Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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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-3-82-lcsl382-pkt-507-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NavShips 250-011 (1945), table 'LANDING CRAFT, SUPPORT (LARGE) (MK. III) (LCS(L)(3))' - contemporary Navy publication, scan hosted by GeneralStaff.org (live PDF verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 220, table row 'LCS(L)(3)82' under builder 'Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oreg.' (ditto carried from row 79)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The contemporary U.S. Navy Ships' Data table identifies LCS(L)(3) 82, built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; keel laid 23 October 1944; launched 12 November 1944; date of first commission 27 November 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); commissioning crew
- Limitations
- The cited item is a scanned U.S. Navy publication hosted by a non-governmental archive; the publication is the primary source. It establishes the listed construction and commissioning particulars only. It contains no asbestos or material-content information and does not establish service, decommissioning, or disposal details.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers (logbook index; live PDF verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, entry 'LCS(L)(3)-82' (11/27/1944 - 6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives logbook index lists LCS(L)(3)-82 with a logbook begin date of 27 November 1944 - the commissioning date - and an end date of 30 June 1945, independently confirming the hull designation and the indexed logbook period held by NARA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (indexed period)
- Population
- NARA logbook holdings; deck-log researchers
- Limitations
- This is a logbook index entry, not the logbook itself; it confirms that deck logs for this hull covering the indexed period exist in NARA custody but does not describe their contents. It establishes no asbestos or material fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram 046, 'Chrysanthemums from Hell' (NHHC official publication; live PDF verified HTTP 200) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- H-Gram 046, attachment H-046-3 'The Epic Fight of USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) and Evans (DD-552), 11 May Kikusui No. 6' narrative, pp. ~29-32 of the PDF
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC documents USS LCS(L)-82 by name on radar picket station RP-15 off Okinawa on 11 May 1945 during Kikusui No. 6, alongside destroyers Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) and Evans (DD-552) and LSM(R)-193, LCS(L)-83 and LCS(L)-84: LCS(L)-82 shot down three Japanese aircraft and assisted in downing two more, including a Jill torpedo bomber at 0837 and a Tony shared with LCS(L)-84 at 0845; her skipper, Lieutenant Peter Beierl, maneuvered the ship clear of falling debris from an Oscar at ~1,000 feet; after the attacks, LCS(L)-82 and LCS(L)-84 went alongside the crippled Evans fighting fires and flooding. NHHC records that the four amphibious vessels were awarded Naval Unit Commendations and that the skipper of LCS(L)-82 was awarded a Bronze Star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Navy crew (11 May 1945); survivors of USS Evans (DD-552)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific combat-history documentation only. NHHC ranks the skipper as Lieutenant; NavSource and the ship memoir record him as Ensign Peter G. Beierl (USNA 1944) - the rank difference is unadjudicated. The H-Gram text contains a typographical error listing the three LCS(L)s at RP-15 as 'LCS(L)-83, 83 and 84' where context shows the third is LCS(L)-82, which the same document then names repeatedly. Contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-82 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-82 (identity, service, designation, disposition, specifications; live page verified HTTP 200) plus hosted ship memoir 'A Short History of LCS(L)(3) 82' by crewman John Rooney at https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/05/050082h.htm (live HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Main hull page identity block, class narrative, campaign table, postwar/disposition lines, specifications block; history subpage 050082h.htm (Rooney memoir)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource hull page identifies this vessel as an LCS(L)(3)-1-class Landing Craft Support (Large) (Mark 3), laid down 23 October 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 12 November 1944 (christened by Mrs. A. Inabnit, wife of the yard's welder quarterman); commissioned 27 November 1944 with Ens. Peter G. Beierl, USN, in command. It places the ship in LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four, Group Twelve, Division Twenty-One, credits the Okinawa Gunto operation 16 April to 30 June 1945, the Navy Unit Commendation, and one battle star, and records Far East occupation service 2 September to 3 December 1945. It records postwar decommissioning at Naval Station Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon (date not stated), Pacific Reserve Fleet Columbia River Group lay-up, redesignation as USS LSSL-82 on 28 February 1949, transfer on loan to Japan on 30 March 1953 named Yamagiku, return to U.S. Navy custody on 6 August 1971, an undated strike from the Naval Register, and unknown final fate. The specifications block lists all-diesel propulsion (two quad packs of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesels per shaft, 1,600 BHP, GM main reduction gears, two diesel-driven 60 kW 450 VAC ship-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers) and a complement of 6 officers and 65 enlisted. The hosted memoir by radioman John Rooney recounts the ship's transit, Okinawa picket duty including the 11 May Evans/Hadley action and a night suicide-boat encounter, and identifies the hull as CIW hull #211.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); Navy crew (1944-45); reserve-fleet personnel; JMSDF crew (1953-1971); disposal personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer compilation, not an official Navy archival record; its chronology and specification transcription require primary-source corroboration, which is partially supplied here by the NavShips 250-011 table, the NARA logbook index, NHHC H-Gram 046, and uboat.net. The Rooney memoir is an eyewitness account published on the association/hosted page, not an official record, and its 'hull #211' conflicts with the shipbuildinghistory yard table's hull number 195 - treated as unadjudicated. The page contains no asbestos or material-content information and establishes no exposure, condition, or quantity fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-04
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[6]Navypedia, Japan landing ships / LSSL page: entry 'Yamagiku (ex-LSSL82, ex-LCS(L)(3)82), LSSL414' (live page verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LSSL-in-Japan table row, 'Yamagiku (ex-LSSL82)', LSSL414
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An independent vessel-type compilation confirms the Japan transfer: 'Yamagiku (ex-LSSL82, ex-LCS(L)(3)82)' carried JMSDF number LSSL414, built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, laid down October 1944, launched 12 November 1944, commissioned November 1944, transferred to Japan March 1953, returned August 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1953-1971
