Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 464-packet.md (2 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-731-lcil731-pkt-464-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, LCI table (scanned historical Navy publication, hosted by General Staff) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 7, printed page 207, LCI(L)731 row in LCI construction table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy Ships' Data table lists LCI(L)731 as built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon: laid down 17 December 1943, launched 16 January 1944, and commissioned 30 January 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a scanned Navy table served by a third-party archive. It documents construction and commissioning dates, not asbestos materials, service operations, decommissioning, or disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 28, LCI(L)-731 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists deck-log coverage for LCI(L)-731 from 30 January 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The dates are log-coverage endpoints only; the entry does not establish decommissioning, an end to service, asbestos content, or digitization of the logs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-02
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[4]81st Infantry Division, Report: Ulithi Atoll and Other Western Caroline Islands, phase III (digitized by Hoover Institution Library & Archives) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 60 (printed page 56), Kayangel Atoll task organization and embarkation narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The 81st Infantry Division's contemporaneous report lists LCI(L)-731 in the naval task unit for Kayangel Atoll and records troops embarking on LCI(L)-731 and LCI(G)-729 at Peleliu on 27 November 1944; the convoy reached Kossol Passage on 28 November.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This Army operation report establishes participation in this movement, not the ship's complete itinerary, material inventory, or asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-03
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-731 (live vessel page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel chronology and campaign tables; viewed in live browser
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies the vessel as an LCI-351-class landing craft; lists the Western Caroline Islands operation, 6 September–14 October 1944, and occupation and China service, 25 September–16 December 1945; gives an unknown decommissioning date at Long Beach, a 5 June 1946 strike date, a 6 November 1946 sale, and unknown final fate.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival compilation, and its page credits a 1995 LCI history for the narrative. Campaign and medal periods are not continuous deployment records. Its class specification block is not used to verify this hull's complement or installed materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-04
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, enclosure I, Navy letter of 5 January 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pages 11–12, enclosure I, Navy letter
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A 1979 Navy letter reproduced in GAO report HRD-80-2 describes asbestos uses in Navy shipboard thermal insulation, piping gaskets and packing, deck materials, electrical cabling, and equipment brakes and clutches. This is broad Navy context only and does not identify LCI(L)-731 or the LCI-351 class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The letter describes Navy vessels generally in 1979, decades after LCI(L)-731 was built and sold. It supports research prioritization only; none of the listed materials is established aboard this hull, and it establishes no personal exposure or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-05
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[7]Batch 5457 research ledger and source review [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-01 through sl-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material list, abatement record, or qualifying asbestos case was located among the Navy, NARA, NavSource, Hoover archive, GAO, and public web sources searched for this batch. One authenticated CourtListener opinion query for the exact hull designation returned zero results. The exact USS-name and docket checks were blocked by the fleet helper pacing limit; litigation remains open.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative search result, not proof the vessel lacked asbestos. A zero-result opinion search does not rule out docket filings or unindexed cases; CourtListener could not be completed. Undigitized logs, RG 19 records, and disposal records may change the assessment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-06
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[8]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bureau of Ships correspondence guidance; Specifications and Standards; Cartographic Branch, Ship Engineering Drawings
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's guide for researching asbestos aboard U.S. naval vessels built before 1961 points researchers to Bureau of Ships RG 19 correspondence by hull and shipyard, specification files, and hull-number engineering drawings; it identifies S39 as the insulation and lagging drawing code and S48 as piping. These are leads for LCI(L)-731, not reviewed records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The NARA guide does not say that relevant LCI(L)-731 records survive or that asbestos was installed on this hull. RG 19 correspondence and drawings were not inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-731-lcil731-07