Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet 469-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-pkt-469-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-758 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150758 (ship entry, awards block, Asiatic-Pacific campaigns table, occupation/China service table, disposition paragraph, specifications block, photo captions 1015075801-806)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, wartime record, and postwar identity chain for this hull: laid down 10 April 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Ore.; launched 7 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-758 on 20 May 1944; international radio call sign NQPK. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; credited campaigns (three battle stars): Leyte operations - Leyte landings 5-29 November 1944 and Ormoc Bay landing 7-8 December 1944; Luzon operation - Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944 and Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; consolidation of the southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945 and 10-16 May 1945. Postwar assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East, 8 September-16 December 1945 (both Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp and China Service Medal (extended) listed for the same span). Decommissioned May 1946 at Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 9 July 1948 for disposal; registered 1951 as passenger vessel Normandy Two; registered 1953 as Normandy; sold to the Circle Line, New York City, and converted to a sightseeing boat renamed Circle Line X; final disposition noted 'fate unknown' on this page (superseded - see ev-04/05/06). Awards block: China Service Medal (extended); American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3); World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp); Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Specifications: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5-1/2" x 23'3"; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; five single 20mm mounts; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 Series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; 16 kts max / 14 kts max continuous; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts loaded. Photo captions place the hull in LCI Flotilla 15 laying smoke on Lingayen Gulf 9 January 1945, and moored in China with LCI(L)-687 and LCI(L)-759 September-December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1955 (page content through 2023 update)
- Population
- Crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted) and embarked troops as configured (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted), 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary reference (transcribing Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume and Navy records), not a contemporaneous log or action report. Its 'Final Disposition, fate unknown' line is outdated - the hull survives and was NRHP-listed in 2014 (see ev-04/05). The 'Flotilla 15' unit attribution appears only in a photo caption, not in the text block, and is corroborated by no other located source; the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization list does not include this hull (Seventh Fleet amphibious units fall outside that document). Decommissioning month given without day; striking given as year only. No asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p.28, row 'LCI(L)-758 | 5/20/1944 | 6/30/1945' (verified by pdftotext -layout extraction of the live NARA PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number, PDF p.28) lists Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)-758' covering 20 May 1944 through 30 June 1945 - log coverage beginning on her commissioning date and spanning her entire combat career (Leyte, Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Mindanao) plus the first postwar months. These are the primary daily records of this hull's service, held in Record Group 24.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- The entry is an inventory record only - it establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents. The deck logs themselves were not opened for this record, and the coverage endpoints are log-coverage dates, not service-boundary documentation. Logs after 30 June 1945 (occupation/China service, decommissioning, 1946 striking) are outside this inventory listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-02
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[4]Digital Public Library of America mirror of National Archives catalog records: four ship-specific file units for this hull - 'LCI(L) 758 - Muster Rolls' (catalog.archives.gov/id/120288921, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel); 'LCI(L)-758 - Report of operations, including AA action, in the amphibious assault on Ormoc Bay, Leyte Island, Philippines on 12/7/44' (id/139857742); 'LCI(L)-758 - Report of operations in the amphibious assault on Mindoro Island, Philippines on 12/15/44' (id/139857746); 'LCI(L)-758 - Report of AA action while enroute to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island, Philippines on 1/12/45' (id/139883488) - the three reports in 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', Office of the Chief of Naval Operations [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPLA item pages 02f80a6d3561d0dfa59a7ad5c0a9185c (muster rolls), 3f41daddf01fa49ca87866c143481609 (Ormoc Bay), 3deeb0d8751d3114a7f8b41ed123b24b (Mindoro), d0d5314818195f47cc80145323ac651e (Lingayen AA); NARA IDs 120288921, 139857742, 139857746, 139883488 (all verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Four ship-specific NARA file units exist for this hull: muster rolls (NARA ID 120288921, microfilm) and three after-action reports filed by the vessel - Ormoc Bay amphibious assault 7 December 1944 (Micro Serial 106834, Serial 44/1), Mindoro amphibious assault 15 December 1944 (Micro Serial 106835, Serial 44/2), and an anti-aircraft action report while en route to Lingayen Gulf 12 January 1945 (Micro Serial 108127, Serial 45/1, dated 15 January 1945). The report titles independently confirm the hull's participation in the Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, and Lingayen Gulf operations on the stated dates, matching the NavSource campaign table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (reports); muster-roll span per NARA file unit
