Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1013 - build/milestone timeline, flotilla assignments, ribbon display, specifications, NARA builder's photo caption; history credited to Turner Publishing, 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' vol. II (1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151013.htm header block, campaign-ribbon display, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: laid down 16 December 1943 at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; launched 21 February 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1013, 21 March 1944, Lt. (jg) F. C. Davis USNR in command. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater; NavSource carries LCI Flotilla Thirty-Six (LCDR T. Gore USNR), LCI Group One Hundred Eight (LCDR E. H. Draine USNR), LCI Division Two Hundred Fifteen. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 28 July 1948; final disposition fate unknown. Ribbon display: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory - no battle-star devices shown. Specifications: 246 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; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1943-44); crew and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates generally track official records but its flotilla/group/division line CONFLICTS with the official NHHC 'U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (see ev-05), which places this hull in Flotilla 14/Group 42/Division 83; unresolved whether reassignment or secondary-source error. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-01
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[2]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Albina Engine & Machine Works build table, hull 163 = LCI(L) 1013; corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships ship/22078 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Albina table, yard hull 163 row; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22078.html; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albina_Engine_&_Machine_Works
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent corroboration of build data: Albina yard hull no. 163 = 'LCI(L) 1013, U.S. Navy, Landing Craft, 246 t, 159 ft, 21-Mar-44, To USMC 1946' (Colton table; 'USMC' here denotes the U.S. Maritime Commission). uboat.net separately lists: LCI 351 class, built Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland; laid down 16 Dec 1943; launched 21 Feb 1944; commissioned 21 Mar 1944. Wikipedia's Albina yard article (sourcing NavSource) states Albina built LCI(L) 1013 to LCI(L) 1033 in 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with NavSource; the disposal cell reads 'To USMC 1946' vs NavSource's 'transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 28 July 1948' - a real trail-year conflict carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-02
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[3]NARA, U.S. Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1013, coverage 3/21/1944 - 6/30/1945 (batch PRIMARY index; WWII deck logs, Record Group 24, digitized under the NARA/Ancestry partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck logs, LCI(L)-1013, 3/21/1944-6/30/1945 (per batch tasking PRIMARY index)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA holds the ship's deck logs covering 21 March 1944 - 30 June 1945: the dated operational record establishing this hull's in-service interval from commissioning (21 March 1944, matching the NavSource/uboat.net commission date exactly) through mid-1945. Deck logs of this series are digitized.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-03-21 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Log coverage endpoints are NOT claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates - coverage simply documents the logged interval. The specific file-unit NAID was not independently surfaced in the NARA catalog UI this session (the catalog search surfaces muster rolls and war-diary file units under the hull name); the coverage interval itself is asserted by the batch PRIMARY index and is consistent with the commissioned date. No asbestos content expected from deck logs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-03
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[4]NARA file unit 'LCI(L) 1013 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120340883, Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (1939-1949) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 120340883; 80 images; first 'Muster Roll Date: 1944 March 31'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's muster rolls are digitized at NARA: 80 pages, first roll dated 31 March 1944 (ten days after commissioning), in the unrestricted RG 24 muster-roll series. These are the hull's ship-specific personnel record - the population source for any exposure-relevant crew verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (through end of roll coverage, war's end)
- Population
- Ship's company by name/rating, quarterly rolls from March 1944
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the rolls were located and inspected at file-unit level, not abstracted page-by-page; crew names/strength were not extracted this session. Muster rolls document personnel, not materials - no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-04
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[5]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Navy Department Library online reading room) - landing craft flotillas listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room page, 'Landing Craft Flotillas' section: LCI Flotilla Fourteen > LCI Group 42 > LCI Division 83 > 'LCI 1013 - Lt. (jg) F. L. Bannon (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION to the secondary-source unit line: the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists LCI 1013 under LCI FLOTILLA FOURTEEN (Commander LCI Flotilla Fourteen, Capt. T. W. Rimer), LCI GROUP 42 (ComLCIGrp 42, Lt. Cdr. C. J. Starkus, USN-Ret.), LCI DIVISION 83 - commanding officer Lt. (jg) F. L. Bannon (USNR). NavSource's 'Flotilla Thirty-Six / Group 108 / Division 215' assignment does NOT match this official document: on 1 May 1945 Division 215 of Group 108 (Flotilla 36) carried LCI 669-674, not 1013.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt. (jg) F. L. Bannon USNR (relief of commissioning CO Lt. (jg) F. C. Davis), spring 1945
- Limitations
- A single-date official snapshot; secondary-source unit assignments may reflect a different period - the discrepancy is logged as unresolved, not adjudicated. Flotilla placement establishes wartime command structure, not presence at any specific landing operation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-05
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[6]Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 627 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. 2010) (No. 09-70592, BRB No. 08-0403; published opinion, Tashima, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- 627 F.3d 1293, 44 BRBS 89(CRT); CourtListener opinion 180868; facts at ALJ/BRB procedural history (McAllister I-III) recounted in the opinion's Background section
