Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-880 hull page; corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships ship entry 21945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150880.htm, class header and construction/service-history block; uboat.net ship/21945.html data table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as LCI-351-class: laid down 18 September 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Co., Barber, New Jersey; launched 16 October 1944; and commissioned as USS LCI(L)-880 on 23 October 1944. uboat.net independently lists the same builder (as New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, New Jersey), laid-down, launched, and commissioned dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Both sources are secondary compilations, not contemporaneous construction or Navy Register records; NavSource's history block is credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume II (1995). They support identity and construction milestones only and do not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. The builder's corporate name varies slightly between sources (New Jersey Ship Building Co. vs. New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-01
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-880 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Service-history list: assignment, awards, decommissioning, striking, transfer, and final-disposition entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records assignment during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LCI Flotilla Five (CDR H. V. Milton), LCI Group Thirteen (LCDR N. Nash Jr.), and LCI Division Twenty-Six; awards of the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars listed); decommissioning on an unknown date; striking from the Naval Register on 13 December 1946; transfer to the Maritime Commission on 19 March 1948; and final disposition as fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- The source does not give a decommissioning date and does not mention asbestos or shipboard materials. Flotilla/group/division commander names are organizational context, not crew records for this hull. The unknown decommissioning date is carried as a gap rather than estimated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-880 (LCI(L)-880) ship entry, notable-events section [other_primary]
- Locator
- Notable events list, entry dated 21 March 1945, source line 'War diary USS Pruitt for March 1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net records that on 21 March 1945 USS LCI(L)-880, commanded by Lt.(jg) D. E. Norris, USNR, conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Searaven, USS Pruitt, and USS Florikan, citing the USS Pruitt war diary for March 1945 as the source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-21
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel, March 1945
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary compilation; the event is attributed to the USS Pruitt war diary, which was not itself retrieved. It places the hull at Pearl Harbor in March 1945 and names a commanding officer, but it contains no asbestos, material, maintenance, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-03
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF text sequence page 29, row 'LCI(L)-880 | 10/23/1944 | 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories deck logs for LCI(L)-880 covering 23 October 1944 through 31 December 1945. The inventory therefore covers the commissioning date and the entire documented wartime service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-10-23 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- Navy crew, 23 October 1944-31 December 1945
- Limitations
- This is an inventory entry, not the logs themselves. It establishes held log coverage, not the contents of the logs, maintenance performed, materials aboard, or asbestos exposure. Per NARA's own asbestos research guide, deck logs and muster rolls (RG 24) provide no direct evidence of asbestos. It does not establish whether logs after 31 December 1945 survive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-04
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[5]National Park Service / Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L)-653), LCI(L)-351-class written history and descriptive data; corroborated for this hull's engine specification by NavSource [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52, class, design, and propulsion description; NavSource 10/15/150880.htm specifications, 'Propulsion' block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NPS/Library of Congress HAER documentation for LCI(L)-653 describes the LCI(L)-351 class as an ocean-going infantry landing craft, one of more than 900 built in World War II, with diesel engines driving twin screws. NavSource's LCI(L)-880 specifications likewise list two sets of four General Motors 6051 Series 71 diesel engines, twin variable-pitch propellers, and diesel-driven ship's-service generators. These sources establish all-diesel class/design context for this hull; they do not document asbestos aboard it.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- World War II class/design context; LCI(L)-880 commissioned service 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-351-class construction and operating populations; LCI(L)-880 crew during 1944-46
- Limitations
- HAER AK-52 records sister LCI(L)-653, not LCI(L)-880, and neither it nor the NavSource specification block says that asbestos was installed, identifies a product, or identifies an exposure pathway aboard this hull. Diesel propulsion excludes no material category by itself and does not support a hull-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-05
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Product page highlights, published 18 October 1979; live page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches and content was verified via Wayback Machine capture 20250210204441
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including asbestos use in Navy ships and policies for removing and replacing damaged or repair-obstructing insulation. This is Navy-wide program context, not evidence that asbestos was installed aboard LCI(L)-880.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy and review period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- The report concerns Navy shipbuilding and repair generally and does not name LCI(L)-880, its builder, or any LCI hull. It cannot establish product identity, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation for this hull. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403); the cited content was confirmed through an archived copy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-06
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[7]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961; NavSource LCI(L)-880 hull page; NHHC/DANFS and NVR searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guide, Beginning Research and RG 19 sections; NavSource hull page reviewed live; DANFS ship-index and NVR ship-detail checks returned no entry for LCI(L)-880
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public official sources reviewed: the live NavSource hull page contains no asbestos, survey, abatement, or hazmat statement; no NHHC/DANFS entry or Naval Vessel Register record exists for this hull; and the National Archives guide directs researchers to ship- and class-specific RG 19 records rather than supplying a finding for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- A public-record non-finding does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Original drawings, construction files, repair work packages, surveys, and abatement records were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-07
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[8]CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper responses: HTTP 200 count=0 for 'USS LCI(L)-880' (type=o), 'LCI(L)-880' (type=r), and 'LCI-880' (type=o); pacing stand-down (exit 2) on the three remaining queries; search ledger rows cl-01 through cl-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches completed with zero results for the exact-name opinion query 'USS LCI(L)-880', the exact-hull docket query 'LCI(L)-880', and the variant opinion query 'LCI-880'. Three follow-up queries - exact-hull opinion, exact-name docket, and a combined name-plus-asbestos opinion query - could not be sent before close of research because the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a partial sweep, not a complete negative litigation finding. Completed queries returned no opinions or dockets naming this hull, but exact-hull opinion, exact-name docket, and name-plus-asbestos coverage remain outstanding, and no alias or RECAP full-text coverage was attempted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-08
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[9]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 19 sections and General Information Books list, including Amphibious Vessel GIBs (Entry P 10)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, class and type records, and Amphibious Vessel General Information Books (RG 19, Entry P 10, Item S-68, 1940-1962) as research paths for determining what materials and machinery were documented aboard pre-1961 Navy vessels. No LCI(L)-880 file or drawing was retrieved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1961 records
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels through 1961
- Limitations
- This is a research lead only. NARA does not provide a hull-specific asbestos finding on this page, and no original record was examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-880-lcil880-09