Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 807-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-pkt-807-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS LCI(G)-17 ex USS LCI(L)-17 (1942 - 1945)' (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource hull page, specifications block + campaign/service tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled record for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 11 September 1942 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ; launched 5 October 1942; commissioned 9 November 1942. WWII service: Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla One - Sicilian occupation (9-15 July 1943), Salerno landings (9-21 September 1943), Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (20-23 January, 30 January-4 February, 14-19 and 25-26 February 1944), invasion of southern France (15 August-5 September 1944); then Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven (LCDR J. P. Moore), LCI Group One Hundred Ten (LT G. A. Lyon), LCI Division Two Hundred Nineteen. Redesignated LCI(G)-17, 15 July 1945. Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended), 24 October-1 December 1945. Struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold 5 February 1947, fate unknown. Four battle stars for WWII service. Specs: 216 t light/389 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; two sets of four General Motors diesels (four per shaft), 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (Sep-Nov 1942); wartime crew (design complement 24 as LCI(L), 70 as LCI(G))
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing), not a contemporaneous Navy document; corroborated at primary level for early 1944 by the digitized NARA war diary (ev-03). Contains no materials or asbestos information. Decommissioning date is absent from the source - carried as unknown, not inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number); parent records are RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118, National Archives Identifier 581208 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 by Ship Number PDF, page 21 (row 'LCI(L)-17 3/1/1944 6/30/1945')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-17 covering 1 March 1944 through 30 June 1945 - in-scope wartime service documentation for this hull (Anzio aftermath through the Mediterranean departure and into the Pacific assignment; the window ends two weeks before the LCI(G)-17 redesignation). Log-coverage dates are inventory dates, not commissioning or decommissioning dates. No separate LCI(G)-17 log entry appears in Special List 44.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-03-01 to 1945-06-30 (coverage); inventoried 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Establishes that logs exist for the stated window; the logbooks themselves (College Park, textual) were not examined this session and their digitization status in the NARA catalog was not verified. Deck logs are operational records - no asbestos content is expected or claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-02
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[4]NARA file unit NAID 78406678, 'USS LCI(L) 17 - War Diary, 1/1/44 to 3/31/44 (Action Report, page 8)', RG 38 WWII War Diaries, microfilm roll A934, 26 digitized images (Fold3 scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78406678, images 2-4 (January 1944 daily entries, Bizerte-Nisida-Naples)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own contemporaneous war diary: for January 1944, USS LCI(L)#17 is 'flagship of LCI(L) Flotilla One' (Eighth Amphibious Force), moored at Bizerte, Tunisia 1-9 January, operating under Commander Northwest African Waters Operation Order 9-43; on 10 January she embarked Commander O. F. Gregor, USN (OTC) and the LCI(L) Flotilla One staff and sailed with a 16-LCI force (LCIs 3, 4, 10, 17, 19, 32, 39, 40, 47, 189, 190, 191, 194, 219, 220, 231 plus SC and PC escorts) for Nisida/Naples - the Anzio staging period. Entries signed by H. G. Stender, LT., USNR, commanding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-01 to 1944-03
- Population
- Ship's company (Lt. H. G. Stender USNR commanding) and embarked LCI(L) Flotilla One staff
- Limitations
- Operational narrative only - documents wartime service, command, and staging; contains no materials or asbestos information. Only the January pages were read; the Anzio action report at page 8 and February-March entries were not examined line by line.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-03
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[5]NARA catalog file units naming this hull (RG 24 muster rolls; RG 38 war diaries and action reports; Fold3/Ancestry-digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search 'LCI(L)-17' (110 results); file-unit records as listed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific file units located: 'LCI(L) 17 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120161586, 144 images, RG 24, first roll dated 31 December 1942); war diaries NAID 78262886 (12/43), 78546884 (4-7/44), 139757348 (8-9/44), 139810999 (10-12/44), 139903833 (1-2/45); action reports NAID 134302172 ('USS LCI(L) 17 - Act in Bigot-Husky Ops', micro serial 52895, dated 18 July 1943 - Sicily) and 134357978 ('USS LCI(L) 17 - Rep of Ops, 8/12-25/44, Invasion of Southern France'). Together these cover the hull's Mediterranean combat record at document level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1942-1945
- Limitations
