Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 491-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-997 — listed as a commissioned US Navy hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-997-lcil997-pkt-491-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-997 page (history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150997.htm - ship history block and specifications table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class landing craft laid down 14 April 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 11 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-997 31 May 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in WWII; occupation service in the Far East 3-12 September 1945; decommissioned 18 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 12 February 1947; registered 1948 by Humble Oil Co., Houston, TX as tugboat Humble LCI-1; renamed Humble CI-1 1949; later Chilean-flag freighter Banano, homeport Valparaiso; deleted from Lloyd's Register 1999; fate unknown. Ship page specifications: displacement 236 t light / 419 t loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051 series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1999
- Population
- Ship's company (4 officers, 24 enlisted) and embarked troops (up to ~188) during 1944-46 service
- Limitations
- NavSource is the standard compiled reference (its history derives from the Turner Publishing LCI volume), not a contemporaneous primary record - each stated date is as compiled; 'struck' date absent; the Chilean-phase and post-1949 details rest on registry notes only. Contains no asbestos information and supports no exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-01
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[3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790, 1953 revision), Part IV, Sec. 17 - Secretary of the Navy eligible-units list for the Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended), HyperWar/ibiblio mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual Part IV Section 17, eligible-units table, row 'LCI (L) 997 | 3-12 Sep 45 | A'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official SECNAV-credited eligible-units list carries 'LCI (L) 997' for Navy Occupation Service Medal, occupation service 3-12 September 1945, clasp A (Asia) - independently corroborating the NavSource occupation-service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09
- Population
- Crew aboard during the credited occupation period, 3-12 September 1945
- Limitations
- Official award-eligibility list (mirror transcription of the 1953 NAVPERS manual), not an operational log - it establishes credited occupation service dates only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-02
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[4]Library of Virginia, World War II Separation Notices: Navy - NAVPERS-553 separation notice for James Tyler Allison, Lt(jg), USNR (FromThePage transcription; document image attached) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LVA Making History / FromThePage work 1140045-001-006-001, page 1 'Service Vessels and Stations' field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official Navy separation notice (NAVPERS-553, serial 400563) lists 'USS LCI 997' among the service vessels and stations of Lt(jg) James Tyler Allison, USNR - ship-specific documentation of an officer aboard this hull. Allison entered active service 27 August 1944 (commissioned 15 June 1944), held gunnery-officer/ship's-service-officer qualifications, and separated at USN-PSC(O)-SND, 33 Pine St., New York; service-vessels list also names USS FC 1239 and New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Lt(jg) James Tyler Allison (one documented officer; emblematic of the ~4-officer complement)
- Limitations
- Individual service record - documents one officer's assignment to this hull during 1944-46; it does not establish the ship's movements and does not itself state when he was aboard versus at his other listed stations. Crowdsourced transcription of a primary document; the attached document image is the controlling text. No asbestos content; no exposure claim made for the individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-03
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[5]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, Elsie Item repost 'Now it Can be Told: LCI(R) 765 Takes on a Japanese Destroyer' - epilogue by R. E. Wright [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article epilogue; the same association's officers page lists R. E. Wright Jr. as son of Robert E. Wright, WWII, USS LCI(L) 20, 996, and 997
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The veterans' association publication states that EM1/c Robert Wright, USN, was assigned to LCI(L)-997, 'which was part of Flotilla 16' - placing this hull in LCI Flotilla 16 (Pacific) in the late-1944/Okinawa-period operations the article describes, and noting Wright received a commendation for diagnosing and repairing rocket-launcher firing circuits during testing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- EM1/c Robert Wright (one documented enlisted crewman)
- Limitations
- Veterans' association publication, not an official record - the claim rests on the author's research in the LCI Flotilla 16 war diaries held at NARA (RG 38); the war diaries themselves were not retrieved. Establishes flotilla assignment and one enlisted crewman only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory.com (T. Colton), 'Consolidated Steel - Orange TX' yard production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated Orange production table, row hull 1291 / LCI(L) 997
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Consolidated Steel Orange yard production table lists Navy landing craft LCI(L) 997 as yard hull number 1291, 260 tons, contract date 10 December 1943, delivered May 1944, disposition 'Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder, hull number, and 1946 strike year in NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation of yard production records - not an official registry; per-hull detail columns (keel-laid/launch) are blank for the LCI rows, so NavSource remains the source for those dates; 'Struck 1946' gives only the year against NavSource's 'date unknown'. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-05
