Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 385-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: none assigned — never named. Proper reference: USS LCI(L)-1001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-pkt-385-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Partridge III (LCIL-1001)' - verbatim text via Wayback capture (2024-05-26) of the official NHHC page, which returns 404 live (re-verified 2026-09-29) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Partridge III (LCIL-1001)', full entry text and spec line (Wayback capture 20240526115733)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The third Partridge was laid down as LCIL-1001 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 18 April 1944; launched 13 May and commissioned 10 June 1944. Per DANFS, after shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico 'she operated in that area and along the east coast until she decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. in March 1947.' Reclassified LSIL-1001 in 1949, she recommissioned in 1950 and, based at Norfolk, served as a training ship for auxiliary minesweeper crews. Scheduled for conversion to a minehunter, she was named Partridge and reclassified AMCU-36 on 7 March 1952; however, her conversion was cancelled and she was reclassified and renamed LSIL-1001 in July 1954. Decommissioned in early 1956; struck from the Navy List 7 August 1956 and scrapped. Spec line: dp. 260; l. 159'; b. 23'8"; dr. 5'8"; s. 14.4 k.; cpl. 41; a. 2 20mm.; cl. LCIL-351.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- Ship's company (cpl. 41 per DANFS spec line) plus embarked troops
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. The DANFS narrative of Gulf of Mexico/east coast service through March 1947 directly conflicts with the official NAVPERS awards record crediting this hull with two Philippine engagements (see ev-03 and gaps) - carried unresolved, not reconciled. DANFS gives no battle stars; it also does not name the conversion yard (NavSource supplies Charleston Naval Shipyard). Live NHHC page 404s (re-checked 2026-09-29); 2024-05-26 Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LSIL-1001 ex Partridge (AMCU-36) - chronology, campaign table, awards block, and LCI-351 class specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/151001 - chronology, Asiatic-Pacific campaigns table, awards/ribbons block, LCI specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Chronology consistent with DANFS and adding detail: decommissioned March 1947 at Green Cove Springs, FL, laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; reclassified LSIL-1001 in 1949; recommissioned 1950; authorized for conversion to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) in FY 1952; renamed Partridge (AMCU-36), 'conversion started at Charleston Naval Shipyard but never completed'; classification and name reverted to LSIL-1001, 1 July 1954; decommissioned early 1956; struck 7 August 1956; final disposition scrapped. Call sign NZDK. Awards block: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars); World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2) - and 'USS LCI(L)-1001 earned two battle stars for World War II service.' Campaign table lists Leyte landings (28-29 Nov 1944) and Consolidation of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao landings 9 and 11 March 1945; Sulu Archipelago landings 9-11 April 1945). Class spec block: two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp - a diesel plant with no boilers; displacement 236 t light/264 t landing/419 t loaded; length 158'5.5"; complement 4 officers/24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; 2-inch plastic splinter protection.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- Ship's company ~28-41 depending on source; embarked troops up to ~188
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS on chronology while adding the Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion detail DANFS omits. Its Leyte campaign cell is not supported by the NAVPERS-derived awards list for hull 1001 (which credits Mindanao and Sulu only) and is internally inconsistent with the page's own two-star count - flagged in gaps, not asserted. Spec block is class-generic LCI-351 data, not a hull survey; equipment descriptions only, no asbestos content stated or implied. Complement 4+24 conflicts with DANFS cpl. 41 - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), LCI 995-1055 battle-star table (transcribed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVPERS 15,790-derived table, 'LCI 1001' rows (P39-3 and P39-4 engagements)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards record credits LCI-1001 with exactly two World War II engagements, both under campaign P39 (Consolidation of the Southern Philippines): Mindanao Island landings, 10-20 March 1945 (P39-3), and Zulu (Sulu) Archipelago landings, 9-11 April 1945 (P39-4) - the two battle stars NavSource reports. Philippine combat service for this hull is thus documented by the operative Navy awards source and corroborated by the Philippine Liberation Medal and Philippine Presidential Unit Citation in NavSource's awards block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945 (engagements); 1953 (manual revision)
- Population
- Ship's company during the credited engagements, March-April 1945
- Limitations
- Directly contradicts the DANFS narrative (Gulf of Mexico/east coast service only, no combat record) - the conflict is genuine and unresolved; this row documents what the official awards record says without adjudicating which account is correct. Citation is a transcription of NAVPERS 15,790 hosted by a commercial ribbon vendor; the primary manual was not located in digitized public form during this pass. Does not support NavSource's additional Leyte campaign cell (not listed for hull 1001).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Consolidated Orange' - yard history and hull table for Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Orange yard page, hull table row 1295 (LCI(L) 1001)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard table: Consolidated yard hull no. 1295 = U.S. Navy LCI(L) 1001, 260 tons, contract dated 10 December 1943, delivered June 1944; disposition 'Later AMCU 36, struck 1957'. Yard history: Consolidated Steel developed the Orange TX shipyard adjacent to an existing small yard (former Orange Car & Steel Co., successor to Southern Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.); the wartime yard built twelve Fletcher-class destroyers, 102 destroyer escorts, and Gearing-class destroyers alongside LCI(L)s, employing about 20,000 at peak; postwar it became a fabricator and later Westport Orange Shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (construction); 1944-1956 (hull entry)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange workforce (~20,000 peak, 1941-1945)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference (corroborated by DANFS for builder and delivery month); its 'struck 1957' conflicts with DANFS/NavSource 7 August 1956 - official record carried, conflict logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials information. Consolidated Steel Orange is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-04
