Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-3-58-lcsl358-pkt-503-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-58 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-58 hull page (milestones, awards, specifications from NavShips 250-012) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page history block, awards/ribbons block, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 22 August 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, Oregon; launched 22 September 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-58 on 6 November 1944, Lt. D. Gregory, USNR, in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One / Group Two / Division Three; campaigns - Borneo operation (Tarakan Island 22 Apr-1 May 1945; Brunei Bay 7-10 Jun and 25 Jun-2 Jul 1945; Balikpapan 15 Jun-20 Jul 1945) and Minesweeping Operations Pacific 21 Nov-16 Dec 1945; Navy Occupation service 12-22 Sep 1945 and China Service (extended) 23 Sep 1945-20 Jan 1946; decommissioned (date unknown); redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-58 on 28 February 1949; transferred on loan to Japan 29 July 1953; returned to U.S. Naval custody 31 March 1959; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); two battle stars for WWII service; final disposition unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-58 (6 officers, 65 enlisted per class spec)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not an official registry - its milestone data generally track official sources but it publishes no underlying documents for this hull and states 'no history available' beyond the milestone block. Contains no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning and strike dates are stated as unknown by the source itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number section) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 33, entry 'LCS(L)(3)-58 11/6/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (ship-number section, PDF page 33) indexes Navy deck logs held for LCS(L)(3)-58 covering 11/6/1944 through 6/30/1945 - establishing documented in-service WWII coverage from the commissioning date through the Borneo campaign period. The deck logs themselves (NARA, RG 24) are the primary archival lead for day-by-day operations, locations, and any material or maintenance notations for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-06 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- Finding aid lists log coverage dates, not log content; coverage dates are not themselves commissioning or decommissioning dates. Logbooks were not read for this record - nothing in them has been examined or ruled on. Post-June-1945 logs are outside this list's coverage and their location is unverified here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - USS LCS(L)-58 entry, with Operation Oboe VI (Brunei Bay) order of battle transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship data block (Ordered/Laid down/Launched/Commissioned); 'Notable events' > Operation Oboe VI, Allied landings at Brunei; TU 78.1.31 and TU 78.1.36 rosters
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific operational detail: ordered 5 April 1944; Albina Engine & Machine Works build and 6 November 1944 commissioning agree with NavSource. In the transcribed order of battle for Operation Oboe VI (Brunei Bay landings, Zebra Day 10 June 1945), LCS(L)-58 (Lt. D. Gregory, USNR) is listed in Task Unit 78.1.31 (LCS Unit, under T/Capt. R.E. Arison aboard USS LCI(L)-778) within Task Group 78.1.3 (Support Unit) of TG 78.1 Brunei Attack Group (Rear Admiral F.B. Royal, USS Rocky Mount), and again in the 'Brown' Support Unit, Task Unit 78.1.36 - corroborating the NavSource Brunei Bay campaign credit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)-58
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; the task-organization text is a transcription of wartime operation orders/action reports but the underlying document is not linked. Confirms participation in the Brunei operation only; no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-03
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[5]NavSource-hosted first-person unit history, 'A Brief History of LCS(L)(3) 46' by Lt.(jg) W.P. McCarthy, USNR (commanding officer, LCS(L)(3)-46) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L)(3)-46 page, 'A Brief History' narrative, paragraphs covering 30 Mar-17 Apr 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A commanding officer's account for sister ship LCS(L)(3)-46 names this hull in company on the Seventh Fleet staging transit: departed Eniwetok 30 March 1945 'in company with LCSs 45, 47, 58, 59, 60, 79 and 80' under orders to report to Commander, Seventh Fleet at Leyte; delayed at Kossol Passage, Palau, 6-14 April; arrived San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 17 April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-30 to 1945-04-17
- Population
- Crews of LCS(L) Group Two units including -58
- Limitations
- Primary-authored but unofficial memoir hosted on a secondary site; establishes -58's presence in the stated company and convoy only. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-04
