Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-1066-lcil1066-pkt-801-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1066 page (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151066.htm header block, unit-assignment paragraph, awards block, disposition lines, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 3 May 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 16 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1066 on 21 May 1944; assigned in WWII to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LCI Flotilla Thirteen (CDR. W.B. Brown USN), LCI Group Thirty-Seven (LCDR. P. W. Howard), LCI Division Seventy-Three; post-war Occupation and China service in the Far East 8 September to 16 December 1945 (Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended)); decommissioned 22 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 12 March 1948; registered in 1949 by Stark-Merrill & Solomon, San Clemente, CA as passenger barge Dixie; changed hands twice more; final disposition printed 'scrapped in 1958' / 'fate unknown'. Awards printed: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp). No campaign table or battle-star statement is printed for this hull. Call sign NZPR. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; 4 officers + 24 enlisted; five single 20mm guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (May 1944); crew 1944-46 (4 officers + 24 enlisted complement; embarked troops up to ~188); merchant crews 1949-forward
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation drawing on the Turner Publishing unit-history book, not a primary registry; milestone dates generally track NHHC-derived data. Contains no asbestos or material content. Prints no commanding officer for this hull. Flotilla CO initial printed 'W.B. Brown' here vs 'M. B. Brown' on sister-hull pages (unresolved - see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-01
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[3]National Archives, Navy deck log holdings (RG 24, National Archives at College Park, MD) - batch-provided NARA holdings listing records deck logs for LCI(L)-1066 covering 21 May 1944 - 30 June 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 deck logs, College Park; holding listing provided in batch specification; program page archives.gov/research/military/logbooks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds Navy deck logs for USS LCI(L)-1066 covering 21 May 1944 through 30 June 1945 (batch-provided NARA holdings data; the coverage start coincides with the 21 May 1944 commissioning date per NavSource, but endpoints are log-coverage bounds, not commissioned/decommissioned claims). Deck logs of this period are the daily operational record of the vessel - the primary source for positions, moorings, availabilities, casualties, and embarked personnel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-05-21 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Officers and crew of LCI(L)-1066, May 1944 - June 1945
- Limitations
- Log-coverage endpoints are holdings bounds, not service-life claims. Contents were not individually inspected this session; the coverage window ends 30 June 1945, six weeks before war's end - later wartime and occupation-period logs exist in NARA custody but their digitization status for this hull is unconfirmed (this hull does not appear on the NARA digitized-logs public list). No asbestos content asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-02
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[4]NARA Catalog records for this hull: 'LCI(L)-1066 - War Diary, 7/1-31/45' (NAID 83570817, RG 38 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Fold3 image 300345497); 'LCI(L)-1066 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45' (NAID 77504648, RG 38; Fold3 image 300764150); 'LCI(L) 1066 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120221496, RG 24 Bureau of Naval Personnel; Ancestry dbid 1143) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83570817, NAID 77504648 (RG 38); NAID 120221496 (RG 24); all at NARA College Park
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog records confirmed live for this hull: monthly war diaries for July 1945 and August 1945 (RG 38 war-diaries series, scanned under the Fold3-NARA collaboration) and the hull's muster rolls (RG 24, scanned under the Ancestry-NARA collaboration). The existence of an August 1945 war diary documents that the ship was submitting operational reports at war's end, consistent with the Pacific assignment and the 8 September 1945 start of occupation service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-07 to 1945-08; muster-roll span not stated in catalog title
- Population
- Officers and crew of LCI(L)-1066, July-August 1945 (war diaries); full crew list (muster rolls)
- Limitations
- Existence verified in the NARA catalog; contents not read - Fold3/Ancestry images are membership-gated (page verified live, image paywalled). War diaries for earlier months of this hull were not located in the catalog, and wartime war-diaries are typically operational narratives, not material inventories - no asbestos content expected or asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, unit war diaries covering this hull's documented formation: COM LCI(L) GR 37 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45 (NAID 77489072); COM LCI(L) FLOT 13 - War Diaries 2/1-28/45, 7/1-31/45, 8/1-31/45 (NAIDs 139901787, 101765000, 77486486) - all RG 38, NARA College Park, Fold3-digitized; formation identity per USS LCI National Association, Elsie Item no. 84 (Dec 2013), and NavSource sister-hull pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77489072, 139901787, 101765000, 77486486 (RG 38); NARA College Park
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds and has digitized the war diaries of the units to which NavSource assigns this hull: LCI Flotilla Thirteen (February, July, and August 1945) and LCI Group Thirty-Seven (August 1945). These formation-level records are the standard place a division boat's operations, tasking, and casualties are summarized - the lead for reconstructing LCI(L)-1066's movements where her own logs end 30 June 1945. Formation context: LCI Flotilla Thirteen is the 'Black Cat Flotilla' of Admiral John Morrill's unit history 'The Cincinnati' (per the LCI association's Elsie Item no. 84), and NavSource sister-hull pages show Group Thirty-Seven boats of Division Seventy-Four (LCI(L)-731, -734, -735) earning a battle star at the southern Palau landings, 6 September - 14 October 1944 - while this hull's own entry prints no campaign table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945 (Feb, Jul, Aug entries located)
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 13 / Group 37 / Division 73 crews
- Limitations
