Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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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-1063-lcil1063-pkt-801-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1063 page (verified live 2026-09-29; canonical domain is navsource.net, not the dead navsource.org). Page states its history source is USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L)-1063 page, history block, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 18 April 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 2 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1063, 11 May 1944 (ENS J. S. Jagerson, USNR, shown in command May 1945). Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Five (CDR M. V. Milton), LCI Group Fifteen (LCDR E. S. Dulcan), and, as printed, 'LCT Division Twenty-Nine' (likely a rendering of LCI Division Twenty-Nine - see gaps). Awards block lists American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal; no battle stars. Decommissioned 'date unknown'; struck from the Naval Register 'date unknown'; transferred to the Maritime Commission 2 October 1947; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Specification block: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in x 23 ft 3 in; 16 kt max / 14 kt continuous; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; five single 20 mm mounts; 2-in plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 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. No images of the hull are held in the archive.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (service and transfer)
- Population
- Ship's crew (~4 officers/24 enlisted) plus embarked troops (capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Compiled archival photo index drawing on official records and the Turner Publishing LCI history, not itself a primary document; decommissioning, striking, and final-fate fields are recorded as unknown. 'LCT Division Twenty-Nine' carried as printed - LCT (tank landing craft) is almost certainly an error for LCI in this context. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number order PDF; verified live 2026-09-29, row for LCI(L)-1063 read directly from the document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI(L)-1063 row (sequence between LCI(L)-1062 and LCI(L)-1064); RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208; digitized list at https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 records Navy deck-log holdings for LCI(L)-1063 covering 5/11/1944 - 6/30/1945 - a span beginning on her commissioning date (5/11/1944). The hull does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' digitized list (checked against the page); the logs sit in the textual series (Record Group 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118, NAID 581208) with access via reference request.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew and embarked troops, 1944-05-11 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- Holdings-level metadata only: establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in the stated coverage interval; the log contents were not examined (not digitized - research-room or reproduction order required). Log coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. No asbestos or materials content in the catalog metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, 'LCI(L) 1063 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120220275, series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (NAID 594996), 108 digitized images provided by Ancestry (images read directly 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120220275 images 32860_244934-00004 (roll 6/30/1944), -00040 (report of changes, 24 July 1944 sailing ex-Naval Repair Base San Diego), -00080 (recapitulation, quarter ending 12/31/1944), -00140 (report of changes, month ending 4/1/1946), -00166 (final roll page, period ending 1947)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific personnel records, digitized: the muster roll for the quarter ending 30 June 1944 covers the hull from her commissioning (5-11-44). A Report of Changes page records the ship's sailing on 24 July 1944 from Naval Repair Base, San Diego, CA - her shakedown departure, placing her on the Pacific coast inside three months of commissioning at Bay City. The recapitulation sheet for the quarter ending 31 December 1944 shows 25 brought forward, 6 gained, 3 lost, 28 enlisted on board, operating allowance 25. A Report of Changes for the month ending 1 April 1946 shows drawdown-era transfers off the ship (to LST-669; to Receiving Ship Navy #926 for leave/reassignment under ComWesSeaFron). The final roll page (NAVPERS 605 rev. 10-45, period ending 1947, ~16 names) is certified by a ComServPac muster-roll inspector and carries a May 1947 receipt stamp - consistent with disposal processing ahead of the 2 October 1947 Maritime Commission transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew (~24-28 enlisted plus officers at wartime strength; ~16 on final drawdown roll)
- Limitations
- Personnel records only - names, rates, transfers, and counts; no materials, insulation, or asbestos content. Locations are documented only at the dated entries quoted; the rolls do not establish the hull's whereabouts on other dates. Handwritten signature blocks are partially legible; the commissioning-period commanding officer is not reliably readable and is not asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) GR 15 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45', NAID 77574332, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018), 3 Fold3 microfilm images read directly (signed Edward S. Dulcan, Commander, LCI(L) Group Fifteen) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77574332, section C of the war diary narrative (image 0169 of the file unit)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The August 1945 war diary of her own group commander names this hull directly: 'LCI(L)'s 1063, 597, 599 and 1061 were based at Ulithi Atoll, Western Carolines, operating under C.T.U. 94.6.2. Primary duties of these ships consisted of Harbor Entrance Control, Channel Security Patrol, Submarine Interception Patrol, transporting liberty parties, and carrying ammunition for destroyers. LCI(L) 1063 was drydocked on 24-25 August for cleaning and painting of underwater hull, welding skegs, and replacing zincs.' Other group elements are recorded at Leyte Gulf (604, 605, 606, 944 under Service Squadron 10) and the Marianas (1098, 336, 222).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-08
