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 (3 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-1021-lcil1021-pkt-387-packet-md
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[2]NARA Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), entry for LCI(L)-1021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 (ship-number sequence), LCI(L) block: 'LCI(L)-1021 5/11/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official logbook inventory lists deck logs held for LCI(L)-1021 covering 5/11/1944-6/30/1945. The start date coincides with her commissioning (11 May 1944); the endpoint is the extent of the listed log coverage, not a decommissioning marker - she remained in service through at least December 1945 (NavSource occupation/China service).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage); list compiled for 1801-1947 holdings
- Population
- crew of record, 1944-45 (per logs)
- Limitations
- The inventory lists log coverage dates only; the underlying logbooks for this hull are not shown as digitized in the NARA Catalog and their contents were not examined. Coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. No asbestos content - deck logs are an operational archive, and any exposure-relevant notations would require a pull of the physical logs at Archives II, College Park.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1021 - milestones, campaign table, awards, specification block, crew photographs (history text credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151021.htm header block, campaign table, awards table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 26 February 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; launched 12 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1021 on 11 May 1944, LTjg. Kornfeld USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte operation (Leyte landings 5-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landing 7-8 December 1944); Luzon operation (Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944); Manila Bay-Bicol operations (Nasugbu, 31 January and 5 February 1945); consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines (Visayan Island landings 18 March-1 April 1945). Four battle stars for WWII; Philippine Liberation Medal (2) and Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; post-war Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) and China Service Medal (extended) for 8 September-16 December 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1951; sold 23 April 1951; final disposition unknown. Spec block: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Albina construction trades (Feb-May 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-51); embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates and the campaign table track official sources but are transcribed (history credited to the Turner Publishing LCI volume). Several dates are corroborated independently here: commissioning by the first NARA muster roll (11 May 1944) and SL-44 log coverage; builder and delivery date by the Colton register (Albina hull 171). Contains no asbestos content. Troop/complement figures are class specifications, not ship-muster counts.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-02
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[4]NARA Catalog NAID 139865591 - 'LCI(L)-1021 - Rep of ops in the amphibious assault & resupply landings at Nasugbu, Luzon Is, Philippines on 1/31/45 & 2/5/45' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018; Serial 2, dated 2/7/1945; Fold3 File 295266980); full text transcribed from the scan by Batangas History blog [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 139865591 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories, NAID 4697018); transcription at batangashistory.date, post of 6 Jan 2018
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report exists in NARA and is digitized: 'USS LCI(L) 1021, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, A16-3(3), Serial 2, 7 February 1945', from the Commanding Officer to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander Task Unit 78.2.3, Commander Task Group 78.2, Commander Seventh Amphibious Force, Commander SEVENTH Fleet. It reports the 31 January 1945 Nasugbu beaching (beached 0825, troops disembarked immediately, retracted 0830) and the 5 February 1945 resupply beaching (beached 0821, retracted 0844); no ammunition expended, no battle damage suffered or inflicted, no casualties; signed R.J. Kornfeld, Lt. U.S.N.R.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-01-31 to 1945-02-07
- Population
- crew and embarked troops at Nasugbu, 31 January and 5 February 1945
- Limitations
- Operational record only - documents amphibious operations, command chain, and commanding officer; contains no asbestos or material content. Text examined via third-party transcription of the NARA scan; the catalog entry (NAID, series, date, serial) was independently verified on catalog.archives.gov. The commanding officer is styled 'Lt.' in February 1945 versus 'LTjg.' at commissioning per NavSource - consistent with in-service promotion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-03
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[5]NARA Catalog NAID 633406583 - 'LCI(L)-1021 - Rep of ops in the invasion of Panay Is, Philippines on 3/18/45' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018; Fold3 File 295859527) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 633406583 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A second ship-originated action report exists in NARA, digitized: LCI(L)-1021's report of operations in the invasion of Panay Island, Philippines, 18 March 1945 - matching the Visayan Island landings window (18 March-1 April 1945) credited in her campaign record. Catalog confirms file-unit title, coverage date 18 March 1945, RG 38 provenance, unrestricted access.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03-18
- Population
- crew and embarked troops at Panay, 18 March 1945
- Limitations
- Catalog-level verification only - the single scan image was not transcribed in this session; title and coverage date are as cataloged. Operational record; contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-04
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[6]NARA Catalog NAID 120339942 - 'LCI(L) 1021 - Muster Rolls' (90 images, Ancestry-provided scans; first muster roll dated 1944 May 11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 120339942
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds 90 digitized muster-roll images for this hull (Ancestry File 32860_246175 series), the first dated 11 May 1944 - the commissioning-date muster, independently corroborating the 11 May 1944 commissioning. The muster rolls are the name-level record of who served aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-05-11 forward
- Population
- all officers and enlisted carried aboard, 1944-forward (per rolls)
- Limitations
- Muster rolls establish personnel aboard, not exposure conditions - no asbestos content. Individual names were not transcribed in this session; the record supports crew-population identification only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-05
