Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 486-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-pkt-486-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-958 ex USS LCI(G)-958 - designation timeline, specifications, campaigns, disposal (history source credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150958.htm - header designation line, history block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 18 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX (LCI(L)-351 class); launched 14 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-958 10 April 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-958, 15 June 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944 and Manila Bay-Bicol operations (Nasugbu) 31 January 1945; reverted to LCI(L)-958 10 September 1945; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; earned two battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 28 November 1947; final disposition unknown. Specifications: 216t light / 234t landing / 389t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors diesel engines, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(G) armament 2x40mm, 4x20mm, 6x.50cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, Feb-Apr 1944); crew - LCI(L) 24 / LCI(G) 70 all ranks; embarked troops up to 188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its stated history source is the Turner Publishing volume. Milestone dates are consistent across uboat.net and shipbuildinghistory. Page verified live 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-958 - build data and wartime order-of-battle transcriptions (Operations Globetrotter, Tradewind, Oboe VI) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22023.html - ship data block and 'Notable events' order-of-battle transcriptions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Order-of-battle transcriptions from wartime operational records place this hull under Lt.(jg) (later Lt.) W.R. McCracken, USNR, in LCI Flotilla 8: Operation Globetrotter (Sansapor-area landings, Task Unit 77.2.5) - she parted company 29 July 1944 to proceed to Mios Woendi as reserve ahead of the 30 July landings; Operation Tradewind (Morotai, Task Group 77.3.23), 15 September 1944; Operation Oboe VI (Brunei landings, Task Unit 78.1.13, also listed in Task Unit 78.1.20 Reserve Unit under T/Cdr. W.E. Verge, USNR), 10 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07 to 1945-06
- Population
- crew and embarked troops at the named operations
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary reference transcribing wartime operational orders; the listings retain 'LCI(L)-958' nomenclature at Morotai and Brunei even though NavSource and the official USN inventory carry her as LCI(G)-958 from 15 June 1944 - an op-order designation convention, not a conflicting record. Verified live 2026-09-30. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-02
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[4]Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 (wartime official U.S. Navy tabulation, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) - LCI(G)-958 in commission 1944-45; LCI(L)-951-968 block in commission 1942-44 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html - LCI(G) table row LCI(G)-958; LCI(L)-351-class table, LCI(L)-951-968 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime Navy tabulation 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' lists LCI(G)-958 in commission during 1944-45 and carries the LCI(L)-951-968 block in commission 1942-44 - corroborating this hull's commissioned U.S. Navy service and the LCI(G) reclassification window recorded by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Transcription mirror of an official Navy tabulation; gives in-commission year ranges only, no milestone dates, and no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-03
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[5]NARA photograph, NAID 193800569 - U.S. Army Air Corps photo in the collections of the U.S. National Archives (metadata transcribed in NavSource photo caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 193800569 (via NavSource 10/15/150958.htm photo caption)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A U.S. Army Air Corps photograph held by the National Archives (identifier 193800569) shows USS LCI(L)-958 beached at Tolosa, Leyte, Philippine Islands in November 1944 alongside USS LCI(L)-748, USS LCI(L)-547, and USS LCI(L)-747 during Leyte Gulf landing operations - placing this hull on the beach during the operation for which she earned a battle star.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11
- Population
- crew and embarked troops, Tolosa beach, November 1944
- Limitations
- NARA catalog page is JS-rendered and returned a 404/error page to automated fetch this session; NAID and caption metadata transcribed via the NavSource photo caption (contributor David Upton) - direct catalog verification open. A photograph documents physical presence, not materials or conditions aboard; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-04
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[6]Johns-Manville Corp. v. United States, 13 Cl. Ct. 72 (U.S. Claims Court 1987), Nettesheim, J. - omnibus action tried on four test shipyards including Consolidated Steel Corporation's Orange, Texas yard [court_record]
- Locator
