Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 385-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: none assigned — never named. Proper reference: USS LCI(L)-1002.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-pkt-385-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1002 - chronology, campaign table, awards block, LCI-351 class specification block (history sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151002 - chronology block, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, photo caption 1015100001
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 19 April 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 13 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1002, 10 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; campaign table lists Consolidation of the Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 10-20 March 1945 and 17-23 April 1945 - and Borneo operation - Balikpapan operation, 26 June-6 July 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946; earned two battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 11 March 1948; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Call sign NZDR. Awards block: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2); WWII Victory Medal; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (1). Class spec block: displacement 236 t light/264 landing/419 loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 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, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators; speed 16 kts (max).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation (history credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II), not a primary registry - but independently corroborated for this hull by NARA primary records (ev-02, ev-03, ev-04) and the NAVPERS-derived engagement table (ev-07). Contains no asbestos content. The Borneo campaign row is not matched by a Borneo engagement credit in the NAVPERS-derived table for this hull - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-01
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[3]NARA, RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories (series NAID 4697018): 'LCI(L)-1002 - Report of operations in the assault landings in the Parang Area, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 4/22/45' - the ship's own CONFIDENTIAL action report, LCI(L)1002/A16-3(3), Serial 03, dated 22 April 1945, signed Edward B. Schicker, Jr. (Commanding Officer); 2 digitized images, microfilm Roll A1893, Fold3 File #300780994 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 77510521; Roll A1893, images 0251-0252; document LCI(L)1002/A16-3(3) Serial 03
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-generated primary record, read in full: 'This vessel was a part of Task Group 78.2, Task Unit 78.2.16, Convoy V5-F, ordered to land elements of the THIRTY-FIRST Division in the Parang Area, Mindanao on 22 April 1945' (operation VICTOR-FIVE per reference plan). Embarked 145 troops of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry, 31st Division at Morotai, N.E.I., 17 April 1945; departed Morotai for Polloc Harbor 19 April; arrived Polloc Harbor 22 April (R+5 day); 'discharged troops at docks Cotabato Town on upper branch Mindanao River at 1242/I. Troops were disembarked in 4 minutes.' Returned to Polloc Harbor to await return to Morotai 23 April with TU 78.2.16. No enemy opposition enroute or at the landing area; no ammunition expended; no battle damage; no personnel casualties. Report routed via Commander LCI(L) Group FORTY-FIVE, CTU 78.2.16 (Com LST Flot 22), CTG 78.2, CTF 78 (Com Seventh Amphibious Force), Com Seventh Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04-17 to 1945-04-23
- Population
- Ship's company; 145 embarked troops of HQ Co, 1st Bn, 124th Infantry, 31st Division
- Limitations
- Operational record only - documents an unopposed landing with no material, insulation, or hazardous-substance content. Establishes ship-specific presence in the Parang-area landing 22 April 1945 and the 17-23 April Morotai-Mindanao lift. The via-chain lists Commander LCI(L) Group 45 as the operation's LCI commander (Lt. Comdr. Tucker in LCI 612, per the unit report ev-04); the ship's administrative group assignment per the June 1944 muster roll was Group 70 flagship - both are documented, no conflict.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-02
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[4]NARA, RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities: 'LCI(L) 1002 - Muster Rolls' (103 digitized images; first roll dated 1944-06-10, the commissioning day; Ancestry partnership images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 120187439, image 1 (NAVPERS 605 forwarding sheet, quarterly roll ending 30 Jun 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-generated personnel records. The quarterly roll forwarding sheet (period ending 30 June 1944) is titled 'MUSTER ROLL OF THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. LCI(L) 1002, LCI(L) Group 70 Flagship' - documenting this hull as the flagship of LCI(L) Group 70. Certified by V. E. Harris, Executive Officer; approved 31 July 1944 by Edward B. Schicker, Jr., Commanding Officer; forwarded 1 July 1944 via Commander LCI(L) Group 70. A handwritten annotation reads 'Com. 6-10-44 to 2-1-46' (commissioned 10 June 1944; the 2-1-46 endpoint is ambiguous - possibly the muster-roll binder span or an active-service end date; not asserted as a decommissioning date).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-10 onward
- Population
- Ship's company (4 officers + 24 enlisted nominal complement)
- Limitations
- Personnel record only - no material, maintenance, or asbestos content. The handwritten '2-1-46' annotation is of uncertain meaning and is not used to fix any date. Muster rolls document named individuals aboard; this record does not extract or publish individual enlisted names.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-03
