Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-1010 ex USS LCI(G)-1010 ex USS LCI(L)-1010 - build data, designation timeline, campaign record, awards, specifications (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151010.htm header designation line, history block, campaign table, awards display, specifications block, CO table, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific record for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large). Laid down 5 May 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 1 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1010 on 24 June 1944, LT. J. E. Farrar USNR in command. Reclassified LCI(G)-1010 on 31 December 1944; reclassified LCI(M)-1010 on 30 April 1945. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Twenty-One (CDR L. B. Balliere USNR), LCI Group Sixty-One (LCDR W. T. Dom USNR), LCI Division One Hundred Twenty-Two. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation (assault and occupation, 19-26 Feb 1945) and Okinawa Gunto operation (26 Mar-14 Jun 1945). Two battle stars; awards display adds Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Decommissioned and struck - dates unknown. Sold 22 November 1946; fate unknown. Photo caption places USS LCI(M)-1010 at Saipan (date unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Orange TX, 1944); crew 4-5 officers + 24-65 enlisted by configuration; embarked troops up to ~188 as LCI(L); occupation-era crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - it transcribes official Navy data and published unit histories (credited to Turner Publishing Vol. II) but is not itself the official source. No asbestos or material content. Decommission and stricken dates are not stated; sale/fate incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-01
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[2]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX yard construction table - yard hull number series and dispositions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated Orange construction table, row yard no. 1304
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Consolidated Orange yard table carries this hull as yard number 1304, U.S. Navy Landing Craft LCI(L) 1010, 260 tons, on the 10-Dec-43 Navy contract, delivered Jun-44, disposition 'Struck 1946' - consistent with NavSource's build/commission sequence and corroborating the builder, tonnage, and delivery window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Yard-level construction table compiled by an independent shipbuilding historian, not the yard's primary ledger - consistent with official-list data but itself secondary. 'Struck 1946' is a year-only note, not a precise stricken date. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-02
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[3]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft tables (compiled from official U.S. Navy ship lists) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(G) table entry LCI(G)-1010 and LCI(M) table entry LCI(M)-1010
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-list transcription places this hull in both conversion designation tables: LCI(G)-1010 (commissioned 1944-45, annotated 'Converted to Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar)') and LCI(M)-1010 (1945) - corroborating NavSource's LCI(L) -> LCI(G) -> LCI(M) designation sequence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Transcribed official ship list; table carries hull designation and commission-year only - no build dates, campaign detail, or material content. Year-range '1944-45' is coarse.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-03
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[4]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number order), Record Group 24 Entry 118 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI block, line 'LCI(L)(G)(M)1010 9/1/1944 6/30/1945' (verified verbatim); digitized list checked at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull filed under all three designations: 'LCI(L)(G)(M)1010', coverage 9/1/1944 through 6/30/1945, in RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208). The logs span her Pacific arrival/work-up period through the Okinawa campaign. They are not among the digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog (navy-online list contains no LCI(L)-1010 entry).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09-01 to 1945-06-30 (holdings coverage)
- Population
- Aboard crew Sep 1944 - Jun 1945 (log subjects)
- Limitations
- Holdings coverage only: the 9/1/1944 start and 6/30/1945 end are the catalog's log-coverage endpoints, not commissioning or decommissioning dates (she commissioned 1944-06-24 and served into 1946). The 6/30/1945 cutoff is the standard accession boundary on this list. Logs are undigitized - contents unreviewed; they may contain operational detail but are unlikely to address materials. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 class specification block (8 GM/Detroit Diesel 6-71 'Quad' diesels, 4 per shaft; reversible-pitch propellers; no boilers); HyperWar/NavSource designation record (1944-45 conversions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151010.htm specifications and armament/conversion notes; designation record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel amphibious craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type were diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve/flange packing, accommodation-space insulation, deck coverings, and brake linings on deck machinery. The LCI(G) conversion (Dec 1944) and LCI(M) conversion (Apr 1945) - which converted No. 2 troop compartment to a magazine and reworked the armament fit - represent interior rework aboard during the asbestos era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1944); crew; conversion-yard trades at the undocumented conversion locations (1944-45); any 1946 disposal/shipbreaking trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or conversion order was located for this hull. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No steam plant, so no boiler/turbine lagging is claimed. Conversion asbestos scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-05
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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 (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 (1944) and service era (1944-46).
- 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, confirmed 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-06
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[7]Batch-4907 search ledger (this record): NavSource 10/15/151010; ShipbuildingHistory Consolidated Orange; HyperWar official-list transcription; NARA Special List #44 + navy-online digitized list; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs and Ships-USN-L photo index; CourtListener opinion index; GAO product page; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-1010 / LCI(G)-1010 / LCI(M)-1010 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). NHHC carries no DANFS entry or photo page for this hull; its NARA-held deck logs are undigitized. CourtListener opinion and docket searches on all three designations returned zero hits. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - only generic asbestos-listicle content (non-citable class).
- 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 diesel amphibious craft is era-consistent for asbestos applications, and no hull material record exists either way. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1010-lcil1010-07