Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 503-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-pkt-503-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), LCS(L)(3) roster table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011, LCS(L)(3) roster table for hulls 48-78 (Albina Engine & Mach. Wks. Inc. block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships roster identifies LCS(L)(3)-56 as built by Albina Engine & Mach. Wks. Inc., Portland, Oreg.; keel laid 5 August 1944; launched 7 September 1944; and first commissioned 23 October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Albina Engine & Machine Works construction trades; ship's company at commissioning
- Limitations
- Primary construction and commissioning record only; it contains no asbestos, insulation, abatement, crew-service, or final-disposition information for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LSSL-56 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-56 page (identity, specifications, campaign record, transfer chain) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading, build/commission/service timeline, campaign table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page identifies this hull as USS LSSL-56 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-56; states laid down 5 August 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR; launched 7 September 1944; commissioned 23 October 1944 with ENS H. M. Scherling USNR in command; assigned to LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Three, Group Seven, Division Fourteen; participated in the Iwo Jima operation (assault and occupation, 19 February 1945) and the Okinawa Gunto operation (26 March to 30 June 1945); postwar occupation service 19 September to 26 October 1945 and China service 29 October 1945 to 20 January 1946; decommissioned (date unknown) and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR; redesignated USS LSSL-56 on 28 February 1949; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); earned two battle stars; transferred to the Ryukyuan Coast Guard 1 February 1952; transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan) 19 February 1954 and named RCS Lien Yung; final disposition fate unknown. Specifications block gives complement of 6 officers and 54 enlisted and General Motors diesel propulsion (two quad packs of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels per shaft, GM main reduction gears, two 60 kW 450V AC diesel-driven ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Ship's company (6 officers, 54 enlisted per page); Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaign personnel; occupation and China-service crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival compilation rather than a Navy registry; this page supplies ship-specific identity, service narrative, and transfer chain but does not document asbestos, insulation composition, abatement, or the ship's fate after ROC transfer. The 6-officer/54-enlisted figure and the decommission/strike date gaps are as stated by the page, not separately verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-02
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[4]NavSource Online, LCS(L)(3) / LSSL class index [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L)(3) / LSSL class index, LCS(L)(3)-56 / LSSL-56 entry and class note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The class index presents the designation relationship as LCS(L)(3)-56 / LSSL-56 and explains that LCS(L)(3) craft remaining in the Navy inventory were redesignated LSSL (Landing Ship Support, Large) in 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1949
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) class, postwar Navy inventory
- Limitations
- The redesignation rule is class-level; the linked hull heading establishes the alias for this record. The index does not provide a ship-specific decommissioning or final-disposition date for LSSL-56.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory (Colton & Company), Albina Engine & Machine Works Portland build list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Albina Engine & Machine Works build list, yard hull 210 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Albina yard build list identifies yard hull 210 as LCS(L) 56, U.S. Navy landing craft, delivered/commissioned 23 October 1944, and records its disposition as 'To Taiwan 1954 as Lien Yung' - corroborating the Bureau of Ships builder assignment and the NavSource ROC-transfer name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Albina construction trades
- Limitations
- A compiled shipyard-record reference work, not a government registry; it corroborates but does not replace the Navy roster. It does not document asbestos, materials, the Ryukyuan Coast Guard loan, or the ship's fate in ROC service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-04
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[6]U.S. Naval Academy Special Collections & Archives, MS 415 - World War II Ship Action Reports, 1942-1945, finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- MS 415 finding aid, Box 12 Folder 27 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USNA MS 415 finding aid lists 'U.S.S. LCS (L) (3)-56 (Landing Craft - Support), April - June 1945. Action at Okinawa' in Box 12, Folder 27 - a ship-specific wartime action report held in the collection.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 (report period)
- Limitations
- The finding aid documents the report's existence and location; the report itself was not reviewed and is not digitized in the sources searched. Content, including any material or machinery detail, is unknown. No asbestos significance is asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-05
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[7]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published 18 October 1979, publicly released 22 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights (HRD-80-2)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships and the cost of removing it; the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This provides Navy-era program context for a 1944-built landing craft.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review; context applied cautiously to 1944 construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy shipbuilding/repair program
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a record of LCS(L)(3)-56 or the LCS(L)(3) class; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify products or quantities aboard, establish exposure or causation, or show what remains. The GAO product page was retrieved via Firecrawl; direct retrieval returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-06
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[8]NHHC Personal Papers & Donated Collections: Rhame, L. Richard and National Association of LCS(L)(3) Papers [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC donated-collections description page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds the Rhame, L. Richard and National Association of LCS(L)(3) Papers, a donated collection of historical materials relating to the LCS(L)(3) National Association and the class, dating from the World War II period onward - a class-level archival collection that may hold hull-level documentation not otherwise located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- WWII period to present (collection scope)
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) class veterans' association records
- Limitations
- Collection-level reference only; contents were not reviewed and are not indexed to this hull in the public description. No ship-specific or asbestos-related content is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-07
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[9]Batch 5728 source sweep across NHHC/DANFS, Naval Vessel Register, NARA, NPS, NavSource, Bureau of Ships Ships' Data, USNA Special Collections, GAO, and CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for USS LCS(L)(3)-56 or LSSL-56: no hull survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, asbestos product identification, or verified litigation finding naming this hull was found in the sources searched.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A negative public-record search does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The LSSL-56 CourtListener docket query was submitted through the authenticated fleet-paced helper but remained blocked by the fleet-wide request budget at research cutoff; that coverage is incomplete and is not a negative result. No exposure, causation, quantity, present-day material, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-56-lcsl356-08