Evidence
18 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-18).
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[1]research packet 801-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-pkt-801-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1062 (LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)) - construction milestones, wartime assignments, specifications, disposal line (page live; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151062.htm header block, awards line, assignment paragraph, specifications block, photo captions (NHHC UA 557.07; Locantore estate photo)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 13 April 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 28 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1062, 5 May 1944, with LT. W. O. Crawford USNR shown as Officer-in-Charge (May 1945). WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater; LCI Flotilla Nineteen (LCDR E. C. Folger); LCI Group Fifty-Seven (flagship, LCDR A. J. Ormstom); LCI Division One Hundred Thirteen. Assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.8.3 (Service Group - Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool) for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Decommissioned: date unknown; struck: date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 9 March 1948; final disposition: fate unknown. Specifications: displacement 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; five single 20-mm gun mounts; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators; diesel fuel capacity 860 bbls. Photographic captions (NHHC UA 557.07) place LCI(L)-1054 and LCI(L)-1062 off Agrihan Island, Marianas, 15 May 1945; an estate photograph shows both beached at Agrihan (stamped 17 May 1945; caption notes the official report dates arrival at Agrihan 15 May).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades (Apr-May 1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the page's history section is credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (1995). Milestone dates and the disposal line are carried as secondary sourcing pending a primary registry record; several facts are corroborated by NARA war diaries and DNA 6032F in sibling rows. Specification variances against the BuShips design table (length/beam, generator kW, complement) are flagged in the correction row and gaps. 'Ormstom' spelling unverified against muster rolls. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-01
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[3]NARA, Special List No. 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (M248 roll 40), Record Group 24 - file-unit NAID 178406296; digitized PDF via catalog.archives.gov medialz host [other_primary]
- Locator
- M248-40.pdf (Special List 44, RG 24 logbook listing); entry 'LCI(L)-1062 - June 1, 1944-June 30, 1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's published logbook inventory lists 'LCI(L)-1062 - June 1, 1944-June 30, 1945' among RG 24 deck logs held at the National Archives - an official holdings record establishing that Navy deck logs for this hull survive for the stated interval. The listed interval is a records-coverage window only: it brackets wartime service already documented elsewhere but is not a commissioning or decommissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-01 to 1945-06-30 (coverage interval)
- Population
- crew reflected in deck logs, June 1944 - June 1945
- Limitations
- Holdings inventory, not the logs themselves - the entry establishes archival existence and coverage dates, not the logs' contents. Coverage ends 30 June 1945; the vessel continued operating at least through July 1946 (Crossroads), so later logs either were not inventoried in this list or rest in another series. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-02
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[4]NARA catalog, file unit 'LCI(L) 1062 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120221629, Record Group 24, series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (99 digitized images; Ancestry/NARA digitization partnership; first displayed roll dated 30 June 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file unit NAID 120221629 (RG 24 muster rolls, 99 images, first roll 30 Jun 1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds 99 digitized images of muster rolls for LCI(L)-1062 in RG 24 - a ship-specific personnel roster series naming officers and enlisted assigned across the covered reporting periods. This is the primary name-level lead for identifying individuals who served aboard this hull during 1944-45.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (roll coverage)
- Population
- named officers and enlisted carried on LCI(L)-1062 muster rolls, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Muster rolls establish who was carried aboard, not what materials they contacted - a personnel record, not an exposure or material record. Roster-level review of the 99 images was not performed this session; the record is carried as an archival lead. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-03
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[5]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 57 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45', NAID 140064970, WWII War Diaries (RG 38 microfilm export) - 4 digitized images, image-read this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140064970, war diary pp. 1-3 (echelon-of-command roster; May duties narrative; TU 94.19.17 paragraph); export_WWII_WarDiaries_1682_201439 images 0542-0545
