Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 828-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1073-lcil1073-pkt-828-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1073 page (construction timeline, specifications, awards, occupation-service periods, disposition; history credited to USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151073.htm header, timeline, awards block, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 6 June 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 21 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1073, 26 June 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII; postwar occupation service in the Far East 21-23 October 1945 and 31 October-3 November 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the State Department 20 March 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp). Specs: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; five single 20mm guns; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 knots loaded; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, twin variable-pitch props, 2,320 shp. Call sign NZRE.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (credited here to the Turner Publishing LCI history volume), not a primary registry - milestone dates track uboat.net exactly. No battle stars or named campaigns are listed for this hull. Contains no asbestos content. Decommission/struck dates genuinely unrecorded, not merely unsearched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-01
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[3]Shipbuilding History, Defoe Shipbuilding (Bay City, MI) production table - yard hull 326, LCI(L) 1073, delivered Jun 1944, disposition 'To Chile 1947' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe production table, hull-326 row (LCI(L) 1067-1083 block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe yard production table lists hull 326 as LCI(L) 1073 for US Navy, 236d tons / 158 ft, disposition 'To Chile 1947'. Neighboring rows corroborate the disposal pattern for Defoe sisters: 1072 'To Chile 1947' (sold as Grumete Tellez), 1077 'To Chile 1947', 1067 'To Argentina 1948', 1070 and 1078 'Later LCI(R)' - the table does NOT mark 1073 as a rocket conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944; 1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Trade secondary compilation, not a primary registry. The table's 'Delivered 1-Jun-44' value for this row predates the documented 6-Jun-44 laying-down - a month-bucketed batch artifact, not a usable delivery date; only the hull number and 'To Chile 1947' disposition are carried. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-02
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[4]Armada de Chile, Tradicion e Historia register entry: Barcaza "Grumete Bolados" 1° - 'Nombres anteriores: USS LCIL 1073'; purchased under contract No. 142 Chile 10 of 12 January 1947; disposed under Ley 12.867 of 12 February 1958 [other_primary]
- Locator
- armada.cl > Tradicion e historia > Unidades Historicas > B > Barcaza "Grumete Bolados" 1° ('Nombres anteriores' field)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Chilean Navy's official historical register identifies Barcaza 'Grumete Bolados' (first of the name) as ex-USS LCIL 1073: 'Comprada a los EE.UU. por el contrato N 142 Chile 10, de 12 de enero de 1947. Enajenada por Ley N 12.867 del 12 de febrero de 1958.' The register lists the craft at 385 tons, 1,320 BHP, 4x20mm armament, 15 knots - LCIL-type figures consistent with this hull. This establishes the post-USN identity and the documented end of Chilean service in 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1947-1958
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew (1947-1958)
- Limitations
- Foreign-navy official register page; secondary-level summary data (register 'year 1943' predates this hull's actual June-1944 construction - a class-level placeholder). Contract date (12 Jan 1947) precedes NavSource's State Department transfer date (20 Mar 1947); both are carried as documented - the sale contract and the custody transfer are different instruments and the record does not resolve their ordering. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-03
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[5]NARA College Park textual record NAID 101759370: 'LCI(L)-1073 - Rep of action North of Eil Malk Island, Palau Islands, 5/1/45' (serial 26-45; micro serial 134005; report dated 11 May 1945), Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations / WWII War Diaries and Operational Records; metadata verified via DPLA/Digital Pasifik aggregation record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 101759370 (catalog.archives.gov/id/101759370); aggregation metadata digitalpasifik.org/items/388263
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-specific action report exists at NARA College Park documenting LCI(L)-1073 operating north of Eil Malk Island, Palau Islands, on/about 1 May 1945. Sibling records in the same series show an operating cluster: LCI(L)-868 reported action north of Eil Malk 4/27/45, LCI(L)-871 east of Eil Malk 4/14/45, LCI(L)-872 off Eil Malk 5/9/45 and in the Palau Islands Area 5/23/45 - patrol/interdiction operations against the bypassed Japanese Palau garrison.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 (action); 1945-05-11 (report)
- Population
- crew aboard during Palau operations (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the report's title and identifiers are verified, but the report text is not digitized and was not read - the nature of the 'action' (engagement, patrol, casualty) is not established by the metadata alone. The NARA catalog page is JS-rendered; NAID and title verified via the DPLA/Digital Pasifik aggregation item (digitalpasifik.org/items/388263). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-04
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[6]NARA Navy deck logs holding: 'LCI(L)(R)-1073', coverage 26 June 1944 - 30 June 1945 (batch PRIMARY index of NARA deck-log holdings); digitized deck-log list checked - this hull's logs are not among the digitized items (the only digitized LCI log is LCI-874) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 deck-log holding 'LCI(L)(R)-1073' 1944-06-26 to 1945-06-30; digitized index at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull covering 26 June 1944 (commissioning day) through 30 June 1945 - the ship's first year of service, spanning her fitting-out, transit to the Pacific, and the Palau-area operations documented by the NAID 101759370 action report. The logs are undigitized physical holdings at Archives II, College Park (textual reference, archives2reference@nara.gov).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew (Jun 1944 - Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - logs not digitized, contents unexamined; catalog coverage ends mid-service (30 Jun 1945) so post-war occupation service and disposal are not covered by this run. The catalog title 'LCI(L)(R)-1073' carries an '(R)' qualifier that is a filing convention for the series: no located source records reclassification of this hull to LCI(R) (see ev-06). Log coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-05