- Population
- Crew of LCI(L)-758 (muster rolls enumerate personnel; reports authored aboard), 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Catalog-metadata level only - the records are microfilm file units; their contents were not reviewed. The native NARA catalog interface (catalog.archives.gov) returned only a JavaScript shell to automated fetch this session, so the records were located and verified through DPLA's mirror of the NARA catalog; the catalog.archives.gov IDs are carried as the canonical record locators. No asbestos, material, or condition information is contained in the listings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-03
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[5]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for 'Circle Line X (sightseeing vessel)' - other names: LCI (L)-758; Normandy Two; Normandy; Circle Line Sightseer X (NRIS 14000702; form received August 2014) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS NRHP registration form NPS Form 10-900/10-900a for Circle Line X: Section 1 name field; Section 5 classification; Section 7 Narrative Description (pp. 1-3: main engines, engine room, wheelhouse, steering compartment); Section 8 Narrative Statement of Significance (pp. 4-6: Commercial Iron Works history, wartime service summary, Normandy Two/Normandy/Circle Line ownership chain, retirement 2007); NRIS 14000702
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The federal nomination for this surviving hull documents: the vessel is the former LCI(L)-758, built 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon (Architect/Builder field: 'Commercial Iron Works; U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, engineering'); official number 262270; 325 gross tons; 158 ft 5.5 in LOA, 23 ft 3 in beam, 11.3 ft depth; welded steel hull framed with angle iron and nine transverse bulkheads 100-percent welded - 'unchanged from the original construction'; berthed at Pier 83, West 42nd Street, Manhattan. Postwar chain: acquired 1951 by John W. Nugent (Normandy Sightseeing) as Normandy Two; sold 1953 to Day Line Sightseeing as Normandy; purchased 1955 by Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc., rebuilt at the company yard in Mill Basin, Brooklyn (reconfigured pilothouse, new cabin windows, upper-deck canopy), renamed Circle Line Sightseer X, later shortened to Circle Line X; carried 500 passengers on the 35-mile Manhattan circumnavigation; retired 2007. Condition details: Cummins QSK19 inline six-cylinder engines 'have replaced the original GM diesels'; the engine room 'contains primarily World War II vintage DC machinery' (open GE electrical panel, two 71-series generators, telegraphs, Hose-McCann telephones; the electric board still bears the inscription 'Department of U.S. Navy'); wheelhouse retains WWII binnacle, telegraph, and electrical steering; the port crew quarter was the wartime magazine; the nomination states the ship 'does not retain sufficient integrity to represent its wartime use' but has 'virtually complete integrity as a 1950s-era sightseeing vessel.' Materials field lists 'Metal' only. Gerard 'Jerry' Marder is named as her wartime captain ('five invasions under our belt with Japanese planes shot down' during 18 months overseas, per the Turner USS LCI volume); the nomination credits the vessel with shooting down two enemy planes and lists Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Mindanao campaigns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2014
- Population
- Passengers and crew, sightseeing service 1955-2007; museum/terminal consideration after retirement
- Limitations
- A federal historic-preservation registration document - detailed on fabric and layout but written for recreation significance ('nominated solely for its importance in recreation'); it is a condition/materials survey that lists Materials as 'Metal' and names no asbestos-containing component, which is a data point for the negative finding (ev-15), not proof of absence. Campaign summary in the narrative is abbreviated (omits Ormoc Bay and Mindoro by name). Wartime attribution of captain Marder and aircraft kills derives from the Turner volume, not a contemporaneous record. No asbestos statement either way.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-04
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[6]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Weekly List of Actions, 2014 (compiled weekly-list PDF) [nps]
- Locator
- weekly-list-2014 PDF, New York County section, 'CIRCLE LINE X ... LISTED, 9/22/14' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NPS PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NPS weekly list records: 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK COUNTY, CIRCLE LINE X (sightseeing vessel), Pier 83 & West 42nd St., Manhattan, 14000702, LISTED, 9/22/14' - establishing the hull's National Register listing date (22 September 2014), its NRIS reference number 14000702, and its berth at Pier 83, West 42nd Street, Manhattan.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2014
