Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - 'Special List #44, by Ship Numbers' section [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 33, LCS(L)(3) section, row 'LCS(L)(3)-6'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA finding aid inventories Navy deck logs for LCS(L)(3)-6 covering 8/27/1944 - 12/31/1945 (PDF page 33, row reads 'LCS(L)(3)-6 8/27/1944 12/31/1945'). These dated Navy records establish in-scope WWII service for this hull; the coverage dates are the span of surviving logbooks in the accession, not commissioning or decommissioning dates - though the begin date coincides with the commissioning date documented by NavSource and the builder's yard list. The physical logbooks are at NARA College Park (RG 24).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage); finding aid compiled 1978
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-6, 8/27/1944 - 12/31/1945
- Limitations
- The inventory entry documents that logs exist and their coverage window; it contains no asbestos, material, or exposure content. No post-1945 log entries for this hull appear in the SL44 accession - any 1946-1950 logs (including the reported reserve-training period) sit in the later postwar deck-log series, an unverified lead. NARA online catalog is JS-rendered and could not be checked for digitization status this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-6 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-6 (1944-1949) - hull timeline, specifications block, ribbon display, commanding-officer listing, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050006.htm header block, specifications block, ribbon display, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 17 July 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 3 August 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-6 on 27 August 1944, LTjg. Edward S. Wright, USNR, in command; 'During World War II LCS(L)(3)-6 served as a stateside training vessel'; decommissioned, date unknown; laid up in reserve; 'Reclassified and Renamed Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-6, 28 February 1949'; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition - 'sold for scrapping to Northern Metal Company, Philadelphia PA. 28 February 1951'. Spec block (sourced to Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels NavShips 250-012 Apr 15 1945, Baker's Allied Landing Craft of WWII, and Lawley's own 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class'): 250 t light / 387 t full; 158 ft oa; beam 23 ft 8 in; 16.5 kt max; complement 6 officers, 65 enlisted; armament 1 x 3"/50 DP, 2 x twin 40mm, 4 x 20mm, 4 x .50 cal, 10 x Mk7 rocket launchers; propulsion 2 quad packs of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels per shaft (1,600 BHP), GM main reduction gear, 2 diesel-driven 60kW 450V AC generators, twin variable-pitch propellers. Ribbon display: American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal only (no battle stars). Photo caption: 'LCS(L)(3)-6 on the Mississippi River in 1946, National Archives photo' (credited to National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130). International radio call sign NVOS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew (1944-c.1950); Northern Metal shipbreakers (1951)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but several fields are 'date unknown' and post-1945 detail comes from a different secondary source (see ev-03 and gaps). Contains no asbestos content. The Mississippi River 1946 photo caption is transcribed, not independently verified against the NARA original.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-02
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[3]uswarships.jounin.jp, LCS(L) vessel table (Japanese-language secondary compilation of U.S. Navy small combatants) - per-hull milestone columns (commissioned / decommissioned / struck) and note lines [other_primary]
- Locator
- uswarships.jounin.jp/lcs(l).htm, row LCS(L)(3)-6 (columns: builder, commissioned 1944/8/27, decommissioned 1950/2/6, struck 1951/2/27; note lines)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation detail for this hull beyond NavSource: commissioned 27 August 1944; stateside training vessel during WWII; post-war occupation-duty assignment in the Far East; decommissioned 1 October 1946; recommissioned 13 November 1947 as a Naval Reserve training ship (to ~1950); redesignated LSSL-6 on 28 February 1949; final decommissioning 6 February 1950; struck 27 February 1951. The struck date sits one day before NavSource's documented sale to Northern Metal Company (28 February 1951) - an internally consistent sequence.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Crew and Naval Reserve trainees (1947-1950, per this source)
- Limitations
- Single secondary source, unverified against primary records: NavSource leaves these fields 'date unknown'. The 'occupation duty in the Far East' note is in tension with NavSource's stateside-training characterization and the 1946 Mississippi River photo - unresolved (see gaps). Does not identify where the reserve-training duty was performed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-03
