Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet pw-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-560 (no name assigned)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-pkt-pw-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-560 ex USS LCI(L)-560 - construction, commissioning, 15 June 1944 reclassification, flotilla/group/division assignments, campaigns, kamikaze battle-damage photographs, awards, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150560.htm header block, campaign table, awards block, disposition block, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 24 January 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; launched 22 February 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-560, 25 February 1944, LTjg. Charles J. Mackres USNR in command; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-560, 15 June 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignments: LCI Flotilla Six (CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN), LCI Group Sixteen (LCDR. R.S. Richabaugh USNR), LCI Division Thirty-One. Campaign credits: Leyte operation - Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Luzon operation - Lingayen Gulf landings 7 to 18 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation - Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto 1 April to 24 June 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; sold 14 January 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Three battle stars; awards shown include Combat Action Ribbon (printed '29-29 March 1945'), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (2); individual award Purple Heart - Maul, Harry E., 29 March 1945. Photo captions document battle damage from a kamikaze attack off Okinawa 28-29 March 1945 (mast leaning to port, broken and twisted equipment at the conning tower, casualties loaded onto a larger ship 29 March 1945). Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); LCI(L) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; LCI(L) troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo; LCI(L) armament five single 20mm, LCI(G) armament two 40mm AA + four 20mm AA + six .50cal MG; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC diesel-drive ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (Jan-Feb 1944); LCI(L) crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (Feb-Jun 1944); LCI(G) crew 5 officers + 65 enlisted (Jun 1944-end of USN service)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - dates generally track official records but the page is not a primary registry; key claims are independently corroborated in this record (builder/delivery/disposition by the shipbuilding-history build table; the 29 March 1945 kamikaze attack by the hull's own digitized action report - ev-04; the Lingayen and Okinawa operations by digitized NARA action reports - ev-03, ev-04, ev-05). Contains no asbestos or material content. Light displacement printed 246 t. on this page vs 236 t. on sister-hull pages of the same class - minor unresolved variance.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-01
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[3]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-560 row; corroborating yard table at navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html LCI(L) hull table row 560; /sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html yard table row 560
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: LCI(L) | G | hull 560 | New Jersey SB, Barber NJ | 25-Feb-44 | 'Sold 1947' - corroborating the builder, yard location, completion date, gunboat conversion (G flag), and sale disposition on the NavSource page. The companion New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page lists 'LCI(L) | 560 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | Struck 1946' - a stricken-year claim NavSource does not carry (see gaps). Surrounding rows (558-562) show the same New Jersey Shipbuilding/Barber block: 558 to the Netherlands East Indies 1946, 559 to the Netherlands East Indies 1946, 561 to NDRF 1948, 562 sold 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJSB Barber yard trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference table - corroboration of builder/date/disposition, not a primary contract record. Yard contract or hull-number-level detail not carried. The 'Struck 1946' yard-table entry conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' and is unresolved. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-02
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[4]NARA catalog, NAID 101777400 - 'LCI(G)-560 - Rep of AA action off Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 3/29/45' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries/Other Operational Records and Histories, series NAID 4697018; microfilm Roll A1793; 9 digitized images, Fold3 partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/101777400 - file-unit description and 9-image viewer; endorsement frame at catalog.archives.gov/medialz/.../A_1793/images/0047.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized US Navy anti-aircraft action report package for this hull covers the AA action off Okinawa Jima on 29 March 1945 - the kamikaze-attack event that damaged her mast and conning tower. The frame sequence includes the forwarding endorsement by Commander Task Unit 52.17.1 (Commander LCI(G) Group SIXTEEN), serial 039, dated 7 May 1945, routed via the amphibious chain to Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (frame OCR-verified this session).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-29 (action) to 1945-05-07 (endorsement)
