Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 471-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-773 — S2 archived line L1122 ("- USS *LCI(L)-773*")
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-773-lcil773-pkt-471-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-773 page (updated 1 March 2024; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel chronology, specifications, awards, and final-disposition sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as an LCI-351-class landing craft: laid down 12 June 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; launched 2 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-773 on 21 July 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; decommissioning and striking dates unknown; transferred to the Department of the Army on 26 February 1947; final fate unknown. The page lists 4 officers and 24 enlisted as the class complement and 6 officers and 182 enlisted as troop capacity, and gives the all-diesel propulsion and 2,320-shp specifications carried in this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled archival reference rather than the underlying commissioning record or deck log. It documents the dates and disposition statements above, but not asbestos content, decommissioning/striking dates, a complete service chronology, or present-day condition. Complement and troop figures are class/configuration specifications, not a ship-specific muster.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-773-lcil773-01
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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 p. 28, row 'LCI(L)-773 | 7/21/1944 | 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Navy deck-log coverage for LCI(L)-773 from 21 July 1944 through 31 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- This is an inventory/finding-aid entry only. Its endpoints are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning or service-end dates, and the underlying logs were not inspected. The entry contains no asbestos or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-773-lcil773-02
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[4]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 title/specification pages 1-2 and written history pp. 5-6 (PDF pages 1-6), propulsion and class design sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The National Park Service HAER record for sister craft USS LCI(L)-653 identifies the LCI(L) 351 class as diesel-powered, with eight General Motors Series 71 diesel engines, four per shaft, and no boiler or steam plant. Applied as class/design context only, the asbestos-relevant systems for this hull would be period diesel-craft applications such as engine exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation; no application is documented aboard LCI(L)-773 itself.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 design and construction era
- Limitations
- HAER documents a sister hull and the LCI(L) 351-class design, not LCI(L)-773. It does not state that asbestos was installed on either hull or identify products, quantities, locations, removal, or present-day presence. The listed applications are research prioritization/inference only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-773-lcil773-03
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessels up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections on Bureau of Ships RG 19 correspondence, shipyard research, specification files, and ship engineering drawings
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos research guide directs researchers to Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence arranged by ship designation/hull number, shipyard files, component correspondence, specification files, and ship engineering drawings when researching asbestos aboard pre-1961 U.S. Navy vessels. Those hull-specific records were not inspected for LCI(L)-773.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is research guidance, not evidence that asbestos was aboard this hull or that the relevant LCI(L)-773 records survive. No RG 19 correspondence, specification file, drawing, survey, or work package was reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-773-lcil773-04
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[6]Batch 5503 bounded source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-01 through sl-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure was located in the bounded Navy, NARA, HAER, NavSource, and public-source review completed for this batch. Asbestos presence aboard this hull therefore remains unknown; the only asbestos assessment carried is class/era inference.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search is not proof that the vessel lacked asbestos. The planned CourtListener exact-name and hull-number requests were blocked by the authenticated helper's fleet pacing gate before any result was returned, so this row must not be read as a completed litigation negative. Undigitized logs, RG 19 records, and unindexed dockets may change the assessment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-773-lcil773-05