Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 387-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-pkt-387-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1020 - build/milestone timeline, flotilla assignments, ribbon display, specifications; history credited to Turner Publishing, 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' vol. II (1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151020.htm header block, campaign-ribbon display, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: laid down 22 February 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; launched 5 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1020, 4 May 1944. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater; NavSource carries LCI Flotilla Thirteen (CDR W. B. Brown USN), LCI Group Thirty-Seven (LCDR P. W. Howard), LCI Division Seventy-Three. Post-war: occupation service in the Far East 12 September - 14 December 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; sold 14 November 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Ribbon display: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp) - 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 series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch propellers. No images of this hull held.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates track other sources 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 5/Group 14/Division 27, and the July 1944 Group 17 war diary (ev-06) documents a third command at that date; unresolved whether reassignment or secondary-source error. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-01
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[3]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Albina Engine & Machine Works build table, hull 170 = LCI(L) 1020; corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships ship/22085 and Naval Marine Archive LCIL index [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Albina table, yard hull 170 row; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22085.html; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html LCI(L) 1020 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent corroboration of build and disposal data: Albina yard hull no. 170 = 'LCI(L) 1020, U.S. Navy, Landing Craft, 246 t, 159 ft, 4-May-44, Sold 1946' (Colton table). uboat.net separately lists: LCI 351 class, built Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland; laid down 22 Feb 1944; launched 5 Apr 1944; commissioned 4 May 1944; no commands listed. Naval Marine Archive mirror carries '1020 Albina EW Portland OR, 4-May-44, Sold 1946'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with NavSource; no conflicts on this hull's build or sale dates among the three (all 'Sold 1946'). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-02
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[4]NARA, U.S. Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1020, coverage 5/4/1944 - 6/30/1945 (batch PRIMARY index; WWII deck logs, Record Group 24, series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' NAID 594258, digitized under the NARA/Ancestry partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck logs, LCI(L)-1020, 5/4/1944-6/30/1945 (per batch tasking PRIMARY index); logbook series NAID 594258
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA holds the ship's deck logs covering 4 May 1944 - 30 June 1945: the dated operational record establishing this hull's in-service interval from commissioning (4 May 1944, matching the NavSource/uboat.net commission date exactly) through mid-1945. Deck logs of this series are digitized; log coverage ends before the documented September-December 1945 occupation service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-05-04 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 surfaced in the catalog UI this session (the catalog search surfaces muster rolls and war-diary file units under the hull name; deck-log file units are titled by ship and month in series 594258); 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-1020-lcil1020-03
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[5]NARA file unit 'LCI(L) 1020 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120340033, 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 120340033; 120 images; first 'Muster Roll Date: 1944 June 30'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's muster rolls are digitized at NARA: 120 pages, first roll shown dated 30 June 1944 (seven weeks after commissioning), in the unrestricted RG 24 muster-roll series (Ancestry partnership scans). 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)
- Population
- Ship's company by name/rating, quarterly rolls from June 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-1020-lcil1020-04
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[6]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 Five > LCI Group 14 > LCI Division 27 > 'LCI 1020 - Lt. J. F. Quinn (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION to the secondary-source unit line: the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists LCI 1020 under LCI FLOTILLA FIVE, LCI GROUP 14 (ComLCIGrp 14, Lt. H. M. Mattson), LCI DIVISION 27 - commanding officer Lt. J. F. Quinn (USNR), alongside LCIs 604, 605, 606, 678, and 944. NavSource's 'Flotilla Thirteen / Group 37 / Division 73' assignment does NOT match this official document: on 1 May 1945 Division 73 of Group 37 (Flotilla Thirteen, Comdr. M. B. Brown) carried LCIs 601, 602, 680, 681, 1052, and 1053, not 1020.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt. J. F. Quinn USNR, spring 1945
- Limitations
- A single-date official snapshot; secondary-source unit assignments may reflect a different period - the July 1944 war diary (ev-06) documents the hull under Group 17/Flotilla Six at that date, so multiple assignments over the craft's short career are plausible; 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-1020-lcil1020-05
