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 (build dates UNVERIFIABLE)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-pkt-506-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LSSL-77 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-77 page (identity, construction, service, transfer chain, and specifications) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and build/commission/service timeline, lines 4-45; specifications lines 47-83
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page identifies USS LSSL-77 as ex USS LCS(L)(3)-77; states that the hull was laid down 17 January 1945 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, Oregon; launched 26 February 1945; commissioned 19 March 1945 with Lieutenant R. C. Shannon USN in command; served in Asiatic-Pacific, Occupation, and China service; was decommissioned on an unknown date and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; was redesignated USS LSSL-77 on 28 February 1949; transferred to South Korea on 24 January 1952 as Yung Huang Man (LSSL-107); was struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; was decommissioned by the ROK Navy on 15 November 1960; and has unknown final disposition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1960
- Population
- Ship's company; U.S. Navy and ROK Navy personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical compilation; it does not document asbestos, insulation composition, abatement, exposure, or the final fate after ROK Navy decommissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-01
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[3]NHHC, Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-438383, Transfer of ships to the Republic of Korea Navy [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photograph catalog description, title, description, and date
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC identifies USS LSSL-77 in the foreground of an official photograph taken at Astoria, Oregon, on 24 January 1952 during transfer of ships to the Republic of Korea Navy, and states that it became the Korean Yung Huang Man (LSSL-107).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1952-01-24
- Population
- U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy transfer personnel
- Limitations
- Official photograph and caption confirm the 1952 transfer identity and location; they do not establish asbestos content, exposure, abatement, or later disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSSL-77 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block, lines 47-78
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The specifications block lists displacement of 250 tons light and 387 tons full load; length of 158 feet overall; complement of 6 officers and 65 enlisted; and propulsion by two quad packs of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines per shaft, General Motors main reduction gears, two diesel-driven 60 kW 450V AC ship-service generators, and twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 design and service period
- Population
- Ship's company and engineering personnel
- Limitations
- The specifications describe machinery and complement but do not identify insulation materials or asbestos aboard this individual hull. No steam boiler or turbine plant is documented in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-03
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 official product page; full text access gap
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's official product record describes a review of Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, including Navy asbestos-removal policy and the cost of removing asbestos insulation; this is Navy program context for a vessel built in 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-protection program
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a record of USS LCS(L)(3)-77 or the LCS(L)(3) class. The source does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify products or quantities, establish exposure or causation, or show what remains. Full report text was not retrieved because the official page returned an automated-access 403 during this sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-04
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[6]Batch source sweep across NHHC/DANFS, Naval Vessel Register, NARA, NPS, official Navy image records, NavSource, and CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-01 through -11
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for USS LCS(L)(3)-77 or USS LSSL-77: no hull survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, asbestos product identification, or verified litigation finding naming this hull was found in the sources searched.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A negative public-record search does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent before all planned queries could be completed; no anonymous or v3 request was used. No exposure, causation, quantity, present-day-material, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-77-lcsl377-05