Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 461-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-pkt-461-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-705 ex USS LCI(L)-705 (live page, HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and construction/service chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull was laid down 26 June 1944 at George Lawley & Son Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts; launched 8 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-705 on 15 July 1944 under Lt. F. R. Moran, USNR; and reclassified LCI(R)-705 on 15 March 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and construction personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer compilation whose page credits the history to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995), not a Navy registry. It establishes the identity and designation change but contains no asbestos or material-content documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-01
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[3]NavSource Online, LCI(R)-705 service chronology and awards block [other_primary]
- Locator
- WWII assignment, campaign table, and awards section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page assigns LCI(L)-705/LCI(R)-705 to LCI Flotilla 16, LCI Group 47, and LCI Division 94; records participation in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 26 March through 30 June 1945; and lists one World War II battle star plus China Service, American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific, World War II Victory, and Navy Occupation medals.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-26 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel during wartime operations
- Limitations
- The campaign and award statements document service history only. They do not identify any asbestos-containing product, exposure condition, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-02
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[4]NavSource Online, LCI(R)-705 postwar service and disposition chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- Postwar service table and disposition chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After World War II the vessel is listed for occupation service in the Far East from 2-25 September 1945 and China service from 30 September-13 December 1945. The page gives decommissioning as unknown, striking from the Naval Register on 8 May 1946, sale on 5 December 1946, and final disposition as fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew during postwar Far East service; later unknown
- Limitations
- The source does not provide a decommissioning date, buyer, scrapping record, present location, or hazardous-material disposition. 'Fate unknown' is retained rather than converted into a disposal claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-03
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[5]NavSource Online, LCI(L)/LCI(R)-705 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The specification block lists 216 tons light, 234 tons landing, 389 tons loaded; length 158 feet 5.5 inches; beam 23 feet 3 inches; LCI(L) complement of 3 officers and 21 enlisted; LCI(R) complement of 3 officers and 31 enlisted; and propulsion by two sets of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines, four per shaft, with twin variable-pitch propellers and 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- These are specifications reproduced by NavSource and contain no asbestos identification. Diesel propulsion means no steam-boiler or turbine claim is made for this hull; the source does not establish which insulation, gasket, packing, or electrical materials were installed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page description; full report retrieval gap
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's program-level description states that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s, placing this 1944-45 hull within the documented Navy asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 report concerning earlier Navy practice
- Population
- Navy shipboard and shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level context only; it does not name LCI(L)-705 or LCI(R)-705, identify a product aboard this hull, establish exposure, or establish present-day material. Full report text was not retrieved in this session; the GAO product page is the cited lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-05
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[7]CourtListener authenticated helper sweep; exact-name and hull-designation requests did not return results before the fleet pacing budget was spent [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated cl-auth-search.py: USS LCI(L)-705 opinion request timed out; LCI(R)-705 docket request returned fleet pacing stand-down
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation result is reported for this record. The required authenticated helper request for 'USS LCI(L)-705' timed out, and a subsequent exact designation request for 'LCI(R)-705' returned the helper's fleet-wide pacing stand-down. Exact-name and exact-hull variants not completed are recorded as an open gap, not a negative result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is an incomplete litigation sweep, not evidence that no case exists. No complaint, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment was classified. No anonymous query, raw API call, or v3 API was used; CourtListener work stopped on the helper's stand-down instruction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-06
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[8]Batch-5436 source and search ledger: live NavSource hull page; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NHHC/DANFS and NARA searches; authenticated CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or other primary asbestos-material record for USS LCI(L)-705/LCI(R)-705 was located in the sources searched. This absence is a research result only; asbestos presence aboard the hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- The result does not prove absence of asbestos or defeat an exposure claim. CourtListener coverage is incomplete, the NavSource history is secondary, and the vessel's post-1946 fate is unknown. Construction records, deck logs, and any material or disposal records remain archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-705-lcil705-07