Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet zcp-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-1053-lcil1053-pkt-zcp-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSIL-1053 ex USS LCI(L)-1053 - history from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) plus material from Dr. John E. Norvell III; specification block and photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151053.htm - header block, history paragraph, specification block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 17 February 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 15 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1053, 27 March 1944 at Bay City, LT. A. B. Schade USNR in command. WWII: assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Five (CDR. H. V. Milton), LCI Group Thirteen (LCDR. N. Nash Jr.), LCI Division Twenty-Five (printed 'LCT' in the source). Post-war: Occupation Service in the Far East 21-24 October 1945; decommissioned 27 September 1946; placed in service as Naval Reserve training ship at South Charleston, W.V. in 1947; designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Large), LSIL-1053, February 1949; placed out of service, date unknown; struck from Naval Register, date unknown; fate unknown. Spec block: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM single reduction gears, two 30 kW diesel-driven generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Ribbons shown: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation Service with Asia clasp - no battle stars listed. Photos: crewmen Russell and Smith at Leyte, 1945; ship on the south bank of the Kanawha River, Charleston WV, 8 September 1947, ferrying passengers during the Morris Harvey College move.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1949 (documented); post-1949 unknown
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Feb-Mar 1944); crew 28 + embarked troops (1944-46); Naval Reserve trainees, Charleston WV (1947-?)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation; its history text derives from the Turner Publishing LCI volumes and contributor material, not from an official register - dates are consistent with NARA SL-44 log coverage start (commissioning) and NavalCoverMuseum but are not independently confirmed from primary documents. Contains no asbestos or material content. The printed 'LCT Group Thirteen/LCT Division Twenty-Five' nomenclature is a probable transcription slip for LCI. No campaign table or battle stars appear for this hull - no named landing operation is documented for her in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-01
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[3]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by ship number (PDF, archives.gov) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, 'LCI(L)-1053' row (PDF downloaded and text-extracted 2026-09-29); context page https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for LCI(L)-1053 covering 3/27/1944 - 6/30/1945: the list row reads 'LCI(L)-1053 3/27/1944 6/30/1945'. Coverage begins on the documented commissioning date (27 March 1944) and runs through the first half of 1945 - the ship's wartime Pacific period is covered by these logs (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel records, Entry 118, NAID 581208 context per the NARA logbooks page).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-03-27 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during wartime operations, Mar 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- A holdings listing, not a digitized record: the log images themselves were not retrieved; whether this hull's logs have been digitized into the National Archives Catalog is unverified (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered from this session). Coverage ends 6/30/1945 - the occupation-service period (Oct 1945), decommissioning (Sep 1946), and Reserve-trainer era are NOT covered by this listing and would sit in later RG 24 accessions not listed here. No asbestos or material content; deck logs document daily operations, not shipboard materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-02
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[4]Charleston Daily Mail, 'Beach Raid, Parade Mark City Army Day', 6 April 1948 - via West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History archive (archive.wvculture.org) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- archive.wvculture.org Army Day 1948 page (Charleston Daily Mail, April 6, 1948); corroborating photos NavSource 10/15/151053 (8 Sep 1947 Kanawha River)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Period press documentation of this hull's Naval Reserve trainer era: for Army Day 1948, 'the LCI 1053 finally docked at the city levee and approximately 150 infantrymen charged up the bank with rifles firing' - National Guardsmen from Charleston, St. Albans, Montgomery and Gassaway staged a demonstration beach landing 'under cover of a red and white smoke screen,' the ship having arrived 'from the South Charleston dock.' Confirms the hull was operating on the Kanawha River at Charleston WV in April 1948 as the Naval Reserve training asset, consistent with the September 1947 college-move photographs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1948-04-06 (event); 1947-48 (Reserve era)
- Population
- West Virginia National Guard personnel and Naval Reserve trainees embarked for the demonstration; ship's Reserve crew
- Limitations