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Commander LCI(L) Group Fifty-Seven's May 1945 war diary names LCI(L)-1062 as one of three LCIs (371, 1054, 1062) forming patrol unit 94.7.27 operating in the Saipan-Tinian area under CTU 94.7.2 (ComCortDiv 14), and states 'Commander LCI(L) Group FIFTY SEVEN in USS LCI(L) 1062' - i.e., this hull was the embarked group flagship. Documented Saipan-ship duties for the month: filling smoke stations in Tanapag Harbor; one LCI(L) daily on Saipan-Tinian dispatch duty; escorting submarines in and out of Saipan (about 56 miles from the Tanapag Harbor entrance); escorting Japanese fishing sampans operating under AMG off Saipan; target towing for firing practice. The diary further records that 'LCI(L)s 1054 and 1062 formed task unit 94.19.17 with the USS MARSH, DE 699' and departed Saipan 8 May for a complete reconnaissance of Anatahan, Sarigan, Alamagan, and Agrihan, embarking two platoons of the 24th Infantry Division, seven AAF air-sea rescue/escape-and-evasion representatives, one cameraman, one language and military government officer, and three native interpreters.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- LCI(L)-1062 crew; ComLCI(L)GrU57 staff embarked; embarked Army/AAF personnel for TU 94.19.17
- Limitations
- Primary operational record, but written at group level - it documents duties and deployments of the patrol unit as a whole; specific per-day positions of hull 1062 within shared duties are not itemized. States no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-04
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[6]NARA, 'COMTASK-Unit 94.19.17 - Report of the reconnaissance of the Northern Marianas islands, 5/8-23/45', NAID 633447305 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; 53 digitized images; USS Marsh (DE-699) file no. DE699/A16-3, serial 001, dated 25 May 1945) - image-read this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633447305; serial 001 cover page (image 0379) para. 2(2) assignments; p. 5 paras. 22-23 (image 0382)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official after-action report of Task Unit 94.19.17 (Lt. Comdr. William E. Dunlap, USNR, commanding USS Marsh (DE-699), designated CTU 94.19.17) documents this hull by name and role: 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 1062 - Lieut. W. O. CRAWFORD, USNR - Senior LCI Commanding Officer - In charge LCI operations,' with Capt. A. H. Banner, AAF (73rd Bomb Wing air-sea rescue representative) in charge of all personnel embarked in LCI(L) 1062 when on shore, and 1st Lt. J. H. Davies, AAF (313th Bomb Wing escape-and-evasion representative) aboard. The report's narrative records that at 0700, 14 May, 'the LCI(L) 1062 rejoined the task unit and made a close inshore photographic survey of the island' (Alamagan), and on 15 May at Agrihan the LCIs conducted close inshore beach reconnaissance, beached off Southwest Beach, and disembarked shore parties among 95 natives concentrated in the Southwest Village. The operation ran under CCD-19 Operation Order 211-45 of 6 May 1945 and returned to Saipan 24 May.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-08 to 1945-05-24 (report coverage 8-23 May, submitted 25 May)
- Population
- LCI(L)-1062 crew (Lt. W. O. Crawford commanding); embarked AAF representatives and 24th Infantry Division platoons
- Limitations
- Primary after-action report naming the hull, her CO, and specific operations - strong ship-specific operational documentation, but it is a mission record, not a material record: no asbestos content, no construction/material detail for this hull. OCR/scan quality varies; page-level transcription for all 53 images was not performed - citations limited to image-verified pages (report cover/para. 2 assignments; pp. 4-5 narrative for 14-15 May).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-05
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[7]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 57 - War Diary, 6/1/45 to 7/31/45', NAID 83533759, WWII War Diaries (RG 38 microfilm export) - 5 digitized images, image-read this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83533759; echelon-of-command roster and duties (images 0650-0653); TU 94.4.51/94.4.56 Maug narrative (images 0653-0654)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The June-July 1945 Group 57 war diary again lists LCI(L)s 371, 1054, and 1062 as patrol unit 94.7.27 in the Saipan-Tinian area (under CTU 94.7.2/ComCortDiv 14 until relieved by ComDesRon 6 on 20 July), with 'Commander LCI(L) Group FIFTY SEVEN in USS LCI(L) 1062.' It then documents the hull's most significant combat operation: 'LCI(L)s 371, 1054 and 1062 formed TU 94.4.51 with the USS MARSH, DE 699' and departed Saipan 14 July for Northern Marianas neutralizing operations, embarking 300 officers and men of the 6th Marine M.P. Battalion (Lt. Col. H. Chalfont, USMCR). After flag-raisings at Agrihan and Asuncion (15-16 July), the unit reached Maug Island, held by 16 Japanese; patrols went ashore 18 July after bombardment and beach strafing by all ships. On 21 July the unit divided, 'leaving LCI(L) 1062 at MAUG (Commander LCI(L) Group FIFTY SEVEN embarked as TU 94.4.56).' From 21 through 31 July 'LCI(L) 1062 supporting "B" company continued mopping up operations, returning to SAIPAN after having eliminated all Japanese from MAUG, raised the flag, read and posted the proclamation.' Of the 16 Japanese on Maug, five were captured and eleven killed; four Marine 'devil dogs' with six handlers arrived 27 July.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-06 to 1945-07
