Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 475-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-797. Hull/designation: LCI(L)-797 (no later
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-797-lcil797-pkt-475-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-797 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) history and Specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource hull page identifies LCI(L)-797 as an LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), laid down 15 July 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, New Jersey; launched 17 August 1944; and commissioned 23 August 1944. It assigns the vessel to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Thirteen, LCI Group Thirty-Eight, and LCI Division Seventy-Five; records decommissioning on 2 February 1946, striking on 12 April 1946, transfer to the Maritime Commission at San Diego for disposal on 10 October 1947, 1951 registration as passenger barge Elsie II at Los Angeles, and stranding at Long Beach on 3 December 1956. The page's specifications list a complement of four officers and 24 enlisted and diesel propulsion details.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workers (1944); Navy crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- The live archival hull page documents history and specifications, not asbestos content, repairs, survey results, or individual exposure. Its account states the post-Navy registration and stranding but does not independently establish the vessel's present physical condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-797-lcil797-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 28, LCI(L)-797 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 indexes LCI(L)-797 logbook coverage from 23 August 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08-23 to 1945-06-30 (indexed log coverage)
- Limitations
- These are index coverage endpoints, not commissioning, decommissioning, or other service dates. The index does not disclose log contents or asbestos materials; the underlying logs require separate examination.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-797-lcil797-02
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[4]U.S. Bureau of Ships, An Administrative History of the Bureau of Ships During World War II, volume IV, chapter XX, wartime Chemistry Sub-section (live transcription mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter XX, printed page 156, Asbestos-Glass Insulation Lagging Cloth paragraph
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships wartime administrative history describes standard asbestos cloth and the development of a glass-asbestos yarn for insulation lagging cloth to conserve asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Second World War
- Population
- Navy wartime shipbuilding program generally
- Limitations
- The Navy document describes wartime material development and standard cloth, not a procurement, installation, or survey record for LCI(L)-797 or its class. The date of adoption aboard this hull, if any, is unknown; it establishes no ship-specific asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-797-lcil797-03
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[5]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, enclosure I (Navy letter of 5 January 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pages 11-12, enclosure I, Navy letter, especially printed page 1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- In January 1979, the Navy reported asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, packing, deck materials, electrical components, and equipment brakes or clutches among Navy shipboard applications generally.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy fleet generally (1979 correspondence)
- Limitations
- This 1979 fleet-wide statement does not name LCI(L)-797, describe its 1944 build, or document any product aboard it. It cannot be applied to a vessel decommissioned in 1946. No hull-specific exposure inference is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-797-lcil797-04
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[6]Batch 5528 search ledger and source-review record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-01 through sl-07; BATCH-5528-REPORT.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation, public ship-specific asbestos survey, or abatement record was located in the official and archival sources reviewed for USS LCI(L)-797. The required CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep remains incomplete: authenticated exact-name opinion queries were blocked by the fleet pacing gate, while the authenticated LCI-797 docket query returned one unrelated securities case, classified as a name collision.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Search performed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A bounded source-review finding and an incomplete CourtListener sweep are not evidence that no asbestos was present or that no litigation exists. The pace gate prevented full exact-name and all-query classification; the one LCI-797 docket result was an unrelated name collision, not a litigation no-result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-797-lcil797-05