Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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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)-806 (hull 806)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-pkt-476-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-806 ex LCI(G)-806 (1944-1945) / LCI(L)-806 (1944) - milestone timeline, designation history, campaign record, specifications (page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150806.htm header block, campaign table, medal-period table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 28 July 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 29 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-806, 7 September 1944, Lt. (jg) W. H. Cochenour USNR in command (May 1945); reclassified LCI(G)-806, 31 December 1944; reclassified LCI(M)-806, 30 April 1945. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Five flagship (Capt. T. W. Rimer USNR), LCI Group Forty-One (Lt. Cmdr. R. F. Hunnicutt USNR), LCI Division Eighty-One; participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March - 30 June 1945. Post-war: Navy Occupation Service Medal 9-25 September 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 30 September 1945 - 12 January 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 3 July 1947; final disposition unknown. One battle star for WWII service. Spec block: 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; 8 GM series-71 diesels in two sets of four, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch props, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Ship Building Corp. construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (citing Turner Publishing's LCI history), not a primary registry - milestone dates are not independently verified against NVR or DANFS (no DANFS entry exists for this hull). Its LCI Flotilla Five/Group 41/Division 81 assignment conflicts with the official NHHC 1 May 1945 organization (Flotilla 19/Group 55/Division 109(M)) - both recorded, conflict in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-01
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[3]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official fleet organization document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room page, Amphibious Forces Pacific Fleet > LCI Flotilla Nineteen > LCI Group 55 > LCI Division 109 (M) table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists 'LCI 806 | Lt. (jg) W. H. Cochenour (USNR)' inside LCI Division 109 (M) - the (M) matching her mortar reclassification of the day before - under LCI Group 55, LCI Flotilla Nineteen (Commander LCI Flotilla Nineteen: Lt. Cdr. E. C. Folger, Jr.), Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet (V. Adm. R. K. Turner). Confirms the hull in active commissioned Pacific Fleet service under its documented commanding officer one day after the LCI(M) redesignation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt. (jg) Cochenour, 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- Establishes organizational assignment as of 1 May 1945 only; conflicts with the NavSource/Turner listing of Flotilla Five / Group 41 / Division 81 (undated in that source) - see gaps. The document contains no asbestos, material, or casualty content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-02
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[4]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (WWII), Section 18 'U.S. Navy Ships by Classes' (HyperWar/ibiblio verbatim transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CallSigns-18.html, LCI(L) class block, entry 'LCI (L) 806 | NWMM'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime USN call-sign book lists 'LCI (L) 806 | NWMM' - the same NWMM international radio call sign displayed on the NavSource page for this hull - confirming the hull's identity in a wartime Navy communications publication.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (wartime publication)
- Limitations
- Identity corroboration only - a call-sign allocation is not a service history and contains no material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713' - written historical and descriptive data for the LCI-351 class (Justine Christianson, HAER historian, 2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data pp. 1-3 (significance, description, historical information)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS class documentation for the LCI(L)-351 design this hull was built to: welded 1/4-inch steel plate; two decks with troop compartments, crew space, and engine room below and deckhouse (accommodations, mess, wardroom, galley) above; eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in four pairs on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; troop capacity 182 enlisted + 6 officers; the modified design (cylindrical pilothouse, centerline ramp) applied to ships built after 1 June 1944; approximately 1,051 ships of the type constructed in ten shipyards during WWII; designed by the Bureau of Ships. LCI(L)-713 is the last remaining LCI in original WWII configuration - a class-mate of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (class design/construction era); 2012 (documentation)
- Population
- LCI construction trades across ten wartime yards; class crews
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation of a sister ship (LCI(L)-713), not a hull record for 806 - establishes the standard design and plant but not what materials were aboard this specific hull. Contains no asbestos information; does not establish asbestos presence or absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (8 GM series-71 diesels, twin variable-pitch props, 2,320 shp - diesel plant, no steam); HAER OR-180 class description (welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER OR-180 description; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered welded-steel landing craft built mid-1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this period were engine and exhaust-system lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior fireproof sheet in accommodation/deckhouse spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Ship Building Corp. trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any Maritime Commission disposal-chain workers (1947+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-806. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-05
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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 and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and commissioned service (1944-46).
- 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; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch - same standing defect as BATCH-01/98) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-06
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[8]Batch-5539 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS candidate URL; NavSource live fetch; NHHC Pacific Fleet org document; HyperWar call-sign book; HAER OR-180 full text; MARAD Vessel History Database; NVR; uboat.net cross-check; usslci.org; CourtListener opinion index (docket index blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum hazmat file, or litigation naming LCI(L)-806 / LCI(G)-806 / LCI(M)-806 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists (NHHC candidate URL returns Page Not Found); no MARAD status card is digitized for this hull; no NVR entry exists. CourtListener opinion index returned zero results for all three designation variants; the RECAP docket index could not be queried (fleet pacing budget spent after the opinion search completed) - logged as blocked for type=r, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard landing craft' material is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com, mesothelioma.com, gorilaw.com, mesotheliomahope.com) - excluded by source policy.
- 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. The opinion index is clean for the hull's designations, but the RECAP docket index remains an open gap (paced, not run) - an unreported district-level complaint naming this hull would not surface in type=o. RG 24 deck logs and the ship's construction/acceptance records at NARA are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-806-lcil806-07