Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSIL-952 ex USS LCI(M)-952 ex USS LCI(L)-952 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page header and history timeline
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies the same hull across the designations USS LCI(L)-952 (1944-1945), USS LCI(M)-952 (1945-1949), and USS LSIL-952 (1949 onward); it records laying down on 10 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, launching on 7 March 1944, and commissioning as USS LCI(L)-952 on 1 April 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction personnel; Navy crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer historical compilation and the page history is credited to a 1995 LCI volume; it is not itself a Navy registry. The page contains no asbestos content and does not establish exposure or material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Landing craft section, LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five > Group 107 > Division 214 > LCI 952 (M)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC publication United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 lists LCI 952 (M) under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five, LCI Group 107, LCI Division 214, with Lt. (jg) N. J. Russ (USNR) as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Pacific Fleet crew, 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- This contemporaneous organization list confirms the hull's Pacific Fleet organization and commander on 1 May 1945; it does not document asbestos, individual exposure, or the full service history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 18, row LCI(L)(M)-952
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists LCI(L)(M)-952 with Navy logbook coverage beginning 4/1/1944 and ending 6/30/1945, corroborating the commissioning date and documenting an archival deck-log lead spanning the LCI(L) and LCI(M) designations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Navy personnel and operations represented in RG 24 logbooks
- Limitations
- Special List 44 is a finding aid, not the deck logs themselves. It establishes record coverage dates, not the contents of the logs, asbestos presence, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LSIL-952 ex USS LCI(M)-952 ex USS LCI(L)-952 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource history timeline, campaign and disposition entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records assignment to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participation in the southern France invasion campaign, reclassification as LCI(M)-952 on 5 May 1945, reassignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, occupation duty in the Far East from 15 August through 14 September 1945, reclassification as LSIL-952 on 14 November 1949, decommissioning on an unknown date, striking in 1946, sale on 13 December 1950, and final disposition as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1950
- Population
- Navy crew; postwar disposal chain
- Limitations
- The source presents a chronological inconsistency by listing striking in 1946 before the 1949 LSIL reclassification; the dates are preserved as reported and the inconsistency is carried in gaps. Final fate after the 1950 sale is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-04
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[5]National Park Service, National Register nomination for USS LCI(L)-713, NRHP 07000300 [nps]
- Locator
- Continuation sheet Sections 7 and 8, machinery and propulsion description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NPS National Register nomination for sister hull USS LCI(L)-713 documents the LCI(L)-351 class's eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in two banks of four, dual above-water and underwater exhaust systems, and machinery arrangement; these features provide class context for LCI(L)-952's propulsion and possible maintenance locations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945; nomination 2007
- Population
- LCI(L)-351 class vessels
- Limitations
- Sister-hull class documentation, not a record of LCI(L)-952. It does not establish insulation composition, asbestos content, quantities, or condition aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-protection review documents Navy-wide asbestos insulation use and policies for insulation removal and replacement during the period that includes this hull's 1944 construction and WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence only; the source does not name LCI(L)-952 or establish any material aboard it. Direct automated full-text retrieval was blocked by gao.gov, so no product quantity or hull-specific conclusion is drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-06
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[7]Inference from NavSource hull specifications, NPS NRHP 07000300 class machinery description, and GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; NPS Section 7; GAO highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Because LCI(L)-952 was a diesel-powered LCI(L)-351-class craft built in 1944, class/era research supports only a cautious inference that period applications could have included thermal insulation or exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and brake/friction materials. No such asbestos product is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1950
- Population
- 1944 construction trades; Navy crew; later repair/disposal trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only. It is not evidence that asbestos was installed aboard LCI(L)-952, and it does not establish quantity, remaining material, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-07
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[8]Batch-5599 source search ledger and CourtListener helper diagnostic [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-01 through sl-12; CourtListener helper exited status 2 with fleet pacing stand-down
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material specification, or primary-source asbestos finding for USS LCI(L)-952, LCI(M)-952, or LSIL-952 was located in the public sources reviewed. The exact-name and exact-hull CourtListener sweep was not completed because the authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget spent on the first query; this is a research gap, not a negative litigation result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Failure to locate a public record does not prove absence of asbestos. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries remain open because the fleet limiter required a stand-down; no litigation tier or no-result conclusion is assigned. NARA deck logs and Bureau of Ships engineering/insulation records remain archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-952-lcil952-08