Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 473-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-784-lcil784-pkt-473-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-784 (timeline, specifications, awards; history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page, LCI(L)-784 entry (timeline block + specifications block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft, Infantry (Large): laid down 23 June 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 27 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-784, 3 August 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 December 1947; final disposition unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars. Specs: 419 t loaded, 158 ft 5.5 in, complement 4 officers/24 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; radio call sign NQXE.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted (class spec); embarked troops up to 6 officers/182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained naval-history archive, not an official Navy record; its per-hull entries are the project's canonical reference but this entry cites a reunion-volume secondary source (Turner Publishing 1995). Decommissioning and striking dates are absent ('date unknown'); no commanding-officer list, campaign detail, or images exist on the page. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-784-01
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' hull table: LCI(L) 784, New Jersey SB, Barber NJ, 3-Aug-44, 'To NDRF 1947' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm, row 'LCI(L) 784'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The standard yard-build compilation corroborates the builder (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ), the 3 August 1944 completion/commissioning date, and disposition 'To NDRF 1947' (National Defense Reserve Fleet) - consistent with NavSource's 'transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 December 1947.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation without displayed primary citations; corroborates NavSource rather than adding independent primary evidence. 'To NDRF' and 'transferred to Maritime Commission' are consistent readings of the same disposal. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-784-lcil784-02
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[4]Era/design inference built on: NavSource LCI-351-class spec block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, no steam) + HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' LCI(L)-1-class specification table (ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html) + documented WWII-era Navy asbestos practice (GAO HRD-80-2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HyperWar LCI(L)-1-class spec table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As built in mid-1944, LCI(L)-784 was an all-diesel amphibious craft: two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines (4 per shaft) with twin variable-pitch propellers. There is no boiler or steam plant, so the boiler/turbine-lagging pathway does not apply; the era-typical asbestos applications aboard a 1944 steel landing craft of this type were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, flange gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings and adhesives, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944); crew (4 officers/24 enlisted); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific insulation schedule, survey, or build-spec asbestos callout was located for this hull; neither cited specification source states 'asbestos.' Asbestos presence aboard this hull is era-consistent inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, specific products, or present-day presence (hull disposed 1947).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-784-lcil784-03
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[5]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 from the World War II era through the early 1970s and described the Navy's insulation-removal policies (1975 damaged-or-repair-needed standard; 1979 selective replacement in high-maintenance areas) - era context for the 1944 construction period of this hull.
- 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, not hull-specific; GAO fieldwork covered naval shipyards and overhaul practices, not landing-craft construction yards. Supports era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-784-lcil784-04
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[6]NARA, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' - deck logs held in Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, Entry 118 (NAID 581208); post-1941 logs maintained at Archives II, College Park; Special List #44 covers 1801-1947 [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov logbooks overview; RG 24 Entry 118 / NAID 581208
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The deck logs of USS LCI(L)-784 (in service 1944 to disposal in 1947) would be held within NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel logs), the series spanning the hull's entire commissioned period; undigitized logs are accessible via Archives II reference (archives2reference@nara.gov). Deck logs are the most likely primary record for this hull's operational detail.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Existence of a digitized per-hull log not confirmed: the National Archives Catalog API now requires an API key and the SPA search is not machine-readable - the query could not be executed this session. The lead establishes where the record would be, not that it was pulled. Deck logs record events, not asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-784-lcil784-05
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[7]Batch-5514 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion + docket searches across all hull-designation variants; NHHC DANFS (404); Naval Vessel Register (login-gated, no record); NARA catalog (key-gated); Wikipedia (no article) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-784-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-784-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: CourtListener opinion search 'LCI(L)-784'/'LCI-784'/'LCIL-784'/'LCI(L) 784' returned 0 hits and the equivalent docket search returned 0 hits (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30) - no qualifying asbestos litigation or any case naming this hull found. No NHHC DANFS entry exists (404; numbered landing craft lack individual DANFS entries). No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or exposure claim naming LCI(L)-784 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - a 1944 naval build is era-consistent with asbestos use. CourtListener coverage is limited to docketed/indexed items; unindexed PACER filings and state-court pleadings are not captured. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present aboard, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-784-lcil784-06