Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet oz-packet.md (1 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (existence — real identity: USS LCI(L)-406; designation LCI(L); type: Landing Craft Infantry
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-406-lcil406-pkt-oz-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-406 ex USS LCI(L)-406 page (history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry",' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/150406 (history block, campaign table, specifications)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 8 January 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 15 January 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-406, 20 January 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-406, 15 June 1944, LT B. G. Brown USNR in command. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Six (CDR A. R. Montgomery USN), LCI Group Seventeen (LCDR C. F. Robinson USNR), LCI Division Thirty-Three. Campaign: Western Caroline Islands operation - capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 October to 14 November 1944; one battle star. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from Naval Register 12 March 1946; transferred to Maritime Commission 24 March 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Specs: 246/264/419 t, 158'5.5", GM diesel propulsion (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, twin variable-pitch screws, 2,320 shp); LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (1944-45 wartime): 4 officers + 24 enlisted as LCI(L); 5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G); embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated secondary archive, not an official record; the page's own history credit is the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Dates are consistent with NARA Special List 44 log coverage (begins 1/20/1944, the commissioning date) and shipbuildinghistory.com yard table (contract awarded 9-Mar-1943, hull delivered 20-Jan-1944). Page prints 'date unknown' after the laid-down line - a template artifact; the 8-Jan-1944 laid-down date is corroborated by uboat.net. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by Ship Numbers (RG 24 deck-log inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 17 (LCI(L)(G) section), row 'LCI(L)(G)406'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 ship-number inventory lists deck logs for 'LCI(L)(G)406' covering 1/20/1944 - 6/30/1945: the complete in-commission wartime period from the day of commissioning through the end of the war in the Pacific. The combined LCI(L)(G) filing reflects the hull's June 1944 reclassification. These are log-coverage dates, not asserted decommissioning or end-of-service dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew logged in daily deck entries, 1944-01-20 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves - it establishes that NARA holds (or held at compilation) deck logs for this hull spanning 1944-01-20 to 1945-06-30 in RG 24, not that they are digitized. The NARA Catalog is JS-rendered; online availability for this specific hull unverified. Log entries could document operations, casualties, and underway locations but contain no asbestos information as such.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-02
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[4]NARA NAID 139765892: 'LCI(G)-406 - Rep of Battle & Fire Damage Resulting from Strafing Attack While on Picket Duty in the Palau Islands on 11/2/44,' micro serial 98596, dated 12/12/1944 - Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories series (NARA College Park) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/139765892 (metadata via DPLA mirror, item 86250e66e1b8f106b76afb9ae70b5bc7)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds this hull's own action report: a report of battle and fire damage resulting from a strafing attack while LCI(G)-406 was on picket duty in the Palau Islands on 2 November 1944, report dated 12 December 1944 (micro serial 98596). Ship-specific documentation that the hull was damaged by enemy strafing with consequent fires during the southern Palaus operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-02 to 1944-12-12
- Population
- LCI(G)-406 crew (5 officers + 65 enlisted complement) during the Palau picket action
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata-level description only - the report's full contents (damage extent, casualties, repair scope) were not reviewed; the catalog page is JS-rendered and metadata was transcribed via the DPLA/Digital Pasifik mirror. A damage report is a ship-history record; it carries no asbestos information and establishes no exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-03
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[5]Hall of Valor (Military Times), Budd G. Brown - Navy and Marine Corps Medal; synopsis citing Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 368 (October 1947) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- recipient-313828, award synopsis, action date November 3-4, 1944
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Lieutenant Budd G. Brown, USN, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct as Commanding Officer of USS LCI 406 while fighting fires during operations in the Palau Islands area, 3-4 November 1944 - consistent with the strafing/fire-damage action report NARA holds for this hull (ev-uss-lci-l-406-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-03 to 1944-11-04
- Population
- LCI(G)-406 crew during the 3-4 November 1944 fire response
- Limitations
- Hall of Valor marks the entry '(Citation Needed)' - the award synopsis is paraphrased from BuPers Information Bulletin No. 368 rather than transcribed; the bulletin itself was not reviewed. Vessel-history fact only - no exposure claim and no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-04
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[6]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places nomination for USS LCI-713 (NRIS 07000300, listed 4/12/2007), prepared February 2006 - plus HAER OR-180 short form (LCI(L)-713, LoC tile.loc.gov/or0606data.pdf) [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP nomination Section 7 (construction) and Section 8 pp. 3-4 (builder table, Lawley history); HAER OR-180 pp. 1-3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS class documentation for the LCI-351 type, written for a sister hull built at the same yard: LCIs were built of welded 1/4-inch steel plate for rapid assembly-line production to a standard Bureau of Ships design; propulsion was eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in two banks of four per shaft with variable-pitch propellers - diesel machinery only, no steam plant. The nomination's builder table credits George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, with 160 LCI and 47 LCS hulls (207 total), the oldest yard assigned LCI work (founded 1866, closed 1945); approximately 1,051 LCIs were built across ten yards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI construction workforce (all ten yards, 1942-45); Lawley Neponset trades
- Limitations
- Class/yard documentation for sister hull LCI-713, not a record for hull 406 - it establishes construction method and machinery type for the class and builder, not any material installed aboard this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NPS NRHP nomination 07000300 + HAER OR-180 (welded 1/4-inch steel construction, eight GM 6-71 diesels, BuShips standard design); NavSource LCI-351 spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NRHP nomination 07000300 Section 7; NavSource 150406 specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built January 1944 at George Lawley & Sons sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery and piping insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel-powered craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined-volume exposure dynamic of a 158-foot combatant applies, including during the November 1944 fire and subsequent repair.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Jan 1944); crew (1944-45); repair parties after the 2-4 November 1944 damage; 1946-47 inactivation/disposal workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)(G)-406. 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-406-06
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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 highlights (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy asbestos use and worker-protection efforts (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards): the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - spanning the era in which this hull was built and served.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- 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 report text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30); content taken from the product-page highlights via Firecrawl.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-07
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[9]Batch-5118 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA NAID 139765892; NPS NRHP nomination + HAER OR-180; Hall of Valor award record; uboat.net and shipbuildinghistory.com cross-checks; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (throttled-see ledger); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-406-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-406 / LCI(G)-406 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated searches (API v4) returned zero hits across the opinion index for "LCI(L)-406", "LCI(G)-406", "LCI 406", "LCI-406"/"LCIL-406" and across the RECAP docket index for all variants - a clean negative, not a blocked search. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material found anywhere for LCI-type hulls is law-firm marketing content - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - no hull-level material survey exists to confirm or exclude retained insulation. The hull's own NARA records (deck logs RG 24 per SL44; action report NAID 139765892) are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-406-08