Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 479-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-pkt-479-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS LCI(L)-85 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History: Flotilla 4 / 10, Group 29, Division 57; builder/specification block; commanding officer action-report excerpt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard history identifies USS LCI(L)-85 as Coast Guard-manned, built by Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas, and assigned to LCI(L) Flotilla 4 / later Flotilla 10, Group 29, Division 57. It states that the craft participated in the Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, and Normandy operations; landed troops on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944; was damaged by mines and enemy fire; transferred casualties to USS Samuel Chase (APA-26); capsized about 1430; and was lost in action.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Coast Guard crew and embarked troops, 1943-1944
- Limitations
- Official Coast Guard history and its reproduced commanding-officer report establish service and loss, not asbestos content, individual exposure, material condition, or causation. Direct Studio fetch returned HTTP 403; the live page was verified through indexed web retrieval on the same date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-85 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-history block, campaigns table, final-disposition line, and awards line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies LCI(L)-85 as laid down in October 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; launched in 1943; and commissioned 26 January 1943 with a Coast Guard crew under Lt. (jg) Coit Hendley, USCGR. It lists Europe-Africa-Middle East service in the Tunisian operations, Sicilian occupation, Salerno landings, and Normandy invasion; final disposition as sunk by enemy action at Normandy on 6 June 1944; and four World War II battle stars and the Coast Guard Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Coast Guard crew and embarked troops, 1943-1944
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist historical compilation rather than the underlying Navy commissioning record. Its 26 January commissioning date conflicts with the Coast Guard history's 1 January date (ev-03). It provides no asbestos survey, product identification, exposure evidence, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS LCI(L)-85; NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-85 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Coast Guard history commissioning field and opening history paragraph; NavSource hull-history commissioning line at https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/15/150085.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Commissioning-date discrepancy: the U.S. Coast Guard history says LCI(L)-85 was commissioned 1 January 1943, while NavSource says 26 January 1943. Both sources identify a Coast Guard crew and the same Coast Guard commanding officer, Lt. (jg) Coit Hendley, USCGR. The record carries both dates and does not select one pending the underlying commissioning order.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Limitations
- This corrects a source conflict only; no underlying commissioning order was retrieved. The date difference does not affect documented Navy commission, Coast Guard crewing, or the asbestos evidentiary result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure'
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review states that it examined Navy use of asbestos in Navy ships and Navy policy for removing and replacing asbestos insulation at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and fleet policy; not LCI(L)-85 personnel
- Limitations
- Navy-wide, postwar policy review, not a record for LCI(L)-85. It does not name this hull, its builder, its machinery, or a material aboard it and cannot establish asbestos presence, location, quantity, exposure, or causation aboard this craft.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-04
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[6]Batch 5559 source and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification, environmental record, or qualifying litigation record was located in the reviewed Coast Guard history, NavSource hull entry, NARA deck-log index, GAO review, or completed accessible-source searches.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A limited public-source result, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener's authenticated helper entered its fleet-pacing wait before returning results, so this row does not make a CourtListener litigation-negative claim; that uncompleted sweep is a gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-05
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[7]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44, List of Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1940 and 1941-1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF, ship-number index; full-text search for LCI(L)-85 returned no entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44's ship-number index contains no entry for LCI(L)-85, while it indexes other LCI(L) hulls. This index result does not establish whether deck logs for this lost craft survive elsewhere or were not included in the list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 records
- Limitations
- An index non-hit is not proof of non-survival or nonexistence of logs, and it contains no asbestos information. NARA catalog and record-group follow-up remains necessary for a conclusive archival holdings determination.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-85-lcil85-06