Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCS(L)(3)-5 (10/05/050005) - construction milestones, commissioning, awards, commanding officers, specifications, disposal; photo credited to the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050005.htm header block, timeline, awards line, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 17 July 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 27 July 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-5, 21 August 1944, LT. Joe Kendall USNR in command. 'During World War II LCS(L)(3)-5 served as a stateside training vessel.' Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal only - no campaign stars, no theater or occupation ribbons. Decommissioned and stricken: dates unknown. Final disposition: sold to S. Paul Dooley, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 6 June 1947. Second listed CO: LTjg. R. H. Kistler, USNR (no dates). Call sign NVOQ. Page states 'There is no history available for USS LCS(L)(3)-5 at NavSource.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone data generally tracks official records but decommission and strike dates are absent here (secondary compilation supplies 1946-10-31 and 1947-06-10 - see ev-03). Ribbon display documents wartime awards only; it does not rule out unrecorded post-war service. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-01
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[2]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft, Support (Large) - LCS(L)' build list - hull-by-hull builder, delivery, and disposition table for all 130 LCS(L)s [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L) build table, row for hull 5; header notes on the three builders
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Build-list row for this hull: 'LCS(L) 5 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | FY 44 | delivery 21-Aug-44 | Scrapped 1947.' The same table establishes the class yard split: LCS(L) 1-25 and 109-130 built by Lawley & Sons at Neponset MA (47 hulls); hulls 26-47 by Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR (22 hulls); hulls 48-108 by Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR (61 hulls) - 130 hulls total across three yards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Shipbreakers (1947)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (post-war commercial shipbuilding-history data); 'delivery' column carries the commissioning date for this class. 'Scrapped 1947' is the disposition statement - no scrapping yard or hazmat detail is given. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-02
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[3]uswarships.jounin.jp, LCS(L) list (Japanese-language compilation drawing on NavSource and official register data) - hull table with decommission and strike dates [other_primary]
- Locator
- uswarships.jounin.jp/lcs(l).htm table, row LCS(L)(3)-5; companion lssl.htm list (no LSSL-5 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary compilation row for this hull: commissioned 1944-08-21; decommissioned 31 October 1946; stricken from the Naval Register 10 June 1947; notes laid down 17 July 1944 and launched 27 July 1944; states she was a stateside training vessel during WWII and adds a claim of post-war occupation operations duty in the Far East; sale to S. Paul Dooley of Fort Lauderdale on 6 June 1947. The companion LSSL list on the same site contains no LSSL-5 - consistent with disposal before the 28 February 1949 reclassification.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (1944-46); any post-war reserve/disposal personnel
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; the decommission (1946-10-31) and strike (1947-06-10) dates appear plausible (they match the pattern of official register data) but are uncorroborated - NavSource records both as unknown. The post-war Far East occupation-duty claim is uncorroborated and is contradicted by NavSource's ribbon display (no Navy Occupation Service Medal) - carried as a gap, not asserted as fact. Note the sequence oddity: a strike date (10 June) after the reported sale date (6 June) is possible in disposal paperwork but adds to the uncertainty. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-03
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[4]NARA Catalog file unit 'LCS(L) (3) 5 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120319470 - Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (series NAID 594996, spanning 1939-01-01 to 1949-01-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 120319470 (RG 24, Muster Rolls series 594996); catalog search 'LCS(L)(3) 5' - 40 file-unit results
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a ship-specific file unit for this hull: 'LCS(L) (3) 5 - Muster Rolls' - 125 digitized images (scanned under the NARA-Ancestry partnership), the first image captioned 'Muster Roll Date: 1944 September 30.' Quarterly Navy muster rolls enumerate every officer and enlisted man aboard by name and rating - this is a complete roster-level record of the crew population serving on this hull during the period covered. Access and use unrestricted; archival copy at NARA College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (muster coverage; first roll 1944-09-30)
- Population
- All officers and enlisted aboard, by name and rating (1944-46 per muster coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the muster rolls document the personnel population aboard this hull but contain no asbestos, material, or condition content - they establish who served, not exposure. Date range of the 125 images was not individually enumerated (first roll 1944-09-30; series spans 1939-1949). Squadron-level war diaries in RG 38 (e.g., COM LCS(L)(3) SQUADRONS, NAID 77595595) are a further lead, though a stateside training craft may not appear in forward-area diaries. Deck logs for this hull not located in the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-04
