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; construction/service dates unverifiable this run)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-pkt-481-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-879 - construction timeline, specifications, awards, grounding photo caption, disposal (history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry," Vol. II,' Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150879.htm header block, class specification block, awards ribbon block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull (LCI-351 class): laid down 18 September 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 13 October 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-879 20 October 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII; performed occupation duty in the Far East 16-22 October 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 29 June 1948; final disposition fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp. Photo captions document the craft underway (undated, credited to SM2/c Ed Jeronczyk via the LCI National Association newsletter 'The Elsie Item' #46, October 2003) and hard aground on San Clemente Island, California, 28 February 1945 (US Navy photo by LT. M. Lloyd, Airship Squadron ZP-31, NAS Santa Ana). International radio call sign NXJI.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (1944); crew of 4 officers + 24 enlisted plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its history is credited to the Turner Publishing USS LCI book (a unit-history compilation, not an official record); milestone dates conflict with uboat.net on two points (see gaps and ev-09). Subsequent Pacific and occupation service implies the craft was returned to service after the February 1945 grounding, but no repair/refloat record was located. Contains no asbestos content. The 1946 strike and 1948 Maritime Commission transfer predate modern ACM-handling regulation; no material record for any post-transfer existence was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-01
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard description and complete LCI(L) delivery table [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm, yard note and LCI(L) table row for 879
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Colton's yard table lists LCI(L) 879 as a US Navy landing craft delivered October 1944 and 'Struck 1946' - consistent with NavSource. The yard description documents New Jersey Shipbuilding as 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber,' whose management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request and which was closed after the war. Sister hulls in the same build block show the era's disposition paths: LCI(L)-875 to France 1953, LCI(L)-877 and -878 to Chile 1947, LCI(L)-876 to the Maritime Commission 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding workforce (1942-45); Todd Shipyards management
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation built on Maritime Commission and Navy records - the table row gives delivery month and strike year only, with no construction detail or material content. Yard description is the compiler's editorial note, not a primary document. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-02
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[4]Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI 226 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships' (1944) - official USN recognition-manual characteristics for the LCI(L)-351 series (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI 226 'U.S. and British Landing Craft' table, LCI(L)-(351-) row (HyperWar PDF mirror)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- ONI 226 tabulates the LCI(L)-(351-) design as: length 158' 5.5", beam 23' 3", troop capacity 9 officers and 196 enlisted men or 32 tons cargo, displacement about 250 tons landing / 387 tons loaded, endurance 8,000 miles at 12 knots, armament five 20 mm - the standardized Bureau of Ships design to which this hull was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Official class-level recognition data, not a hull record - does not name LCI(L)-879 and contains no materials or insulation information. Wartime recognition figures vary slightly from NavSource's spec block (e.g., troop capacity and tonnage conventions); no figure here is asserted as ship-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713' - written historical and descriptive data on a surviving LCI-351 class sister hull (Library of Congress) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data pages 1-2 (Library of Congress P&P, or0606data.pdf)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation for sister hull LCI(L)-713 describes the LCI-351 class standard Bureau of Ships design: welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction, two decks, and an engine room containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines (eight total) connected to two shafts and variable-pitch propellers; the post-1 June 1944 design carried a cylindrical pilot house and a centerline ramp in place of the earlier side ramps. Approximately 1,051 ships of the type were constructed in ten shipyards during WWII. LCI(L)-879 (laid down 18 September 1944) belongs to this modified-design series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (design/class); 2012 (documentation)
- Population
- LCI-351 class construction trades across ten yards; LCI crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Documents a sister hull (LCI(L)-713, built at George Lawley & Son), not this craft - hull numbers are not interchangeable and no claim is made that this craft's interior arrangement was identical. The written history contains no insulation or asbestos information whatsoever; it is cited for class construction and propulsion context only. The ~1,051 count is the HAER/NRHP-nomination figure for the type as published; secondary counts for LCI(L)s specifically vary (e.g., 923) - carried as attributed, not reconciled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource class spec block (two sets of four GM diesels, twin shafts - no steam plant); HAER OR-180 (BuShips standard welded-steel design, 8 x GM 6-71 diesels); ONI 226 (official class data); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through the asbestos era - see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HAER OR-180 propulsion description; ONI 226 class table; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-06)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built September-October 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era for insulation, gasketing, and packing materials. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and her open-well-deck design lacked the deep confined machinery spaces of larger combatants. Era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew of 4 officers + 24 enlisted; unknown post-1948 custodians
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or asbestos abatement record was located for LCI(L)-879. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The 1946 strike and 1948 Maritime Commission transfer mean no Cold-War-era overhaul record exists on which to infer later materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-05
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[7]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) - product page and highlights [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2 product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's use of asbestos in ships and removal policy: the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This documents Navy-wide asbestos insulation as standard shipboard material into the asbestos era - program-level context for the era inference at ev-05.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1944-48 (hull service era)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and shipboard personnel (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level report - fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; it does not name this or any landing craft and establishes no ship-specific exposure. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct automated fetches; this row reflects the product-page highlights retrieved via Firecrawl rendering, not the 26-page full text, which remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-06
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[8]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'LCI(L) 879 - Muster Rolls,' NAID 120235914, RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (1939-1949) - 103 digitized images via Ancestry partnership; access unrestricted [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120235914 - file-unit page, 103 images, first roll 1944-12-01
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds and has digitized the muster rolls for this hull - 103 page images, the first dated 1 December 1944, covering the craft's commissioned personnel by name, rate, and service entry. This is the ship-specific primary personnel record of the crew that served aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew of LCI(L)-879, December 1944 onward (named individuals on the rolls)
- Limitations
- Muster rolls document personnel assignment, not materials - they contain no asbestos or insulation information. Not every page image has been reviewed or transcribed (catalog shows 0 of 103 transcriptions complete). The rolls establish which individuals served aboard; they establish nothing about any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-07
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[9]Batch-5575 search ledger (this record): NavSource; Colton shipbuildinghistory; uboat.net; NARA catalog; MARAD vessel history DB; NHHC DANFS index and Pacific Fleet organization doc; ONI 226; HAER OR-180; GAO; NVR; USCG Historian's Office; CourtListener API v4; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum remediation record, or adjudicated case naming LCI(L)-879 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on the hull designations "LCI(L)-879" and "LCI-879" each returned zero hits. No individual DANFS entry exists for this unnamed craft (NHHC l-index probes 404). No post-Navy identity was located - the craft's fate after the 29 June 1948 Maritime Commission transfer is unknown, so no later civilian-owner or scrapping-yard hazmat record can exist in the searched sources.
- 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 - era-standard materials were typical of 1944 Navy construction, and the craft's unknown post-1948 fate forecloses the disposal-record trail that sometimes surfaces materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-08
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[10]uboat.net Allied Warships database, 'USS LCI(L)-879' - builder and milestone cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21944.html data table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net corroborates the builder (New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.) and launch date (13 October 1944) but carries variant dates: laid down 16 September 1944 (vs NavSource 18 September) and commissioned 22 October 1944 (vs NavSource 20 October). NavSource dates are carried in this record because its history cites the Turner Publishing USS LCI unit-history compilation; the uboat.net variants are logged here rather than propagated.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary database, exact sourcing for its date fields not shown; the 2-day conflicts are unresolved against a primary build/commissioning document. Neither source is official; the conflict is carried in gaps pending any primary record (e.g., the craft's commissioning entry in its NARA muster rolls or deck log).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-879-lcil879-09