Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSSL-89 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-89 - construction timeline, WWII campaign record, occupation service, designation/disposal timeline, specifications, commanding officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/05/050089.htm header block, campaign table, specification block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 17 November 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 7 December 1944; commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-89 27 December 1944, LT. J. A. Kidson USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment: LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four (CDR. N. Phillips USN), Group Twelve (LCDR. B. D. Voegelin USNR), Division Twenty-Three. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17 April to 30 June 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 to 5 February 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-89, 28 February 1949; transferred to Japan 30 May 1953, named Hasu; returned to US Navy custody 31 March 1959; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; one battle star for WWII service. Photo captions place the hull pierside at Yokosuka circa late 1945 (with LCS(L)(3)-93, -95, -67, -81) and entering San Francisco Bay in 1946 after occupation service. Specifications (from Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Navships 250-012, Baker's Allied Landing Craft of WWII, and Lawley class documentation): 250 t light / 387 t full load, 158' o.a., complement 6 officers + 65 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); crew (1944-53 USN; 1953-59 JMSDF)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official sources. Contains no asbestos content. Page carries a caption typo ('USS LSSL-88 was transferred to Japan, named Hasu') contradicted by the same page's body text for LCS(L)(3)-89 - the body line is what is relied on. 'There is no history available' on the page beyond the milestone block; occupation photo dates are caption-level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-89-lcsl389-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44 ship-number list (PDF, NARA tabulation of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p.34, row 'LCS(L)(3)-89 ... 12/27/1944 ... 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (ship-number list, PDF page 34) inventories Navy deck logs for LCS(L)(3)-89 covering 12/27/1944-6/30/1945 - the hull's commissioning-through-Okinawa window. The logs exist in NARA custody (RG 24 series scope); they are a concrete archival lead for vessel-level detail.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage window)
- Population
- Deck-log subjects: ship's company and attached personnel, Dec 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: establishes that deck-log coverage exists for the dated window, nothing about contents, conditions, or materials aboard. Per batch rule, log coverage dates are not claimed as commissioning dates. Coverage ends 6/30/1945; occupation-era logs (1945-46) and any post-war LSSL-89 logs would sit in later deck-log series outside this list. The logs are not on NARA's public digitized deck-log list (navy-online index checked 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-89-lcsl389-02
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[3]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block for this hull (diesel propulsion, 1944-45 construction at Commercial Iron Works); Oregon DEQ site record for the builder-yard property (ev-04); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion); DEQ ECSI 689 (builder-yard site); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy program era)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Navy amphibious fire-support ship built at a Portland ironworks yard in late 1944 sits squarely inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation around machinery and exhaust trunks, gaskets and valve packing in piping systems, electrical insulation, and deck coverings. As a diesel-engined craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - but her small, confined hull volumes are consistent with the enclosed-space exposure pattern documented for WWII-era small craft and shipyard construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); USN crew (1944-53); JMSDF crew (1953-59)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCS(L)(3)-89. 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-3-89-lcsl389-03
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[4]Oregon DEQ Environmental Cleanup Site Information (ECSI) Site ID 689, Zidell Waterfront Property (former Commercial Iron Works yard), CERCLIS 027765650; corroborated by Oregon DEQ 'Zidell Waterfront Property Cleanup' presentation (2012) and USCG Regulated Navigation Area, 77 FR (Federal Register doc. 2012-7784) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ECSI detail seqnbr=689 'Contamination Information'; DEQ CAG PDF ph-ZidellCAG (Background/Site Contaminants/Regulatory Milestones slides); Federal Register 2012-7784 (RNA preamble)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Government documentation of asbestos contamination at this hull's builder site: Oregon DEQ ECSI site summary for Zidell Waterfront Property (3121 SW Moody Ave, Portland - the former Commercial Iron Works yard south of the Ross Island Bridge) records that 'Asbestos is also prevalent in upland and bankline soil' alongside PCBs, metals, PAHs, and petroleum hydrocarbons. DEQ's cleanup presentation recounts the site history - 'Ironworks shipyard before WWII; Building, repair and salvage of Victory Ships during WWII; Purchased by Zidell in 1946: 336 ships dismantled over 30 years - scrap sold, waste used as site fill' - lists asbestos among site contaminants, and documents a certified asbestos-abatement project under the 2005 Record of Decision / 2006 Consent Decree. The Coast Guard's 2012 Federal Register rule (77 FR, doc. 2012-7784) established a regulated navigation area over the engineered sediment cap, recounting the site's 'shipbuilding and dismantling' industrial history and contamination.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1987-2018 (assessment/remedy); contamination accrued 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction workforce (1940s); Zidell shipbreaking workforce (1946-1970s); cleanup/abatement workers (2010-2018)
- Limitations
- Yard-level site record, not a hull record: DEQ attributes contamination to the site's combined industrial history - Commercial Iron Works shipbuilding (WWII) plus Zidell's 30-year shipbreaking operation (336 ships dismantled, waste used as fill). The 1944 construction window for this hull is not isolable, and no document ties any fiber to LCS(L)(3)-89. Establishes builder-yard asbestos context only; does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or legal eligibility. OPB corroborates the CIW-to-Zidell succession and asbestos/PCB contamination (opb.org 'Battle Ready' series, verified live 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-89-lcsl389-04
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[5]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) and USN service era (1944-53).
- 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-3-89-lcsl389-05
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[6]Batch-5764 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA digitized deck-log index; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener (partially blocked); Oregon DEQ ECSI/CAG; Federal Register; OPB; secondary corroboration (uboat.net, navypedia, shipbuildinghistory, navalmarinearchive, hush.web.fc2.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-89-lcsl389-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCS(L)(3)-89 / LSSL-89 / Hasu was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Completed CourtListener opinion queries for 'LCS(L)(3)-89' and 'LSSL-89' each returned zero results; docket (type=r) queries for both designations were blocked mid-session by the fleet pacing budget - logged as blocked, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (mesowatch.org shipyard page and similar) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - 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 - a 1944 small-craft build at a documented asbestos-era yard is consistent with era materials. The litigation search is partially open (docket queries blocked by pacing; both opinion queries completed with zero results). Deck logs (NARA-inventoried), builder work packages, and JMSDF-era records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-89-lcsl389-06