Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 494-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-pkt-494-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), LCS(L)(3) roster table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011, LCS(L)(3) roster table for hulls 109-120
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships roster identifies LCS(L)(3)114 as built by George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts; keel laid 17 October 1944; launched 26 October 1944; and first commissioned 12 November 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- George Lawley & Sons construction trades; ship's company at commissioning
- Limitations
- Primary construction and commissioning record only; it contains no asbestos, insulation, abatement, crew-service, or final-disposition information for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-01
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[3]NavSource Online, LCS(L)(3)-114 / LSSL-114, 'A Brief History of LCS(L) 114' by Lt. Gerald Mefferd [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and brief-history narrative, especially commissioning and service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page identifies this hull as LCS(L)(3)-114 / LSSL-114, states that it was commissioned at George Lawley Shipyard in Neponset, Massachusetts, on 12 November 1944, and gives a crew of 6 officers and 65 enlisted. Its service narrative places the ship in the Okinawa campaign, including radar-picket and coastal-patrol duties, rescue and towing work, and later movement to Leyte and Tokyo Bay with LCS Flotilla Four for the Naval Occupation Force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company; Okinawa radar-picket and coastal-patrol personnel; occupation-force crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival compilation rather than a Navy registry; this page supplies ship-specific identity and service narrative but does not document asbestos, insulation composition, abatement, or final disposition. The 6-officer/65-enlisted figure is a stated crew figure, not a separately verified complement table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-02
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[4]NavSource Online, LCS(L)(3) class index [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L)(3) class index, LCS(L)(3)-114 / LSSL-114 entry and class note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The class index presents the designation relationship as LCS(L)(3)-114 / LSSL-114 and explains that LCS(L)(3) craft remaining in the Navy inventory were redesignated LSSL in 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1949
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) class, postwar Navy inventory
- Limitations
- The redesignation rule is class-level; the linked hull heading establishes the alias for this record. The index does not provide a ship-specific decommissioning or final-disposition date for LSSL-114.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-03
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights and indexed full-report enclosure describing thermal insulation and gaskets
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO describes Navy shipbuilding and repair use of asbestos insulation and other applications including gaskets, and discusses Navy policies for asbestos insulation removal and replacement. This provides Navy-era context for a 1944-built landing craft.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review; context applied cautiously to 1944 construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy shipbuilding/repair program
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a record of LCS(L)(3)-114 or the LCS(L)(3) class. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify products or quantities aboard, establish exposure or causation, or show what remains today. The GAO full report was blocked by HTTP 403 in direct retrieval; the official product page and indexed report text were used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-04
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[6]Batch 5663 source sweep across NHHC/DANFS, Naval Vessel Register, NARA, NPS, NavSource, GAO, and CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for USS LCS(L)(3)-114 or LSSL-114: no hull survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, asbestos product identification, or verified litigation finding naming this hull was found in the sources searched.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A negative public-record search does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Firecrawl searches were unavailable because the hosted MCP keyless quota reported a multi-hour (67,478-second) stand-down; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number requests were submitted through the authenticated fleet-paced helper, with the docket request still queued at research cutoff. The CourtListener gap is therefore not a negative result. No exposure, causation, quantity, present-day material, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-114-lcsl3114-05