Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 476-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS LCI(L)-803 (hull 803)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-pkt-476-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LCI(M)-803 / ex LCI(G)-803 / LCI(L)-803 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and history bullets, lines 5-8 and 28-34
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's hull-specific page identifies this craft as USS LCI(M)-803, ex USS LCI(G)-803 and USS LCI(L)-803; it records construction by New Jersey Shipbuilding Company at Barber, New Jersey, keel laid 27 July 1944, launched 26 August 1944, and commissioned as USS LCI(L)-803 on 2 September 1944 at New York City. It records reclassification to LCI(G)-803 on 31 December 1944, conversion at Craig Shipbuilding in San Pedro from 7 December 1944 through 6 January 1945, and designation as LCI(M)-803 on 30 April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and construction/conversion workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource and attributes the history to its cited naval-history materials; it is not a surviving Navy register entry. This row establishes identity and dates, not asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LCI(M)-803 hull history [other_primary]
- Locator
- History bullets, lines 35-49
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull-specific NavSource page records assignment during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Five, LCI Group Forty-One, and LCI Division Eighty-One; participation in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 26 March through 30 June 1945; postwar occupation duty in the Far East from 9-25 September 1945; China service from 30 September 1945 through 12 January 1946; transfer to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 10 July 1947; and final disposition as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew; occupation and China-service crews
- Limitations
- The page states that decommissioning and striking dates are unknown; no later civilian or foreign service is asserted. The service narrative does not address asbestos, exposure, or material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LCI(M)-803 specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications, propulsion and generator section, lines 71-78
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The hull-specific specification describes a diesel propulsion plant: two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, GM reduction gears, diesel-driven ship-service generators, and twin variable-pitch propellers. It does not describe boilers or a steam system. This bounds the ship-specific engineering record but does not identify any asbestos-containing material aboard the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Engine-room crew and construction/conversion trades
- Limitations
- A diesel configuration is not evidence that asbestos was absent. The source does not inventory exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, deck materials, coatings, or any other material; no asbestos product is claimed from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-03
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[5]Negative finding from the source sweep documented in search_ledger rows sl-04 through sl-08 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-04, sl-05, sl-06, sl-07, and sl-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the completed non-CourtListener source sweep: no hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials list, or directly qualifying asbestos litigation record naming LCI(L)-803, LCI(G)-803, or LCI(M)-803 was found there. CourtListener classification remains incomplete. The result is a documentation negative, not a finding that asbestos was absent aboard the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- searched through 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos, exposure, or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage and the unavailable Firecrawl search path limit the negative finding; no claim is made about unindexed or non-digitized records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-04
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[6]NavSource LCI(M)-803 hull-specific machinery specification; NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships construction/material specifications identified as an unretrieved archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications, lines 51-78; NARA RG 19 lead recorded in search ledger sl-09
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The World War II-era diesel machinery record supports only a class/era research lead for possible smaller applications such as exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, deck materials, or coatings. No source located for this hull states that any such item contained asbestos, and no product is treated as documented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- World War II landing-craft construction and engine-room trades
- Limitations
- This is a bounded research lead, not ship-specific asbestos evidence. NARA RG 19 records were not retrieved, and the source does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-05
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[7]Authenticated cl-auth-search.py helper; fleet pacing response on 2026-09-30 [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper stand-down response; search ledger rows sl-06 and sl-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener sweep was initiated for exact-name and hull-number queries. The helper reported the same fleet-wide pacing stand-down on the initial request and on one later single retry, and instructed that work not be retried in a loop. No CourtListener hit was therefore classified as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, or no result in this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is an access gap, not a no-result finding. Exact-name and hull-number classifications remain incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter stood down on both attempts; no litigation conclusion is drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-803-lcil803-06