USS LCI(L)-963

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [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-963-lcil963-pkt-486-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, 'Mallard II (LCI(L)-963)' - stats line and full service narrative (live NHHC page, verified 2026-09-30) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC DANFS page danfs/m/mallard-ii.html - stats line, full narrative paragraphs, footnote (Published 2015-08-05)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for this hull (published under Mallard II): 'LCI(L)-963: dp. 387; l. 159'; b. 23'8"; dr. 5'8"; s. 14 k.; cpl. 40; a. 5 20mm.; cl. LCI(L)-531.' 'LCI(L)-963 was laid down 25 February 1944 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.; launched 20 March 1944; and commissioned 16 May 1944.' After Gulf of Mexico shakedown she reached the war zone via the Panama Canal and 'help[ed] return Gen. Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines with the landings on Leyte, 20 October 1944'; participated in the Ormoc Bay landings 7 December and the invasion of Mindoro a week later; on the last day of January 1945 lifted units of the 11th Airborne Division to Batangas Province, Luzon (objective Nasugbu); in February assisted the liberation of Palawan, then crossed the Sulu Sea to fight in the Visayans; remained in the South Pacific until Japan capitulated; decommissioned and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla., in 1946. 'While berthed in Florida, late in 1948, or early 1949, she was redesignated AMCU-30 and named Mallard. Reactivated at Charleston, S.C., in June 1952, Mallard operated on the east coast as an underwater mine detector until after the Korean truce. Decommissioning again in July 1954, she again entered the Reserve Fleet, where, as before, she was reclassified, now to MHC-30. Struck from the list of Navy Vessels, 1 January 1960, Mallard was sold to Randolph Mattson, 30 June 1900.' LCI(L)-963 received four battle stars for WWII service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1960

   Population

   Consolidated Steel construction trades (Orange TX, 1944); wartime crew and embarked troops (1944-1946); Green Cove Springs reserve-fleet and Charleston conversion/operations personnel (1946-1954)

   Limitations

   Authoritative identity/history record naming this hull. Contains no asbestos or materials information. Internal defects and cross-source conflicts: (a) stats line prints class 'LCI(L)-531' - the class is LCI(L)-351 (NavSource, uboat.net, and class literature agree); treated as a DANFS typographical transposition; (b) 'sold ... 30 June 1900' is a printed typo for 1960 (NavSource and uboat.net agree); (c) 'redesignated AMCU-30 and named Mallard ... late in 1948, or early 1949' conflicts with NavSource's granular chain (LSIL-963 on 28 Feb 1949; Mallard/AMCU-30 on 7 Mar 1952) - DANFS appears to conflate the 1949 LSIL mass-reclassification with the 1952 naming; (d) DANFS's 'Reactivated ... operated on the east coast as an underwater mine detector ... Decommissioning again in July 1954' conflicts with NavSource's flat 'Mallard was never recommissioned' - unresolved status-wording conflict carried in the correction row and gaps; (e) stats-line displacement 387 and complement 40 conflict with NavSource's spec block.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, Mallard (MHC-30) ex Mallard (AMCU-30) ex USS LSIL-963 ex USS LCI(L)-963 - designation chain, specifications, campaign list, disposal (verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150963.htm - header designation chain, history block, campaign table, specifications block, photo table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource single-hull page carrying the full designation chain (LCI(L)-963 1944-1949; LSIL-963 1949-1952; Mallard AMCU-30 1952-1955; MHC-30): laid down 25 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 20 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-963 16 May 1944. WWII Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte landings 16 October - 29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landing 7-8 December 1944; Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; Nasugbu 31 January and 4-5 February 1945; Palawan Island landing 28 February 1945; Visayan Island landings 26 March - 20 April 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 8 September - 16 December 1945. Decommissioned 1946; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL. Reclassified Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL-963, 28 February 1949. Named Mallard and reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-30, 7 March 1952. Converted at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1953 - 15 June 1954. 'Mallard was never recommissioned.' Reclassified Coastal Minehunter MHC-30, 1 February 1955. Struck from the Naval Register 1 January 1960. Four battle stars for WWII. Sold 30 June 1960 to Randolph Mattson; resold, date unknown, to Tropicana Products Co., La Ceiba, Honduras, renamed MV Abaco-Merchand; final disposition unknown. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Call sign November-Yankee-Whiskey-Echo.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1960

