Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 453-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Avocet (AMCU-16) — the ship's later commissioned identity
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-pkt-453-packet-md
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[2]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record AK-52, M/V Husky II [haer]
- Locator
- pp. 17–18
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard-led cleanup of abandoned Husky II addressed diesel fuel, hydraulic and lubricating oils, and deposited liquid wastes. The HAER account does not identify asbestos or asbestos abatement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2008–2010
- Limitations
- This is a documented petroleum and liquid-waste cleanup, not proof of asbestos presence or absence. No material survey or asbestos sampling result appears in the cited account.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-05
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[3]NavSource Online, Avocet (MHC 16) photo archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- designation sequence near top of page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this same physical hull as ex-LCI(L)-653, ex-LSI(L)-653, Avocet (AMCU-16), and Avocet (MHC-16). Its LSI(L)-653 spelling differs from HAER’s LSIL-653.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944–1955
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist secondary chronology; the original HAER is preferred for historical assertions. Designation spellings are consolidated here rather than treated as separate vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-03
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[4]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual NAVSHIPS 250-000, chapter 39, Thermal Insulation (1960 scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- chapter 39, pp. 39-11–39-13
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1960 Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, chapter 39, lists asbestos-containing thermal insulation materials in the broader Navy material catalog, including asbestos felts, coverings, and cements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1960 manual
- Limitations
- This manual postdates Avocet’s 1955 final decommissioning and does not name LCI(L)-653, its LCI(L)-351 class, or a material installed on this hull. It supports era material context only, not ship-specific asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-06
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[5]Batch 5379 search ledger for this record [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement record, or qualifying asbestos case naming this hull was located in the public sources searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The search is limited to the public sources and CourtListener queries completed here. The helper blocked remaining CourtListener queries under fleet pacing. An unlocated record is not evidence that asbestos was absent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-07
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[6]National Archives, Ship Plan Index [other_primary]
- Locator
- AVOCET / AMCU-16 / RG 19 / NAID 153713732
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA indexes Avocet (AMCU-16) in Record Group 19, Hull Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, NAID 153713732.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Only the index entry was inspected; the drawings were not obtained or checked for insulation specifications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-08
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[7]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record AK-52, M/V Husky II [haer]
- Locator
- pp. 1–2, 5–6
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-653 was an LCI(L)-351-class infantry landing craft built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation at Barber, New Jersey; laid down 14 June 1944, launched 14 July 1944, and commissioned 21 July 1944. It had diesel engines driving twin screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- The engineering history establishes identity, construction, and propulsion, not asbestos content, a crew exposure, or a material schedule.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-01
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[8]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record AK-52, M/V Husky II [haer]
- Locator
- pp. 14–15
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-653 served in the Philippines during World War II and was decommissioned into reserve on 6 June 1946. The Navy redesignated it LSIL-653 on 28 February 1949, named it Avocet and redesignated it AMCU-16 on 7 March 1952. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard converted it in 1953; it was recommissioned on 9 December 1953. It was redesignated MHC-16 on 7 February 1955, prepared for inactivation at Moore Dry Dock in Oakland, decommissioned on 20 May 1955, and struck on 1 January 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944–1960
- Limitations
- The record documents service and yard events only. No asbestos removal or exposure scope is stated for either yard period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-02
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[9]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record AK-52, M/V Husky II [haer]
- Locator
- pp. 2, 16–18
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After Navy disposal, the same hull was called Keystone and then Husky II. It worked in Alaska as a pilot boat and fishing tender, and was scrapped at Homer, Alaska, in 2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1960–2010
- Limitations
- The post-Navy history identifies the later physical hull and final disposition; it does not establish its asbestos content at any time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-653-lcil653-04