Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[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-3-34-lcsl334-pkt-500-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-34 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-34 (1944-1949) - milestones, specifications, campaign record, awards, designation and disposition chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 050034, data block + campaign/awards tables + specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 19 August 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR; launched 16 September 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-34 on 30 September 1944, LTjg. J. Brad Seely USNR in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Three (CAPT. T.C. Aylward), Group Seven (LCDR. E.P. Stone USNR), Division Thirteen; campaigns - Iwo Jima (19-26 February 1945) and Okinawa Gunto (26 March-30 June 1945); Navy Occupation Service 19 September-13 November 1945 and extended China Service 16 November-20 December 1945; decommissioned date unknown; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs FL; redesignated USS LSSL-34 on 28 February 1949; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; two battle stars; transferred to Italy 25 July 1951 as ITS Alano (L-9851); scrapped 1983. Specifications: 250 t light / 387 t full load; 158 ft o.a.; beam 23 ft 8 in; draft 5 ft 8 in limiting; 16.5 kt max; 10-lb STS splinter shields; complement 6 officers + 65 enlisted; armament 1 x single 40 mm bow, 2 x twin 40 mm AA, 4 x single 20 mm AA, 4 x .50 cal MG, 10 x Mk 7 rocket launchers; propulsion 2 quad packs of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels per shaft, 1,600 BHP, GM main reduction gears, 2 x 60 kW diesel-driven generators, twin variable-pitch propellers. Spec sources cited by NavSource: Baker, Allied Landing Craft of WWII (USNI Press 1989); George Lawley & Sons, Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class and original plans.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951 (US); 1951-1983 (Italy)
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades 1944; wartime and postwar crew (6 officers + 65 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archival photo compendium reproducing official data, not itself a government record - dates and specs cross-check against uboat.net and the Marina Militare Alano page (which agree on builder, laid-down, launch, commission, and transfer). Documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Launch date conflicts with the crew-compiled history on the same site (16 vs 17 September 1944 - carried in gaps). Armament and complement figures carry variants across sources - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-01
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[3]NavSource Online, 'A Brief History of LCS(L)(3) 34' compiled by Frank N. Farmer, Gunner's Mate (crew history provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 050034h (full narrative text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Crew-compiled first-hand narrative of this hull: launch ceremony at Commercial Iron Works, Portland 'at 1215 on 17 September 1944'; commissioned 1000 on 30 September 1944 (accepted by LCDR Snyder for the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Portland; LTjg. J. Brad Seely assumed command); shakedown San Diego; drydocked in ARD-28 on 25 October 1944; Pearl Harbor arrival 17 November; availability at a Kewalo Basin shipyard; Iwo Jima Blue One Beach support 19-26 February 1945; Leyte via tow after total engine failure 3-7 March (ATF-94); Okinawa Love Day Purple One Beach; salvage duty to 13 April; Radar Picket Station 14 from 15 April - on 16 April 1945 three Vals attacked the 34 (one splashed, one probable, one driven off) while USS Pringle (DD-477) was sunk nearby, and the 34 rescued 77 enlisted men and 10 officers; RP-10 (19-25 April); Nago Wan smoke-screen/AA duty from 27 April; Unten Ko screen for grounded USS PGM-17 (28 May-3 June); availability alongside USS Aschelus (ARL-1); RP-9 from 16 June; Nakagusuku Wan 30 June-3 July; departed Okinawa 6 July; availability USS Prometheus (AR-3) 13-21 July and drydock AFD-26 from 31 July (cold plastic to hull below waterline); availability USS Ajax (AR-6) 14-21 August; occupation duty Wakayama (25 September-24 October) and Nagoya (25 October-13 November); Jinsen, Korea (18 November-10 December) with Yellow Sea mine patrol (two floating mines sunk); returned via Saipan/Eniwetok/Pearl Harbor to San Pedro 3 February 1946; LT Seely relieved by LTjg Frazer Banks Jr. 3 February 1946; availability alongside YR-27, Terminal Island (8-26 February); Panama Canal transit 11-12 March; towed Coco Solo to New Orleans by ARL-16 after screw damage; drydock YFD-41 at Naval Repair Base Algiers 23-29 April; arrived Green Cove Springs FL 6 May 1946 for inactivation with the Sixteenth Fleet. Credited with four suicide planes (two splashes, one assist, one probable), no personnel casualties, no battle damage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-34 (6 officers + 65 enlisted); yard workers at San Diego ARD-28, Kewalo Basin, Leyte (AR-3/ARL-1/AFD-26), Terminal Island YR-27, Naval Repair Base Algiers YFD-41
- Limitations
- A crew member's compiled narrative transcribed by the veterans' association - detailed and internally consistent with the Marina Militare account and the ship's scanned action reports, but a compiled narrative, not a contemporaneous official document. Its '17 September' launch date conflicts with NavSource/uboat.net/Marina Militare (16 September) - carried in gaps. The 'availability ended on 2 November' line in the Kewalo Basin paragraph is an internal transcription slip (sequence reads December). Documents operations and yard availabilities; says nothing about materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-02