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 PDF, ship-number index, p. 14 of scan: 'LCI(L)-1001 6/3/1944 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 ship-number index records deck logs held for LCI(L)-1001 covering 3 June 1944 through 31 December 1945 - the hull's entire commissioned wartime interval (commissioned 10 June 1944; log coverage begins 3 June 1944, seven days before commissioning, and runs through the end of 1945). These logs are the primary source that could resolve the documented DANFS-versus-NAVPERS theater-of-service conflict (Gulf of Mexico/east coast vs. Philippine engagements) and could contain ship-specific material, repair, and availability entries relevant to exposure research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-03 to 1945-12-31 (log coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company 1944-1945 (deck logs record names, operations, and daily events)
- Limitations
- Index-level finding: Special List 44 confirms the logs exist in NARA holdings (RG 24) and gives coverage dates, but the log pages themselves were not examined - their content is unverified. Log coverage endpoints are logbook date ranges, not commissioning/decommissioning dates, and are not asserted as such. Whether digitized images of this hull's logs are posted in the National Archives Catalog was not determined in this pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-05
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AK-52, 'M/V Husky II' (ex-USS LCI(L) 653 / USS Avocet AMCU-16/MHC-16), Library of Congress [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 data pages 2-8, Historical Context and Minehunter sections, footnotes 7-9, 40-41
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- HAER documents the AMCU conversion program this hull was assigned to: in 1952-53 the Navy converted twenty-five LCI(L)s to coastal underwater-locator minesweepers; only fifteen were actually recommissioned and an additional eight planned conversions were cancelled. LCI(L)-1001 was in the never-completed cohort (conversion started at Charleston Naval Shipyard per NavSource, never finished). The report also documents sister-hull construction typical of the type: 159' welded-steel hull; eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines, four per shaft, with variable-pitch propellers; 2-inch plastic splinter protection described as crushed granite pebbles embedded in bitumen.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1944-1960 (report scope); AMCU program 1952-1954
- Population
- LCI(L)-class crews; AMCU conversion-yard workforces (1952-1954)
- Limitations
- Documents the AMCU program and a sister hull (LCI(L)-653), not this hull - class/program-level evidence. The report's conversion sites are Puget Sound Naval Shipyard conversions; Atlantic-side conversions including this hull's are documented separately (see ev-07). The word 'asbestos' does not appear anywhere in the 23-page report; the splinter-protection material is described as granite pebbles in bitumen, with no asbestos stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-06
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[8]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1093 / Skimmer (AMCU-41) - chronology documenting an executed Charleston Naval Shipyard AMCU conversion [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/151093 - Skimmer (AMCU-41) chronology, Charleston conversion dates
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documents what an executed Atlantic-side AMCU conversion looked like at the same yard where this hull's conversion began: sister craft LCI(L)-1093 was converted to a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) from 15 August 1953 to 15 February 1954 at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., and commissioned as Skimmer (AMCU-41) on 23 January 1954; AMCU-34 Ortolan was likewise converted at Charleston. Partridge (AMCU-36) was in the same Charleston pipeline per NavSource ('conversion started at Charleston Naval Shipyard but never completed') - yard work on this hull was underway in 1953-54 but its scope and how far it progressed are undocumented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1953-1954
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion workforce (1953-1954)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull record used as program/yard context only; establishes Charleston Naval Shipyard as a documented AMCU conversion site, not what work was actually performed on LCI(L)-1001. No conversion work package for this hull located. Volunteer-compiled archival page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-07
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[9]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era and production system (a wartime emergency yard building destroyers and landing craft at ~20,000 peak workforce) in which this hull was built. For a diesel-powered landing craft with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-1956
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (Orange TX, 1944); wartime crew and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this craft contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. The hull was scrapped after 1956 - relevance is to historical (wartime and conversion-yard) exposure only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-08
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[10]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy documentation that never governed this hull: she was struck in 1956 and scrapped, roughly two decades before either policy existed, and her AMCU conversion was never completed. Context for the era fleet picture only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403); content via product-page description, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-09
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[11]Batch-4898 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback-verified NHHC capture; NavSource 10/15/151001; NAVPERS 15,790-derived awards table; shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Orange; NARA Special List 44; HAER AK-52; NavSource Skimmer AMCU-41 conversion record; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches (2026-09-23 exhaustive sweep plus 2026-09-29 confirmatory opinion query); shipyards.json yard check; MARAD vessel history search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-1001, LCIL-1001, LSIL-1001, Partridge, or AMCU-36 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API queries returned zero results for all hull identifiers in both opinion and docket indexes (exhaustive 2026-09-23 sweep; confirmatory 2026-09-29 opinion query returned 0 hits); 'USS Partridge' returned zero dockets; 'Partridge' name searches returned only surname and law-firm collisions (Frilot Partridge LC counsel appearances in asbestos MDL matters; individuals named Partridge). The hull was scrapped after her 1956 striking; no NRHP/NHL designation, museum record, or surviving-hull disclosure exists to carry a present-day materials statement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-23 / 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built naval craft is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and a Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion was underway on this hull in 1953-54 with undocumented scope. The finding addresses documentation only: no source establishes asbestos presence or absence aboard this hull, and none establishes or defeats any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1001-lcil1001-10