Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 488-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-972-lcil972-pkt-488-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-972 - milestones, campaign table, specifications, awards, photographic record (history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II,' Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150972.htm - header block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, awards block, specifications block, photo caption 1015097201-03, source note; index page 10/15/15idx.htm (LSI reclassification note)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 9 March 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 31 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-972 on 27 April 1944. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte landings 5-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landing 7-8 December 1944; Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; Nasugbu (Manila Bay-Bicol) 31 January 1945; Palawan Island landings 28 February 1945; Visayan Island landings 26 March-20 April 1945. Post-war Occupation and China service 8 September-16 December 1945. Decommissioned and struck, dates unknown; sold 24 February 1947; fate unknown. Four battle stars for WWII. Spec block: displacement 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion - two sets of four GM Series 71 diesels (four per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; international radio call sign NYYH. Photo captions document the craft coming alongside USS Russell (DD-414) on 31 January 1945 during the Leyte-to-Nasugbu movement. The archive's LCI index page records that all LCIs remaining in the U.S. inventory were reclassified Landing Ship Infantry, Large (LSIL) on 28 February 1949 - a change this hull never received, having been sold two years earlier.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Mar-Apr 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (capacity 188) during six landing operations
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the page's stated source is the Turner Publishing LCI history (a veteran-compiled reference), not DANFS. Dates track official campaign/army-navy registers but no primary document is reproduced on the page. Contains no asbestos or material content. 'Decommissioned/struck, date unknown' is the source's own characterization.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-972 - build/disposition block and Cebu operation event entry sourced from 'Action report of COMTASKGR 74.3 on Cebu City operations 24-28 March 1945' and the COMTASKGR 78.2 Cebu action report [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22037.html - ship data block; 'Notable events' entry dated 24 Mar 1945 (Task Unit 78.2.3 composition); Sources note 1
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific operational record: during the Cebu landing (Operation Victor II), the Attack Force (Task Group 78.2) departed Leyte 24 March 1945; its LCI unit (Task Unit 78.2.3) included USS LCI(L)-972 under Lt. L. B. Brown, USNR, carrying COMLCI(L)FLOT 15 (T/Cdr. W. V. Deutermann, USN) aboard - i.e., she served as the flotilla commander's ship for that operation alongside fifteen other LCI(L)s. uboat.net's source note cites the COMTASKGR 74.3 and COMTASKGR 78.2 action reports on Cebu City operations, 24-28 March 1945. Build block concurs with NavSource: Consolidated Steel Corp. (Orange, TX); laid down 9 Mar 1944; launched 31 Mar 1944; commissioned 27 Apr 1944; sold 24 February 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-24 to 1945-03-28
- Population
- Crew and embarked flotilla staff (COMLCI(L)FLOT 15 detachment), March 1945
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary compilation; its value here is as a transcript of the cited primary action reports (NARA RG 38). Embarkation of the flotilla commander for one operation does not establish LCI(FF) conversion or any permanent flagship redesignation - none is documented. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com (T. Colton), Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange TX yard production table - row for yard hull 1266 [other_primary]
- Locator
- consolidatedorange.htm production table, row hull# 1266
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's-yard production table records yard hull 1266 = LCI(L) 972, U.S. Navy Landing Craft, 260 tons, contract dated 10 December 1943, delivered April 1944, disposition 'Struck 1946.' Confirms builder, yard number, contract date, and delivery window for this hull; gives a struck-year (1946) that NavSource leaves undocumented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1943-44 contract period)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation built from BuShips/registry data; NPS HAER AK-52 characterizes Colton's wartime production lists as 'probably correct and complete' against Friedman, but the row is not itself a primary document and 'Struck 1946' is not corroborated by a registry page for this hull. Keel-laid and launch columns are blank in the table for this row - NavSource supplies those dates. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-03
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[5]NPS, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653 / USS Avocet), LCI(L) 351 class - class design history, construction record, and mechanical description of a sister hull [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written data: class context section 'LCIs in World War II'; 'Mechanical Features' (engine arrangement); Part III primary sources list (BuShips spec citation)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class documentation for the LCI(L)-351 design to which this hull belongs: the Bureau of Ships designed the LCI(L) in May 1942 to a British requirement for an oceangoing infantry carrier beachable with <=30 inches draft forward; George Lawley & Son produced working plans; ten U.S. yards delivered 921 craft (Colton's count, endorsed by HAER); 'the LCI(L)s and their variations were the American navy's smallest oceangoing landing craft,' able to self-deploy to theater. Sister hull LCI(L) 653's documented plant - eight General Motors six-cylinder Series 71 diesel engines installed in quads, four per propeller shaft, twin screws - matches the NavSource spec block for this hull. HAER cites the governing construction document: 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L) 351-542,' U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships [1943]. Design was deliberately utilitarian - 'built to a relatively simple design with readily available components in order to meet very short delivery timelines.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (class build era); report written 2012