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (Colton), George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA yard list - hull 1611, LCS(L) 6, US Navy, delivered 27-Aug-44, 'Later LSSL 6, scrapped 1951'; corroborated by the class table at navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcsl.html and navypedia's class list ('BU 2.1951' - broken up February 1951) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtsmall/lawley.htm, Neponset-built table rows 1606-1652; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcsl.html row 'LCS(L) | 6 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 44 | 27-Aug-44 | Scrapped 1951'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's-yard production table independently confirms identity and builder: LCS(L) 6 was Lawley yard hull 1611, a 158-ft, 250-ton landing craft delivered to the U.S. Navy 27 August 1944, later LSSL 6, scrapped 1951. Lawley's run for the class was hulls 1606-1630 (LCS(L) 1-25) and 1631-1652 (LCS(L) 109-130); Albina Engine & Machine Works and Commercial Iron Works (Portland, OR) built the intervening numbers. Yard context: George S. Lawley & Sons was a yacht-building firm at Point Norfolk, Neponset (moved there 1909); hull numbers reached 1677 and the yard closed in 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley & Sons construction trades, Neponset (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-compilation, but it corroborates NavSource on builder, delivery date, and fate. 'Delivered 27-Aug-44' matches the documented commissioning date - delivered vs commissioned are not distinguished by the table. Contains no asbestos or material content. The yard's wartime material records are not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-04
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[5]NavSource Landing Craft, Support Photo Archive class index (LCS(L)(3) class description); NPS NRIS record for sister hull LCS-102 (NRHP 15000716, Vallejo CA) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/05idx.htm class description paragraph; npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/15000716
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: 130 LCS(L)(3)s were built during WWII; the class was developed by the George Lawley Company, Neponset, MA, and produced there and by Albina Engine & Machine Works and Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; they served in the Pacific campaign; in 1949 the LCS(L)(3)s remaining in the Navy's inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL); 53 LSSLs were transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1952 and others to allied nations. The sole surviving class member, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 (a Commercial Iron Works boat), is a museum ship at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA, listed on the National Register (NRHP 15000716, listed 13 October 2015).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1952
- Population
- Class-wide crew and builder population (context)
- Limitations
- Class-level context only - says nothing specific to hull -6. This hull was NOT among the Pacific-deployed boats (NavSource: stateside training vessel) and NOT among the foreign transfers. The survivor's NRHP listing is class context, not evidence about this hull's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (GM 6051-series diesel plant, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam plant); class build window May 1944 - March 1945 at Lawley/Albina/Commercial Iron Works; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use era (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050006.htm specifications block; NavSource class index; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing-support gunboat built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were exhaust and engine-room lagging, thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a compact hull volume. As a diesel-only craft she carried no boilers or steam machinery - 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
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew (1944-c.1950); Northern Metal shipbreakers (1951)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCS(L)(3)-6. 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-3-6-lcsl36-06
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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 construction (1944) and 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-07
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[8]Batch-5732 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 ship-numbers PDF (verified live); NavSource hull page and class index; Lawley yard production table; uswarships.jounin.jp; navypedia; NHHC DANFS index/search; Naval Vessel Register; NARA online catalog; CourtListener API v4; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-6 / USS LSSL-6 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches returned zero results for '"LCS(L)(3)-6"', '"LSSL-6"', '"LCS(L)" asbestos', '"LCS-6" asbestos', and '"Landing Craft Support" asbestos'; the docket-type (type=r) index was deferred under the fleet-wide pacing limit and is logged as pending in search_ledger rather than counted as negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm marketing page naming this numbered hull. No DANFS entry exists (numbered landing craft are not individually covered); no NVR entry (disposed 1951, outside NVR coverage).
- 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 pass is incomplete (docket index pending under fleet pacing) - logged honestly, not a full negative. The surviving deck logs (SL44: 8/1944-12/1945), any postwar logs, Lawley build records, and the 1951 scrapping-sale record are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-08
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[9]Designation cross-check: NavSource page for USS LCS(L)(3)-80 / LSSL-80 (French service as RFS La Rapiere, pennant LSSL-6); NavSource LSSL-6 hull page; uswarships.jounin.jp LSSL table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050006.htm (this hull) vs 10/05/050080.htm (ex-LCS(L)(3)-80 as RFS La Rapiere LSSL-6)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISAMBIGUATION: the pennant 'LSSL-6' identifies two different hulls. This vessel - ex-USS LCS(L)(3)-6, Lawley hull 1611 - was reclassified USS LSSL-6 on 28 February 1949 and scrapped in 1951. Separately, ex-USS LCS(L)(3)-80 (Commercial Iron Works) was transferred on loan to France 15 August 1950 and served as RFS La Rapiere wearing French pennant LSSL-6 (later JDS Nadeshiko). Records of the French 'LSSL-6' are not records of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1949-1963 (designation window)
- Limitations
- Corrects a designation collision, not a material claim. Both NavSource pages verified live 2026-09-30. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-6-lcsl36-09