Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-656 / ex USS LCI(L)-656 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications, propulsion block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource lists two sets of four General Motors diesel engines and twin variable-pitch propellers in its LCI-351-class specifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The specification is presented at class level on the hull page; installed machinery on this hull was not separately verified. The source does not identify asbestos in machinery or any other shipboard material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-07
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[2]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three > Group 67 > Division 134 > LCI 656
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists LCI 656 in LCI Division 134, Group 67, Flotilla 23, with Lt. H. C. Shireman (USNR) beside the hull number.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a dated fleet organization entry; it does not establish the ship's entire service itinerary, a crew complement, or any material aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-02
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[3]NHHC, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (1953 revision), Part IV, Campaign and Service Medals [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Campaign table: LCI(FF) 656 / P34-1; occupation table: LC (FF) 656 / Asia clasp
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy awards manual lists LCI(FF) 656 for the Okinawa Gunto operation from 26 March through 22 June 1945 (P34-1) and LC (FF) 656 for occupation service in Asia from 3 February through 10 April 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Award eligibility periods establish credited campaign and occupation service; they do not provide a day-by-day location, tasking, crew roster, or asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, policy summary
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review describes the Navy's former use of asbestos thermal insulation in ships and its 1975 and 1979 replacement policies.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The review is Navy-wide and concerns later policy and sampled shipyards. It does not name LCI(L)-656, identify a product aboard this hull, or prove individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-04
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[5]NARA, An Introduction to Navy Deck Logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- Purpose and holdings paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA describes deck logs as chronological records and explains that commissioned Navy ship logs from 1941 onward are generally held at College Park; hull-specific logs and shipyard records remain archival leads for LCI(L)-656.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NARA's guide does not identify a surviving log for this particular landing craft. Deck logs ordinarily do not inventory asbestos materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-05
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[6]Batch 5382 source search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-01 through sl-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product record, or exposure finding was located in the public Navy, NARA, GAO, and NavSource materials searched for LCI(L)-656 and LC(FF)-656.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not proof that the hull lacked asbestos or that no unindexed archival record exists. Several CourtListener docket and alternate-designation searches were blocked by the fleet pacing gate and cannot support a no-litigation conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-06
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[7]NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-656 / ex USS LCI(L)-656 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block, construction and redesignation entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as LCI-351 class, laid down at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation in Barber, New Jersey, on 17 June 1944, launched on 20 July, commissioned as USS LCI(L)-656 on 26 July, and redesignated LC(FF)-656 on 20 January 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival compilation citing a 1995 LCI history, not a DANFS hull entry or an original commissioning record. The cited page does not document asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-656-lcil656-01