Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online, USS LSIL-872 / ex USS LCI(L)-872 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Service-history list, foreign transfers and final-disposition entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records transfer under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to France on 8 January 1951 for use in French Indo-China, redesignation as L9038, return to U.S. Naval custody on an unknown date, transfer to South Vietnam in 1956 as RVNS Thien Kich (HQ-329), and final disposition as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1951-1956 and later
- Population
- French Indo-China and South Vietnamese naval crews
- Limitations
- Later French and South Vietnamese service is documented as disposition history, not U.S. Navy asbestos evidence. Transfer-back, final location, and final disposition are not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-03
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[2]NavSource Online, LCI(L)-872 hull page, LCI(L) specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block: complement, cargo capacity, and propulsion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NavSource LCI(L) specification block gives a four-officer/24-enlisted complement, 75-ton cargo capacity, and propulsion by two sets of four General Motors 6051 Series 71 diesel engines with twin variable-pitch propellers and 2,320 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- World War II era
- Population
- LCI(L) class/type
- Limitations
- The specification block is type context, not a complete hull-specific engineering survey; it does not identify asbestos-containing products or establish that any listed material remained aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-04
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[3]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, published 18 October 1979
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including asbestos use in Navy ships and policies for removing and replacing damaged or repair-obstructing insulation. This is Navy-wide program context, not evidence that asbestos was installed aboard LCI(L)-872.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy and review period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- The report concerns Navy shipbuilding and repair generally and does not name LCI(L)-872, its builder, or its later conversions. It cannot establish product identity, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-05
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961; NavSource LCI(L)-872 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guide, Beginning Research and RG 19 sections; NavSource hull page reviewed live
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public official sources reviewed: the live NavSource hull page contains no asbestos, survey, abatement, or hazmat statement, and the National Archives guide directs researchers to ship- and class-specific RG 19 records rather than supplying a finding for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- A public-record non-finding does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Original drawings, construction files, conversion work packages, surveys, and abatement records were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-06
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener helper output, 30 September 2026 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper stderr: COURTLISTENER PACING; exit 2; search ledger rows cl-01 through cl-03
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener sweep was started for the exact name USS LCI(L)-872, but the helper returned the fleet-wide pacing stand-down before returning results. The exact hull-number and docket follow-ups were not attempted after that stand-down. No litigation classification is drawn from this blocked sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a blocked and incomplete sweep, not a no-result finding. Exact-name opinion, exact-name docket, exact-hull opinion, exact-hull docket, and consolidated-alias searches remain open; no case may be classified from this attempt.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-07
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 19 sections and General Information Books, including Amphibious Vessel GIBs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, class and type records, General Information Books for amphibious vessels, and related ship-specific records as research paths for determining what materials and machinery were documented aboard pre-1961 Navy vessels. No LCI(L)-872 file or drawing was retrieved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1961 records
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels through 1961
- Limitations
- This is a research lead only. NARA does not provide a hull-specific asbestos finding on this page, and no original record was examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-08
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[7]NavSource Online, USS LSIL-872 / ex USS LCI(L)-872 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page title and service-history list; live HTTP 200 page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as USS LCI(L)-872. It was laid down on 6 September 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Barber, New Jersey; launched on 11 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LCI(L)-872 on 18 October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Supports identity and construction milestones only. It does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-01
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[8]NavSource Online, USS LSIL-872 / ex USS LCI(L)-872 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Service-history list, assignment through reclassification
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records assignment during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Thirteen, LCI Group Thirty-Nine, and LCI Division Seventy-Eight; decommissioning on 18 July 1946 with Reserve Fleet lay-up; and reclassification as Landing Ship Infantry Large LSIL-872 on 28 February 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops; Reserve Fleet personnel
- Limitations
- The source does not provide a striking date and does not mention asbestos or shipboard materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-872-lcil872-02