion/docket queries and foreign-name variants could not be completed - the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent mid-session; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm ship-list entry was relied on.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The litigation check is partial: the LSSL-10 designation and foreign names (Javeline, Hinageshi, Le Van Binh) are unsearched - foreign-service names are unlikely in U.S. courts but the gap is logged honestly. The hull sunk in 1966 in Vietnamese service, so no museum/abatement paper trail is expected. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3-10-08