Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), pp. 218-222, official publication scanned by ShipScribe [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF printed pp. 218 (class characteristics) and 221 (LCS(L)(3)-107 build line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships' April 1945 Ships' Data table records LCS(L)(3)-107 as built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; keel laid 3 February 1945; launched 24 February 1945; and first commissioned 13 March 1945. The same class table for LCS(L)(3) 1-130 records a 158-foot overall length, 23-foot-8-inch beam, 387-ton full-load displacement, 14.4-knot trial speed, two propellers, General Motors diesel engines, 1,320 shaft horsepower, single GM reduction gears, and two 60 kW 450V AC diesel-driven ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction workers (1945); ship's company
- Limitations
- The official table establishes identity, construction dates, and type characteristics, not materials or asbestos content. Its 8-officer/70-enlisted figure is labelled total accommodations and does not state the ship's operating complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-107 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-107, chronology, awards, specifications, and photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Header chronology and award/service table; live page verified 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live hull page identifies USS LCS(L)(3)-107 / LSSL-107, gives 3 February 1945 laid-down, 24 February 1945 launch, and 13 March 1945 commission dates, and names LTjg. G. S. Brown, USNR, as commanding officer at commission. It assigns the ship to LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Five, Group Fourteen, Division Twenty-Eight during WWII; records Navy Occupation Service Medal service from 19 September to 4 December 1945 and China Service Medal (extended) service from 5 December 1945 to 5 April 1946; records redesignation to LSSL-107 on 28 February 1949; transfer to Japan as JDS Yuri on 14 January 1953; and return to U.S. custody on 24 March 1958. It states the decommissioning, strike, and final-disposition dates are unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1958
- Population
- Ship's company; postwar occupation and China-service personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archival page that attributes class specifications to BuShips Ships' Data and named references. It is used here for its hull chronology and captions; it contains no asbestos, insulation, abatement, or hazardous-material finding. Unknown dates are retained as unknown rather than inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, By Ship Numbers: List of Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1940s [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF text line for LCS(L)(3)-107: 3/13/1945-11/30/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, the National Archives' ship-number index to Navy deck logs, lists LCS(L)(3)-107 with log dates from 13 March 1945 through 30 November 1945. The index corroborates a commissioned U.S. Navy service record beginning on the documented commission date and identifies the deck logs as a primary archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-13 to 1945-11-30
- Population
- Ship's company recorded in deck logs
- Limitations
- This is an index to logbooks, not the logs themselves. It establishes neither voyage events beyond the indexed date range nor materials, asbestos presence, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-03
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[4]Corn, J. K.; Starr, J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987), PMID 3555021; paired with BuShips Ships' Data NAVSHIPS 250-011 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed abstract; BuShips table, printed p. 218
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context only: Corn and Starr's peer-reviewed historical study describes extensive use of asbestos as fireproofing and insulation in U.S. WWII shipbuilding in the 1940s, the period in which this hull was built. The BuShips table establishes that this craft's propulsion was diesel, not boiler/steam propulsion.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s; applied to hull construction in 1945
- Population
- WWII U.S. shipbuilding workers generally; Commercial Iron Works construction workers (1945) as an unverified application
- Limitations
- Neither source identifies LCS(L)(3)-107's materials, and the scholarship does not identify this class. This supports only an era-level research priority, not a ship-specific asbestos finding, product list, exposure conclusion, or legal eligibility. No propulsion-boiler pathway is documented for this diesel craft.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-04
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page Highlights; full report PDF also linked from product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review states that it examined Navy asbestos use aboard ships and records a 1975 policy to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; in 1979 the policy added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This is Navy-wide program context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally; not a documented population for this hull
- Limitations
- This 1979 Navy-wide review postdates the hull's documented transfer from U.S. service and does not name LCS(L)(3)-107, its builder, or any work period. It does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, material quantity, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-05
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[6]Batch-5656 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource hull and class pages; NHHC/DANFS and Naval Vessel Register checks; GAO; PubMed; authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material inventory was located in the public authoritative and archival sources searched. CourtListener litigation searching was started through the required authenticated helper but was blocked before a request completed because the fleet-wide paced request budget was momentarily spent; no CourtListener result is characterized as negative or complete.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public hull record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The incomplete CourtListener sweep is an access/rate-limit gap, not a no-results litigation finding; this row establishes neither exposure, causation, individual injury, nor legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-107-lcsl3107-06