Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 490-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-990-lcil990-pkt-490-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-990 (10/15/150990) - construction timeline, service assignment, specifications, awards, disposal (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150990.htm header block, service narrative, specifications block, awards ribbon display
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 3 April 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 25 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-990 22 May 1944 at Orange TX, LTjg Charles D. Kirksey in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Sixteen (12 June - 12 December 1944); flagship of LCI Group Forty-Six under LT. Harris Brown. 'Converted to a cargo ship at Naval Repair Facility Pearl Harbor, 30 November to 12 December 1944, re-assigned to Service Squadron Ten (SERVRON TEN).' Occupation service in the Far East 17-24 October 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; sold 14 November 1946; fate unknown. Specifications: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Liberation Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked assault troops (up to 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone dates generally track official records and here are corroborated by the ship's own history document and the official 1 May 1945 fleet organization table. The '30 November to 12 December 1944' conversion window compresses the event - the ship's history records work begun 30 November and completed 4 January 1945 (12 December is the ServRon Ten control-transfer date). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-01
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[3]Ship's History, U.S.S. LCI(L) 990, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, 1 October 1945 - the ship's own commissioned history with original and final crew lists (hosted by NavSource; submitted by Thomas B. Merritt for his father Milton P. Merritt, S1c(RM), crew member) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/pdf/150990a.pdf, pp. 1-6 (Ship's History dated 1 October 1945; crew lists)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own history (dated 1 October 1945) documents: commissioned 22 May 1944 at City Docks, Orange, Texas, LTjg Charley D. Kirksey commanding with 3 subordinate officers and 25 enlisted; officers and crew had trained 3 months at Naval Amphibious Training Base, Solomons, MD; fitted out as flagship of LCI(L) Group Forty-Six, unit of LCI(L) Flotilla Sixteen; Galveston fitting-out and trials (deperming, structural firing tests, beaching); 12 June 1944 Lt. Harris Brown + staff of 15 reported aboard as Commander Group Forty-Six; 17 June 1944 departed Galveston with LCI(L)s 988 and 989 via Coco Solo (Panama Canal transit) arriving San Diego 9 July 1944 (South Quay Wall, Naval Repair Base); two months Amphibious Training Group work (Oceanside, San Nicolas Island) with a San Diego dry-docking for propeller repair and bottom scrape/paint; departed San Diego 9 September 1944 with ten other LCI(L)s, arrived Pearl Harbor 19 September (Berth T4-B West Loch); seven weeks Hawaiian training incl. Maui beaching; 30 November 1944 shifted to the Repair Base in the Navy Yard and 'work was begun to convert the ship to a cargo carrying vessel' - troop landing gangways, forward bulwarks, stern anchor winch and troop-compartment bunks removed, 'A' frame, booms and rigging installed on the well deck - standing out on the morning of 4 January 1945 'a cargo ship'; 12 December 1944 Brown's staff detached and control transferred from Commander Administrative Command Amphibious Forces Pacific to Commander Service Squadron Ten through Commander Service Force Pacific Fleet; 10-11 January 1945 loaded spare parts for Kwajalein and Manus and departed Pearl Harbor with LCI(L) 629, reaching Seeadler Harbor, Manus, 30 January 1945; six months carrying supplies and spare parts Manus-Leyte via Hollandia; second dry-docking 8 June 1945; July 1945 operational control shifted to the new Fleet Maintenance Branch Office at Guam; from 12 July 1945 operated out of Guam carrying spare parts to Saipan, Leyte, Okinawa and other forward areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's officers and crew (~29 original complement + 15-man flagship staff); Consolidated Steel trades; Galveston ATB and San Diego Naval Repair Base personnel; Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Repair Base conversion workers (Nov 1944-Jan 1945); dry-dock crews at San Diego and (8 Jun 1945) forward area
- Limitations
