Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 466-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-pkt-466-packet-md
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[2]NavSource, USS LCI(M)-739 vessel history [other_primary]
- Locator
- History, reclassification and campaign bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The same hull was reclassified LCI(G)-739 on 31 December 1944 and LCI(M)-739 on 30 April 1945. NavSource lists three battle stars for its World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Dates and battle-star count are from the NavSource compilation, not checked against original Bureau of Ships or awards files; no asbestos inference follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-02
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[3]NavSource, USS LCI(M)-739 photo caption for NH 105030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Photograph caption, NH 105030
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A photograph cataloged as NH 105030 identifies LCI(G)-739 alongside LST-713 off Iwo Jima during the February 1945 landings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Limitations
- The caption identifies the vessel and approximate place and month; it does not establish precise dates, duties, crew, or asbestos materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-03
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[4]Historic American Engineering Record, M/V Husky II, HAER AK-52 [haer]
- Locator
- Page 10 of 23, note 27 (PDF page 11)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After transfer to Thailand, the former LCI(M)-739 served as HTMS Sattakut and was sunk off Koh Tao in June 2011.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- postwar-2011
- Limitations
- This HAER report concerns another LCI and gives a brief, cited comparative history of this hull. It does not give the exact sinking day or document asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-04
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Other Records and their usefulness
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA states that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly document asbestos in ships or components.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- research guide reviewed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is source-selection guidance, not a review of LCI-739 logs or rolls; it makes no hull-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-06
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[6]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reviewed asbestos use and worker protection in Navy shipbuilding and repair, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Limitations
- The 1979 review does not name LCI-739, its builder, or its Thai service. It cannot establish material, work, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-07
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[7]Batch 5465 search ledger for LCI(L)-739 / LCI(G)-739 / LCI(M)-739 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material schedule, repair record, or abatement record for LCI-739 was located in the public sources searched for this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- searches on 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A negative search finding is limited to the repositories and queries documented in the ledger. It does not prove asbestos absence, presence, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-08
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[8]CourtListener authenticated v4 search via fleet helper, 2026-09-30 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-08 through sl-14
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket searches returned no indexed results for USS LCI(L)-739, LCI(L)-739, LCI(G)-739, LCI(M)-739, LCI-739, HTMS Sattakut, or Sattakut.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- searches on 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Zero indexed search results do not prove that no claim, unindexed filing, state case, or non-digitized record exists. No litigation merits or exposure finding is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-09
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[9]NavSource, USS LCI(M)-739 vessel history [other_primary]
- Locator
- History, construction and commissioning bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-739, an LCI-351-class landing craft, was laid down on 30 January 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched on 27 February 1944; and commissioned on 6 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- NavSource transcribes a vessel history; no original commissioning certificate or yard record was inspected. These dates do not establish asbestos use.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-01
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[10]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cartographic Branch, RG 19 Hull and Micro series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies RG 19 ship engineering drawings as an archival lead for hull-specific asbestos research, including S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping drawings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- research guide reviewed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NARA describes where relevant drawings may be sought; no LCI-739 drawing was located or inspected, and the guide cannot establish asbestos on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-739-lcil739-05