- Population
- LCI(L)-1062 crew; ComLCI(L)GrU57 staff; embarked 6th Marine M.P. Battalion 'B' company (July 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record at group level; per-day ship positions are not itemized within shared duties. The 'eliminated all Japanese from MAUG' statement is the diarist's summary of the patrol outcome, not a casualty-verified count. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-06
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[8]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 57 - War Diary, 10/1/45 TO 11/8/45', NAID 140083587, WWII War Diaries (RG 38 microfilm export) - 4 digitized images, image-read this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140083587; echelon-of-command roster (image 0329); narrative para. (2) Pagan voyages (image 0330); export_WWII_WarDiaries_2005_216998 images 0328-0331
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The October-November 1945 Group 57 war diary (echelon of command now U.S. Pacific Fleet / Commander Marianas Area) shows LCI(L)s 371, 1054, and 1062 still forming patrol unit 94.7.27 in the Saipan-Tinian area under CTU 94.7.2 (ComDesRon 6), with 371 and 1062 'temporarily detached from CTU 94.7.2 and assigned temporary duty with Island Commander, SAIPAN' and 'Commander LCI(L) Group FIFTY SEVEN in USS LCI(L) 1062.' It documents two ship-specific occupation/repatriation voyages: 9 October 1945 'USS LCI(L) 1062 departed SAIPAN for PAGAN with fifty Marines and Military Government Personnel and food for the Japanese, arriving PAGAN Island, 10 October,' returning to Saipan 11 October; and 17 October 'LCI(L) 1062 departed SAIPAN for PAGAN Island with 65 Marines and Military Government personnel,' arriving 18 October, when '2,000 Japanese military personnel were transferred from the island to Choun Maru, Japanese merchant vessel, for onward routing to Japanese mainland' - departing Pagan 20 October and arriving Saipan 21 October.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-10 to 1945-11-08
- Population
- LCI(L)-1062 crew; ComLCI(L)GrU57 staff; embarked Marines/Military Government personnel (Oct 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record; covers the immediate post-surrender period only through 8 November 1945 - no later record of this hull was located at NARA this session. The Choun Maru transfer figure is the diarist's number. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-07
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[9]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1062 (LCI-351 class) - command timeline and 1945 submarine-escort events compiled from submarine war patrol reports [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22127.html - ship data block and 1945 event list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's ship page confirms class and builder (LCI-351 class; Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; laid down 13 April 1944; launched 28 April 1944; commissioned 5 May 1944) and carries a 1945 event timeline drawn from submarine war patrol reports: 30 March 1945 - escorted USS Lionfish, USS Parche, and USS Trutta into Saipan (OIC Lt.(jg) J. M. Burns Jr.); 4-5 May - escorted USS Burrfish and USS Bumper; 11-12 June - escorted USS Cabrilla; 18 August - escorted USS Dragonet (Lt. W. O. Crawford listed as commanding officer by May-August entries).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03 to 1945-08 (event coverage)
- Population
- crew during 1945 escort operations
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation site: event data are attributed to submarine war patrol reports but are not the primary documents themselves - carried as corroboration consistent with the image-verified Group 57 war diaries (submarine escort is among the documented patrol-unit duties). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-08
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[10]Defense Nuclear Agency, 'Operation CROSSROADS - 1946' (United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review), report DNA 6032F (Kaman Tempo for DNA, 1 May 1984, 568 pp.; GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222621) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6032F: TU 1.8.3 roster (~p. 42); staging table; TU 1.8.3 narrative pp. 188-189 ('Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool' section)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Nuclear Test Personnel Review volume names this hull in three places for Operation Crossroads (Bikini Atoll, July 1946): the Task Unit 1.8.3 (Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool) roster lists 'LCI(L)-1062' alongside USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5), USS San Marcos (LSD-25), Presque Isle (APB-44), LCI(L)-977/-1067/-1091, six PGMs, LCTs and small craft; the Pearl Harbor staging table lists 'LCI(L)-1062'; and the unit narrative states 'four large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)-1062, LCI(L)-1067, and LCI(L)-1091 at Bikini and LCI(L)-977 at Kwajalein' were assigned. The narrative records that 'all ships and most of the boats of TU 1.8.3 cleared the lagoon for both tests' and that the remainder of the task unit (beyond San Marcos and the six radsafe PGMs) evacuated to Rongelap Atoll for shot BAKER. TU 1.8.3's mission was dispatch and mail service, interatoll freight and passenger service, and general boat-pool operations including radsafe support craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1946-07 (Crossroads test window)
