Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 466-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (individual keel/launch/commissioning dates UNVERIFIABLE)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-pkt-466-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-011, vol. II (15 April 1945), mirrored scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- p. 213, LCI(M) design characteristics
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Bureau of Ships describes the LCI(M) design as diesel powered, with two propellers, General Motors 6051 series 71 engines, and three 4.2-inch mortars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Design-table specifications are type-level, not a survey of hull 741. Diesel propulsion does not prove presence or absence of asbestos. The design-table complement is excluded pending DANFS/NHHC confirmation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, Navy deck logs by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- p. 18, LCI(L)(M)(G)-741 row (PDF page 18)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists LCI(L)(M)(G)-741 with deck-log coverage dated 13 March 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The dates describe listed log coverage, not the end of commission or service. The list does not itself reproduce logs, identify asbestos or establish material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-03
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[4]Kleber and Birdsell, The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat, U.S. Army Center of Military History (GovInfo government copy) [other_primary]
- Locator
- pp. 522-523, Palau Islands / Peleliu
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Army official history identifies mortar boats 739, 740, 741 and 742 as supporting the 15 September 1944 Peleliu landings; it identifies LCI(M)-741 as the mortar-boat flagship whose radar ranges helped determine positions and firing ranges.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-09-15
- Limitations
- Establishes this hull's operational role at Peleliu, not crew asbestos exposure, asbestos-containing equipment or any later campaign.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-04
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[5]War Production Board, General Limitation Order M-79, Federal Register 7 FR 4568-4569 (19 June 1942) [federal_register]
- Locator
- pp. 4568-4569, amosite-fiber provisions
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1942 War Production Board rule reserved specified grades of amosite asbestos for defense orders, including ship insulation products such as blankets, pipe covering and flexible insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- Wartime shipbuilding-policy context only. The rule does not identify LCI craft, Commercial Iron Works procurement, or any asbestos product installed aboard hull 741.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-05
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[6]Batch 5468 source search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-5468-01 through sl-5468-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product inventory or asbestos-bearing vessel document was located in the accessible Navy, NARA, Army and Federal Register sources searched for this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not evidence that the ship lacked asbestos. The authenticated CourtListener sweep and some official-site fetches were blocked; the result cannot establish absence of litigation or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-06
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[7]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence; ship engineering drawings sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA directs researchers of asbestos aboard pre-1961 U.S. Navy vessels to Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence and ship engineering drawings, organized in part by ship designation and hull number.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1961 records guidance
- Limitations
- Research guide only. No RG 19 correspondence or drawing for LCI-741 was retrieved or reviewed, and the guide states no hull-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-07
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[8]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-011, vol. II (15 April 1945), mirrored scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- p. 214, LCI(M)-741 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Bureau of Ships lists LCI(M)-741, ex-LCI(L)-741 and ex-LCI(G)-741, built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; keel laid 8 February 1944; launched 2 March 1944; first commissioned 13 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- The table establishes identity, designations, builder and dates. It gives no redesignation dates, decommissioning or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-741-lcil741-01