Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]U.S. Navy, Ships’ Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, LCI(L) table (official Navy publication, copy hosted by GeneralStaff.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table ‘Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))’, entry LCI(L)948; table headings identify keel laid, ship launched, and date of first commission
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navy ship data lists LCI(L)948 as laid down 21 January 1944, launched 16 February 1944, and first commissioned 24 March 1944. The table identifies Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd., Orange, Texas, as the builder by continuation from the preceding row.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Official Navy reference publication hosted outside a government domain. The page is a class table and does not provide an individual narrative, crew complement, service history, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 28, LCI(L)-948 row; column headings ‘Begin Date’ and ‘End Date’
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s ship-number index lists LCI(L)-948 with logbook coverage beginning 24 March 1944 and ending 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-03-24 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship’s company during the indexed logbook period
- Limitations
- This is an index to logbook coverage, not the logbooks themselves; the indexed start date does not independently prove commissioning. It does not document asbestos or the vessel’s work history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Landing Craft Infantry Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-948 ex USS LCI(L)-948 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and service-history text under ‘Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat)’
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource hull page identifies the vessel as USS LCI(G)-948, formerly USS LCI(L)-948, and states that it was reclassified as LCI(G)-948 on 15 July 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary photo archive, not an official Navy record. Its hull-specific designation sequence is retained as an archival lead and identity cross-reference; the underlying primary reclassification order was not located. It does not establish asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-03
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[4]Archived copy (captured 2024-09-20) of OPNAVINST 5100.19F, Navy Occupational Safety and Health Program Manual for Forces Afloat, ch. B1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter B1, paragraph 1e (‘Asbestos has been used aboard ship’)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Navy instruction states that asbestos has been used aboard ships in insulation and lagging for high-temperature machinery, boilers and piping, gasket material, electrical wiring, some deck materials, and packing material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Historical uses described in the 2019 instruction
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide historical context only. It does not name LCI(L)-948, LCI landing craft, or confirm that any listed material was installed on this hull. This row supports no ship-specific asbestos or individual exposure claim. The live Navy PDF URL returned HTTP 403; the archived official document was accessed instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-04
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener opinion-search results for ‘USS LCI(L)-948’; helper script cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener authenticated opinion search results returned 2026-09-30; see search_ledger entries 05-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The exact-name CourtListener opinion search returned two unrelated opinions, Cardona, Gabriel (Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 2015) and Bradley B. Ware v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (Texas Court of Appeals, 2015). Neither result is identified by the vessel’s name or hull number in its case title; no qualifying asbestos litigation hit was identified in these search results.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Search performed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The results are treated as false-positive search hits, not vessel litigation evidence. A separate unquoted hull-number query later returned a broad 661-opinion result set, which was not fully triaged; the quoted exact-phrase follow-up was blocked by the helper’s temporary fleet pacing hold. The overall litigation sweep remains incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-05
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[6]Authenticated CourtListener opinion-search results for unquoted query ‘LCI(L)-948’; helper script cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]
- Locator
- CourtListener authenticated opinion query ‘LCI(L)-948’; see search_ledger entries 06-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener opinion search for the unquoted hull-number query ‘LCI(L)-948’ returned 661 results. Initial inspection of the first-page results showed unrelated corporate-name collisions, including Phillips v. LCI International; no hull-specific asbestos case was verified in this initial inspection.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Search performed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The result set is broad and was not fully reviewed or classified. A quoted exact-phrase follow-up was blocked by the fleet pacing helper. These search hits are not vessel litigation evidence and do not establish a negative result for the hull-number sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-06
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[7]Batch 5594 source review and search ledger; exact-name searches of official Navy and NARA web domains, NavSource designation cross-reference, and NARA logbook index [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lci-l-948-lcil948-01 through -10
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material inventory, or exposure finding for LCI(L)-948 / LCI(G)-948 was located in the sources reviewed. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Search performed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that no such record exists. Firecrawl search and scrape could not be used because the available MCP endpoint reported its keyless quota exhausted with a 72,900-second retry interval. The CourtListener hull-number search was incomplete due to a temporary fleet pacing hold. No asbestos exposure is inferred from the hull’s commissioning date, presumed design, or Navy-wide asbestos context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-948-07