   Population

   Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); crew (1944-1946); Green Cove Springs reserve fleet (1946-1952); Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion workforce (Dec 1953-Jun 1954)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates concur with DANFS and uboat.net where they overlap. Sole source for: the granular designation dates (LSIL-963 28 Feb 1949; Mallard/AMCU-30 7 Mar 1952; MHC-30 1 Feb 1955), the Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion window (15 Dec 1953 - 15 Jun 1954), the flat statement 'Mallard was never recommissioned' (conflicts with DANFS's 'Reactivated ... operated ... Decommissioning again' language - unresolved), the post-1960 commercial chain (Mattson, Tropicana Products, Abaco-Merchand), and the spec block (class boilerplate shared across LCI(L)-351 pages - 236/264/419 t and 2,320 shp vs DANFS stats line 387 t / cpl. 40). Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-02

4. [4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-963 (LCI(L)-963) - build data, class, Operation Victor II order-of-battle transcription with commanding officer [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22028.html - data table and 'Notable events' 24-26 March 1945 Task Group 78.2 transcription

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   uboat.net entry for this hull: 'Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class'; built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas; laid down 25 February 1944; launched 20 March 1944; commissioned 16 May 1944; sold 30 June 1960 - corroborating the DANFS/NavSource build, commissioning, and disposal dates. 'Notable events' transcribes the wartime Attack Force (Task Group 78.2) order of battle for the Cebu landings (Operation Victor II, 26 March 1945): Task Unit 78.2.3, the LCI unit, lists 'USS LCI(L)-963 (Lt. W.A. Tomb, Jr., USNR)' among fifteen LCI(L)s - a wartime operational record naming this hull's commanding officer at that operation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   crew under Lt. W.A. Tomb, Jr., USNR; embarked troops at the Cebu landing

   Limitations

   Secondary specialist reference transcribing wartime operational orders - corroborates milestones and documents the Victor II assignment under Lt. W.A. Tomb, Jr., USNR. No commanding-officer list is published for other periods. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-03

5. [5]Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 (wartime official U.S. Navy tabulation, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) - LCI(L)-951-968 block in commission 1942-44, covering this hull [other_primary]

   Locator

   ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html - LCI(L) table, 'LCI(L)-951-968' row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The wartime Navy tabulation 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' carries the 'LCI(L)-951-968' row as in commission 1942-44 - corroborating this hull's commissioned U.S. Navy service in the WWII window (the commissioning-by-block granularity prints 1942 for the lead hulls; this hull's own commissioning is documented 16 May 1944 by DANFS/NavSource/uboat.net).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Limitations

   Transcription mirror of an official Navy tabulation; block-level in-commission year ranges only ('1942-44' is the block's span, not this hull's), no per-hull milestone dates, and no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-04

6. [6]U.S. National Archives photo 80-G-K-3153 - US Navy photo in the collections of the US National Archives (identifier transcribed in NavSource photo caption) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NARA photo 80-G-K-3153 (via NavSource 10/15/150963.htm photo table)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   A US Navy photograph held by the National Archives (photo no. 80-G-K-3153) shows USS LSM-65, USS LSM-54, and USS LCI(L)-963 preparing to beach at Nasugbu, Luzon, P.I., 31 January 1945 - placing this hull on the beach during the Manila Bay-Bicol operation for which she earned a battle star.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-01-31

   Population

   crew and embarked troops, Nasugbu beach, 1945-01-31

   Limitations

   Archival lead only: a photograph documents physical presence, not materials or conditions aboard. NARA catalog is JS-rendered and returned an application shell to automated fetch this session; photo number and caption transcribed via the NavSource caption (contributor: USS LSM / LSMR Association) - direct catalog verification open. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-05

7. [7]NARA, Special List #44 by ship number (sl-44-ship-number.pdf) - LCI(L)-963 deck-log run indexed; NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' list (hull absent) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SL-44 ship-number list, LCI block ('LCI(L)-963 5/16/1944 6/30/1945'); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Special List #44 indexes one deck-log run for this hull: 'LCI(L)-963 5/16/1944 6/30/1945' - coverage from commissioning day through mid-1945, spanning her entire combat career (Leyte through the Visayan landings) but ending before the occupation-service window and decommissioning. The companion NARA list of fully digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog contains no LCI(L)-963 / Mallard / AMCU-30 / MHC-30 entry - the logs are indexed but not digitized; the only LCI-hull entry in the digitized list is sister Kestrel (AMCU/MHC-26/LCI-874).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945 records

   Limitations

   Verifies that a WWII deck-log run for this hull is indexed at NARA (coverage 16 May 1944 - 30 Jun 1945); it does NOT cover post-June-1945 service, the reserve period, or the AMCU/MHC era - whether any Mallard-era logs exist is unestablished. Indexing is not digitization: retrieval requires Archives II pull or reproduction order. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-06

8. [8]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)-963 or any landing craft; claimant testimony concerned the yard's major-combatant construction (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-963-lcil963-07

