Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 486-packet.md (2 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-962-lcil962-pkt-486-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSIL-962 ex USS LCI(G)-962 / USS LCI(L)-962 (page 10/15/150962, verified live 2026-09-30; history text credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150962.htm header designation block, campaign table, specifications block, awards/ribbons block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 24 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 20 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-962, 12 April 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-962, date unknown; Asiatic-Pacific campaigns listed: Cape Sansapor operation 31 July - 1 August 1944, Morotai landings (misprinted '12 to 18 December 1944'), Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944, Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944, Visayan Island landings 18 March - 1 April 1945; classification reverted to LCI(L)-962, 10 September 1945; reclassified LSIL-962, 28 February 1949; decommissioned and struck, dates unknown; four battle stars; sold 22 December 1951; final disposition fate unknown. Specs: 216 t light / 389 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; complement 3+21 (LCI(L)) / 5+65 (LCI(G)); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. Awards per ribbon block: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4); WWII Victory Medal; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (2).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1944); crew (1944-45 wartime; postwar status undocumented)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track official records but its campaign table contains a Morotai-date transcription error (see ev-03) and its history source is a commercial 1995 Turner volume, not a government record. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-962 (ship 22027, verified live 2026-09-30) - data block plus transcribed task-organization entries for Operations Globetrotter and Tradewind [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22027 data block; 'Notable events' Operation Globetrotter (TU 77.2.5 listing) and Operation Tradewind (TG 77.3.23 listing)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship entry confirms build data (laid down 24 Feb 1944, launched 20 Mar 1944, commissioned 12 Apr 1944, Consolidated Steel Orange) and gives 'Reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns on 15 June 1944' where NavSource gives no date; 'Sold on 22 December 1951' matches. Transcribed orders of battle name this hull's commanding officer Lt.(jg) R. L. Steele, USNR, at both: (1) Operation Globetrotter, 30 July 1944 - amphibious landings on Middelburg and Amsterdam Islands and at Cape Sansapor; LCI(L)-962 sailed in Task Unit 77.2.5, the LCI Unit of LCI Flotilla 8, departing to Maffin Bay after unopposed landings; and (2) Operation Tradewind, 15 September 1944 - Morotai landing; LCI(L)-962 in Task Group 77.3.23, the LCI(L) group of the Red Beach attack force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07-30 and 1944-09-15
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) R. L. Steele USNR (1944); embarked troops (capacity 182 enlisted per class spec)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation transcribing wartime orders of battle - generally reliable for ORBAT placement but not a government record; its '15 June 1944' LCI(G) reclassification date conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' and is unresolved (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) WWII battle-star listing, LCI(L) 666-962 block (transcription on officialmilitaryribbons.com, verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- officialmilitaryribbons.com LCI(L) 666-962 page, 'LCI(L) 962' table rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION + official campaign credit: the NAVPERS 15,790 star list for LCI(L) 962 credits exactly four operations - Cape Sansapor operation 31 Jul 44 and 1 Aug 44 (code P28-6); Morotai Landings 15 Sep 44 (P28-8); Leyte landings 19-29 Nov 44 (P31-1); Mindoro landings 12-18 Dec 44 (P32-1) - consistent with the four battle stars NavSource reports. Two corrections flow from this: NavSource's campaign table prints 'Morotai landings, 12 to 18 December 1944', duplicating the Mindoro window - the credited Morotai date is 15 September 1944 (matching uboat.net's Operation Tradewind date); and the Visayan Island landings (18 Mar - 1 Apr 1945) that NavSource lists do not appear in this hull's NAVPERS star credit, i.e., participation without an additional battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07-31 through 1944-12-18 (star-credited windows)
- Limitations
- Source is a commercial ribbon retailer's transcription of NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953); the underlying official manual page was not independently fetched this session - carried as a transcription of an official record. The Visayan conclusion is negative inference (absence from the star list), not a positive statement that the operation lacked credit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Consolidated Steel Orange TX yard table, verified live 2026-09-30 - yard hull 1256 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated Orange yard table, hull 1256 row (LCI(L) 962)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Consolidated Orange yard table identifies LCI(L)-962 as yard hull 1256, under a contract dated 10 December 1943, delivered April 1944, with disposition column reading 'Struck 1950'. This supplies the builder hull number and contract date absent from NavSource, and a 1950 strike year where NavSource reports 'date unknown' (hull was reclassified LSIL-962 in February 1949, sold December 1951).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12 through 1951
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-production compilation, not a primary registry; the 'Struck 1950' disposition is unresolved against an official source and NavSource's 'date unknown' (see gaps). 'Delivered Apr-44' is delivery, not commissioning (NavSource: commissioned 12 April 1944). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) - product page via Wayback capture 2025-02-10 (live gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page Highlights section (Wayback capture 20250210204441)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, specifically including 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships' and the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships. Per the product-page highlights, the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs; modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - documenting that asbestos insulation remained managed in place aboard the Navy's WWII-era fleet well after this hull's era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy asbestos-management policy era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation only - names no hull, and the fieldwork yards (Long Beach, Norfolk) are unrelated to this vessel. Full 26-page report text not retrieved; content is the product-page Highlights text. Live gao.gov page blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30); archived copy cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-05
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[7]Board of Veterans' Appeals decision, Citation Nr 9828426, docket 94-15 783 (decided 1998-09-23), verified live 2026-09-30 [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA 9828426, Findings of Fact 1-2; Reasons and Bases (hearing-testimony summary)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An adjudicated asbestos claim touching this hull's builder yard: a WWII Navy veteran (active duty May 1944 - February 1946) had been employed at Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX, 1942-1946 as a driller in the boilermaker department. On individual facts the Board found he was NOT exposed to asbestos during that shipyard employment but WAS exposed aboard Navy vessels in service - his testimony described asbestos-coated pipes throughout the ships on which he served and stated that on smaller ships firing the guns shook dust off the pipes; service connection for asbestos-related lung disease was granted (asbestosis itself not found).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- exposure windows 1942-1946; decision 1998
- Population
- WWII Navy veteran / former Consolidated Steel boilermaker-department driller (one appellant)
- Limitations
- Appellant-specific credibility findings - not a yard survey and not tied to this hull (his vessels are unnamed). The yard finding does not establish absence of asbestos at Consolidated Steel Orange, and the aboard-ships finding does not document this vessel. Stage discipline: a single merits-level Board decision for one claimant; carried as era context for the builder yard and the WWII-era shipboard-asbestos environment, not as evidence for or against exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-06
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[8]Batch-5610 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; uboat.net warship entry; NAVPERS 15,790 star-list transcription; shipbuildinghistory yard table; NHHC DANFS index; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (partially blocked); GAO product page via Wayback; VA BVA decision; USS LCI National Association site; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-962-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-962-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated case naming LCI(L)-962 / LCI(G)-962 / LSIL-962 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index returned zero hits for quoted 'LCI(G)-962' and 'LSIL-962', and 43 all-collision results for unquoted 'LCI-962' (corporate 'LCI' parties and reporter/docket-number matches); the parenthesized 'LCI(L)-962' opinion query and the RECAP docket query were blocked by the shared fleet pacing limiter and are logged as blocked, not negative results.
- 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 - this was a 1944 amphibious craft of a class whose era applications are consistent with limited asbestos use. The litigation search is partially open (two queries blocked by pacing); RG 24 deck logs, RG 38 war diaries (the class's per-ship file-unit pattern is documented for sister hulls), and the 1951 sale contract are undigitized archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-962-07