- Population
- LCI(G)-560 crew during the 29 March 1945 action
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (title, NAID, series, Roll A1793, 9 images online) plus one mid-package frame OCR'd (the group commander's endorsement); individual report pages not exhaustively reviewed. An operational/action record - not a material record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-03
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[5]NavSource-hosted NARA scans (declassification stamps 'Authority: E.O. 13526 ... NDC NARA ... Dec 31, 2012' visible on pages) of three hull-authored action reports: 'Report of Capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases One and Two' (10 pp., dated 24 June 1945); 'Luzon Group Action Report' (6 pp., dated 25 January 1945, urls 150560a.pdf); 'Action Report (Patrol Operation 8-12 April 1945)' (1 p., dated 8 May 1945, url 150560b.pdf) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDFs 150560a.pdf (Luzon, 6 pp.), 150560b.pdf (patrol, 1 p.), 150560c.pdf (Okinawa, 10 pp.) linked from 150560.htm; content OCR'd this session
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Three commanding-officer action reports authored aboard this hull were read via OCR. (1) Okinawa report (24 Jun 1945): the ship moved to the objective 'as a part of a unit designated as GUNBOAT SUPPORT DIVISION ONE (LCI(G)'s 558, 452, 561, 751, 559, 560) with LT. COMMANDER RICKABAUGH, COMMANDER LCI(G) GROUP SIXTEEN in Charge,' providing close-in fire support including rocket fire on Kerama Retto beaches; the kamikaze attack is documented verbatim: 'At 0615-I (29 MARCH, 1945) this ship was attacked by three (3) enemy planes ... One, passing close by the bow, was shot down; a second passed close above the mast and thence inland; the third crashed the mast and conn at 0618-I. Generally, all radio and visual communication facilities were destroyed. Specifically, the following equipment was destroyed or damaged: Mast (including radar, BK, BL, TCS radio, recognition lights, all flag[s]...)' - after repairs alongside a tender she ran smoke and anti-small-craft patrol stations in Kerama Retto and along eastern Okinawa (stations 139/140, 142/143, 143/144, 145) through 22 June 1945, when the island was secured and she was relieved for rear-area duty in Nakagusuku Wan. (2) Luzon report (25 Jan 1945): participant in the Luzon operation; the Lingayen gunboat unit (LCI(G)s 558, 559, 560, 751 and division mates, Lt. Cmdr. Rickabaugh) staged at Hollandia, New Guinea 26-30 December 1944 and departed Leyte Gulf for Lingayen Gulf in company with the Minesweeping and Hydrographic Group (the report text attaches a 2 January 1945 date to the unit assignment); intermittent enemy air raids of two- and three-plane groups 2-5 January 1945 caused no damage to this hull. (3) Patrol report (8 May 1945, covering 8-12 April): detached from Gunboat Support Division One (TU 52.17.1) to Gunboat Support Division Four (TU 52.18.1, Lt. Cmdr. Robinson) 8 April 1945; patrol station 110 south and east of Ie Shima; investigated an unidentified craft (proved USS LCI(G)-467); relieved by USS LCI(G)-561 and proceeded to Kerama Kaikyo anchorage for logistics.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12-26 to 1945-06-24 (report coverage and dates)
- Population
- LCI(G)-560 crew (Jan-Jun 1945 reporting windows); division mates LCI(G)s 452, 558, 559, 561, 751
- Limitations
- Primary documents authored by the hull's commanding officer - OCR-verified content, not just catalog metadata. The scans carry NARA declassification stamps; they are NavSource-hosted copies corresponding to NARA RG 38 file units (the patrol report window matches NAID 77485205 4/8-12/45; the Okinawa report window matches NAID 140083908 3/26/45-6/22/45 - internal coverage 8 Mar-22 Jun per the report text). OCR quality on microfilm-era typewriter copy is imperfect; quoted text is the highest-confidence reading but minor transcription artifacts are possible. Operational records - no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-04