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Ninth Circuit decision documenting asbestos exposure at this hull's builder yard: decedent James R. McAllister worked as a shipyard carpenter in Portland in 1956 for Willamette Iron & Steel and then Albina Engine & Machine, moved to a Lockheed predecessor in Seattle in 1957, left maritime employment 1960, and died of mesothelioma in 2002. All parties stipulated that death was caused by asbestos exposure in shipyard employment. At trial, ALJ Berlin found the exposure evidence strongest at Albina/WISCO (WISCO admitted exposure; decedent did 'essentially identical work' at Albina) and assigned LHWCA death-benefit liability to Albina; the Benefits Review Board affirmed. The Ninth Circuit GRANTED Albina's petition and reassigned liability to Lockheed - an appellate reversal on last-employer-rule/burden-of-proof allocation grounds that leaves the trial-level exposure record undisturbed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1956-1957 (exposure window litigated); 2004-2010 (proceedings)
- Population
- Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard trades, esp. carpenters (mid-1950s documented window)
- Limitations
- Yard-level record, not a hull record: the decedent's Albina employment (1956) postdates this hull's construction by ~12 years, involves carpenter work, not work aboard LCI(L)-1013, and the case establishes compensation liability allocation, not any fact about this vessel. Exposure facts were stipulated and tried at ALJ level; the appellate disposition changed which employer pays, not whether Portland shipyard asbestos exposure occurred. Classified at litigation (trial-findings-reviewed) stage per batch discipline - no pleading-stage inflation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (LCI-351 class, diesel plant, no steam); NHHC museum class description (LCI(L)-10 page); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08); Albina yard litigation record (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; NHHC LCI(L)-10 museum page (class description); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built December 1943-March 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era. As a diesel craft with no boilers or steam plant, the heavy boiler/turbine-lagging pathway of larger warships does not apply; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical/wiring insulation within a confined 158-ft steel hull carrying ~28 crew and up to ~188 troops.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1943-44); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); any disposal/scrapping workforce (1948+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for LCI(L)-1013. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The diesel-only plant bounds the exposure pathway: materially smaller asbestos footprint than steam-powered vessels, though confined-hull crowding works the other way. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-07
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[8]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 (1943-44) and service era (1944-46/48).
- 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 - standing limitation since batch-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-08
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[9]Batch-4910 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS probes, NavSource, uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory/Naval Marine Archive tables, NARA catalog (muster rolls NAID 120340883 + ~60 hull-mentioning file units), NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet organization, CourtListener fleet-paced helper (opinion index searched to completion - zero hits; docket index pace-blocked), secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-1013 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener's opinion index was searched to completion for the exact designation '"LCI(L)-1013"' - zero opinions returned (authenticated API, 200); the docket/RECAP index pass remained fleet-pace-blocked after repeated spaced attempts and is logged as blocked, NOT a negative result. The only 'asbestos' material surfaced in web sweeps is law-firm marketing content about the Albina yard (mesothelioma.net et al.) - excluded by source policy. A real yard-level exposure case exists (ev-06) but documents the builder, not the 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 - and the RECAP docket-index search is a genuine open gap (pace-blocked, not run). Opinion-index coverage is federal/state appellate text; unreported trial filings naming the hull could exist outside it. For a numbered 158-ft landing craft stricken 1946 and disposed 1948, ship-specific hazmat documentation is inherently unlikely to exist. Deck logs, BuShips work packages, and the MARCOM disposal file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-09
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[10]Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, 'The Deck Log' (official publication), Summer 2018 - cover photograph caption; plus Oregon Historical Society Albina Engine & Machine Works digital collection [museum_official]
- Locator
- AFMM Deck Log Summer 2018 cover and caption (amphibiousforces.org/News/2018SummerDeckLogFinal.pdf); OHS digitalcollections.ohs.org Albina collection
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum-official publication reproduces the NARA builder's progress photograph of this hull: 'LCI(L) 1013 - Hull No. 163, After Quarter Looking Forward, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon, Jan. 28, 1944.' The AFMM operates sister craft USS LCI(L)-713 in Portland and confirms the two-yard Portland LCI(L) build split (Albina Engine and Commercial Iron Works, 'over 70 LCIs'). The Oregon Historical Society separately holds an Albina Engine & Machine Works photographic collection documenting the yard's wartime workforce.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Albina construction trades (Jan 1944 photo date)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes the hull's construction appearance and the yard's wartime photo record; contains no asbestos or materials content. AFMM is a veterans' museum association - authoritative for photo provenance, not for official records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-10
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[11]NHHC, National Museum of the U.S. Navy, 'Landing Craft Infantry (Large)-10 (USS LCI(L)-10)' - official LCI(L) class description and Bureau of Ships photo series [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC NMUSN 'Ships USN-L' photo pages, LCI(L) class description paragraph and BuShips photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official class-level description: the Navy-designed LCI was 'launched by the hundreds'; the 157-ft craft made ~14 kts, carried a crew of 24 officers and men, and four 20mm guns; later marks eliminated bow ramps for bow doors, and the same hull was modified into mortar, gunboat, and rocket fire-support variants and flotilla flagships. BuShips photos of sister craft at both Portland yards (Commercial Iron Works' LCI(L)-748, April 1944) are held in the National Archives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level context: describes the type, not this hull; the 'crew of 24' figure varies slightly from NavSource's 4+24=28 itemization (see gaps). Confirms both Portland yards built LCI(L)s - do not conflate Commercial Iron Works' hulls with Albina's 1013-1033 block. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1013-lcil1013-11