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 (2 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-3-130-lcsl3130-pkt-496-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-130 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-130 - construction and designation timeline, specifications, campaign credits, commanding officer list, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050130.htm header timeline, specifications block, awards block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 7 December 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 13 December 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-130, 2 January 1945, LT William H. File Jr. USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four / Group Thirteen / Division Twenty-Six; campaign credit '3d Fleet operations against Japan, 10 July to 15 August 1945'; occupation service in the Far East 19 September - 1 December 1945; one battle star. Decommissioned, date unknown, at San Diego, CA; laid up US Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group. Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large, USS LSSL-130, 28 February 1949. Reactivated and transferred to Japan 14 January 1953, named JDS Hagi; transferred to Thailand, date unknown; returned to US Navy custody 26 March 1958; struck from the US Naval Register, date unknown; destroyed as a target by gunfire 14 November 1958. Awards shown: Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp); Silver Star - LT William H. File Jr. Spec block: 250 t light / 387 t full; 158' o.a.; 23'8" beam; complement 6 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion '2 quad packs of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines per shaft, BHP 1,600; single General Motors Main Reduction Gears; 2 Diesel-drive 60Kw 450V A.C. Ships Service Generators; twin variable pitch propellers.' Photo captions place the hull at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 23 August 1945 alongside USS Jason (ARH-1) with LSM-267/-148/-225 and LCS(L)(3)-128/-70/-129; at amphibious exercises off Little Creek, VA, 19 August 1946 with LCS(L)(3)-125; and at a reactivation ceremony with the Florida Reserve Group, Green Cove Springs, FL, circa December 1952-January 1953.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Lawley & Sons construction trades (Dec 1944); crew 6 officers + 65 enlisted (1945-c.1946); Florida Reserve Group reactivation party (1952-53); JMSDF and Thai crews (1953-58)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS practice but secondary sources conflict on launch (13 vs 15 Dec) and commissioning (2 vs 3 Jan) - see gaps. The NavSource spec block prints '6051 series 71,' an apparent transcription of the GM 6-71 diesel family (the NRHP nomination for sister LCS-102 documents GMC 6-71 quad packs). 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'struck, date unknown' are unresolved. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-01
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[3]NavSource Online, 'A Brief History of USS LCS(L)(3) 130' - narrative compiled from records submitted by W. H. File, Jr., commissioning Commanding Officer, including five paragraphs stated to be constructed from the ship's log and a quoted 'Report of Recommendations for Awards' by Commander Destroyer Division 110 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050130h.htm, full narrative and quoted awards recommendation
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- First-person/ship's-log-derived account by the commissioning CO: officers and crew assembled in Boston December 1944 (full original crew list published); commissioned January 2, 1945 at Neponset, Massachusetts; shakedown in Chesapeake Bay / Camp Bradford / Solomons; via Panama Canal to San Diego, then Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan; arrived Okinawa 2 July 1945 and assigned radar picket station duty. Night of 28-29 July 1945, radar picket station 9A off Okinawa with destroyers Callaghan (DD-792), Cassin Young (DD-793), Pritchett (DD-561) and LCSs 125, 129, 130 (Division 26, Group 13): Callaghan was crashed by a kamikaze at 0044; LCS-130 stopped astern to rescue survivors, went alongside to fight fires, expended fire on a second plane 'knocked down close aboard the Pritchett,' and after Callaghan sank at 0231 rescued 31 survivors; the ship's bow was holed by contact with Callaghan's submerged stern and repaired by beaching in early August. LCS-130 then staged at Subic Bay for Operation Olympic, joined the occupation convoy to Hiro (port for Hiroshima), and ended 1945 at Subic Bay. Ordered 18 January 1946 to proceed to San Diego; transferred to Japan 14 January 1953 as Hagi; 'used by them and Thailand' until returning to US custody (CO narrative states 27 March 1958); sunk as a target 14 November 1958. Quoted award recommendation: LT File, as Commander LCS Division 26 and CO of LCS-130, 'calmly rescued 27 survivors' alongside the burning Callaghan and directed firefighting until ordered clear - awarded the Silver Star; LT Howell C. Cobb (LCS-125) and LT Louis A. Brennan (LCS-129) also decorated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Crew of ~71 (6 officers + 65 enlisted per class spec); named original crew list of 75 men and officers in source
- Limitations
- CO-compiled narrative hosted by NavSource - primary-flavored but self-published via the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130, not an edited official history; the ship's-log reconstruction is the best available operational record for this hull. Its action chronology ('0044 on July 29... sank 0231') conflicts with DANFS's 28 July sinking date for Callaghan - carried in gaps, unresolved. Its 'renamed LSSL-130' sentence conflates the January 1946 San Diego order with the class-wide 28 February 1949 redesignation; the NavSource timeline date is carried for the redesignation. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-02
