Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]U.S. Navy, Ships’ Data, U.S. Naval Vessels (1945), digitized scan hosted by generalstaff.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 7, printed page 206, LCI(L)662 row; George Lawley & Son stated in preceding LCI(L)661 row with “do.” for 662
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The 1945 Navy Ships’ Data table lists LCI(L)-662 as built by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, keel laid 26 February 1944, ship launched 6 March 1944, and first commissioned 13 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The primary publication is viewed in a digitized scan on a third-party host. It establishes the listed construction and first-commission dates, not later service, asbestos, crew size, or disposition. The scan was visually checked; the 6 March launch date supersedes conflicting NavSource chronology.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-00
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LCI(L)-662, Amphibious Photo Archive (secondary compiled history) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) chronology, lines 20-28
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource assigns LCI(L)-662 to the LCI-351 class, lists Pacific theater assignment and a transfer to the Maritime Commission on 12 November 1947, and marks decommissioning, striking, and final-disposition dates unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary history. The Pacific theater assignment and 1947 transfer were not independently corroborated here; transfer is not a decommissioning date. Its launch date conflicts with the 1945 Navy Ships’ Data and is excluded. No asbestos conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 27 (zero-index page 26), LCI(L)-662 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Navy deck-log coverage for LCI(L)-662 from 13 March 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The dates delimit listed log coverage only; they do not establish commissioning, decommissioning, continuous service, log contents, or asbestos aboard. The underlying logs were not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-02
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[4]National Park Service, National Register nomination, USS LCI-713 [nps]
- Locator
- PDF page 4, section 7, page 1
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The National Park Service identifies LCI-713 as a World War II LCI-351-class landing craft infantry; this is class background for LCI(L)-662, which NavSource assigns to that class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The nomination concerns LCI-713, not LCI(L)-662. It contains no asbestos finding for either hull and does not verify LCI(L)-662's crew size, equipment, or construction dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-03
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[5]GAO, Asbestos: Growth of Federal Claims, Court Cases, and Litigation Costs, HRD-88-53 (1988) [gao]
- Locator
- PDF page 21, printed page 9, Johns-Manville discussion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reported asbestos-related claims arising from World War II work in public Navy and private Maritime Commission shipyards involving asbestos-containing products, principally thermal insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- General World War II shipyard litigation context, not a record about George Lawley & Sons or LCI(L)-662. It does not establish an asbestos product, installation, work activity, or exposure on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-04
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Continuing Research: RG 19 drawings/S39; Other Records and their usefulness: deck logs and muster rolls
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies RG 19 hull-series drawings and S39 insulation-and-lagging files as possible ship-specific asbestos research leads; it states that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly document asbestos presence or use.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- General research guide, not a finding that LCI(L)-662 drawings or asbestos records survive. The guide explicitly warns that logs and muster rolls provide no direct asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-05
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[7]Batch 5389 source-search ledger; NARA asbestos research guide [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries 01-07; NARA guide on limits of log evidence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos installation, survey, abatement, or exposure document for LCI(L)-662 was located in the NARA, NHHC/DANFS, NPS, GAO, or NVR material reviewed for this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Bounded negative search finding, not proof that the vessel lacked asbestos. The underlying NARA logs and RG 19 drawings were not inspected; CourtListener search status is separately recorded in the ledger and report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-662-lcil662-06