Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 467-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-746
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-pkt-467-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, LCI(L) construction table (scanned historical Navy publication, NS-250, hosted by General Staff) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L)746 row, 'By whom and where built' table, book page 208 (PDF page 8 of the NS-250-011 scan)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy Ships' Data construction table lists LCI(L)746 in the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon production block: keel laid 28 February 1944, launched 19 March 1944, date of first commission 3 April 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Documents construction and first-commission dates only - no asbestos, service-operation, or disposal content. The builder cell for this row is carried by column ditto convention under the 'Commercial Iron Wks., Portland' heading that governs the 733-750 block; NavSource independently states the same builder. Scan has no text layer; row read via OCR.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 28, LCI(L)-746 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists U.S. Navy logbook coverage for LCI(L)-746 from 3 April 1944 through 30 June 1945 - the coverage start coincides exactly with the documented commissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- These are log-coverage endpoints only: the entry does not establish decommissioning, end of service, asbestos content, or whether the underlying logs are digitized. The logs themselves (RG 24) were not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-746 ex USS LCI(L)-746 (live vessel page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel chronology, campaign table, awards block, specifications, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies the vessel as an LCI-351-class landing craft: laid down 28 February 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 19 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-746 on 3 April 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-746 on a date not given; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with campaigns listed as the Western Caroline operation (southern Palau Islands, 6 September - 14 October 1944), the Leyte operation (Ormoc Bay landings, 7-8 December 1944), and consolidation of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings, 17-23 April 1945); three battle stars earned; classification reverted to LCI(L)-746 on 10 September 1945; decommissioned and struck on dates not given; transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948 for disposal; transferred to the government of Argentina in 1948 as ARA BDI No.5 (Q-59); disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1961, fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer archival compilation; its page credits the 1995 Turner Publishing LCI history for the narrative. Decommissioning, striking, and the LCI(G) reclassification date are all unstated. A NAVPERS-derived third-party listing attributes the three battle stars to a different set of operations (Morotai, Leyte landings, Ormoc Bay) - unresolved, see gaps. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-03
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[5]Australian War Memorial, collection item 018655 (photograph and catalog description) [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM collection page 018655, description field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Australian War Memorial collection photograph 018655, dated 10 June 1945, captioned: 'Borneo. 10 June 1945. The landing of Australians on Labuan Island, British North Borneo. Australian assault troops crowd the decks of American landing craft infantry (LCI), No. 746. This was the longest transportation of troops by these craft yet carried out.' Places this hull at the Labuan Island landing during the Borneo campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- An official museum catalog entry establishes physical presence at Labuan on a stated date; it is not a work record, carries no asbestos or material content, and the hull is identified only as 'LCI, No. 746.' The Labuan operation is not among the three campaign-star operations listed by NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-04
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[6]NARA National Archives Catalog, NAID 80662621, file unit 'Philippine Islands - Leyte - Invasion' (111-SCA-2857), Records of the Army Signal Corps [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file unit page; specific frame attribution via NavSource photo caption 1015074602
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource captions a second photograph as USS LCI(G)-746 putting troops of the U.S. Army 77th Division ashore on a northwestern beach of Leyte Island in 1945, citing U.S. National Archives Identifier 80662621 and Army Signal Corps photo number 200874. The NARA catalog resolves NAID 80662621 to the file unit 'Philippine Islands - Leyte - Invasion' (local ID 111-SCA-2857), a 221-image Signal Corps photographic series.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The NARA file unit is verified live; the specific frame's identification of this hull rests on the NavSource caption transcription, not on an independently read frame-level catalog entry. Physical-presence documentation only - no asbestos or work-record content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-05
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[7]Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Zidell Waterfront Property Cleanup presentation (2012, S. Manzano, DEQ) + DEQ ECSI Site ID 689 site summary (via Wayback capture; live ECSI URL now redirects to a portal shell) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ph-ZidellCAG.pdf 'Site Contaminants' and 'Summer 2010: Upland Remedial Action' slides; archived ECSI 689 summary at https://web.archive.org/web/20101129235940/http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/ECSI/ecsidetailfull.asp?seqnbr=689
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Oregon DEQ documentation for the Zidell Waterfront Property (3121 SW Moody Ave., Portland - the site of the former Commercial Iron Works shipyard that built this hull, acquired by Zidell in 1946) lists asbestos among contaminants of the upland soil and riverbed sediment, and records a 2010 remedial 'Asbestos abatement project - all workers certified, air monitoring, bulk ACM disposal.' The archived DEQ ECSI site summary (Site ID 689) describes the riverbank 'covered with scrap metal, asbestos, fiberglass' from the site's shipbreaking era, during which 336 ships were dismantled over 30 years.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Yard-site documentation, not a hull record: DEQ attributes the contamination principally to Zidell's post-1946 shipbreaking operation and general industrial use, not specifically to WWII-era construction at Commercial Iron Works, and not to this hull. Establishes no materials aboard LCI(L)-746, no quantity, and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page description (full-text PDF returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 (October 1979) documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships and that Navy policy in 1975 was to remove and replace with non-asbestos materials only damaged insulation or insulation removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - the program context spanning this hull's 1944 construction era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or the LCI-351 class. Full text not retrieved this session - content taken from the product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-07
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[9]Batch 5473 research ledger and source review [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lci-l-746-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-746-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, builder work package, abatement contract, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-746 / LCI(G)-746 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Four authenticated CourtListener queries - opinion index for "LCI(L)-746", "LCI(G)-746", and "LCI-746", and docket index for "USS LCI(L)-746" - each returned HTTP 200 with zero results. A general web sweep surfaced no qualifying asbestos litigation and no law-firm or marketing asbestos claims naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not proof the vessel lacked asbestos. Undigitized builder records, NARA logs, Argentine service records, and disposal documentation may change the assessment. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-746-lcil746-08