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LCS(L)(3)-43 history page, 'A Brief History of LCS(L) 43' (crew memoir) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050043h.htm, 'A Brief History of LCS(L) 43', opening paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific corroboration of the training-vessel role: the crew memoir for sister hull LCS(L)(3)-43 records that outbound LCS crews 'were trained in Little Creek, VA and in Fort Pierce, FL in August and September 1944' and 'underwent a one-week training cruise aboard the LCS 5 and the LCS 6' at Little Creek. This independently documents LCS(L)(3)-5 operating as a stateside training platform for newly formed LCS crews in the weeks after her 21 August 1944 commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08 to 1944-09 (documented training window)
- Population
- LCS(L)(3)-5 training cadre and rotating trainee crews (Little Creek/Fort Pierce, 1944-45)
- Limitations
- Crew memoir on a secondary archive page; documents the training role at Little Creek in Aug-Sep 1944 - does not document the hull's later service or any material content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (all-diesel GM plant, sourced to the Lawley class manual and Baker); Shipbuilding History build data (1944 construction, Lawley Neponset); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050005.htm specifications block; Shipbuilding History LCS(L) list; GAO HRD-80-2 (program-level)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious fire-support craft built in mid-1944 at a wartime small-craft yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were: thermal insulation and lagging on diesel exhaust runs and machinery; gaskets and valve packing; electrical insulation; and interior finish materials in the accommodation spaces. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined-volume exposure dynamic of a 158-foot combatant applies with full force.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); shipbreakers (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCS(L)(3)-5. 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-lcsl35-06
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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 1944 construction and 1944-47 service era.
- 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, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-07
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[8]George Lawley & Son (Wikipedia, citing A History of Boston Harbor and Mystic Seaport materials) + MIT Museum collection record for the yard [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wikipedia 'George Lawley & Son' - 'Neponset World War 2 production' section; MIT Museum collections organization record for George Lawley & Son
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder context: the Lawley yard at Neponset (Dorchester, Boston) was a yacht and small-craft yard that the U.S. Navy chose to pioneer the design and development of the Landing Craft Support ships; Lawley was the primary design yard for the LCI(L) program as well, sharing drawings with other yards. Lawley built 47 of the 130 LCS(L)s - hulls 1-25 and 109-130 in the Shipbuilding History table (approximately 50, consistent with the yard history's 'around 50'). The Neponset firm ceased operations in 1945-46 - meaning the builder no longer existed by the time of this hull's 1947 disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley Neponset trades (1944); yard workforce to 1946
- Limitations
- Builder-level context, not a hull record. Wikipedia is a tertiary source used here for yard background only (supported by the MIT Museum organization record); no Wikipedia text is cited for hull facts. The yard's 1945-46 closure means no builder archive exists as a practical asbestos-survey lead. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-08
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[9]Batch-5721 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and LCS-43 memoir; Shipbuilding History LCS(L) list; uswarships.jounin.jp LCS(L)/LSSL lists; hazegray DANFS amphibious index; ibiblio NHHC photo archive (404); NVR (no record); NARA catalog (muster rolls NAID 120319470); CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket, exact designation); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcsl35-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-5 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30) returned zero opinions and zero dockets for the exact designation "LCS(L)(3)-5"; variant queries for "LSSL-5" and broader name forms were blocked this session by the fleet-wide pacing limiter (not the daily quota) and remain open - logged as blocked in the search_ledger, not as a negative result. There is no DANFS entry for this hull (numbered landing craft are not individually covered; hazegray amphibious index checked) and no NHHC Online Library page (ibiblio usnsh-l/lcsl5.htm returns 404). The only 'asbestos aboard' content located is law-firm marketing material (e.g., mesowatch.org page for the builder yard) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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. The CourtListener variant queries are a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked, not negative). NARA muster rolls document the crew population; unit-level war diaries and any War Shipping Administration/Maritime disposal file for the 1947 Dooley sale are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl35-09