- Population
- crew and boat-pool personnel at Bikini/Kwajalein, May-August 1946
- Limitations
- Documents assignment and unit-level movements, not individual or hull-specific radiation dose - the NTPR volume contains no film-badge or dose figure for this hull. OCR of the 568-page scanned PDF is imperfect ('LCI (L)-1062' strings break across lines); roster placement is confirmed in three separate contexts. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-09
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[11]NHHC Online Reading Room, 'Composition of Joint Task Force One' (Operation Crossroads) - ARCHIVED copy (live page returns 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-08). NHHC cites the DNA Operation Crossroads report as its source. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC ORR 'Composition of Joint Task Force One', TU 1.8.3 list (Wayback 20251208181244)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's official JTF-1 order-of-battle page lists 'LCI(L)-1062' under 'TU 1.8.3 (Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool)' together with USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5), LCI(L)-977, LCI(L)-1067, LCI(L)-1091, LCT-1361, LCT-1461, PGM-23/-24/-25/-29/-31/-32, USS Presque Isle (APB-44), and USS San Marcos (LSD-25) - corroborating the DNA 6032F roster and NavSource's assignment statement that the ship served at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- crew at Bikini, July 1946
- Limitations
- Live NHHC page is dead (404 confirmed 2026-09-29); cited via labeled Wayback archive per citation policy. The page is itself a transcription of the DNA report (stated source line) - corroborative, not independent. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-10
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[12]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) - 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' design-group table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. II, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' table, printed p. 200-201 (PDF pp. ~205-206)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips data table covers this hull's design group 'LCI(L) 351-1098' (LCI(L)-1062 falls inside the 351-1098 hull series): length overall 159'0", length on waterline 153'0", extreme beam 23'8"; trial displacement 381 tons, draft 5'8"; total accommodations 8 officers / 32 enlisted; armament five 20-mm AA machine-gun mounts; two propellers driven by G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines totaling 2,320 shp through single GM main reduction gears; two diesel-driven ship's-service generators, 20 kW each, 120 V DC; diesel-oil capacity 860 bbls. Trial speed 14.4 knots (estimate based on Model Basin test).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945 (publication data year)
- Population
- design-basis complement for the class; construction-era trades class-wide
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation - the table describes the LCI(L) 351-1098 design group, not this specific hull's as-built condition or any material schedule. Values differ from NavSource's ship-page specifications on several points (see correction row/gaps); both are carried with sources rather than reconciled. No asbestos content - the table lists machinery and geometry only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-11
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[13]Library of Congress, HAER OR-180 documentation - 'LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, Multnomah County, OR' (documentation compiled after 1968; significance note: LCI(L)-713 is 'the last remaining example of a World War II Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) 351-class amphibious assault vessel in its original configuration') [haer]
- Locator
- LOC item or0606 (HAER OR-180 record, LCI(L)-713, Portland OR); record metadata verified via loc.gov JSON endpoint - HTML page bot-blocks curl (HTTP 403), live for browsers
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal HAER documentation of the LCI-351 class survives through sister hull LCI(L)-713, identified as the last extant 351-class vessel in original configuration - the class was Navy-designed to rapidly beach and discharge troops via ramps. The documentation provides class-level construction and configuration reference for the type to which LCI(L)-1062 belongs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 construction era (documentation compiled after 1968)
- Population
- class-wide construction and operating populations
- Limitations
- Class documentation via a surviving sister ship - describes the type, not hull 1062. No material schedule or asbestos survey for this hull is contained in or implied by the HAER record. Carried as design/context anchor only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-12
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[14]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page [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 (1944-1948).
