Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-3-117-lcsl3117-pkt-494-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-117 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-117 (page 10/05/050117) - milestones, unit assignments, campaign table, specifications, commanding-officer list, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050117.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 26 October 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts; launched 4 November 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-117, 19 November 1944, LT. E. R. Stanford Jr. USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four (CDR. N. Phillips USN), LCS(L)(3) Group Ten (LCDR. J. A. Dodson USN), LCS(L)(3) Division Nineteen. Campaign credit: Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17 April to 30 June 1945; one battle star. Post-war: Occupation Service in the Far East 2 September 1945 to 5 February 1946; decommissioned date unknown; laid up in the Reserve Fleet; redesignated Landing Ship Support Large, USS LSSL-117, 28 February 1949; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; sold for scrapping 17 March 1951 to The Learner Co., Alameda CA, for $10,870.00. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Spec block (sourced to Navships 250-012 Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, 15 April 1945): 250 t light / 387 t full; 158 ft oa; beam 23 ft 8 in; complement 6 officers, 65 enlisted; propulsion 2 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesels, 1,600 bhp, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2 diesel-drive 60 kW 450V AC generators; armament 1 x single 40 mm bow, 2 x twin 40 mm AA, 4 x single 20 mm AA, 4 x .50 cal MG, 10 x Mk 7 rocket launchers. Photo captions on the page document Pharmacist's Mate 1/c Kenneth C. Scott as a crew member (contributed by Randy Hess).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Oct-Nov 1944); crew 1944-46 (6 officers, 65 enlisted class complement); Learner Co. scrappers, Alameda (1951)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones track official sources (Navships 250-012, SecNav campaign/occupation lists) and cross-check clean against navypedia and shipbuildinghistory, but the page itself states 'There is no history currently available for USS LCS(L)(3)-117' beyond the milestone block. Decommission and struck dates are not recorded anywhere located. No asbestos or material content. Engine-count conflicts with secondary literature - see record gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-01
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[3]NHHC / National Museum of the U.S. Navy photo caption, 80-G-325108, 'Okinawa Campaign, Landing, April-June 1945' (NARA-held official USN photograph) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC photo page 80-G-325108 caption; NARA photo ID 80-G-325108
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC caption documents USS LCS(L)(3)-121 (foreground) and USS LCS(L)(3)-123 (background), 'units of LCS Flotilla Four,' operating off Okinawa in April-June 1945 - the same flotilla and operation to which LCS(L)(3)-117 was assigned (Flotilla Four / Group Ten / Division Nineteen; Okinawa Gunto 17 April - 30 June 1945). Photographed by LT. R. Sutton, received 4 July 1945; NARA-held.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04/1945-06
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four crews at Okinawa (type-level)
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level documentation: names sister hulls -121 and -123, not -117. Establishes the type and the unit's presence and duty environment at Okinawa during -117's credited campaign window; does not document this hull's specific station, actions, or dates. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-02
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[4]NHHC Navy Department Library, digitized primary document: 'Action Report USS LCS(L) (3) 57, Battle of Okinawa at RP Station #1, April 12, 1945' (full text posted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC reading-room page; PDF download link on page (5.9 MB)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A sister hull's primary action report documents the LCS(L)(3) type's role at Okinawa: radar-picket station duty under massed kamikaze attack, with the report's own finding that 'SMALL SHIPS OF THIS TYPE ARE EFFECTIVE IN DIVERTING SUICIDE ATTACKS FROM PROTECTED SHIPPING. IF BETTER RADAR EQUIPMENT WERE INSTALLED IN LCS(L)'S, RADAR PICKET DUTY COULD BE TAKEN OVER ENTIRELY BY THESE SHIPS.' LCS(L)(3)-117's credited Okinawa Gunto window (17 April - 30 June 1945) covers the radar-picket phase of the campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) crews on Okinawa radar picket stations (type-level)
- Limitations
- Class/type context: the report is USS LCS(L)(3)-57's, not -117's; no action report for -117 was located in NHHC's online reading room. Establishes what the type did on Okinawa radar picket stations, not what this hull did - her specific assignments within the campaign are undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-03
