Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NARA, 'LCS(L)(3)-60 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 6/7-11/45' (NAID 101762723; WWII War Diaries microfilm series, Micro Serial 134494, Serial 0055, dated 12 June 1945; 9 scanned frames online) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 101762723, frame 0201 (cover page) of 9 objects; catalog.archives.gov/id/101762723
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- This hull's own action report, verified at scan level: cover page reads 'USS LCS(L)(3) #60, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif.', File A16-3, Serial 0055, 12 June 1945, marked CONFIDENTIAL, 'From: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. LCS(L)(3) 60, To: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet', Subject: 'Action Report, U.S.S. LCS(L)(3) 60 - BRUNEI BAY Operation, 10 June, 1945.' The report describes the OBOE-SIX operation: transporting troops of the 9th Australian Division (less 26th Brigade) of the 1st Australian Corps from Morotai and landing them simultaneously at Brunei Bluff, Muara Island, and Labuan Island; objective to secure Brunei Bay as an advanced fleet base.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-06-07 to 1945-06-12
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-60 (6 officers + 65 enlisted complement); embarked demolition-squad personnel during the operation
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary record establishing WWII combat service and command chain (via CTU 78.1.36 / CTG 78.1 / CTF 78). Operational narrative only - contains no asbestos, material, or crew-health content. Scan verified 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-01
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[2]NARA, 'LCS(L)(3)-60 - Rep of opers in the assault landing in the Miri-Lutong Area, Borneo, 6/20/45' (NAID 101760722; WWII War Diaries microfilm series, Micro Serial 134286, Serial 0063, dated 21 June 1945; 4 scanned frames online) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 101760722, frame 0088 (cover page) of 4 objects; catalog.archives.gov/id/101760722
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- This hull's second located action report, verified at scan level: File A16-3, Serial 0063, 21 June 1945, 'Action Report USS LCS(L)(3) 60 - MIRI-LUTONG Operation, 20 June, 1945.' The report describes the landing of the 2/15 Battalion, 20th Brigade, 9th Australian Division below Lutong to capture the Miri-Lutong oil fields and refineries; Support Unit 76.20.55 comprised LCS 46, 58, and 60 with LCI(R), LCI(M), and LCI(L)(S) craft and three U.S. and one Australian destroyer as heavy fire support.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-06-20 to 1945-06-21
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-60
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary record of the 20 June 1945 Miri-Lutong (Sarawak) landing. Operational narrative only - no asbestos or material content. Scan verified 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-02
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[3]National Archives Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (comp. Claudia Bradley, Michael Kurtz, et al., 1978), p. 363 - LCS(L)(3)-60 entry; page image verified via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center scan of the NARA publication [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed page 363 (ACPL scan image narasl44/390.jpg); NARA catalog record for Special Lists 43-44: NAID 178406296
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories one deck logbook for LCS(L)(3)-60 covering 'Nov. 22, 1944-June 30, 1945' (1 logbook) - the span begins on the commissioning date and covers shakedown, the Pacific transit, and the Borneo operations. The logbook is in NARA custody (RG 24); the entry was read directly on the scanned inventory page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-22 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-60 (log subject population)
- Limitations
- Inventory line only - establishes that dated Navy deck logs exist and their coverage span; it does not supply log contents, and the logs themselves are not located in digitized public sources. Log coverage dates are not commissioning dates (here the start coincides with the documented commissioning date). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-03
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[4]NARA, 'LCS(L) (3) 60 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120303576; RG 24 muster-roll file unit, 114 scanned pages via Ancestry partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120303576 (114 digital objects); catalog.archives.gov/id/120303576
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds and has digitized this hull's muster rolls (114 page images in the catalog file unit), the quarterly personnel rosters naming the officers and enlisted men aboard - the primary population record for any later exposure-history research on this crew.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (commissioning to decommissioning)
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-60, wartime complement ~71
- Limitations
- Personnel roster only - names and ratings, no asbestos or health content. Catalog record verified via API search 2026-09-30; individual rosters not read page-by-page. Muster rolls establish who was aboard, not what materials they contacted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-04
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-60 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-60 (page 050060) - construction, command, campaign assignments, awards, postwar designation/disposal, specifications (sourced to Navships 250-012 and Baker, Allied Landing Craft of WWII) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050060.htm header, campaign/awards tables, specifications block, photo caption (NARA-credited launch image)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Milestone record for this hull: laid down 7 September 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR; launched 7 October 1944 (a NARA-credited photo shows her just after launching at Albina); commissioned 22 November 1944, LT. W. H. White USN in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One (CAPT R. E. Arison USNR), Group Two (LT M. C. Fitzgerald USNR), Division Four. Campaigns: Borneo operation (Brunei Bay 7 June 1945, Labuan Island, Sarawak Island 20 June 1945) and Minesweeping Operations Pacific 8 November-15 December 1945; two battle stars. Postwar: Navy Occupation Service 12 September-8 October 1945 and 12-15 April 1946; China Service 9 October 1945-7 April 1946. Decommissioned 30 May 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL. Redesignated LSSL-60 on 28 February 1949; transferred to Japan 30 September 1953, renamed Keido; returned to US custody 30 September 1958; struck, date unknown; final fate unknown. Specs: 250 t light / 387 t full; 158 ft oa; 6 officers + 65 enlisted; GM diesel plant (2 quad packs of 4 GM 71-series diesels per shaft, 1,600 BHP); call sign NVTW.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew 1944-1946; Green Cove Springs reserve-fleet trades (1946+)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track the Navy record and are corroborated here by the hull's own NARA action reports and SL44. Contains no asbestos or material content. The decommissioning locality is stated as Green Cove Springs on this page but New Orleans in the association diary (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-05