- 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 - same standing block as prior batches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-13
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[15]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LCI(L) 351-1098 design table (diesel plant, accommodations, armament); NavSource specification block (GM 6051-series diesels, generators); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through early 1970s); HAER OR-180 class documentation (welded-steel 351-class landing craft) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LCI(L) table; NavSource specs; GAO HRD-80-2; HAER OR-180
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built April-May 1944 at a Great Lakes wartime yard sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard small diesel combatant/landing craft of this period were exhaust/engine lagging in the machinery space, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, deck covering, and crew-space insulation. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (1944-48); any disposal-era workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1062. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product terms are normalized era descriptions; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-14
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[16]Batch-4941 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog + digitized records (Special List 44, muster rolls, three GR 57 war diaries, CTU 94.19.17 report); NavSource; NHHC ORR (archived); DNA 6032F (govinfo); uboat.net; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; HAER OR-180; GAO; CourtListener opinions; MARAD vesselhistory; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-01 through -23
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or litigation product-identification record naming USS LCI(L)-1062 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches on '"USS LCI(L)-1062"' and '"LCI(L)-1062"' returned zero hits; the RECAP/docket search could not be completed (fleet pacing budget spent across four spaced attempts) - logged blocked in search_ledger, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no credible ship-specific asbestos claim; nothing from law-firm marketing pages was used.
- 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 search is a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked, not run to completion). Undigitized deck-log volumes beyond June 1945, Defoe yard work packages, and Maritime Commission disposal records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-15
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[17]W. A. Shurcliff, 'Bombs on Bikini' (official Technical History of Operation Crossroads, 1947), Appendix 8 'Support Vessels' - mirrored transcription hosted by atomicarchive.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- atomicarchive.com 'Bombs on Bikini' Appendix 8, section (k) Despatch Boat and Boat Pool Unit table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official JTF-1 technical history's support-vessel appendix lists 'LCI-1062' in the Despatch Boat and Boat Pool Unit (Task Unit 1.8.3, commanded by Comdr. J. G. Blanche), with her commanding officer shown as Lt. (jg) H. P. Cohn - a named-officer corroboration of the hull's Crossroads assignment consistent with DNA 6032F and the archived NHHC roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- crew at Bikini, July 1946
- Limitations
- Transcription mirror of the official 1947 report hosted on a third-party site - the underlying document is official, the host is not .gov; content verified against DNA 6032F roster concurrence. Names a commanding officer not otherwise documented for the Crossroads period (war diaries name Lt. Crawford through 1945; Cohn likely succeeded him in 1946 - succession not itself documented here). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-16
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[18]Cross-source discrepancy check: NavSource ship page (transfer date, specs, 'Ormstom' spelling); shipbuildinghistory.com Defoe yard list ('To MARAD 1947'); BuShips SDB 1945 v2 design table (length/beam, 20 kW generators, 8+32 accommodations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 151062 specs/timeline; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm; SDB 1945 v2 p. 201
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/DISCREPANCY NOTE: (1) Disposal year conflict - NavSource carries 'transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 March 1948' while the shipbuildinghistory.com Defoe yard list carries 'To MARAD 1947'; the NavSource date is carried and the conflict logged in gaps, since no MARAD vessel card was located to resolve it. (2) Specification variances - NavSource 158'5.5" x 23'3" vs BuShips design 159'0" x 23'8"; NavSource 30 kW generators vs BuShips 20 kW; NavSource complement 4+24 vs BuShips accommodations 8+32 - carried as design-basis vs measured/as-operated differences, not errors, both sourced. (3) NavSource's 'LCDR A. J. Ormstom' (Group 57 commander) spelling is unverified - likely 'Ormston'; left as printed with a note rather than silently corrected.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (values); 2026-09-29 (check)
- Limitations
- Resolves presentation of conflicting secondary/design values; does not assert which is correct where primary evidence is absent. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1062-lcil1062-17