Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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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-1064-lcil1064-pkt-801-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1064 (unit history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page for USS LCI(L)-1064: unit history block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, specifications block, awards/ribbon block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 23 April 1944 at DeFoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 7 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1064 on 15 May 1944 at US Coast Guard Station Bay City, MI. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 15 / LCI Group 44 / LCI Division 88. Campaigns: Leyte landings 16 October-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landing 7-8 December 1944; Mindoro 15 December 1944 and Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944 (Luzon operations listing); Nasugbu 31 January 1945 (Manila Bay-Bicol); Visayan Island landings 18 March-1 April 1945 (Panay 18-28 March, Negros 29 March). Post-war: Occupation and China Service in the Far East 8 September-16 December 1945. Decommissioned 6 June 1946; stricken from the Naval Register 15 August 1946; four battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission 29 September 1947 for disposal; sold, date unknown, to Hovden Food Products Corp., Monterey, CA. Class specifications on the page: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kt max / 14 kt continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armament five single 20mm guns; endurance 4,000 mi at 12 kt. shipbuildinghistory.com's DeFoe yard table corroborates builder and hull (DeFoe yard hull no. 317, 'Sold c1947').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew (class spec 4 officers + 24 enlisted) plus embarked troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing unit history via NavSource), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. Campaign-table entries overlap (Mindoro appears under both Leyte and Luzon operations). Complement and capacity figures are class specifications, not hull rosters. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-01
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[3]NavSource Online: USS LCI(L)-1064 crew-authored history page - 'History by Paul Heitkamp MoMM3/c USS LCI(L)-1064' (firsthand veteran account with partial crew roster) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151064h.htm - Heitkamp itinerary narrative and crew list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A firsthand account by crew member Paul Heitkamp (Motor Machinist's Mate 3/c) documents the hull's itinerary: commissioned 15 May 1944 at USCG Station Bay City, MI; delivered via Lake Huron/Lake Michigan to Chicago, down the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, then Galveston and Corpus Christi, TX; Panama Canal reached 3 July 1944; Bora Bora; New Hebrides arrived 4 August 1944; Admiralty Islands 15 August 1944; Lae and Hollandia staging August-October 1944; departed 17 October 1944 for the Philippines - Leyte 22 October 1944, Ormoc 7 December 1944, Mindoro 15 December 1944, Luzon 3 January 1945, Panay 18 March 1945, Negros 29 March 1945; Philippine operations through 4 September 1945; Okinawa departure 26 September for Shanghai, China; Formosa and Ningpo, China, with China service 29 September-17 December 1945; returned to Pearl Harbor March 1946; decommissioned 6 June 1946; sold to Hovden Food Products Corp., P.O. Box 391, Monterey, CA; stricken 15 August 1946. The page carries a partial crew roster naming ~27 men including 'Edward Laylin, Ohio' - the name of the commanding officer per the hull's own NARA action reports.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-05-15 to 1946-06-06
- Population
- Ship's crew, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Veteran-authored reminiscence hosted on NavSource, not an official record - dates are recollected and align with, but do not independently verify, the campaign table; minor discrepancies exist (e.g., 'Asiatic-Pacific (3 stars)' in the roster's medal list vs four battle stars in the unit history; 'Luzon Jan. 3, 1945' vs the Nasugbu landing date of 31 January in the campaign table). Crew roster is partial and informal. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-02
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[4]National Archives Catalog: 28 records naming LCI(L)-1064, incl. digitized muster rolls (NAID 120220158, RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities', 116 images, rolls dated 15 May 1944 through May 1946), two ship-specific action reports (NAID 139856219, 633406567), task-unit forwarding reports, and a 'COM 9' war diary for May 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 120220158 (muster rolls), 139856219 and 633406567 (action reports), 139944058 and 139997673 (task-unit forwarding), 78526041 (COM 9 war diary); catalog search "LCI(L)-1064"/"LCI(L) 1064" returned 28 records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a digitized personnel record covering this hull's entire commissioned life: file unit 'LCI(L) 1064 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120220158, RG 24) contains 116 scanned images with muster dates from 15 May 1944 (commissioning day) through May 1946, scanned via the Ancestry-NARA partnership. Two ship-specific action reports are digitized in RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018): 'Rep of ops in the amphibious assault on Mindoro Is, Philippines 12/15/44' (NAID 139856219) and 'Rep of ops in the invasion of Negros Is, Philippines on 3/29/45' (NAID 633406567). Task-level documentation forwarding or referencing the hull's reports includes COMTASKGROUP 78.3 forwarding reports on the Ormoc Bay assault landing of 7 December 1944 (NAID 139944058, 80 images) and COMTASKUNIT 78.3.41 forwarding reports on the Negros invasion of 29 March 1945 (NAID 139997673, 18 images). A 'COM 9 - War Diary, 5/1-31/44' file unit (NAID 78526041) also surfaces on the hull-name search - the month of the hull's commissioning; contents not examined.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-05 to 1946-05 (muster coverage)
- Population
- Ship's crew (named individually in the muster rolls); embarked Army units (see ev-05)
- Limitations
