Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 474-packet.md (8 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-pkt-474-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-790 ex USS LCI(L)-790 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150790 (ship entry, campaign table, unit listing, ribbons block, specifications block, commanding-officers table)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, conversion, and wartime record for this hull: laid down 4 July 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 5 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-790 on 12 August 1944; the page's commanding-officers table lists LT. A. M. Lebow, USNR, in command from 12 August 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-790 on 20 January 1945. Wartime assignment per page: 'LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three' (LCDR. R. H. Brazeal), 'LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine' (LT. T. T. Brooks), 'LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Eight'. Credited campaign (one battle star): Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2-26 April 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 24-29 September 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, March 1949; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Crew (LCI(L) fit: 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted) plus embarked flotilla command staff after LC(FF) conversion, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary reference (transcribing Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume and Navy records), not a contemporaneous log or action report. Its unit listing (Group 69, Division 138) conflicts with the contemporaneous NHHC fleet-organization document of 1 May 1945, which places this hull in LCI Group 68, Division 136 - NHHC version carried, variance flagged in gaps. Decommissioning and striking dates not given. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever. No images of this hull are held by NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-01
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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, 'LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE' section: LCI GROUP 68, LCI DIVISION 136 (1), row 'LCI 790'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own fleet-organization list of 1 May 1945 places 'LCI 790' in LCI Division 136 under LCI Group 68 (ComLCIGrp 68: Lt. Cdr. E. S. Dulean (USNR) (D) / Lt. Cdr. O. G. Howell (USNR) (R)), LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three - five months after her administrative reclassification to LC(FF). The listing gives no commanding-officer name for this hull (field blank) and carries no (FF) designation marker, while sister 'LCI 1080 (FF)' in the same flotilla is so marked.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew, May 1945
- Limitations
- A point-in-time administrative listing (1 May 1945); it confirms unit assignment on that date, not before or after. The document lists the craft as 'LCI 790' without an (FF) marker - the designation field does not reflect the January 1945 LC(FF) reclassification that NavSource and uboat.net record, so either the listing is administrative-only or the (FF) marker was applied inconsistently in this document. No asbestos, material, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-02
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[4]Commander Transport Squadron Twelve, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Serial No. 0174 (OP6-12/APA36/A16-3), 'Action Report - Landings at NAGASAKI, 18-28 September 1945,' 30 September 1945, Commodore H. B. Knowles, USN (C.T.G. 54.3 / ComTransRon 12, USS Cambria flagship); scan hosted by NavSource (contributed by Douglas Gritzinger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ComTransRon 12 action report serial 0174, task-organization listing p.5 (PDF scan p.5): '54.3.2 LST Flotilla 23 (Temp) - Captain Weeden / Flotilla Flagship - LC(FF) 790'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The contemporaneous Navy action report for the Nagasaki occupation landings lists this hull by designation in the task organization: under '54.3.2 LST Flotilla 23 (Temp) - Captain Weeden,' the report lists 'Flotilla Flagship - LC(FF) 790.' LC(FF)-790 thus served as the flotilla flagship for the temporary LST Flotilla 23 organization landing the 2nd Marine Division at Nagasaki in the 18-28 September 1945 operation - a primary-source confirmation of both her LC(FF) status in service and her flagship role. This corresponds to the 'Occupation service in the Far East 24-29 September 1945' line in her NavSource record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09-18 to 1945-09-28
- Population
- Crew plus embarked LST Flotilla 23 command staff (Captain Weeden's staff), September 1945
- Limitations
- Documents flagship assignment within a temporary (Temp) task organization for the Nagasaki landing force, not her permanent LCI administrative flotilla - the Navy's own 1 May 1945 fleet list places her in LCI Group 68/Division 136 of LCI Flotilla 23 (see ev-02). The '23' match between LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three and LST Flotilla 23 (Temp) is a numbering coincidence, not the same formation. Scanned document, page 5 of the PDF; transcription verified against the page image (OCR-assisted). No asbestos, material, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-03
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[5]Commander Transport Squadron Twelve, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Serial No. 0174, 'Action Report - Landings at NAGASAKI, 18-28 September 1945,' Part III Chronology, 27 September 1945 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- ComTransRon 12 action report serial 0174, Part III Chronology, 27 September 1945, 1539 entry (PDF scan p.18)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The report's chronology records at 1539 on 27 September 1945: 'C.T.G. 54.3 directed as follows: When RFS form task unit no number designation assigned, consisting of LC(FF) 790, Captain WEEDEN, and LST's 817, 829, 571, 1123, and 1140. Depart NAGASAKI for MARIANAS via points and routes directed. Upon arrival report to AdComPhibsPac-MARIANAS for loading 5thPhibCorps elements as directed by ComGen VAC. AdComPhibsPac-MARIANAS requested to advise ComLSTFlot 23 final destination.' This documents the hull's directed departure from Nagasaki as a task-unit flagship at the close of the occupation landing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09-27
- Population
- Crew plus embarked LST Flotilla 23 staff, 27 September 1945
- Limitations
- Documents a directed task-unit assignment and departure order on 27 September 1945; the report does not record whether the unit sortied on that date. Scanned document, PDF p.18; transcription verified against the page image (OCR-assisted). No asbestos, material, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-04
