Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 489-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-981-lcil981-pkt-489-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List No. 44, Ship Numbers (deck-log coverage inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 29, LCI(L)-981 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' deck-log inventory lists LCI(L)-981 with log coverage from 15 May 1944 through 31 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-15 to 1945-05-31 (archival log coverage)
- Limitations
- This is an inventory of extant deck-log coverage, not a commissioning record and not a complete service history. It does not establish asbestos aboard or exposure to any person.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-981-lcil981-01
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[3]John Harrington, Oral History Interview, National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive, hosted by The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries [museum_official]
- Locator
- Interview description and collection context
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The archive's interview description records that John Harrington served aboard USS LCI(L)-981 beginning in June 1944, participated in landings at Morotai and several Philippine locations, and later brought the ship to San Diego for decommission in January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06 to 1946-01 (as described by the archive)
- Population
- John Harrington, interviewee and reported LCI(L)-981 crew member
- Limitations
- The cited facts are the archive's description of an oral-history interview; the description is a finding aid, not a contemporaneous ship log. It establishes no asbestos material, exposure, causation, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-981-lcil981-02
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[4]Research audit and search ledger for USS LCI(L)-981, 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries ev-uss-lci-l-981-lcil981-L01 through L06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, or qualifying asbestos-litigation record was located during this research pass. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that no such record exists. CourtListener searches were blocked by the fleet pacing limiter before an API result; they are not negative findings. Firecrawl search and scrape were unavailable because the keyless service reported quota exhaustion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-981-lcil981-03