- Limitations
- The weekly list is a designation log - it confirms the listing event, date, reference number, and address, nothing more. It contains no vessel condition, materials, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-05
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[7]Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, official fleet page 'Circle Line Boat: X' (operator's own description of the vessel) [other_primary]
- Locator
- circleline.com/circle-line-X 'Circle Line Boat: X' page body (verified live via Firecrawl, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The operator's own fleet page states: 'X started out as USS LCI(L)-758, a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) commissioned on May 20, 1944'; she served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater including Leyte, Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, and Lingayen Gulf; spent four months on occupation duty in China; decommissioned May 1946; sold in 1955, rebuilt in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, renamed Circle Line X; Circle Line 'outfitted her with a variable-pitch propeller and a radar system'; a 1994 reunion cruise hosted surviving wartime crew members; retired from service in 2007; added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014; 'Circle Line has explored turning her into a floating museum and terminal near Pier 83.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2014+
- Population
- Sightseeing passengers and crew, 1955-2007; 1994 veteran reunion attendees
- Limitations
- Commercial operator's marketing/history page - consistent with the federal NRHP nomination on the identity chain and dates, but undated, non-scholarly, and promotional in purpose; carried as corroboration and current-status evidence, not as the source of record for any disputed fact. 'Occupation duty in China' compresses the documented occupation/China service period (8 Sep-16 Dec 1945 per NavSource). No asbestos, materials, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-06
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[8]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-758 (LCI(L)-758) - Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship record 21823 (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship record independently confirms this hull: USS LCI(L)-758, Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class, pennant LCI(L)-758; built by Commercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon); laid down 10 April 1944; launched 7 May 1944; commissioned 20 May 1944; end service 'Sold in 1948' (consistent with the 9 July 1948 Maritime Commission transfer). No commanders or events listed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference; 'Sold in 1948' compresses the transfer-to-Maritime-Commission and later commercial registration. No campaign, unit, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-07
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[9]Shipbuilding History (Colton), Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L) production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) table, Commercial Iron Works block, row 'LCI(L)-758' (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard production table carries this hull's row: 'LCI(L)-758 | Commercial IW | Portland OR | 20 May 1944 | sold 1946 as Circle Line X' - independently confirming the builder, the 20 May 1944 date (here in the Delivered column, equal to the commissioning date for this row), and the Circle Line X commercial identity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Limitations
- Secondary production-table source; its 'sold 1946' is loose - the documented chain is Maritime Commission transfer 9 July 1948, commercial registrations 1951/1953, Circle Line purchase 1955 (NavSource/NPS). The neighbor rows show the table's known inconsistencies (e.g., sisters 'to NDRF 1948'). Used for corroboration only. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-08
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[10]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) - LCI(L) 351-class written history and documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written history: principal-dimensions/propulsion passage (p.7 region: welded steel, splinter protection, GM Series 71 engines); 'six LCIs ... Circle Line' passage and footnote 24; post-2010 survivors passage (pp. 8-10 region)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- HAER AK-52 documents the LCI(L)-351-class design this hull was built to: welded steel throughout, with 15-lb high-tensile steel in the pilot house and conning tower and 10-lb high-tensile steel in the sides and bulwarks of the forward third; additional armor as '2" of plastic splinter protection (i.e., crushed granite pebbles embedded in bitumen)' on gun tubs, conning tower, and pilot house - the 'plastic armor' was a granite/bitumen material, not an asbestos product; five 20mm guns; powered by eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines, four for each of two shafts, with variable-pitch propellers and 16-knot maximum speed. HAER also names the six LCIs purchased by the Circle Line - 'LCI(L) 179 (Circle Line VIII), 191 (VII), 390 (IV), 646 (VI), 758 (X), and 766 (IX)' - independently confirming this hull's postwar identity, and records that after Husky II's 2010 scrapping, surviving LCIs included 'Circle Line X and Circle Line VIII' operating in New York City. Asbestos relevance: the all-diesel plant (no boilers or steam system) bounds the asbestos-relevant applications to era-standard diesel-craft items - engine exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery-space thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2014 (class design era through documented survival)