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[7]HyperWar transcription, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (official U.S. Navy ship list): LCI(L)-1073 carried in the plain LCI(L) series (comm. 1942-44) with no conversion or loss note; the list's LCI(R) roster (LCI(R)-642-651, 704-708, 762-767, 769-772, 785, 1024, 1026, 1028-1030, 1068-1070, 1077, 1078) does not include 1073 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html LCI(L) table (LCI(L)-1070 through -1081 rows) and LCI(R) roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the NARA deck-log catalog title 'LCI(L)(R)-1073' could be read as implying a rocket-ship reclassification. The official-derived Navy ship list records no such conversion: hull 1073 appears only in the unmodified LCI(L) series, and the roster of LCI(R) conversions - which does include near-sisters 1068, 1069, 1070, 1077, and 1078 - omits 1073. NavSource likewise lists no reclassification. The hull remained LCI(L)-1073 throughout.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Corrects a cataloging artifact, not a material claim. HyperWar is a transcription of the official list (secondary form, primary content). Absence from the LCI(R) roster is itself an absence-of-record argument - if a reclassification order exists in undigitized BuShips records it would supersede this finding. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block for this hull (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, twin screws, 2,320 shp); NavSource/uboat construction record (Defoe, June 1944); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-09); Shuman v. United States, 765 F.2d 283 (1st Cir. 1985) (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 151073.htm specifications; shipbuildinghistory.com Defoe table; GAO HRD-80-2; 765 F.2d 283
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel diesel-powered landing craft built in June 1944 at a Navy contract yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were engine-exhaust lagging, machinery-space insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation - concentrated in the machinery spaces of a 158-foot hull. She carried no steam plant, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her Chilean service decade (1947-1958) extends the period-materials window without any documented refit or material record.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); USN crew 1944-47; Chilean crew 1947-58
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1073. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Does not establish individual exposure or that any asbestos remains aboard (the hull's fate after 1958 is unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-07
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[9]Shuman v. United States, 765 F.2d 283 (1st Cir. 1985) - opinion recounts district-court findings that in 1943 the Navy promulgated 'Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards' dealing in part with asbestos-dust hazards, and that the Secretary of the Navy imposed the standards on shipyards operating under Navy contracts as well as the Navy's own yards [court_record]
- Locator
- 765 F.2d 283, section recounting district-court findings (1)-(5) on Navy knowledge and the Minimum Requirements
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Published appellate findings document the regulatory regime in force at Navy contract shipyards when this hull was built (June 1944): the joint Navy-USMC 'Minimum Requirements' (approved USN 20 Jan 1943 / USMC 9 Feb 1943) addressed asbestos-dust hazards, and the Navy applied them to contract yards - the category covering Defoe Shipbuilding. This is era context showing the asbestos hazard was institutionally recognized during this hull's construction window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943 (standard); 1985 (opinion)
- Population
- Navy contract-shipyard workforce, 1943 onward (era context)
- Limitations
- Era/regulatory context only, and the disposition must be stated exactly: the First Circuit REVERSED the judgment for the plaintiff, holding the claim barred by the FTCA discretionary-function exception; the court assumed the district court's factual findings arguendo (one predicate finding - that the government assumed responsibility for minimizing the hazard during the relevant times - was ruled clearly erroneous). The case arose from Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard (Quincy, MA) exposures in the 1940s-50s - a Navy contract yard, like Defoe - and does not name this hull, Defoe, or landing craft; it documents Navy recognition of the hazard and the existence of the 1943 standards, not whether protective practice was implemented at Defoe, and says nothing about materials installed aboard this craft. Justia mirror URL - verified live in search results 2026-09-29 (bot fetches return 403; page loads in browser).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-08
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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 to automated fetch)
- 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 (June 1944) and both service eras (USN 1944-47; Chilean 1947-58).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); covers construction/service era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; shipboard workforce (program level)
- 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) - content via product-page description, same limitation noted in prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-09
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[11]Batch-4952 search ledger (this record): NavSource vessel page; uboat.net register; shipbuildinghistory.com Defoe table; Armada de Chile register; NARA NAID 101759370 metadata (DPLA/Digital Pasifik); NARA deck-log holding index and digitized list; HyperWar Navy ship list; NHHC DANFS check; NVR check; Wikipedia check; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener opinion + docket sweep (see ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1073-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-1073 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener sweep completed via the authenticated helper: quoted "LCI(L)-1073" returned zero opinions and zero dockets; "LCI-1073" and "Grumete Bolados" returned zero opinions; the bare-string run's 684 hits were corporate-'LCI' name collisions with no ship hit; a loose docket OR-query returned 17 unrelated-subject hits. One redundant quoted variant ("LCIL 1073" opinions) remained fleet-paced at finalization. Web sweeps surfaced no asbestos or litigation content naming this hull - no marketing listicles exist for it.
- 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 litigation sweep is materially complete for the exact ship name and Chilean name across opinions and dockets (one redundant token variant unrun); the most promising repositories (undigitized deck logs Jun 1944-Jun 1945, the NAID 101759370 action report, Defoe yard work packages, Chilean disposal records) remain undigitized archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1073-10