Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 465-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: none assigned — never named. Proper reference: USS LCI(L)-735.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-pkt-465-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, landing craft infantry (large) table, scanned mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 208, LCI(L)735 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's LCI(L)-735 entry lists Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; keel laid 7 January 1944; launched 8 February 1944; first commissioned 18 February 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- The original Navy table establishes construction and first-commission data only. It does not state asbestos content, crew complement, decommissioning, striking, or disposition. The PDF is a live scanned mirror of a Navy publication, not a Navy-hosted page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 28, LCI(L)-735 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 indexes LCI(L)-735 logbook coverage from 18 February 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-18 to 1945-06-30 (indexed log coverage)
- Limitations
- These are index coverage endpoints, not decommissioning or other service dates. The index does not disclose log contents or asbestos materials; the underlying logs require separate examination.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-02
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[4]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, landing craft infantry (large) design-group table, scanned mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 200, LCI(L)-351 through LCI(L)-1098 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's LCI(L)-351 through LCI(L)-1098 design-group table specifies two General Motors diesel engines and two propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Second World War design group
- Limitations
- This is a design-group specification, not an individual machinery inventory for LCI(L)-735. Diesel propulsion does not establish that asbestos was installed or that anyone was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-03
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[5]U.S. Bureau of Ships, An Administrative History of the Bureau of Ships During World War II, volume IV, chapter XX, wartime Chemistry Sub-section (live transcription mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter XX, printed page 156, Asbestos-Glass Insulation Lagging Cloth paragraph
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships wartime administrative history describes standard asbestos cloth and the development of a glass-asbestos yarn for insulation lagging cloth to conserve asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Second World War
- Population
- Navy wartime shipbuilding program generally
- Limitations
- The Navy document describes wartime material development and standard cloth, not a procurement, installation, or survey record for LCI(L)-735 or its class. The date of adoption aboard this hull, if any, is unknown; it establishes no ship-specific asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-04
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[6]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, enclosure I (Navy letter of 5 January 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pages 11-12, enclosure I, Navy letter, especially printed page 1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- In January 1979, the Navy reported asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, packing, deck materials, electrical components, and equipment brakes or clutches among Navy shipboard applications generally.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy fleet generally (1979 correspondence)
- Limitations
- This 1979 fleet-wide statement does not name LCI(L)-735, describe its 1944 build, or document any product aboard it. Its claim that ships then in service contained asbestos cannot be applied to a vessel whose postwar Navy service is unverified. No hull-specific exposure inference is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-05
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[7]Batch 5461 search ledger and source-review record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-01 through sl-09; BATCH-5461-REPORT.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey or abatement record was located in the official sources reviewed for USS LCI(L)-735; the CourtListener sweep remains incomplete because the authenticated fleet pacing gate blocked three attempted requests.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Search performed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A search gap is not evidence that no asbestos was present. The CourtListener gate prevented classification of potential opinion or docket hits; this row is a bounded negative finding for the sources actually reviewed, not a litigation no-result finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-735-lcil735-06