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[7]Colton's Shipbuilding History, 'Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR' production list - yard hull 171, LCI(L) 1021, U.S. Navy landing craft, 246 t., 159 ft, dated 11-May-44, disposition 'Sold 1951' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Albina yard table, hulls 163-183 (LCI(L) series), row for hull 171
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Colton shipbuilding register independently corroborates the builder and milestones: Albina Engine & Machine Works yard hull 171 was LCI(L) 1021, a 246-ton, 159-foot U.S. Navy landing craft with the 11-May-44 date, disposition 'Sold 1951'. The same table records the Albina LCI(L) production run (hulls 163-183 = LCI(L) 1013-1033, March-August 1944 deliveries) and that most sisters went to USMC disposal in 1946 or foreign transfer, while 1021 is listed simply 'Sold 1951'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944; disposal 1951
- Population
- Albina construction trades, 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary industry register (not a government record) - used for corroboration of builder, yard number, and disposal year only. The 11-May-44 column corresponds to delivery/completion; it coincides with the documented commissioning date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-06
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[8]'Elsie Item' Issue 121, June 2023 (joint newsletter of the USS LCI National Association and the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland OR - home of museum ship USS LCI(L)-713), 'Lt.(jg) Victor Scherrer LCI-1021' by Rick Holmes [museum_official]
- Locator
- Elsie Item/Deck Log joint issue no. 121 (June 2023), pp. 15-16, 'Lt.(jg) Victor Scherrer LCI-1021'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LCI veteran/association record documents Lt.(jg) Victor Scherrer, a WWII officer of LCI-1021, who at age 102 participated in a video tour of the restored museum ship LCI-713; his biography is posted on the AFMM site. The same Scherrer is the credited source of the officers-and-crew photographs on the NavSource page for this hull - institutional-memory corroboration of crew identity and service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (service); 2023 (newsletter)
- Population
- Lt.(jg) Victor Scherrer (officer, WWII); LCI-1021 crew (photo subjects)
- Limitations
- Veteran-association publication; corroborates that a named officer served aboard and that association-held photographs exist. Contains no asbestos or exposure content - not a hazards record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-351-class specification (all-diesel GM 6051-series 71 plant, no steam); Albina build context (Colton register); Oregon/Portland WWII shipbuilding asbestos environment (see ev-10); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-era documentation (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block (propulsion); era applications per class/era convention
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944-built diesel-powered amphibious landing craft sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a landing craft of this type and period were engine-exhaust lagging, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing, and electrical insulation in the hull's machinery spaces and accommodation. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined-volume exposure dynamic of small combatant/auxiliary hulls applies.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1951 (naval service)
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1944); crew (1944-51); any post-sale civilian operators/scrappers (1951+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1021. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; LCIs were austere amphibious craft and the actual material extent aboard this hull is unknown. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-08
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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 (1944-51).
- 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 again 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-09
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[11]Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 627 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. 2010) (CourtListener opinion 180868; No. 09-70592, BRB No. 08-0403, filed 2010-12-10) [court_record]
- Locator
- 627 F.3d 1293, opinion pp. 19858-19874; CourtListener cluster 180868
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Ninth Circuit merits decision documenting asbestos exposure at this hull's builder yard. All parties stipulated that shipyard carpenter James McAllister's 2002 death from mesothelioma was caused by asbestos exposure during work for three shipyard employers, one of which was Albina (his Albina employment was in 1956; Willamette Iron & Steel and a Lockheed predecessor in Seattle were the others). The ALJ on second remand found Albina liable, noting 'no preponderance of evidence showing an absence of exposure' at Albina; the Benefits Review Board affirmed. The Ninth Circuit GRANTED Albina's petition and REVERSED, holding Lockheed the last responsible employer under the sequential 20(a)-presumption analysis - a reversal on allocation of liability between employers, not on the existence of the stipulated exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1956-1960 (exposure window); 2004-2010 (adjudication)
- Population
- James McAllister (shipyard carpenter, Albina 1956); Albina yard workers generally
- Limitations
- Builder-yard-level record, not a hull record: no vessel is named in the opinion, and the worker's Albina employment (1956) postdates this hull's 1944 construction by twelve years - it documents the yard's asbestos environment, not conditions aboard or during the building of LCI(L)-1021. Describe the disposition exactly: the stipulated asbestos exposure at the yards (including Albina) was undisturbed; only the employer-liability assignment changed on appeal to Lockheed. Establishes nothing about quantity or presence aboard this hull and does not establish or defeat any individual claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-10
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[12]Batch-4918 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 PDF; NARA Catalog (34 records incl. muster rolls and two action reports); NavSource amphibious archive; NHHC/DANFS (no entry); CourtListener opinion + RECAP docket searches (authenticated helper); USS LCI National Association / AFMM Elsie Item; Colton shipbuilding register; Oregon DEQ/EPA sweep; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-01 through -12
- 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)-1021 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener ran clean on every exact-name variant - zero opinions, zero RECAP dockets; the unquoted token search returns only corporate-name collisions (LCI International et al.). The only asbestos-litigation record connected to this hull is at builder-yard level (ev-10). No NHHC DANFS entry or dedicated page exists for this numbered craft.
- 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 - 1944 naval construction is era-consistent with asbestos use, and her 1951 sale into unknown hands predates modern disclosure regimes. Physical NARA records (deck logs 5/11/44-6/30/45; builder correspondence; BuShips plan sets) are undigitized leads that could hold material detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1021-lcil1021-11