Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 481-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity only
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-pkt-481-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-876 (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150876.htm header block, flotilla assignment block, awards block, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 6 September 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 10 October 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-876 on 17 October 1944 with LTjg. J. Payne Jr. USNR in command (May 1945). Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Thirteen (CDR M. B. Brown USN), LCI Group Thirty-Eight (LCDR G. A. Jaquenot USNR), LCI Division Seventy-Six. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 7 March 1947; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Ribbon block: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no campaign table or battle stars listed. International radio call sign NXHN. Specifications: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; draft 3'1.5" light to 5'11" aft loaded; 16 kts max / 14 kts max continuous; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armament five single 20mm guns; armor 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts loaded; fuel diesel 860 Bbls; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors '6051 series 71' diesel engines, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, plus two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC ship's-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Sep-Oct 1944); crew (1944-c.1947)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; for this numbered craft (no DANFS entry, excluded from NVR as a pre-1987 disposal) it is the most complete consolidated record located, and its commission date is corroborated by NARA Special List 44 logbook coverage (ev-03) and the NHHC fleet list (ev-02). Its flotilla/group/division assignment conflicts with the contemporaneous NHHC 1 May 1945 organization document - carried in gaps. Its '6051 series 71' engine text is a transcription of the GM 6-71-series engine fit documented in the sister-hull NRHP nomination (ev-05). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (Landing Craft Flotillas, Pacific Fleet section) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Landing Craft Flotillas, Pacific Fleet > LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three > LCI Group 69 > LCI Division 138 > 'LCI 876 | Lt. (jg) J. Payne, Jr. (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC publication 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' lists LCI 876 under LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three, LCI Group 69 (ComLCIGrp 69: Lt. Cdr. G. A. Jacquemot USNR), LCI Division 138, with commanding officer Lt. (jg) J. Payne, Jr. (USNR). This is a contemporaneous official Navy organizational record placing the hull in commissioned Pacific Fleet service as of 1 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Pacific Fleet crew, May 1945 (Lt. (jg) J. Payne, Jr. USNR commanding)
- Limitations
- Confirms commissioned Pacific Fleet service and commanding officer on 1 May 1945, but at a different echelon assignment than NavSource records (Flotilla Twenty-Three / Group 69 / Division 138 versus NavSource's Flotilla Thirteen / Group Thirty-Eight / Division Seventy-Six); the group commander's surname is substantially the same (Jacquemot vs Jaquenot). Whether NavSource reflects an earlier wartime assignment or a transcription error is unresolved - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers - index to Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-number sequence, 'LCI(L)-876 10/17/1944 6/30/1945' row (adjacent to LCI(L)-875 10/16/1944 and LCI(L)-877 10/18/1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 (by ship numbers), the index to Navy logbooks in National Archives custody, lists LCI(L)-876 with logbook coverage beginning 10/17/1944 and ending 6/30/1945 - corroborating the NavSource commissioning date of 17 October 1944 and WWII-era deck-log custody for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage window)
- Limitations
- This is a finding aid listing logbook coverage dates, not the deck logs themselves; it corroborates the hull's Navy service record beginning 17 October 1944 but does not by itself establish a commissioning event, operational activity, or coverage of the full service period (index window ends 1947; this hull's listed coverage ends 6/30/1945). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding yard table, Barber NJ [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard description paragraph; build-table row for hull 876
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton) New Jersey Shipbuilding yard table lists 'LCI(L) | 876 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-44 | To US Maritime Commission 1947'. The yard description records New Jersey Shipbuilding as an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill at Barber (a community immediately east of Perth Amboy, later absorbed and now called Maurer), with management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request and the yard closed after the war. Corroborates the builder and the Maritime Commission disposal pathway documented by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation, not a registry document; its 'To US Maritime Commission 1947' disposition is consistent with NavSource's 7 March 1947 transfer entry but does not carry a day-level date. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-04
