Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 507-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED (identity; laid-down/launched dates not found)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-pkt-507-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NavShips 250-011 (1945), Landing Craft, Support (Large) (Mk. III), table of LCS(L)(3) hulls; contemporary Navy publication, scanned images hosted by GeneralStaff.org (read at p. 220 of the printed volume) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 220, table headed 'LANDING CRAFT, SUPPORT (LARGE) (MK. III) (LCS(L)(3))', row LCS(L)(3)80
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The contemporary U.S. Navy Ships' Data table identifies LCS(L)(3)80, built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oreg.; keel laid 14 October 1944; launched 7 November 1944; first commissioned 21 November 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- The cited item is a page-image scan of a U.S. Navy publication hosted by a non-governmental archive; the publication is the primary source (no text layer - the row was read from the rendered table image). It establishes the listed construction and commissioning particulars only. It contains no asbestos information and does not establish later service, decommissioning, or disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers (logbook index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF text, entry 'LCS(L)(3)-80 11/21/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives logbook index lists LCS(L)(3)-80 with a logbook begin date of 21 November 1944 and an end date of 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-21 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew generating the indexed logbooks (1944-45)
- Limitations
- This is a logbook index, not a commissioning record. It independently confirms the hull designation and the indexed logbook period; the begin date matches the first-commission date in the NavShips table. It does not establish asbestos conditions or later service. The indexed logbooks themselves are the open archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-80 / ex USS LCS(L)(3)-80 (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050080.htm header block, campaign table, timeline bullets, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents this hull as laid down 14 October 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 7 November 1944; and commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-80 on 21 November 1944 with LT. J. C. Lynch USN in command. It assigns the vessel to LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One (CAPT. R. E. Arison USNR), Group Two (LT. M. C. Fitzgerald USNR), Division Four in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and credits the Consolidation and Capture of Southern Philippines campaign - Mindanao Island landings, 10 May 1945 - with one battle star; awards shown are the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), World War II Victory Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, and Philippines Liberation Medal (1 star). Postwar timeline: decommissioned date unknown; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-80 on 28 February 1949; transferred on loan to France 15 August 1950 as RFS La Rapiere (LSSL-6), NATO-redesignated L9026; returned to U.S. custody 1955; transferred on loan to Japan 7 May 1956 as JDS Nadeshiko; returned to U.S. custody 1963; struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; final disposition unknown. A caption identifies a photo of the hull in French service on the Red River, North Vietnam, circa 1953, during the French Indo-China War.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1963
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); U.S. Navy crew (1944-forward); French Navy crew (1950-55); Japanese personnel (1956-63)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone dates are corroborated here by the NavShips 250-011 table (construction/commissioning) and by uboat.net and shipbuildinghistory.com (transfer chain). The page records unknown dates rather than resolving them, supplies no history narrative, and contains no asbestos information. The French-service caption is a contributor-supplied photo description, not a service record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-80 / ex USS LCS(L)(3)-80, specifications attributed on page to Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NavShips 250-012 (15 April 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 'Specifications' block and 'Specifications Sources' attribution on 10/05/050080.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's specifications for this LCS(L)(3)-1-class hull list two quad packs of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines (1,600 bhp), a single General Motors main-reduction gear, two diesel-driven 60-kW 450-V AC ship-service generators, and twin variable-pitch propellers; displacement 250 t light / 387 t full load; length 158 ft o.a.; beam 23 ft 8 in; endurance 5,500 miles at 12 knots. The page lists a complement of 6 officers and 65 enlisted personnel, and armament of one single 3-inch/50 dual-purpose bow mount, two twin 40-mm AA mounts, four single 20-mm AA mounts, four .50-cal machine guns, and ten Mk 7 rocket launchers.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Design complement: 6 officers and 65 enlisted personnel
- Limitations
- Specifications are ship/class information reproduced by NavSource and attributed there to the 15 April 1945 Navy Ships' Data publication; the original NavShips 250-012 sheet for this hull was not retrieved (a 1945 Ships' Data scan, NavShips 250-011, was used for the construction row instead). They establish diesel propulsion - not asbestos content or exposure. Complement is not independently verified against DANFS/NHHC and is flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-04
