Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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; construction/service dates unverifiable this run)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-pkt-481-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-877 (page 10/15/150877) - build/milestone timeline, specifications, flotilla assignment, photo-caption service record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150877.htm - timeline block, specifications block, awards line, and photo-caption credits (Jim Lowman for LT. Zelvin Lowman; Mike McGreevy for Robert J. McGreevy)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (NavSource, history sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995): LCI-351 class; laid down 14 September 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 11 October 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-877 18 October 1944; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Thirty-Six (LCDR T. Gore USNR), LCI Group One Hundred Eight (LCDR E. H. Draine USNR), LCI Division Two Hundred Fifteen; decommissioned date unknown; struck from Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the State Department 12 February 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Photo captions document: probable commissioning-date crew photo 11 October 1944 at Barber NJ; moored pierside San Diego January 1946 (officers Sternberg, Robert J. McGreevy, Sharp, Zelvin Lowman); enroute Charleston SC March 1946 (Sternberg and Kessler at the conn). Specifications: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kt max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 t cargo; five single 20mm; eight GM 6-71 diesels in two quad sets, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; call sign NXHR. Ribbons shown: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory - no campaign table or battle stars listed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (US Navy); photo-documented movements Jan-Mar 1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-47); embarked troops (up to ~182)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (sourced here to Turner Publishing's LCI volume), not a primary registry - decommission/stricken dates are 'unknown' and no battle-star campaign table is shown. Contains no asbestos content. Photo captions are officer-family submissions, not deck logs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-01
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[3]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Six, LCI Group 108, LCI Division 215 listings [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC org doc, LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SIX > LCI GROUP 108 > LCI DIVISION 215 block (p. 84 of transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The 1 May 1945 U.S. Pacific Fleet organization document lists LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SIX (Commander LCI Flotilla THIRTY-SIX Lt. Cdr. T. Gore USNR) under Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, with LCI GROUP 108 (ComLCIGrp 108 Lt. Cdr. E. H. Draine USNR) and LCI DIVISION 215 - the identical flotilla/group/division chain and commanders NavSource records for this hull, corroborating the organizational assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 snapshot
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 36 organizational population, Pacific Fleet (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Corroborates the command echelons only - hull 877 is NOT itemized under Division 215 on the 1 May 1945 snapshot (listed hulls are 669-674 in Div 215 and 551/554/557/945/946/951 in Div 216), so her attachment to Flotilla 36/Group 108/Division 215 likely postdates 1 May 1945 or reflects a different assignment snapshot. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' - official list of the 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office page, 'List of LCI(L)s' link list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard's official list of USCG-manned LCI(L)s (LCI(L)-83 through -96; -319 through -326; -349, -350, -520, -562, -581, -583 - 28 hulls) does not include LCI(L)-877: she was a Navy-manned hull, consistent with NavSource's USNR-officered flotilla assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-877 (Navy-manned)
- Limitations
- Negative documentation only - establishes manning service (Navy, not Coast Guard), nothing about materials aboard. USCG page returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch; list content verified via firecrawl scrape of the same live URL 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-03
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[5]Armada de Chile, Unidades Historicas register - Barcaza 'Grumete Diaz' 1st (ex-USS LCIL 877) [other_primary]
- Locator
- armada.cl Tradicion e historia > Unidades Historicas > D > 'Barcaza Grumete Diaz 1°' - 'Nombres anteriores' and purchase/disposal lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Chilean Navy's official historical-units register identifies its barcaza 'Grumete Diaz' (1st) as ex-'USS LCIL 877': 'Comprada a los EE.UU. por el contrato N 142 Chile 10, de 12 de enero de 1947. Enajenada por Ley N 12.867 del 12 de febrero de 1958' - purchased from the United States under contract No. 142 Chile 10 dated 12 January 1947; disposed of under Law No. 12,867 of 12 February 1958. Register lists year 1943, displacement 385 tons, machinery 1,320 BHP, four 20mm machine guns, max speed 15 knots. This is the hull's documented final career: U.S. Navy 1944-1947, then Chilean Navy lighter/barge service 1947-1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1947-1958 (Chilean service)
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew of barcaza Grumete Diaz (1947-1958)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific identification is explicit ('USS LCIL 877'). The Chilean register's 'Ano: 1943' and spec figures (385 t, 1,320 BHP, 15 kt, 4 x 20mm) conflict with the documented 1944 build and NavSource specs (419 t loaded, 2,320 shp, 16 kt, 5 x 20mm) - Chilean registry figures carried as-attributed, conflicts flagged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content; details of the 1947-58 Chilean service (stations, commanding officers) are not given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-04
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[6]Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, vol. VIII (Office of the Historian, Dept. of State), d476 - footnote citing FLC memoranda on naval-vessel transfers to Chile [other_primary]
- Locator
- FRUS 1947 vol. VIII, document 476, footnote 18.2 (825.34/3-1747)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- FRUS documents the mechanism behind NavSource's 'Transferred to the State Department, 12 February 1947' line: memoranda of 26 February and 11 March 1947 from the Deputy Field Commissioner for Military Programs, Foreign Liquidation Commissioner's Office, to the Chief of the Division of Special Inter-American Affairs 'indicated that 6 LCI(L)'s and 4 LSM's were transferred to Chile.' The State Department transfer of this hull is thus documented as a Foreign Liquidation Commission surplus-property disposal into Chilean hands.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- crews of the six transferred LCI(L)s (fleet level)
- Limitations
- Fleet-level documentation - names 6 LCI(L)s to Chile without itemizing hull numbers; it is the mechanism context for this hull's 12 February 1947 transfer, not a hull-naming record. Pairing with the armada.cl register (which does name LCIL 877 under contract N 142 Chile 10) makes the identification ship-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-05