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[5]NARA, RG 38, World War II War Diaries series (NAID 4697018): 'COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.16 - Rep of ops in the landings in the Malabang-Parang-Cotabato Area, Mindanao Is, Philippines 4/22-23/1945' (LSTFLOT22/A16-3, Serial 052, 10 May 1945; 7 images, Roll A1602) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 140000664; Roll A1602, images 0207-0208 (pages 2-3 of report)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The task-unit commander's action report names this hull explicitly: a CTF 78 dispatch directed 'Com LCI Grp 70 and LCIs 1002, 622, 1019, 979, 999 and 1003 be released Morotai about 26 April' - listing LCI(L)-1002 among LCI Group 70's six craft in the operation (the Group 45 LCIs present were 612, 611, 637, 758, 759). The report confirms the operation's LCI tactical commander was Lt. Comdr. Tucker, Commander LCI Group 45, in LCI 612 - matching the via-chain in the ship's own report (ev-02) - and that the seventeen LSTs and eleven LCIs of the Morotai unit (Convoy V5-F) loaded at Blue Beach, Morotai, 13-17 April 1945. Screen: Flusser (DD-368), Aulick (DD-569), Conyngham (DD-371), Jobb (DE-707), Albert T. Harris (DE-447).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04 (report dated 1945-05-10)
- Population
- TU 78.2.16 ship's companies and embarked 31st Division elements
- Limitations
- Unit-level operational record that names the hull - corroborates ship-specific participation in the 22-23 April 1945 Malabang-Parang-Cotabato landings. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-04
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[6]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number index, deck-log holdings line for LCI(L)-1002 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-number index PDF, p. 15 of scan, LCI(L) block: 'LCI(L)-1002 6/10/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log index (Special List 44) lists logbooks held for LCI(L)-1002 covering 6/10/1944-6/30/1945 - the commissioning day through the eve of the Balikpapan operation. Verified directly in the index PDF (OCR renders the hull 'LC1(L)-1002'; the entry sits in the LCI(L) block on PDF p. 15 and matches the batch-supplied coverage exactly). The corresponding logbook series is 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (series NAID 594258).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-10 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company (deck-log entries)
- Limitations
- Index-level datum: establishes that NARA holds deck logs for this hull in the stated date range - the log pages themselves were not examined, and log coverage endpoints are not asserted as commissioning/decommissioning dates. Ship-titled monthly file units for this hull were not surfaced in the catalog's digitized logbook series in this pass (see sl-15); the paper/microfilm holding is per Special List 44. Notably the indexed coverage ends 6/30/1945 - one day before the Balikpapan landings she is documented at via the operation order (ev-08).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-05
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[7]NARA, RG 111 (Army Signal Corps photographs), NAID 80683228 - album 'Philippine Islands - Mindanao' (local ID 111-SCA-2975, 169 images), containing Signal Corps Photo #263799 captioned 'USS LCI(L)-1000 and USS LCI(L)-1002 moored in the harbor at Zamboanga, Mindanao, P.I., 14 March 1945' (frame identified via NavSource caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 80683228 (RG 111, album 111-SCA-2975); photo #263799, album p. 80; NavSource 10/15/151002 caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph places this hull at Zamboanga, Mindanao on 14 March 1945, moored alongside sister LCI(L)-1000 - physical-presence documentation within the 10-20 March Mindanao engagement window credited in the awards record (ev-07).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03-14
- Population
- Ship's company at Zamboanga, 14 March 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead: presence documentation only - a moored-in-harbor photograph establishes location and date, not what work or activity occurred. The album-level catalog record (169 images) was verified; the specific frame (#263799, album p. 80) is identified via the NavSource caption transcription rather than direct frame inspection. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-06
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[8]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), LCI 995-1055 battle-star engagement table (transcribed by officialmilitaryribbons.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- officialmilitaryribbons.com NAVPERS 15,790 transcription, 'LCI 1002' rows (P39-3 x2)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NAVPERS-derived awards table credits LCI-1002 with two WWII engagement entries, both under campaign code P39-3 (Consolidation of the Southern Philippines): Mindanao Island landings 10-20 March 1945 and Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945. These are the two engagement credits underlying the 'two battle stars' and Asiatic-Pacific (2) ribbon shown by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03-10 to 1945-04-23
- Population
- Ship's company during credited engagement windows
- Limitations
- Transcription of an official awards manual on a non-government site - engagement rows verified against the transcription, not against the NAVPERS original scan. The table lists no Borneo/Balikpapan engagement row for this hull (indeed no LCI row on the page carries a Balikpapan engagement); the Balikpapan operation participation documented by NavSource's campaign table and the TG 78.2.6 order-of-battle (ev-08) therefore does not correspond to a separately credited engagement for this hull in this table - attribution nuance carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-07
