Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 478-packet.md (2 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-817-lcil817-pkt-478-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-817 page (10/15/150817) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page header block, campaign/awards table, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 18 August 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 19 September 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-817 on 25 September 1944, LTjg. C. B. Harston USNR in command. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Nineteen (LCDR E. C. Floger), LCI Group Fifty-Six (LTjg. C. M. Reese USNR), LCI Division One Hundred Twelve. Participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 30 June 1945; earned one battle star for World War II service. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September to 9 December 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948; final disposition unknown. Specs: 236 t light / 419 t loaded, 158'5.5" oa, 23'3" beam, 16 kt max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company 4 officers + 24 enlisted; embarked troops up to 188
- Limitations
- NavSource is the canonical compiled amphibious-vessel reference (this page's history text derives from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995); it is a curated secondary archive, not a contemporaneous government record. It does not state a decommissioning or striking date and explicitly records the final disposition as unknown. No asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-817-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II: Mine Vessels, Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945) - shipscribe.com scan, text layer [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LCI(L) design table p. 200; construction roster pp. 208-209 (LCI(L) 817 row)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips roster row names this hull: 'LCI(L) 817 - New Jersey S. B. Co., Barber, N.J. - keel laid 18 Aug 44 - ship launched 19 Sept 44 - date of first commission 25 Sept 44' (p. 208-209), corroborating every NavSource milestone. The LCI(L) 351-1098 design-block table (p. 200) documents the machinery fit for this hull's block: two propellers driven by G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines, 2,320 shp, single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-driven ship's service generators (860 bbls diesel oil capacity), 159 ft overall, ~387 t full load, 14.4 kt trial, five 20-mm AA mounts - a diesel-only plant with no boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Construction trades (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ, 1944)
- Limitations
- Official Navy reference publication (scanned) - confirms builder and milestone dates for this hull and the diesel machinery fit for its design block; contains no asbestos information and no materials schedule. Publication date April 1945 means postwar disposition is outside its coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-817-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), LCI(L) 351-1098 design table - plus GAO HRD-80-2 era framing [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LCI(L) design table p. 200; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; with no steam plant aboard, the asbestos-relevant applications for the type are the era-standard ones: thermal insulation on exhaust trunks and engine-room boundaries, machinery and exhaust lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944); ship's company; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Era/design inference, not a hull record - no ship-specific survey, work order, or material schedule names this hull. The BuShips table establishes the machinery fit (diesel, no boilers), which narrows the exposure pathway; it does not document the presence or absence of asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-817-03
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[5]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 service era (1944-48).
- 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, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-817-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, paced) - opinion search for the quoted hull designation [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-817-05 and sl-uss-lci-l-817-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion searches for the exact quoted designations "LCI(L)-817" and "LCI-817" both returned zero results (count 0) on 2026-09-30 - no opinion text on CourtListener names this hull under either form. Coverage caveat: additional designation variants ("LCI(L) 817", "LCI 817") and the RECAP docket index could not be searched this session because the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent - logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A zero-count phrase search means no opinion contains the exact string; it does not exclude pleading-stage dockets, cases naming the vessel descriptively, or off-index litigation. Hull-number searches are also noisy for numbered craft - the docket index and remaining variants were blocked, not run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-817-05
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[7]Batch-5551 search ledger (this record): NavSource archive page; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 full text; NHHC DANFS; Naval Vessel Register; MARAD Vessel History Database; NARA catalog; GAO product page; CourtListener (partially blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-817-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-817 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener coverage is partial - the quoted exact designation returned zero results, but designation variants and the docket index were blocked by the spent fleet pacing budget; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing listicle content asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - 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 - era-consistent inference applies. RG 24 deck logs and Maritime Commission disposal files are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-817-06