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[6]Navypedia, 'YURI large amphibious fire support ships (1944-1945/1953)' JMSDF class table; corroborated by uswarships.jounin.jp LSSL list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia YURI-class table row 'すすき [Susuki] (ex-LSSL58, ex-LCS(L)(3)58) LSSL445'; uswarships.jounin.jp/lssl.htm row 'LSSL-58'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Japanese-service identity of this hull: as LSSL-58 she was transferred to Japan (listed 7.1953) and served the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as すすき [Susuki], pennant LSSL-445, of the Yuri class of large amphibious fire-support ships; returned to U.S. custody 3.1959. The Japanese-language LSSL reference (uswarships.jounin.jp) records the same identity and adds reclassification to patrol craft (警備艇) on 1 July 1954.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1953-1959
- Population
- JMSDF crew of JDS Susuki, 1953-1959
- Limitations
- Secondary references. Japanese-source transfer dates carry parenthetical variants (jounin.jp lists 1953/3/31 or 1953/8/29 for the loan and 1959/3/31 or 1959/7/31 for the return); the U.S.-side NavSource dates (29 Jul 1953 loan; 31 Mar 1959 return) are the ones carried in this record. JMSDF material-condition records for Susuki were not located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-05
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[7]NavSource LCS(L)(3) class photo index - class summary block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class index page, unheaded summary paragraph above the photo index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: 130 LCS(L)(3)s were built during WWII; the type was developed by the George Lawley Company, Neponset, Mass., and produced there and at Albina Engine and Machine Works and Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon. LCS(L)(3)s served only in the Pacific campaign. Survivors in U.S. Navy inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL) in 1949; fifty-three LSSLs were transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, with others going to allied nations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1953
- Population
- LCS(L)(3)-class crews, all 130 hulls
- Limitations
- Class-level summary only; says nothing specific to hull -58 beyond situating her builder and the type's Pacific-only employment. The 'transferred in 1952' phrasing in the source is loose - individual transfer records (including this hull's) date to 1953. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-06
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[8]NavShips 250-012 (Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, 15 April 1945) propulsion specifications via NavSource; era-standard asbestos applications inferred from all-diesel plant and 1944 U.S. Navy construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource hull page, Specifications > Propulsion block (sourced to NavShips 250-012)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- This hull's machinery was all-diesel - per NavShips 250-012, two quad-packs of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines per shaft (1,600 bhp), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers - so there were no boilers or steam lines aboard. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a 1944 U.S. Navy combatant of this size were therefore the non-steam set: diesel-engine exhaust/muffler lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, deck covering/insulation panels, and winch and windlass brake linings - applications documented as standard wartime naval practice (see GAO HRD-80-2 context row).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Construction trades (Albina, 1944); engine-room and deck-force crew
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, builder work package, or JMSDF-era refit record was located for LCS(L)(3)-58. Names era-standard applications for the type and period, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product-level manufacturer attribution is not possible from available sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, report summary
- 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./Japanese service era (1944-1959).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- WWII-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews (program-level)
- 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, consistent with the batch-98 treatment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-08
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[10]Batch-5730 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull and class pages; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NHHC DANFS index/site search; uboat.net; Navypedia and jounin.jp JMSDF references; NVR; CourtListener opinion API; National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 (mightymidgets.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-58-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-58-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/transfer-condition report, or docketed case naming LCS(L)(3)-58, LSSL-58, or JDS Susuki was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on 'LCS(L)(3)-58' and 'LSSL-58' returned zero results each. The only asbestos content associated with her builder (Albina Engine & Machine Works) appears on law-firm/marketing sites - 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 - era-standard use in 1944 USN construction is documented at program level. NARA deck logs (inventoried but unread) and any surviving Albina or JMSDF material-condition records are the open leads. A third CourtListener variant ('LCS(L)-58') could not be run within this session's fleet pacing window - logged as blocked, not negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-58-09