Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet zcp-packet.md (4 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-1031-lcil1031-pkt-zcp-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-1031 ex-USS LCI(L)-1031 (10/15/151031) - designation timeline, campaign/award tables, specification block (history from Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151031.htm header block, campaign/award tables, and specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 8 May 1944 at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland OR; launched 15 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1031 25 July 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-1031, 30 January 1945. Asiatic-Pacific assignment: LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR R. H. Brazeal USN), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine (LT T. T. Brooks USN), LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Nine. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April-30 June 1945; one battle star. Post-war occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 - 16 April 1946. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 21 July 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Specification block: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; 2 x 30kW diesel-drive 120V DC ship's-service generators; armament five single 20mm guns (one bow, two each side forward and aft of wheelhouse); complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; call sign NZIT.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew and embarked flotilla staff (1944-46; 4 officers + 24 enlisted ship's complement); embarked troops up to 188 in LCI(L) configuration
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its history cites Turner Publishing's 1995 'USS LCI' Vol. II. Contains no asbestos content. Campaign-credit dates are fleet campaign windows, not per-hull daily positions; deck logs (see ev-03) are the day-level record. The Flotilla 23 assignment is corroborated by the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization, but the group/division numbers differ (69/139 here vs 67/134 in the NHHC document - variance carried in gaps). Disposal beyond the 1947 MARCOM transfer is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-01
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[3]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official fleet organization document, Navy Department Library transcription); corroborated by HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' LC(FF) listing (LC(FF)-1031, built 1943-44) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three > LCI Group 67 > LCI Division 134 table; HyperWar ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html, LC(FF) section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official U.S. Navy fleet-organization document dated 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 1031' in LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three, LCI Group Sixty-Seven, LCI Division One Hundred Thirty-Four, alongside LCIs 656, 657, 775, 1079, and 1080 (FF) - placing this hull in the Pacific Fleet amphibious order of battle during the Okinawa operation. The HyperWar Navy-compilation mirror 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' lists LC(FF)-1031 among the flotilla-flagship conversions (built 1943-44), corroborating the (FF) designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Crew and embarked flotilla staff (1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific organizational placement only; no asbestos or material content. The NHHC document's group/division (67/134) differs from NavSource's assignment line (Group 69/Div 139) - same flotilla (23), different group/division numbers; unresolved, carried in gaps. The NHHC listing prints 'LCI 1031' without the (FF) flag marker carried by list-mate LCI 1080 - flag-marker annotation in this table is inconsistent with the documented 30 January 1945 LC(FF) redesignation and is noted, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44 (RG 24 deck-log ship-number index): 'LCI(L)(FF) 1031' entry, coverage 7/25/1944 - 6/30/1945; corroborates the batch tasking's NARA record note verbatim [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number index PDF, 'LCI(L)(FF) 1031' row (7/25/1944 - 6/30/1945), verified in the downloaded index; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (no LCI-1031 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull indexed as 'LCI(L)(FF) 1031' covering 25 July 1944 - 30 June 1945 in RG 24 logbook holdings at College Park - the commissioning date through the end of the Okinawa campaign window. These are the primary day-by-day operational records for the hull, including the period of her flotilla-flagship service. The hull does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' online list - the WWII-era LCI logs are undigitized; textual reference at College Park is the access path.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Holdings-level finding only: establishes that logs exist and their coverage window, not their content - no page was reviewed this session. Log coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning claims (though the 25 July 1944 start coincides with the documented commissioning date). Absence from the online list means no digitized scans were located; does not bear on the physical holding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton compilation, navalmarinearchive mirror), Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR - yard build table row 181 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Albina build table, row 181 (block rows 163-183 = LCI(L) 1013-1033)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Albina yard table records yard hull 181 as LCI(L) 1031, U.S. Navy, landing craft, 246 t / 159 ft, delivered 25-Jul-44, disposition 'To USMC 1946'. The table shows Albina hulls 163-183 delivered as LCI(L)-1013 through -1033 between March and August 1944 - the last LCI(L) block before the yard switched to LCS(L) production (hulls 184-201 were cancelled as LCIs and reassigned to LCS(L) hulls).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton's ShipbuildingHistory), consistent with NavSource on build/commissioning dates and with Wikipedia's Albina block summary (LCI(L) 1013-1033, 1944). 