Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-954 ex USS LCI(L)-954 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150954 (ship entry, campaign table, ribbons block, specifications block, Nisida photo caption)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, and wartime record for this hull: laid down 10 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, Tex.; launched 7 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-954 on 1 April 1944. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; credited campaign: Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 7 September 1944 (one battle star). Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-954 in 1945 (the page restates it as 'early-1945'); reverted to LCI(L)-954 on 30 September 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition, fate unknown. A contributor photograph shows the craft moored at Nisida, Italy, 9 August 1944 - one week before the southern France landings - alongside USS LST-664 with sisters LCI(L)-951, -520, -950, and -952. Ribbons listed: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (LCI(L): 4 officers, 24 enlisted; LCI(G): 5 officers, 65 enlisted) and embarked troops as configured (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted), 1944-1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary reference (transcribing Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume and Navy records), not a contemporaneous log or action report. Campaign credit is an official-list summary; decommissioning and striking dates are not given. Its LCI(G) reclassification dating ('in 1945' / 'early-1945', with reversion 30 September 1945) conflicts with uboat.net's 15 June 1944 date - NavSource carried as the record, conflict flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-01
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[2]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-954 warship record (ship/22019) - including the transcribed convoy record for UGS-43 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22019 (warship record block + 'Notable events' Convoy UGS-43 entry, 23 May 1944, listing this hull and CO)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates construction (Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas; laid down 10 Feb 1944; launched 7 Mar 1944; commissioned 1 Apr 1944) and documents this hull's Atlantic transit: LCI(L)-954 - Lt.(jg) J. K. Ullrich, USNR - was one of 13 LCI(L)s (with LCI(L)-590 through -596, -674, -675, -951, -952, -953) carried with convoy UGS-43, which departed Hampton Roads 23 May 1944 under Task Force 64 escort; all 13 LCI(L)s entered Bizerta 12 June 1944. This is the ship-specific documentation of the hull's delivery passage to the Mediterranean for the southern France operation. The record states reclassification as LCI(G) on 15 June 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) J. K. Ullrich, USNR, May-June 1944 transit
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a compiled secondary database transcribing convoy sailing records; its convoy data derives from primary convoy documents. Its 15 June 1944 LCI(G) reclassification date conflicts with NavSource ('in 1945'/'early-1945', reverted 30 September 1945); the NavSource version is carried and the conflict flagged in gaps - the craft appears labeled 'LCI(L)-954' in the 9 August 1944 Nisida photograph, consistent with a later gunboat conversion. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-02
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[3]shipbuildinghistory (Colton & Company), LCI(L) production table - USS LCI(L)-G 954 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) table, row 'LCI(L)-G 954 | Consol. Steel | Orange TX | 1 Apr 1944 | to NDRF 1947' (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Colton's LCI(L) production table records this hull as 'LCI(L)-G 954 | Consol. Steel | Orange TX | 1 Apr 1944 | to NDRF 1947' - corroborating builder and commissioning date and providing the only located disposition record: transfer to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary production table. Its 'Delivered' column carries this hull's commissioning date (1 Apr 1944). The NDRF disposition is unattributed to a primary MARAD record here - consistent with sister LCI(L)-953's documented transfer to the Maritime Commission 8 September 1947, but the MARAD vessel status card for this hull was not located in digitized sources. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-03
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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, p.29, row 'LCI(L)-954 | 4/1/1944 | 12/31/1945' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NARA PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number, PDF p.29) lists Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)-954' covering 1 April 1944 through 31 December 1945 - log coverage beginning on her commissioning date and spanning her entire wartime service (Atlantic transit, southern France, LCI(G) conversion and reversion) plus the immediate postwar months. These are the primary daily records of this hull's service, held in Record Group 24.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- The entry is an inventory record only - it establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents. The deck logs themselves were not opened for this record. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-04
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[5]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 documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written history, 'LCIs in World War II' section (pp. 8-10) and principal-dimensions/propulsion block (p. 1); NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit; usslci.org/facts LCI(G) conversion description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)s were diesel-powered landing craft of a utilitarian wartime Bureau of Ships design (designed May 1942; over 900 built by ten yards; ~158 ft, twin-screw). This hull is an LCI(L)-351-class craft whose propulsion was two sets of four General Motors diesel engines, four per shaft (NavSource specification block, BHP 1,600) - an all-diesel plant with no boilers or steam system, so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard are the era-standard diesel-craft items: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation in the engine room and accommodations, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Orange TX, 1944); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister 351-class craft (LCI(L) 653) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content. No ship-specific material list exists for this hull; asbestos presence aboard is era- and design-level inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, products installed, or present-day presence (ultimate disposition unknown after the 1947 NDRF transfer). The LCI(G) gunboat conversion (ramps removed; 40mm, 20mm, .50-caliber guns and MK7 rocket launchers per the NavSource specification block and usslci.org class description) does not change the diesel plant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal costs, and disability compensation; it records the Navy's 1975 policy of removing/replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - Navy-wide confirmation that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships of this era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or this craft type (HRD-80-2 fieldwork concerned large Navy shipyards, and the report does not discuss landing craft). Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (gao.gov blocks direct automated fetch, HTTP 403); full 26-page PDF not reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-06
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[7]Batch-5601 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull and sister pages; NARA Special List 44; uboat.net warship record; Colton production table; NHHC/DANFS candidate URLs and site search; Naval Vessel Register; LOC/HAER and Veterans History Project; usslci.org and Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum; ToxicDocs; MARAD/NDRF public records; CourtListener API v4 (partially blocked by fleet pacing); live-web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI-954 / LCI(L)-954 / LCI(G)-954 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-954', 'LCI-954', 'LCI(G)-954', and 'LCI 954' + asbestos each returned zero results; the class-level 'LCI' + asbestos opinion query and the RECAP docket-index query could not be executed - the fleet-wide authenticated budget remained spent across repeated spaced attempts and both are logged as blocked in the ledger, not treated as negative results. A live-web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming this hull returned no results. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - as a 1944 combat-built Navy craft the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Opinion coverage is verified-nil; only the RECAP docket-index and class-level opinion queries went unexecuted this session due to shared-quota pacing, so pleading-stage cases or name collisions are not ruled out. The vessel was reportedly transferred to NDRF in 1947 with ultimate fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-954-lcil954-07