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[6]NARA catalog: NAID 140083908 - 'LCI(G)-560 - Report of operations in the invasion and occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 3/26/45 TO 6/22/45' (14 images, Roll A2005); NAID 77485205 - 'LCI(G)-560 - Rep of opers in support of the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 4/8-12/45' (4 images, Roll A1861); both RG 38 series NAID 4697018, Fold3 scans [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/140083908 (14 images) and /id/77485205 (4 images) - file-unit descriptions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two further digitized US Navy operational file units are cataloged for this hull: the report of operations in the invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto covering 26 March-22 June 1945 (the NARA file unit corresponding to the 'Report of Capture of Okinawa Gunto' scanned at NavSource - ev-04), and the report of operations in support of the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto covering 8-12 April 1945 (corresponding to the NavSource patrol-operation report - same hull, same window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-26 to 1945-06-22; 1945-04-08 to 1945-04-12
- Population
- LCI(G)-560 crew during the Okinawa operation
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (titles, NAIDs, series, roll numbers, image counts); correspondence to the NavSource-hosted scans is by hull number and coverage window - strong but not formally confirmed page-by-page. Operational records - no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-05
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[7]NARA catalog: NAID 120194061 - 'LCI(G) 560 - Muster Rolls' (117 digitized images, Ancestry partnership); NAID 120194041 - 'LCI(L) 560 - Muster Rolls' (19 images); both RG 24 series NAID 594996 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities'; index block NAID 118967602 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (2,586 images, Index to Muster Rolls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120194061 (117 images), /id/120194041 (19 images), /id/118967602 (index block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel records naming this hull under both designations: 19 muster-roll images filed as 'LCI(L) 560' and 117 as 'LCI(G) 560' - crew rosters by reporting period spanning the LCI(L) era (Feb-Jun 1944) and the LCI(G) era - with the ship appearing in the muster-roll index block covering hulls up to LCI(R)-651.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-560 and LCI(G)-560 crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live; page-image contents not individually reviewed. Muster rolls are personnel records - they build a crew roster and timeline, which this record does not do. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-06
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[8]NARA catalog: parent-unit war diaries in the same RG-38 series digitized for this hull's chain of command - COM LCI(G) GR 16 war diaries 9/1-30/44 (NAID 78717785), 10/1-31/44 (NAID 139828853), 11/1-30/44 (NAID 139828870), 12/1/44-1/31/45 (NAID 101715242), and 'Rep of Opers in the Invasion and Occupation of the Okinawa Gunto 3/26/45-6/23/45' (NAID 101713591); COM LCI(L) FLOT 6 war diaries 7/1/44-10/31/44 (NAID 78671695) and 3/1/45-6/30/45 (NAID 101749853); plus undigitized CNO General Correspondence folder 'LCI(L)560 THRU LCI(L)759' (NAID 6846965, series NAID 6267205) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 78717785, 139828853, 139828870, 101715242, 101713591, 78671695, 101749853; 6846965 (not digitized)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized war diaries of LCI(G) Group Sixteen (five units) and LCI(L) Flotilla Six (two units) - the echelons this hull reported through per her own action reports - are online in the same RG-38 series as her action reports. A CNO General Correspondence folder titled 'LCI(L)560 THRU LCI(L)759' exists in the catalog (NAID 6846965) but carries no digital objects - a physical-holdings lead for administrative records covering this hull block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07 to 1945-06
- Population
- LCI(G) GR 16 and LCI(L) FLOT 6 staffs and component hulls
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live; page-image contents not individually reviewed. Unit war diaries are command-level operational records - they name the group/flotilla, and per-hull mentions vary; they are leads, not hull-specific findings in themselves. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-07
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[9]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number sequence, PDF page 18 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 18, row 'LCI(L)(G)-560 | 2/25/1944 | 6/30/1945' (verified via pdftotext extraction)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA under the combined heading 'LCI(L)(G)-560' covering 2/25/1944-6/30/1945 - i.e., logbook coverage running from her commissioning date through mid-1945 (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-25 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LCI(L)-560 / LCI(G)-560 crew (1944-45 logging window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for that window. No per-month digitized deck-log file unit titled for this hull was located in the catalog under either name form, so these logs were not located online - physical-holdings lead only. A deck log is an operational record, not a material survey; it would document location/moorage and noteworthy events, not insulation content. Post-June-1945 coverage is not listed in SL44.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-08
