Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet oh-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity exists)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-191-lcil191-pkt-oh-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-191 ex USS LCI(G)-191 - construction, commissioning, campaign record, designations, disposal (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150191.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 7 December 1942 at Federal Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Port Newark NJ; launched 25 January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-191 3 February 1943. Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater campaigns: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22-25 January 1944; Elba and Pianosa landings 17 June 1944; Invasion of Southern France 15 August-16 September 1944 (page photograph documents her in Flotilla 1 landing troops 15 August 1944). Reclassified LCI(G)-191 15 June 1945; reverted to LCI(L)-191 17 September 1945. Decommissioned mid-April 1946 at US Navy Amphibious Base Little Creek VA; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; three battle stars. Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 22 January 1948; sold 7 June 1948 to Circle Lines, New York; converted to sightseeing boat Highlander, renamed New Yorker 7 June 1950, Circle Line Sightseer VII 1 April 1955, Circle Line VII 15 January 1957; final disposition 'fate unknown.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1957 (timeline coverage)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); Navy crew (1943-46); embarked troops (up to ~182); Circle Line conversion and crew (1948-forward)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but the struck date is unrecorded ('date unknown') and postwar renaming dates are unattributed. Page verified live at navsource.net on 2026-09-29 (navsource.org is dead). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, photo catalog 26-G-1605, USS LCI(L)-191 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog page 26-G-1605 (NARA Series, 26-G)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's ship-specific record for this hull is official photograph 26-G-1605: 'USS LCI(L)-191 underway in a harbor, probably on the U.S. East Coast, circa February-March 1943. Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives.' The image documents the ship in her as-delivered early-1943 configuration around her commissioning period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Crew at commissioning (early 1943)
- Limitations
- A photo-catalog record only - establishes physical appearance and the existence of the hull in US service, not material content. Coast Guard provenance of the photograph does not indicate Coast Guard manning; LCI(L)-191 served with Navy-manned Flotilla 1 (the Coast Guard-manned LCIs were Flotillas 4/10/35). No DANFS narrative entry exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number ordering), p. 21 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p. 21 (LCI(L)-191 rows, three entries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-191 in three coverage windows: 1 December 1943 - 29 February 1944; 1 April - 31 July 1944; and 1 September 1944 - 30 June 1945. These are hull-specific logbook holdings at the National Archives - the documentary anchor for her wartime service, covering the Anzio-Nettuno landings (22-25 January 1944) and most of the Southern France campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops, Dec 1943 - Jun 1945 coverage windows
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates. Gaps in the inventory are material: the commissioning-through-Sicily period (Feb-Nov 1943), March 1944, and August 1944 - which contains the Southern France D-Day of 15 August - are NOT covered by the inventoried logs. The logs are not digitized (not on NARA's online deck-log list); contents unexamined. Logbooks record movements and events, not materials - no asbestos content expected or asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-03
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[5]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for USS LCI-713, NRIS 07000300 (listed 2007-04-12) - comparable-vessels and shipyard sections [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP registration form 07000300, Section 11 (comparable vessels discussion) and historic-context shipyard survey (Federal Shipbuilding paragraph)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LCI-713 NRHP nomination documents this hull's postwar survival: 'LCI-191 is currently operated by Circle Line in New York harbor as a tour boat. Now named the Circle Line VII, ship has been extensively modified - only the hull and power plant of the original ship remain' (nomination filed early 2007). The same document's shipyard survey records that Federal Shipbuilding of Kearny NJ, a U.S. Steel subsidiary in operation since 1918, held a contract for 36 LCIs - all 'square con' (LCI-1 class) hulls - as a small part of its wartime output, and records the class plant as eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in two banks driving two shafts (no steam plant).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2007 (nomination); documents 1948-2007 commercial service
- Population
- Circle Line passengers/crew and drydock workers (1948-2000s)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific for the hull's identity and survival into commercial service as of early 2007; class-level for construction detail. Documents that the wartime interior outfit was removed in conversion - relevant to survival (not original presence) of any era materials aboard the surviving hull. Contains no asbestos content. Subsequent disposition not covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two sets of four GM diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers, 1,600 BHP); NPS NRHP nomination class description (eight GM 6-71 diesels; welded steel hull); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for Federal Shipbuilding/Kearny (ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944); USS LCI National Association class facts (diesel plant, ~24-60 crew, ~200 troops) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; NPS NRHP 07000300 class description; shipyards.json product list for federal-shipbuilding-kearny
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built Dec 1942-Feb 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were engine exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery-space thermal/acoustic insulation, flange and valve gaskets, packing, and electrical insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; whatever insulation existed aboard was concentrated around the engine room.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948 (military-relevant window)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); Navy crew (1943-46); conversion/drydock workers (1948, and undocumented postwar yard work)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-191. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-05
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[7]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) [other_primary]
- Locator
- O-I industrial health survey, Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny NJ (30 Aug - 2 Sep 1944); Atlas shipyards.json ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Industrial-hygiene documentation of asbestos use at this hull's builder: the Owens-Illinois survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Kearny NJ, conducted at wartime production peak, documented insulators working with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting operations. Federal Shipbuilding held a 36-LCI contract; this hull was built there Dec 1942-Feb 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (survey dates); wartime construction era for this hull
- Population
- Shipyard insulators and pipefitters at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny NJ
- Limitations
- Yard-level survey, not a hull record: documents asbestos product use at the builder's yard generally - LCI(L)-191 is not named, and the survey postdates her launch by roughly 19 months (Aug-Sep 1944 vs Jan 1943), though within the yard's continuous wartime asbestos-use era. Survey conducted by a manufacturer with commercial interest; dust counts in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era). Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence. Accessed via toxicdocs.org litigation-document archive (verified live 2026-09-29).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-06
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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 and commissioned service era (1942-46).
- 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 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-191-07
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[9]Batch-4990 search ledger (this record): NavSource timeline and photo archive; NHHC photo catalog 26-G-1605; NARA Special List 44 (ship-number PDF, verified at p. 21); NPS NRHP nomination 07000300; shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny; Owens-Illinois 1944 yard survey via toxicdocs; GAO product page (403); USCG-manned LCI(L) list (negative); CourtListener (blocked - fleet pacing); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-191-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-191 / LCI(G)-191 / Circle Line VII was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-wide request budget was spent and the authenticated helper returned pacing stand-down guidance on two attempts; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case naming this hull.
- 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 repository search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run). Deck logs (SL-44: three windows, undigitized), builder work packages, MARAD disposal file, and Circle Line-era USCG documentation/shipyard 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-191-08