Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-25 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-25 - chronology, specifications, awards, and photographs [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/05/050025, lines/sections headed USS LSSL-25, chronology, Specifications, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LSSL-25 as ex USS LCS(L)(3)-25; records keel laying 29 September 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts; launch 8 October 1944; commission 24 October 1944; World War II service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; decommissioning 6 June 1946; redesignation LSSL-25 on 28 February 1949; reactivation in 1952; loan transfer to Japan on 30 June 1953 as JDS Suzuran; return to U.S. Navy custody on 30 June 1958; and disposal as a western-Pacific target sunk by gunfire on 12 March 1959. The specification block gives 250 tons light / 387 tons full-load displacement, 158 feet overall length, 23 feet 8 inches beam, a 6-officer/65-enlisted complement, and two quad packs of General Motors 6051 Series 71 diesel engines per shaft with General Motors reduction gears and twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Ship's company; wartime Pacific theater personnel; Japanese loan crew; target-disposal personnel
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting identified Navy and class references; the page directly names this hull and is live at research time. It contains no asbestos, insulation, survey, abatement, or hazmat information. It states the strike date is unknown and does not provide a second decommissioning date after the 1952 reactivation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-25-lcsl325-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II - Mine Vessels, Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), pp. 218-219 (official publication scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011 PDF, pp. 218-219: LCS(L)(3) characteristics table and individual vessel build roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships publication's LCS(L)(3) roster records LCS(L)(3) 25 as built by George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts, with keel laid 29 September 1944, launched 8 October 1944, and first commissioned 24 October 1944. Its class table describes the LCS(L)(3) type as a 158-foot, 387-ton full-load, two-propeller diesel craft with General Motors 6051 Series 71 engines, diesel-driven ship-service generators, and total accommodations of 8 officers / 70 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Lawley construction trades; ship's company
- Limitations
- Official BuShips data published while this hull was in service; the individual roster line is ship-specific, while the characteristics table is class-level. The publication is a vessel-data record, not a material or asbestos survey, and it does not establish asbestos content aboard LCS(L)(3)-25.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-25-lcsl325-02
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[3]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; full text access blocked by HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-program review provides era and fleet context for asbestos-control practices in Navy shipyards and aboard ships during the period relevant to World War II construction and later maintenance.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 report; contextual relevance to 1944-1959
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-program personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not documentation about LCS(L)(3)-25. The full GAO text was not retrieved because gao.gov blocked automated access; the product page was used only for the report identity and program scope. This row does not establish any asbestos product, quantity, exposure, or remaining material aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-25-lcsl325-03
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[4]Public-source research sweep for USS LCS(L)(3)-25, LSSL-25, and JDS Suzuran [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-25-lcsl325-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-25-lcsl325-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or primary-source asbestos litigation record naming this hull under LCS(L)(3)-25, LSSL-25, or JDS Suzuran was found in the public sources searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a documented search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number requests were attempted only through the authenticated helper but were stopped when the shared fleet pacing limiter did not return a request slot during this session; those litigation gaps are logged as blocked, not as no-result findings. Firecrawl was also unavailable because its keyless MCP quota was exhausted with a retry interval of approximately 18 hours. No claim about individual exposure, causation, legal eligibility, quantity, or remaining material follows from this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-25-lcsl325-04