- Population
- Ship's crew at Ulithi Atoll, August 1945
- Limitations
- Primary operational record at group level - names the hull and dates specific activity, including a documented maintenance event (drydocking 24-25 August 1945). No asbestos, insulation, or materials content; the drydock work described is hull cleaning/painting/skeg welding/zinc replacement, not insulation work. Covers August 1945 only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) GR 15 - War Diary, 7/1-31/45', NAID 77580231 (submitted via Commander LCI(L) Flotilla FIVE; signed Edward S. Dulcan); cross-checked against Group 15 war diaries for 12/44 (NAID 139804546), 1/45 (NAID 139835942), 4/45 (NAID 139994330), and 5/45 (NAID 140027724) - all read directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77580231, section C; group composition lists in NAIDs 139804546, 139835942, 139994330, 140027724
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The July 1945 group war diary already lists this hull on station: 'The LCI(L)'s 1063, 1061, 599 and 597 are based at Ulithi Atoll, Western Carolines, operating under C.T.U. 94.6.2... Primary duties of LCI(L)'s 1063, 599 and 597 has been Harbor Entrance Control, Submarine Interception, and Channel security patrol.' By contrast, the Group 15 war diaries of December 1944, January 1945, April 1945, and May 1945 list the group's composition as LCI(L)'s 222, 223, 327, 329, 330, 332, 336, and 549 - hull 1063 is absent from all of them - bounding her assignment to this group to approximately June-July 1945 (no June 1945 Group 15 diary was located in the catalog).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12 through 1945-07
- Population
- Ship's crew at Ulithi Atoll, July 1945
- Limitations
- Primary operational record bounding a timeline gap, not closing it: where hull 1063 was assigned between her arrival in theater (post-shakedown, from ~July 1944) and her first group-diary appearance (July 1945) is not resolved by the digitized diaries; her undigitized deck logs hold the answer. The group's July 1945 roster reorganization (new hulls, new commander Dulcan) coincides with her appearance.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII entry, USS LCI(L)-1063 (verified live 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22128 'Notable events' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Six documented submarine-escort events at Saipan, February 1945: escorted USS Bowfin (SS-287) in on 6 February; USS Brill (SS-330) in on 9 February and out on 10 February; USS Chub (SS-329) in on 24 February and out on 25 February; USS Atule (SS-403) in on 27 February. Entry confirms identical build data (Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City; laid down 18 Apr 1944, launched 2 May 1944, commissioned 11 May 1944).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Population
- Ship's crew, Saipan station
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; the escort events fall inside the NARA deck-log coverage window and match the Marianas submarine-escort duty the Group 15 war diaries document for other hulls - consistent but unverified against a primary source. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-06
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[8]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), Defoe Shipbuilding yard list, Bay City MI (verified live 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe yard table, hull 316 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Defoe yard table row: yard hull no. 316, LCI(L) 1063, US Navy landing craft, 236 tons displacement / 158 ft, delivered 1 May 1944, disposition 'To MARAD 1947' - consistent with NavSource's 2 October 1947 Maritime Commission transfer.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work, not a Navy register extract; gives no decommissioning or strike data for this hull. Delivery date (1 May) precedes NavSource commissioning (11 May) - the table's date column tracks yard delivery, consistent with a 10-day gap to commissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-07
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[9]Division of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, ONI-226, Allied Landing Craft and Ships (1944), HyperWar/ibiblio scan (verified live 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI-226 U.S. and British landing craft table, 'LCI(L)-(351-) Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Navy recognition manual's LCI(L) design tables: the LCI(L)-(351-) series entry lists 158 ft 5.5 in length, 23 ft 3 in beam, five 20 mm guns, and 2-in plastic splinter protection on gun positions, conning tower, and pilot house - the design group to which hull 1063 (Defoe-built, commissioned May 1944) belongs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops (class context)
- Limitations
- Wartime identification manual at class level - does not name hull 1063 and contains no materials or insulation content; ONI table figures differ in detail from NavSource's per-hull spec block and are quoted here as the manual states them.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-08
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[10]Consolidated era inference anchored on ONI-226 class data + NavSource per-hull specification block + era amphibious-vessel construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated - ONI-226 design table; NavSource propulsion block; era amphibious construction practice
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered landing craft: the LCI(L)-351 class had no boilers or steam plant (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels in two banks), which removes the boiler/steam-lagging pathway entirely. The asbestos-relevant residual applications for the type are engine-exhaust lagging and gaskets, machinery packing, thermal/acoustic insulation board in accommodation spaces, deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings - the standard 1944-era set for small diesel amphibious craft. The class's 2-in 'plastic splinter protection' armor is not documented as asbestos-containing in any located source.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Construction trades (Defoe, Bay City, 1944); ship's engine crew; drydock workers (Ulithi, Aug 1945)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull material schedule, specification, or survey located. Establishes no quantities, no product brands, and no exposure for any individual; nothing here is ship-proven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-09