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[6]NPS National Register of Historic Places nomination, USS LCI(L)-713, NRHP 07000300 [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP continuation sheet Section 7 (Description - machinery space and exhaust) and Section 8 (Significance - propulsion discussion)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS National Register nomination for sister hull USS LCI(L)-713 (NRHP 07000300, listed 12 April 2007) documents LCI(L)-351-class construction and machinery: welded construction; engine room holding eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines arranged in two banks of four, each bank driving a shaft with a four-foot controllable-pitch propeller (Navy's first use of the controllable-pitch propeller concept); dual above-water and underwater exhaust systems, the underwater leg used during landings to lessen engine noise; a gasoline-motored winch operating the bow ramp; two 250 kW electrical generators. The nomination's construction-history table lists the ten wartime LCI contract yards, including this hull's builder - New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, New Jersey, credited with 375 craft, the largest single-yard LCI production total. LCI(L)-713 herself was built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts; the class machinery and exhaust arrangement documented in the nomination applies to the type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (construction era); nomination filed 2007
- Population
- LCI(L)-351 class/type
- Limitations
- Sister-hull class documentation, not a record of this hull - used for type-level machinery/exhaust arrangement and to confirm the GM 6-71 engine fit behind NavSource's '6051 series 71' transcription. Does not establish materials, insulation content, or condition aboard LCI(L)-876.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights block
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships and the cost of removing it; the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was needed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace insulation in high-maintenance areas. Establishes Navy-wide asbestos insulation use spanning this hull's 1944 construction and commissioned-service era.
- 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 - the report does not name LCI(L)-876, its builder, or its class. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct curl fetches (standing Batch-01 access defect); product-page description retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-351 class specifications for this hull (all-diesel GM 6-71-series plant); NRHP 07000300 sister-hull nomination (machinery and dual-exhaust arrangement, ev-05); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; NRHP 07000300 machinery description; GAO HRD-80-2 Highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built at a wartime emergency yard in September-October 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard small-craft applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were lagging on the dual (above-water/underwater) exhaust system, thermal insulation in the machinery spaces, gaskets and valve packing in piping systems, electrical insulation, and brake linings on the gasoline-motored bow-ramp winch. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-c.1947); disposal/shipbreaking trades (1947-forward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-876. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-07
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[9]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961; NARA Logbooks of the US Navy (RG 24 / Special List 44) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA asbestos guide - Beginning Research and Cartographic Branch sections (S39/S48 discussion); https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy (RG 24, Special List 44 section)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA's research guide for asbestos aboard U.S. naval vessels up through 1961 directs researchers to Bureau of Ships records (RG 19) and the Cartographic Branch ship engineering drawings arranged by hull number under Ship Material Groups ('S' filing codes S1-S97), noting S39 Insulation and Lagging and S48 Piping among the most frequently reviewed codes; the paper hull series is thin for small craft and the microfilm series is the fuller path. Separately, Special List 44 confirms WWII-era deck-log coverage for this hull (10/17/1944-6/30/1945, ev-03), held in RG 24; NARA's digitization program is Vietnam-era-focused and no digitized LCI(L)-876 log was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels through 1961
- Limitations
- Repository lead only - NARA's guide states the record series do not by themselves provide direct evidence of asbestos presence; no hull-specific RG 19 drawing, work package, or deck log was retrieved or examined. Establishes where records of this type reside, not their contents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-08
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[10]Batch-5572 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NHHC DANFS direct URLs; Naval Vessel Register; Shipbuilding History yard table; NPS NRHP nomination 07000300; NARA Special List 44 and asbestos research guide; USCG-manned LCI(L) official list; GAO product page; CourtListener authenticated API; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material specification, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-876 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Authenticated CourtListener queries returned zero results for "LCI(L)-876" (opinion and docket), "LCI-876" (docket), and "LCI 876" (opinion); two variant queries were blocked by fleet pacing mid-sweep - logged as blocked, not as negative results. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos aboard LCI-type craft 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. Two CourtListener variant queries remained blocked by fleet pacing at report cutoff - the litigation sweep is substantively complete on the exact-name and exact-hull queries (zero hits) but the blocked variants are open, not negative. RG 24 deck logs, RG 19 drawings/work packages, and Maritime Commission disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-876-lcil876-09