Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 488-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-977-lcil977-pkt-488-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-977 (150977) [museum_official]
- Locator
- History and Specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LCI(L)-977 as an LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), laid down 15 March 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched 10 April 1944; and commissioned 5 May 1944. It lists Asiatic-Pacific service, four World War II battle stars, occupation and China service from 8 September to 16 December 1945, assignment to Joint Task Force 1 Task Unit 1.8.3 for Operation Crossroads in July 1946, and sale on 21 May 1949, with fate unknown. Its class specification block gives diesel propulsion and a complement of four officers and 24 enlisted personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during commissioned service
- Limitations
- This is a compiled vessel-history page, not a Navy asbestos survey or material record. It does not state asbestos content, individual exposure, causation, or the dates of decommissioning or striking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF text page/listing for LCI(L)-977
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes U.S. Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-977 from 5 May 1944 through 31 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-05 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- USS LCI(L)-977 deck-log record series
- Limitations
- The list is an index to deck-log coverage, not digitized log content or a material survey. It does not establish asbestos presence, product identity, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-02
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[4]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page introduction and digitization-program description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA states that its U.S. Navy deck-log series is partially closed and that its digitization partnership focused on Vietnam-era logs. The reviewed public page did not supply digitized LCI(L)-977 logs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Population
- NARA U.S. Navy deck-log collection
- Limitations
- This is collection-access information, not evidence about this hull's equipment or material content. It does not show that no original records exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-03
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, quick search for LCI(L)-977 and NVR site description [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-results table (no rows)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live Naval Vessel Register quick search for LCI(L)-977 returned no matching hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Population
- NVR public database
- Limitations
- A no-row NVR result is not proof that the vessel did not exist or that no other Navy record exists. NVR's coverage limitation is separately documented in ev-05. This result says nothing about asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-04
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[6]Naval Vessel Register, collection description [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR home page, collection-description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR states that ships and service craft disposed of before 1987 are currently not included, although the data is gradually being added.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Population
- NVR public database
- Limitations
- This is a database-coverage statement, not a record for LCI(L)-977 and not evidence about asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-05
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[7]CourtListener authenticated v4 search through cl-auth-search.py: exact-hull opinion query returned count 0; remaining exact-name and docket queries blocked by fleet pacing [court_record]
- Locator
- Exact-hull opinion response: count 0; helper diagnostics: COURTLISTENER PACING for remaining exact-name and docket queries
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener v4 opinion search for the exact hull designation "LCI(L)-977" returned zero results. The required exact-name opinion/docket queries and the exact-hull docket query were also submitted through the mandated helper, but the fleet-wide pacing limiter exhausted its momentary budget before those results returned. No CourtListener hit is classified as asbestos litigation or other litigation evidence.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Population
- CourtListener opinions and dockets
- Limitations
- Only the exact-hull opinion query is a no-result search. The remaining required queries are an access limitation, not negative results. No pleading, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment was retrieved or classified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-06
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[8]Research sweep documented in this record's search ledger: NARA, NVR, NHHC/DANFS candidate pages, NavSource, and authenticated CourtListener attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-01 through -07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material specification, procurement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation record was located in the reviewed public sources for USS LCI(L)-977. Asbestos documentation aboard this hull is unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Research completed 2026-09-30
- Population
- Publicly accessible vessel and litigation sources reviewed
- Limitations
- This is a bounded public-source negative finding, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener was blocked before results were returned, so litigation coverage is incomplete; no class or construction-era inference is used to assert asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-977-lcil977-07