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard production table, hull-level row for LCI(L) 877 [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding hull table, LCI(L) rows 876-878
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard production table's hull-level row records 'LCI(L) | 877 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-44 | To Chile 1947' - independent corroboration of the October 1944 delivery and the Chile disposition. Sister row '878 | To Chile 1947' matches armada.cl's barcaza 'Cabo Bustos' (ex-LCIL 878) register entry under the same contract N 142 Chile 10. Yard context documented on the same page: assembly-line LCI yard on Arthur Kill at Barber (now Maurer, Perth Amboy), management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (delivery); 1947 (disposition)
- Population
- yard workforce (~2,500 workers per HAER AK-52)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton's yard lists are the reference standard for wartime small-ship production and are cited in HAER AK-52) - corroborative, not a government record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-06
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[8]HAER AK-52, 'M/V Husky II (LCI(L)-653) (USS Avocet),' NPS Heritage Documentation Programs (Michael R. Harrison, 2011) - same builder, same LCI-351 class [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written data pp. 4-7 (builder, contract blocks, design), p. 6 (plastic splinter protection composition); citing BuShips 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building LCI(L) 351-542' (1943) and Friedman, U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class/yard documentation for this hull's type and builder: New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (incorporated 1942 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Barber Asphalt Corp., converting the idled Arthur Kill asphalt plant; ~2,500 workers; managed by Todd Shipyards) built 375 LCI(L)s - hulls 239-318, 423-657, 782-821, and 866-884 (this hull lies in that final block) - and was dismantled after the war. Hull and deckhouse sections were prefabricated in a factory 14 miles from the yard and railed to the ways for assembly-line construction. LCI(L)-351 design: Bureau of Ships design with George Lawley & Son working plans; welded steel; hulls in the 866-884 block carried the late-war improvements (cylindrical pilot house, full-width deckhouse, centerline bow ramp through side-opening bow doors); eight GM Series 71 diesels in quad sets, variable-pitch propellers. The class's 2-inch 'plastic' splinter protection on gun tubs, conning tower, and pilot house is documented as crushed granite pebbles embedded in bitumen.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 construction era
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (~2,500 workers, 1942-45); LCI-351 class crews
- Limitations
- Class/yard-level documentation written for sister hull LCI(L)-653 - it does not name LCI(L)-877. The hull-range data (866-884 block = NJ Shipbuilding, late-design features) applies to this hull's number. The bitumen/granite composition of 'plastic armor' is documented for the class - this is NOT an asbestos material, and its documentation here prevents the 'plastic armor' term from being misread as an asbestos product. No asbestos content appears anywhere in the HAER record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-07
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction and U.S. service era (1944-47).
- 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via GAO product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-08
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[10]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and construction program under which this 1944 LCI(L) was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard U.S.-built hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation; does not name this vessel, this class, or this builder and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-09
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[11]Era inference built on: HAER AK-52 (LCI-351 class design and NJ Shipbuilding record; diesel plant documented); NavSource specifications block (eight GM 6-71 diesels, quad sets, diesel ship's-service generators); GAO HRD-80-2 and Corn & Starr (era asbestos context) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 design/structural sections; NavSource spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; Corn & Starr 1987
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built Sept-Oct 1944 sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation-space insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the small, crowded hull and engine-room conditions of the type concentrate the applications that do exist.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); Navy crew (1944-47); Chilean crew (1947-58); any disposal/scrapping trades after 1958
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-877. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The class's 'plastic' splinter armor is documented as granite-in-bitumen (HAER AK-52) and is not counted among asbestos applications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-10
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[12]Batch-5573 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization doc; USCG-manned list; armada.cl register; FRUS; shipbuildinghistory; HAER AK-52/OR-180; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-877-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-877-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-877 (or the Chilean Grumete Diaz) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated searches returned: 'LCI(L)-877' opinions 0 hits; 'LCI-877' opinions 0 hits; 'LCI(L)-877' dockets 0 hits; 'LCI-877' dockets 1 hit (Battle v. Ozmint, D.S.C. 2012, prisoner civil rights - name collision on a corrections-form token, not a vessel case). Space-variant and Chilean-name CourtListener queries were blocked by fleet-wide pacing budget - logged as open, not negative.
- 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 - a 1944 welded-steel Navy hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing machinery applications. Chilean-service records (1947-58) and disposal details after Law 12.867 are unexamined. Deck logs and BuShips correspondence are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-11
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[13]NARA logbook guidance: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry P118 deck logs 1941-1959 (NAID 581208); RG 19 BuShips General Correspondence 1940-45 hull folders (pattern documented for sister LCI(L)-653 in HAER AK-52); NHHC decommissioned ships' histories files [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log guidance pages; HAER AK-52 footnotes 29, 37, 41 (RG 19/RG 38 box patterns)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): LCI(L)-877 deck logs Oct 1944 - early 1947 would sit in NARA RG 24 Entry P118 (NAID 581208) at College Park - digitization status unverified this session (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and unfetchable). BuShips fit-out/delivery records for this hull follow the documented sibling-folder pattern of RG 19 General Correspondence 1940-45 (box 467 held LCI(L) 653 files per HAER AK-52). NHHC decommissioned ships' histories holds per-hull folders for craft of this era.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific or fit-out documents for hull 877 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-877-lcil877-12