- Population
- Construction trades (Portland OR, 1944); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation for a sister 351-class craft (LCI(L) 653) and the type generally - it does not name this hull's materials and does not itself assert asbestos content aboard any LCI. The Circle Line identification passage IS specific to this hull's identity (758 = Circle Line X). No ship-specific material list exists for this hull; asbestos presence aboard is era- and design-level inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, products installed, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal costs, and disability compensation; it records the Navy's 1975 policy of removing/replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - Navy-wide confirmation that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships of this era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or this craft type (HRD-80-2 fieldwork concerned large Navy shipyards, and the report does not discuss landing craft). Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (gao.gov blocks direct automated fetch, HTTP 403); full 26-page PDF not reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-10
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[12]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2), 2005, pp. 35-48, DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x; verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (abstract read) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NEJ 117(2) 2005 article record + abstract, ingentaconnect art00012
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed Naval Engineers Journal article (American Society of Naval Engineers) documents that asbestos 'was once used in U.S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation and in many other shipboard products,' that plaintiffs in asbestos lawsuits 'include many who were exposed to asbestos while serving in Navy ships built during and following WWII,' and that 'the most likely source of their Navy shipboard exposures was thermal insulation' because the materials were 'dry, friable, and easily accessible.' Covers this hull's construction (1944) and commissioned service era (1944-46) at the practice level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2005 (article); WWII-era practice documented
- Population
- WWII-and-later Navy ship crews; shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Era/practice-level documentation - names no hull and no product list for this vessel; establishes Navy-era practice, not installed materials aboard LCI(L)-758. Abstract-level read; article body not retrieved. No quantity, product, or individual exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-11
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[13]Owens-Illinois, Inc. supplemental answers to second interrogatories, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. et al., No. 87-C-1934 (Dist. Ct. Brazoria County, Tex.) - defendant's inventory of shipyard industrial-health documents (mirrored via ToxicDocs document archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ToxicDocs document 4ayjMMY2q6pqomB4eDk5Nq9op, interrogatory A.9 document list, item 22
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A defendant's interrogatory answer filed in asbestos litigation inventories wartime government industrial-health documents including: 'Industrial Health and Safety Re-Survey Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon at 13 (March 16-19, 1945)' - establishing that a U.S. government industrial-health re-survey of the yard that built this hull was conducted in March 1945 and was used in litigation (Dube v. Eagle-Picher, D. Me. 83-0224) concerning Navy/shipyard knowledge of asbestos hazards in shipbuilding. The Commercial Iron Works survey itself is the retrievable primary record behind this reference.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 (survey); 1990 (filing)
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works yard workforce, March 1945 survey period
- Limitations
- The cited item is a defendant's litigation exhibit list, not the survey - it attests that a March 1945 industrial-health re-survey of Commercial Iron Works exists in the documentary record, not what it found. The survey postdates this hull's construction (built April-May 1944) by about eleven months, so it documents wartime yard conditions generally rather than this hull's build period specifically. Discovery-stage material filed by a defendant; classified as an archival lead, not a finding about conditions at the yard or aboard this hull. No hull is named.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-12
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[14]Oregon Public Broadcasting, 'Portland's Toxic Graveyard For World War II Ships' (Cassandra Profita, 1 Dec 2016; Battle Ready series) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- OPB article text (Zidell/Commercial Iron Works lease, asbestos-contaminant passages, 1986 DEQ flagging, 1994 voluntary cleanup, cost figures)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- OPB documents that after the war, Zidell leased a portion of the former Commercial Iron Works shipyard - the yard that built this hull - for what became the nation's largest shipbreaking operation; ship insulation, wiring, and other materials stripped there contained asbestos and PCBs; Oregon DEQ flagged the property as potentially hazardous in 1986; the company entered a voluntary cleanup in 1994 covering 30 acres and a half-mile of Willamette riverbank, a 20-plus-year, $20-million-plus remediation (DEQ ECSI site no. 689). The NRHP nomination for this hull independently records that Zidell acquired the Commercial Iron Works yard in 1946 and transformed it into 'the nation's largest ship-breaking operation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-2016
