Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 483-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity; service details secondary-sourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (identity; service details secondary-sourced)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-pkt-483-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, 'Magpie (MHC 29), ex-Magpie (AMCU 29), ex-USS LCI(L)-944' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header designation chain; timeline; 'LCI Specifications' block; embedded 'Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History' paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies one hull as Magpie (MHC-29), ex-Magpie (AMCU-29), ex-USS LCI(L)-944. It records Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas, as builder; laying down on 15 January 1944; launching on 10 February 1944; and commissioning USS LCI(L)-944 on 14 April 1944. It records naming and reclassification as Magpie (AMCU-29) on 7 March 1952, conversion at Charleston Naval Shipyard beginning 15 October 1953 and completing 15 April 1954, reclassification MHC-29 on 1 February 1955, and says Magpie was never commissioned. The page also lists sale on 18 May 1960, striking on 1 January 1961, later sale to Tropicana Products Co. of La Ceiba, Honduras as Abaco Trader, service in 1981, and fate unknown.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1981
- Population
- Crew (wartime LCI service); Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion trades (1953-54); later commercial crew
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photographic/historical archive, verified live on the required navsource.net domain. The page contains an embedded DANFS summary that conflicts with its timeline by saying Magpie served in the Panama Canal Zone and decommissioned in January 1954, although the timeline says the AMCU conversion was completed in April 1954 and Magpie was never commissioned. This row reports the conflict and does not resolve later service. It contains no asbestos information and establishes neither asbestos presence nor exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, 'Index to Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1941-1945, by Ship Number' [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 28, entry 'LCI(L)-944 4/15/1944 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 indexes deck logs for LCI(L)-944 from 15 April 1944 through 31 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-944 crew
- Limitations
- The index establishes that deck-log records are held for the stated dates, not the contents of those logs. It does not itself establish commissioning, materials aboard, asbestos presence, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-02
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[4]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guide, 'Beginning Research,' RG 19 correspondence, shipyard correspondence, and General Information Books sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA states that asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941 through 1961 requires complex research and directs vessel-specific research to Bureau of Ships Record Group 19 correspondence filed by hull designation, class, and shipyard, plus Amphibious Vessel and Minesweeper/Minelayer General Information Books. The guide supplies leads for LCI(L)-944 / AMCU-29 / MHC-29 and the Consolidated Steel and Charleston Naval Shipyard periods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1961
- Population
- Navy personnel and shipyard workers in the 1941-61 records era
- Limitations
- This is a research guide, not evidence that asbestos was aboard this hull. The relevant RG 19 correspondence, General Information Books, conversion work package, and material records were not retrieved; no ship-specific asbestos conclusion can be drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-03
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[5]Batch 5590 search ledger, with NARA asbestos research guide as the archival-source anchor: live NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44; NHHC/DANFS and Naval Vessel Register searches; authenticated CourtListener helper attempted [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos product, survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material list, or qualifying litigation record was located in the completed public-source searches for LCI(L)-944 or its Magpie aliases.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. The required CourtListener exact-name and hull-number opinion/docket sweep could not be completed: the authenticated fleet helper twice reported that the shared pacing budget was spent before returning search results. It is logged as blocked, not counted as a CourtListener no-result. NARA archival leads remain unreviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-04
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[6]NavSource Magpie (MHC-29) page: timeline versus embedded DANFS history [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page header, timeline, and embedded DANFS paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The record consolidates Magpie (AMCU-29/MHC-29) with LCI(L)-944 as one hull. NavSource's page-level timeline says Magpie was never commissioned, while an embedded DANFS summary says the vessel served off the Panama Canal Zone until decommissioning in January 1954. The accounts cannot both be accepted as a single later-service chronology.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1952-1961
- Limitations
- Identity consolidation is supported by the page header and NavSource's LCI and mine-warfare indexes. Later Magpie operational status and decommissioning are unresolved; this correction does not establish asbestos presence, work scope, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-944-lcil944-05