Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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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-740-lcil740-pkt-466-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar) table (digitized scan hosted by GeneralStaff.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar) table, row LCI(M)740
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's Ships' Data table lists LCI(M)740 with former designations LCI(L)740 and LCI(G)740; the builder is Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; keel laid 30 January 1944, launched 27 February 1944, first commissioned 11 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A scanned official Navy table on a non-government host. It verifies identity and dates, not the dates of later redesignations, crew complement, asbestos content, decommissioning, or final disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-740-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, deck log index [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 18, LCI(L)(M)(G)-740 entry (zero-indexed PDF page 17)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes a deck log entry for LCI(L)(M)(G)-740 with coverage from 11 March 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- These are indexed log coverage dates, not a service termination or decommissioning date. The index does not reproduce the log entries or document asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-740-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), highlights [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, paragraphs 1-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1979 GAO review describes asbestos use in Navy ships and Navy policies for replacing damaged or repair-disturbed asbestos insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Navy-wide and later than this craft's wartime service. GAO examined Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards, not LCI(L)-740 or Commercial Iron Works. It cannot establish any asbestos product, quantity, exposure, or condition aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-740-03
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research and Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA identifies asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941 through 1961 as an archival research topic and directs researchers to Bureau of Ships correspondence organized by individual hull, class, type, and shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A research guide about the 1941-1961 Navy era; it does not identify any asbestos product, material, exposure, or condition aboard LCI(L)-740. The referenced RG 19 files were not examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-740-05
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[6]Batch 5467 search ledger for LCI(L)-740, LCI(G)-740, and LCI(M)-740 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-5467-01 through sl-5467-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, or official asbestos inventory for LCI(L)-740 or its G/M designations was located in the sources searched (see search ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative search result, not proof of asbestos absence. CourtListener results are pending due to the authenticated helper's fleet pacing hold; no litigation negative finding is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-740-04