Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 453-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: LCI(L)-649 (never named; no later name recorded)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-649-lcil649-pkt-453-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-649 ex USS LCI(L)-649 (compiled from 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/150649 - build/commissioning timeline, campaign and ribbon tables, LCI(R) L-Day target chart (image contributed by LCDR Gary Frogner, USN Ret.)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 7 June 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 7 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-649, 14 July 1944, LT J. M. Rogers USNR in command; reclassified LCI(R)-649, 15 March 1945; Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment under LCI Flotilla Sixteen (CDR C. E. Coffin USN), LCI Group Forty-Seven (LCDR G. T. McKnight USNR), LCI Division Ninety-Three; Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 26 March - 30 June 1945); Navy Occupation Service 2-25 September 1945; China Service (extended) to 19 January 1946; one battle star for WWII; decommissioned and struck, dates unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 February 1947; final disposition unknown. The page's LCI(R) rocket-target chart places LCI(R)-649 in Task Group 52.20.4 on the north flank of the L-Day bombardment line at Okinawa.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LCI-351-class crews: 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)) / 31 enlisted (LCI(R)); embarked troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary record (Turner Publishing LCI history); unit-assignment detail conflicts with the NHHC fleet organization chart (Group 47/Division 93 vs Group 48/Division 95 - see ev-02 and gaps). Establishes hull history and deployment only; contains no asbestos information and establishes no exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-649-01
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[3]NHHC Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - LCI Flotilla Sixteen, LCI Group 48, LCI Division 95 (RCM) (R) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC org chart, 'LCI FLOTILLA SIXTEEN' > 'LCI GROUP 48' > 'LCI DIVISION 95 (RCM) (R)' > 'LCI 649 - Lt. J. M. Rogers (USNR)'. Page verified live 2026-09-30 (returns 404 to some automated user-agents; loads in browser).
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Department Library's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists 'LCI 649' with commanding officer Lt. J. M. Rogers (USNR) under LCI Flotilla Sixteen (Comdr. C. E. Coffin, Jr.), LCI Group 48 (Lt. Cdr. P. W. Howard USNR), LCI Division 95, marked '(RCM) (R)' - the fleet's rocket-converted LCI divisions - confirming the hull's LCI(R) configuration in theater six weeks after the 15 March 1945 reclassification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew of LCI 649 as of 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- Fleet-organization snapshot as of 1 May 1945; places the hull in Group 48/Division 95 whereas NavSource's compiled history says Group 47/Division 93 - treated as a source discrepancy (reassignment or compilation difference), not resolved (see gaps). Establishes assignment and CO only; no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-649-02
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[4]Naval Marine Archive (shipbuildinghistory.com mirror), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard history and production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Yard production table, row 'LCI(L) 649 / US Navy / Landing Craft / Jul-44 / Struck 1946'; yard description paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's yard table lists LCI(L) hull 649 as a US Navy landing craft delivered July 1944, disposition 'Struck 1946'. Yard history: New Jersey Shipbuilding was an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill at Barber (later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer); management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce, Barber NJ (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Shipbuilding-history reference work (independently compiled from MARAD/maritime records); 'Struck 1946' conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' - carried as a date conflict in gaps. Documents the builder and delivery window; no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-649-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351-class spec block (diesel propulsion - two sets of four GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; no steam plant) + GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use era [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion section); GAO HRD-80-2 (program context)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. With no boilers or steam lines aboard, the era-standard applications on this hull type would be exhaust and machinery lagging, engine gaskets and packing, and electrical insulation - not the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels. LCIs were small (158 ft, ~389 t loaded) with minimal machinery spaces compared to steam-powered combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LCI-351-class crews; New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference, not a hull record: no ship-specific document states that asbestos products were installed aboard LCI(L)-649. Does not establish presence, quantity, or location of any material aboard this hull; diesel propulsion excludes the boiler-lagging pathway but does not exclude asbestos use elsewhere aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-649-04
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[6]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 service era (1944-47).
- 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-649-05
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[7]Batch-5374 search ledger (this record): NavSource 150649; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; Naval Marine Archive NJ Shipbuilding yard table; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket indexes); NARA catalog; USS LCI National Association site; GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-649-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-649-08
- 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)-649/LCI(R)-649 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index: exact phrase 'LCI 649' returned zero hits; designation variants returned hundreds of hits that are all corporate-name collisions (LCI International Telecom and related entities, LCI Industries, Lucier Chemical d/b/a LCI); 'LCI-649 asbestos' returned three non-maritime collisions. No individual DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- 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 - it establishes only that no qualifying ship-specific documentation was found in the searched repositories. CourtListener docket-index coverage for the unparenthesized 'LCI-649' form was truncated by fleet pacing (see search_ledger); the opinion index and the parenthesized docket query returned only name collisions. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-649-06