Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 463-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-715-lcil715-pkt-463-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSIL-715 ex-USS LCI(L)-715 (1944-1949) - construction, designation timeline, transfer, loss, specifications; stated history source: 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150715.htm header block, awards display, chronology lines, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 16 September 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 24 September 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-715, 30 October 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II; ribbons displayed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars). Decommissioned, date unknown, and laid up in the Reserve Fleet. Reclassified Landing Ship Infantry Large LSIL-715, 28 February 1949. Transferred under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to France for use in French Indo-China, 8 January 1951, redesignated RFS LSIL9030. Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown. Final disposition: RFS LSIL9030 struck a mine at Son Thai-Binh 5 January 1954 and was condemned by the French Navy; a May 1954 photograph taken from sister ship RFS LSIL9029 shows only the bottom of the sunken hull visible. Specifications: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesel engines (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; international radio call sign NQGU.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Sep-Oct 1944); U.S. Navy crew (Oct 1944-c.1946); French Navy crew (1951-1954)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its dates track Navy records but are not independently verified here against primary documents; its stated source is the Turner Publishing LCI history, Vol. II (1995). Decommissioning and striking dates are unknown. Contains no asbestos or material content. French-service details (LSIL9030, mine strike at Son Thai-Binh) rest on this page and its captioned French-veteran photography; no French archival record was independently consulted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-01
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[3]NHHC Online Reading Room, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official wartime fleet organization listing), p. 77 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Document p. 77 (pagination marker _--77--_), LCI Flotilla THREE > LCI GROUP 9 > LCI DIVISION 17 table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy organization listing places this hull in Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet as of 1 May 1945: LCI Flotilla THREE (Comdr. M. J. Malanaphy, with Comdr. R. Eikel, Jr. USNR as relief), LCI GROUP 9 (Comdr. R. Eikel, Jr. USNR), LCI DIVISION 17 - 'LCI 715 ... Lt. (jg) H. B. Millon (USNR)' in command alongside sister craft LCI 716, LCI 880, LCI 881, LCI 882, LCI 883.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew under Lt. (jg) H. B. Millon, USNR (1 May 1945)
- Limitations
- A fleet-organization snapshot: establishes operational assignment and commanding officer on 1 May 1945 only - not a combat narrative and not an asbestos record. Carries no battle-star attribution; the document does not state where Division 17 was physically operating on that date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-02
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[4]NHHC Photographic Section catalog record NH 89252: 'USS LCI-715 - In San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46' (courtesy of William H. Davis, 1979) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog record NH 89252 (NH series, NH-89000 block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC photographic catalog holds an identified image of this hull: 'USS LCI-715, In San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46' - official catalog documentation of the craft on the U.S. West Coast in the immediate post-war window, consistent with NavSource's post-war reserve-fleet lay-up before the 1951 MDAP transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew during post-war West Coast lay-up period (c.1945-46)
- Limitations
- A photographic catalog record: establishes presence in San Francisco Bay circa 1945-46, nothing more - no work, refit, or material documentation. No asbestos content. Page verified live via full-page fetch (history.navy.mil refuses plain automated requests; 200 with browser user-agent, 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-03
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[5]National Archives, Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 28 ('Special List #44, by Ship Numbers'), LCI(L)-715 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by Ship Numbers, PDF p. 28) lists deck-log coverage for this hull: 'LCI(L)-715 10/30/1944 6/30/1945' - NARA holds the vessel's deck logs from the 30 October 1944 commissioning through 30 June 1945, covering the shakedown/transit and the first eight months of Asiatic-Pacific service including the 1 May 1945 fleet-organization snapshot.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-10-30 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew of record in deck logs, Oct 1944-Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the listing proves logbooks exist in NARA custody (RG 24), not their content - the logs are not digitized in this listing and were not reviewed. Coverage ends 30 June 1945; post-war, reserve-fleet, and LSIL-era logs (July 1945-January 1951) are later NARA accessions not enumerated in Special List 44.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-04
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[6]NHHC / National Museum of the U.S. Navy, LCI(L)-10 object page - official type description of the Landing Craft Infantry (Large) and Bureau of Ships photography including LCI(L)-691 at George Lawley & Son Corp., Neponset, June 1944 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NMUSN LCI(L)-10 page, type-description paragraph and 19-LCM-Box-450-LCI-691-1/-2 photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy museum description of the type this hull belongs to: 'Navy-designed (LCI) craft were launched by the hundreds... The 157 foot craft could make speeds up to 14 knots, had a crew of 24 officers and men, and four 20mm guns for armament'; the same hull was modified into mortar, gunboat and rocket variants. The page's Bureau of Ships photography also documents George Lawley & Son Corp., Neponset, MA, as an LCI(L) builder (LCI(L)-691 stern view at the yard, June 1944) - corroborating the builder attribution for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (LCI program era)
- Population
- LCI-class crews and construction trades (class context)
- Limitations
- Type-level context: describes the LCI(L) class generally and photographs a sister craft at the builder's yard - LCI(L)-715 is not named on this page. No asbestos or material content. Crew figure (24) matches NavSource's enlisted complement for this class.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (eight GM 6-71-series diesels on two shafts, 2,320 shp; 158-ft steel landing craft); NHHC NMUSN type description (ev-05); GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; NHHC NMUSN type description; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built September-October 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were thermal insulation and lagging on engines and exhaust trunks, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the small-craft confined-space exposure dynamic applies to whatever era insulation was installed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); U.S. Navy crew (1944-46 and reserve-fleet periods); French Navy crew (1951-54)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for LCI(L)-715. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-06
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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 U.S. construction (1944) and U.S. service era (1944-c.1951).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, same handling as prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-07
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[9]Batch-5447 search ledger (this record): NavSource 10/15/150715; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NHHC photo catalog NH 89252; NHHC NMUSN LCI(L)-10 class page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NVR; CourtListener API v4 (type=o and type=r, all name/hull variants); uboat.net; secondary web litigation sweep; usslci.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-715-lcil715-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-715 / LSIL-715 / RFS LSIL9030 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session - all eight queries returned zero results: opinions for "LCI(L)-715", "LSIL-715", "LCI-715", "LCI 715" and RECAP dockets for the same four variants (2026-09-30) - a verified negative within those indexes, not merely an unexecuted search. No DANFS entry exists (numbered landing craft are outside DANFS coverage; letter-index and candidate URLs return no entry). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case or asbestos documentation; the only 'asbestos' material touching this hull's builder (George Lawley & Sons) is law-firm marketing content (e.g., mesowatch.org yard page) asserting exposure without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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. CourtListener name searches are a negative result within that repository's indexes - they do not exhaustively cover unindexed dockets, state-court filings, or settled claims. Deck logs (1944-45 run, per SL44) and any reserve-fleet or MDAP-transfer condition 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-715-lcil715-08