9. [9]shipyard-exposure-map client dataset, shipyards.json entry 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (OSHA Inspection 100361849, Commander, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Code 106 - citation 01002 under the asbestos standard 29 CFR 1910.1001, case closed 2 May 1990; litigation-documented verdicts Whalen 2014, Twidwell 2018); NavSource conversion dates for this hull (ev-02) [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipyards.json 'charleston-naval-shipyard' evidence rows (OSHA insp. 100361849; Whalen, Twidwell cites); NavSource 10/15/150963.htm conversion dates

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   This hull's conversion to a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) was performed at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1953 - 15 June 1954 (NavSource). Charleston Naval Shipyard is a documented asbestos yard in the project yard dataset: an OSHA health-complaint inspection (100361849, 1988) records a citation under the asbestos standard for yard code 106, and shipyard-worker asbestos litigation produced documented verdicts (Whalen v. John Crane 2014; Twidwell v. Aerco 2018). A yard conversion is a material-disturbance event - cutting, removal, and refit work - performed on this hull at a yard with documented asbestos use.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1953-1954 (conversion); 1988-2018 (yard documentation window)

   Population

   Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion workforce (Dec 1953-Jun 1954)

   Limitations

   Yard-level documentation, not hull-level: no CNSY work package, job card, or material list for the AMCU-30 conversion was located, so whether and how much asbestos-containing material was disturbed or installed aboard this hull is undocumented. The OSHA citation and verdicts postdate the 1953-54 conversion by decades and document the yard's asbestos regime generally, not conditions aboard this craft. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull or any individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-08

10. [10]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel plant, ev-02); Johns-Manville v. United States trial findings on WWII asbestos-insulation practice at the builder yard (ev-07); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era program documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource specifications block; 13 Cl. Ct. 72 trial findings; shipyards.json CNSY entry; 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. The documented 1953-54 Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion would have disturbed whatever materials were fitted, and the 1960 sale and Honduran commercial conversion are documented ownership events of undocumented material scope.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-1960

    Population

    Construction trades (Orange TX, 1944); crew (1944-1946); CNSY conversion workforce (1953-54); disposal/commercial-conversion crews (1960-forward)

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or veteran account located for LCI(L)-963/Mallard. The builder-yard asbestos environment is trial-documented (ev-07) but does not prove shipboard installation on this hull; the conversion-yard documentation (ev-08) likewise does not name 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-963-lcil963-09

11. [11]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), WWII service (1944-1946), reserve period, and the 1953-54 AMCU conversion 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. 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-963-lcil963-10

12. [12]Source-conflict reconciliation across DANFS (mallard-ii), NavSource 150963, uboat.net ship/22028, shipbuildinghistory consolidatedorange hull 1257, Wikipedia USS Mallard (AMCU-30) (cross-check only) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Same citations as ev-01 through ev-03 plus shipbuildinghistory consolidatedorange hull-table row 1257 and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mallard_(AMCU-30)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Documented conflicts, not reconciled: (a) RECOMMISSIONING - NavSource prints flatly 'Mallard was never recommissioned' and dates the Charleston conversion 15 Dec 1953 - 15 Jun 1954; DANFS prints 'Reactivated at Charleston, S.C., in June 1952, Mallard operated on the east coast as an underwater mine detector until after the Korean truce. Decommissioning again in July 1954'; Wikipedia's infobox follows DANFS ('Recommissioned June 1952 ... Decommissioned July 1954'). The two are partially reconcilable if DANFS's 'reactivated/operated' describes in-service (non-commissioned) status - AMCU craft could operate without commissioning - but the sources' wording genuinely conflicts and this record carries NavSource's 'never recommissioned' while flagging DANFS's contrary language. (b) NAMING DATE - DANFS 'redesignated AMCU-30 and named Mallard ... late in 1948, or early 1949' vs NavSource's granular chain (LSIL-963 on 28 Feb 1949; Mallard/AMCU-30 on 7 Mar 1952) - DANFS appears to conflate the 1949 LSIL reclassification with the 1952 naming; NavSource's chain is carried. (c) CLASS - DANFS stats line prints 'cl. LCI(L)-531'; the class is LCI(L)-351 per NavSource, uboat.net, and class literature - DANFS transposition typo. (d) SALE DATE - DANFS prints 'sold ... 30 June 1900'; NavSource and uboat.net agree on 30 June 1960 - DANFS typo. (e) COMPLEMENT - DANFS cpl. 40 vs NavSource 4 officers + 24 enlisted. (f) DISPLACEMENT - DANFS 387 t vs NavSource 236 light / 264 landing / 419 loaded. (g) Wikipedia infobox prints 'LSIL-962' for the 1949 reclassification - typo for LSIL-963. (h) IMO number 5000653 appears in Wikipedia only - unverified, not carried in record fields. (i) Post-Navy commercial name 'MV Abaco-Merchand' (NavSource, as printed; spelling unusual) rests on NavSource alone.