- 13 Cl. Ct. 72 - test-yard designation; agency/supply-chain findings (Consolidated/A&M/BuShips releases); W.D. Smith deposition findings; CONCLUSION (dismissal)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The opinion records that this hull's builder yard - the Consolidated Steel Corporation shipyard at Orange, Texas - was one of four test shipyards (and one of two private yards) in the omnibus trial of WWII shipyard-worker asbestos-exposure claims, contributing three of fifteen test claimants. Trial findings record that Johns-Manville's asbestos-containing products (principally thermal insulation) reached Consolidated during WWII through its Technical Service Unit distributor Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co. under BuShips-approved order releases and Navy priority ratings; Consolidated test claimant W.D. Smith, an electrician, testified to working aboard ships under construction while insulation workers applied asbestos-containing insulation to steam pipes overhead amid scattered asbestos-containing material. The opinion thus documents WWII-era asbestos-exposure conditions at the yard that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (exposure period); 1987 (opinion)
- Population
- WWII construction trades and shipboard workers at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX
- Limitations
- Yard-level findings, not hull-level: the opinion names the yard, not LCI(L)-958 or any landing craft; claimant testimony concerned the yard's major-combatant construction (more than 130 destroyers and destroyer escorts), and the diesel LCI(L) carried no steam plant of the kind being insulated in that testimony. Stage: fully tried case - Johns-Manville's indemnity/warranty theories were dismissed for failure of proof and damages held unrecoverable; the yard exposure descriptions are trial findings, not exposure awards. Documents the builder-yard environment during this hull's construction period; does not establish asbestos aboard this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel plant, ev-01); Johns-Manville v. United States trial findings on WWII asbestos-insulation practice at the builder yard (ev-05); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era program documentation (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; 13 Cl. Ct. 72 trial findings; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era-standard asbestos applications for a 1944-built diesel landing craft: engine and exhaust lagging, flange gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation-area insulation. This hull was diesel-powered (two sets of four General Motors diesels, twin shafts) with no boilers or steam plant, so the boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway that dominates steam-vessel exposure does not apply; whatever asbestos she carried would have been concentrated in machinery and fitting applications typical of the type and era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Orange TX, 1944); crew (1944-c.1946); disposal-era workers (post-1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or veteran account located for LCI(L)-958. The builder-yard asbestos environment is trial-documented (ev-05) but does not prove shipboard installation on this hull. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-06
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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 (1944-1947).
- 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-958-lcil958-07
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[9]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton compilation), Consolidated Steel Orange TX yard page - yard narrative and full hull table [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com consolidatedorange.htm - yard narrative and hull-table row for yard no. 1252 / LCI(L)-958
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard's production table carries this hull as Consolidated yard hull no. 1252, type LCI(L), order date 10 December 1943, delivered April 1944, disposition 'Struck 1946' - consistent with NavSource on builder, construction window, and striking. The page further records the yard's lineage: developed by Consolidated Steel for the war effort adjacent to the former Orange Car & Steel / Southern Dry Dock & Shipbuilding yard; postwar a U.S. Steel division fabricator; later a Signal International division; now Westport Orange Shipyard, LLC.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction workforce
- Limitations
- ShipbuildingHistory is a well-regarded secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its order/delivery granularity differs from NavSource (yard order date vs. laid-down/launch/commission dates). Verified live 2026-09-30. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-08
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[10]Batch-5605 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (no entry); NavSource; uboat.net; HyperWar official ships tabulation; NARA NAID lead; shipbuildinghistory yard table; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 opinion + docket searches (hull designations - zero results; builder-yard query - Johns-Manville hit); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or litigation naming LCI(L)-958 / LCI(G)-958 / LCI-958 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was queried this session via the authenticated helper - zero opinions and zero dockets on hull-designation searches; a broad landing-craft asbestos query returned only generic asbestos-docket noise with no hull-relevant result. No DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft; NVR does not cover hulls disposed before 1987.
- 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 - builder-yard asbestos use is trial-documented (ev-05) and era inference supports some asbestos fit-out. Deck logs (RG 24), BuShips work packages, and Maritime Commission disposal records for this hull are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-958-lcil958-09