Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-878-lcil878-pkt-481-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-878 page (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page: class block, build/commission lines, WWII assignment, awards line, decommission/stricken/transfer lines, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LCI(L)-878, an LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 16 September 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 12 October 1944; commissioned 19 October 1944. WWII assignment: 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. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars shown). Decommissioned - date unknown; struck from the Naval Register - date unknown; transferred to the State Department 12 February 1947. Specifications: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM series-71 diesel engines, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew of record 1944-47 (4 officers, 24 enlisted complement; embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Compiled archive page (source credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI history); names this hull. Carries decommission and strike dates as unknown and 'final disposition, fate unknown' - the Chilean transfer is resolved by the Armada de Chile record (ev-03). Contains no asbestos or materials information; establishes identity, service framework, and disposal milestone only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-01
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[3]Armada de Chile, Tradicion e Historia - Unidades Historicas: 'Barcaza Cabo Bustos' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page body: 'Nombres anteriores USS LCIL 878', contract line, 1964/1965 conversion notes, 'Dada de baja en 1967'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Armada de Chile official historical-units page for Barcaza 'Cabo Bustos': 'Nombres anteriores - USS LCIL 878'; purchased from the United States under contract N 142 Chile 10 of 12 January 1947; converted in 1964 to a powder lighter (Lancha Polvorera); function change formalized by decree C.J.A. N 6013/6 of 11 November 1965 under the name 'Lancha Polvorera'; stricken (dada de baja) in 1967. Chilean-published data: displacement 385 t, machinery 1,320 BHP, 4 x 20mm guns, max speed 15 knots, length 159 ft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1947-1967
- Population
- Chilean Navy crews 1947-1967; conversion-yard workers 1964-65
- Limitations
- Official foreign-navy record naming this hull's Chilean identity; authoritative for Chilean acquisition, conversion, and striking. Minor discrepancy: page lists 'Ano: 1943' vs. documented Sep-Oct 1944 build (U.S. sources) - carried in gaps, not corrected. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-02
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[4]Naval Marine Archive, shipbuilding-history yard table: 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' (compiled shipyard production record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Yard description paragraph and hull table row 'LCI(L) | 878 | US Navy | Oct-44 | To Chile 1947'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard record: the yard ran an LCI assembly line on Arthur Kill at Barber, N.J. (now Maurer, Perth Amboy); Todd Shipyards took over management in 1942 at the Navy's request and the yard closed after the war. Yard hull table lists LCI(L)-878 for the U.S. Navy, delivered October 1944, disposition 'To Chile 1947.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (yard operation); 1944 (hull delivery)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades 1944
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary production table, not an archival register; hull-row values corroborated by NavSource (build dates) and Armada de Chile (Chilean transfer). Establishes builder and delivery/disposition direction; contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-03
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Navy Department Library online reading room) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Amphibious Forces section: 'LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SIX' table, LCI GROUP 108, LCI DIVISION 215 roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' places LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Six under Commander Lt. Cdr. T. Gore (USNR), with LCI Group 108 under Lt. Cdr. E. H. Draine (USNR) and LCI Division 215 - the flotilla/group/division NavSource assigns to this hull. The document's Division 215 ship roster lists LCI 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, and 674; LCI(L)-878 is not named in the roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Order-of-battle document: confirms the flotilla/group/division structure and commanders named for this hull, but does not name LCI(L)-878 - its Division 215 roster (LCI 669-674) differs from the NavSource assignment. The hull may have joined after 1 May 1945 (she commissioned 19 Oct 1944); timing unresolved and carried in gaps. Supports unit context only, not ship presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-04
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[6]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (WWII), Section 18 - U.S. Navy Ships by Classes; HyperWar transcription (ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 18 LCI(L) class listing, 'LCI (L) 878 | NXHW' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The WWII U.S. Navy radio call sign book lists 'LCI (L) 878' with call sign NXHW, matching the call sign NavSource reports for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Official-period publication in transcription; corroborates hull identity and call sign only. Contains no service-detail or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-05
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS), LCI(L)-713, HAER No. OR-180, written historical and descriptive data [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data, pp. 1-2 (measurements, propulsion, description, historical information)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS/HAER documentation for sister ship LCI(L)-713 (same LCI-351 class): the class was a standard Bureau of Ships design, approximately 1,051 ships built in ten U.S. shipyards during WWII; welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction; engine room contained four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines connected to two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; two decks with troop compartments, crew space, engine room, deckhouse accommodations, mess, wardroom, and galley. Ships built after 1 June 1944 have a cylindrical pilot house and centerline ramp - LCI(L)-878 (laid down September 1944) falls in that modified-design group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 construction era; report 2012
- Population
- LCI-351-class crews and builders (class context)
- Limitations
- Documents the class design via a sister hull, not LCI(L)-878 itself. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; used only for class construction context (diesel plant, welded steel, internal arrangement).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (diesel plant, welded hull); HAER OR-180 class documentation (GM 6-71 diesels, internal arrangement); Corn & Starr (AJIM 1987) and GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-08, ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER OR-180 description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull's installed materials: a diesel-powered LCI-351-class landing craft built September-October 1944 sits inside the documented WWII-era window of heavy asbestos use in U.S. shipbuilding. Era-typical asbestos applications aboard a landing craft of this type and period were engine exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation-area finish materials (mess, wardroom, galley). The diesel plant means the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); U.S. Navy crew (1944-47); Chilean Navy crews and conversion-yard workers (1947-67)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or Chilean-era maintenance record located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials aboard this hull. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution; does not establish present-day presence (hull stricken 1967, disposition unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-07
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[9]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 World War II - the era and construction program under which this LCI-351-class hull was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Navy and merchant 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 (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel 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-878-lcil878-08
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[10]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 to automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description
- 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 construction (1944) 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. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches - a known standing access limitation (see BATCH-01-REPORT.md); product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-09
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[11]Batch-5574 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC ship pages and Pacific Fleet order of battle; Armada de Chile; Naval Marine Archive yard table; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket indexes); NARA catalog; NIOSH/CDC; NPS/HAER; usslci.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-878 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket searches for the hull designation returned zero results on 2026-09-30.
- 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 mass-produced WWII-era hull is consistent with retained era materials during service. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-878-lcil878-10