- Vessel-presence documentation only: establishes the hull active as the Charleston-area Naval Reserve trainer in 1947-48. Contains no asbestos, material, or maintenance content. Newspaper transcription hosted by a state archive - the Daily Mail original is the underlying source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-03
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[5]Naval Cover Museum (NavalCoverMuseum) wiki, 'LCI(L) 1053' designation-history page + 'USS LCI(L)-1053 Covers Page 1'; corroborated by Designation AMCU page (AMCU-39/-40/-41/-42 map to 1052/882/1093/1098 - none to 1053) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LCI(L)_1053 designation table; Covers Page 1 (Jon Burdett cover, 1944-09-08, Locy 2z); Designation AMCU index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent philatelic corroboration of the designation sequence and dates: 'USS LCI(L)-1053 - Commissioned March 27 1944 - Decommissioned September 27 1946; Placed In Service as Naval Reserve training ship, at South Charleston, WV 1947; Reclassified LSI(L) February 1949; Placed Out of Service (date unknown); Struck (date unknown); Fate unknown.' One censored WWII cover survives postmarked 8 September 1944 (Locy Type 2z; posted from another ship/station - the ship had no post office). The museum's Designation AMCU index lists no AMCU conversion number for 1053 - sister LSI(L)-1052 became Sentinel AMCU-39; AMCU-40 Shearwater was ex-LSI(L)-882.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- Crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- A collector-community wiki, not an official register: the designation history matches NavSource/Turner and adds no new milestones. The single 1944 censored cover is genuine postal evidence but carries no operational or material detail. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-04
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[6]uswarships.jounin.jp (Japanese-language USN vessel compilation) LSIL index, row LSIL-1053; plus its LCI(L)-1 class fittings/conversions page listing LSIL-1053 among the 1953 minehunter (AMCU underwater-locator) conversion nominations [other_primary]
- Locator
- uswarships.jounin.jp/lsil.htm (LSIL-1053 row); uswarships.jounin.jp/lcil-1_class_etc.htm (1953 AMCU conversion list); corroboration: usni.org Proceedings Sep 1948 professional notes; navsea.navy.mil SUPSALV faceplate newsletters (Feb 2005, Jan 2006 PDFs)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A secondary compilation supplies the missing post-1949 milestones that authoritative sources leave blank: LSIL-1053 - Defoe Shipbuilding, commissioned 1944/3/27, decommissioned 1946/9/27, operations ended 1953/7/3, struck 1956/9/10, and after striking transferred to the Navy Salvage School at Bayonne, New Jersey; the same site lists LSIL-1053 among the LSILs nominated for 1953 AMCU minehunter conversion (FM sonar and diving equipment fit). The Bayonne institution is independently verified: the Navy Salvage School (US Navy Training School - Salvage) operated at Bayonne NJ 1946-1957 before moving to the Washington Navy Yard (USNI Proceedings Sep 1948; NAVSEA SUPSALV faceplate newsletters 2005-06).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1949-1956
- Population
- Naval Reserve trainer complement (to ~1953); Navy Salvage School trainees IF the transfer held (post-1956)
- Limitations
- UNVERIFIED secondary compilation - the hull-level dates (out of service 3 Jul 1953; struck 10 Sep 1956) and the Bayonne transfer have no primary anchor located in this session; NavSource/Turner and shipbuildinghistory give only 'date unknown/fate unknown.' The 1953 AMCU-conversion listing is also unconfirmed for this hull and conflicts with the NavalCoverMuseum AMCU index, which assigns no AMCU number to 1053 - consistent with a nominated-but-cancelled conversion (the program was largely cancelled Jan 1954, as happened to sister ship Shearwater AMCU-40). Institution-level corroboration (Bayonne salvage school existed 1946-57) is verified; the hull's presence there is not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-05
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' class construction table (most recent update May 4, 2015) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm - class notes and row 1053
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-level build documentation: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards (New York SB, Consolidated Steel, Brown, Albina, Commercial Iron, Defoe, Federal, George Lawley, New Jersey SB, and others); the second production design (boats 351+) was six inches longer and 30 tons heavier than the first 350. The master table's own row for this hull reads: 'LCI(L) 1053 | Defoe SB | Bay City MI | 27-Mar-44 | Later LSIL 1053 1949, disposition unknown' - corroborating the builder and the 1949 LSIL redesignation while confirming the same site does NOT stand behind the Shearwater misattribution on its Defoe yard page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- LCI(L) program construction trades across ten yards (1942-44)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (authoritative for construction rosters, not official): the 'Delivery' column carries the commission date for this row. Class-level figures (923 hulls, ten yards) are not hull-specific evidence. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-06
