Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-64 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-64 - construction, commissioning, flotilla/group/division assignments, campaign table, awards, reserve-fleet period, LSSL redesignation, and disposal (compiled record; specifications sourced to NavShips 250-012, Baker Allied Landing Craft, and Lawley class documents) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LSSL-64 / LCS(L)(3)-64 page, specification block, awards ribbon rack, campaign table, chronology, and photo captions (80-G 394905; Yokosuka fall 1945; Segugio circa 1957)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled record for this hull: laid down 9 October 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR; launched 7 November 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-64, 18 December 1944, LT. Charles W. Fogg USNR in command; assigned LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four (CDR. N. Phillips USN) / Group Twelve (LCDR. B. D. Voegelin USNR) / Division Twenty-One, Asiatic-Pacific Theater; credited campaign Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945; decommissioned May 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet; redesignated LSSL-64, 28 February 1949; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; one battle star for World War II service; transferred to Italy and renamed Segugio (L9855); scrapped by the Italian Navy in 1983. Awards shown: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Photo captions document: launching ceremony 7 November 1944 (US National Archives photo 80-G 394905); moored outboard of LCS(L)(3)-86 and -87 at Yokosuka, Japan, fall 1945; in Italian service as Segugio (L9855) circa 1957 (official Italian Navy photo from Jane's Fighting Ships 1958-59). Specifications: 250 t light / 387 t full; 158' o.a.; beam 23'8"; all-diesel propulsion - 2 quad packs of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels per shaft, 1,600 BHP, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers; complement 6 officers, 65 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); wartime crew (6 officers / 65 enlisted complement); reserve-fleet personnel (1946-1951); Marina Militare crews (1951-1974)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled photo-archive record, not a contemporaneous primary document; its specifications trace to NavShips 250-012 (15 Apr 1945) and Lawley class documents. Its 'transferred to Italy in 1953' conflicts with the Marina Militare almanac's 25 July 1951 entry into Italian service (see ev-04 and gaps); its struck date is stated as unknown; the theater-assignment line misprints the hull as 'LCI(L)(3)-64'. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-01
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[2]'A BRIEF HISTORY OF U.S.S. LCS(L) 64' - unit history provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 via NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LCS(L)(3)-64 history page (050064h.htm), full narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Association history for this hull: exactly 28 days from keel-laying to launch (7 November 1944) at Albina; commissioned 18 December 1944 under Lieutenant Charles W. Fogg, USNR; departed Portland the following day for San Diego shakedown; arrived Pearl Harbor 20 February 1945; 'placed in LCS(L) Group Eleven of LCS(L) Flotilla Four'; stopped Eniwetok 9 March and Saipan 18 March; on 1 April provided close inshore gunfire support to the Sakibaru Saki demonstration/feint; assigned Radar Picket Station No. 1 (15 miles northwest of Iheya Jima) on 2 April 1945; at 0400 on 3 April splashed one enemy aircraft confirmed by USS Pritchett (DD-561) - 'the first recorded by an LCS in combat'; on 6 April the Japanese concentrated their attack on picket stations 1 and 2 where USS Bush (DD-529) and USS Colhoun ('DD-301' in the text - see gaps) were on duty with LCS-64; Bush hit by two kamikazes, Colhoun crashed by four; LCS-64 evaded all attempts and downed one enemy plane (two total on her initial picket tour); 'over 95 men from the BUSH were pulled aboard the LCS 64'; departed Okinawa 10 July for Tacloban, Leyte, after 56 days and nights on radar picket duty (ten days on station, four days at Hagushi anchorage); Flotilla Four sailed to Tokyo Bay 2 September under Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka for picket, dispatch and utility duty; departed Japan 3 December; via Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal to Green Cove Springs, decommissioned May 1946; redesignated USS LSSL-64 on 28 February 1949; transferred to the Republic of Italy in July 1951 under MDAP and renamed Segugio.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-64, 1944-1946 (LT. Charles W. Fogg USNR commanding)
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association unit history reproduced on NavSource - not a contemporaneous document; where it diverges from official records the official record is carried and the divergence is logged (Group Eleven here vs. Group Twelve on the NavSource main page; 'DD-301' for Colhoun vs. DD-801 in NHHC; '95 men pulled aboard' vs. DANFS's 245 total Bush survivors with LCS(L)(3)-64 first on scene). Its July 1951 transfer date matches the Marina Militare almanac, not NavSource's main-page 1953. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-02
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[3]DANFS, Bush II (DD-529) - NHHC ship history naming LCS(L)(3)-64 in the 6 April 1945 Radar Picket Station 1 action and the rescue of Bush survivors [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Bush II (DD-529), 6 April 1945 radar-picket action and sinking narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC documents this hull by name in the official DANFS entry for USS Bush (DD-529): 'LCS(L)(3)-64, which had been operating on station 1 in support of Bush, approached the scene'; Cmdr. Rollin E. Westholm 'asked LCS(L)(3)-64 to relay that message to Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner ... along with a request for two tugs'; 'LCS(L)(3)-64 pulled up alongside the stricken destroyer to remove casualties at 1655' before Bush ordered her away from two incoming Vals; and 'LCS(L)(3)-64 was the first rescue ship to reach the scene at approximately 2130.' All told, 245 men survived the Bush sinking with 88 killed or missing; ComDesDiv 48 Cmdr. James S. Willis died of burns on a floater net awaiting rescue (posthumous Navy Cross).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-06
