Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-1026 ex-USS LCI(L)-1026 - construction, designation, campaign, awards, and disposal timeline; specifications; photo documentation (page history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151026.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 6 April 1944 at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland, OR; launched 12 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1026, 19 June 1944, LTjg. J. H. Bartley USNR in command; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R)-1026, 15 March 1945. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Sixteen (CDR Clarence E. Coffin USN), LCI Group Forty-Six (LCDR A. F. Eckelmeyer USNR), LCI Division Ninety-One. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945; a NARA-film-derived photo places her in amphibious training at Coronado Island, CA, July-December 1944. Occupation service in the Far East 6 September to 15 October 1945. One battle star for World War II service. Struck from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 10 January 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Spec block: disp. 216 t. light / 389 t. loaded; l. 158'5.5"; b. 23'3"; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)), 3 + 31 (LCI(R)); troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6-71-series diesels, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two 30kW diesel-drive generators; LCI(R) armament one 40mm bow gun, four 20mm, two .50 cal, six 5" rocket launchers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops during operations
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but the commanding-officer table prints '19 May 1944' for Bartley vs the 19 June 1944 commissioning date in the body (one-month variant, see gaps). The NARA log-holdings filing designation for this hull is LCI(L)(R)-1026. Page last updated 27 October 2023.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-01
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[2]NARA Special List #44, 'List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (ship-number order) - holdings row for LCI(L)(R)-1026 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p. 19 - row 'LCI(L)(R)-1026 6/19/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own logbook holdings list records deck logs for this hull under the filing designation 'LCI(L)(R)-1026' covering 6/19/1944 through 6/30/1945 - a dated operational record establishing service from commissioning day through the Okinawa campaign window. Neighboring Albina-built sister hulls (LCI(L)(R)-1024, -1028, -1029, -1030) appear in the same block with the same 6/30/1945 endpoint, consistent with batch log transfers to NARA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage window)
- Population
- Crew during log coverage (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Holdings-coverage entry, not a log content: establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in NARA custody for 6/19/1944-6/30/1945, not what the logs contain. Log coverage endpoints are NOT commissioning/decommissioning dates - 6/19/1944 coincides with the documented commissioning date but the 6/30/1945 endpoint is a holdings-transfer cutoff, not end of service. Post-June-1945 logs (occupation service through decommissioning) are in the post-1941 series at Archives II, College Park, undigitized. Logs sit in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118 family. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-02
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton compilation), 'Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR' - yard construction list [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/albina.htm - construction table row 176 and yard history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Albina yard list names this hull: yard hull no. 176, 'LCI(L) 1026', U.S. Navy Landing Craft, 246 gt, 159 ft, delivered 19-Jun-44, 'To USMC 1946'. The surrounding rows document Albina's block of LCI(L) contracts (yard nos. 163-183+, hulls 1013-1033+), situating this hull inside Albina's wartime landing-craft production line. Yard corporate history on the same page: founded 1904 as a repair yard; sold to Dillingham Corp. ~1971 (became Dillingham Ship Repair); shipyard division became Cascade General after Dillingham's 1986 liquidation; the original Albina yard on N. River Street, upstream of Portland's Fremont Bridge, was closed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944; 1946-1947 (disposal)
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a government record - the author (Colton) is the standard reference for US shipyard production lists and his entries track builder/Navy records, but the 'To USMC 1946' disposal note conflicts by one year with NavSource's 'transferred to the Maritime Commission 10 January 1947' (see gaps). Yard-number and delivery-date data corroborate NavSource. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-03
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[4]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (all-diesel GM propulsion, no steam plant); NavSource class header (LCI-351 class); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-06); Albina yard-level litigation record (see ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page (ev-06); 9th Cir. opinion text (ev-05)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel amphibious assault craft built in 1944 at a working shipyard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel-powered small combatant of this type and period were engine exhaust and machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a compact hull volume. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the asbestos-relevant systems are the diesel exhaust/manifold lagging, auxiliary machinery insulation, piping gaskets, and wiring insulation of a small engine-driven craft.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any conversion-yard trades during the 1945 LCI(R) refit (location unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for this hull. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; austere landing craft carried far less insulation than fleet vessels, and nothing located documents which (if any) asbestos products were fitted on hull 1026. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-04
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[5]Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 627 F.3d (9th Cir. 2010), No. 09-70592, decided 10 December 2010 (FindLaw full text) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, No. 09-70592 (9th Cir., decided 2010-12-10) - Background section (1956 Albina employment; stipulations) and disposition
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-level litigation documenting asbestos exposure at this hull's construction yard: claimant was the widow of James R. McAllister, a shipyard carpenter who in 1956 worked first for Willamette Iron & Steel and then for Albina (Portland, OR) before moving to Seattle in 1957; he died of mesothelioma in 2002. ALL PARTIES STIPULATED that his death was due to mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos during shipyard employment, and that any level of exposure can cause mesothelioma. The record further states 'WISCO admitted that Decedent was exposed to asbestos in its employ, and that Decedent had done essentially identical work for Albina as he did for WISCO.' Disposition: the Ninth Circuit GRANTED Albina's petition for review, rejecting the Benefits Review Board's simultaneous-evidence approach in favor of a sequential last-employer analysis, and held Lockheed Shipbuilding (the last employer) liable for death benefits under the LHWCA - an appellate ruling on employer allocation, not on whether exposure at Albina occurred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1956-1960 (exposure window); 2004-2010 (adjudication)
- Population
- Albina shipyard workers (1950s era documented; yard operated 1904-c.1971)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation, not a hull record: documents a stipulated asbestos-caused death at Albina but the decedent's Albina employment was in 1956 - twelve years AFTER this hull's 1944 construction - and no vessel is named. The appellate holding concerns which employer pays, not whether Albina workers were exposed (the parties stipulated exposure; the court's reversal addressed allocation only). Reporter pagination confirmed as 627 F.3d at 1304 via DOL OALJ reference works; first page not independently verified (CourtListener lookup pending - fleet pacer throttled at session time). Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-05
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[6]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 service era (1944-46).
- 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 in prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-06
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[7]Batch-4923 search ledger (this record): NavSource amphibious archive; NARA logbook holdings (SL-44 PDF + online list); NHHC/DANFS (no entry); shipbuildinghistory.com Albina list; CourtListener opinion index (0 hits) and RECAP index (blocked); usslci.org; Wikipedia opensearch; MARAD PMARS (unreachable); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcil1026-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1026 / LCI(R)-1026 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index searched by hull designation variants (authenticated, 2026-09-29): zero results. CAVEAT: the RECAP docket index could not be queried - the fleet-wide request budget was momentarily spent (pacing stand-down, not a quota failure); logged as blocked, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; generic 'asbestos on Navy landing craft' material is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos 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. The docket-index gap is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). NARA deck logs (1944-45 coverage) and any LCI(R) conversion work packages are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil1026-07