Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 462-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-71 | Hull: LCI(L)-71 | Designation: LCI(L) | Type: Landing Craft Infantry
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-pkt-462-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-71 ex USS LCI(L)-71 - timeline, campaign listing, awards, specifications, disposal; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150071.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI(L)-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 15 September 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 25 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-71, 29 December 1942; call sign NCWP. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Eastern New Guinea (Lae 4-6, 9-13, 22 Sep 1943; Saidor 2-3 Jan 1944); Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester 26-27 Dec 1943); Hollandia 21-25 Apr 1944; Leyte landings 12 Oct-29 Nov 1944; Luzon (Lingayen Gulf 4-18 Jan 1945); southern Philippines (Palawan 28 Feb 1945; Mindanao 17-23 Apr 1945); Borneo (Tarakan 27 Apr-5 May 1945; Brunei Bay 10 Jun 1945). Redesignated LCI(R)-71, 10 July 1945; occupation service in the Far East 23-25 October 1945; decommissioned 1946; struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 May 1948 for disposal; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Seven battle stars for WWII service plus Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Photo captions place the hull at Saidor, New Guinea in January 1944 (Life magazine, Myron Davis) and beached in the Philippine Islands after invasion practice (date unlocated). Specifications: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158' 5.5"; 23' 3" beam; 16 kts max; two sets of 4 GM 71-series diesels (4 per shaft), GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch props, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW 120 V DC diesel-drive generators; armament four 20 mm + two .50 cal (LCI(L)); one 40 mm + four 20 mm + two .50 cal + six 5" rocket launchers (LCI(R)); 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); LCI(L) crew 24 / LCI(R) crew 34; embarked troops up to 188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its stated history source is the Turner Publishing LCI volume, and campaign data is consistent with the Navy battle-star annex as republished by officialmilitaryribbons.com. Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Decommission date given only as 'in 1946' against a 25 Feb 1946 strike - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (Washington DC, 1978) - Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center digitization, scan narasl44/359.jpg [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed page 333, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section; ACPL image ../images/narasl44/359.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA custody listing: 'LCI(L)-71 - Date Span of Logbooks: Dec. 29, 1942-June 30, 1945 - Number of Logbooks: 5.' Entry appears on printed page 333 in the 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section (LCI(L) numeric sequence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (coverage); 1978 (list compilation)
- Population
- Logbooks held at NARA; crew of record 1942-45
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: SL44 is a custody index compiled in 1978, not the logbooks themselves - it documents that five logbooks exist and their coverage span, not their contents. Coverage ends 30 June 1945, before the 10 July 1945 LCI(R) redesignation - any post-conversion logs are not in this listing. The coverage start coincides with the NavSource commissioning date but is a logbook span, not a commissioning record. 'PDF page 27' in the batch tasking refers to a different pagination of the same list; verified locator here is printed page 333 / ACPL scan 359.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-71 (LCI(L)-71) - ship data block and 'Notable events' order-of-battle compilations [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 20899: data block; 'Notable events' entries 26 Dec 1943, 17 May 1944, May 1945
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Order-of-battle detail for this hull: ordered 3 June 1942 per data block. At Cape Gloucester (Operation Dexterity, 26 Dec 1943) she was in Task Unit 76.1.31 (Beach Yellow One LCI unit) with 'Lt.Cdr. J.P. Hurndall, USNR on board' - the source marks the ship's own CO unknown ('?'); Hurndall recurs aboard -71 in the Hollandia-era listings. 17 May 1944 listing places her in Task Unit 77.2.3, the LCI Group under Cmdr. H.F. McGee, USN. A May 1945 movement entry lists LCI(R)-71 (with LCI(R)-72, -74, -338 and others) departing the Tarakan area for Morotai under CTG 78.1.93.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LCI flotilla personnel; Lt. Cdr. J. P. Hurndall, USNR (embarked)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation reproducing official task-organization documents verbatim; assignment detail is drawn from action reports/operation orders as transcribed by the site, not independently verified against the originals. Hurndall's exact billet (group commander vs. ship's CO) is not resolved by the source. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' construction/disposition table - row for hull 71 [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm hull table, row 71; class notes paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-list corroboration: hull 71 built by 'Consol. Steel, Orange TX,' delivered/commissioned 29-Dec-42, disposition 'To NDRF 1948' - consistent with NavSource's Maritime Commission transfer of 3 May 1948. Class context from the same table's notes: 923 LCI(L)s built by 10 shipyards; the basic design (first 350 hulls) was 158.5 ft and 216 t light, later boats six inches longer and 30 t heavier; variants LC(FF), LCI(G), LCI(M), LCI(R).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-list compilation (Tim Colton's shipbuilding history project), not a primary registry; disposition column abbreviates ('To NDRF' = MARAD custody, not necessarily physical presence in a specific reserve fleet site). Corroborates NavSource; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-04
