Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 490-packet.md (6 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-985-lcil985-pkt-490-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-985, page 10/15/150985 (verified live 2026-09-30; history credited on page to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150985.htm: designation/history block, campaign table, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents this hull as an LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 28 March 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, Orange, TX; launched 22 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-985 on 18 May 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LCI Flotilla Twenty Two; served in the Luzon, Manila Bay-Bicol, and Borneo operations; assigned to China service in the Far East from 22 November through 20 December 1945; decommissioned and laid up at Green Cove Springs, FL, in March 1946; struck from the Naval Register on an unknown date; final disposition unknown. The page reports a Navy Unit Commendation and three World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, although the page identifies its history source. It does not provide a primary decommissioning date, strike date, complete deck-log history, or asbestos documentation. Campaign and award statements are carried as reported on the page and are not independently upgraded here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-985-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers (PDF), LCI(L)-985 entry, verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 29, LCI(L)-985 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives ship-number list includes LCI(L)-985 with an operating period of 20 May 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-20 through 1945-06-30
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessel logbook coverage
- Limitations
- The list is an archival finding aid for logbooks, not a complete service history and not an asbestos survey. Its 20 May 1944 start date is not the commissioning date; NavSource reports commissioning on 18 May 1944. The list does not establish what records survive or what they contain.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-985-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LCI(L)-985 specification block, verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150985.htm, Specifications: Propulsion
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull-specific specification block describes propulsion as two sets of four General Motors 6051 Series 71 diesel engines, four engines per shaft, with single General Motors main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW ship-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, and 2,320 shaft horsepower. The source therefore documents diesel propulsion and does not describe a boiler or steam-turbine plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-985 machinery spaces and engineering crew
- Limitations
- This is propulsion context, not evidence that asbestos was present or absent. Diesel propulsion does not establish the material content of engine, exhaust, gasket, packing, electrical, or other systems; no product is attributed to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-985-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), product page via Wayback capture 2025-02-10; archived citation used because automated access to the live GAO page was blocked [gao]
- Locator
- Archived GAO product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reported that the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, and that the policy was modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. GAO's review concerned Navy ship asbestos policy and shipyard worker protection generally.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy period; report published 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ship asbestos-management program
- Limitations
- Program-level and yard-level context only; GAO does not name LCI(L)-985 and does not establish what materials were installed on, removed from, or retained aboard this hull. The cited URL is an archived copy, not a live GAO page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-985-04
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[6]Batch-5633 research ledger: NavSource hull page; National Archives Special List #44; NHHC/DANFS; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog; authenticated CourtListener searches; Firecrawl search/scrape [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-985-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-985-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS LCI(L)-985 / LCI(L)-985 / LCI-985: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying adjudicated asbestos case was located in the sources searched. This is a negative finding about the public record located, not a finding that asbestos was absent from the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30 research sweep
- Limitations
- CourtListener exact-name and hull-number requests were made through the authenticated helper but the fleet-wide pacing limiter reported the request budget was momentarily spent; those queries are logged as blocked, not as negative results. Firecrawl search/scrape was unavailable because its keyless quota was exhausted. NARA catalog and NVR checks remain incomplete or scope-limited. Absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-985-05