- Personnel and operational records - they establish service, dates, troop lifts, and unit assignments but contain no material-condition or asbestos data. Muster rolls would answer hull-level crew strength but are not yet transcribed (roster strength figures in this record remain class specs). The COM 9 war-diary file unit's relationship to the hull is from the catalog search index; its pages were not individually examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-03
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[5]NARA RG 38 digitized action report (2 images, Fold3 scan): USS LCI(L) 1064, serial #64, 'Action Report - MINDORO Operation', 17 December 1944, signed Edward H. Laylin, Commanding Officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139856219 digital objects (images 0174-0175), RG 38 WWII War Diaries series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report for the Mindoro operation (12-17 December 1944), examined from the scanned images: the ship participated 'as a standby or spare LCI(L) and did not embark or carry troops'; took station at the northern end of the line of departure for BLUE beach at 0745 on 15 December to stand by to assist any LCI(L); the formation came under enemy air attack en route and in the rendezvous area but 'no plane came within range of its guns, this ship did not fire'; on orders of Commander Task Unit 78.3.3 she took USS LCI(R)-230 in tow at 1350-1415 on 16 December, towing at up to flank speed for over sixteen hours before casting off at 0644 on 17 December; anchored in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, at 1017 on 17 December, operation completed. Machinery note: 'A piston was blown in the forward inboard engine of the starboard quad at 0630 15 December, but repairs were effected and that engine back in service at 1445 the same day.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12-12 to 1944-12-17
- Population
- Ship's crew; tow recipient USS LCI(R)-230's crew
- Limitations
- Primary operational record examined in full (2-page scan). Documents an at-sea engine-casualty repair - a machinery-disturbance event - but contains no material-condition, insulation, or asbestos data. 'Standby/spare' status at Mindoro means the hull did not beach or carry troops in that particular operation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-04
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[6]NARA RG 38 digitized action report (2 images, Fold3 scan, microfilm roll A1540): USS LCI(L) 1064, serial #78, 'Action Report - VICTOR-ONE ABLE attack operation, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL', 29 March 1945, signed Edward H. Laylin, Commanding Officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633406567 digital objects (images 0065-0066, roll A1540), RG 38 WWII War Diaries series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report for the Negros landing (Operation VICTOR-ONE ABLE), examined from the scanned images: beached at BLUE beach, Panay, at 1437 on 27 March 1945 to embark troops; embarked at 1357 on 28 March 'elements of RCT 185, consisting of portions of company B, 115 Engr. Bn., 213 Field Artillery BN, Company D, 115 Med. Bn., 716 Tank Bn., 40th Military Police, and P.C.A.U. 26, one officer and 140 enlisted men'; assisted USS LST-68's retraction from BLUE beach on 28 March; formed up with echelon 'A' Task Group 78.3; anchored in the LCI area, Guimaras Strait east channel, at 0907 on 29 March; beached on GREEN beach, Pulupandan town, Negros Occidental, at 1030 on 29 March and put troops ashore; retracted 1035; returned with LCI wave 11, 'guide in U.S.S. LCI(L) 1014'; anchored in Iloilo Strait off Tigbauan, Panay, at 1542, mission completed; 'no enemy interference'; 'Personnel performance was excellent; there were no casualties.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03-27 to 1945-03-29
- Population
- Ship's crew; ~141 embarked troops of RCT 185 (Company B 115th Engr Bn, 213th FA Bn, Company D 115th Med Bn, 716th Tank Bn, 40th MP, PCAU 26)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record examined in full (2-page scan). Documents a troop-carrying assault landing and the embarked Army units but contains no material-condition, insulation, or asbestos data. The wave-guide vessel, LCI(L)-1014, is an LCI-351 sister whose atlas record exists in a sibling batch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-05
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[7]NARA Navy deck-log inventory (1941-1959 series): deck logs recorded for LCI(L)-1064 covering 15 May 1944 through 30 June 1945 (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 surfaced no online deck-log file units for the hull
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1064 spanning 15 May 1944 to 30 June 1945 - a dated operational record interval for this hull, opening on the documented commissioning date. 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
- 1944-05-15 to 1945-06-30
- 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 (the craft served through 6 June 1946). Deck logs are operational/disciplinary records, not hazmat records - they would document machinery casualties and repairs like the 15 December 1944 piston event in ev-04, not insulation materials. Unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 written historical and descriptive data (2012); NavSource LCI(L)-1064 specifications block (corroborating) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (propulsion, description sections); NavSource specifications block for LCI(L)-1064; NAID 139856219 para. 10
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LCI(L)-351 class is diesel-powered - two sets of four General Motors diesels (class documentation: GM 6-71 series; NavSource's page for this hull prints '6051 series 71'), four per shaft, ~2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch propellers, plus two diesel-driven 30 kW 120V DC ship's service generators - 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. The hull's own Mindoro action report documents an in-place engine repair (blown piston in the starboard quad's forward inboard engine, repaired at sea within ~8 hours) - a machinery-disturbance pathway for whatever insulation and gasket materials were present.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (DeFoe yard, 1944); engine-room crew performing repairs; repair crews at any availabilities
