Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 385-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: none assigned — never named. Proper reference: USS LCI(L)-1007.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1007-lcil1007-pkt-385-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1007 page (history text drawn from 'USS LCI: Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LCI(L)-1007 entry, history block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 27 April 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 27 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1007 19 June 1944; during World War II assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; sold 28 December 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no campaign entries and no battle stars. International radio call sign NZER. Specifications: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; five single 20mm guns; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, two 30kW diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Wartime complement: 4 officers + 24 enlisted; embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation source (Turner Publishing text hosted by NavSource), not a primary government document; it is the standard public ship-history reference for unnamed LCI hulls. Contains no asbestos or material-content statement. 'Asiatic-Pacific Theater' assignment without listed campaigns does not establish which operations, if any, the vessel participated in; decommission/stricken dates and post-sale fate are undocumented in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44 (by ship number) - catalog of Navy logbooks held; row 'LCI(L)-1007' shows deck-log coverage 6/19/1944-6/30/1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI block (printed as 'LC1(L)-1007', OCR/case variant of LCI(L)-1007); digitization status checked against https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1007 covering 19 June 1944 through 30 June 1945 (Special List 44, ship-number edition). The holdings establish a documented operational-record interval for this specific hull; the coverage start coincides with the independently recorded commissioning date (19 June 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-19 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew of record during the logged interval (4 officers + ~24 enlisted complement)
- Limitations
- Special List 44 establishes that deck logs exist for the stated coverage period only. Per project convention the coverage endpoints are not asserted as commissioning/decommissioning dates. The logs are textual holdings (RG 24-era deck logs) at Archives II, College Park; LCI(L)-1007 does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' digitized list as of access date, so log contents were not reviewed - the list row contains no operational detail and no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-02
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[4]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713', written historical and descriptive data (2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (or0606data.pdf), 'Significance', 'Description', and 'Historical Information' sections; see also LOC item or0606
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Federal documentation of the LCI-351 class design, written for class sister LCI(L)-713: the type was a Bureau of Ships design built of welded 1/4-inch steel plate for rapid wartime production; approximately 1,051 vessels of the type were constructed in ten different U.S. shipyards; propulsion was eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in four pairs on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; lower deck held troop compartments, crew compartment, and engine room; deckhouse carried mess, wardroom, and galley. Vessels built after 1 June 1944 carried the modified design (cylindrical pilot house, centerline ramp) vs. earlier side-ramp configuration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 design; documented 2012
- Population
- LCI-351-class crews and embarked troops (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-design record documented on sister hull LCI(L)-713 (George Lawley & Son, 1944), not on this vessel - establishes the standard design this hull was built to, not hull-specific fittings. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials-content statement. Whether LCI(L)-1007 (launched 27 May 1944, commissioned 19 June 1944) was built to the earlier side-ramp or later centerline-ramp configuration is not documented in the sources consulted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-03
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[5]National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, USS LCI-713, NRIS 07000300 (listed 2007-04-12), narrative description sections [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP nomination continuation sheets, Section 7 narrative description and restoration sections (NRIS 07000300)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS nomination for class sister LCI(L)-713 documents class construction in detail: welded steel plate hull built for assembly-line production; lower-deck arrangement (bosun's locker, three troop compartments, crew compartment, engine room with eight GM 6-71 diesels in two banks of four on two shafts); period electrical runs used 'armor cable' with an outer metal sheath; restoration follows Historic Naval Ships Association/NPS guidance of same-type materials and period construction methods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 construction; nomination 2006-2007
- Limitations
- Nomination documents a preserved sister hull, not LCI(L)-1007. The document contains no asbestos statement - 'armor cable' is described by its metal sheath and is not identified as asbestos-insulated; no inference about this hull's materials may be drawn beyond era consistency.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-04