- Existence verified in the NARA catalog; contents not read (Fold3 membership-gated). Unit-level diaries are formation records - LCI(L)-1066's presence in them is likely given the documented assignment but was not individually verified this session. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory, 'Defoe Shipbuilding' yard table (hull 319 = LCI(L)-1066, US Navy landing craft, 236d t., 158 ft, May-44, 'Struck 1946') and companion LCI(L) production list (LCI(L)-1066, Defoe SB, Bay City MI, 21-May-44, 'To NDRF 1948') [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm row 319; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm LCI(L)-1066 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent shipyard-production tabulation corroborates builder and identity: Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI, built LCI(L)s 1052-1098 (hulls 305-351); hull 319 is LCI(L)-1066, a 236-ton, 158-ft landing craft dated May 1944; the companion LCI(L) table dates her 21 May 1944 (the commissioning date per NavSource) and carries 'To NDRF 1948' (consistent with the 12 March 1948 Maritime Commission transfer). Yard-table fate prints 'Struck 1946'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944; 1946-1948 (disposal notes)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades, Bay City, May 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled production tables (shipbuildinghistory.com), not primary records; the yard-page '1-May-44' column appears to be a build-month marker while the LCI page prints 21-May-44. 'Struck 1946' conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' - carried in gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-05
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[7]'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' (HyperWar transcription of the NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' ship-list compilation), LCI(L) section, LCI(L)-1066 entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) section, LCI(L)-1066 table row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC-derived register lists LCI(L)-1066 among the 1942-44 commissioned LCI(L)s with no loss, conversion, or transfer annotation - consistent with the NavSource/Turner service history (remained LCI(L) throughout; not sunk, not lend-leased, not redesignated LCI(G)/(M)/(R)). No individual DANFS entry exists for this hull: the Navy's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships did not publish per-hull histories for numbered landing craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (register coverage)
- Limitations
- Register-level confirmation of existence and commission window only - no operational detail, no asbestos content. HyperWar is a transcription mirror of an official NHHC compilation; the underlying register is the authoritative element.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record documentation of LCI-351-class sister hulls: HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (George Lawley & Son, 1944; AFMM museum vessel, Portland OR) and HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II ex-USS LCI(L)-653 (LCI-351 class, 1944) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 (or0606data.pdf), significance/description sections; HAER AK-52 (ak0557data.pdf), pp. 8, 19 (insulation passages date to mid-1980s conversion)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal HAER documentation describes the LCI-351 class's construction: welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks with troop compartments and crew spaces on the lower deck, deckhouse with accommodations/mess/wardroom/galley, and an engine room containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines driving two shafts with variable-pitch propellers - the same plant NavSource's spec block lists for this hull (two sets of 4 GM 6-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, 2,320 shp). Neither HAER record mentions asbestos in its construction description; the only insulation application described (spray-on insulation in the Husky II reefer hold) dates to a mid-1980s fishing-tender conversion, not naval service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (class construction); HAER surveys 2011-2014
- Population
- Class construction trades (ten yards, 1942-44); LCI(L) crews
- Limitations
- Sister-hull documentation, not this hull - establishes class construction practice only. Absence of asbestos mention in a HAER narrative is not evidence of absence aboard any hull; it is not a materials survey. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block for this hull (all-diesel GM 6-71 plant, twin screws); HAER class documentation (welded-steel construction, engine-room layout); shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) type notes (923 built, ten yards); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HAER OR-180/AK-52 construction descriptions; shipbuildinghistory lcil.htm type notes; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel-powered landing craft built May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel naval craft of this period were: engine-exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery and piping gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and compartment insulation where fitted. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway that dominates steam-vessel asbestos profiles does not apply. LCI(L)s were deliberately austere craft (troop accommodation limited to a ~48-hour operational period), so insulation scope aboard was materially narrower than on steam combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (May 1944); engine-room crew and embarked troops (1944-46); merchant conversion/scrapping workers (1948-58)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1066. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The reduced insulation scope of small landing craft relative to steam vessels cuts both ways - fewer candidate systems, but machinery-space lagging remained era-typical.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-08
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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 (May 1944) and naval service era (1944-46).
- 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, confirmed 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description; same standing defect as Batch-98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-09
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[11]Batch-4945 search ledger (this record): NavSource/Turner; NARA catalog (war diaries, muster rolls, deck-log holding); shipbuildinghistory Defoe yard + LCI tables; NHHC-derived landing-craft register; HAER sister-hull reports; NPS NRHP nomination for LCI(L)-713; NVR; CourtListener; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1066-01 through -15 (17 rows incl. -08b, -08c)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1066 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index returned zero hits for all four exact-name queries: 'LCI(L)-1066', 'LCI-1066', 'LCI(L) 1066', and 'LCI 1066'. Federal documentation of two same-class sister hulls (HAER OR-180, HAER AK-52) and the NPS NRHP nomination for preserved sister LCI(L)-713 contain no asbestos content. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard landing craft without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 hull's deck logs, war diaries, muster rolls, builder work orders, and MARAD disposal file are the untapped primary series. CourtListener coverage is complete at the opinion level for all four name variants; only docket-type (type=r) queries remain unrun - blocked by fleet API pacing this session (see ledger). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1066-10