Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 505-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCS(L)(3)-67 (hull number only)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-pkt-505-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-67 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-67 - construction, commissioning, organization, campaign credit, awards, postwar milestones, disposition, specification block (sourced to NavShips 250-012) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050067.htm - header block, campaign table, milestone lines, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 2 November 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland OR; launched 2 December 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-67 on 8 January 1945, LT. J. R. Bullock USNR in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four (CDR. N. Phillips USN), Group Twelve (LCDR. B. D. Voegelin USNR), Division Twenty-Three - and credited with the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 10 May to 30 June 1945), one battle star. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 to 15 February 1946. Decommissioned date unknown; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet; redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-67, 28 February 1949; transferred to Japan 29 July 1953, renamed Karukaya; returned to US custody 29 August 1958; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; recommended for use as a target, sunk by rockets and bombs May 1959. Awards listed: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Specification block (per NavShips 250-012, 15 Apr 1945): 250 t light / 387 t full; 158 ft oa; beam 23 ft 8 in; 6 officers, 65 enlisted; propulsion two quad packs of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels per shaft, 1,600 BHP, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, two diesel-drive 60 kW 450 V AC generators; armament one twin 40 mm bow mount, two twin 40 mm AA mounts, four single 20 mm, four .50 cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers. Photo captions place the hull moored pierside at Yokosuka circa late 1945 (with LCS(L)(3)-93, -95, -89, -81) and at Kure shipyard, Japan, circa February 1946 (alongside USS LSM-371).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew (1945-46); Pacific Reserve Fleet caretakers (1946-1953); JMSDF crew (1953-58); any personnel involved in the 1959 target sinking
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones track Ships' Data/NVR-era records but decommission and strike dates are explicitly unknown there. Contains no asbestos content whatsoever. Specifications derive from a wartime NavShips data sheet as transcribed by NavSource, not the primary document itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-01
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[3]NavSource-hosted 'A Brief History of LCS(L) 67' provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 - detailed wartime narrative (fitting out, shakedown, flagship of Division 23, Okinawa radar-picket and smoke-line service, salvage of LCS(L)(3)-119, USS Ajax availability, Tokyo Bay occupation duty) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050067h.htm - full narrative text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (association-compiled narrative): after fitting out at Portland, sailed 18 January 1945 with LCS(L)(3)-92 for San Diego, arriving 23 January; shakedown and training 26 January - 14 February; availability for overhaul 16-28 February; designated flagship LCS(L)(3) Division 23. Departed San Diego 3 March in Task Unit 6.11.31 (twelve LCSs, LCDR J. A. Dodson Jr.); Pearl Harbor 12 March; Eniwetok 24 April; Guam 2 May; Saipan 3 May; arrived Okinawa 1453 on 10 May, under air attack within the hour. Smoke cover for USS Colorado off Naha (11 May); radar-picket fire-support duty at RP9 (14-23 May) with two destroyers and three other LCSs - combined fire of LCS 65, 67 and 53 splashed an attacker 1930 on 17 May; overnight search for USS Douglas H. Fox survivors after its kamikaze hit. On 28 May took kamikaze-damaged LCS(L)(3)-119 in hand: pumped her engine rooms and flooded holds, removed ten dead, treated casualties, towed her to the repair-ship anchorage; then Radar Picket Station 5 from 29 May. June: Ie Shima AA screen, anti-small-boat patrol, smoke for USS New Orleans and USS Portland; nightly attacks through 26 June. Campaign totals per the narrative: 82 general-quarters calls, 66.5 hours at GQ, 43 hours laying smoke in Hagushi harbor. San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf 26 July; alongside USS Ajax in availability 1-20 August (present at the cease-offensive-operations dispatch 16 August); Tokyo Bay 11 September, Third Fleet then Fifth Fleet occupation duty.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew (1945-46); LT. J. R. Bullock USNR (commanding officer from 5 January 1945); rescued casualties and salvage party activity involving LCS(L)(3)-119 dead and wounded (28 May 1945)
- Limitations
