Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 387-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1017-lcil1017-pkt-387-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSIL-1017 ex USS LCI(L)-1017 - designation timeline, specifications, campaign record, disposal (history extract from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151017.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: laid down 31 January 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; launched 14 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1017 12 April 1944 (commissioning crew photograph at the Albina yard that day, via the USS LCI National Association newsletter 'The Elsie Item'); reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-1017 'circa 1945'; designation reverted to LCI(L)-1017 10 September 1945; redesignated Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL-1017 28 February 1949; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1957; transferred (sold) to the Republic of China circa March 1958 and converted to a coastal survey ship as ROCS Lein Chang (AGSC-466); struck from the ROC navy 1972; final disposition unknown. Credited Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944; Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; Nasugbu 31 January 1945; three battle stars. Call sign NZGH. A captioned photograph shows her in use as a drone-aircraft launching platform in the 1950s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Population
- Albina construction trades (Jan-Apr 1944); crew (1944-1950s); embarked troops (6 officers + 182 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official sources but the LCI(G) conversion is dated only 'circa 1945' while this same archive's LSM-20 photo captions show the gunboat designation in use by 5 December 1944 (see ev-04 and gaps). Decommissioning date unlocated. ROC-era dates conflict with Chinese secondary sources (ev-09). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-01
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[3]DANFS, Braxton (APA-138) - San Pedro, April 1946, LCI-1017 alongside with Prinz Eugen crew for repatriation [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Braxton (APA-138) service narrative, paragraph covering San Pedro early April 1946
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy history names this hull in post-war service: at San Pedro, California, in early April 1946, 'On the 9th, LCI-1017 came alongside and transferred 8 German officers, 154 enlisted men, and 2 prisoners, the remaining crewmen of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (IX-300), a war prize that had been brought to the United States from the Baltic, to Braxton.' The attack transport then carried the 164 former Prinz Eugen crewmen to Germany for repatriation (Bremerhaven, 10 May 1946). Establishes LCI-1017 active at San Pedro on 9 April 1946 - beyond the NARA deck-log coverage ending 31 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- LCI-1017 crew; 164 embarked Prinz Eugen former crew (transient)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific activity documented incidentally in another vessel's DANFS entry: establishes presence and continued in-service status on 9 April 1946 at San Pedro, not a full service record. No asbestos content. LCI(L)s as unnamed craft do not receive individual DANFS entries - this is the only official ship-specific narrative mention located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-02
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[4]NHHC photograph NH 74313 - 'USS LCI-1015, LCI-962, LCI-961, LCI-1017, LCI-1016, LCI-964, LCI-1018, LCI-1060', photographed circa 1945 (courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1971) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC photography catalog NH 74313 (title, caption, donor credit)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval History and Heritage Command holds a photograph captioned with this hull's name: LCI-1017 nested alongside seven sisters (LCI-1015, LCI-962, LCI-961, LCI-1016, LCI-964, LCI-1018, LCI-1060), photographed circa 1945. Official archival documentation of the vessel's existence and late-war appearance in company with sister craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- circa 1945
- Population
- Crew (circa 1945)
- Limitations
- Photograph title documentation only - establishes the hull's presence nested with sisters circa 1945, with no date precision, location, or work record. NavSource displays the same image with LCI(G) prefixes for six of the eight craft. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-03
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[5]NavSource LSM-20 photo captions (USS LSM/LSMR Association photographs) naming LCI(G)-1017 at the Surigao Strait sinking, 5 December 1944; corroborated by NHHC photograph NH 68794 (LSM-20 struck by kamikaze amidships, 8 killed, 9 wounded) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/14/14020.htm captions 101402004-101402010; NHHC NH 68794 caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous photographs show this hull - already designated LCI(G)-1017 - standing by USS LSM-20 as the LSM sank stern-first in Surigao Strait on 5 December 1944 after a kamikaze strike amidships: 'USS LCI(G)-1017 is off her port side attempting to rescue LSM-20 crew members,' visible across a six-photo sinking sequence taken from a second LCI. NHHC independently documents the event: NH 68794, 'LSM 20 sinking in Surigao Straits, 5 December 1944. She was struck by a kamikaze amidships, killing 8 and wounding 9.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12-05
- Population
- LCI(G)-1017 crew; LSM-20 survivors under rescue
- Limitations
- Rescue role rests on veterans'-association photo captions (USS LSM/LSMR Association via NavSource), not an official action report; NHHC corroborates the sinking event but its caption does not name the rescuing craft. The captions' LCI(G) designation at 5 December 1944 precedes NavSource's 'circa 1945' conversion date - actual conversion date unlocated (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-04