- Population
- JMSDF crew (1953-1971)
- Limitations
- Navypedia is a private compilation, not an official JMSDF or U.S. Navy record; it is corroborating context for the transfer chain documented by NavSource and shipbuildinghistory. It gives month precision only for several dates and contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-05
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com, Commercial Iron Works (Portland OR) yard table (live page verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CIW hull table, row 'LCS(L) 82' (yard hull 195); yard-history header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Commercial Iron Works yard-production table lists yard hull number 195 as 'LCS(L) 82', a 250-ton landing craft delivered to the U.S. Navy on 27 November 1944, with disposition 'To Japan 1953 as Yamagiku, returned 1971' - corroborating builder, delivery date, and the Japan transfer chain. The table also documents that Commercial Iron Works built LCS(L) hulls 26-47 and 79-108 (yard hulls 169-216 range) and closed in 1946 after building 188 WWII vessels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1953; 1971
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works workforce (1944)
- Limitations
- shipbuildinghistory.com is a private compilation of shipyard production records, not an official record; its yard hull number 195 conflicts with the Rooney memoir's 'hull #211' (unadjudicated). It contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-06
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[8]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCS(L)-82 (live page verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page 'USS LCS(L)-82 (LCS(L)-82)', data block and history lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An independent warship compilation corroborates: USS LCS(L)-82, LCS class, built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; ordered 23 June 1944; laid down 23 October 1944; launched 12 November 1944; commissioned 27 November 1944; transferred to Japan 30 March 1953; returned to USN 6 August 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a private compilation, not an official record; consistent with the primary NavShips 250-011 row, NavSource, navypedia, and shipbuildinghistory on every overlapping point. It adds the 23 June 1944 order date not present in the other located sources. Contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-07
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[9]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Supplemental Answers to Second Interrogatories, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. et al., No. 87-C-1934 (District Court, Brazoria County, Texas, 23rd Judicial District; ~Sept 1990 filing stamp) - document image via Toxic Docs archive (live page and PDF verified HTTP 200) [court_record]
- Locator
- Interrogatory answer 9, document list item 22 (PDF pp. 4-5 of the scan)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A filed discovery document enumerates wartime federal industrial-hygiene surveys of Navy-contract shipyards produced in litigation over the government's early knowledge of asbestos hazards to shipyard workers: item 22 lists 'Industrial Health and Safety Re-Survey Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon at 13 (March 16-19, 1945)' - a survey of this hull's builder conducted four months after her construction, in the same wartime period when the yard was still producing LCS(L) hulls. The list also includes re-surveys of Albina Engine and Machine Works (item 11, March 1945) and Willamette Iron & Steel (items 7-8, 1943/1945), the other Portland yards in this hull's program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 (survey date); ~1990 (filing)
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works shipyard workers (March 1945 survey window)
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage document listing (filed interrogatory answers), not the survey itself: the exhibit enumerates the CIW survey and states it was among documents admitted in Dube v. Eagle-Picher (D. Me. No. 83-0224-P), but does not reproduce its findings, so the survey's asbestos content is unverified from this source. It is yard/era evidence for the builder's period conditions - it does not identify USS LCS(L)(3)-82, establish asbestos aboard this hull, quantify material, or establish any person's exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-08
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[10]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (18 October 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 U.S. Navy era (1944-1953).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1944-1953 (hull era)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved: gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (confirmed 2026-09-30) - content taken from the product-page description, as in prior batch records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-09
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[11]National Archives, Navy records guided topic 'Asbestos' (live page verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topics/asbestos page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA maintains a research guide page for asbestos in Navy records, indicating that Bureau of Ships, shipyard, and industrial-hygiene record groups hold relevant material - the repository path for any hull-specific or builder-specific asbestos record for this craft and for Commercial Iron Works.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30 (accessed)
- Limitations
- A research guide, not a record: it establishes where relevant documentation may be found, not that any asbestos record exists for this hull or yard. No asbestos fact is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-10
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[12]Batch 5757 completed public-source review: NavShips 250-011 table; NARA Special List #44; NHHC H-Gram 046; NavSource hull page and hosted memoir; shipbuildinghistory, navypedia, uboat.net compilations; Toxic Docs litigation exhibit; NHHC/DANFS index, Naval Vessel Register, NARA Catalog, NPS, GAO, and completed authenticated CourtListener searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcsl382-01 through sl-uss-lcsl382-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos document was located for USS LCS(L)(3)-82 / USS LSSL-82 / JDS Yamagiku: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, product identification, or qualifying court record naming this hull was found in the sources searched. Authenticated CourtListener searches completed for all five queries: exact-phrase opinion searches for 'USS LCS(L)(3)-82', 'LCS(L)(3)-82', and 'LSSL-82' each returned count 0; the docket search for 'LCS(L)(3)-82' returned count 0 with document_count 0; and the docket search for 'LSSL-82' returned only an unrelated RICO case whose scanned exhibits contain OCR noise matching the token - classified name collision, not asbestos litigation.
- 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 or defeat an exposure claim; this is a bounded negative result over completed searches, not a finding of fact about the hull. NARA Catalog searches returned the JavaScript application shell, leaving RG 24 deck logs, RG 38 war diaries, and Bureau of Ships material records unreviewed. NHHC/DANFS and NVR provide no individual entry for this numbered craft. None of these access gaps establishes a material fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcsl382-11