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[6]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, p.16, row 'LCI(L)(FF)-790 | 8/12/1944 | 12/31/1945' (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, PDF p.16) lists Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)(FF)-790' covering 12 August 1944 through 31 December 1945 - log coverage beginning on her commissioning date and spanning her entire commissioned wartime and occupation-era career (Okinawa, Nagasaki) plus the first postwar months. 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 31 December 1945 (through the unknown decommissioning date and 1949 lay-up) are outside this inventory listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-05
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[7]Naval Cover Museum, LC(FF) 790 ship page and USS LC(FF)-790 Covers Page 1 (1946) [museum_official]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LC(FF)_790 designation history; USS_LC(FF)-790_Covers_Page_1 row '1946-03-05 Locy Type 2z' (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval Cover Museum holds a cover (postal artifact) associated with LC(FF)-790 postmarked 5 March 1946 (Locy Type 2z, 'Official Business,' noted as posted from another ship or station - the craft had no post office). The artifact places the hull extant in naval service in early 1946, between her unrecorded decommissioning and her March 1949 Pacific Reserve Fleet lay-up.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Philatelic archival material from a private museum collection, not an official service record; the cover was posted from another ship or station using this craft's designation, so it attests that LC(FF)-790 remained a naval entity on 5 March 1946 but not her location or activity on that date. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-06
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[8]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' and historical-context sections (pp. 8-10: May 1942 design, ten yards, conversion variants) and principal-dimensions/propulsion block (p. 1); NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit; usslci.org/facts for the LC(FF) flagship role description
- 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; about a third of all LCIs were converted to flotilla flagships, gunboats, mortar, or rocket craft - LCI(FF), LCI(G), LCI(M), LCI(R)). This hull is an LCI(L)-351-class craft whose propulsion was eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines, four per shaft (NavSource specification block, BHP 1,600) - 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. The LC(FF) designation marked the craft as fitted to carry a flotilla command staff (usslci.org); her propulsion plant remained the standard LCI(L) diesel fit.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces; embarked flotilla staff after conversion
- 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 after 1949 lay-up).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-07
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[9]Colton & Company / shipbuildinghistory.com, New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page, Barber NJ (T. Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page (history paragraph and hull table); LCI(L) production table row 'LCI(L)-FF 790' (shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/lcil/) - verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's profile for this hull's yard: New Jersey Shipbuilding at Barber, New Jersey (on Arthur Kill, a community immediately east of Perth Amboy later absorbed into Perth Amboy and now called Maurer) was 'an assembly line for LCIs'; management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, and the yard was closed after the war. Colton's companion LCI(L) production table lists 'LCI(L)-FF 790 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 12 Aug 1944 | laid up 1949' - recording her as a flotilla-flagship hull from delivery and corroborating the commissioning date and 1949 lay-up.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (yard operation); 1944 (this hull's build)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding / Todd-managed yard workforce, Barber NJ, 1944
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation (Colton's shipbuilding history tables), not a contemporaneous yard record. The table's 'Delivered' column here gives the 12 Aug 1944 commissioning date (for other hulls it gives launch dates - column semantics vary, noted in sibling records). Yard operating history is context for the construction site only; it contains no asbestos, materials, or workforce information. New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber) is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-08
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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). Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (gao.gov blocks direct automated fetch, HTTP 403); full 26-page PDF not reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-09
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[11]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-790 (ship/21855) - independent secondary warship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21855, specification block and History line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship record corroborates the construction and designation chain: built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, N.J.); laid down 4 July 1944; launched 5 August 1944; commissioned 12 August 1944; 'Reclassified as LC(FF), Landing Craft Flotilla Flagship on 20 January 1945.' No commands or events listed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Independent secondary database consistent with NavSource on every milestone; no operational detail beyond the reclassification. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-10
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[12]Batch-5521 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull and LCI index pages; ComTransRon 12 Nagasaki action report (NavSource-hosted scan, OCR-assisted); NARA Special List 44; NHHC fleet-organization document and awards-manual page; NHHC/DANFS candidate URLs; uboat.net warship record; Colton production table and NJ Shipbuilding yard page; NavalCoverMuseum; usslci.org; HAER AK-52; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener API v4 (partially blocked by fleet pacing); banned-source web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-14 (incl. -08a/-08b/-08c)
- 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-790 / LCI(L)-790 / LC(FF)-790 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-790', 'LCI-790', 'LC(FF)-790', 'LCFF-790', and 'LCI 790' + asbestos each returned count 0; the RECAP docket-index query was attempted across spaced retries over ~40 minutes but the fleet-wide authenticated budget was intermittently exhausted this session - it is logged as blocked in the ledger, not treated as a negative result. A live-web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming this hull returned no results. 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-built Navy craft 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. Opinion coverage is verified-nil across all five hull/designation+asbestos queries; only the RECAP docket-index query could not be executed this session (fleet pacing) - logged as blocked, so pleading-stage cases or docket-level name collisions are not ruled out. The hull was laid up in the Columbia River Group in March 1949 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-790-lcil790-11