USS LCS(L)(3)-33

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]research packet 500-packet.md (1 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-3-33-lcsl333-pkt-500-packet-md

2. [2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCS(L)(3)-33 [other_primary]

   Locator

   page heading; service chronology and campaign table under LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support; awards ribbon block

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NavSource identifies this hull as USS LCS(L)(3)-33, LCS(L)(3)-1 class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark 3); it was laid down 14 August 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, launched 10 September 1944, and commissioned 27 September 1944 with LT. C. J. Boone USNR in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Three (CAPT. T.C. Aylward USN), LCS(L)(3) Group Seven (LCDR. E. P. Stone USNR), LCS(L)(3) Division Thirteen. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation, attack and occupation of Iwo Jima, 12 to 19 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation, attack and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1945. Sunk by Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attack 12 April 1945 on Radar Picket Station # 1 off Okinawa; struck from the Naval Register on a date recorded as unknown; earned two battle stars.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   USS LCS(L)(3)-33 construction yard (Commercial Iron Works) and wartime crew

   Limitations

   Ship-specific historical record and archive page; it does not document asbestos, asbestos-containing products, individual exposure, quantities, abatement, or present condition. The strike date is stated as unknown in the source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-01

3. [3]NavSource Online, USS LCS(L)(3)-33, specifications and propulsion [other_primary]

   Locator

   Specifications section, USS LCS(L)(3)-33 page

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource lists for this hull: 250 tons light and 387 tons full-load displacement, 158 feet overall length, 23 feet 8 inches beam, complement 6 officers and 65 enlisted, and propulsion by two quad packs of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines per shaft (BHP 1,600), single General Motors main reduction gears, two diesel-driven 60 kW 450V A.C. ship's-service generators, and twin variable-pitch propellers. The class carried a diesel plant only; no boilers or steam plant are listed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   USS LCS(L)(3)-33 crew (design complement 71)

   Limitations

   The specifications record the machinery fit but name no insulation, packing, gasket, deck-covering, or other material products aboard this hull; no asbestos or exposure conclusion follows. Specification sources cited by NavSource are Baker, Allied Landing Craft of World War II, and George Lawley & Sons class instructions and original plans.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-02

4. [4]Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram 045: 'H-044-2 - Okinawa: Operation Iceberg (Part 2)' radar picket station narrative [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   H-Gram 045, '12 April' section, 'Radar Pickett Station No. 1' paragraphs (pp. 19-20 of PDF); summary list at p. 15

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC's official H-Gram 045 account of the second massed kamikaze attack (Kikusui No. 2, 185 kamikaze, 12 April 1945) places 'LCS (L)-33' on Radar Picket Station No. 1 with Purdy (DD-734), Cassin Young (DD-793), and LCS(L)-57: at about 1441 one kamikaze dove on LCS(L)-33 and barely missed, carrying away radio antennas; two more dove from opposite directions, one was downed and the other crashed amidships, 'setting fire to most of the vessel and knocking out all the pumps. The skipper ordered abandon ship, with four dead and 29 wounded.' A further kamikaze hit ensured she sank. The summary section likewise records 'LCS(L)-33 was also sunk' alongside Mannert L. Abele (DD-733).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-04-12

   Population

   USS LCS(L)(3)-33 crew at time of loss (4 dead, 29 wounded per source); crews of Purdy, Cassin Young, LCS(L)-57

   Limitations

   Official NHHC narrative documents the loss and casualty figures (4 dead, 29 wounded) for this hull; it contains no asbestos or materials information, and casualty figures are the publication's, not adjudicated. The H-Gram names only LCS(L)-33 and LCS(L)-57 though it notes four large support landing craft were on station.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-03

5. [5]National Archives, Special List #44 by Ship Numbers (NARA ship deck-log coverage index) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Special List #44 PDF, LCS(L)(3) block, row 'LCS(L)(3)-33 9/27/1944 2/28/1945'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Special List #44 lists LCS(L)(3)-33 with a begin date of 9/27/1944 - matching the NavSource commissioning date - and an end date of 2/28/1945, indicating NARA's indexed records coverage for the hull ends roughly six weeks before the April 1945 sinking.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-09-27 to 1945-02-28 (indexed coverage)

   Limitations

   The list indexes NARA-held records coverage (deck logs) by ship number; its end date reflects the extent of holdings, not necessarily the vessel's full service period, and the document contains no material or asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-04

6. [6]Naval Historical Center/NHHC, 'Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II' (archived FAQ listing, 2014-12-21 Wayback capture) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   archived faq82-1.htm, LCS(L) section, 'USS LCS(L)(3)-33' entry

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The archived official casualty listing records 'USS LCS(L)(3)-33 sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945' - an entry contradicted by the NavSource hull record (sunk by kamikaze attack 12 April 1945 at Radar Picket Station #1 off Okinawa) and by NHHC's own H-Gram 045 narrative. Secondary literature notes the ship's own action reports filed after the Iwo Jima operation prove she survived it; the discrepancy is recorded rather than silently reconciled.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945 (listing as published); capture 2014-12-21

