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 (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: none assigned — never named. Proper reference: USS LCI(L)-1003.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-pkt-385-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1003 - construction dates, campaign credits, battle stars, awards display, MARCOM transfer, specification block (history sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151003.htm header block, Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table, awards display, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 24 April 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 20 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1003, 8 June 1944; radio call sign NZDT. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater; campaigns: Consolidation of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings, 10-20 March and 17-23 April 1945) and Borneo operation (Balikpapan operation, 26 June-6 July 1945); earned two battle stars for WWII service. Awards display: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2); World War II Victory Medal; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (1). Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948; final disposition, fate unknown. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades at Consolidated Steel Orange (1944); crew 1944-46; embarked troops on operations
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (ship history credited to Turner Publishing Vol. II), not a primary registry - milestone dates track NVR-style data but decommission/struck dates are recorded as unknown. Campaign table corroborated by her own NARA action reports for the April 1945 and July 1945 operations; the March 1945 landing window and award details are not independently confirmed by a primary source in this record. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-01
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[3]NARA, 'LCI(L) 1003 - Muster Rolls,' NAID 120187320 - Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), National Archives at College Park; digitized via Ancestry partnership, 118 images, coverage 8 June 1944 - 1 May 1946 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120187320 digital objects: roll dated 1944-06-08 (object 32860_244712-00004) and Report of Changes ending 1946-05-01 (object 32860_244712-00180); Ancestry scanning, RG 24 muster rolls
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Her commissioning muster roll (NAVPERS 605 forwarding sheet) is dated the commissioning day, 8 June 1944, titled 'MUSTER ROLL OF THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. LCI(L) 1003' with 'COMMISSIONING' noted; certified by J. L. Buckley, Executive Officer; approved 18 June 1944 by J. W. Jessee, Commanding Officer; forwarded 25 June 1944 'From Galveston, Tex.' The series' last digitized roll is the Report of Changes for the month ending 1 May 1946, listing only nine names - including personnel received 4 April 1946 from 'Receiving Sta., Terminal Isl., Calif.' and BuPers rating changes - consistent with a reduced caretaker crew at Terminal Island, California, in spring 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-08 to 1946-05-01
- Population
- Commissioning crew June 1944 (CO Lt.(jg) J.W. Jessee USNR; XO J.L. Buckley); ship's company 1944-46
- Limitations
- Personnel records, not operational or material records: they document who was aboard and when, not what the ship carried or contained. The May 1946 roll establishes the hull still had an administrative crew at that date but does not state a decommissioning date. The 16 October 1944 Solomons ATB training photo (see ev-10) and a 7 November 1944 position off Hollandia create an unresolved transit-timeline tension - the photo caption date may be approximate. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-02
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[4]NARA, 'LCI(L)-1003 - Rep of ops in the invasion of Mapia & Asia Islands, Dutch New Guinea, 11/15-19/44,' NAID 139817036 - World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (RG 38); her own signed action report, serial 1001, micro serial 103226, 2 images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139817036 digital objects A_1861-adjacent microfilm frames (images 0684-0685 of export_WWII_WarDiaries_1356_200118); report header 'LCI(L) 1003/A16-3, Serial 1001'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Her commanding officer's own action report (dated 21 November 1944, CONFIDENTIAL at filing, signed J.W. Jessee, Lt.(jg), U.S.N.R.): joined Task Group 78.14 in cruising formation 1700 on 7 November 1944 five miles northeast of Hollandia Bay entrance; proceeded to Morotai under Seventh Amphibious Force Operation Plan No. 102-44, arriving 11 November, when Surgical Team 11 (two naval doctors, ten corpsmen) reported aboard; 12 November embarked seven officers and 148 men of E and H Companies, 167th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 31st Division, 11th Corps, Eighth Army; departed Morotai 13 November for Pegun Island, Mapia Group; at 0644 on 15 November (D-Day) beached without anchor on the southeastern end of Pegun Island with LCI(L)s 1002, 1025 and 701, completing troop disembarkation at 0652; at 0730 attempted to tow the stranded LCI(L)-1025, broached to alongside her and remained stranded until towed off by USS Willmarth at 1720; 18-19 November proceeded to Igi Island, Asia Group, observed the assault, and re-embarked 137 men and 7 officers by DUKW; arrived Morotai 22 November where troops disembarked. Copy to ComLCI(L)Flot 24.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-11-07 to 1944-11-22
- Population
- Ship's company (~28); Surgical Team 11 (12); embarked troops 148+7 outbound, 137+7 return (E/H Co, 167th Inf, 31st Div, Eighth Army)
- Limitations
- Operational narrative only - it documents combat operations, embarked Army personnel, and a stranding/salvage event, but says nothing about hull materials or asbestos. The stranding event is ship-specific damage history, not damage repair documentation. This operation is not among the two campaigns for which NavSource credits battle stars (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-03
