Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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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-796-lcil796-pkt-474-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-796 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (1995)) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History, awards, and specifications blocks on NavSource page 10/15/150796.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LCI(L)-796 as an LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), laid down 14 July 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, New Jersey; launched 16 August 1944; and commissioned 22 August 1944. It assigns the hull during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Thirteen, LCI Group Thirty-Eight, and LCI Division Seventy-Five; records Far East occupation duty from 11 September through 12 December 1945; and records transfer to the Maritime Commission on 3 May 1947. The page lists decommissioning and striking dates as unknown and final disposition/fate as unknown. Its specification block describes eight General Motors 6051 Series 71 diesel engines in two four-engine sets, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, and a complement of four officers and 24 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel during Navy service
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not a contemporaneous deck log, Navy Register entry, or transfer record. The page is ship-specific for the stated history but contains no asbestos, material-content, abatement, survey, maintenance, or individual-exposure evidence. Its specification complement is not a hull-specific muster; unknown dates and final fate are preserved as printed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-01
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[3]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); NARA, Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 PDF page 28, row 'LCI(L)-796 | 8/22/1944 | 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, a list of logbooks of U.S. Navy ships, stations, and miscellaneous units for 1801-1947, inventories deck logs for LCI(L)-796 from 22 August 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08-22 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Navy crew, 22 August 1944-30 June 1945
- Limitations
- This is a NARA inventory entry, not the deck logs themselves. It establishes only listed log coverage, not log contents, maintenance performed, materials aboard, asbestos exposure, or the vessel's commissioning or decommissioning date. No inference is made from the 30 June 1945 coverage endpoint.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-02
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[4]National Park Service / Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L)-653), written historical and descriptive data [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52, pages 1-6: LCI(L)-351 class, diesel propulsion, New Jersey Shipbuilding builder, and footnote 7 listing LCI hull ranges built at the yard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NPS/Library of Congress HAER documentation for sister vessel USS LCI(L)-653 identifies the LCI(L)-351 class as a large infantry landing craft and describes diesel engines driving twin screws. It states that New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, New Jersey, built LCI(L)-653 and that the yard built LCI(L)s including hulls 782 through 821. Since USS LCI(L)-796 falls within that stated hull range, the HAER source provides class/yard context consistent with the ship-specific NavSource construction entry. The HAER source does not identify asbestos in USS LCI(L)-796 or in the class.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- World War II class and yard context
- Population
- LCI(L)-351-class construction trades and crew; not a hull-specific population
- Limitations
- HAER AK-52 documents sister hull LCI(L)-653, not USS LCI(L)-796. The stated hull range supports only yard/class context; it does not establish this hull's build specifications beyond the independent NavSource entry, does not identify asbestos or any product/application, and does not establish individual exposure, quantity, or present-day material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4, authenticated batch helper attempt via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper diagnostics captured 2026-09-30: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent ... Do NOT retry in a loop'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No CourtListener result is classified because the required authenticated CourtListener API v4 sweep could not acquire the fleet-wide pacing token. The intended exact-name and hull-number searches were 'USS LCI(L)-796' and 'LCI(L)-796', each for opinions and RECAP dockets. The helper required stand-down before any query completed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is not a no-result or litigation-negative finding. No anonymous, raw, or v3 CourtListener request was made. Because none of the intended name/hull queries completed, qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, and name collisions remain unclassified; unindexed state-court filings and claimant materials would not be covered even by a completed CourtListener sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-04
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[6]Batch 5527 completed-source ledger: NavSource per-hull page; NARA Special List 44 and NARA logbooks overview; NPS/Library of Congress HAER AK-52; Naval Vessel Register candidate page; NHHC DANFS candidate entries; authenticated CourtListener helper diagnostics [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the completed public-source review: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material list, maintenance/work package, or directly verified litigation record naming USS LCI(L)-796 was found. The reviewed evidence establishes ship history, NARA log inventory coverage, and class/yard design context only.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Research completed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove that asbestos was absent aboard a 1944 naval landing craft. This finding is limited by unretrieved deck logs and construction records, no located post-transfer disposal file, dead-end NVR/NHHC candidate lookups, and the CourtListener pacing stand-down. It establishes neither exposure nor lack of exposure, causation, legal eligibility, quantity, product identity, or present-day condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-796-lcil796-05