Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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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-788-lcil788-pkt-473-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-788 ex USS LCI(L)-788 - construction timeline, designation, unit assignments, awards, specifications, disposal (history sourced to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150788.htm header timeline, assignment block, awards bar, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 30 June 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 3 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-788, 9 August 1944, ENS. H. D. Haslett, USNR in command (May 1945); redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-788, 20 January 1945; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater carrying the staffs of LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR. R. H. Brazeal) and LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine (LT. T. T. Brooks). Ribbons shown: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no campaign table and no battle-star credit listed. Decommissioned date unknown; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, March 1949; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition 'fate unknown.' 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; propulsion two sets of four General Motors diesels, four per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; 16 kts max. No photographs of this hull exist in the archive.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked flotilla/group staff (1944-46+)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its milestones generally track NVR/DANFS practice but are not themselves primary registry entries; the page's cited source is the Turner Publishing LCI history. Contains no asbestos content. Absence of a campaign table on this page is the documented record state - sister LC(FF)-791's page in the same archive lists an Okinawa campaign table and one battle star, so the archive does record campaign credit where attributed; none is attributed here. 'Decommissioned/struck, date unknown' and 'fate unknown' are the archive's recorded gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-01
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[3]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official wartime organization tabulation) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, 'LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE' > 'LCI GROUP 68' > 'LCI DIVISION 135' table row 'LCI 788'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization tabulation lists 'LCI 788' under LCI DIVISION 135 (commanding-officer column blank - '..........'), within LCI GROUP 68 (ComLCIGrp 68: Lt. Cdr. E. S. Dulean, USNR (D); Lt. Cdr. O. G. Howell, USNR (R)), under LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE, in the LANDING CRAFT FLOTILLAS, PACIFIC FLEET section of AMPHIBIOUS FORCES, PACIFIC FLEET. The hull carries no (FF) mark in this document (compare 'LCI 1080 (FF)' and 'LCI 786 (GF)' elsewhere in the same flotilla listing).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew of LCI 788; Group 68/flotilla staff (1 May 1945 snapshot)
- Limitations
- Documents fleet/administrative assignment on 1 May 1945 - the hull's physical listing inside Group 68 Division 135 does not itself prove where the ship was operating, and the document does not mark her as the (FF) flagship even though NavSource records the LC(FF)-788 redesignation on 20 January 1945 and assignment to the Group 69 staff. Whether flagship hulls were habitually listed unmarked inside line divisions is unresolved - the discrepancy is logged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-02
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[4]HAER No. AK-52, M/V Husky II (ex-USS LCI(L)-653 / USS Avocet AMCU-16/MHC-16), Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service (Michael R. Harrison, 2011) - same-class, same-builder sister hull documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 data pages, Part I 'Physical History' (pp. 4-7) and notes 5-9
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS HAER documentation of a sister hull built in the same yard block: LCI(L)-653 was built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation in Barber, NJ; 'New Jersey Shipbuilding built LCIs 239 to 318, 423 to 657, 782 to 821, and 866 to 884' - hull 788 falls inside the documented 782-821 block. The yard was incorporated in 1942 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Barber Asphalt Corporation to convert its idled Arthur Kill asphalt plant into an LCI assembly-line yard; Todd Shipyards Corporation managed it; about 2,500 workers produced 375 LCI(L)s; the yard was dismantled after the war. Class construction details documented: welded steel throughout; 15-lb high-tensile steel pilot house/conning tower, 10-lb high-tensile forward third; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun tubs, conning tower, and pilot house 'i.e., crushed granite pebbles embedded in bitumen'; eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines, four per shaft, variable-pitch propellers, 16 knots; designed for 110 tons diesel fuel. Per the HAER's citation of Friedman (U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft), the centerline-ramp hulls were LCIs 402, 641-657, 691-716, 762-780, 782-821, 866-884, 1024-1033, and 1068-1098 - again containing hull 788.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction); HAER compiled 2011