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[5]NARA, 'LCI(L)-1003 - Rep of opers in the amphibious landing in the Malabang-Parang Cotabato Area, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 4/22/45,' NAID 77485193 - RG 38 WWII War Diaries and Operational Records; her own signed action report, LCI(L) 1003/A16-3 serial 0003, micro serial 140606, 2 images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77485193 digital objects A_1861 images 0295-0296; report header 'LCI(L) 1003/A16-3, Serial 0003'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Her commanding officer's own action report (dated 22 April 1945, CONFIDENTIAL at filing, signed J.W. Jessee, Lt.(jg), U.S.N.R.), 'Action report, U.S.S. LCI(L) 1003 Malabang-Parang-Cotabato Operation, From 17 April 1945 to 22 April 1945,' routed via Commander LCI(L) Group 45, CTU 78.2.16 (Commander LST Flotilla Twenty-Two), CTG 78.2, CTF 78 (Commander Seventh Amphibious Force), Commander Seventh Fleet: on 17 April 1945 beached at Morotai and loaded 193 men and 6 officers of the 155th Infantry, 31st Division; departed Morotai 19 April with Task Unit 78.2.16 for the Malabang-Parang-Cotabato area of Mindanao; on 22 April 1945 disembarked troops in the Malabang area on the Mindanao coast. Parts III-VI (ordnance performance, battle damage, special comments, personnel/casualties): no comment - i.e., no damage or casualties reported for the operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04-17 to 1945-04-22
- Population
- Ship's company (~28); embarked troops 193 men + 6 officers (155th Inf, 31st Div)
- Limitations
- Operational narrative only; 'no comment' in damage/casualty parts means no battle damage or casualties were reported, not that none occurred. Troop count (193 men) exceeds the spec-block rated troop capacity (182) - reported figure carried as filed, see gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-04
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[6]NARA, 'COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.6 - Rep of opers in the assault landings at Balikpapan, Borneo, 7/1-2/45,' NAID 83557435 - RG 38 WWII War Diaries and Operational Records; includes as Enclosure (A14) her own signed action report, LCI(L) 1003/A16-3 serial 01, dated 2 July 1945 (images 0048-0050 of 73) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83557435 digital objects A_1843: forwarding letter image 0002 (Enclosure A14 listed 'LCI(L) 1003, p. 48'); her report at images 0048-0050
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Her commanding officer's own action report (dated 2 July 1945, CONFIDENTIAL at filing, signed J.W. Jessee, Lt.(jg), U.S.N.R.), forwarded by Commander Task Unit 78.2.6 / Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Four aboard flagship USS LCI(L)-624: 'On 21 June 1945, the LCI(L) 1003 beached at Nica beach on the southeast coast of Moratai, N.E.I. and embarked 192 men and 6 Officers of the 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion'; practice beaching approach 24 June with LCI(L)s 1002(GF), 622 and 999; joined TU 78.2.6 in the assault convoy departing Morotai 26 June; F-Day 1 July - 'At 0950 (H-hour plus 50 minutes) Assault Wave 14, comprising LCI(L)s 1002(GF), 622, 999 and this vessel, left the line of departure. At 1004 this vessel beached in formation with Wave 14 approximately two miles southeast of Balikpapan, Borneo, and commenced debarkation of troops. At 1013 the disembarking of troops was completed; at 1014 the LCI(L) 1003 retracted from the beach'; departed Balikpapan area 2 July for Morotai. Parts III-VI: no comment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-06-21 to 1945-07-02
- Population
- Ship's company (~28); embarked troops 192 men + 6 officers (2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion)
- Limitations
- Operational narrative only - documents the ship's role and the assault-wave composition, not materials aboard. The task-unit forwarding letter (CTU 78.2.6 serial 078) confirms the report was filed under her own serial; her individual report survives only as Enclosure (A14) inside the unit-level submission in this file unit. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1003 (LCI(L)-1003), LCI 351 class - builder and milestone corroboration plus Operation Oboe II (Balikpapan) order of battle naming her and her commanding officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 22068 (spec table; 'Notable events' Operation Oboe II narrative, TG 78.2.6 listing)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary corroboration for this hull: built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas; laid down 24 April 1944; launched 20 May 1944; commissioned 8 June 1944. Its Operation Oboe II order of battle (1 July 1945) places 'USS LCI(L)-1003 (Lt.(jg) J.W. Jessee, USNR)' in TG 78.2.6, the LCI Unit of LCIFLOT24 under Cdr. A.V. Jannotta, USNR - matching her own action report (ev-05) and her CO's signature.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew under CO Lt.(jg) J.W. Jessee, USNR
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation; used for corroboration only. Its dates agree with NavSource and the primary records; the order of battle matches the CTU 78.2.6 action report. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-06
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[8]NARA RG 24 deck-log holdings and Special List 44 inventory (NAID 178406296): batch-supplied NARA record lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1003 covering 6/8/1944-6/30/1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log inventory line for LCI(L)-1003 (batch-supplied); catalog.archives.gov/id/178406296 (Special Lists 43-44); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (hull absent from digitized list)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1003 with coverage 8 June 1944 - 30 June 1945 (commissioning through the Balikpapan deployment) - a dated operational record establishing service in that interval. The logs are held in the RG 24 deck-log series at the National Archives at College Park; this hull does not appear on NARA's online list of digitized deck logs, so the logs are a paper/microfilm archival lead only.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-08 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company during the logged interval
- Limitations
- Coverage dates come from the NARA deck-log inventory entry supplied with the batch tasking; the underlying Special List 44 page image was not individually pulled (837 frames at NAID 178406296). Deck logs record daily events and personnel but do not document materials - they are a research lead, not an asbestos record. The log end date (30 June 1945) precedes her Balikpapan landing (1 July) by one day - later logs may exist beyond the inventoried coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-07