- Population
- Shipbreaking and remediation workforce, 1946-2010s
- Limitations
- Site-level environmental history of the builder yard's postwar reuse as a shipbreaking scrapyard - it does not document conditions during this hull's April-May 1944 construction, does not name this hull, and concerns scrapping of many different vessels. Reputable journalism citing state records; the underlying DEQ ECSI page (legacy URL) now redirects to the DEQ welcome page and was not directly retrievable this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-13
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[15]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block for this hull (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft; single GM main reduction gears; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC generators; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp - diesel plant, no steam); HAER AK-52 class design documentation (ev-09); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-10); Rushworth NEJ 2005 (ev-11); NPS NRHP nomination condition/materials description (ev-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150758.htm specifications block; HAER AK-52; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NEJ 117(2) 2005; NPS NRHP nomination Section 7
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A geared-diesel landing craft built April-May 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined 158-ft hull. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Three real postwar yard events in this hull's life are documented but with no materials recorded: the ~1951 conversion to passenger excursion service (Normandy Two), the 1955 Circle Line rebuild at Mill Basin, Brooklyn, and the repowering to Cummins QSK19 engines that replaced the original GM diesels (date unrecorded in located sources).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2014
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); crew, esp. engine-room personnel (1944-46); Charleston decommissioning workforce (May 1946); commercial conversion workforces (1951, 1955 Mill Basin, repower date unknown); sightseeing crews and passengers (1955-2007)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for this hull at any career phase (Navy, commercial conversions, repowering, or present-day lay status). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. The surviving hull's 2014 NRHP nomination lists Materials as 'Metal' and describes machinery without naming asbestos - consistent with but not proof of absence. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-14
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[16]Batch-5486 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 by-ship-number PDF; NARA/DPLA item records (muster rolls + three action reports); NPS NRHP nomination and 2014 weekly list; Circle Line operator page; uboat.net warship record; Colton production table; HAER AK-52; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NHHC/DANFS candidate URLs; GAO HRD-80-2; Rushworth NEJ 2005; ToxicDocs shipyard-survey exhibit list; OPB/DEQ shipbreaking-site reporting; CourtListener API v4 (partially blocked by fleet pacing); banned-source web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-20 (incl. 18a)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI(L)-758 / LCI-758 / Normandy Two / Normandy / Circle Line Sightseer X / Circle Line X / official number 262270 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-758', 'LCI-758', and 'LCI 758' + asbestos each returned count 0 (verified); the remaining queries - commercial-name variants and the RECAP docket index - remained blocked by the fleet-wide authenticated pacing budget across repeated spaced attempts and are logged as blocked in the ledger, not treated as negative results. A live-web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming this hull or its commercial names returned no qualifying results (unrelated Circle Line gangway/personal-injury matters only). Notably, the hull survives and received a detailed federal condition/materials survey in 2014 (NRHP nomination): its Materials field lists 'Metal' only and the nomination names no asbestos-containing component. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft (NHHC candidate URLs 404, 2026-09-30).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - as a 1944 combat-built Navy craft the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era, and the NRHP nomination's silence on asbestos is a negative indicator, not a hazmat survey (it was written for recreation significance, not demolition-readiness). Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Opinion coverage for the two exact hull designations and the asbestos-paired hull-number query is verified-nil; commercial-name and docket-index coverage went unexecuted this session due to shared-quota pacing, so pleading-stage cases or name collisions are not ruled out. The hull is extant at Pier 83, so a modern hazmat survey could exist in records not searched (NYC/NY State filings, USCG vessel documentation).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-758-lcil758-15