Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS LCI(L)-87 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Builder, commissioned, decommissioned, disposition, and history fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's Office identifies USS LCI(L)-87 as built by Brown Shipbuilding Corporation at Orange, Texas; commissioned on 2 February 1943; Coast Guard-manned; decommissioned at San Pedro, California, on 20 March 1946; and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 2 February 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- USS LCI(L)-87 crew and Coast Guard-manned landing-craft personnel
- Limitations
- Official ship-history summary; it does not document asbestos, individual exposure, causation, or the vessel's final disposition after Maritime Commission transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LCI(L)-87, ship page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship history and LCI-1 Class specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource ship page records LCI(L)-87's 16 October 1942 keel-laying, 20 December 1942 launch, 2 February 1943 commission, Coast Guard manning, World War II service in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, and the Pacific, 20 March 1946 decommissioning, and 2 February 1948 Maritime Commission transfer. It also gives the LCI(L)-1-class specifications: 158 feet 5½ inches length, 23 feet 3 inches beam, eight General Motors diesel engines, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, and a 4-officer/24-enlisted specification with 6 officers and 182 enlisted troop capacity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- USS LCI(L)-87 crew, embarked troops, and landing-craft operators
- Limitations
- NavSource is an authoritative archival/photo index used here as a verified ship-history source; its page does not document asbestos aboard this hull, remaining materials, individual exposure, or causation. Its class specification differs from the official USCG page's complement and propulsion figures, so the official USCG values are used for the main record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-02
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS LCI(L)-87 photo captions and National Archives photo provenance [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official USCG page photo captions and National Archives photo provenance
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Coast Guard page's photo captions identify USS LCI(L)-87 in National Archives and Coast Guard photographs, including a 1944-45 return to a U.S. port after European service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- USS LCI(L)-87 and Coast Guard-manned LCI crews
- Limitations
- Photographic catalog record corroborates the hull identity and Coast Guard manning but does not establish asbestos content, exposure, or the exact port/date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-03
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[4]U.S. National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L)-87 entries in Special List No. 44
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' ship-number list identifies LCI(L)-87 among Navy logbook holdings, including coverage beginning 1 February 1943 and later coverage from 1 July 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- USS LCI(L)-87 ship's log records
- Limitations
- This is a finding aid, not the logbook content. It does not establish asbestos aboard the hull or any exposure event; the underlying logs remain an archival lead for further research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Report p. 2 and discussion of Navy ship asbestos policy and applications
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reports that Navy decisions on replacing asbestos thermal insulation were made by ship or ship class, and that asbestos-containing thermal insulation and other applications such as pipe-hanger liners and gaskets were part of the Navy's asbestos-control problem in the period reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide and shipyard-program evidence, not a record about LCI(L)-87 or the LCI(L)-1 class. It supports era context only and cannot establish that asbestos was installed aboard, removed from, or retained on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-05
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[6]Research synthesis: no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located in the searched authoritative sources and litigation results [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos inventory, survey, abatement record, exposure finding, or qualifying asbestos-litigation record for USS LCI(L)-87 was located in the authoritative-source and CourtListener searches completed for this record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- through 2026-09-30
- Population
- USS LCI(L)-87 and potential asbestos-litigation records
- Limitations
- A negative research finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. The Firecrawl MCP search service was unavailable because its keyless quota reported a 75,611-second wait; CourtListener hull-number requests were repeatedly deferred by the fleet pacing stand-down, so the unresolved hull-number docket search is disclosed in the report and ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-87-lcil87-06