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[6]NARA Special List #44, 'List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (by ship number), entry LCI(L)-1017; RG 24 Bureau of Naval Personnel logbooks (Entry 118, NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number PDF, LCI(L) block (LCI(L)-1017 between -1016 and -1018); NARA logbooks landing page for RG 24 Entry 118 context
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official holdings list records deck logs for this hull: LCI(L)-1017, coverage 4/12/1944 - 12/31/1945. The coverage start coincides with the documented commissioning date (12 April 1944); the coverage ends 31 December 1945 even though DANFS documents the craft still active at San Pedro on 9 April 1946 - post-1945 logs are not itemized in SL-44's listing (see gaps). Logs are held in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118; not publicly digitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-04-12 to 1945-12-31 (coverage); service continues past coverage end
- Population
- Crew (1944-45 log period); subjects of log entries (sick lists, disciplinary records, operations)
- Limitations
- Holdings-list coverage, not log content: this row records that logs exist for the interval, not what they contain. Per batch discipline, coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. SL-44 covers 1801-1947; any 1946-47 logs for this hull are unaccounted in the listing, and post-1947 logs would sit in later accessions not checked. NARA catalog is JS-rendered (unfetchable this session) - entry verified via the published SL-44 PDF itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel plant, no steam); NavSource/official construction data (Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, OR, Jan-Apr 1944); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (ev-07)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built January-April 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard small combatants of this type and period were machinery and exhaust insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a compact hull. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her system scale was far smaller than a steam-driven ship's, but construction-era and crew exposure pathways of the period apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-c.1976
- Population
- Albina construction trades (Jan-Apr 1944); crew (1944-c.1958); ROC navy crew (1958-c.1970s); any conversion-yard trades (LCI(G) gunboat conversion; ROC survey conversion)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work record located for LCI(L)-1017. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No authoritative yard-level asbestos documentation located for Albina Engine & Machine Works - asbestos claims for that yard appear only on law-firm sites (excluded sources).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-06
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[8]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 US service era (1944-1958).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- 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 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description. Standing defect carried from BATCH-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-07
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[9]Batch-4914 search ledger (this record): NavSource chronology and photo captions; DANFS Braxton; NHHC photography NH 74313 and NH 68794; NARA SL-44 PDF; NVR check; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 opinion queries (4 completed, 2 blocked); secondary web litigation and Albina-yard sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1017-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1017 / LCI(G)-1017 / LSIL-1017 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches returned only name collisions - LCI International telecommunications litigation, unrelated docket fragments, and Texas civil/criminal noise across 661 + 543 + 47 + 3 + 1 hits; zero hits naming a landing craft. CAVEAT: the 'LCI(L)-1017' docket-level (type=r) query could not be run - repeatedly paced out under the fleet-wide CourtListener budget (~114/hr shared); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos aboard LCIs and the Albina yard without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - and the litigation search is genuinely partial (5 of 6 planned queries completed, all name collisions; the docket-level RECAP query remained fleet-paced). Undigitized deck logs (1944-45) and any Albina work papers are open archival leads; ROC-era records are outside US repositories. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-08
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[10]Designation cross-check: NavSource disposal block ('ROCS Lein Chang (AGSC-466)'); Wikipedia List of Republic of China Navy ships ('ROCN Lian Qiang LCI-266 (ex USN LCI-1017)'); Chinese-language secondary sources (ROC receipt 16 Mar 1958 Zuoying; survey conversion 1 Oct 1961; decommissioned 16 Aug 1976) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151017.htm disposal line; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republic_of_China_Navy_ships (LCI entries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISAMBIGUATION: the Republic of China identity of this hull appears under two romanizations and two pennants - 'ROCS Lein Chang (AGSC-466)' (NavSource) and 'ROCN Lian Qiang LCI-266' (Wikipedia ROCN list, pinyin). Both render the Chinese name 聯強 and refer to the same hull (ex LCI(L)-1017): LCI-266 reflects her initial ROC infantry-landing craft pennant, AGSC-466 her later coastal-survey conversion. Date conflicts exist: NavSource says struck from the ROC navy in 1972; Chinese-language secondary sources give ROC receipt 16 March 1958 at Zuoying, survey conversion 1 October 1961, and decommissioning 16 August 1976.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1958-1976 (ROC service window, disputed end date)
- Population
- ROC navy crew (1958-c.1970s)
- Limitations
- Prevents a two-ships misreading between sources, not a material claim. ROC-era details rest on secondary sourcing in Chinese (Wikipedia ROCN list; a ROC naval-history community post - not itself cited as a record source); no ROC official record located. The 1972-vs-1976 service-end conflict is unresolved and carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1017-09