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[6]National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130, 'A History of USS LCS(L)(3) 60' - adapted from the wartime diary of crewman Raymond J. Ross, Electrician (hosted by NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050060h.htm (full diary text); credited to National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Crew-diary account of this hull's service: shakedown at San Diego (Dec 1944); Pacific transit via Johnston Island, Majuro, Eniwetok; San Pedro Bay, Philippines arrival 17 April 1945; Morotai staging 13 May; Brunei Bay assault phase - minesweeping support, towing the demolition squad, strafing Labuan beach, launching 120 rockets on D-Day 10 June; Sarawak landing 20 June with 1,800 Australian troops; repairs at Subic Bay July-August; San Pedro Bay 31 August; Buckner Bay, Okinawa - rode out the mid-September 1945 typhoon losing both anchors; Jinsen and Fusan, Korea (26 Sept onward - among the first Allied ships into Fusan); Shanghai 15 October; mine demolition duty off Formosa (Oct-Nov) and Hainan Island (Jan-Feb 1946) with supply runs to Hong Kong; homeward via San Pedro CA, Panama Canal, to New Orleans, decommissioned 30 May 1946, stored at Green Cove Springs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12 to 1946-05
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-60
- Limitations
- A published crew memoir hosted by the veterans' association - firsthand but not a Navy record; dates/events corroborate the NARA action reports and NavSource milestones where they overlap (Brunei 10 June, Miri-Lutong/Sarawak 20 June, Far East occupation and China service). Decommissioning locality reads 'New Orleans' here vs 'Green Cove Springs' on the NavSource data page - see gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-06
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[7]Shipbuilding History (Colton), 'Landing Craft, Support (Large) - LCS(L)' WWII construction records table - builder assignments, fiscal year, delivery dates, dispositions for all 130 hulls [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcsl.htm, hull-60 row of the construction table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction-table line for this hull: LCS(L) 60, Albina Engine Works, Portland OR, FY1944, delivered 22 November 1944 (= the commissioning date), disposition 'To Japan 1953 as Keido, returned 1958.' Class context from the same table: 130 LCS(L)s built by three yards - George Lawley & Sons (Neponset MA), Commercial Iron Works (Portland OR), and Albina Engine Works (Portland OR); the basic design was 158 ft length overall, 250 tons light displacement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of construction records (live page verified 2026-09-30; same table survives in a 2005 Wayback capture of coltoncompany.com). Consistent with NavSource on builder, dates, and Keido transfer. 'Delivered' equated to commissioning date here is consistent but not independently a commission-date source. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (GM diesel plant, no steam; sourced to Navships 250-012); Colton construction table (1944 Albina build); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use documentation (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050060 specifications block; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcsl.htm; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing-support gunboat built Sep-Nov 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were exhaust and muffler lagging on the GM diesel plant, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation/galley insulation. The confined interior volume of a 158-ft craft concentrates any such material relative to a large hull. The vessel carried no boilers or steam system - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew 1944-1946; reserve-fleet and JMSDF maintenance populations 1946-1958
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for this vessel. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. The builder's own 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class' and original plans (Lawley & Sons, cited by NavSource as spec sources) are an unaccessed archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-08
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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 HRD-80-2 highlights (full text blocked to automated fetch)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure and documented the Navy's use of asbestos insulation in ships, the cost of removal, and compensation programs; the Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire 1944 construction and 1944-1958 US-custody 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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not this vessel's builder. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 to curl, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-09
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[10]Batch-5733 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (action reports, muster rolls, SL44 inventory verified at scan level); NavSource ship and diary pages; Colton/shipbuildinghistory construction table; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs (all 404); NVR (auth-walled, no entry expected - disposed pre-modern-NVR); CourtListener (partially blocked by fleet pacing); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-01 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)-60 / LSSL-60 / Keido was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener was only partially searched this session - completed queries 'LCS(L)(3)-60' and 'LSSL-60' (type=o) returned zero opinions; remaining hull-designation and docket queries were blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limit at session end and are logged as blocked, not as negative results.
- 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 - a 1944 wartime-built hull is era-consistent with asbestos materials. The litigation search is a genuine open gap (partially blocked, not completed). Deck logs (SL44-inventoried, undigitized), Albina build/work records, and JMSDF-custody records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-60-lcsl360-10
