Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-782 ex USS LCI(L)-782 (history credited to Turner Publishing, 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150782.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline and service record for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 21 June 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 25 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-782 on 1 August 1944, LTjg. W. A. Terpenning USNR in command; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-782 on 20 January 1945; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater as LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR R. H. Brazeal), Group Sixty-Nine (LT. T. T. Brooks), Division One Hundred Thirty-Seven; participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 26 March - 24 June 1945); decommissioned date unknown; laid up Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, March 1946; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; final disposition 'fate unknown'; earned one battle star for World War II service. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal. Radio call sign NQWP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked flag staff (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on Turner Publishing's LCI history, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but are not independently verified. 'Decommissioned/struck/fate unknown' leaves disposition open; secondary compilations (see ev-05) fill it. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-01
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[2]Library of Congress / NPS HAER No. AK-52, written historical and descriptive data for M/V Husky II (ex-USS LCI(L)-653) - LCI(L) class history and New Jersey Shipbuilding production record [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 report, pp. 2-5 and footnotes 7-9, 12 (production table, yard history, center-gangway list, NARA RG 19 plan citation)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documents the builder of this hull by hull number: 'New Jersey Shipbuilding built LCIs 239 to 318, 423 to 657, 782 to 821, and 866 to 884' (citing Colton, Shipbuilding History), making 782 the first hull of the yard's final block. The yard was incorporated in 1942 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Barber Asphalt Corp. to convert its idled Arthur Kill asphalt plant into a shipyard, and was later managed by Todd Shipyards. Per Friedman as cited in HAER, hulls 782-821 were in the late-production center-gangway design group (bow doors / protected well deck replacing side gangways). Context: BuShips designed the LCI(L) in May 1942; ten U.S. yards built over 900 of the type; only twenty were lost during the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (yard production era)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding workforce (~2,500 per HAER); LCI(L) 351-class crews
- Limitations
- HAER is an authoritative government documentation program, but the report's subject is sister hull LCI(L)-653, not 782 - the 782 reference is a production-table line, not a hull record. Yard context and design-group placement are ship-specific by hull number; no asbestos or material content for any hull. The asphalt-plant-to-shipyard conversion is documented at the yard level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-02
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[3]'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' (Navy Department publication, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) - LC(FF) Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagship section, roster entry LC(FF)-782-783 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, 'LC(FF) -- Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagships' section, roster row 'LC(FF)-782-783'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The contemporary Navy Department ship list carries LC(FF)-782 (grouped as LC(FF)-782-783) and defines the type: 'Converted from Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) -- LCI(L) to carry flag officers and crew.' Type specifications: 387 tons, 160 ft, 4 x 20mm, complement 3 officers and 21 enlisted, 8 GM diesel engines (4 per shaft) with twin variable-pitch screws. Confirms the official LC(FF) designation and the flagship conversion role for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LC(FF)-782 ship's company and embarked flotilla staff (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Type-level specification block applied to a roster line - the table names LC(FF)-782 but the figures are the class fit, not a measured record for this hull. Complement listed (3 officers + 21 enlisted) is ship's company only, excluding flag staff and any troop carriage. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-03
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[4]Library of Virginia, World War II Separation Notices: Navy - NAVPERS-553 for Jefferson G. Bratcher, StM1c, V6 USNR-SV (FromThePage crowdsourced transcription of a state-archive primary document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage work 1140039_013_039_001, page 1 transcription, 'Service Vessels and Stations' line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Navy separation notice (NAVPERS-553, Rev. 8-45) for Steward's Mate 1st Class Jefferson G. Bratcher - inducted 14 December 1944 at Louisa, Va.; trained at NTC Bainbridge and NTBSTC Melville; separated at USN PSC Shelton, Va. - lists 'U.S.S. Lc (FF) 782' among his service vessels and stations, with Asiatic-Pacific among his medals. A named sailor's service aboard this hull is documented in a primary personnel record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (service window)
- Population
