Evidence
3 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-3).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-111 / ex USS LCS(L)(3)-111 page; live page verified 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and history bullets; live page lines 5-7 and 22-43; URL verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies the vessel as USS LCS(L)(3)-111, laid down 9 October 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts; launched 17 October 1944; commissioned 3 November 1944; redesignated USS LSSL-111 on 28 February 1949; transferred to Japan on 16 February 1953 and renamed Keshi; returned to U.S. Navy custody on 21 July 1970. It gives the decommissioning date, striking date, and final disposition as unknown. It also lists Okinawa Gunto and Pacific minesweeping operations among its campaigns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1970
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary photo archive, not an official Navy history. The National Archives independently lists this hull's log coverage beginning 3 November 1944, but does not state the formal commissioning event. Decommissioning, striking, and later fate remain unknown; no unreported date or disposition is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-111-lcsl3111-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, p. 31 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 31, LCS(L)(3)-111 row; live document verified 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives list records a logbook entry for LCS(L)(3)-111 covering 3 November 1944 through 30 June 1945, corroborating the vessel's U.S. Navy service beginning on 3 November 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-03 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- The date range is the coverage of a logbook, not a commissioning statement. Commissioning on 3 November 1944 is explicitly stated by NavSource; this NARA finding independently supports the start of the ship's documented log coverage, not the formal commissioning event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-111-lcsl3111-02
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[3]This record's documented source review and search ledger (rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-111-lcsl3111-01 through -05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-111-lcsl3111-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat inventory, or direct asbestos documentation was located in the sources reviewed for this record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Search conducted 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent or that no such records exist. The CourtListener search is blocked, Firecrawl was quota-limited, and public/archival records may be incomplete. Asbestos presence aboard the vessel remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-111-lcsl3111-03