- Association-compiled narrative (war-diary style) hosted by NavSource, provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 - not an official registry document and not independently verified against NARA deck logs or war diary (undigitized). Internally consistent with NavSource's milestone data. Contains no asbestos content. Portions of the narrative post-20 September 1945 are truncated in the hosted copy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR - yard build table: yard hull 190 = LCS(L)-67, delivered 8 January 1945, 'To Japan 1953 as Karukaya, returned 1958, sunk as target 1959'; cancelled LCI(L) hull numbers reassigned to the LCS(L) program [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/albina.htm - Albina yard table, hull 190 row; hull-number reassignment note (LCI(L) 1034-1051)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent yard-table corroboration for this hull: Albina Engine & Machine Works yard hull no. 190 is USS LCS(L)-67, a 246 GT / 159 ft landing craft, delivered 8 January 1945, disposition 'To Japan 1953 as Karukaya, returned 1958, sunk as target 1959.' The same table documents that Albina's wartime build list included landing craft, subchasers, cargo ships and barges, and that cancelled LCI(L) orders (LCI(L) 1034-1051) had their hull numbers reassigned to LCS(L) hulls - placing this hull's construction inside Albina's wartime production run.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Albina Engine & Machine Works construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (ShipbuildingHistory.com), consistent with NavSource on all shared facts; not a primary registry. 'Delivered 8 January 1945' coincides with the Navy commissioning date. Contains no asbestos or material content; documents the builder's wartime hull list only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-03
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[5]Japanese-language LSSL compilation (uswarships.jounin.jp), LSSL-67 row - JMSDF service detail; corroborated by Navypedia, 'Yuri large amphibious fire support ships' table (Karukaya ex-LSSL67, LSSL446) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uswarships.jounin.jp/lssl.htm - LSSL-67 table row and notes; navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_ls_ajisai.htm - Karukaya row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Japanese-service detail for this hull: the jounin.jp LSSL table lists LSSL-67 (Albina Engine & Machine Works) commissioned 1945/1/8, a second date of 1946/8/20 (field semantics unclear - see limitations), and a struck date of 1958/8/29; notes record the 28 February 1949 LSSL redesignation, loan to Japan on 1953/8/29 as the guard vessel (keibi-sen) Karukaya, JMSDF pennant LSSL-446, redesignation to guard boat (keibi-tei) on 1954/7/1, striking and return from Japan on 1958/8/29, and sinking as a target 1959/5. Navypedia independently lists Karukaya (ex-LSSL67, ex-LCS(L)(3)67), LSSL446, Albina Portland, laid 11.1944, launched 2.12.1944, commissioned 1.1945, JMSDF 7.1953, returned 8.1958.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1959
- Population
- JMSDF crew of Karukaya (1953-1958)
- Limitations
- Non-English secondary compilations, not official JMSDF or USN records. Date conflicts: US-side transfer is 29 July 1953 per NavSource vs 29 August 1953 for entry into JMSDF service per jounin.jp (probably loan date vs commissioning date - unresolved); the 1946/8/20 field does not behave like a USN decommission date on a sister hull (LSSL-68 shows 1946/9/16 vs NavSource's April 1946 decommissioning), so it is carried as unverified. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-04
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[6]NavSource Landing Craft, Support Photo Archive - LCS(L)(3) / LSSL class index - 130 hulls built; developed by George Lawley Co., Neponset MA; produced at Lawley, Albina Engine & Machine Works, and Commercial Iron Works (Portland OR); Pacific-only service; 1949 LSSL redesignation; JMSDF transfer program [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/05idx.htm - index header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class documentation for the LCS(L)(3) type to which this hull belongs: 'One hundred thirty LCS(L)(3)s were built during World War II. They were developed by the George Lawley Company, Neponset, Mass and produced there and by Albina Engine and Machine Works, and Comercial [sic] Iron Works, Portland Oregon. LCS(L)(3)s served only in the Pacific campaign. In 1949 LCS(L)(3)s remaining in the US Navy's inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL). Fifty-three LSSLs were transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-defense Force in 1952 and numerous others were transferred to allied nations.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1953
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) construction trades across three yards; class crews
- Limitations
- Class-level framing only - not a hull record. The index's '1952' for JMSDF transfers describes the program start; this hull's own transfer is documented at 1953. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-05
