Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCS(L)(3)-40 (hull data block, campaign record, specifications, commanding officer, disposition; last updated 11 August 2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull data block; campaign table; specifications block; commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 16 September 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 7 October 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-40 on 20 October 1944, Lt. (jg) T. T. Hollen, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Three (Capt. T. C. Aylward USN), LCS(L)(3) Group Nine (Lt. B. A. Thiakield USNR), LCS(L)(3) Division Seventeen. Participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 2 June 1945. Postwar: occupation service in the Far East 10 September - 19 December 1945; decommissioned and stricken, dates unknown. Earned one battle star; awards include American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Final disposition: sold to A.B. Anderson, Seattle, WA, 9 October 1947; fate unknown. Specifications: 250 t light / 387 t full load; 158 ft oa; beam 23 ft 8 in; complement 6 officers, 65 enlisted; armament one single 40mm bow mount, two twin 40mm, four 20mm, four .50 cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); wartime crew (design complement 71)
- Limitations
- NavSource documents identity, dates, organization, campaign credit, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. Its 'Division Seventeen' assignment conflicts with the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet-organization document's 'Division 18' (same Flotilla 3 / Group 9) - carried in gaps. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'struck... date unknown' are the archive's own entries. Group CO surname spelled 'Thiakield' here vs 'Thirkielb' in the NHHC document. Page explicitly notes 'There is no history available for USS LCS(L)(3)-40 at NavSource' - i.e., no DANFS-style narrative exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-01
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[2]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official organization listing) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Landing Craft Support section: LCS Flotilla Three / Group 9 / Division 18 table row 'LCS 40'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Pacific Fleet organization listing of 1 May 1945 - during the Okinawa campaign - lists 'LCS 40' under LCS Flotilla THREE (Capt. T. C. Aylward), LCS Group 9 (Lt. B. A. Thirkielb USNR), LCS Division 18, commanded by Lt. (jg) T. T. Hollen (USNR). Corroborates this hull's Okinawa-campaign assignment and commanding officer against the NavSource record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Wartime crew (design complement 71)
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot of one date (1 May 1945); establishes fleet assignment, not operations detail, materials, or asbestos content. Places the hull in Division 18 where NavSource states Division Seventeen - the discrepancy is carried in gaps rather than resolved. CO surname and flotilla/group commanders agree with NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-02
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[3]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (2 quad packs of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 1,600 bhp; 2 diesel-drive 60 kW generators; twin variable-pitch propellers); NPS NRHP nomination for class sister LCS-102 (all-welded steel construction; GM 6-71 diesel quad packs; derived from LCI hull and engineering plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos insulation use through the era) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; NPS NRHP nomination for LCS-102 (ohp.parks.ca.gov PDF); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944-built all-welded steel naval gunboat sits inside the documented era of Navy asbestos use. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were diesel exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, and electrical insulation. The craft is diesel-powered - no boilers or steam plant - so 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
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); wartime crew (71)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, materials list, builder work package, or abatement record located for LCS(L)(3)-40, and no digitized class construction manual (the Lawley 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class' cited by NavSource is not publicly digitized). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights block
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removal, and compensation programs. The Navy's 1975 policy replaced only damaged insulation or insulation removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - documenting that asbestos-containing insulation remained standard in naval vessels built in this hull's era and persisted in the fleet into the late 1970s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era context for 1944 construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - the hull was already sold in 1947, before the policies described. Content via product-page highlights (verified live 2026-09-30); full 26-page report PDF linked but not re-extracted this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-04
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[5]National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, LCS-102 (former USS LCS(L)(3)-102), class history and construction description [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP form sections 7-8 (Description; Statement of Significance), class history paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NRHP nomination for class sister LCS-102 documents class construction: contracts for 130 LCS(L)(3) craft built at three yards - George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA (47); Albina, Portland OR (31); Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR (52); first keel laid 28 April 1944, final launch 10 March 1945. Construction is all-welded steel; original propulsion was four GM 6-71 diesels clutched into a 'quad' pack per shaft. Class combat record: 26 craft sunk or damaged, 13 at Okinawa; LCS-122's commanding officer received the Medal of Honor; three received Presidential Unit Citations, six Navy Unit Citations. LCS-102 is the only surviving intact member of the class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (construction); WWII (combat)
- Population
- Class-wide construction trades and crews, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation, not a hull record - does not name LCS(L)(3)-40 and contains no asbestos information whatsoever; does not establish that this hull did or did not contain asbestos. Draft nomination hosted by the California Office of Historic Preservation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-05
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[6]NavSource Photo Archives, 'Landing Craft Support(Large)(Mark 3) LCS(L)(3) / Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL) - Operational Description' (Robin L. Rielly) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L)(3)/LSSL operational-description page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class operational history: the LCS(L)(3) design responded to the close-fire-support gap demonstrated at Tarawa (20 November 1943); designed on the LCI hull by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA, and built by Lawley, Albina Engine and Machine Works, and Commercial Iron Works (both Portland OR). 130 built; served only in the Pacific. At Okinawa the class screened anchorages, ran radar picket duty intercepting kamikazes, and aided damaged vessels with firefighting equipment. In 1949, class members remaining in the U.S. inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL); beginning 1952, 53 went to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and others to France.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1952
- Population
- Class-wide crews, 1944-1952
- Limitations
- Class narrative by the class association's historian hosted on NavSource; contextual, not a hull record for LCS(L)(3)-40. Because hull 40 was sold 9 October 1947 - before the 1949 redesignation - she never carried an LSSL number; the redesignation applies to surviving inventory only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-06
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[7]National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130, 'Researching the LCS(L)(3) Ships' (veterans' association research guide, by Robin L. Rielly) [other_primary]
- Locator
- mightymidgets.org Research page (collections paragraph)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-specific class material: the Operational Archives Branch of the Naval Historical Center (now NHHC), Washington Navy Yard, holds the L. Richard Rhame Papers / LCS(L) Collection - photos, letters, documents, and memorabilia assembled by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130. NARA College Park holds all official deck logs and action reports for the LCS(L) ships (Textual Reference), photographs (Photographic Section), and class plans on microfilm (Cartographic Section). NHHC hosts online the Okinawa action report of LCS(L)(3)-57 - a Division 18 sister of hull 40 on 1 May 1945 - but no hull-40 report is digitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- guide current as of site update
- Limitations
- Pointers to undigitized holdings only; no hull-40-specific item was retrieved or reviewed. Whether hull 40's deck logs or action reports contain materials, repair, or insulation detail is unknown. Veterans' association page, not a federal catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-07
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[8]Batch-5711 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NPS NRHP nomination for LCS-102; NHHC/NARA archival leads; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener API v4 (opinion index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, DANFS narrative, or NVR entry exists for this hull. CourtListener opinion searches for '"LCS(L)(3)-40"' and '"LCS(L)(3)" asbestos' returned zero hits, and the docket-index search returned a single name-collision hit (an airline antitrust case) - no qualifying litigation naming this vessel (2026-09-30). See search_ledger.
- 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 materials in a 1944 naval vessel are consistent with asbestos use. CourtListener coverage is near-complete: opinion index fully searched (hull designation with and without asbestos), docket index searched; the '"LSSL-40" OR "LCS-40" asbestos' opinion variant remained blocked by fleet pacing at close of session - logged as blocked in the ledger, not as a negative result. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-40-lcsl340-08