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce (~2,500, wartime); class construction context
- Limitations
- Class- and yard-level documentation: the HAER documents sister hull 653 and the builder/type generally - it never names hull 788. Hull-block membership (782-821) makes the builder and late-design configuration attributable to this hull's construction contract, but it is not a hull record. The HAER contains no asbestos or hazardous-material information whatsoever; the 'plastic splinter protection' it describes is bitumen-and-granite, not asbestos. Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-03
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[5]HAER No. OR-180, USS LCI(L)-713, Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service (Justine Christianson, 2012) - last original-configuration LCI-351-class survivor, museum ship [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (pp. 1-3)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS HAER documentation of the LCI-351 class material reality via its surviving example: LCI(L)-713 (George Lawley & Son, Neponset MA) is documented as 'the last remaining example of a World War II Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) 351-class amphibious assault vessel in its original configuration' - welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks, troop compartments and crew space on the lower deck with the engine room 'once containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines connected to two shafts and variable pitch propellers,' deckhouse accommodations for troop and ship officers, mess, wardroom, and galley; transport capacity 182 enlisted and six officers; one of approximately 1,051 ships of its type built in ten shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; HAER compiled 2012
- Population
- class-level context
- Limitations
- Sister-hull documentation establishing the class's physical configuration - not a record of hull 788. Contains no asbestos or hazardous-material information; the documented restoration narrative does not mention asbestos. '1,051 ships of its type' counts the type more broadly than other sources (Naval Marine Archive says 923 LCI(L)s) - class-total figures vary by source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-04
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[6]Tim Colton, 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ,' Shipbuilding History (yard hull/delivery/disposition table); corroborated by Naval Marine Archive LCI(L) table (navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey Shipbuilding table, row 'LCI(L) 788'; navalmarinearchive.com lcil.html table, row '788'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-table documentation naming this hull: the Colton yard table lists 'LCI(L) 788, US Navy, Landing Craft, Aug-44, Struck 1957' in the New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber NJ) output list; the Naval Marine Archive LCI(L) table lists 'LCI(L) | FF | 788 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 9-Aug-44 | Laid up 1949.' Together these supply a struck year (1957) that NavSource records only as 'date unknown,' and corroborate builder and August 1944 delivery.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations - the Colton table is a respected independent shipyard-history reference but not an official register, and 'Struck 1957' conflicts with nothing official because no official strike date was located; treated as unverified secondary data and logged in gaps. Naval Marine Archive likewise secondary. Neither contains asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-05
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[7]NavSource LCI photo-index header note on type reclassification; LC(FF) variant list (LC(FF) flotilla flagship configuration) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/15/15idx.htm introductory note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Type-level designation context: the NavSource LCI index states 'All LCI's in the U.S. inventory were reclassified Landing Ship Infantry LSI on 28 February 1949,' and lists the LC(FF) Flotilla Flagship among the LCI configurations. Hull 788 was still in the inventory on that date (laid up March 1949, struck ~1957 per secondary source), so she was nominally within the reclassification's scope.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1949
- Limitations
- Fleet-wide administrative reclassification documented at type level only - no hull-specific record shows this hull actually carried an LSI/LSI(L) designation, and her status on 28 Feb 1949 (commissioned vs already decommissioned pending layup) is unresolved. LC(FF) conversion detail (49 converted; judged too cramped and slow for the flagship role after the Okinawa debut) rests on secondary literature and is not asserted for this hull beyond the documented 20 Jan 1945 redesignation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (eight GM diesels, 1,600 BHP, variable-pitch props - diesel only, no steam); HAER AK-52 class construction detail (welded steel, bitumen-granite splinter protection); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program documentation (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150788.htm specifications block; HAER AK-52 pp. 5-7; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel-powered amphibious craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a small diesel craft of this period were engine exhaust lagging, machinery and compartment thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. No steam plant exists on this type - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of larger ships does not apply; the confined-compartment exposure pattern of a 158-ft craft housing 28 crew plus embarked staff does.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); ship's company and embarked staff (1944-46+); any layup/disposal workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or exposure record located for LCI(L)-788/LC(FF)-788. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The sister-hull HAER documentation (713, 653) describes construction materials without mentioning asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- 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 (1944-49).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; shipboard personnel (program context)
