Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1027 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995; crew memoir of Harold G. Hoffman reproduced inline) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page for USS LCI(L)-1027: unit history block incl. 'Brief History of USS LCI-1027 by Harold G Hoffman,' specifications block, awards/ribbon block, Chilean-transfer note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 1944-04-13 at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland OR; launched 1944-05-18; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1027 on 1944-06-26. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, operating in the Hawaiian Islands. Crew memoir (Hoffman) records: Port Hueneme/San Nicolas Island landing exercises Jan-Feb 1945; San Diego drydock repairs 1945-02-22/23; departed for Pearl Harbor 1945-03-06 in a flotilla of 12-16 LCIs, colliding with another LCI in a storm; arrived Pearl 1945-03-16; bow doors drydock-checked; detached from the flotilla and assigned to 'DesPac' duty - ferrying Marines to Kahoolawe Island to emplace bombardment targets, anchoring in Maalaea Bay near the UDT base; Kanaloa Basin repairs 1945-06-20 after LCI(L)-716 struck her at dock; Hawaii-island run 1945-07-06; Kahoolawe trips until war's end; drydock 1945-11-03; Hilo round trip 11/13-18; Kahului/LCT escort 11/23-24; departed Pearl 1945-11-28, arrived San Diego 1945-12-08. Post-war transit via Acapulco, Panama Canal Zone, Philadelphia, arriving Little Creek VA 1946-02-13. Decommissioned 1946; stricken from the Naval Register 1947; transferred to the State Department 1947-03-20 for disposal; transferred to the Republic of Chile, renamed Soldado Canave; final disposition per NavSource 'unknown.' Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal - no battle stars. Call sign NZIE. Specifications: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kt max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 t cargo; five single 20mm guns; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house; propulsion two sets of four GM 6-71-series diesels (four per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30kW 120V DC diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew (4+24 per class spec) plus embarked Marines on Kahoolawe target-emplacement runs
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing unit history via NavSource), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. The Hoffman memoir is single-source crew recollection: unit names ('DesPac'), the ships worked around (New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama, Franks, Iowa), and repair specifics are unverified against primary records. Decommissioning date given only as '1946'; stricken only as '1947.' Crew figures are class specifications, not hull rosters. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-01
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[2]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'LCI(L) 1027 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120339362), Record Group 24, series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120339362, catalog.archives.gov; image 1 = muster dated 1944-06-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a digitized muster-roll file unit for this hull: NAID 120339362, 'LCI(L) 1027 - Muster Rolls,' RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), 79 images online, the earliest roll dated 1944-06-30 - four days after her 1944-06-26 commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-30 onward (roll coverage)
- Population
- Ship's crew (muster-roll population)
- Limitations
- Personnel records - they document who was aboard and when, not material condition; no asbestos content. Images digitized but not transcribed; individual roll contents unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-02
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[3]NARA Navy deck-log inventory (1941-1959 WWII/Korean War series): deck logs recorded for LCI(L)-1027 covering 1944-06-26 through 1945-12-31 (coverage per batch-provided PRIMARY record of the NARA deck-log inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log program page (log content description); catalog search for the hull surfaced no online deck-log file units
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1027 spanning 1944-06-26 to 1945-12-31 - a dated operational record interval for this hull, opening on her commissioning day and closing the month she returned to the U.S. Per the batch's PRIMARY note, log-coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. No digitized deck-log file unit for this hull surfaced in the catalog search - consistent with paper logbooks held at College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-26 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- Ship's crew (log entries include personnel, injuries, disciplinary actions)
- Limitations
- Coverage interval per PRIMARY record of the NARA inventory; the endpoints bound the surviving log run, not the vessel's full service life (she remained in commission into 1946). Deck logs are operational/disciplinary records, not hazmat records - they would document machinery work, drydockings, and casualties consistent with the memoir's repair timeline, not insulation materials. Unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-03
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[4]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'COM LCI(L) GR 56 - War Diary, 3/1/1945 to 4/30/1945' (NAID 140001394), RG 38, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (9 images, read in full this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140001394, 9 images (microfilm roll A1604): cover serials 29-30; entries for 16-20 March and April 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The war diary of LCI(L) Flotilla Nineteen, Group 56 records that the group entered Pearl Harbor 1945-03-16 at approximately 1500 - matching the Hoffman memoir's arrival date for LCI(L)-1027's flotilla - and departed Pearl 1945-03-20 for Guam via Eniwetok. Its 20 March and 1 April ship lists name the vessels of the command (LCI(L) 814-819, 1090-1092, plus attached and accompanying craft); LCI(L)-1027 appears in none of them - consistent with the memoir's account that she was left behind for bow-door drydock inspection and replaced by another LCI while the formation sailed on to Guam and Okinawa.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03-01 to 1945-04-30
- Population
- LCI(L) Flotilla 19, Group 56 crews and staff
- Limitations
- Does not name LCI(L)-1027 anywhere - corroborates the flotilla movement the memoir describes but does not establish which group/flotilla formally held this hull. The memoir's 'flotilla of 12 or 16 LCIs' and this diary's Group 56 movement (plus accompanying ships from other commands) align on date and route; attribution of 1027 to this specific convoy rests on the memoir alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-04
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[5]UNT Libraries Portal to Texas History / National Museum of the Pacific War (Admiral Nimitz Foundation): '[FRUPAC War Map: IJN Submarines, April 5 - 11, 1945]' (ark:/67531/metapth1733600), Fleet Radio Unit Pacific Map Collection [museum_official]
- Locator
- UNT Portal metadata page, Description/Keywords sections (keyword 'LCI-1027'); accession Folder No. 300-315-055