- Population
- LCI(L)-351-class construction trades across ten yards (1942-45); crews of 921 delivered craft
- Limitations
- Sister-hull and class documentation, not a record for hull 972: HAER AK-52 documents LCI(L) 653 (built New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ - a different yard than this hull's builder). The cited BuShips specification nominally covers hulls 351-542; hull 972 is the same 351-class design built under a later contract, but the spec document's literal hull range does not include this hull. The report contains no asbestos statement - insulation mentions in it concern post-Navy commercial conversions of the sister hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-04
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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 for this record family 2026-09-18 and re-confirmed as blocked-pattern 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (all-diesel LCI(L)-351 class, eight GM Series 71 diesels, no steam plant); HAER AK-52 class documentation (BuShips wartime spec for the class); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos era covers this build and service period) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HAER AK-52 class context; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built March-April 1944 to BuShips wartime specifications sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a small diesel warship of this period were engine exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and limited thermal insulation in accommodation and machinery spaces - all within a 158-foot hull where crew and embarked troops shared a confined volume with the machinery spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway dominant on larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); ship's company (4 officers + 24 enlisted, 1944-46); embarked troops (up to 188) during amphibious operations
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, specification extract, or work package located for LCI(L)-972. Names era-typical applications, not confirmed installed materials. The governing BuShips spec (ev-04) was not retrieved in full text; whether it specified asbestos products by name is unverified. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-06
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[8]Batch-5620 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net (CTG 74.3/78.2 action-report transcription); shipbuildinghistory yard table; NPS HAER AK-52; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches; NARA catalog API; NHHC/DANFS; NVR; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed/published litigation naming USS LCI(L)-972 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results on both indexes: opinions - '"LCI(L)-972"' (0) and '"LCI-972" OR "LCI(L) 972" OR "LCIL-972" OR "LCIL 972"' (0); RECAP dockets - '"LCI(L)-972" OR "LCI-972"' (0). No DANFS entry exists; the hull is absent from NVR (pre-1987 disposal). Law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard LCI-class craft exist but are 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 - wartime BuShips construction specs for the class were not retrieved in full text, and deck logs, builder's records, and any 1947 sale/survey documents are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-07
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[9]NARA archival leads for this hull: WWII deck logs (RG 24) not in the digitized catalog set; BuShips General Correspondence 1940-45 (RG 19) - the series containing sister-hull LCI(L) 653 fit-out/delivery reports per HAER AK-52; CTG 74.3/78.2 Cebu action reports (RG 38) naming this hull; BuShips 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building LCI(L) 351-542' [1943]; NHHC decommissioned ships' histories files [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (digitized-log scope note); HAER AK-52 Part III primary sources; uboat.net source note 1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Undigitized primary records plausibly bearing on this hull: (1) RG 24 deck logs 1944-46 - not among the digitized Navy deck logs published in the NARA catalog (the digitized set centers on the Vietnam era); (2) RG 19 BuShips General Correspondence 1940-45 - HAER AK-52 documents sister hull LCI(L) 653's fit-out/delivery reports in this series (box 467, folder LCI(L) 653), indicating hull-level files exist by craft number; (3) the COMTASKGR 74.3 and 78.2 action reports on Cebu City operations 24-28 March 1945 (RG 38) which name this hull per uboat.net's source note; (4) the BuShips class construction specification cited in HAER AK-52; (5) NHHC Ships History Division decommissioned-ships files, the series HAER cites for the sister hull's post-war records. NARA's catalog API returned only a JS-rendered application shell to ship-name queries this session, so catalog-level confirmation could not be completed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947 (record coverage); 2026-09-30 (search date)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - existence of these records for hull 972 is inferred from documented practice for sister hulls and from the cited action reports, not from a located catalog entry. NARA catalog blocked (JS-rendered shell) this session; no NAID located. None of these is an asbestos document - they are leads for construction, service, and disposal detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-972-lcil972-08