Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 496-packet.md (3 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-3-125-lcsl3125-pkt-496-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945 edition, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011: Mine Vessels, Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft), LCS(L)(3) hull table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 222 (PDF pp. 238-239), 'LANDING CRAFT, SUPPORT (LARGE) (MK. III)' table, row LCS(L)(3)125
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1945 Ships' Data hull table lists 'LCS (L) (3) 125' built by George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Mass., keel laid 19 Nov 44, ship launched 1 Dec 44, date of first commission 17 Dec 44 - confirming builder, laid-down, launched, and commissioned dates from a contemporary BuShips publication.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Construction trades, George Lawley & Sons yard, Neponset MA (1944)
- Limitations
- Contemporary official register of construction facts only; establishes identity and build dates but contains no asbestos or materials information. NavSource cites the class spec block to 'Navships 250-012, April 15 1945'; Volume II of that edition is NAVSHIPS 250-011 (landing ships and craft) - the 250-012 volume covers auxiliaries and district craft, so the NavSource volume number is likely a mislabel of the same publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-125 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-125 (1944-1949) - vessel timeline, flotilla assignment, campaign credit, awards, commanding officers, specifications, disposition; occupation-service dates corroborated by the Navy Occupation Service Medal credit list reproduced at officialmilitaryribbons.com ('LCS (L) (3) 125 ... 19 Sep - 1 Dec 45') [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel page: timeline block, campaign table, commanding-officer list, photo caption (with LCS(L)(3)-130 off Little Creek VA, 19 Aug 1946), specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Hull timeline: commissioned 17 December 1944 under LTjg. Howell C. Cobb USNR; assigned to LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four, Group Thirteen, Division Twenty-Six; credited with the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18-30 June 1945), earning one battle star; occupation service in the Far East 19 September - 1 December 1945; photographed at amphibious exercises off Little Creek VA 19 August 1946 alongside LCS(L)(3)-130; decommissioned 21 March 1947; redesignated LSSL-125 on 28 February 1949; struck from the Naval Register on a date unknown; sold 1 May 1951 to Condenser Service & Engineering Company, Hoboken NJ for $10,307; merchant service as MV Pungo and MV Antilles Trader, then as freighter MV John W. (MV John W., Inc., Reedville VA, registered 1972); out of documentation 1987; final fate unknown. Commanding officers: Cobb (Dec 1944 - Nov 1945), ENS E.S. Massey Jr. (Nov 1945 - Jan 1946), LT J.M. Faddis (Jan - Sep 1946), ENS B.R. Teitelbaum (Sep 1946 - Mar 1947).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1987
- Population
- Crew (6 officers, 65 enlisted design complement); construction workforce at Lawley
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive drawing on official records, award lists, and contributed photographs - reliable for dates and unit assignments but not itself a primary publication; underlying documents (deck logs, BuPers award lists) sit at NARA. 'Struck, date unknown' and 'final disposition, fate unknown' are stated openly. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-02
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[4]NavSource-hosted history page for LCS(L)(3)-130, 'A Brief History of USS LCS(L)(3) 130,' compiled from records submitted by her commanding officer W.H. File Jr., quoting the Commander Destroyer Division 110 'Report of Recommendations for Awards' for the night of 28-29 July 1945; sinking date cross-checked against DANFS, Callaghan II (DD-792) via HyperWar transcription (https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd792.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L)(3)-130 history page, award-recommendation paragraphs for LT William H. File Jr., LT Howell C. Cobb, and LT Louis A. Brennan
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- On radar picket station 9A off Okinawa the night of 28-29 July 1945, LCS(L)(3)-125 operated with destroyers Callaghan (DD-792), Cassin Young (DD-793), and Pritchett (DD-561) and LCS(L)(3)-126, -129, and -130. When a kamikaze crashed Callaghan, LT Howell C. Cobb 'skillfully and courageously directed his ship throughout the salvage and rescue operations incident with the sinking of the CALLAGHAN,' brought -125 alongside the destroyer's starboard side, fought her fires with the ship's monitors, rescued 16 men and 10 officers, and remained alongside until heavy explosions forced him off; he then transferred LCS-129's survivors to Pritchett and searched the area. Cobb, like the COs of -129 and -130, received a medal for the action per the recommendation report as published (the page identifies File's award as the Silver Star; Cobb's award type is not specified).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-07-28/29
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-125 in combat and rescue operations
- Limitations
- Veteran-compiled transcription of an official award-recommendation report; the underlying report and action reports sit in NARA RG 38. Date conflict noted: the LCS-130 account dates the action to 29 July (Callaghan hit 0044, sank 0231) while DANFS records Callaghan's sinking at 0235 on 28 July - carried in gaps rather than resolved. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-03
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[5]Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945 Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011) LCS(L)(3) class specification, reproduced in NavSource specifications block: '2 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, BHP 1,600; single General Motors Main Reduction Gears; 2 Diesel-drive 60Kw 450V A.C. Ships Service Generators; twin variable pitch propellers' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1945 Vol. II machinery table, LCS(L)(3) columns; NavSource specifications block, Propulsion line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The documented propulsion is diesel - there is no boiler or steam plant aboard - so the asbestos-relevant systems on a vessel of this type and era were the era-standard small-combatant applications: machinery and exhaust insulation and lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation, products of the period commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew machinery spaces; construction trades at Lawley
- Limitations
- Era inference from the documented diesel plant and 1944 wartime construction; no insulation survey, materials list, or hull-specific document names asbestos aboard LCS(L)(3)-125 or the class. Does not establish presence, quantity, condition, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-04
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[6]USS LCS(L)(3)-102 museum site (lcsmuseum.org), 'History of the Mighty Midgets' page - class development and production history [museum_official]
- Locator
- lcsmuseum.org History page, class narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: the LCS(L) was developed at the Navy's request for a shallow-draft close-in fire-support vessel, designed by George Lawley & Sons from the LCI(L) hull form; 130 hulls were produced by three yards - Lawley at Neponset MA (47), Albina Engine and Machine Works (31) and Commercial Iron Works (52) at Portland OR. Used solely in the Pacific; postwar, surviving units were laid up in reserve, redesignated LSSL in 1949, and many transferred to Japan and other allies.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1953
- Limitations
- Class-level background from the museum preserving sister ship LCS(L)(3)-102; supports the design/production context only and names no individual hull other than the museum's own. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-05
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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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies, confirming era-wide Navy use of asbestos insulation aboard ships; fieldwork was at naval shipyards, not commercial yards such as Lawley.