- File units located and metadata verified; contents unexamined except NAID 78406678 (ev-03). Personnel/operational records - no asbestos content expected or claimed. Muster rolls are the crew-roster lead for any future exposure-population work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-04
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[6]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, Multnomah County, OR' (2012, historian Justine Christianson); LOC item loc.gov/pictures/item/or0606/ [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages 1-3 (Description; Principal Measurements; Propulsion)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation of the type via preserved sister LCI(L)-713 (LCI-351 group): welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction to a Bureau of Ships standard design; engine room on the lower deck containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines connected to two shafts and variable-pitch propellers; approximately 1,051 ships of the type built in ten shipyards during WWII. The written data pages contain no insulation-materials detail and no mention of asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (sister's construction); 2012 (documentation)
- Limitations
- Documents the LCI-351 group sister, not LCI(L)-17 (LCI-1 group - earlier square-conn/side-ramp configuration); hull form and diesel machinery architecture are common across groups. Absence of asbestos detail in a 3-page data sheet is descriptive silence, not a finding about materials aboard any hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-05
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[7]Era/yard inference built on: NavSource spec block for this hull (GM diesel plant, no steam); HAER OR-180 class construction; shipyard-exposure-map yard record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (documented asbestos product list for the builder); Franke & Paustenbach 2011 (Navy-era asbestos context, see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; HAER OR-180; shipyards.json product list for new-york-shipbuilding
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built September-November 1942 at New York Shipbuilding sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era and product set (thermal block insulation, magnesia, Transite panels, gaskets, packing, asbestos-coated welding rod, wire insulation, felts) and inside the wartime period when asbestos materials were standard in naval-vessel construction. Era-standard applications aboard a landing craft of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery/engine-room insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings. As a diesel vessel she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- NYSB construction trades (1942); wartime crew and embarked troops (1942-1946); any post-sale conversion/scrapping workforce (1947, undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-17. Names era-standard applications and the builder yard's documented product set, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Small shallow-draft amphibious craft carried less installed insulation than combatant steam vessels - inference may overstate actual fit-out.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-06
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[8]Franke & Paustenbach, 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970)', Inhalation Toxicology (2011) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Inhalation Toxicology 2011; DOI 10.3109/08958378.2011.643417
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Documents the regulatory backdrop of this hull's construction period: government and Navy awareness of asbestos hazards in shipbuilding across 1900-1970, including the wartime-era minimum safety requirements applied to contract shipyards - the category covering New York Shipbuilding, where this hull was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1900-1970 (review scope); hull context 1942
- Limitations
- Peer-reviewed literature review of institutional knowledge, not hull or class evidence; the authors are defense-side consulting experts - used strictly as era regulatory backdrop, not as exposure evidence or as authority on any factual dispute.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-07
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[9]Batch-4984 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and index; NHHC DANFS slug checks; NHHC Ships-USN-L photography index; NARA Special List 44 + catalog file units; Library of Congress/HAER; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and dockets); usslci.org; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-01 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 LCI(L)-17 or LCI(G)-17 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinions index: zero results across all name variants ('LCI(L)-17', 'LCI(G)-17', 'LCI-17', 'LCI(L) 17', 'LCI(G) 17', 'LCI 17'); CourtListener docket index: zero results for the hyphenated variants, and the spaced-variant docket query returned hits consisting of non-vessel name collisions (e.g., Plagens v. Deckard, N.D. Ohio 1:20-cv-02744, a securities class action matching the 'LCI' acronym) - no qualifying vessel-related docket identified. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC slug checks return 404); no NHHC photo page; no hull-specific page at the LCI National Association site. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced for LCI-type vessels generally is law-firm marketing content - 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's undigitized deck logs (RG 24 Entry 118), New York Shipbuilding work orders, and any post-sale conversion or breaking records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-17-lcil17-08