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[6]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and program under which this 1944-built landing craft was constructed - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in Navy and merchant hull construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class/era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the LCI(L) type and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NPS HAER OR-180 LCI-351-class design documentation (welded steel, GM 6-71 diesel plant); NavSource specification block for this hull (8 diesel engines, twin screws); NPS NRHP nomination 07000300 class materials detail; Corn & Starr (1987) WWII shipbuilding-asbestos literature [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis of rows ev-01, ev-03, ev-04, ev-05 sources
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As a welded-steel, diesel-driven landing craft built to a standard Bureau of Ships design in April-June 1944 - the documented peak of wartime asbestos use in U.S. shipbuilding - era-typical asbestos-relevant applications aboard would have been limited to the diesel-plant and outfitting categories: diesel exhaust lagging, machinery and piping gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, interior deck coverings, and winch brake linings. The absence of a steam plant excludes the boiler/turbine lagging pathway dominant on larger WWII combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946 service period
- Population
- Shipbuilders (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, 1944); wartime crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted); embarked troops
- Limitations
- INFERENCE, not ship-proven: no source names asbestos aboard this hull or an LCI(L) generally. This row asserts only era-consistent plausibility based on documented propulsion type, construction method, build date, and era literature. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-06
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[8]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 9828426 (docket 94-15 783, decided 1998-09-23), Houston RO appeal [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision text, Findings of Fact 1-3 and Reasons and Bases; va.gov vetapp98 archive
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Adjudicated VA decision involving this hull's builder yard: a veteran who worked in the boilermaker department at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX, 1942-1946 (the years and yard where this hull was built) claimed asbestos-related disease. The Board found as facts: (1) the veteran was NOT exposed to asbestos during his Consolidated Steel Orange employment 1942-1946 (his work was drilling/countersinking hull plating, outside the ships, with no insulation contact established); (2) he WAS exposed to asbestos serving aboard Navy vessels in service 1944-1946 (asbestos-coated pipes, proximity in sleeping/working spaces); (3) he has asbestos-related lung disease attributable to service exposure, though not asbestosis. Service connection granted for asbestos-related lung disease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- Exposure period 1942-1946; decision 1998
- Population
- One claimant: Consolidated Steel Orange boilermaker-department worker (1942-46) / Navy seaman (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Single-claimant administrative adjudication, not an Article III court opinion; names no vessel and establishes nothing about this specific hull. The yard finding is claimant-specific (his duties), not a finding that the Orange yard lacked asbestos generally. The Navy-vessel finding is general to 'ships on which he served' and is not tied to LCI(L)-1007 or the LCI(L) type. Stage: final Board-level adjudication on that record - findings as adjudicated, not allegations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-07
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[9]Batch-4904 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 and digitized deck-logs list; NHHC/history.navy.mil search; NPS HAER OR-180 and NRHP 07000300; HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' amphibious list; CourtListener opinion searches; VA vetapp search; usslci.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1007-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-1007-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or case naming LCI(L)-1007 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener searches - opinion level for 'LCI(L)-1007' and 'LCI-1007', and RECAP docket level for 'LCI(L)-1007' - all returned zero results. NHHC/DANFS carries no entry for this unnamed craft. The NPS class documentation (HAER, NRHP) contains no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and this vessel's post-1946 identity is undocumented, foreclosing museum-style disclosure chains. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-08
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[10]NARA deck-log holdings path: Special List 44 confirms LCI(L)-1007 logs held (coverage 6/19/1944-6/30/1945) in the Navy deck-log series at Archives II, College Park; hull absent from the digitized deck-logs list as of access date. USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association (usslci.org) maintains per-hull research folders mined from NARA by its Pacific theater historian - no 1007-specific content located online. Consolidated Steel Corp. Orange yard construction/outfitting records would sit in NARA shipbuilding/contract series (RG 19/RG 71 territory) - not surveyed. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA textual deck-log holdings path: Special List 44 row 'LC1(L)-1007' (RG 24 deck logs, Archives II, College Park); digitization status vs. navy-online list; usslci.org per-hull research folders
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): the NARA-held deck logs for LCI(L)-1007 (19 Jun 1944-30 Jun 1945) would establish her operational itinerary, flotilla assignment, ports, and any yard periods during the covered interval - the single most probative primary record for this hull's actual service and maintenance-disturbance events. Additional leads: usslci.org per-hull folders and unpublished manuscripts; builder contract files for the Consolidated Steel Orange LCI program.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 records
- Limitations
- Record-location mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents within these series is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1007-09