Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 474-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-795-lcil795-pkt-474-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-795 (timeline, cruise log, 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)-795 entry (timeline block, cruise log block, awards ribbon block, specifications block, photo captions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft, Infantry (Large): laid down 12 July 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 15 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-795, 21 August 1944, at Barber, N.J.; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII. Cruise log documented on the page: 27 Aug 1944 enroute NAB Little Creek, VA for amphibious training at NTB Solomons, MD; 25 Sep Key West, FL; 3 Oct Coco Solo, C.Z.; 16 Oct San Diego, CA; 7 Feb 1945 Pearl Harbor, T.H.; 16 Mar Eniwetok, Marshall Islands; 24 Mar Ulithi, Western Caroline Islands; 29 May Leyte, Philippine Islands; 15 Nov Eniwetok; 16 Nov enroute Pearl Harbor. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 April 1947; final disposition unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Philippines Liberation Medal - no battle stars. Specs: 246 t light / 274 t landing / 429 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in; complement 4 officers/24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; radio call sign NWKZ. The page's photo set includes images contributed by Andrew Barnett for his father LTjg John E. Barnett, XO of USS LCI(L)-795 (underway, dry-docked, and beached views, dates/locations unknown) and a US Navy photo of the craft pierside in the New York City area soon after commissioning (printed in Friedman, 'U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew: 4 officers, 24 enlisted (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 credits a reunion-volume secondary source (Turner Publishing 1995). Decommissioning and striking dates are absent ('date unknown'); no commanding-officer list exists on the page. The cruise log is undated in origin (no logkeeper citation displayed) and ends 16 Nov 1945. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-795-01
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' hull table: LCI(L) 795, New Jersey SB, Barber NJ, 21-Aug-44, 'To NDRF 1947'; plus the New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page (shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm): yard was an LCI assembly line on Arthur Kill at Barber (now Maurer, Perth Amboy), management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, closed after the war; its row for hull 795 reads 'Aug-44 | Struck 1946' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm, row 'LCI(L) 795'; shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm, yard description + hull-795 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The standard yard-build compilation corroborates the builder (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ) and the 21 August 1944 completion/commissioning date, and records disposition 'To NDRF 1947' (National Defense Reserve Fleet) - consistent with NavSource's 'transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 April 1947.' The companion yard page adds yard history (Arthur Kill assembly line; Todd Shipyards management from 1942; closed post-war) and lists hull 795 with disposition 'Struck 1946' - see gaps for the strike-date conflict.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation without displayed primary citations; corroborates NavSource rather than adding independent primary evidence. 'To NDRF 1947' (hull table) and 'Struck 1946' (yard page) are different statements from the same compiler and the latter conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' strike entry - carried in gaps, not resolved here. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-795-02
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[4]NARA, Special List #44 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - by Ship Numbers (archives.gov PDF, verified live, byte-identical re-download); row 'LCI(L)-795 | 8/21/1944 | 6/30/1945' on PDF page 28; the deck-log series is Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, Entry 118 (NAID 581208) per the archives.gov logbooks overview [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 28, row 'LCI(L)-795'; archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy (RG 24 Entry 118 / NAID 581208 context)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 itemizes deck-log holdings for this hull: logs covering 21 August 1944 through 30 June 1945 are listed for LCI(L)-795 in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) custody. The listed begin date coincides with the NavSource-documented commissioning date; the listed end date (30 June 1945) falls while the hull remained in service - NavSource's cruise log runs to 16 November 1945 and disposal occurred in 1947 - so post-June-1945 logs for this hull are not itemized in Special List 44.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (listed coverage)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops documented in the logs, Aug 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the list documents that logs exist in NARA custody for the stated window, not that they were pulled or read, and log-coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning records. Whether the held logs are digitized in the National Archives Catalog is unconfirmed (catalog SPA is not machine-readable and its API requires a key - the query could not be executed this session). The post-June-1945 coverage gap for this hull is unexplained by the source. Deck logs record events, not asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-795-03
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[5]NPS / Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (ex-USS LCI(L)-653 / USS Avocet) - written historical and descriptive data for a same-class, same-yard sister craft [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 data pages (tile.loc.gov ak0557data.pdf): propulsion/design description pp. 1-3, yard-production footnote, historical context
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal HAER documentation of LCI(L)-653 - an LCI(L)-351-class sister built at the same yard (the report's yard-production listing assigns New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ, the LCI(L) blocks 239-318, 423-657, 782-821, and 866-884; hull 795 falls inside the 782-821 block) - describes the class design: welded-steel construction throughout; eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines installed in quads, four per shaft, driving twin variable-pitch propellers; 16-knot maximum speed; five 20mm guns; 2-inch plastic splinter protection (crushed granite pebbles embedded in bitumen) on gun tubs, conning tower, and pilot house. The documentation corroborates the all-diesel, no-steam configuration NavSource records for this hull and corroborates the builder via the documented hull-block assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (construction era); HAER documentation 2011-2012
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (~2,500 workers, 375 LCI(L)s produced per the report); class crews
- Limitations
- Documents a sister hull, not this craft - class/yard-level corroboration only. The report contains no asbestos statement: its insulation references describe post-Navy civilian fishing-tender conversions aboard LCI(L)-653 (spray-on and spray-foam insulation added in Alaska service decades later), not 1944 naval construction, so it cannot be read for or against original asbestos content aboard 795.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-795-04
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[6]Era/design inference built on: NavSource LCI-351-class spec block for this hull (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam) + HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' LCI(L)-351-class specification table (ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html; hull 795 inside the listed 'LCI(L)-784-821' block) + HAER AK-52 class design documentation (sister hull, same yard - see ev-04) + documented WWII-era Navy asbestos practice (GAO HRD-80-2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HyperWar LCI(L)-351-class spec table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As built in mid-1944, LCI(L)-795 was an all-diesel amphibious craft: two sets of four GM diesels, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers (NavSource spec block states BHP 1,600; the HyperWar LCI(L)-351 class table likewise reads 1,600 BHP). 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, fate unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-795-05
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[7]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, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-795-06
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[8]Batch-5526 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 SPA); Wikipedia (no article); NavalCoverMuseum (no page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-795-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-795-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: CourtListener opinion search 'LCI(L)-795'/'LCI-795'/'LCIL-795'/'LCI(L) 795' returned 0 hits and the equivalent docket search returned 1 hit (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30). The single docket hit - Haggins v. Perry, 4:08-cv-00161 (D.S.C., prisoner civil rights, filed 2008, terminated 2009) - is a name collision on 'LCI'/'795' strings (D.S.C. prisoner filings commonly reference Lee Correctional Institution), not a case naming this vessel; no qualifying asbestos litigation or any case naming this hull was 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)-795 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, and the single name-collision hit was classified on face characteristics (cause, parties, court) without full-text pull. 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-795-07