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[4]DANFS, Callaghan I (DD-792) - verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio (live NHHC DANFS page not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Callaghan (DD-792) service narrative, final paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS corroboration of the picket-station event in which this hull participated: Callaghan 'took station on the embattled radar picket line' off Okinawa 9 July 1945; on 28 July a suicide biplane she had driven off returned, 'skimming low and undetected,' struck her starboard side, and its bomb penetrated the after engine room; 'the destroyer flooded, and the fires which ignited antiaircraft ammunition prevented nearby ships from rendering aid. Callaghan sank at 0235, 28 July 1945, with the loss of 47 members of her valiant crew.' This is the action LCS(L)(3)-130 responded to per her CO's account (ev-02). Callaghan's status as the last Allied ship sunk by kamikaze in WWII is asserted by secondary destroyer-history sources (Tin Can Sailors/destroyers.org), not by the DANFS text itself.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-07-28/29
- Population
- Callaghan crew (47 lost); LCS-130 and LCS-125/-129 rescue parties
- Limitations
- Corroborates the event and the destroyer's loss, not LCS-130's specific role - the CO narrative is the source for her rescue/firefighting part. Date conflict: DANFS dates the sinking 0235 on 28 July; the LCS-130 narrative dates the crash 0044 on 29 July and sinking 0231 - likely a date-line/log convention difference, unresolved and carried in gaps. Transcription mirror used because live NHHC DANFS URLs returned 404 (standing NHHC link-rot, same defect class as BATCH-01). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Landing Craft, Support (Large) - LCS(L)' - full 130-hull build table by yard [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L) build table, row LCS(L)-130
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipyard build-table corroboration: all 130 LCS(L)s were built 1944-45 by three yards - George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA; Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR; and Albina Engine Works, Portland OR. Row for this hull: 'LCS(L)-130 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | FY 44 | delivered 3 Jan 1945 | to Japan 1953 as Hagi, returned 1958, sunk as target 1958.' The table's delivery date (3 Jan 1945) is one day later than the commissioning date NavSource and the CO narrative carry (2 Jan 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Lawley & Sons yard trades (Dec 1944-Jan 1945)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (the standard open-source reference for US small-craft construction), not a primary registry; 'Delivered' (3 Jan) and 'Commissioned' (2 Jan per NavSource/CO) may reflect distinct events or a transcription slip - conflict carried in gaps. Confirms builder, disposal chain. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-04
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[6]National Register of Historic Places draft registration form for LCS-102 (class sister; NRHP listed 13 October 2015, NRIS 15000716), California Office of Historic Preservation - detailed class construction and machinery description [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP draft registration form for LCS-102, sections 7 (Narrative Description: Engineering spaces, propulsion) and 8 (Statement of Significance: class construction history)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official federal documentation of the class's physical construction via the sole surviving sister ship: shallow-draft all-welded steel gunboat, 158 ft x 23 ft, 387 tons full load; 'the original propulsion system consisted of four GMC 6-71 diesel engines, separately clutched to form a "quad" pack for each propeller shaft'; auxiliary machinery 'two fire pumps, two generator raw water pumps, fresh water, condensate and distillate pumps, a heating boiler and fresh water evaporator'; 26 integral hull tanks for 25,000 gal fuel / 1,500 gal lube oil / 10,315 gal fresh water; complement 65 enlisted + 6 officers; yard split Lawley 47 / Albina 31 / Commercial Iron Works 52; first keel 28 April 1944, final launch 10 March 1945. Relevant to this record: the document describes class machinery, materials, and compartment layout in detail and contains NO mention of asbestos, insulation, lagging, gaskets, or packing anywhere in the nomination.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (construction); nomination circa 2015
- Population
- Class construction trades (Lawley, Albina, Commercial Iron Works, 1944-45); LCS crews
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation via a sister hull (Commercial Iron Works-built LCS-102), not this Lawley-built hull; sister-ship details corroborate the class design but do not document material aboard LCS(L)(3)-130. The nomination's silence on asbestos/insulation is itself a class-level negative observation, not proof of absence - small-craft nomination narratives do not typically inventory hazardous materials. No ship-specific asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program review documenting that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships and managed it under a 1975 policy of removing/replacing only damaged or necessarily-disturbed asbestos insulation, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - establishing that asbestos was a standard shipboard insulation material of the era covering this hull's construction (1944) and service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered spans this hull's build/service
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program scope); not hull-specific
- Limitations