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[7]Auke Visser's International Esso Tankers site - 'Fleetlist Seagoing Vessels Humble Oil & Refining Co Inc.' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Fleetlist table, ON 255105 rows (HUMBLE CI-1 / HUMBLE LCI-1)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Humble Oil & Refining fleet list carries U.S. Official Number 255105, ID 6134171, built 1944, 346 tons, under both names HUMBLE LCI-1 and HUMBLE CI-1, registered owner Humble Oil & Refining Co Inc., Houston, TX - documenting the merchant-registry continuation of this hull after Maritime Commission transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1948-1951
- Population
- Humble Oil crew aboard the converted tug, post-1948
- Limitations
- Private fleet-list compilation - ON 255105 corroborates the merchant identity but the table's 'Change' year of 1951 conflicts with NavSource's 1948 registration / 1949 rename narrative; Merchant Vessels of the United States (USCG annual register) is the controlling source and was not directly consulted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-06
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[8]Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI 226 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships' (recognition manual), HyperWar/ibiblio mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI 226 PDF, LCI(L) entry (personnel landing craft section)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's official recognition manual documents the LCI(L) design this hull was built to: LCI(L) 351-and-up series listed at 9 officers/196 enlisted troop capacity, 158'5.5" x 23'3", ~257 tons, diesel propulsion (8 x 225-hp diesels), 5 x 20mm armament - establishing the class design envelope for the 351-series craft including this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Class-level design document - describes the type, not this hull; per-ship outfitting varied and the manual contains no insulation-material or asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-07
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[9]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373; DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documenting that asbestos was used extensively as an insulating and fireproofing material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the program and era under which this 1944 landing craft was mass-produced at Consolidated Steel Orange.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, class, or yard product and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. DOI resolves live; the Wiley landing page returns 403 to automated fetch (access note only - bibliographic identity is verified).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-08
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[10]U.S. Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation 9828426, Docket 94-15 783 (decision 23 September 1998), Houston RO [other_primary]
- Locator
- va.gov vetapp98 decision text, Findings of Fact 1-3 and Reasons and Bases
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A WWII veteran (Navy service May 1944 - February 1946) who had also worked at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas 1942-46 as a driller in the boilermaker department claimed service connection for asbestos-related lung disease. The Board found the veteran was NOT exposed to asbestos during his Consolidated Steel Orange employment (drilling on exterior hull steel per coworker statements) but WAS exposed to asbestos while serving aboard Navy vessels; service connection was granted for asbestos-related lung disease and denied for asbestosis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946 exposure period; 1998 decision
- Population
- One WWII Navy veteran / Consolidated Steel Orange driller (1942-46)
- Limitations
- Builder-yard-level adjudication context only - this decision does not name LCI(L)-997 or any specific vessel, makes no finding about shipyard-wide asbestos conditions (it found no exposure for this worker's specific tasks at Orange), and is a single administrative adjudication, not a survey or judicial precedent. It documents that the builder's yard was a locus of asbestos exposure adjudication and illustrates the era's claims posture; nothing here is a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-09
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[11]Batch-5645 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page; NHHC/DANFS; NAVPERS awards manual (HyperWar mirror); Library of Virginia separation notices; USS LCI National Association publications; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; MARAD Vessel History Database; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-997-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-997-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-997 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on all hull-number forms ('LCI-997', 'LCI(L) 997', 'LCI(L)-997') and a docket search on 'LCI 997' returned zero results. Merchant identities (Humble LCI-1, Humble CI-1, Banano) appear only in registry/fleet-list sources with no associated litigation surfaced; a supplemental CourtListener pass on 'Banano' was pacing-blocked.
- 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 - a mass-produced 1944 naval craft is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-10
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[12]NARA record paths: WWII War Diaries series (NAID 4697018, RG 38 / Office of Naval Records and Library) holding LCI Flotilla 16 war diaries referenced by the LCI association; Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208) for deck logs; USCG merchant-vessel documentation files for ON 255105 [other_primary]
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - catalog query layer is JS/API-key gated and produced no machine-readable results this session): per-ship file units 'USS LCI(L) 997 - War Diary' may exist in NAID 4697018 alongside the Flotilla 16 war diaries cited by usslci.org; WWII-era deck logs sit in RG 24 Entry 118; merchant documentation for ON 255105 (as HUMBLE LCI-1) would follow RG 26 / MVUS register paths.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-997-11