- 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. Establishes no asbestos aboard this hull, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual. The engine-repair event is documented; any materials disturbed by it are not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-07
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[9]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, OR (Justine Christianson, HAER historian, 2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data, Description/Historical Information sections; museum: amphibiousforces.org
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS HAER documentation describes the last surviving LCI-351-class vessel in original configuration: welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks, engine room on the lower deck containing four pairs of GM 6-71 diesels, deckhouse with mess/wardroom/galley, approximately 1,051 vessels of the type built in ten shipyards during WWII. The surviving sister (LCI(L)-713, restored by the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum in Portland) is the class's physical-evidence track for interior material condition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 construction; 2006-present restoration
- Population
- Museum restoration volunteers (contemporary, sister vessel)
- Limitations
- Sister-vessel documentation - LCI(L)-713 was built at George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA, not DeFoe. The HAER narrative contains no asbestos discussion and establishes neither presence nor absence of era materials aboard this or any hull; the museum's restoration records are an unexamined lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-08
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[10]NHHC DANFS, LCI(L)-777 (sister LCI-351-class vessel, Portland-built) - ARCHIVED COPY: live page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-29; Wayback capture of 2024-05-26 used [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-777 entry, 1945-1946 service narrative (drydock, overhaul, and China-service passages) via Wayback capture 2024-05-26
- 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: floating-drydock periods (ARD-12, 4-6 July 1945, with zincs replaced, rudder posts repacked, bottom scraped and painted; ARD-30 at Portland, 21-24 March and 8-10 April 1946 during inactivation), main-engine and generator overhauls, machinery repairs, and recurring minor-repair periods - the era's disturbance pathways for machinery insulation and packing materials aboard this vessel type. LCI(L)-777 also sailed for Shanghai on 28 September 1945 'in company with ten of her sisters' - the same occupation/China movement window that this hull's crew account records (Shanghai-Formosa-Ningpo, 29 September-17 December 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew and floating-drydock/repair crews (class pattern)
- Limitations
- Sister-vessel record - documents the class's maintenance pattern, not LCI(L)-1064's materials; whether 1064 herself was among the ten sisters on the Shanghai passage is not stated in the source. The DANFS entry contains no asbestos reference; disturbance events are exposure-relevant only insofar as era insulation materials were present. Citation is an archived copy (live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-29); LCI(L)-777 was one of few LCIs with a DANFS entry (longer postwar career as LSIL/AMCU Dunlin).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-09
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[11]Robin L. Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (McFarland, 2013, 408 pp., ISBN 978-0-7864-7422-6) - published unit-type history quoting the hull's commanding officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- McFarland publisher product page (bibliographic verification); ch. 5 'The Philippines Retaken - Leyte and Lingayen' (Laylin letter of 11 Nov 1944, note 7)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A published history of the LCI/LCS(L) type quotes a letter of 11 November 1944 from Lieutenant (jg) Edward H. Laylin, Commanding Officer of LCI(L) 1064, describing the Leyte Gulf anchorage under sustained Japanese air attack in late October 1944: days at general quarters, near-constant air raids, and heavy antiaircraft fire claiming ~25 planes over the harbor - consistent with the hull's own action report noting air attack en route to Mindoro. The same work documents that adjacent DeFoe hull LCI(L)-1065 (yard no. 318) was crashed by a damaged Sally bomber in San Pedro Bay on 24 October 1944 and burned - consistent with shipbuildinghistory's 'Sunk 1944' disposition for that hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-10 to 1944-11
- Population
- Ship's crew during Leyte Gulf air attacks, Oct-Nov 1944
- Limitations
- Published secondary history quoting a primary letter - the excerpt was located in mirrored text of the work; print pagination not verified. Names the hull's CO (Laylin), corroborating the signature block on the NARA action reports and the crew roster's 'Edward Laylin, Ohio'. Contains no asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-10
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[12]Batch-4943 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (28 hull records, incl. digitized muster rolls and two scanned action reports examined in full); NavSource unit history + crew-authored history; NHHC/DANFS (archived sister entry); NPS HAER OR-180; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket); usslci.org; shipbuildinghistory.com; live-web hull+asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, museum material documentation, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-1064 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Live-web hull+asbestos searches surfaced no qualifying record; the only asbestos-adjacent content online is law-firm listicle material for LCI craft generally (excluded by source policy). CourtListener queries on the hull designation are recorded in the search ledger.
- 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-07). The strongest unexamined leads are the deck-log run and the flotilla/group war diaries at College Park; unlike sibling hull LCI(L)-1014, no INSURV material-inspection file unit surfaced for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1064-lcil1064-11