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[6]HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - LCI(L) -- Landing Craft, Infantry (Large), LCI(L)-1 class specification block and hull list [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) section, LCI(L)-1 class spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class specification for the LCI(L)-1 design: displacement 387 tons full load; length 160'; beam 23'3"; draft 5'4" fwd / 5'11" aft full load; speed 15.5 kts; armament 4 x 20 mm; complement 3 officers, 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers and 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; '2 sets G.M. diesel engins; twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP.' The hull list carries LCI(L)-71 with commission span '1942-44.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-1 class crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level spec block, not a hull record. The 1,600 BHP figure conflicts with NavSource's 2,320 shp for the same plant - unresolved (see gaps). Compiled secondary transcription of wartime data; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (diesel LCI(L)-1 plant, electrical DC generators); HyperWar class spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07); builder-yard wartime employment context (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; HyperWar LCI(L)-1 spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07); BVA 9828426 (ev-08)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built September-December 1942 at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were engine exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical/cable insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply, but the confined engine-room and troop-berthing adjacency of a 158-foot landing craft applies with full force.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); crew and embarked troops (1942-46); any conversion-yard trades at the 1945 LCI(R) refit (yard unlocated); MARAD/disposal workers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-71. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; the '2-inch plastic splinter protection' armor's composition is undocumented and no asbestos content is claimed for it. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-06
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[8]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 (1942) and service era (1942-46).
- 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 by prior batch sessions) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-07
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[9]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 9828426 (decision 23 Sep 1998; docket 94-15 783, Houston RO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision text, Findings of Fact 1-2; Introduction (remand scope)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A veteran's service-connection claim for asbestos-related lung disease reached the Board of Veterans' Appeals after a July 1996 remand for development 'directed at determining the veteran's relative level of exposure to asbestos in service and during employment with Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, from 1942 to 1946' - this hull's builder and construction window. The Board found the claimant was NOT exposed to asbestos during his Consolidated Steel employment, WAS exposed aboard Navy vessels in service, and granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease on the service exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (exposure period); 1993-1998 (claim)
- Population
- Wartime Consolidated Steel Orange yard workforce (claim-level context)
- Limitations
- Single-claimant administrative adjudication, non-precedential; neither the hull nor any specific ship is named, and the finding on the yard is negative for that claimant - it does not establish asbestos conditions at the Orange yard or aboard this vessel, nor does it defeat either. Documents the litigation landscape around this builder's wartime workforce.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-08
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[10]Batch-5441 search ledger (this record): NavSource LCI page; NARA SL44 (ACPL digitization); NHHC DANFS L-index; NVR; NARA online deck-logs catalog; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; HyperWar; VA BVA; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and dockets); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-71 / LCI(R)-71 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits on both opinion and docket indexes for exact and loose hull variants - a genuine negative, not a blocked search. No DANFS entry exists (numbered landing craft were not covered unless later named; the NHHC 'L' index contains no LCI(L) entries). NVR carries no entry (pre-1987 disposal). WWII-era deck logs for this hull are not in the digitized catalog; five 1942-45 logbooks are in NARA custody per SL44 but undigitized. Secondary sweeps surfaced no law-firm listicle specific to 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 - 1942 construction inside the Navy's documented asbestos era is itself consistent with era materials. The five SL44-listed logbooks (Dec 1942-Jun 1945) are an unexamined primary lead; builder work packages, conversion-yard records for the 1945 LCI(R) refit, and MARAD disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-71-lcil71-09