- Program-level context only: fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and concerns 1970s management of in-service ships; this hull was transferred to Japan in 1953 and sunk in 1958 - no part of the GAO record touches it. Establishes era context, not materials aboard this vessel. Full report PDF linked from product page; highlights-level description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (diesel LCS(L)(3), 250/387 t, 158 ft); NRHP LCS-102 class nomination (all-welded steel, GMC 6-71 quad packs, auxiliary heating boiler and evaporator, 26 integral hull tanks); GAO HRD-80-2 (era Navy asbestos use) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis of ev-01 spec block, ev-05 class nomination, ev-06 GAO program context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered 158-ft landing support gunboat built December 1944 at a Boston-area commercial yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. For a craft of this type and size the era-consistent asbestos applications were limited in scope relative to steam combatants: diesel exhaust and manifold lagging, gaskets and valve packing on engine and service systems, electrical cable insulation, insulation on the auxiliary heating boiler and fresh-water evaporator, and brake linings on winch/windlass equipment. No steam propulsion plant, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway that dominates large-combatant exposure does not apply; the class's confined engine room and small crew (71) bound any plausible exposure population.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Lawley & Sons construction trades (Dec 1944); crew ~71 (1945-46); reactivation party Green Cove Springs (1952-53); JMSDF/Thai crews (1953-58)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or product identification located for LCS(L)(3)-130. Names era-standard application types, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The NRHP class document describes machinery without mentioning asbestos. Does not establish exposure of any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-07
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[9]NavSource USS LSSL-130 page - final disposition text vs stated coordinates [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050130.htm, 'Final Disposition' line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource's final-disposition line reads 'destroyed as a target by gunfire 14 November 1958 at 34 degrees, 21 minutes, 8 seconds North latitude, 140 degrees, 21 minutes, 2 seconds East longitude in 1104 fathoms in the Sea of Japan.' The stated coordinates (34 deg 21'08" N, 140 deg 21'02" E) do not lie in the Sea of Japan - they plot in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Honshu, off the Boso Peninsula area. The correct read of this NavSource record is: sunk by gunfire as a target on that date at those coordinates, Pacific side of Japan; the 'Sea of Japan' label is internally inconsistent with the source's own coordinates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1958-11-14
- Limitations
- Corrects an internal inconsistency in the cited source, not a material claim. Which element is wrong (the ocean label or the coordinates) cannot be resolved from this source; both are reported verbatim and the conflict is carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-08
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[10]Batch-5681 search ledger (this record): NavSource main + CO-history pages; shipbuildinghistory LCS(L) build table; NPS/CA OHP NRHP nomination for LCS-102 (NRIS 15000716); NHHC/DANFS index; NVR; GAO HRD-80-2; uboat.net cross-check; CourtListener (see sl-07); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-130-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, ship's-book material list, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-130 / LSSL-130 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-paced request budget was spent on all six spaced attempts (helper exit 2); logged as blocked in search_ledger sl-07, not as a negative result. No DANFS entry exists for this unnamed numbered craft (NHHC index checked). The hull is absent from the Naval Vessel Register, which excludes ships disposed of before 1987 - consistent with her 1958 target sinking. The hull is not extant (sunk 1958), so no present-day hull survey is possible; no NDRF preservation file applies. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content of the banned source class (generic 'asbestos on Navy ships' listicles naming no primary source) - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - era-consistent applications remain plausible inference. Deck logs, war diary, the ComDesDiv 110 award file, and any builder's outfitting/material lists are undigitized archival leads (see ev-10). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-09
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[11]NARA archival leads for this hull (not digitized): RG 24 deck logs for LCS(L)(3)-130 (1945-46); RG 38 WWII ship war diary / action reports; the ComDesDiv 110 'Report of Recommendations for Awards' underlying the File/Cobb/Brennan decorations quoted in ev-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations); RG 38 (CNO records - war diaries/action reports); award recommendation referenced in NavSource 050130h.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The primary records most likely to hold material or outfitting detail for this hull are undigitized at NARA: WWII deck logs (RG 24) documenting drills, material conditions, and availabilities; any unit war diary or action reports (RG 38); and the award-recommendation file quoted at length in the CO narrative, which originates from a real Destroyer Division 110 document. None of these were located in digitized form during this session's search.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (records); 2026-09-30 (search)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - existence of digitized copies not verified; NARA catalog is JS-rendered and was not confirmable record-level this session. Deck logs rarely record insulation materials, but they are the standard next rung for hull-specific records. No asbestos content located or implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-130-lcsl3130-10