Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-1011 ex USS LCI(G)-1011 ex USS LCI(L)-1011 (archive 10/15/151011) - construction, designation timeline, flotilla assignments, campaigns, awards, disposal, specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151011.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 8 May 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 1 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1011, 24 June 1944, LT C. M. Adams, USNR, in command; reclassified LCI(G)-1011, 31 December 1944; reclassified LCI(M)-1011, 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; Iwo Jima operation 19-26 February 1945 and Okinawa Gunto operation 26 March-14 June 1945; Occupation and China service 13 November 1945 - 15 April 1946; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 13 December 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 March 1948; final disposition unknown; two battle stars for WWII service. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels, four per shaft; twin variable-pitch screws, 2,320 shp; complements 4+24 (LCI(L)), 5+65 (LCI(G)), 4+49 (LCI(M)); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (May-Jun 1944); crew (1944-46); troops embarked in landing configuration
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones track official sources but the designation sequence conflicts with the hull's own 1945 action-report letterhead (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. No photographs of this hull are in the archive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-01
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[2]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (official wartime fleet organization document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LCI Division 122 (M) entry, Amphibious Forces section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists 'LCI 1011' under LCI DIVISION 122 (M) - the (M) mortar-boat marker - with commanding officer Lt. (jg) C. M. Adams (USNR), alongside LCIs 632, 633, 1010, 1012, and 1023, consistent with the hull's LCI(M)-1011 designation and Adams's command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew as of May 1945
- Limitations
- Establishes fleet assignment, mortar designation in use, and commanding officer as of 1 May 1945; contains no asbestos or material content. (M) marker confirms the mortar configuration was in organizational use before NavSource's 30 April 1945 formal reclassification date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-02
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[3]NARA NAID 139923784, 'LCI(M)-1011 - Rep of ops in the invasion of Iwo Jima, Bonin Is, 2/19-26/45' (WWII War Diaries microfilm Roll A1466, serial 1, dated 3/2/1945; digitized, 6 images, full text read) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139923784, digitized images 0450-0455 (letterhead and body read)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull's own digitized action report (USS LCI(M) 1011 letterhead, % Fleet Post Office San Francisco, CONFIDENTIAL, 2 March 1945, serial 1, file LCIM/1011/A16-3) documents: assignment to Mortar Support Unit 52.6.2 of Mortar Support Group 52.6 of Amphibious Support Force 52 of Task Force 51 for the Iwo Jima assault; departure from Saipan 15 February 1945; mortar support fire on the left-flank beach area D-Day 19 February (H-35 to H-7, 127 rounds; subsequent barrage expending 493 rounds); fired upon by rifle and machine-gun fire from the slopes of Mount Suribachi at 0842 D-Day and strafing response with 20mm guns; one piece of flak landed aboard with no damage or injury; night harassing fire and smoke-screen missions; departure from the operations area 26 February and arrival off Saipan 2 March 1945. Damage was operational (heavy-seas damage alongside LSTs: hole in peak tank, torn ramp stanchion, caved housing, bent pyrotechnic locker and guard rails). Signed C. M. Adams, Lieut. (D), USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-02-15 to 1945-03-02
- Population
- LCI(M)-1011 crew (~4 officers + 49 enlisted per LCI(M) complement) at Iwo Jima
- Limitations
- Primary operational record establishing combat employment and command at Iwo Jima - and that the hull was already reporting as 'LCI(M)' in February-March 1945, ahead of NavSource's formal 30 April 1945 reclassification date. Contains no asbestos, material, or crew-health content; battle-area presence is not itself an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-03
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[4]NARA catalog holdings for this hull: NAID 101754581 'LCI(M)-1011 - Rep of opers in the invasion of Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 4/1-10/45' (Roll A1764); NAID 101777605 'LCI(M)-1011 - Rep of opers in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 4/11-30/45' (Roll A1793); NAID 101754589 'LCI(M)-1011 - Rep of opers in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, 5/1-31/45' (Roll A1764); NAID 120341066 'LCI(L) 1011 - Muster Rolls' (105 images, first roll June 1944); NAID 120257868 'LCI(M) 1011 - Muster Rolls'; plus NARA-recorded Navy deck logs for LCI(L)(M)1011 covering 6/24/1944-12/31/1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LCI(M)-1011' (40 file-unit results); NARA logbooks program: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized ship-specific records for this hull: three further action reports covering the Okinawa invasion and occupation (April-May 1945), muster rolls under both LCI(L) and LCI(M) designations (digitized from Ancestry microfilm; 105 images in the LCI(L) set beginning June 1944 - the commissioning quarter), and cataloged deck-log coverage for LCI(L)(M)1011 spanning 24 June 1944 - 31 December 1945 (matching commissioned service into Occupation duty).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (action reports/muster rolls); deck logs 1944-1945 cataloged span
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops, 1944-1946 (muster rolls are per-person crew rosters)
- Limitations
