Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-950, https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/15/150950.htm [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-history bullets, campaign entry, transfer/disposition lines, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's hull record identifies USS LCI(L)-950 as an LCI-351-class landing craft built by Consolidated Steel Corporation's Shipbuilding Division at Orange, Texas: laid down 31 January 1944, launched 3 March 1944, and commissioned 27 March 1944. It credits the vessel with the Invasion of southern France campaign, one World War II battle star, and transfer to the Soviet Union at Cold Bay on 10 June 1945, where it was redesignated DS-32. The record states that the vessel returned to U.S. Naval custody in 1955, was struck from the Naval Register, and has unknown final disposition.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops, 1944-1945; Soviet crew after transfer
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archival compilation and credits the history to Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume; it is used for hull identity and chronology, not as evidence of asbestos. Its 1955 striking statement conflicts in year with the Project Hula appendix's 1956-stricken entry; the conflict is retained rather than reconciled. No final disposition is reported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-950-lcil950-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 28, entry 'LCI(L)-950 3/27/1944 6/9/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, lists LCI(L)-950 with a logbook coverage start of 27 March 1944 and an end date of 9 June 1945. The start date agrees with the documented U.S. commission date; the list does not itself state a decommissioning date or asbestos information.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-03-27 to 1945-06-09
- Population
- Ship's company during the listed logbook coverage
- Limitations
- This is a finding aid for logbook holdings, not the logbook text. It verifies the listed coverage dates and hull designation but does not establish materials, asbestos content, crew exposure, or the exact date of decommissioning or striking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-950-lcil950-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, appendix (official publication mirrored by HyperWar) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix table, Large Infantry Landing Craft: 'LCI(L) 950 / DS-32 / 1956-stricken'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval History and Heritage Command Project Hula publication's appendix lists LCI(L) 950 as Soviet landing ship DS-32, transferred on 10 June 1945, with a 1956-stricken disposition entry. This supports the foreign-service designation and the later striking-year entry; it does not change the documented U.S. commission-based eligibility of the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1956
- Population
- U.S. and Soviet naval personnel involved in Project Hula and subsequent service
- Limitations
- The cited copy is a mirror of an NHHC publication. The appendix supplies transfer and disposition mapping, not a full ship history, materials list, asbestos finding, or individual exposure evidence. It reports the year 1956 but not an exact striking date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-950-lcil950-03
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[4]NavSource LCI(L)-950 specifications (diesel propulsion) plus Corn and Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3) (1987), PubMed PMID 3555021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; AJIM 11(3):359-373 abstract/article
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The hull-specific specification transcription describes LCI(L)-950 as diesel-powered, with two sets of four GM diesels, four engines per shaft, and twin variable-pitch propellers; it does not list boilers or a steam plant. Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents extensive asbestos use as fireproofing and insulation in World War II U.S. shipbuilding generally. These sources support only a class/era research context: possible smaller applications such as exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and deck materials remain undocumented for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 construction and WWII service
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and LCI(L) crews (class/era context)
- Limitations
- Neither cited source names asbestos aboard LCI(L)-950 or the LCI-351 class. The diesel configuration limits inference about boiler and steam-line lagging but does not establish absence of other asbestos applications, presence of any particular product, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-950-lcil950-04
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[5]Batch-5597 source sweep: NavSource hull record; NARA Special List 44; NHHC Project Hula appendix; NHHC/DANFS search path; NARA archival leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-950-lcil950-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located for USS LCI(L)-950 after searching the hull record, National Archives logbook finding aid, NHHC/Project Hula material, and the accessible official/authoritative source paths. No asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or materials schedule naming this hull was found. Ship-specific asbestos status is unknown; the negative finding is a documentation result, not evidence that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- No public hull-level survey or materials record was located. The negative result does not prove absence of asbestos aboard, does not resolve condition or quantity, and does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. CourtListener litigation research was blocked before either query completed and is therefore not part of this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-950-lcil950-05