Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-787-lcil787-pkt-473-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-787 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150787 (ship entry, awards/campaign-ribbons block, service-period table, photo caption, and specifications block); verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, and service summary for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 29 June 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 2 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-787 on 8 August 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII. Post-war occupation and China service periods: Navy Occupation Service Medal 17 October - 3 November 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 23 December 1945 - 26 February 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 March 1948; final disposition, fate unknown. Ribbon block: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) - no battle stars listed. Photograph: USS LCI(L)-787 refueling from USS Chiwawa (AO-68), 24 October 1945 (photo by Donald Kronish, submitted by Jon Strupp). Specifications: displacement 236 t. light / 264 landing / 419 loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 16 kts max / 14 kts max continuous; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series 71 diesels, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Crew (LCI(L) fit: 4 officers, 24 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. Decommissioning and striking dates are given as unknown; no flotilla assignment or campaign credits are listed (consistent with her cargo-role service). Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (contemporaneous fleet organization listing) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, 'SERVICE SQUADRON EIGHT' section, LCI(L) block, row 'LCI(L) 787 - Lt. S. P. Hancock (USNR)'; verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own fleet-organization list of 1 May 1945 places 'LCI(L) 787' in Service Squadron Eight (Service Force, Pacific Fleet; Commander Service Squadron Eight: Commodore A. H. Gray), listing Lt. S. P. Hancock (USNR) as her commanding officer. She appears in the squadron's block of twelve LCIs (629, 639, 640, 761, 784, 787, 811, 989, 990, 992, 993, 997) - the cargo-role unit known informally as the LCI(X) Express.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt. S. P. Hancock USNR, May 1945
- Limitations
- A point-in-time administrative listing (1 May 1945); it confirms unit assignment and commanding officer on that date, not before or after. The document prints the hulls as 'LCI(L)' - the LCI(X) label is the informal role designation documented elsewhere (ev-03, ev-04). No asbestos, material, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-02
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[4]David McKay (AFMM Historian), 'The UPS of the Pacific: A Brief History of the LCI(X) Express', The Elsie Item No. 96 (USS LCI National Association, March 2017), pp. 4-5 - citing US Pacific Fleet Organization, May 1945 (NHHC) and NARA RG 38 Box 1061 war diaries, RG 19 Box 296 correspondence [other_primary]
- Locator
- Elsie Item No. 96 (March 2017) pp. 4-5, 'The UPS of the Pacific' - ServRon 8 roster, conversion description, and 'LCI(X) 787' photo caption; verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- This hull is one of twelve LCIs documented as assigned to Service Squadron Eight per the May 1945 Pacific Fleet Organization document - 'LCI(L) 787 Lt. S. P. Hancock'. Per the article (citing NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence), in December 1944 the Navy directed conversion of nine LCIs (eventually twelve) to cargo carriers: bunks removed from troop compartments 1 and 2, two large cargo hatches cut between frames 16 and 36 on the well deck, a derrick-boom lifting system installed between the hatches, and the protective well-deck wings cut back; the three center-ramp craft additionally had the forward winch moved to the 'ramp room'. The craft hauled spare parts and equipment - a few tons to nearly 100 tons per trip - from the Pearl Harbor supply depot toward forward distribution centers. Eleven of the twelve were originally part of LCI Flotilla Sixteen (CDR Clarence Coffin USN). The article's photo caption for this hull: 'LCI(X) 787 refueling from USS Chiwawa (AO-68), 24 October 1945. Note that the center ramp doors have been welded shut' - marking 787 as one of the three center-ramp conversions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12 to 1945-10
- Population
- Crew; Service Force logistics population handled alongside, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Secondary veterans-association publication whose author quotes primary documents (NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization May 1945; NARA RG 19 Box 296 and RG 38 Box 1061). The December 1944 conversion description is program-level - this hull's presence on the May 1945 ServRon 8 roster is the ship-specific fact; her individual conversion date is not given, and the article's per-ship voyage examples do not itemize this hull's runs. 'LCI(X)' was an informal role designation, not an official reclassification - NavSource carries no LCI(X) designation for this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-03
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[5]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, LCI(L)(X) block, row 'LCI(L)(X)-787 | 8/8/1944 | 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) lists Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)(X)-787' covering 8 August 1944 through 30 June 1945 - log coverage beginning on her commissioning date and spanning her entire wartime service including the Service Squadron Eight cargo-conversion period. The dual 'LCI(L)(X)' label in the logbook title confirms the informal cargo-role designation attached to this specific hull. 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. Logs after 30 June 1945 (through decommissioning and the 1948 Maritime Commission transfer) are outside this inventory listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-04
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual (rev. 1953), Part 4 - Campaign and Service Medals: LCI(L) 787 eligibility row [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Awards Manual Part 4, campaign/service-medal eligibility table, row 'LCI (L) 787 | 17 Oct - 3 Nov 45 | A | 23 Dec 45 - 26 Feb 46'; verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy awards manual lists 'LCI (L) 787' for the Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp denoted 'A'), 17 October - 3 November 1945, and the China Service Medal (extended), 23 December 1945 - 26 February 1946 - the authoritative-source confirmation of the same postwar service windows carried by NavSource. This documents the hull's presence on occupation duty in the western Pacific (Oct-Nov 1945) and on China service (Dec 1945 - Feb 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-10-17 to 1946-02-26
- Population
- Crew, Oct 1945 - Feb 1946
- Limitations
- Medal-eligibility windows only - they place the vessel in theater during the stated periods, not at a named port or on a named task. They corroborate but do not expand NavSource's service summary. No asbestos, material, or condition information. The Part 2 unit-awards listing carries no entry for this hull (no unit commendation located).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-05