- Archival holdings, mostly unexamined: the Okinawa reports and muster-roll images were catalog-verified but not read page-by-page; the deck-log coverage dates come from the batch's NARA dataset extract - the individual RG 24 logbooks file unit did not surface in this session's catalog search and the logs are not confirmed digitized. These are leads for crew-identity and operations research; no asbestos content is expected or located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-04
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[5]HyperWar transcription of 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft roster - LCI(G) and LCI(M) sections [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html LCI(G) roster entry (LCI(G)-1011) and LCI(M) roster entry (LCI(M)-1010-1012); class spec blocks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official-compilation roster lists LCI(G)-1011 (commissioned 1944-45) with note 'Converted to Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar) - LCI(M)', and the LCI(M) roster carries 'LCI(M)-1010-1012' (1945) - corroborating this hull's gunboat and mortar-boat designation sequence. Class-level spec blocks: LCI(L)-1 class 387 tons full load, 160', GM diesel twin variable-pitch screws; LCI(M) armament 1x40mm + 3x4.2" chemical mortars + 4x20mm, 8 GM diesels, twin screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Roster-level corroboration only - entry dates and conversions are class-table level and do not carry per-hull milestone dates. The spec blocks describe classes, not this hull's as-built fit. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-05
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[6]Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas Online, 'United States Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility' (Orange, TX) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- TSHA Handbook of Texas entry, WWII shipbuilding narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- TSHA documents the builder environment for this hull: the Navy established a supervisor of shipbuilding office at Orange in August 1940; three Orange shipyards - Consolidated Western Steel Corporation, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, and Weaver Shipyards - produced more than 300 naval vessels during WWII; at peak production more than 22,000 workers were in the shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- Orange TX yard workforce (~22,000 at peak)
- Limitations
- Yard-cluster context only - documents the scale of Orange wartime shipbuilding and the builder's corporate name variant (Consolidated Western Steel vs NavSource's Consolidated Steel Corp.). Contains no asbestos content and does not name this hull; does not establish materials used aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-06
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards), covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos, and compensation programs; per the product highlights the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - documenting Navy-wide asbestos insulation aboard ships spanning this hull's entire 1944-1948 existence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); program scope spans WWII-era construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or to landing craft generally. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 confirmed 2026-09-29 via curl; product-page highlights via firecrawl).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels, diesel-drive generators, no steam plant); HyperWar LCI(L)-1/LCI(M) class spec blocks; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era); TSHA Orange yard-cluster record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HyperWar class spec blocks; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A landing craft built May-June 1944 inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era would carry era-standard small diesel-craft applications rather than the heavy steam-plant lagging of larger combatants: diesel exhaust/muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation-area bulkhead/thermal insulation. She carried eight GM diesels and no boilers - the boiler/turbine insulation pathway does not apply, and her 158-foot enclosed hull volume gave crews close-quarter contact with whatever insulation was fitted.
- 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 (LCI(G)/LCI(M) complements up to 5 officers + 65 enlisted); conversion-yard workers; post-1948 Maritime Commission disposal handlers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific or LCI-class-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located; no primary document names installed materials aboard this hull or sister craft. No quantity. Product terms are normalized era vocabulary; no manufacturer attribution. Field conversions to LCI(G) then LCI(M) added armament and a well-deck mortar battery - conversion work itself is undocumented at material level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-08
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[9]Batch-4908 search ledger (this record): NavSource amphibious archive; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NARA catalog (action reports, muster rolls, deck-log coverage); HyperWar official-compilation roster; TSHA; GAO; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and dockets); VA.gov; general web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-01 through -10
- 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)-1011 / LCI(G)-1011 / LCI(M)-1011 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results for all designation variants in both opinions and dockets - a clean negative, not a throttle-blocked gap. VA.gov returned no Board of Veterans' Appeals decision naming this hull. General web sweeps surfaced only non-qualifying material (a commercial postcard listing for LCI(G)-1011 sailor's mail; museum fan pages); law-firm listicles do not cover 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 steel landing craft of this era sits inside the Navy's asbestos-use period. Unexamined archival leads remain: deck logs (6/24/1944-12/31/1945 coverage), muster rolls, Consolidated Steel construction records, and Maritime Commission disposal records (final disposition unknown). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1011-lcil1011-09