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-64 at Radar Picket Station 1 (6 April 1945); Bush survivors in the water she reached first (~2130) - 245 rescued overall, 88 killed or missing
- Limitations
- Ship-specific naming in an official Navy history - but the entry documents Bush's loss and rescue, not LCS(L)(3)-64's own damage or casualties; it records the hull operating on station 1 in support on 6 April 1945, corroborating the association history's radar-picket narrative. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-03
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[4]Marina Militare (Italian Navy), Almanacco Storico Navale - 'Segugio' cannoniera d'appoggio page (official Italian Navy historical almanac) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Marina Militare almanac, cannoniere section, Segugio page - data table and service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Italian Navy's official almanac names this hull's transfer: 'ex LSSL-64 ex LCS (L)(3)-64', Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, construction number 187; laid down 9.10.1944; launched 7.11.1944; in U.S. Navy service 18.12.1944; in Marina Militare service 25.7.1951; stricken (radiazione) 31.12.1974; demolished 1983. Its service narrative independently confirms her US record: 1 April 1945 at Okinawa supporting the feint landing at Sakibaru Saki; radar picket station 15 miles NW of Iheya Jima from 2 April; 3 April 'abbatte il primo aereo nemico accreditato ad un LCS(L) durante il conflitto' (shot down the first enemy aircraft credited to an LCS(L) during the war); 6 April concentrated kamikaze attack in which DD-529 Bush was hit twice and DD-801 Colhoun four times, while 'il nostro LCS(L)-64 abbatte un kamikaze senza subire danni, poi salva oltre 95 superstiti del BUSH' (our LCS(L)-64 downed a kamikaze without suffering damage, then saved over 95 Bush survivors); 56 days of radar-picket service in ten-day rotations with four-day rests at Hagushi anchorage; left Okinawa 10 July 1945; entered Tokyo Bay 2 September; in Japan until 3 December 1945; via the Panama Canal to Green Cove Springs, decommissioned into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet May 1946; renamed LSSL-64 on 28.2.1949; transferred to Italy in July 1951 under the MDAP as Segugio, pennant first SE then L9855.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Marina Militare crews (1951-1974); Italian scrapping workers (post-1974 striking, demolition 1983)
- Limitations
- Official foreign-navy almanac - an authoritative record of the transfer, Italian service dates, and disposition that resolves the US-side '1953' figure (NavSource/uboat.net/NavalCoverMuseum) in favor of 25 July 1951. Its WWII narrative tracks the association unit history closely (same dates and events), so it corroborates rather than independently originates the combat details. Correctly prints Colhoun as DD-801 where the US association text has 'DD-301'. Contains no asbestos or materials information; the Italian-era maintenance record (1951-1974) and 1983 demolition are outside US documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-04
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCS(L)-64 entry - build/commission dates and Italy transfer [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 22296 - data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled warship database independently corroborates this hull: ordered 16 June 1944; built by Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon; laid down 9 October 1944; launched 7 November 1944; commissioned 18 December 1944; history line 'Transferred to Italy in 1953.' No commands or notable events are listed for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1953
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)-64 (wartime)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a compiled secondary database (not an official repository); the 'ordered 16 June 1944' date appears only here - carried as single-source; its '1953' transfer year conflicts with the Marina Militare almanac's 25 July 1951 (the almanac is carried; see gaps). No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-05
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[6]NHHC, 'Casualties Navy and Coast Guard Ships' (WWII ship casualty list, Landing Craft, Support (Large)(Mk. III) section) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Casualties page, 'Landing Craft, Support (Large)(Mk. III) (LCS(L))' subsection
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official casualty list for the LCS(L)(3) type records hulls sunk or damaged beyond repair - LCS(L)(3)-7, -15, -26, -33, -37, -49, and -127 - documenting that the type saw lethal combat (suicide boats, kamikaze, shore batteries) at Iwo Jima, Mariveles/Corregidor, Okinawa, and off California. LCS(L)(3)-64 does not appear on the list, consistent with her documented survival of the 6 April 1945 picket action undamaged and her postwar transfer and disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) crews (class level)
- Limitations
