Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 487-packet.md (1 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-967-lcil967-pkt-487-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-967 - construction milestones, theater assignment, occupation service, disposal, specifications, awards [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150967.htm - history block, awards, specifications block, photo table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 20 February 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 27 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-967, 21 April 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II; assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East 22 November - 16 December 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; sold 14 November 1946; final disposition, fate unknown. Awards shown: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp). Radio call sign NYWR. Spec block: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts maximum continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; endurance 4,000 mi at 12 kts loaded; armament five single 20mm guns; fuel diesel 860 bbls; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors series-71 diesel engines (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Page cites its history source as 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995); one underway photograph (Doug Trayler), date and location unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Feb-Apr 1944); commissioning crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (its stated history source here is the Turner Publishing USS LCI volume II), not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records and two of three dates (launch, commissioning) agree with uboat.net and the Naval Marine Archive tabulation, but the laid-down date conflicts with uboat.net (20 vs 29 February 1944 - see gaps). Decommissioning and striking dates are not documented ('date unknown'). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-967-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-967 (LCI(L)-967) - class/builder table, laid-down variant, and Operation Tradewind order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 22032 - warship table and 'Notable events' / Task Group 77.3.23 listing; operation chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class; built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas); laid down 29 February 1944 (conflicts with NavSource's 20 February - see gaps); launched 27 March 1944; commissioned 21 April 1944; sold 14 November 1946. Notable event: Operation Tradewind, the amphibious landing on Morotai, 15 September 1944 - LCI(L)-967 (Lt.(jg) H.M. Piper, Jr., USNR) is listed in Task Group 77.3.23, the LCI(L) group of the Red Beach attack force (Task Group 77.3.2, T/Rear-Admiral R.A. Fechteler) alongside sister LCI(L)s including LCI(L)-546 (carrying COMLCIFLOT 8, T/Cdr. F.B.C. Martin), LCI(L)-962, -964, -965, -968, -976, -977, -978, -979, -981, -1014, -1015. The echelon departed Maffin Bay 11 September 1944; H-hour landings commenced 0830I/15; most LCI(L)s departed the operations area for Hollandia about 1030I/15 after unloading.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-09 (documented operation); 1944-1946 (page coverage)
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-967 under Lt.(jg) H.M. Piper, Jr., USNR (Sep 1944)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a specialized secondary database (volunteer-edited), not an official record - its orders of battle derive from official action reports but this page does not link a primary document; Morotai participation is corroborated at theater level by NavSource's Asiatic-Pacific assignment and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal display, but no other named operation is documented for this hull. The laid-down date conflicts with NavSource (29 vs 20 February 1944). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-967-02
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[4]Naval Marine Archive, 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' tabulation - per-hull builder/date/disposition row for LCI(L) 967 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html - LCI(L) hull table rows 965-969
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Tabulation row for this hull: 'LCI(L) 967 | Consol. Steel | Orange TX | 21-Apr-44 | Sold 1946' - corroborates builder (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX), commissioning date (21 April 1944), and 1946 sale. The same tabulation shows the hull-block context: sisters LCI(L)-965 through -969 all commissioned April 1944 at the same yard, with LCI(L)-966 and -969 surviving to the 1949 LSIL reclassification and 1952 AMCU conversion selections - the reclassifications LCI(L)-967 never reached because of her 1946 sale.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary tabulation corroboration only; no laid-down date given for this hull, so it cannot arbitrate the 20 vs 29 February conflict. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-967-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource propulsion spec (all-diesel GM series-71 plant, no steam); uboat.net/Naval Marine Archive class identification (LCI-351 class); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-05); project LST-1 class profile framing for WWII diesel amphibious construction (exposure relevance concentrates in engine-room/exhaust lagging, gaskets, deck coverings, accommodation insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150967.htm specifications block; GAO product page HRD-80-2; class-f/lst-1-class.class.json class_notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built in early 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel amphibious craft of this period were thermal insulation and lagging on exhaust piping and mufflers, engine-room insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior deck coverings. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the small-ship confined-space exposure dynamic applies within the machinery and exhaust spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Feb-Apr 1944); crew (1944-46); any repair/availability trades during service and post-sale
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific material schedule, insulation survey, or work package located for LCI(L)-967. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-967-04
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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 (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).
- 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-967-05
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[7]Batch-5615 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (no entry - 404 on both URL patterns); NavSource; uboat.net; Naval Marine Archive; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog; CourtListener opinions and dockets; usslci.org; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-967-01 through -12
- 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)-967 was found in the public sources searched. DANFS has no entry for this hull (both candidate NHHC URLs returned 404; DANFS covers only a subset of LCI(L)s, e.g., LCI(L)-777). The Naval Vessel Register excludes vessels disposed before 1987 (sold 1946) - no entry exists. CourtListener opinion search returned zero hits for all four designation variants ('LCI(L)-967', 'LCI(L) 967', 'LCI-967', 'LCIL-967') and docket searches for 'LCI(L)-967' and 'LCI-967' returned zero (see ledger for one docket variant still pending under fleet pacing). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no hull-specific marketing page - the dominant '967' asbestos-marketing hits are for USS Elliot (DD-967), a Spruance-class destroyer commissioned 1977: a name collision, not 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. Deck logs (RG 24), builder records, and any post-sale records are undigitized leads; the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and could not be independently searched this session. Docket coverage is near-complete but not total - the 'LCI(L) 967' docket variant remained unsearched at write time under fleet-wide CourtListener pacing; logged in search_ledger. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-967-06