Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]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) 351-1098 design characteristics rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Bureau of Ships design table for LCI(L) hulls 351-1098 lists: length 159'0" overall, extreme beam 23'8", full-load displacement 387 tons, trial speed 14.4 knots (model-basin estimate); accommodations 8 officers and 32 enlisted; armament five 20-mm A.A. machine guns; two propellers; G. M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines; 2,320 shaft horsepower; single G. M. main reduction gears; two diesel-drive ship's service generators of 20 kW each at 120 V D.C.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Design-table specifications are type-level, not a survey of hull 873. Diesel propulsion does not prove presence or absence of asbestos. The design-table accommodation figure is a berthing spec, not a verified crew complement; no complement is carried pending DANFS/NHHC confirmation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-02
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-873 (history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry",' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150873.htm history block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LCI(L)-873 page records: commissioned 12 October 1944 with LTjg. R. H. Thompson USNR in command (May 1945); World War II assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Five (CDR. H. V. Milton), LCI Group Thirteen (LCDR. N. Nash Jr.), LCI Division Twenty-Six; decommissioned date unknown; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, March 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition, fate unknown. Ribbons shown: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone and assignment detail rests on the Turner Publishing LCI history it credits. Construction dates agree with the Bureau of Ships table (ev-01). Contains no asbestos content. The spec block's figures are type-level (e.g., 'complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted' is the class-standard figure, unverified for this hull).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-03
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[3]U.S. Navy at War 1941-1945, Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Appendix C (HyperWar transcription); NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YP-383 (ex-AMc-145) [other_primary]
- Locator
- King Appendix C, District Patrol Craft section, 'YP 383' row; https://www.navsource.net/archives/11/03145.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The CNO's official loss list (Fleet Admiral King's wartime reports to the Secretary of the Navy, Appendix C, 'Losses of United States Naval Vessels From all Causes, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945') records district patrol craft YP 383 lost at 08 22 N, 79 29 W on 24 November 1944 - a position in the Gulf of Panama. NavSource's YP-383 (ex-AMc-145) page states she was 'sunk 24 November 1944 after a collision with USS LCI(L)-873 in the Gulf of Panama.' Six weeks after commissioning, this hull was involved in a collision that sank a Navy patrol craft while en route to Pacific assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-24
- Population
- LCI(L)-873 crew; YP-383 crew
- Limitations
- The official CNO list establishes YP-383's loss date and position but does not name the colliding vessel; the collision attribution to LCI(L)-873 is NavSource's secondary compilation (verified live). A secondary-source variant dates the loss 23 November; the official list's 24 November is carried. No court of inquiry or casualty report for the collision was retrieved; the hull's deck logs (10/12/1944-6/30/1945, NARA Special List 44) would contain it. Not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-04
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44, Navy deck logs by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 29, 'LCI(L)-873' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists LCI(L)-873 with deck-log coverage dated 12 October 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- 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 list's columns reflect the compiled inventory span. The logs themselves were not retrieved; they would document the YP-383 collision, shakedown and Pacific transit. The list does not itself reproduce logs, identify asbestos or establish material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-05
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[5]War Production Board, General Limitation Order M-79, Federal Register 7 FR 4568-4569 (19 June 1942) [federal_register]
- Locator
- printed pp. 4568-4569, amosite-fiber provisions (ship-insulation product list)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1942 War Production Board rule reserved specified grades of amosite asbestos for defense orders, including ship insulation products such as blankets, pipe covering and flexible insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- Wartime shipbuilding-policy context only. The rule does not identify LCI craft, New Jersey Shipbuilding procurement, or any asbestos product installed aboard hull 873.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-06
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[6]Batch 5569 source search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-5569-01 through sl-5569-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product inventory or asbestos-bearing vessel document was located in the accessible Navy, NARA, and Federal Register sources searched for this batch. Authenticated CourtListener opinion searches for the exact name and hull number returned zero opinions; the companion docket query could not run (see search_ledger).
- 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 docket sweep was blocked by the fleet pacing limiter and cannot establish absence of litigation; 'no result' is asserted only for completed queries. Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard or of exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-07
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[7]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, and to shipyard (QM/contractor) correspondence files.
- 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)-873 was retrieved or reviewed, and the guide states no hull-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-08
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[8]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)873 row (builder by 'do.' carry-down from the New Jersey S. B. Co., Barber, N. J. block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Bureau of Ships lists LCI(L)-873, built by New Jersey S. B. Co., Barber, N. J.; keel laid 6 September 1944; launched 5 October 1944; date of first commission 12 October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- The table establishes identity, builder and dates for this hull. It gives no decommissioning, strike, disposition or asbestos information. Mirrored scan of a Navy-issued volume; the scan carries no text layer and the row was read visually.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-873-lcil873-01