- 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; names no hull and no commercial yard. Does not establish asbestos aboard this vessel. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-30; content via product-page description (standing defect noted in prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-06
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[8]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft, Support (Large) - LCS(L)' production table - row 'LCS(L) 125 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 44 | 17-Dec-44 | Scrapped 1951' [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L) production table, row LCS(L) 125
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuilding History's yard-production table lists LCS(L) 125 built by Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA, FY44, commissioned 17 Dec 1944, disposition 'Scrapped 1951' - corroborating the builder and commission date but directly conflicting with NavSource's documented merchant trail (MV Pungo, MV Antilles Trader, MV John W., out of documentation 1987).
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Limitations
- The two secondary sources conflict on final disposition and neither cites the underlying documentation record; the table's 'scrapped' notation is the compiler's shorthand for post-sale disposal and may simply end the record at the 1951 Navy sale. Conflict carried in gaps; not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-07
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[9]Mystic Seaport Museum, Lawley Family Collection (Coll. 279) - business papers of the George Lawley & Son and F.D. Lawley yards, South Boston/Neponset/Quincy MA: vessel records, cost sheets, scantlings, owners' records, wage information, lists, time sheets [museum_official]
- Locator
- research.mysticseaport.org/coll/coll279 - collection description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's surviving business archive is held at Mystic Seaport: the Lawley Family Collection contains vessel records, cost sheets, wage information, and time sheets for the Neponset yard - the likeliest surviving builder-side documentation set for LCS(L)(3)-125's construction, including any materials or subcontractor records. Not yet examined for hull-specific or materials content.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Lawley yard workforce (1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the collection's LCS-era contents (if any survive the yard's 1946 closure) are unexamined; finding does not establish that construction records for this hull exist or that they would identify insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-08
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[10]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (digitized deck-log index) checked for LCS(L) hulls; deck logs for LCS(L)(3)-125, if extant, are in RG 24 at Archives II, and LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four / Group Thirteen operational records sit in RG 38 [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov Navy deck-log index (no LCS entries); RG 24 (Logs of U.S. Naval Ships and Stations); RG 38 (CNO WWII war diaries/operational records)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's published digitized deck-log index contains no LCS(L) entries; the hull's 1944-1947 deck logs and the Flotilla Four / Group Thirteen war diaries and action reports covering her Okinawa service (including the Callaghan rescue) are paper/film holdings at Archives II, College Park - the primary-source path for verifying dates, positions, and any documented damage, repair, or material disturbances.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: presence of the hull's deck logs in RG 24 is expected per NARA's coverage but not yet confirmed by catalog entry; logs contain operational data and would only incidentally document materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-09
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[11]Batch-5675 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC hull search; NavSource vessel and class pages; Ships' Data 1945 Vol. II; NARA digitized deck-log index; 1949 Naval Vessel Register scan; CourtListener opinion/docket searches; VA/BVA decision sweep; shipbuildinghistory; Mystic Seaport; secondary web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, litigation, or docketed case naming LCS(L)(3)-125 or LSSL-125 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCS(L)(3)-125', 'LSSL-125', and 'LCS-125' returned zero; docket searches for 'LSSL-125' and 'LCS(L)(3)-125' returned zero, and docket hits on 'LCS-125' were unrelated name collisions (e.g., a pro-se complaint where the string appears in OCR'd text).
- 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 - a 1944 combatant of this type would plausibly have carried era-standard asbestos applications. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The merchant-name CourtListener sweep ('Antilles Trader'/'MV Pungo') was fleet-rate-limited at session end - logged blocked, not negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-125-lcsl3125-10