Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NHHC, H-Gram 046-2, ‘Kikusui No. 5’ (archived capture, 8 December 2025) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived H-Gram 046-2, ‘Kikusui No. 5,’ passage describing Radar Picket Station 1 and LCS(L)-23
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's account of the 4 May 1945 Okinawa air attack identifies LCS(L)-23 among the large support landing craft at Radar Picket Station 1 and reports that LCS(L)-23 shot down four Japanese planes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-04
- Population
- USS LCS(L)-23 crew during the 4 May 1945 Okinawa air attack
- Limitations
- Official NHHC historical account, verified in an archived capture dated 8 December 2025; the live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 30 September 2026. Supports this hull's participation and reported combat result only. It does not provide construction, disposition, asbestos, exposure, or crew-complement information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-01
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[2]NARA, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44, p. 31, LCS(L)(3)-23 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number logbook availability index lists LCS(L)(3)-23 with records dated 18 October 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-10-18 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's officers and crew represented in available logs
- Limitations
- This is a logbook availability index, not the logbooks themselves; the first listed date corroborates the date reported by NavSource but does not independently state that the ship was commissioned that day. It contains no asbestos or disposition findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-02
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[3]NavSource Online, ‘USS LSSL-23 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-23 (1944–1949)’ [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading; construction/service bullets; redesignation bullet
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LCS(L)(3)-23 as USS LSSL-23; reports keel laid 20 September 1944, launch 29 September 1944, commissioning 18 October 1944, and redesignation as LSSL-23 on 28 February 1949.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Ship's company and shipyard workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a live archival compilation, not an official Navy registry. The commissioning date is independently consistent with the start date in NARA's logbook index. Builder, complement, dates of decommissioning and striking, reported buyer, and sale date are not adopted as verified facts here. This source contains no asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-03
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[4]NAVSEA, Ship History (28 June 2011), LSSL 0023 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship History table, LSSL 0023 row (indexed text; PDF direct fetch HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NAVSEA Ship History table lists LSSL 0023 with removal date 23 January 1951 and final disposition ‘SCRAP SALE.’
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1951
- Limitations
- The official PDF URL returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval; the indexed text returned the exact row. Recorded as partial pending direct document access. NAVSEA does not identify a buyer or state a sale date in this row; those details are not inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-04
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Official GAO report page, Highlights and report description
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy ship asbestos use and removal policy at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. It describes the Navy's 1975 policy on removing damaged asbestos insulation and the 1979 modification to selectively replace insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program and shipyard context only; GAO does not name LCS(L)(3)-23 or the LCS(L)(3) class. It does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, any product or quantity, exposure or causation, or present-day condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-05
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[6]NHHC/DANFS, Naval Vessel Register, NARA, NPS, NavSource, NAVSEA, GAO and authenticated CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos product identification was located in completed source checks for USS LCS(L)(3)-23 / LSSL-23. The required exact-name and hull-number CourtListener sweep remains incomplete; no litigation negative finding is made.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A negative public-source search does not establish absence of asbestos. Firecrawl searches were unavailable because the hosted keyless quota reported an approximately 18-hour stand-down. CourtListener was accessed only through the authenticated fleet-paced helper: the hull-number opinion query returned 4,023 broad matches after tokenization, mostly irrelevant; exact-name opinion requests (including a retry) and docket searches were blocked by the fleet limiter. CourtListener status remains unresolved. No exposure, causation, quantity, present-day material, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-23-lcsl323-06