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A wartime Fleet Radio Unit Pacific map overlay for 1945-04-05/11 - tracking Japanese submarine activity across the Pacific - carries cataloged annotations for U.S. units including 'landing craft infantry LCI-1027,' alongside USS Brown (DD-546), USS Marley (APD-1), PCE-877, and LCS-115. A digitized primary operational record naming this hull during her Hawaiian-area duty period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04-05 to 1945-04-11
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified; the map image itself is behind the portal's anti-bot challenge and was not inspected - the nature, position, and meaning of the LCI-1027 annotation (track, position report, contact association) are unexamined. Establishes operational context only; no asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-05
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[6]Armada de Chile, official historical-units page: 'Barcaza Soldado Canave' (unidades historicas) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Armada de Chile 'Barcaza Soldado Canave' page: 'Nombres anteriores: USS LCIL 1027,' contract/decree/law lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Chilean Navy's official history page for Barcaza 'Soldado Canave' lists her prior identity as 'USS LCIL 1027'; records purchase from the United States under contract No. 142 Chile 10 dated 1947-01-12; removal from service (baja) by Supreme Decree No. 2503 of 1958-08-14; and alienation under Law No. 12.867 of 1958-02-12. Chilean-page specs: year 1943, 385 t, 1,320 BHP, four 20mm machine guns, 15 kt. This resolves NavSource's 'final disposition unknown' - the hull served Chile until August 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1947-1958
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew (1947-1958)
- Limitations
- Foreign-navy official page, in Spanish; sparse technical detail and some values conflict with U.S. sources (year listed 1943 vs. 1944 build; 385 t vs. NavSource 419 t loaded). The contract date (1947-01-12) precedes the U.S. State Department transfer date NavSource gives (1947-03-20) - sequence unresolved, see gaps. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-06
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com, Albina Engine & Machine Works (Portland OR) yard construction table, LCI(L) block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Albina yard table, row 177 (LCI(L) 1027)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Albina yard table records LCI(L)-1027 as yard hull no. 177, delivered 1944-06-26 (her commissioning date), disposition 'To Chile 1947' - corroborating builder, hull number, and the Chilean destination documented on the Armada de Chile page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary industrial-history compilation, not a government record; corroborates dates already established by NavSource and the Armada de Chile. 'To Chile 1947' is a yard-table disposition summary, not a transfer instrument. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-07
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 written historical and descriptive data (2012); NavSource LCI-351-class propulsion specification for this hull (corroborating) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (propulsion, description sections); NavSource specifications block for LCI(L)-1027; Hoffman memoir repair entries
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LCI-351 class is diesel-powered - two sets of four General Motors 6-71-series diesel engines, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers - with no boilers or steam plant. Asbestos-relevant applications for a small welded-steel diesel craft of this era concentrate in engine and exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation spaces and the deckhouse, deck coverings, and brake linings on the ramp winch. This hull's documented repair events (San Diego drydock 1945-02; Pearl Harbor bow-door drydock 1945-03; Kanaloa Basin collision repairs 1945-06; drydock 1945-11) are the disturbance-type windows in which era insulation, packing, and gasket materials would have been handled.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (construction era and repair events)
- Population
- Construction trades (Albina yard, 1944); engine-room crew; repair/drydock workers (San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu)
- Limitations
- Class/design-level inference only - no material schedule or asbestos survey for the LCI-351 class was located, and HAER OR-180 itself does not mention asbestos. The hull's repair events are documented by a crew memoir, not yard work orders; the work scope of each drydocking is unrecorded. Establishes no asbestos aboard this hull, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-08
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[9]NHHC DANFS, LCI(L)-777 (sister LCI-351-class vessel, Portland-built; live NHHC URL currently 404 - Wayback capture 2024-05-26 consulted) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-777 entry via Wayback 2024-05-26 capture, 1945 service narrative (Subic Bay overhaul, Pearl Harbor repair passages)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The DANFS operational history of sister vessel LCI(L)-777 documents the maintenance events typical for this craft type in Pacific service: generator and main-engine overhauls at Subic Bay (Aug-Sep 1945), recurring 'minor repairs' and equipment installation periods at Pearl Harbor, and floating-drydock availabilities - the era's disturbance pathways for machinery insulation and packing materials aboard this vessel type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew and repair/drydock crews (class pattern)
- Limitations
- Sister-vessel record - documents the class's maintenance pattern, not LCI(L)-1027's materials. The DANFS entry contains no asbestos reference; disturbance events are an exposure-relevant pathway only insofar as era insulation materials were present. LCI(L)-777 was one of few LCIs with a DANFS entry (longer postwar career as AMCU/LCI types). Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing NHHC link-rot defect first noted in BATCH-01); cited via Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-09
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[10]Batch-4924 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (hull muster rolls NAID 120339362; Group 56 war diary NAID 140001394; flotilla-command war diaries surfaced under hull-name variants); NavSource; NHHC/DANFS; NPS HAER OR-180; Armada de Chile; UNT/NMPW FRUPAC collection; CourtListener API v4; shipbuildinghistory.com; usslci.org; live-web hull+asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-01 through -19
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-1027 or Soldado Canave was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener searches completed 2026-09-29 all returned zero hits: opinion and docket searches on 'LCI(L)-1027' (count 0 each), opinion searches on 'LCI(L) 1027' and 'Soldado Canave' (count 0 each). Unlike sister hull LCI(L)-1014 (NAID 2760242), no Board of Inspection and Survey material-inspection file unit surfaced for this hull in the catalog search.
- 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 - era-consistent inference stands (see ev-08). The strongest unexamined leads are the undigitized deck-log run at College Park and the flotilla-command war diaries whose texts mention the hull. Three CourtListener queries remained open at close of session (opinion and docket on 'LCI-1027' - blocked by fleet pacing; 'Soldado Canave' docket - request timed out) - logged as blocked, not negative. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1027-lcil1027-10