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[5]MARAD Vessel History Database, vessel history file for TD-21 (ex-DPC-21, Hull 244303): 86-ft diesel harbor tug built October 1943 by Lawley & Son Shipyard, Neponset, MA, for the Defense Plant Corporation [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD vesselhistory document a3873561 (TD-21), 'Vessel History' section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Official federal documentation that a wartime hull built at this vessel's builder yard carried asbestos: the MARAD history records of the 1943 Lawley-built diesel tug TD-21 that 'Asbestos was removed in 1985' - i.e., asbestos was installed at Lawley, Neponset, during WWII-era construction of a diesel vessel and remained until remediated four decades later.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943 build; 1985 abatement
- Population
- Lawley & Sons Neponset construction trades (WWII era); abatement workers (1985, on TD-21)
- Limitations
- Builder/era documentation, not a hull record: TD-21 is a different vessel (86-ft DPC harbor tug, single screw) built one year before LCS(L)(3)-117 at the same yard. It demonstrates that Lawley installed asbestos-bearing materials in wartime construction - it does not identify materials aboard this hull, quantity, or location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block sourced to Navships 250-012 (diesel LCS(L)(3)-1 class, 1944-45 construction); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos-insulation era); MARAD TD-21 history (asbestos aboard a same-yard 1943 diesel hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; Navships 250-012 (15 Apr 1945) via NavSource; MARAD TD-21 doc; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 158-ft diesel amphibious gunboat built October-November 1944 at George Lawley & Sons sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era and her builder's documented asbestos-use practice. Era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period: machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, thermal insulation in engineering and accommodation spaces, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; the exposure dynamic is confined-space machinery-room work on a small combatant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Oct-Nov 1944); crew 1944-46; Learner Co. scrappers (1951)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, builder instruction book, or work package located for LCS(L)(3)-117. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The Lawley 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class' and 'Original Plans of LCS(L)(3)' credited by NavSource as spec sources are an undigitized archival lead that could carry material callouts.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-05
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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 (1944-51).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-06
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[8]PALNI Digital Collections, DePauw University Publications collection, item 139254 (alumni magazine/service notes issue; digitized CONTENTdm object) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PALNI dpupub collection, item 139254 (search-indexed full text)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Indexed full-text snippet from a contemporaneous DePauw University alumni publication: 'Lt. (je) Joe Rein, USNR, x-'44, has been in Tokyo Bay since last August, arriving there with Admiral Halsey's occupation fleet. He is now in command of his ship, LCS (L) (3) 117.' Identifies a post-Stanford commanding officer aboard this hull during the Far East occupation period (2 Sep 1945 - 5 Feb 1946 per NavSource) and places the hull in Tokyo Bay.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Lt.(jg) Joe Rein USNR (CO, occupation era); crew 1945-46
- Limitations
- Partial verification: the CONTENTdm object is JS-rendered and its IIIF/API endpoints failed this session; the quoted text is from the search-indexed full text, and the issue title/date could not be confirmed. 'In Tokyo Bay since last August' predates the 2 Sep 1945 occupation-service window and likely reflects the late-August occupation-fleet arrival; the NHHC surrender-ceremony list does not include this hull. Commanding-officer succession after Stanford is otherwise undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-07
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[9]Batch-5666 search ledger (this record): NavSource page; NHHC site search (no ship page); NVR detail page; NARA deck-log series 594258 (both spellings); NHHC Tokyo Bay surrender list; NHHC Flotilla Four photo and LCS(L)(3)-57 action report; MARAD vesselhistory; PALNI DePauw item; CourtListener opinions (two queries); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcsl3117-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-117 / LSSL-117 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches produced only name collisions - corporate 'LCS' entities (LCS Services, LCS Group, LCS Corrections) on the hull-number query and unrelated Texas appellate cases on 'LSSL-117'. The RECAP docket search could not be completed this session (fleet pacing throttle, HTTP-side) and is logged as blocked, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; not even law-firm marketing listicles name this hull.
- 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 1951 scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation and no breakup material record was located. The docket-level litigation search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run). Deck logs, action reports, and any sale/scrapping contract are undigitized leads (NARA RG 24 / RG 38). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl3117-08