Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 492-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-999-lcil999-pkt-492-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-999 (verified live 2026-09-30) - construction, commissioning, campaign table, specifications, disposition; history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150999.htm - class line, campaign table, specifications block, disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 15 April 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 11 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-999, 31 May 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Theater campaigns: Leyte operation - Leyte landings, 28 and 29 November 1944; Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 10 and 11 March 1945 and 17 to 23 April 1945; Borneo operation - Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned three battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 4 March 1948; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Spec block: 236 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 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew (1944-46+); embarked troops (up to 188); any Maritime Commission custodial workforce (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS practice but the underlying Turner Publishing volume is a commemorative unit-history compilation, not a Navy registry document. Contains no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning and striking dates are explicitly 'unknown' on the page; the 1948 Maritime Commission transfer date is stated without a primary instrument cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-999 - ship data sheet and Operation Oboe II (Balikpapan, 1 July 1945) order of battle (verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22064 data sheet; 'Notable events involving LCI(L)-999' - Operation Oboe II, TG 78.2.6 LCI Unit (LCIFLOT 24) listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net confirms builder (Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange TX) and dates (laid down 15 Apr 1944, launched 11 May 1944, commissioned 31 May 1944). Documents this hull as a unit of TG 78.2.6, the LCI Unit under Cdr. A.V. Jannotta USNR drawn from LCI Flotilla 24, in the order of battle for Operation Oboe II (the Balikpapan landings), with Lt.(jg) C.P. Castle, USN, commanding the vessel; landing date ('Fox day') 1 July 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Lt.(jg) C.P. Castle USN and crew; embarked Australian 7th Division troops (Oboe II)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a private research compilation of wartime order-of-battle data, not an official registry - the underlying sources are operational documents but the transcription is secondary. Ship-specific presence at Oboe II corroborates the NavSource Balikpapan campaign line and the AWM-credited photograph. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-02
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[4]Photograph of USS LCI(L)-999 landing Australian troops of the 2/14 Infantry Battalion on Yellow Beach, Balikpapan, during Operation Oboe II - sourced per NavSource caption to the Australian War Memorial (NavSource image 1015099901) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150999.htm photo table, image 1015099901; AWM Oboe II collection records (e.g., accession 110812, C196287) document 2/14 Bn landings 1 July 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An Australian War Memorial-originated photograph documents this hull landing troops of the Australian 2/14 Infantry Battalion on Yellow Beach, Balikpapan, during Operation Oboe II - independent photographic confirmation of the hull's presence at the Balikpapan assault.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-07-01
- Population
- crew; 2/14 Infantry Battalion troops embarked
- Limitations
- The NavSource caption dates the photograph '10 June 1945', which conflicts with the documented Oboe II landing date of 1 July 1945 (Fox day) per AWM collection records and the uboat.net order of battle - the caption date is treated as an error and logged in gaps. The AWM accession number for this specific image could not be resolved: AWM collection searches for the hull number returned zero results (the AWM catalog record does not index the ship by number), so direct AWM verification is an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange TX yard table - hull-level construction record for LCI(L)-999 as yard hull 1293 (verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- consolidatedorange.htm build table, row for yard hull 1293 / LCI(L) 999
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard build table records LCI(L)-999 as Consolidated Steel Orange yard hull 1293 under the 10 December 1943 contract series, delivered May 1944, with disposition noted 'Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder, construction era, and delivery window for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Tim Colton's shipbuildinghistory.com yard lists), not a registry document. Its 'Struck 1946' entry conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' + Maritime Commission transfer 4 March 1948 - carried as an unresolved conflict in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- 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 (1944) and U.S. service era (1944-46+).
- 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 this session (gao.gov has historically returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description, consistent with prior batch treatment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-05
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[7]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 9828426 (decision date 23 September 1998), Docket 94-15 783, Houston RO (verified live 2026-09-30) [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA Citation 9828426, Findings of Fact 1-3 and Factual Background (Consolidated Steel employment passages)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A VA adjudication documents asbestos-claim activity tied to this hull's builder workforce: a veteran who worked at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX, as a driller in the boilermaker department (1942-44, per his enlistment card; reported through 1946) claimed asbestosis from shipyard and Navy exposure. The Board found as fact that the veteran 'was not exposed to asbestos during his periods of employment with Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas' but 'was exposed to asbestos when serving aboard Navy vessels in service' - granting service connection for asbestos-related lung disease and denying it for asbestosis specifically.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1998 (claim history); decision 1998
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange boilermaker/driller trades (1942-46); WWII Navy ship crews generally
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation context only: this hull is not named, and the decision is an adjudicated NEGATIVE for asbestos exposure at the Orange yard for that claimant (the shipboard exposure found was generic Navy service, not tied to any named vessel). It documents that Consolidated Steel Orange workers brought asbestos-era claims and that VA adjudicated the yard-exposure question - not that asbestos was or was not present aboard LCI(L)-999.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (8 x GM 6051-series-71 diesel engines, twin variable-pitch propellers, diesel ship's-service generators - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era covering 1944 construction); LCI(L) type characteristics (all-welded steel amphibious landing craft, 158 ft) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust insulation/lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and as a small landing craft (236 t. light) her installed insulation scope would have been materially smaller than aboard steam combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46+); any reserve/custodial workforce to 1948
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or litigation record located for LCI(L)-999. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The smaller scope of a landing craft cuts both ways: less installed material, but the confined machinery spaces concentrate whatever was present.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-07
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[9]Batch-5647 search ledger (this record): NavSource (live); DANFS/NHHC (no entry); NVR (not applicable - pre-1987 disposal); uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; MARAD Vessel History Database; AWM collection search; VA BVA full text; CourtListener opinions + dockets (authenticated, zero hits); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-999-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-999 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener searches for 'LCI(L)-999' and 'LCI-999' returned zero opinions and zero dockets (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30) - a clean negative, not a blocked or presumed result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no marketing listicle claims this hull by name.
- 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 - it establishes only that no public ship-specific documentation was found. Deck logs (RG 24), the WWII war diary (RG 38, digitized on Fold3 behind subscription), builder work packages, and any Maritime Commission disposal instrument are undigitized or unverified leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-999-08