'To USMC 1946' means U.S. Maritime Commission; NavSource dates the formal transfer 21 July 1947 - a year-level variance carried in gaps. No asbestos, hazmat, or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-351 specification block (8 x GM diesel engines, 4 per shaft; no steam plant); ShipbuildingHistory Albina wartime build table (mass-produced 1944 landing craft); NPS NRHP nomination for sister hull LCI(L)-713 (all-steel assembly-line construction, two decks, deckhouse ~40% of main deck - documents the type's austere construction); LC(FF) conversion pattern (49 LCIs converted to flotilla flagships - troop compartments refitted as staff offices and radio spaces per LCI association/flotilla histories); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program documentation (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block; ShipbuildingHistory Albina table; NPS NRHP nomination LCI-713 (npgallery asset); GAO HRD-80-2 product page; usslci.org LCI Flotilla 22 history (LC(FF) conversion description)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944-built diesel-powered landing craft sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos era and the wartime emergency-shipbuilding program. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type: diesel-exhaust lagging and silencer insulation, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets and valve/flange packing, electrical cable and switchboard insulation, refrigeration/galley insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. The pre-January-1945 conversion to flotilla flagship - refitting troop compartments as offices and adding radio/communications spaces for the embarked staff - would have disturbed original insulation and installed current-spec materials wherever the conversion was performed, an exposure pathway for conversion-yard trades independent of crew exposure. Diesel propulsion means no boiler or turbine lagging pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); LC(FF) conversion workforce (1944-45, location undocumented); crew and embarked flotilla staff (1944-46); MARCOM/disposal workforce post-1947
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, conversion work package, or material list located for this hull; the LC(FF) conversion location is itself undocumented in the sources pulled. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Asbestos presence aboard is unproven; nothing here establishes individual exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-05
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[7]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 and service era (1944-1947) plus the flotilla-flagship conversion window.
- 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 - standing defect since Batch 01; product-page description used).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-06
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[8]K.M. (widow of J.M.) v. Lockheed Shipbuilding / Albina Engine and Machine / Willamette Iron and Steel / Director OWCP, DOL Benefits Review Board Decision and Order 08-0403 (Dec. 30, 2008); prior BRB decision 04-0887 (Aug. 19, 2005); reviewed as Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, OWCP, 627 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. 2010), No. 09-70592 [court_record]
- Locator
- DOL BRB 08-0403 (2003-LHC-2540), statement of facts (employment chronology, 1956-1960; death 22 Sep 2002) and holding; 627 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. Dec. 10, 2010)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The builder yard of this hull is a documented asbestos-litigation situs: in the LHWCA death-benefits case of shipyard carpenter James McAllister (died 22 September 2002 of left pleural mesothelioma), the parties stipulated that his death was due to mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos during his work as a carpenter for three Portland-area shipyard employers - Willamette Iron & Steel, Albina Engine & Machine (his Albina tenure ended 1957), and Lockheed Shipbuilding. After three trips through the Benefits Review Board, the ALJ found Albina Engine was the last employer to expose decedent to asbestos; on petition for review the Ninth Circuit held the responsible-employer analysis misapplied and assigned liability to Lockheed (627 F.3d 1293). The stipulated record places occupational asbestos exposure at the Albina yard during 1956-57.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1956-2010
- Population
- Portland-area shipyard carpenters/trades (1956-1960 exposure window)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation naming the builder, not this hull: the documented Albina exposure window is 1956-1957, the yard's post-war repair era - twelve-plus years after this hull's 1944 construction, so it does not document conditions during the build. Disposition described exactly: stipulated asbestos exposure in the shipyard trades; final appellate disposition assigned liability to Lockheed, not Albina - a merits-level outcome on employer allocation, not a finding that Albina had no asbestos. No LCI or naval-vessel hull is named. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-07
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[9]Batch-4928 search ledger (this record): NavSource 10/15/151031; ShipbuildingHistory Albina table (navalmarinearchive mirror); NARA SL-44 ship-number index PDF + online deck-log list; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945 + DANFS URL check; HyperWar LC(FF) listing; NPS NRHP LCI-713 nomination; DOL BRB decisions + 9th Cir. reporter citation; CourtListener API v4 (opinion index, four query variants); NVR; usslci.org; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, conversion work package, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-1031 / LC(FF)-1031 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index returned zero hits for 'LCI(L)-1031', 'LC(FF)-1031', 'LCI-1031', and 'LCI 1031' - a genuine negative result in the opinion index; the RECAP/docket index query was attempted five times across the session and returned fleet-pacing stand-downs or timeouts - logged as blocked, not as 'no result'. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (Albina-yard and generic landing-craft listicles 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 hull was built and converted inside the documented Navy asbestos era. The litigation repository search is partially open (docket index unqueried due to fleet pacing). Deck logs (SL-44 holding, undigitized) and any conversion work package are undigitized/unreviewed leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1031-lcil1031-08