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[7]NARA file unit 'LCI(L) GR 17 - War Diary, 7/1-31/44', NAID 78593214, Record Group 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), WWII War Diaries series, micro serial 83627, Ser. No. 84, file A4-3 - signed G. W. Hannett, Commander LCI(L) Group Seventeen, via Commander LCI(L) Flotilla SIX (3 images, read in full this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78593214, images 0088-0090 (3 pages), entries under 15 July 1944, 19 July 1944, and 20-26 July 1944
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific operational record. 15 July 1944: 'LCI(L) 754 and LCI(L) 1020 reported arrival at Pearl Harbor enroute from San Pedro, California in accordance with AdComPhibsPac's order 282359 and ComPhibsTraPac's order 301817 to Commander LCI(L) Group SEVENTEEN'; both moored at T5, Pearl Harbor. 19 July 1944: 'LCI(L) 1020 entered drydock in accordance with AdComPhibsPac's 171937' - work accomplished: stern steering-room bilge plates welded; pitch control checked; hull scraped and sanded; cam stops on 20mm guns built up for radar clearance; hull painted one coat non-corrosive, one coat anti-fouling. 20-22 July: completed availability 20 July; re-entered availability 22 July at Waipio Operating Base for electronics fit (SCR 808 installed, SCR 610 portable equipment aboard, gyro repeater installed, BK overhauled, SO-1 radar adjustments).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-07
- Population
- Crew (July 1944); Pearl Harbor drydock and Waipio Amphibious Operating Base yard workers performing the documented availability
- Limitations
- Primary ship-specific operational record, but a group-level diary - entries are the group commander's account, not the ship's own log. Documents maintenance/availability work aboard this hull (welding, scraping, radar/radio installation) WITHOUT naming insulation or any other materials - not an asbestos record. Establishes Pearl Harbor arrival 15 July 1944 under Group 17 (Flotilla Six), a third documented unit assignment distinct from both the NavSource line and the 1 May 1945 fleet organization.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-06
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[8]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; CourtListener opinion 180868; Justia No. 09-70592, filed 2010-12-10; ALJ/BRB procedural history recounted in the opinion's background
- 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 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)-1020, 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. Opinion text verified via Justia ca9 09-70592 this session; CourtListener opinion 180868 verified in batch-4910 same day.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-07
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[9]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-09); Albina yard litigation record (ev-07) [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 February-May 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
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); Pearl Harbor availability workforce (Jul 1944 documented); any disposal/scrapping workforce (1946+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for LCI(L)-1020. 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-1020-lcil1020-08
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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 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 - standing limitation since batch-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-09
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[11]Batch-4917 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS probes, NavSource, uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory/Naval Marine Archive tables, NARA catalog (muster rolls NAID 120340033 + Group 17 war diary NAID 78593214 + ~23 other hull-mentioning file units), NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet organization, CourtListener fleet-paced helper (all 5 planned queries completed), secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1020-lcil1020-01 through -16
- 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)-1020 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero dockets for '"LCI(L)-1020"', zero opinions for '"LCI(L) 1020"' and '"LCI 1020"', and one unrelated docket for '"LCI 1020"' (In Re: Crawford, 1st Cir. 18-8022 - name collision, not asbestos, not this vessel). The general web sweep surfaced no qualifying hull-specific asbestos material at all. A real yard-level exposure case exists (ev-07) 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. For a numbered 158-ft landing craft stricken June 1946 and sold November 1946, ship-specific hazmat documentation is inherently unlikely to exist. Deck logs (through Jun 1945), the BuShips 'L' correspondence series (NAID 578185), and the MARCOM sale 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-1020-lcil1020-10
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[12]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 including same-block sister craft [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC NMUSN 'Ships USN-L' photo pages, LCI(L) class description paragraph; photo captions 19-LCM-Box-450-LCI-1025-1/-2 (LCI(L)-1025, Columbia River trials, June 1944)
- 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. The page's BuShips photo series includes sister craft LCI(L)-1025 - five hulls later in the same Albina block - on trials on the Columbia River, June 1944, the same period this hull was working up. BuShips photos of sister craft at both Portland yards 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 and a same-block sister, 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-1020-lcil1020-11