- 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 - standing access gap); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-08
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[10]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-791 ex USS LCI(L)-791 - same-builder sister flagship in the same documented flotilla (LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three / Group Sixty-Nine) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150791.htm campaign table, service chronology, disposal lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Unit-context record for the flotilla this hull served: sister flagship LC(FF)-791 (same yard, commissioned 14 Aug 1944, also redesignated LC(FF) 20 Jan 1945, same LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three / Group Sixty-Nine staff assignment per NavSource) is documented with the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 16 May - 30 June 1945), one battle star, Far East occupation service 2 Sep 1945 - 4 Apr 1946, decommissioning at Swan Island Navy Base, Portland OR in 1946, Columbia River Group layup, and striking in 1957.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- Flotilla 23 unit context
- Limitations
- Documents what the flotilla's LC(FF)s did - NOT what hull 788 did. NavSource's page for 788 lists no campaign table and no battle star, so flotilla-mate operations cannot be attributed to this hull; this row establishes the unit context and the disposal-pathway pattern (Swan Island decommission, Columbia River layup, 1957 strike) that NavSource's sparser 788 entry partially tracks. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-09
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[11]U.S. Naval Academy Special Collections, MS 416 'World War II Battle Action and Operational Reports, 1941-1945' finding aid; plus NARA RG 24 deck logs lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- MS 416 finding aid (LCI report entries); catalog.archives.gov unreachable 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for this hull's undocumented 1944-49 service: MS 416 holds dozens of LCI flotilla/group action reports including Okinawa-phase submissions (e.g., LCI Group 41, LCI(R) Flotilla 16, LCI(G) Flotilla 6), but the finding aid lists no report submitted by Commander LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three or naming hull 788 - LC(FF)s embarked staff rather than submitting reports under their own names. Wartime deck logs for this hull would sit in NARA RG 24; the NARA catalog API was unreachable this session (HTTP 503/504 - blocked, not a negative result). No MARAD vessel status card index entry surfaced (shipscribe index check).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- crew and embarked staff (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Leads, not findings: MS 416 coverage means reports may exist for Group 68/69 actions during 788's tour without naming her; deck-log verification is open. A flotilla flagship would normally appear in staff lists of the group/flotilla commander's reports - resolving her 1945 whereabouts requires the Group 68/Flotilla 23 commander's reports, the hull's deck logs, or the Turner volume NavSource cites.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-10
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[12]Batch-5518 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page + type index; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NHHC DANFS (no entry - 404 verified); NPS HAER AK-52 and OR-180 (sister hulls/class); Colton shipbuilding-history yard table; Naval Marine Archive LCI table; USNA MS 416 finding aid; NARA catalog (blocked); shipscribe status-card index; CourtListener opinion and docket searches (all zero results); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-788-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-788 or LC(FF)-788 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results across both the opinion and docket indexes for all designation variants ('LCI(L)-788', 'LC(FF)-788', 'LCI-788', 'LCI(L) 788'). The hull is thinly documented overall: no DANFS entry, no Wikipedia article, no NavSource photographs, no museum presence, and no digitized disposal record. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; typical asbestos-marketing listicles cover LCIs only generically and never name this hull.
- 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 hull's wartime construction inside the documented asbestos era makes era inference reasonable but not ship-proven. A zero-hit CourtListener result is a clean negative for named-hull litigation in that index, not proof no claim was ever filed (state-court and settled matters are outside coverage). Deck logs, builder work packages, and any MARAD disposal record are undigitized or unfetched leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-788-11