Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-956 ex USS LCI(L)-956 - construction, designation timeline, campaign credits, specifications, disposal (page history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150956.htm header block, campaign table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 14 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, TX; launched 10 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-956 on 5 April 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-956 on 15 June 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with credited campaigns - Leyte landings 18-29 November 1944, Ormoc Bay landings 7-8 December 1944, and Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; reclassified back to LCI(L)-956 on 10 September 1945; decommissioned (date unknown); struck from the Naval Register 13 December 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 30 December 1947; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Earned two battle stars for WWII service. Spec block: displacement 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max; complement (LCI(L)) 3 officers + 21 enlisted, (LCI(G)) 5 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors diesel engines, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; radio call sign NYUW.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); ship's crew (1944-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on Turner Publishing's LCI history - milestone dates corroborated by shipbuildinghistory.com and uboat.net (ev-02, ev-04), but the decommissioning date and post-1947 fate are undocumented. Page verified live via firecrawl scrape 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-01
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[2]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), Consolidated Steel, Orange TX yard page - per-hull build table [other_primary]
- Locator
- consolidatedorange.htm build table, row for yard hull 1250 / LCI(L)-956
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table row for this hull: Consolidated Steel Corp. Orange yard hull number 1250; U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCI(L)-956; contract dated 10 December 1943; delivered April 1944; 'Struck 1946.' The row sits in the yard's documented LCI(L) block (hulls 943-1001 built at Orange under the same contract series). Corroborates NavSource's builder attribution, April 1944 completion, and 1946 striking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Shipbuilding-history compilation, not a primary registry; corroborates builder, contract date, delivery month, and strike year only - no asbestos or material content. Delivered-month value (Apr-44) is the contract-completion column, consistent with but less precise than NavSource's commissioned 5 April 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-02
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[3]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Landing Ships and Craft' - transcription of official USN vessel listings; LCI(G) roster and LCI(L)-351 class specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(G) roster row 'LCI(G)-956 | 1944-45' and 'LCI(L)-351 Class' specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official-derived roster lists LCI(G)-956 with commission window 1944-45, corroborating the gunboat-conversion period. Type context: LCI(G)s were converted from LCI(L)s for close-in fire support of landing operations (2-3 40mm, 3-4 20mm, .50-cal machine guns, Mk 7 rocket launchers; 8 GM diesels, twin screws). LCI(L)-351 class block: displacement 385 t full load, length 160'4", beam 23'3", speed 15.5 kt, complement 4 officers + 25 enlisted, capacity 9 officers + 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo, 2 sets GM diesel engines 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(G) gunboat crew complement context (5 officers + 65 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Official-listing transcription (secondary host); documents the hull's listing and class design, contains no asbestos content. Class-block specs differ from NavSource's per-hull spec block in complement and length - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-956 record (ship ID 22021) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 22021, characteristics table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent corroboration of the NavSource timeline: LCI 351 class, built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas); laid down 14 Feb 1944; launched 10 Mar 1944; commissioned 5 Apr 1944; 'Reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns on 15 June 1944.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; corroborates milestones only, adds no disposition detail and no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-04
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[5]NavSource photo archive: US Navy photograph from the Long Beach Navy Yard newspaper 'Drydock Digest', 12 September 1945 - LCI(L)-955, LCI(L)-956, LCI(L)-957 with nine other LCIs (incl. LCI(L)-960) in Drydock #3, Navy Yard, Long Beach, CA, September 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150956.htm image table - photo 1015095501, 'Drydock Digest' 12 Sep 1945 caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A contemporaneous U.S. Navy photograph (captioned via the yard newspaper Drydock Digest, 12 Sep 1945) places this hull physically inside Drydock #3 at Navy Yard, Long Beach, CA, in September 1945 - a documented post-war availability presence at a Navy yard, alongside sisters LCI(L)-955, -957 and nine other LCIs including LCI(L)-960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09
- Population
- Crew and any yard trades during the September 1945 Long Beach drydocking
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a drydock photograph establishes presence at the yard, not the work performed - it is not an overhaul record, work package, or material survey. No asbestos content. Long Beach Naval Shipyard is an Atlas shipyards.json entry (long-beach-naval-shipyard).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-05
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[6]U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Navy Log, service record for Joseph Alexander Bode Jr. (F1, USNR) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navylog.navymemorial.org node 5382611, 'Significant Duty Stations' field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named individual's Navy Log entry lists USS LCI(L)-956 as a significant duty station: Joseph Alexander Bode Jr., rate F1, USNR from March 1945, born 26 July 1927 New Orleans LA, WWII Victory Medal. Documentary evidence that a named crew member served aboard this hull in the late-war period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- F1 Joseph A. Bode Jr., USNR (from 1945-03); LCI(L)-956 crew
- Limitations
- Vessel-history/lead fact only: establishes one individual's presence aboard from March 1945. It is NOT an exposure record - this record makes no asbestos claim for Bode or any individual. Self-reported/curated registry entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (2 sets of 4 GM diesels, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch screws - no steam plant); HyperWar LCI(L)-351 class specifications; Atlas lst-1-class class-profile treatment of diesel amphibious craft; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource and HyperWar spec blocks; Atlas class-f LST-1 class-profile inference pattern (diesel amphibious craft)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built Feb-Apr 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were diesel engine exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tiling, and bulkhead/accommodation insulation. With no boilers or steam plant aboard, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; the dominant pathways are machinery/exhaust lagging and interior finishes in a confined 158-foot hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); yard trades during the Sept 1945 Long Beach drydocking; Maritime Commission disposal/scrapping labor (1947+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-956. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The June 1944 LCI(G) conversion location and rework scope are undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46/47).
- 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-08
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[9]Batch-5603 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; shipbuildinghistory.com yard and class tables; HyperWar official-listing transcription; uboat.net; MARAD Vessel History Database; CourtListener API v4 (opinions + RECAP dockets); Navy Log; NHHC/DANFS; NVR; NARA catalog; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-956-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-956 / LCI(G)-956 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned 0 hits for the exact designations in both opinions and RECAP dockets; a broad 'LCI-956' opinion search returned 45 hits that are all name collisions ('LCI' as a corporate/medical acronym), and a '"landing craft" asbestos' sweep returned 2 opinions that neither name this hull nor are qualifying asbestos litigation (Butler v. Ingalls, accommodation-ladder injury; South Bay Boiler Repair, contract appeal). The MARAD Vessel History Database holds no entry for hull 956 (its only LCI listing is LCI(G)-190). DANFS carries no entry (numbered landing craft are not covered) and the NVR holds none (hull disposed 1947, before NVR scope). The only 'asbestos' material found is law-firm marketing content about the Consolidated Steel yard generally (mesothelioma.net, mesowatch.org, mesotheliomalawyercenter.org) - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - a 1944-built vessel of this type is consistent with era-standard materials. Deck logs (RG 24), flotilla war diaries (RG 38), Consolidated Steel work packages, and the Maritime Commission disposal file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-956-09