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[4]Marina Militare (Italian Navy), official historical-means page: 'Alano - Cannoniera d'appoggio, ex LSSL-34 ex LCS(L)(3)-34' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Marina Militare Alano page, data table ('Cantiere' block) + historical narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Italian Navy record for this hull: 'ex LSSL-34 ex LCS(L)(3)-34'; builder Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Ore.; laid down 19.8.1944; launched 16.9.1944; in U.S. Navy service 30.9.1944; Marina Militare 25.7.1951; struck (radiazione) 1.8.1971; demolished 1983. Employment as support gunboat (cannoniera d'appoggio); the Alano class comprised six ex-U.S. LCS(L)(3)/LSSL units used as coastal and patrol craft. Specs given: 246/250 t light, 312 t standard, 387 t full; 48.3 m o.a.; 8 GM diesels 1,600 shp, two shafts, two 60 kW + one 30 kW generators; 16.5 kt max; complement 5-6 officers + 65; armament 1 x 76 mm/50 DP bow gun ('per other sources 1 x 40 mm'), 2x2 40 mm Mk 51, 4x1 20 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm, 10 Mk 7 launchers. War narrative agrees with the NavSource crew history: Iwo Jima Blue One Beach; engine casualty 3 March under tow for 4 days; Okinawa Purple One Beach, salvage duty, radar picket 14-25 April, the 16 April kamikaze attack (one downed + one probable; 87 Pringle survivors rescued), Nago Wan/Hagushi smoke and AA duty, RP duty 15-23 June, Nakagusuku Wan 30 June-3 July; credited with two kamikazes plus one probable and one shared, without losses or damage; occupation duty Wakayama, Nagoya, Jinsen.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Marina Militare crew 1951-1971; Italian disposal/scrapping workers c. 1971-1983
- Limitations
- Foreign-navy official source; confirms the designation chain (this hull), milestones, Italian-service dates and 1983 demolition. Its armament line explicitly flags the 76 mm/50 DP vs 40 mm bow-gun source conflict - carried in gaps. Narrative says '87 survivors' rescued, consistent with the crew history's 77 enlisted + 10 officers. Says nothing about materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-03
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[5]USS Pringle (DD-477) association site: scanned LCS(L)(3)-34 Action Report (16 April 1945) and deck logs (13-16 and 16-20 April 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usspringle.org 'LCS(L)(3)-34 Action Reports' page - image scans; NARA deck-log program page https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (live 200 on 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Scanned images of this hull's contemporaneous primary documents are hosted on the USS Pringle association site: 'LCS(L)(3)-34 Deck Log ~ 13 Apr 45 to 16 Apr 45', 'LCS(L)(3)-34 Deck Log ~ 16 Apr 45 to 20 Apr 45', and 'LCS(L)(3)-34 Action Report ~ 16 Apr 45'. These are NARA-origin document scans (the association obtained them for its USS Pringle sinking coverage); originals sit in NARA holdings (RG 24 deck logs; RG 38 action reports). Confirms contemporaneous ship-specific records exist and are partially accessible online.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-34, April 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the scans document the 16 April 1945 action and deck-log entries, not asbestos or materials aboard. Full deck-log run (1944-1946) and war diaries are NARA records; the NARA online catalog is JS-rendered and was not directly verifiable this session (catalog.archives.gov returned its JS shell to fetches). Content of the scans was not transcribed line-by-line here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel plant - no steam); NavSource LCS(L)(3) index (130 built WWII at Lawley Neponset MA, Albina Engine & Machine Works, and Commercial Iron Works Portland OR; Pacific-only employment); Marina Militare Alano spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 program context (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050034 specifications block; NavSource 05idx class index; Marina Militare spec table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious support gunboat built in 1944 at a Portland, Oregon yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and pipe insulation where fitted. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); USN crew (1944-1946); yard/base trades at documented availabilities (San Diego ARD-28, Kewalo Basin, Leyte AR-3/ARL-1/AFD-26, Terminal Island YR-27, Algiers YFD-41); Marina Militare crew and Italian disposal workers (1951-1983)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCS(L)(3)-34. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Smaller diesel auxiliaries carried less ACM than steam combatants; nothing located quantifies or confirms asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-05
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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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and U.S. service era (1944-1951).
- 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; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, re-confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, same standing defect as batches 01 and 98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-06
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[8]Batch-5704 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; Naval Vessel Register detail URLs; NavSource pages 050034/050034h/05idx; Marina Militare Alano page; uboat.net; usspringle.org scan pages; GAO product page; NARA catalog/deck-log program; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, ship-specific ACM product list, or verified litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-34 / LSSL-34 was found in the public sources searched. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (numbered landing craft were not individually covered; candidate history.navy.mil URLs return 404). The Naval Vessel Register publishes no detail page for the hull (disposed 1951; detail URL redirects to the NVR index). The only 'asbestos aboard landing craft' material located is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com, asbestos.com, mesotheliomaguide.com, mesothelioma.com, mesotheliomaveterans.org) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. The sister-hull LCS(L)(3)-102 museum renovation record (mightymidgets.org) describes rust, paint, and fitting-out work with no asbestos or abatement mention.
- 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. Deck logs, action reports, war diaries, builder's plans (Lawley/Commercial Iron Works), and 1946 inactivation paperwork at NARA are undigitized or partially digitized leads. Italian-service modification and 1983 demolition hazmat records are not public. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-34-lcsl334-07