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[6]Corroborating secondary compilations (all fetched live 2026-09-30): uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS LCS(L)-80; shipbuildinghistory.com Commercial Iron Works yard table; uswarships.jounin.jp LSSL tracking table [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22312 data table; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/commercial.htm hull-192 row; uswarships.jounin.jp/lssl.htm LSSL-80 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent secondary compilations corroborate the NavSource timeline: uboat.net lists the hull ordered 23 June 1944, laid down 14 October 1944, launched 7 November 1944, commissioned 21 November 1944, transferred to France 15 August 1950, returned to the USN 1955, transferred to Japan 7 May 1956, and returned to the USN 1963. shipbuildinghistory.com's Commercial Iron Works hull table identifies yard hull 192 as LCS(L) 80 (delivered 21 November 1944; 'To France 1950 as Rapiere (LSSL 6/9026), to Japan 1956 as Nadeshiko, returned 1963'), and shows the LCS(L) 79-92 group was reordered from cancelled LCI(L) 929-942. A Japanese-language tracking page (uswarships.jounin.jp) adds JMSDF detail: it reports U.S. decommissioning on 16 April 1946, Japanese service as the guard craft Nadeshiko, redesignations to training miscellaneous craft YTE-03 (1 July 1956), storage miscellaneous craft YAC-09 (1 February 1960), and storage ship (1 January 1963), striking from the Japanese register 31 March 1963, and return to the U.S. on 26 May 1963.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1963
- Limitations
- All three are secondary compilations, not official records; they corroborate but do not replace primary transfer documentation. The jounin.jp details - the 16 April 1946 U.S. decommissioning date and the JMSDF YTE-03/YAC-09 designation chain - are unverified against primary Japanese or U.S. records and are carried as reported secondary data. uboat.net omits the (3) mark suffix in its pennant style. No asbestos content in any of the three.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-05
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[7]NavSource Online, 'Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark 3) LCS(L)(3) / Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL) - Operational Description' (class history text credited to Robin L. Rielly); live page verified 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/05func.htm operational-description text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: the LCS(L)(3) was conceived after Tarawa (November 1943) for close-in fire support of amphibious assaults; the design used the LCI(L) hull with a redesigned superstructure and interior, with George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts performing the design work. In all, 130 were built by George Lawley & Sons (Neponset), Albina Engine and Machine Works, and Commercial Iron Works (the latter two in Portland, Oregon). In 1949 the LCS(L)(3)s remaining in U.S. Navy inventory were redesignated Landing Ship Support Large (LSSL); beginning in 1952 many were transferred to allies, with 53 going to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and others to France for service in Vietnam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1956 (class framing)
- Limitations
- Class-level background only - it does not name LCS(L)(3)-80 and establishes nothing about this hull's materials. The statement that LSSL transfers to Japan began 'in 1952' is class-wide framing; this hull's documented Japanese transfer was 7 May 1956.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-06
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[8]CDC/NIOSH, '100 Years of Respiratory Protection History' (archived CDC page; live archive verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC/NIOSH page section '1920-1950', paragraph beginning 'As the world entered World War II'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- CDC/NIOSH states that, as the world entered World War II, the U.S. Navy's use of asbestos increased for insulation purposes for pipes in naval vessels, and records that by 1939 a Navy medical officer had recognized the need for crew to wear respirators when cutting and wetting amosite and other asbestos-containing insulation. This hull was built and commissioned in 1944 during that era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- World War II era
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessel construction, repair, and maintenance personnel during World War II
- Limitations
- Era-wide Navy context only. The CDC/NIOSH history does not identify LCS(L)(3)-80, its builder, its machinery spaces, or any installed asbestos-containing product; it cannot support a claim that asbestos was aboard this hull. The vessel's documented diesel propulsion does not establish a pipe-insulation inventory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-07
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[9]Batch 5755 research ledger: NavShips 250-011 scan; NARA Special List #44; live NavSource hull and class pages; uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory.com, and jounin.jp corroborations; CDC/NIOSH era context; authenticated CourtListener helper queries; secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material list, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-80 / LSSL-80 / La Rapiere / Nadeshiko was located. The authenticated CourtListener sweep completed all six required queries: opinions and dockets for "USS LCS(L)(3)-80" and "LCS(L)(3)-80" each returned count 0; opinions for "LSSL-80" returned count 0; the docket query for "LSSL-80" returned one hit that is a name collision (Paul v. Intel Corporation, D. Del. 1:05-cv-00485, antitrust MDL - the matched string is unrelated to this vessel). A secondary web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma content naming this hull surfaced only history references - no law-firm marketing page asserting asbestos aboard this specific hull was found.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30 research
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove asbestos absence aboard. The CourtListener negative is a completed-repository result for the exact queried strings only - variant renderings (e.g., 'LCSL-80', 'LCS(L) 80', 'LSSL 80') were not separately queried. The indexed NARA logbooks (Nov 1944-Jun 1945), any French or Japanese service records, and Commercial Iron Works construction records are undigitized leads. This finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, product identity, quantity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-80-lcsl380-08