Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 478-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity); dates UNVERIFIABLE
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-pkt-478-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-011, vol. II (15 April 1945), mirrored scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- printed p. 200, LCI(L) design-characteristics table (PDF page 4 of mirrored scan)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The same Navy volume's design table divides the LCI(L) type into two groups, LCI(L)1-350 and LCI(L)351-1098; hull 816 falls in the second group: length overall 159 ft 0 in, waterline 153 ft 0 in, extreme beam 23 ft 8 in, full-load displacement approximately 387 tons, trial speed 14.4 knots (Model Basin estimate), total accommodations 8 officers and 32 enlisted, armament five 20-mm A.A. machine guns, two propellers, G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines totaling 2,320 shaft horsepower, single G.M. main reduction gears, two 20-kW 120-V D.C. diesel ship's-service generators, diesel oil capacity 860 bbls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Design-table specifications are type-level for hulls 351-1098, not a survey of hull 816. Diesel propulsion does not prove presence or absence of asbestos. The design-table accommodations figure is not a crew complement and is not carried as one.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-816 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- hull page - history narrative, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, awards block, commanding-officer table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's amphibious archive documents this hull's wartime organization (LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR E. C. Floger; LCI Group Fifty-Six, LTjg C. M. Reese USNR; LCI Division One Hundred Twelve); one credited campaign - the Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 30 June 1945 - earning one battle star; post-war occupation service in the Far East 2 September to 16 December 1945; awards American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (one star), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp; first commanding officer LTjg. F. A. Chisholm, USNR (23 September 1944); transfer to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948; decommissioning, striking and final disposition listed as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops (1944-45); occupation-service crew (Sep-Dec 1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its flotilla assignments, campaign credit, battle star and transfer date rest on the cited Turner Publishing volume without an underlying Navy record displayed. Live page verified 2026-09-30. 'Struck, date unknown' conflicts with a secondary shipyard-table compilation's 'struck 1946' (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-03
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[4]Georgia Historical Society, Frank A. Chisholm Fund biographical page [museum_official]
- Locator
- biographical paragraph beginning 'Frank enlisted in the Navy'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Georgia Historical Society's Frank A. Chisholm Fund page identifies Frank Anderson Chisholm (1910-2008) as the 1944 commander of 'Landing Craft Infantry 816 (LCI-816), part of the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Forces,' and states that he 'was part of the invasion of Okinawa and the subsequent American occupation of Japan' - corroborating the NavSource commanding-officer entry and the hull's Okinawa and occupation service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LTjg Frank A. Chisholm, USNR
- Limitations
- A memorial-fund biography, not a Navy record; it corroborates the commanding officer and campaign assignment but carries no dates, operational detail or material information. It is not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-04
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[5]War Production Board, Conservation Order M-79 as amended, Federal Register 7 FR 4568-4569 (19 June 1942) [federal_register]
- Locator
- printed pp. 4568-4569, Part 1064 Asbestos, section 1064.1(a)-(b)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- War Production Board Conservation Order M-79 as amended (19 June 1942) restricted fabrication and processing of amosite and Rhodesian chrysotile asbestos except to fill defense orders, enumerating ship-insulation end uses: 'amosite woven felt blankets and mattresses and fittings for use as insulation on ships,' 'fireproof insulating board for installation on ships,' 'molded amosite pipe covering and blocks for use as insulation on ships' (amosite capped at 15 percent by weight of finished product), and 'flexible amosite pipe insulations for installation on ships'; it further barred installation of 85-percent-magnesia or other high-temperature molded asbestos pipe covering except where temperatures exceed 212 degrees Fahrenheit, in underground installations, or 'in ships.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Wartime shipbuilding trades (era level)
- Limitations
- Wartime procurement policy context only. The order names product categories reserved for ship insulation generally; it does not identify LCI craft, New Jersey Ship Building procurement, or any asbestos product installed aboard hull 816.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-05
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[6]Batch 5550 source search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-5550-01 through sl-5550-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product inventory, hazmat disclosure or asbestos-bearing vessel document was located in the accessible Navy, NARA, Federal Register and court sources searched for this batch. Authenticated CourtListener searches returned zero opinions and zero dockets naming 'LCI(L)-816'.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not evidence that the ship lacked asbestos. The CourtListener hull-number variant 'LCI-816' could not complete this session (fleet pacing); qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation and name collisions under that variant remain unclassified. Undigitized deck logs, Bureau of Ships correspondence and Maritime Commission disposal records are open leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-06
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[7]National Archives, Special List 44, Navy deck logs by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L)-816 row (text line 1375 of extracted PDF)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists LCI(L)-816 with deck-log coverage dated 23 September 1944 through 31 December 1945 - commissioning through the occupation-service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The dates describe listed log coverage, not the end of commission or service; the 31 December 1945 endpoint is not a decommissioning date. The list does not itself reproduce logs, identify asbestos or establish material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-07
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[8]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence; ship engineering drawings sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA directs researchers of asbestos aboard pre-1961 U.S. Navy vessels to Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence and ship engineering drawings, organized in part by ship designation and hull number.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1961 records guidance
- Limitations
- Research guide only. No RG 19 correspondence or drawing for LCI(L)-816 was retrieved or reviewed, and the guide states no hull-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-08
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[9]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-011, vol. II (15 April 1945), mirrored scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- printed p. 209, LCI(L)816 row (PDF page 8 of mirrored scan)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Bureau of Ships lists LCI(L)816, built by New Jersey S. B. Co., Barber, N.J.; keel laid 17 August 1944; launched 16 September 1944; date of first commission 23 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- The table establishes identity, builder and milestone dates. It gives no commissioning officer, service history, redesignation, decommissioning, strike, disposal or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-816-lcil816-01