Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 474-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity). Alias LC(FF)-
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-791-lcil791-pkt-474-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-791 ex USS LCI(L)-791 - build/milestone timeline, designation history, unit assignments, campaign table, specifications, photo captions. History credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry," Vol. II' (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150791.htm header block, campaign table, specification block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 6 July 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 8 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-791, 14 August 1944 (LTjg. K. W. Bradley Jr. USNR in command as of May 1945); redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-791, 20 January 1945; Asiatic-Pacific Theater service in 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; campaign credit: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 16 May to 30 June 1945; occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 - 4 April 1946; decommissioned at Swan Island Navy Base, Portland, OR, 1946; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 1957; earned one battle star; final disposition fate unknown. Photographs show her beached at Okinawa and a crew photo dated August 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); commissioned crew (~4 officers + 24 enlisted, spec block) and embarked troops (to 188); LC(FF) flotilla staff; reserve-fleet lay-up crews (1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its hull record is credited to the Turner Publishing LCI volume (secondary). Unit-assignment and commanding-officer details conflict with the official NHHC Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 (see ev-02 and gaps). No exact decommissioning or striking dates given - year-level only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-01
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[3]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (transcription of the official fleet organization, p. ~82-83: LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room transcription, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three > LCI Group 68 > LCI Division 136 table rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization dated 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 791' in LCI DIVISION 136 under LCI GROUP 68 (ComLCIGrp 68 Lt. Cdr. E. S. Dulean / Lt. Cdr. O. G. Howell USNR) within LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE, commanding officer Lt. (jg) R. W. Bradley (USNR). Division 136 also comprised LCI 789, 790, 792, 793 and LCI 1083; the craft carries no (FF) flagship flag in this chart while other LCIs are flagged (FF)/(GF)/(RCM)/(M).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Lt. (jg) R. W. Bradley (USNR) and crew, 1 May 1945; Flotilla 23 embarked staff
- Limitations
- An administrative snapshot at a single date (1 May 1945), during the Okinawa operation window for this hull. It conflicts with NavSource/Turner on group/division (Div 136/Grp 68 here vs Div 138/Grp 69 in NavSource) and on the CO's name (R. W. Bradley vs K. W. Bradley Jr.), and does not display her LC(FF) flagship flag even though NavSource dates that redesignation to 20 January 1945 - all unresolved, carried in gaps. A fleet organization entry is assignment/identity evidence only: no asbestos, material, or condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-02
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[4]Naval Marine Archive (The Canadian Collection), Shipbuilding History pages: 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard description and LCI(L) production table (page updated 2021-08-26) [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page: narrative paragraph; production table row 'LCI(L) 791 ... Aug-44 ... Struck 1957'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard production table lists 'LCI(L) 791, US Navy, Landing Craft, Del'y Aug-44, Struck 1957' - matching NavSource's builder (New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.), August 1944 delivery/commissioning, and 1957 striking. Yard description: 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber,' with management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1957 (yard operation window and strike)
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding yard workforce (1942-45 LCI assembly-line production); Todd Shipyards management
- Limitations
- Secondary archival compilation (mirrored Shipbuilding History data), not a primary registry - corroborates builder, delivery month, and strike year but carries no detail on construction materials. The yard narrative notes its own ongoing data-collection status ('If anyone can provide any information about the disposition of the boats...'). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, Oregon' (NPS; data compiled by Justine Christianson, HAER Historian, 2012), via Library of Congress [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written historical and descriptive data (3 pp.), tile.loc.gov storage service
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS/HAER documentation of LCI(L)-713, a sister LCI-351 class vessel built to the same Bureau of Ships design: class described as Landing Craft Infantry (Large) built after 1 June 1944 with cylindrical pilot house and centerline ramp (rather than the two side ramps of earlier ships); principal measurements length 158'-5 1/2", beam 23'-3", loaded draft 5'-4" forward / 5'-11" aft, loaded displacement 387 tons, max speed 16 knots; propulsion eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines; designed by Bureau of Ships. Confirms the class design and diesel plant applying to this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 design basis; documented 2012
- Population
- LCI-351-class crews generally; -713 restoration volunteers (context)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull documentation, not this hull: LCI(L)-713 was built by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA - a different yard than -791's New Jersey Shipbuilding. Figures are for -713 (loaded displacement 387 t vs the 419 t in NavSource's class spec block - minor measurement variance noted, not resolved). The HAER file contains no asbestos or insulation content - the absence is noted, not leveraged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-04
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[6]NHHC, National Museum of the U.S. Navy photo page 'LCI(L)-10' (class description + LCI(L)-748 Bureau of Ships photo caption) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC museum page body text, 'LCI(L)-10' descriptive paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official class description: 'Navy-designed (LCI) craft were launched by the hundreds. On the first version soldiers debarked by means of catwalks and ramps, but the later ones eliminated the ramps and used bow doors instead. The same hull was modified into mortar, gunboat and rocket versions to give direct fire support for amphibious assaults; others were altered for use as landing craft flotilla flagships. The 157 foot craft could make speeds up to 14 knots, had a crew of 24 officers and men, and four 20mm guns for armament.' Confirms (a) the flotilla-flagship alteration path this hull followed (LC(FF)-791), and (b) the class's modular design history.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (class service era)
- Population
- LCI crews and embarked troops, WWII (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level museum text describing the LCI(L) type generally (drafted around the earlier ramp/side-catwalk variant - '157 foot' and 'four 20mm guns' vs -791's spec block of 158' 5.5" and five 20mm; class-variant differences, not errors). No asbestos, material, or hull-specific content; cannot support any ship-specific claim for -791.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (LCI-351 class, eight GM diesels, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers); HAER OR-180 class design documentation (BuShips design, GM 6-71 diesel plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block; HAER OR-180 propulsion entry; GAO HRD-80-2 highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Navy-designed steel landing craft built in July-August 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were thermal insulation and lagging on machinery and diesel-exhaust systems (eight GM diesels, mufflers and exhaust trunks), gaskets and valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined hull and accommodation spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The January 1945 LC(FF) conversion added flotilla command/communications spaces of undocumented scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46) and LC(FF) flotilla staff; any conversion-yard workforce (location undocumented); reserve-fleet and disposal crews (1946-57)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, plan, or work package located for LCI(L)-791/LC(FF)-791. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The LC(FF) conversion's material scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's use of asbestos in ships and the cost of removing it, reviewing worker-protection efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the Navy's 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - spanning the era in which this hull was built (1944) and served (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (review); exposure window predates it
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were naval shipyards - not New Jersey Shipbuilding. Full text retrieved via Firecrawl-rendered product page; direct curl to gao.gov returned HTTP 403 (bot block, confirmed 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-07
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[9]Batch-5522 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs (404); NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NVR (no entry, pre-1987 disposal); Naval Marine Archive yard table; NPS HAER OR-180; NARA catalog (JS-rendered); GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep; usslci.org class pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-791-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-791-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, plan, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-791 / LC(FF)-791 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried to completion this session - the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent on each attempt (helper exit 2, 'fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no ship-specific marketing assertions of note.
- 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 Navy-design hull is consistent with retained era materials at construction. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Deck logs, construction work packages, and reserve-fleet/disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-791-08