Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 488-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-pkt-488-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-974 (history credited on-page to USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150974.htm, milestone chronology, campaign table, postwar/loss lines, and specifications block (live HTTP 200 verified 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource reports that Consolidated Steel Corporation's Shipbuilding Division at Orange, Texas laid down USS LCI(L)-974 on 11 March 1944, launched it on 5 April 1944, and commissioned it on 30 April 1944. It reports Asiatic-Pacific assignment, participation in the Lingayen Gulf landing on 9 and 10 January 1945, loss due to enemy action on 10 January 1945, one World War II battle star, and an unknown Naval Register striking date. Its specification block describes two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, four engines per shaft, through General Motors main reduction gears to twin variable-pitch propellers, with two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship-service generators and 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction workforce (1944); wartime crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a live volunteer secondary compilation, not a contemporaneous Navy record; its page attributes the narrative to a 1995 USS LCI Association/Turner volume. The reported milestones and loss are retained as reported, but no Navy commissioning order, loss report, striking record, or disposal record was located. The page contains no asbestos information, and the diesel specification does not establish any asbestos-containing material aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 by-ship-number PDF, p. 29 (PDF text page), row 'LCI(L)-974 5/1/1944 10/31/1944' (live HTTP 200 verified 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official logbook inventory lists deck logs for LCI(L)-974 covering 1 May 1944 through 31 October 1944. The entry identifies a ship-specific primary-record path for the period shortly after the reported commissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-01 to 1944-10-31
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- This is an inventory entry, not the logs. Its coverage dates identify extant records and are not independently used to prove commissioning or end of service. The inventory does not state the contents of the logs and contains no asbestos, condition, repair, damage, or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product-page Highlights (live web retrieval verified 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy asbestos-worker protection at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships and asbestos-removal costs. It describes the Navy's 1975 policy to replace asbestos insulation only when damaged or removed for needed repairs and the 1979 policy change for selected high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers in the 1979 program review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide, postwar program evidence only. GAO did not inspect this hull, the LCI-351 class, Consolidated Steel at Orange, or this vessel's wartime service. It cannot establish asbestos presence, product, condition, quantity, removal, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility for USS LCI(L)-974.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper response: type=o, query exact phrase USS LCI(L)-974, count 0; fleet limiter later reported pacing budget momentarily spent for exact hull-number search
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener v4 opinion search for the exact name 'USS LCI(L)-974' returned zero results. No broader no-litigation finding is asserted: the exact-name docket query did not return a payload before the headless command window ended, and the exact hull-number opinion query stopped when the required helper reported that the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent. The remaining exact name and hull-number opinion/docket searches are incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The zero-result payload applies only to the exact-name opinion query; it does not prove the absence of asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collisions, docket-only material, or variant-name results. No anonymous request, raw API request, v3 API request, or bypass of the fleet limiter was used. No litigation claim is classified from the incomplete searches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-04
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[6]Batch-5622 official-source research ledger (this record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, repair package, or product identification was located in the NARA, NHHC, Navy, and official-source searches recorded in this record's search ledger. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- 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. The CourtListener sweep is incomplete and is separately documented; this finding does not treat that gap as a no-result. This record establishes neither asbestos presence nor absence, exposure, causation, quantity, condition, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-974-lcil974-05