- Primary ship-written history (ship's office product dated 1 Oct 1945) scanned as a 6-page image PDF; transcription by image read - minor OCR-era typeover artifacts exist in the scan. Documents work locations (two dry-dockings, Navy Yard Repair Base conversion) but contains no material/hazmat content - no asbestos information whatsoever. Crew lists are personnel records, not exposure records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official organization table, Navy Department Library) [other_primary]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, Service Squadron Eight unit list (LCI(L) block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization table lists 'LCI(L) 990 - Lt. (jg) C. D. Kirksey (USNR)' under SERVICE SQUADRON EIGHT, one of twelve LCI(L)s (629, 639, 640, 761, 784, 787, 811, 989, 990, 992, 993, 997) assigned to that squadron - confirming this hull's cargo-role assignment and commanding officer at that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under LTjg Kirksey; ServRon Eight logistics organization
- Limitations
- Organization-table listing only - confirms squadron assignment and CO name on 1 May 1945, nothing about materials, cargo contents, or asbestos. The ship's history records the December 1944 control transfer to Service Squadron Ten and the July 1945 shift to the Guam Fleet Maintenance Branch Office; the May 1945 table showing her under ServRon Eight reflects the mid-1945 fleet reorganization, not an error - sequential assignments, all documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory.com, Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX yard table (compiled build record; Tim Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated Orange yard table, row 1284 (LCI(L) 990)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Consolidated Orange build table records this hull as yard hull 1284: U.S. Navy landing craft LCI(L) 990, 260 tons, contract dated 10 December 1943, delivered May 1944, disposition 'Struck 1946' - situating her construction at an emergency wartime yard that also built Fletcher-class destroyers for the Navy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (Dec 1943-May 1944)
- Limitations
- Compiled build table (secondary compiler of record for US merchant/naval yards), not a scan of the contract itself; keel/launch cells blank in the table - detailed dates come from NavSource. Documents construction event only; no asbestos or material content. Consolidated Steel Orange is not a shipyards.json entry - yard-level exposure profile unresolved in Atlas.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-04
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[6]David McKay (AFMM Historian), 'The UPS of the Pacific: A Brief History of the LCI (X) Express,' The Elsie Item No. 96 (March 2017), official publication of the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association [museum_official]
- Locator
- Elsie Item No. 96, pp. 3-5 ('The UPS of the Pacific'), twelve-ship list and conversion description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The veterans-association's documented history of the wartime LCI cargo-conversion program ('LCI(X) Express') names 'LCI(L) 990 - Lt. (jg) C. D. Kirksey' among the twelve LCIs assigned to the service squadron in the May 1945 US Pacific Fleet organization document, and describes the conversion scope applied to these hulls: troop compartments #1 and #2 stripped of bunks, two large cargo hatches cut between frames 16 and 36 on the well deck, a derrick boom lifting system installed between the hatches, and protective well-deck wings cut back; for the three center-ramp models the forward winch was moved to the 'ramp room' and at least one ship's ramp door was welded closed. The article frames the program as a December 1944 instruction to convert nine LCIs (eventually twelve) for fast small-lot supply runs forward.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(X) conversion yard workers (Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Repair Base, Dec 1944-Jan 1945); crews of the twelve express boats
- Limitations
- Veterans-association published history (historian-authored, association-reviewed) - reputable secondary, not a government record; the conversion-scope description is program-level, applied to this hull by inclusion in the twelve-ship list. 'LCI(X)' is the association's program shorthand; the May 1945 organization document still lists the craft as 'LCI(L)'. No asbestos content. The article's Service Squadron Eight attribution matches the NHHC org table; the ship's own history records the earlier ServRon Ten transfer (Dec 1944) - sequential, not conflicting.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-05
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[7]HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713' (Justine Christianson, HAER Historian, 2012), Historic American Engineering Record, NPS; plus NRHP nomination, USS LCI-713 (Landing Craft Infantry), NRIS 07000300 (listed 12 April 2007) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages pp. 1-3; NRHP nomination NRIS 07000300 Section 7 (description) via NPGallery asset c6d7985f