   Limitations

   The live NHC page is no longer reachable; the 2014-12-21 Wayback Machine capture of the official NHHC/NHC page is cited and labeled archived. This row documents an official-source discrepancy about the loss date and cause; it is not an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-05

7. [7]NavSource Online, USS LCS(L)(3)-57 history page (crew narrative of the 12 April 1945 action at Radar Picket Station #1) [other_primary]

   Locator

   050057h.htm narrative paragraphs covering 9-12 April 1945

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The crew history of sister ship LCS(L)(3)-57 records that on 9 April she joined Cassin Young (DD-793) at a station off Iheya Shima with Purdy (DD-734) and LCSs 33, 114 and 115; at noon on 12 April the station was attacked by approximately 25 Japanese suicide planes, 'the LCS 33 was sunk close aboard,' and LCS(L)(3)-57, herself hit by three suiciders, proceeded with survivors of the LCS 33 to the Western Beaches off Okinawa.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-04-09 to 1945-04-12

   Population

   LCS(L)(3)-57 crew; LCS(L)(3)-33 survivors embarked

   Limitations

   Contemporaneous-style crew narrative hosted by NavSource corroborating the sinking and survivor rescue; it is a sister-ship account and contains no asbestos or materials information for this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-06

8. [8]NavSource Online, LCS(L)(3)/LSSL class index [other_primary]

   Locator

   class index introductory paragraphs; hull list row 'LCS(L)(3)-33'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The class index records that 130 LCS(L)(3)s were built during World War II, developed by the George Lawley Company of Neponset, Massachusetts and produced there and by Albina Engine and Machine Works and Commercial Iron Works of Portland, Oregon; LCS(L)(3)s served only in the Pacific campaign, and those remaining in the U.S. Navy inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL) in 1949. This hull, sunk in 1945, never carried an LSSL designation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1949

   Population

   LCS(L)(3) class (130 hulls)

   Limitations

   Class-level background only; it establishes production context and explains the absence of an LSSL redesignation, but says nothing about materials or asbestos aboard this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-07

9. [9]CourtListener authenticated API v4 exact-name opinion and docket searches [court_record]

   Locator

   authenticated helper output: opinion query count 0 and docket query count 0 for "LCS(L)(3)-33"; opinion query count 0 for "LCS(L)-33"

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   No qualifying asbestos-litigation opinion or docket result was returned for the queries "LCS(L)(3)-33" (opinion count 0; docket/document count 0) and "LCS(L)-33" (opinion count 0) in the authenticated CourtListener searches completed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   searched 2026-09-30

   Population

   CourtListener indexed opinions and RECAP dockets

   Limitations

   This is a negative search result, not proof that no litigation exists. At report time the variant queries "LCS(L)-33" (docket) and "LCS-33" (opinion and docket) were still pending after the helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget as momentarily spent; no anonymous or v3 requests were made.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-08

10. [10]Batch-5703 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and class index; NARA Special List #44; NHHC H-Gram 045; NHHC DANFS Purdy (DD-734) and Cassin Young (DD-793); archived NHC casualty listing faq82-1.htm; NVR detail lookup; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-14

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, asbestos-containing product identification, environmental record, or docketed case naming USS LCS(L)(3)-33 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was a 1945 combat total loss and was never raised, repaired, or disposed of through channels that would generate materials documentation.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2026-09-30

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - 1944 naval construction commonly used asbestos-containing insulation, gasket, and packing products, but no class or era document retrieved itemizes materials for this hull and none is asserted here. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-09

11. [11]Archival leads: George Lawley & Sons 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class' and 'Original Plans of LCS(L)(3)' (NavSource specification sources); USS LCS(L)(3)-33 action reports and LCS(L)(3)-57 'Battle of Okinawa at Radar Picket Station #1, 12-15 April 1945' action report cited in secondary literature (NARA RG 38) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource page 'Specifications Sources' block; secondary-literature footnotes (Rielly, Mighty Midgets at War; American Amphibious Gunboats in WWII)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Primary class construction documentation exists but was not located in digitized form: NavSource cites George Lawley & Sons Corporation's 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class' and 'Original Plans of LCS(L)(3)' as its specification sources, and secondary literature cites this hull's own 1945 action reports and the LCS(L)(3)-57 action report for the 12 April action (NARA-era records). These are the candidate repositories for any materials or outfitting detail for this hull.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-1945 (documents); lead identified 2026-09-30

    Limitations

    Archival leads only - none were retrieved, and none is known to contain asbestos-specific information. Class drawings and instruction books, if obtained, could document materials at class level but would still not by themselves prove ship-specific content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lcs-l-3-33-lcsl333-10