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[9]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1002 (LCI 351 class) - ship data block and transcribed order of battle for Operation Oboe II, Balikpapan landings, 1 July 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22067.html - data block and 1 Jul 1945 event entry (TG 78.2.6 listing)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation corroboration: confirms laid down 19 Apr 1944, launched 13 May 1944, commissioned 10 Jun 1944, built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas. The transcribed Balikpapan order of battle places USS LCI(L)-1002 (Lt. E.B. Schicker, Jr., USNR) in TG 78.2.6, the LCI Unit under Cdr. A.V. Jannotta, USNR, drawn from LCI Flotilla 24 - alongside LCI(L)-624 (COMLCIFLOT 24 aboard), -622, -625, -634, -636, -655, -699, -700, -712, -999, -1003, -1008, -1025, -1072, -1076.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-07-01 to 1945-07-02
- Population
- Ship's company during the Balikpapan operation
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of a wartime order of battle - documents the hull's presence in the Balikpapan attack force; the underlying operation record exists at NARA as 'COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.6 - Rep of opers in the assault landings at Balikpapan, Borneo, 7/1-2/45' (NAID 83557435, Roll A1843), an archival lead. The commanding officer named (Lt. E.B. Schicker, Jr., USNR) matches the CO of record in the ship's own April 1945 action report and June 1944 muster roll. Deck-log coverage per Special List 44 ends 6/30/1945 - the day before this operation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-08
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[10]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Consolidated Orange' - yard history and hull table for Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com consolidatedorange.htm - hull-table row 1296 (LCI(L) 1002); yard summary figures
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table row for this hull: Consolidated yard hull number 1296, contract dated 10 December 1943, delivered June 1944, 'Struck 1946' - consistent with the Naval Register striking of 12 March 1946. Yard context: the Navy-established Orange shipbuilding plant built 39 destroyers, approximately 100 destroyer escorts, and 106 landing craft during WWII at a peak workforce of roughly 20,000 (a Texas Historical Commission marker for the Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair/Consolidated Steel Corporation records the Navy establishing the facility in 1940, corroborating the Navy-established yard history).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-12-10 to 1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton's yard tables) - dates consistent with NavSource and uboat.net. The yard table's day-level columns are sparse for this row; laid-down/launched dates carried from NavSource. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-09
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[11]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 (Crossref-verified)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era and production system (a wartime emergency yard building destroyers and landing craft at ~20,000 peak workforce) in which this hull was built. For a diesel-powered landing craft with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-1946
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (Orange TX, 1944); wartime crew and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this craft contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. The hull's post-1948 fate is unknown - relevance is to historical (construction-yard and wartime) exposure only. Bibliographic note: the batch-4898 sister-hull record cited this paper with DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402 and volume/issue 12(4) - that DOI resolves to a different paper (Verschoor et al., lead exposure); the correct citation per Crossref is Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373, DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-10
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[12]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 1944 construction era and 1944-46 service life.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - she was struck in 1946 and disposed of by 1948, decades before the policies GAO evaluated existed. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, standing limitation from prior batches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-11
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[13]Batch-4899 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (war diaries, muster rolls, Special List 44, RG 111 photo album); NavSource 10/15/151002; NAVPERS 15,790-derived awards table; uboat.net ship page and Balikpapan OB; shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Orange; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, fleet-paced); NHHC DANFS; NVR; MARAD vessel-history; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-01 through -16
- 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)-1002, LCIL-1002, LCI-1002, LCI(L) 1002, or LSIL-1002 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API v4 returned zero results for all hull identifiers in both the opinion index (type=o) and the docket index (type=r) on 2026-09-29. No DANFS entry exists - the hull was never named and numbered landing craft are not individually covered. NVR carries no entry (disposed 1948, pre-NVR coverage). A secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying litigation and no marketing-list asbestos claims specific to this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built naval craft is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The finding addresses documentation only: no source establishes asbestos presence or absence aboard this hull, and none establishes or defeats any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. NARA deck logs (coverage 6/10/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44) and the 103-image muster-roll set are unexamined primary leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1002-lcil1002-12