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[7]McAllister (K.M., widow of J.M.) v. Lockheed Shipbuilding / Albina Engine and Machine / Willamette Iron and Steel, U.S. Department of Labor Benefits Review Board No. 08-0403 (Dec. 30, 2008) - affirmed ALJ responsible-employer finding against Albina Engine; McAllister I, 39 BRBS 35 (2005); McAllister II, 41 BRBS 28 (2007) [court_record]
- Locator
- BRB No. 08-0403 (published), Decision and Order on appeal of 2003-LHC-2540 - facts pp. 1-2, ALJ findings discussed pp. 8-10 ('SO ORDERED' affirming Albina Engine liability)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Adjudicated asbestos-exposure documentation for this hull's builder: a shipyard carpenter who worked for three covered shipyard employers between 1956 and 1960 (his Albina Engine employment ending in 1957) died 22 September 2002 of left pleural mesothelioma; his widow claimed LHWCA death benefits. On the third trip through the Board, the BRB affirmed the ALJ's findings - 'convincing and undisputed evidence' of asbestos exposure at Willamette Iron and Steel, and testimony from contemporaneous employees establishing that 'work and conditions at Albina Engine were similar,' plus the widow's statement that the decedent 'specifically named Albina Engine as having exposed him to asbestos.' The ALJ found Albina Engine was the last employer to expose the decedent to asbestos and therefore the responsible employer; the Board affirmed, finding substantial evidence supported the determination. This was a merits-level affirmed administrative finding of asbestos exposure at the Albina Engine yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1956-1957 (exposure window); 2002-2008 (claim/adjudication)
- Population
- Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard workers (1950s exposure window adjudicated); shipyard carpentry trades
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation record - names the builder (Albina Engine and Machine), not this hull. The decedent's Albina exposure window (employment ending 1957) postdates this hull's 1944 construction; the finding documents asbestos conditions at the yard generally, not aboard LCS(L)(3)-67 and not during her build. A workers' compensation responsible-employer adjudication under the LHWCA - it establishes exposure at the yard for that claimant; it is not a products identification record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-06
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[8]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), U.S. service era (1945-46), and reserve-fleet lay-up.
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (NavShips 250-012) - all-diesel propulsion, no steam plant; NavSource class index (130 hulls, three yards, 1944-45 construction); shipbuildinghistory.com Albina yard table (wartime landing-craft production run); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-07); McAllister BRB yard litigation (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 050067.htm specification block; NavSource 05idx.htm class index; shipbuildinghistory.com Albina table; ev-06 and ev-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered naval landing craft built November-December 1944 sits squarely inside the documented Navy asbestos era, and her builder's yard has an adjudicated asbestos-exposure record. Era-standard applications aboard a naval craft of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation; accommodation joiner insulation and paint/coatings of the period also commonly contained asbestos. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler and turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew (~71 officers and enlisted, 1945-46); reserve-fleet caretakers; JMSDF crew (1953-58); target-sinking participants (1959)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or Lawley/Albina as-built bill of materials located for LCS(L)(3)-67. 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-3-67-lcsl367-08
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[10]Batch-5740 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (no entry); Naval Vessel Register (no entry); NavSource vessel page, association history, and class index; shipbuildinghistory.com Albina table; uswarships.jounin.jp and Navypedia; DoL BRB 08-0403; GAO HRD-80-2 (403); CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket); NARA catalog; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-01 through sl-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCS(L)(3)-67 / LSSL-67 / LCSL-67 / Karukaya was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results for all hull designations in both opinion and docket indexes and zero for a 'landing craft support' + asbestos/mesothelioma opinion sweep. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; asbestos claims for this type exist only in law-firm marketing material - 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 - the hull was sunk as a target in 1959, so no present-day material record can ever be expected. NARA deck logs (RG 24), the ship's war diary, and any Lawley/Albina construction files are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-67-lcsl367-09