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[8]CORRECTION basis: NavSource Mine Warfare Photo Archive 11/0440.htm reproduces the DANFS entry for Shearwater (AMCU-40): 'LCI(L)-882 was laid down on 22 September 1944 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Co. at Barber, N.J.' - versus the misattribution in shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm (Defoe hull 306 / LCI(L) 1053 'Later Shearwater (AMCU 40) 1952, struck 1956') [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm row 306 vs navsource.net/archives/11/0440.htm (DANFS Shearwater entry) and navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/Designation_AMCU
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: shipbuildinghistory.com's Defoe yard table asserts LCI(L)-1053 (Defoe hull 306) 'Later Shearwater (AMCU 40) 1952, struck 1956.' This is a misattribution: DANFS establishes Shearwater (AMCU-40) was ex-LSI(L)-882 ex-LCI(L)-882, a New Jersey Shipbuilding hull (Barber NJ) - a different hull from a different yard. The AMCU-40 conversion itself was cancelled in January 1954 and the name never served; the NavalCoverMuseum AMCU index likewise maps AMCU-40 to LSI(L)-882 only. The same site's own LCI(L) master table gives 1053's disposition as 'unknown,' so the yard-page row is internally inconsistent as well as wrong. The true post-1949 record for 1053 remains 'out of service / struck, dates unknown' in authoritative sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1952-1956 (designation window)
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating disposition error; does not itself resolve 1053's fate. The DANFS text is transcribed at NavSource (the live NHHC shearwater.html page covers only the 1889 schooner and cancelled AM-413 - the AMCU-40 entry is not on the live NHHC page as of 2026-09-29). shipbuildinghistory.com yard tables are compiled secondary data; the error is noted so downstream users do not propagate 'Shearwater' as this hull's disposition. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block for this hull (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels, no steam plant; small amphibious hull); shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) class documentation (923 boats, welded steel, 1942-44 inland/coastal-yard construction); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era coverage (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151053.htm specification block; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm class notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 158-ft diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built in early 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were modest compared with steam vessels: engine and generator exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, accommodation insulation and joiner materials, and brake linings in winch/ramp machinery. She carried no boilers or turbines, so the dominant steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply; the small confined hull volume still concentrates whatever insulation and gasket work existed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1956 (era window)
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Feb-Mar 1944); crew 28 + embarked troops (1944-46); Reserve trainees Charleston WV (1947-c.1953)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, specification sheet, or work package was located for LCI(L)-1053. The listed applications are era-standard normalized terms, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity, manufacturer, or present-day survival is established. LCI(L)s carried a materially smaller insulation fit than steam combatants.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-08
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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 (Feb-Mar 1944) and active service era (1944-46, Reserve trainer 1947-c.1953).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (confirmed 2026-09-29); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-09
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[11]Batch-4932 search ledger (this record): NARA SL-44 PDF; NavSource amphibious archive; NavalCoverMuseum designation/covers pages; WV state archive press collection; shipbuildinghistory.com class and yard tables; uswarships.jounin.jp LSIL index; NHHC DANFS (404); NVR (no entry); usslci.org; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener API v4 (opinion search run; remaining queries blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1053-01 through -11
- 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)-1053/LSIL-1053 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search on the exact string "LCI(L)-1053" returned zero hits (verified 2026-09-29 via authenticated helper); docket (type=r) and variant-string queries were blocked by fleet pacing this session - logged blocked, not negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no law-firm listicle coverage or asbestos assertion for this hull by number. No DANFS entry exists (numbered landing craft were not individually covered); no NVR entry (disposed before modern-register coverage).
- 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 construction is era-consistent with asbestos gaskets, packing, and insulation materials. The opinion-index zero is a real negative for published opinions but the docket (RECAP) index and variant spellings went unqueried - litigation status is partially open. The deck logs (NARA, Mar 1944-Jun 1945) document operations, not materials; Defoe work packages and any post-strike disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1053-10