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[11]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) - PubMed PMID 3555021 (verified via NCBI E-utilities 2026-09-29; DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 resolves to Wiley) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 3555021; AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as insulation and fireproofing in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II, the era and program under which this 1944-built landing craft was produced, and that wartime naval construction drove unprecedented asbestos use aboard U.S. hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or type and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-10
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[12]National Museum of the Great Lakes, 'Fighting Ships from Bay City' (Bert C. Brennan, Inland Seas, July 1945) + Defoe yard history site, F. A. Swanson (Defoe VP) address to SNAME, Bay City, 21 May 1964 - both verified live 2026-09-29 [museum_official]
- Locator
- NMGL Brennan article text; defoenet.com/shipbuild/swanson-history
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder context for this hull's yard: Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI, built 'forty-seven landing craft infantry (large) (LCI-L)' (Brennan) / '47 LCI(L) landing craft, diesel equipped' (Swanson), using its signature upside-down-and-rollover welded-hull method; completed LCIs were taken by Navy crews via the Great Lakes to Chicago, then down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans for final refit and commissioning - the delivery route this hull followed before reaching San Diego by July 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction workforce, Bay City, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level context, not hull-specific - neither source names LCI(L)-1063. Establishes builder and production environment only; contains no asbestos or materials information. Swanson is a company-insider account (1964); Brennan is a wartime magazine piece republished by the museum.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-11
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[13]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page (verified live 2026-09-29; direct curl fetch returns 403 bot-block, page content retrieved via renderer) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's asbestos-protection program at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards: the 1975 standing policy removed and replaced asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was required for repairs; modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Establishes the Navy's documented asbestos-management regime of the shipyard-repair era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; fieldwork covered two named naval shipyards only. Both policies post-date this craft's 1947 Maritime Commission transfer by decades - included strictly as Navy-wide program context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-12
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[14]Batch-4942 search ledger (this record): NavSource, NARA Special List 44 + catalog + muster rolls + Group 15 war diaries, NHHC/DANFS, uboat.net, Shipbuilding History, ONI-226, NMGL/defoenet, GAO, PubMed, MARAD ShipHistory, NVR, shipyards.json, CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-01 through -20
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no material survey, abatement contract, hull-specification material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or museum record naming LCI(L)-1063 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion sweeps on 'LCI(L)-1063', 'LCI-1063', 'LCI 1063', and 'LCI(L) 1063' returned zero hits (count:0); the RECAP docket sweep could not be completed (fleet pacing). No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC URL patterns 404; NavSource confirms none). MARAD's Vessel History database carries no record for the hull despite her 1947 Maritime Commission transfer. The August 1945 drydocking documented in the group war diary is the only located maintenance event and describes no insulation work.
- 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 - the 1944-era diesel-craft application set stands as era inference. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-13
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[15]NARA logbook-holdings guidance ('Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives') + catalog series records (WWII War Diaries NAID 4697018; Muster Rolls NAID 594996; Logbooks RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number PDF (deck-log row); catalog.archives.gov/id/140086587 (Group 15 9/45 diary); NARA guidance https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (identified, contents unexamined): (a) the hull's deck logs, coverage 5/11/1944-6/30/1945, RG 24 Entry 118 - the resolving source for her shakedown-to-Ulithi timeline, including her unit assignment before July 1945; (b) COM LCI(L) Group 15 war diaries for September 1945 (NAID 140086587) and any later months - would document post-surrender operations; (c) COM LCI(L) Flotilla 5 war diaries for mid-1945 - would fix the group reorganization that brought this hull into Group 15; (d) Bureau of Ships construction/outfitting records for Defoe hull 316 (RG 19) - would carry the material schedule this record lacks.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and file-unit mapping only; deck logs and RG 19 construction files are not digitized and were not examined. No June 1945 Group 15 diary surfaced in the catalog, so the join month cannot be pinned tighter than June-July 1945 from digitized sources. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1063-lcil1063-14