    Verification

    disputed

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-1960

    Limitations

    Resolves nothing - documents genuine multi-source conflicts so a future pass does not silently pick one figure. The recommissioning conflict is material to the record's service characterization: NavSource's explicit 'never recommissioned' is carried (consistent with AMCU conversion-program practice of in-service operation), while DANFS's 'Reactivated ... operated ... Decommissioning again' language documents that SOME post-1952 activity occurred at Charleston - the two cannot both be literally true as written and the operative status (in service vs commissioned) is unresolved. Wikipedia consulted for conflict-surfacing only; no Wikipedia text is cited as a record source. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-11

13. [13]Hull/name disambiguation: master-hull-list.json PRIMARY entry 'USS Mallard | AM-44 | Minesweeper | Lapwing | WWII | tier 2'; batch-1354 record uss-mallard-am44 (lists this hull as related_vessels); DANFS Mallard II entry header numbering [other_primary]

    Locator

    master-hull-list.json Mallard row; uss-mallard-am44.atlas.json related_vessels; DANFS 'Mallard II' header

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Name-collision surface documented for this hull: (a) USS Mallard (AM-44/ASR-4) - the FIRST Mallard, a Lapwing-class minesweeper in service 1919-1946 (expended as a target 1947) - is the project's PRIMARY-indexed 'USS Mallard' record (master-hull-list tier 2; existing atlas record uss-mallard-am44 already lists 'uss-mallard-amcu30' in related_vessels). This hull carried the Mallard name 1952-1960, after AM-44 left service - the windows do not overlap, but any unqualified 'USS Mallard' veteran account, docket, or document must be hull-resolved. (b) DANFS numbers this hull 'Mallard II'. (c) The hull is one of a documented series of LCI(L)-to-AMCU conversions (the AMCU-7 class, e.g. sister LCI(L)-874/Kestrel AMCU-26, which unlike Mallard WAS recommissioned 8 February 1954) - AMCU/MHC designation strings collide across hulls.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1919-1960

    Limitations

    Disambiguation context only - establishes that two naval vessels carried the name Mallard and that this hull is a distinct hull from the PRIMARY AM-44 record (which the batch instruction's VERIFY note consolidates correctly: Mallard (AMCU-30) is an alias of LCI(L)-963, not an additional vessel). Does not itself evidence anything about materials aboard.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-12

14. [14]Batch-5611 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource; uboat.net; HyperWar official ships tabulation; NARA SL-44 + digitized-log list + photo lead; shipbuildinghistory yard table; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (hull and name searches); MARAD ShipHistory; NVR; master-hull-list.json; class-profile worktrees; usslci.org [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-01 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)-963, LSIL-963, Mallard (AMCU-30), or MHC-30 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The CourtListener sweep completed this pass (authenticated helper, pacing intermittently exhausted then recovered): exact-designation 'LCI(L)-963' zero opinions; 'LCI-963' zero opinions; '"LCI(L)-963" OR "LCI-963"' zero dockets; 'AMCU-30' zero opinions and zero dockets; 'MHC-30' zero opinions and seven dockets, all name collisions (extra-space, hospitality, vaccine-program, prisoner-litigation cases); 'USS Mallard' zero opinions and zero dockets; 'Mallard' + asbestos returned 56 opinions / 280 dockets, all plaintiff-surname or corporate collisions (MDL-875 asbestos plaintiffs surnamed Mallard, e.g. Mallard v. Foster Wheeler, Bartel (Mallard) v. United States Lines Reorganization Trust; Mallard IP LLC patent cases) - none name the vessel. A builder-yard query ('Consolidated Steel' Orange asbestos) returned Johns-Manville Corp. v. United States - the yard-level finding carried at ev-07. A broad landing-craft asbestos query returned only generic asbestos-opinion noise with no hull-relevant result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only generic law-firm landing-craft listicles - excluded by source policy. No qualifying case names this hull.

    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-07), the conversion yard is a documented asbestos yard (ev-08), and era inference supports some asbestos fit-out in machinery fittings. CourtListener coverage was complete this pass, so 'no qualifying litigation' is a real negative - subject to the standing caveat that RECAP indexing is incomplete for older dockets and unindexed complaints naming the hull cannot be ruled out. Deck logs are indexed but undigitized (ev-06); BuShips/CNSY conversion work packages, the 1960 sale file, and Honduran commercial records are undigitized leads. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-963-lcil963-13