Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 506-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-pkt-506-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-75 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-75 - chronology, specifications, awards, and photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header chronology, designation history, and final-disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page identifies this hull as USS LCS(L)(3)-75, built at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, Oregon; laid down 3 January 1945; launched 9 February 1945; commissioned 6 March 1945; redesignated LSSL-75 on 28 February 1949; loaned to Japan as Fuji on 16 February 1953; returned to U.S. custody 6 August 1971; and sold for scrap to Honda Metal Traders, Kyoto, on 10 July 1972.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Population
- Ship's company; Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force crew; scrapping workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archival page reproducing Navy-source data and association material, not an official Navy record. It contains no asbestos, insulation, survey, or abatement information. The decommissioning and strike dates are stated as unknown and are not guessed here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), LCS(L)(3) characteristics and per-hull build data [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCS(L)(3) characteristics and build tables, pp. 218-219 in the ShipScribe scan
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The April 1945 BuShips publication documents the LCS(L)(3) type as a 158-foot, 23-foot-8-inch landing craft with diesel propulsion, twin propellers, diesel-driven ship-service generators, and a 6-officer/65-enlisted class complement; its build table covers the 130-boat series that includes LCS(L)(3)-75.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) construction trades and crews
- Limitations
- This is a government primary publication, but the characteristics table is class-level and the publication is not a materials or insulation record. It does not establish asbestos aboard LCS(L)(3)-75 or a ship-specific complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-02
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[4]William B. Bell, 'A Brief History of LCS(L)(3) 75,' reproduced in NavSource Online [other_primary]
- Locator
- 'A Brief History' narrative, paragraphs covering commissioning through disposal
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The former communications officer's account records the commissioning at Albina Engineering Works on 6 March 1945, transit to San Diego and Pearl Harbor, wartime operations at Eniwetok, Saipan, and Okinawa, postwar harbor-control and repatriation duties in Sasebo, Tsingtao, and Kunsan, return to Portland, reserve placement, and later Japanese loan and scrapping history.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Population
- Ship's company and postwar port-service personnel
- Limitations
- This is a first-person veterans' account reproduced by an archival site. It supports the ship's operational chronology but does not document asbestos, material composition, individual exposure, or causation; narrative details are not treated as material findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-03
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[5]NavSource LSSL-75 specification block and cited Navy-source references [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: propulsion, complement, and machinery blocks
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The hull's documented propulsion was diesel: two quad packs of General Motors Series 71 diesels per shaft, reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, and diesel-driven ship-service generators. For this diesel landing craft, era-relevant asbestos pathways are inferred in exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, packing, deck or accommodation materials, and brake linings rather than propulsion-boiler or steam-turbine lagging.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Population
- 1945 construction workers, wartime crew, postwar crew, and 1972 scrapping workers
- Limitations
- The source documents machinery, not asbestos. The listed applications are class/era inference informed by the 1945 construction date; no product, quantity, location, condition, removal, or retention is established for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-04
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[6]Primary-source search across NHHC/DANFS, NVR, NARA, and official Navy material; no individual DANFS or NVR entry located for this disposed landing craft [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no hull survey, asbestos-abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or primary material record naming LCS(L)(3)-75 or LSSL-75 was found in the sources searched. The official-source search also located no individual DANFS or NVR record for this disposed hull. This is a negative finding about located public records, not proof that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The Firecrawl search/scrape route was unavailable because the keyless MCP quota was exhausted with a reported retry interval of about 16 hours. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were attempted through the authenticated helper but temporarily stood down for fleet-wide pacing; the docket sweep is incomplete and is not classified as no result. No exposure, causation, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows from this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-75-lcsl375-05