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Government preservation documentation for the LCI-351 class (via the sole surviving museum example, LCI-713): a Bureau of Ships-designed, all-welded 1/4-inch-steel-plate beaching craft, 158'5.5" x 23'3", approximately 419 tons loaded displacement, powered by eight GM 6-71 diesel engines in two banks of four driving twin variable-pitch propellers; designed for rapid assembly-line production deliberately avoiding specialized parts or construction techniques that would interfere with other naval ship construction; approximately 1,051 built across ten small US shipyards. Hull form divided into troop compartments, crew compartment, engine room, deckhouse, and well deck; engine exhaust designed with both above-water and underwater systems; five 20mm Oerlikon guns; no steam plant aboard the type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (class construction window)
- Population
- Class-wide: LCI construction trades at ten wartime yards; crews; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation of a sister hull (LCI-713), not this hull: LCI-990 was commissioned 22 May 1944, before the documented 1 June 1944 design change to cylindrical pilothouse and centerline ramp, so she carried the earlier side-ramp configuration (consistent with Elsie Item's side-ramp count). Neither document addresses insulation, coatings, or asbestos content - construction-material detail beyond '1/4-inch welded steel plate' is not established by these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-06
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[8]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 (April-May 1944) and commissioned service era (May 1944 - 1946).
- 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, consistent with prior batch sessions) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (eight GM 6-71 diesels, reduction gears, no steam plant); HAER OR-180 + NRHP 07000300 class construction description; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era); shipbuildinghistory yard table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER OR-180; NRHP 07000300; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered welded-steel landing craft built April-May 1944 at an emergency wartime yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were thermal insulation in engine/motor spaces, diesel-exhaust lagging (the type carried both above-water and underwater exhaust systems), gaskets, valve and machinery packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and the LCI's assembly-line design deliberately minimized specialized material.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Repair Base conversion workers (Nov 1944-Jan 1945); dry-dock/availabilities trades (San Diego 1944; forward-area 8 Jun 1945); any post-sale commercial operators/breakers (1946+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or preservation finding located for LCI(L)-990, and the class's preservation documents do not describe insulation materials. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-08
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[10]Batch-5638 search ledger (this record): NavSource page + ship's-history PDF; NHHC DANFS (no entry) + Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; shipbuildinghistory yard table; Elsie Item 96; HAER OR-180 + NRHP 07000300; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener (name + hull queries); NVR check; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-990-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-990 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits on 'LCI(L)-990', 'LCI-990', and 'LCI(L) 990' in the opinion index. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos on LCI-class craft without primary sourcing (excluded by source policy) plus name collisions (a South Carolina highway segment 'LCI 990', IRS Form 990 filings of the USS LCI National Association).
- 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 hull was sold into unknown commercial disposition in November 1946 - post-Navy material history is undocumented. Deck logs (RG 24), Consolidated Steel work packages, and any sale/disposal file remain undigitized archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-09
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[11]Date-window cross-check: NavSource service narrative ('30 November to 12 December 1944' conversion; ServRon Ten); Ship's History 1 Oct 1945 (conversion begun 30 November, completed morning of 4 January 1945; control to ServRon Ten 12 December 1944); NHHC US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945 (listed under Service Squadron Eight) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150990 narrative vs 150990a.pdf p. 3-4 (Navy Yard Repair Base passage)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (window compression): NavSource compresses the Pearl Harbor cargo conversion to '30 November to 12 December 1944' - but 12 December is actually the ServRon Ten control-transfer date; the ship's own history records conversion work begun 30 November 1944 and completed when she 'stood out from the repair base dock... a cargo ship' on the morning of 4 January 1945. The ship-history dates are carried in this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Corrects a compressed secondary-source date window using the ship's own document - a service-history clarification, not a material claim. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-990-10