- StM1c Jefferson G. Bratcher; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Confirms the LC(FF)-782 designation in active personnel-record use and one named crewmember; a service listing is not an exposure record and says nothing about materials aboard or work performed. Crowdsourced transcription (marked 'Needs Review') of a Library of Virginia document - treat the transcription as faithful but unofficial.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-04
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard table - row for LCI(L) 782 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey yard table, hull 782 row; uswarships.jounin.jp/lcff.htm LCFF-782 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Colton's yard table lists hull 'LCI(L) 782, US Navy, Landing Craft, Aug-44, Sunk as target 1956.' Independent secondary database uswarships.jounin.jp gives a fuller unverified chain: commissioned 1944-08-01, decommissioned 1946-10-04, stricken 1955-11-17, sunk as target 1956 - consistent with the March 1946 Florida Group reserve lay-up in NavSource.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1956
- Population
- Target-towing/sinking crews (1956, if confirmed)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations, not a primary register: NavSource (Turner) lists disposition 'fate unknown,' so 'sunk as target 1956' is carried as reported-but-unverified. The jounin.jp dates (decomm 1946-10-04, stricken 1955-11-17) are unverified secondary data - no NAVSEA/NVR source located for them. If correct, the hull was expended as a target: no scrapping, museum, or present-day ACM question exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (all-diesel GM plant, twin variable-pitch screws); HAER AK-52 LCI(L)-653 machinery description ('eight original 6-71 General Motors diesel engines') for the sister-hull plant; Navy-wide asbestos-use era documented by GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150782.htm specifications; HAER AK-52 machinery narrative; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944 all-diesel landing craft built to BuShips LCI(L)-351-class specifications sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, but the dominant exposure pathway of larger combatants - boiler and steam-line lagging - does not apply: there is no steam plant aboard. Era-standard small-craft applications for a vessel of this type and period were engine-exhaust lagging in the machinery spaces, gaskets and valve packing on piping and fuel systems, and electrical insulation. Confined-hull-volume crew exposure dynamics apply if such materials were installed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); engine-room crew (1944-46); any reserve-fleet reactivation/target-prep crews (1946-56)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-782. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. Diesel craft carried materially less asbestos than steam vessels of the era. Does not establish presence, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-06
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[7]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46, reserve to 1956 per secondary sources).
- 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, same handling as prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-07
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[8]Archival leads located: (1) Bureau of Ships, 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L) 351-542' (cited in HAER AK-52 footnote 8); (2) George Lawley & Son Corp. plans for the LCI(L) 351-class, NARA College Park, RG 19, microfilm roll 5899 (HAER AK-52 footnote 12); (3) NHHC decommissioned-ships history files (HAER AK-52 footnote 14 pattern for sister hulls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 footnotes 8, 12, 14; NARA RG 19 microfilm roll 5899
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The class material list that would settle asbestos content aboard this hull exists on paper, not online: the BuShips detail specification for LCI(L) 351-542 covers this hull's class and would itemize insulation and gasket materials, and the Lawley LCI(L)-351-class plan set sits at NARA RG 19 roll 5899. Neither is digitized. NHHC decommissioned-ships files hold folders for sister LCI hulls (per HAER citations); whether one exists for LC(FF)-782 is unverified.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (document creation era)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - existence of the specification and plan series is documented (HAER footnotes), but their contents were not examined and nothing about materials aboard this hull should be read from them without retrieval.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-08
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[9]Batch-5512 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC DANFS canonical URL; HAER AK-52 full text (LOC); HyperWar Ships of the US Navy 1940-45; LVA FromThePage separation notice; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; usslci.org site search; CourtListener API v4; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-782-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-782-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming LCI(L)-782 / LC(FF)-782 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). NHHC/DANFS has no entry for this hull (canonical URL returns Page Not Found). CourtListener searches returned zero results across the board: opinion queries for 'LCI(L)-782', 'LC(FF)-782', and variants ('LCI-782', 'LCFF-782', 'LCI 782'), plus a RECAP docket search covering all designation variants - no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm/aggregator listicle content asserting asbestos on LCIs generally without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - the BuShips detail specification and Lawley plan set (ev-08) are undigitized material-list leads. The hull's short service (1944-46, sunk as target 1956 per secondary sources) predates both modern abatement disclosure and the asbestos-litigation era, making a thin public record unsurprising. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-782-09