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[9]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation No. 9828426, Docket No. 94-15 783, decision date 1998-09-23 (Houston RO appeal; service connection for asbestos-related lung disease) [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA Citation 9828426 (Findings of Fact 1-2; fellow-employee letters summarized in Factual Background)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A BVA adjudication touching asbestos at this hull's builder's yard during the era of her construction: the veteran had worked as a driller in the boilermaker department at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, 1942-44 before entering naval service May 1944. The Board found (Finding of Fact 1) he 'was not exposed to asbestos during his periods of employment with Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, from 1942 to 1946' - fellow boilermaker-department employees testified there was no asbestos in the area of their drilling work on ship shells - but (Finding 2) he 'was exposed to asbestos when serving aboard Navy vessels in service,' and service connection for asbestos-related lung disease was granted on the Navy-exposure basis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (employment window); decision 1998
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange boilermaker-department trades (1942-44 window overlapping this hull's construction); Navy veteran claimant (service May 1944-Feb 1946)
- Limitations
- Single-claimant benefits adjudication, not a tort finding or yard survey: the no-exposure finding is tied to one worker's drilling tasks on the outside of ship shells in one department; it does not establish the yard was asbestos-free, and it does not name LCI(L)-1003 or any vessel. The Navy-service exposure finding is generic to 'Navy vessels' and predates/parallels this hull only coincidentally (the veteran's ships are not identified in the findings). Carried as builder-era context, at the lowest litigation stage (an administrative fact-finding, neither pleaded allegation nor judicial precedent).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-08
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[10]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 construction (1944) and entire service life (1944-circa 1946, reserve to 1948).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- 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 batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-09
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[11]Official U.S. Navy photograph caption, 'sailors are shown during gunnery training on board LCI(L) 1003' with a 20mm gun, dated 16 October 1944 at Amphibious Training Base Solomons, MD - caption as quoted in Robin L. Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (text mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II,' chapter on training (photo caption); erenow.org mirror p. 3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A dated official-photograph lead placing this hull at the Amphibious Training Base, Solomons, Maryland, for 20mm gunnery training in mid-October 1944 - consistent with the standard pattern of newly commissioned LCIs working up on the Chesapeake before Pacific deployment, and documenting the training-phase population aboard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-10
- Population
- Ship's company and ATB Solomons gunnery trainees (October 1944)
- Limitations
- The underlying photograph is official but the record is the caption as printed in a secondary published history (accessed via a text mirror); the original NARA still-picture catalog entry was not located this session. The caption date (16 October 1944 at Solomons, MD) sits only three weeks before her documented 7 November 1944 position joining TG 78.14 off Hollandia Bay, Dutch New Guinea - a tight transit for a 16-knot craft, so the caption date should be treated as approximate or the Solomons phase as part of an earlier work-up; unresolved (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (GM 6051-series-71 diesels, diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers); class literature (Wikipedia/HyperWar LCI(L) class data); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use era (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HyperWar Transport Doctrine ch. 2 LCI(L) table; Wikipedia LCI class article (secondary)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled infantry landing craft built April-June 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine-exhaust lagging and muffler insulation in the engine room, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing on seawater/fuel piping, and electrical insulation. As a direct-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her machinery spaces were far smaller than a combatant's.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops during operations; post-war caretaker and MARCOM disposition handlers (1946-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1003. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The 2-inch 'plastic splinter protection' armor noted in her spec block is of unstated composition - asbestos content is not claimed for it (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-11
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[13]Batch-4900 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA catalog (muster rolls NAID 120187320, action reports NAIDs 77485193/139817036/83557435 - full images pulled); NARA deck-log inventory; DANFS/NHHC; uboat.net; NVR; MARAD status-card page; VA BVA; GAO; CourtListener API (opinion search, authenticated); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation or material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-1003 was found in the sources searched. CourtListener opinion and docket searches on all name/hull variants ('LCI(L)-1003', 'LCI-1003', 'LCI(L) 1003') returned zero hits (2026-09-29, authenticated API, type=o and type=r). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and only irrelevant collisions (an 'LCI Chemical Plant' site and generic marketing database pages); even the usual law-firm ship listicles carry no entry for 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. The strongest untapped leads are the undigitized RG 24 deck logs (6/8/1944-6/30/1945), Consolidated Steel work packages/build records (yard records largely undigitized), and any MARCOM disposal file for the 1948 transfer. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1003-lcil1003-12