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[7]Pretrial Statement of the United States, Volume III, Johns-Manville Corp. and Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. United States, No. 465-83C (U.S. Claims Court, filed 10 March 1987), para. 3129 - citing JM internal exhibit 'The Marine Industry' (Power Products and Industrial Department, Johns-Manville, October 1943) and 'List of Approved Insulation Contractors (June 1930)' (document mirrored via ToxicDocs archive) [court_record]
- Locator
- ToxicDocs document r67y2D7x9w5889BeDzx1MezK7 (571 pp.), Pretrial Statement Vol. III para. 3129 and 'J-M TSUs Doing Applied Pipe Insulation Work' table, row 'New Jersey Shipbuilding | Barber | Asbestos & Magnesia Co.' (pp. III-95 to III-96)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The United States' pretrial statement in the Johns-Manville Claims Court litigation states (para. 3129): 'The shipyards in which Manville's TSUs applied Johns-Manville asbestos-containing products during WWII pursuant to contracts awarded by the Navy and Maritime Commission include the yards mentioned below' - and the accompanying table ('J-M TSUs Doing Applied Pipe Insulation Work / Shipyard / Location') pairs 'New Jersey Shipbuilding / Barber' with the JM insulation unit 'Asbestos & Magnesia Co.' This is a period-documented link between the yard that built this hull (construction June-August 1944, within the program's window) and applied Johns-Manville asbestos-containing pipe insulation under Navy/Maritime Commission contracts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (program window); 1987 (filing)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber) yard workforce and insulation subcontractors, WWII
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline: this is the government's pretrial statement (a party's statement of intended proof, filed March 1987), not a trial finding - it summarizes a Johns-Manville internal exhibit ('The Marine Industry', October 1943); the JM exhibit itself is the primary record behind the row. Yard-level documentation: the table names the shipyard, not this hull, and does not establish materials installed aboard any specific craft, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence. The pairing period (Oct 1943 compilation) precedes this hull's construction by ~8 months - whether the same applicator worked her hull is not documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-06
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[8]shipbuildinghistory (Tim Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ yard page and LCI(L) production table (navalmarinearchive mirror; njscuba mirror at shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/lcil/) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com New Jersey Shipbuilding page - yard-history paragraph and production-table row for hull 787; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net LCI(L) table row 'LCI(L)-787'; both verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: New Jersey Shipbuilding was an LCI assembly-line yard on the Arthur Kill at Barber - a community immediately east of Perth Amboy later absorbed into it and now called Maurer; Todd Shipyards took over yard management in 1942 at the Navy's request and the yard closed after the war. The production table lists 'LCI(L) 787 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | To US Maritime Commission 1947'; the njscuba LCI(L) table lists 'LCI(L)-787 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 8 Aug 1944 | to NDRF 1948'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber) yard workforce, 1942-45
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-data compilation, not a primary record. The yard-history narrative (Todd management 1942, postwar closure) is yard background, not a hull record. The disposition variants ('to US Maritime Commission 1947' vs 'to NDRF 1948') conflict with each other and with NavSource's dated 19 March 1948 Maritime Commission transfer - NavSource carried, variants flagged in gaps. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-07
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[9]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, 'LCIs in World War II' section and principal-dimensions/propulsion block; NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit; Elsie Item No. 96 for the cargo conversion
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)s were diesel-powered landing craft of a utilitarian wartime Bureau of Ships design (designed May 1942; over 900 built by ten yards; ~158 ft, twin-screw). This hull's propulsion was two sets of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines, four per shaft (2,320 shp per NavSource specification block) - an all-diesel plant with no boilers or steam system, so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard are the era-standard diesel-craft items: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation in the engine room and accommodations, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister 351-class craft (LCI(L) 653) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content. 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 (hull fate unknown since 1948).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-08
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[10]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). gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description; full text not reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-09
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[11]Batch-5517 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NHHC awards manual parts 2 and 4; NARA Special List 44; Elsie Item No. 96; uboat.net warship record; Colton production tables (two mirrors); Johns-Manville Claims Court pretrial statement (ToxicDocs); Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit list (ToxicDocs); GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (one completed opinion query, remainder blocked by fleet pacing); HyperWar stub check; NARA catalog; usslci.org / Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum / Library of Congress searches; live-web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-16; evidence rows ev-01 through ev-09
- 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-787 / LCI(L)-787 / LCI(X)-787 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener coverage is complete and verified-nil this session: the opinion index returned count 0 for 'LCI(L)-787', for 'LCI(X)-787' OR 'LCI-787', and for 'LCI 787' + asbestos, and the RECAP docket index returned count 0 for all three designations - no qualifying case or name collision on either index. A live-web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming this hull returned no qualifying result - not even the law-firm listicle coverage common for LCI hulls. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft.
- 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-era Navy craft built at a yard whose JM-contractor asbestos application is period-documented, the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The CourtListener negative covers published opinions and the RECAP docket index only - state-court and unindexed filings are outside its scope. The vessel was transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1948 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-787-lcil787-10