- Absence from the casualty list is consistent with - but does not itself document - an undamaged record; the list covers sinkings and constructive losses, not all battle damage. No materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (all-diesel plant: 2 quad packs of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; NavShips 250-012, Apr 1945) and the NavSource LCS(L) class index (130 hulls; builders Lawley, Albina, Commercial Iron Works; February 1949 LSSL reclassification); WWII-era shipbuilding asbestos-use literature and the Albina yard litigation record (ev-08); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos insulation documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (NavShips 250-012 sourcing); Albina litigation record; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944 amphibious fire-support craft built in a wartime Portland contract yard sits inside the documented era of shipboard asbestos use. Because the plant is all-diesel with no boilers or steam propulsion, the era-typical boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period were diesel-exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and joiner/fireproofing materials in the compact hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); wartime crew; Green Cove Springs reserve-fleet workers (1946-1951); Marina Militare crew and yard workers (1951-1974); Italian demolition yard (post-1974/1983)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or builder specification located for LCS(L)(3)-64. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The Lawley 'Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class' cited by NavSource was not retrieved; if digitized it would be the next-grade source for class materials. Italian-era (1951-1974) refit/maintenance materials and the 1983 demolition are entirely undocumented here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-07
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[8]Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 627 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. 2010), No. 09-70592 (LHWCA death-benefits review; DOL Benefits Review Board decisions of 19 August 2005 and 30 December 2008 in the same matter) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 180868; 627 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir., filed 10 Dec 2010), parties/stipulation recital and holding
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal appellate opinion documents stipulated asbestos exposure at this hull's builder: James R. McAllister worked as a shipyard carpenter in the Portland, Oregon vicinity in 1956 - first for Willamette Iron & Steel Co., then for Albina Engine and Machine - and died in 2002 of mesothelioma; 'all parties stipulated ... that his death was due to mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos' during shipyard employment, with Albina among the responsible employers litigated. The Ninth Circuit resolved which employer bears LHWCA liability, granting Albina's petition and assigning liability to Lockheed on a sequential last-employer analysis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1956-1960 (exposure); 2002-2010 (litigation)
- Population
- Portland shipyard trades incl. Albina Engine and Machine workers (1950s exposure window litigated)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: the exposure window (1956-60) postdates this vessel's 1944 construction; the opinion establishes asbestos conditions at the builder's postwar yard, not aboard this or any hull, and decides employer liability allocation only (final liability assigned to Lockheed, not Albina). Does not establish materials aboard this vessel, individual crew exposure, or any legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-08
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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 (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 US Navy 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. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (confirmed 2026-09-30, standing block since Batch-01) - content via product-page description; full text not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-09
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[10]NARA, 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy at the National Archives' - RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1992' (NAID 594258 series); NARA still-photo 80-G 394905 (launching ceremony, 7 November 1944) identified in the NavSource caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov logbooks overview; RG 24 Entry 118 / NAID 594258; 80-G 394905 per NavSource photo caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Deck logs for this commissioned hull's Navy service (1944-1946, plus any reserve-period entries to disposal) fall within NARA RG 24 logbook coverage and would document movements, availabilities, and yard periods - the likeliest undigitized source for any in-service material disturbance. NARA also holds the identified still photo of her 7 November 1944 launch (80-G 394905, Bureau of Ships series, reproduced on NavSource). Digitization status for this hull's logs unverified (NARA digitizes the series in batches; per-hull confirmation not completed this session).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951 (records)
- Population
- Crew of LCS(L)(3)-64 / LSSL-64, 1944-1951 (USN period)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - existence of this hull's logs in the series is inferred from coverage of commissioned vessels, not confirmed item-by-item; deck logs do not ordinarily record insulating materials and would not by themselves establish asbestos content. The 80-G 394905 identifier is transcribed from the NavSource caption, not independently pulled from the NARA catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-10
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[11]Batch-5737 search ledger (this record): NavSource vessel + association-history pages; NHHC Bush-II DANFS entry; NHHC casualties list; Marina Militare almanac (Segugio; cross-checked Molosso/Bracco pages); uboat.net warship entry; shipbuildinghistory/njscuba LCS(L) table; NavalCoverMuseum designation page; mightymidgets.org association site; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket); NVR detail-page check; NARA logbooks overview; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-64 / LSSL-64 / Segugio was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for all hull-designation variants returned zero hits; the docket-index search returned zero dockets - not even name collisions. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no asbestos content for this hull; a generic law-firm 'landing ships asbestos' page (gorilaw.com) does not name this hull and is excluded by source policy regardless.
- 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 construction practice at a wartime contract yard is consistent with retained era materials. Deck logs, Albina work packages, reserve-fleet records, and the entire Marina Militare maintenance/1983-demolition documentation remain unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-64-lcsl364-11