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[10]Robin L. Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (McFarland, 2013), Okinawa chapter, passages naming LCI(G) 560 (text mirrored at erenow.org); corrected against this hull's own action report (ev-04) and NAID 101777400 (ev-03) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- erenow.org mirror, ch. 9 'Okinawa' passages (Kerama Retto casualties; 'morning of 29 April'); vs NavSource 150560c.pdf p.3 chronological account and NARA NAID 101777400 title date
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the published secondary literature dates this hull's kamikaze attack 'the morning of 29 April' (Rielly ch. 9: 'LCI(G) 560, a part of TU 52.17.1, was assigned to cover operations of UDT 17 at Green Beach on the morning of 29 April. As she cruised the area she came under attack at 0615 by a combination of three Nates and a Val... One of the planes clipped her conning tower but only one man was injured'), and elsewhere in the same chapter describes it as 'minor damage and two injuries when her mast was clipped by a kamikaze' during the taking of the Kerama Retto islands. The hull's own action report dates the attack 0615-I on 29 MARCH 1945 (three planes; the third 'crashed the mast and conn at 0618-I'), and NARA catalogs her AA-action report under 3/29/45 (NAID 101777400). The 'April' printing is also internally inconsistent with the book's own Kerama Retto framing (UDT beach coverage ran 28-31 March). The injury count in the same source varies between one and two. The March date is carried throughout this record; NavSource's Combat Action Ribbon notation '29-29 March 1945' and photo captions '28-29 March' bracket the same event.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-29
- Limitations
- Corrects a date and casualty-count error circulating in otherwise reputable secondary literature, using the hull-authored primary record. The cited URL is a web mirror of the published McFarland title - cited for visibility of the error being corrected, not as authority. Not a material or asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-09
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[11]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, diesel-drive generators - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-11); NARA physical logbook holdings (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json yard list (no NJ Shipbuilding entry); GAO HRD-80-2 context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built January-February 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in engine and piping systems, electrical insulation on wiring and in control panels, and thermal insulation in the confined machinery spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (1944); crew 28 as LCI(L) / 70 as LCI(G) (1944-46); embarked troops while configured as LCI(L) (transient, up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-560 / LCI(G)-560. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. New Jersey Shipbuilding is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset, so no yard-level product list was attached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-10
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[12]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 (1944) and US Navy service era (1944-c.1946).
- 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 text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-11
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[13]Batch-5281 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and hosted action-report PDFs; shipbuilding-history build and yard tables; NARA catalog (3 action-report file units, 2 muster-roll units, index block, 7 unit war diaries, CNO correspondence folder); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NHHC DANFS and NVR checks; CourtListener opinion + docket searches; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-01 through -12
- 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)-560 / LCI(G)-560 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session via the authenticated helper - 'LCI(G)-560' OR 'LCI(L)-560' OR 'LCI-560' returned zero opinions (type=o) and zero dockets (type=r), HTTP 200 both - a genuine negative, not a throttle. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm marketing material for this numbered hull. The hull's 1947 sale (buyer and fate unknown) forecloses the usual US-side abatement/museum/scrapping documentation trail that produces ship-specific asbestos records.
- 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. CourtListener indexes published litigation - a no-result does not rule out unfiled, settled, or differently-captioned claims. Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 2/25/1944-6/30/1945), NJSB build records, the CNO correspondence folder NAID 6846965, and any 1947 sale/disposal file are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-560-lcil560-12