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-1067-lcil1067-pkt-801-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1067 (page 10/15/151067) - construction, commissioning, flotilla assignment, occupation/China service, Crossroads, disposal, Argentine service, class spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151067.htm: history block, awards table, specifications block (verified live, HTTP 200, 2026-09-29)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 8 May 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 20 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1067, 25 May 1944, LT. W.R. Marston, USNR in command (May 1945). Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Thirteen (CDR W.B. Brown USN), LCI Group Thirty-Seven (LCDR P.W. Howard), LCI Division Seventy-Three. Postwar: Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) for 8 September - 16 December 1945. Assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.8.3 (Service Group - Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool) for Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 18 February 1948; sold in 1949 to the government of Argentina and named ARA BDI No.2 (Q-55); disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1961. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5-1/2" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft; 2,320 shp. Page history sourced to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades (May 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted; embarked troops (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted); Argentine Navy crew (1949-1961)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its history text is sourced to the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Decommissioning and striking dates are explicitly 'unknown' - the dated disposal anchor is the 1948-02-18 Maritime Commission transfer. Flotilla assignment (Flot 13/Grp 37/Div 73) is presented without date qualification and differs from NHHC's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (Flot 16/Grp 46/Div 92) - likely different-period assignments, carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-01
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[3]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - LCI Flotilla Sixteen / LCI Group 46 / LCI Division 92 listing including LCI 1067 with commanding officer [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC PacFleet org 1 May 1945, LCI FLOTILLA SIXTEEN > LCI GROUP 46 > LCI DIVISION 92
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC transcription of the U.S. Pacific Fleet organization as of 1 May 1945 lists this hull: under LCI FLOTILLA SIXTEEN (Comdr. C. E. Coffin, Jr.), LCI GROUP 46 (ComLCIGrp 46, Lt. A. F. Eckelmeyer, USNR), LCI DIVISION 92, as 'LCI 1067 - Lt. W. R. Marston (USNR)' alongside LCI 973, LCI 991, and LCI 1066. Confirms her wartime operating organization and corroborates the commanding officer named by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company under Lt. W. R. Marston, USNR (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Point-in-time organizational table (1 May 1945): establishes fleet organization on that date, not the ship's activities. Conflicts with NavSource's Flot 13/Grp 37/Div 73 listing - the NavSource assignment is undated and likely reflects a different period (a COM LCI(L) GR 37 war diary exists for October 1945, consistent with her documented Occupation/China service); carried in gaps rather than resolved. Page renders live in a browser (verified via Firecrawl render); returns HTTP 404 to non-browser fetchers - NHHC bot-block, not link rot. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-02
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[4]NHHC, Composition of Joint Task Force One (Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 1946) - Task Unit 1.8.3 Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool unit list [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC JTF-1 composition page, TU 1.8.3 (Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool) anchor
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC unit list places this hull in Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.8.3 (Service Group - Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool) for Operation Crossroads, the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests (Tests Able and Baker, July 1946): USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) with LCI(L)-977, LCI(L)-1062, LCI(L)-1067, and LCI(L)-1091.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Crew attached during Crossroads assignment (July 1946 window)
- Limitations
- Establishes assignment to a Crossroads support unit, not specific duties or positions during the tests. Operation Crossroads is a radiological (not asbestos) exposure-relevant event - no personnel dosimetry, contamination, or decontamination record for this hull was located, and this row makes no exposure claim. Page renders live in a browser (verified via Firecrawl render); returns HTTP 404 to non-browser fetchers - NHHC bot-block, not link rot. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-03
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[5]NARA Special List #44, List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number) - deck-log holdings row for LCI(L)-1067 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, Special List #44 'by Ship Numbers' sequence: 'LCI(L)-1067 5/25/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List #44 inventory records Navy deck logs for this hull covering 5/25/1944 - 6/30/1945. The coverage start coincides with her commissioning date (25 May 1944 per NavSource), independently corroborating that milestone. The logs are physical holdings (WWII-era deck logs, College Park); they are not part of the digitized Vietnam-era deck-log series in the National Archives Catalog.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-05-25 to 1945-06-30 (holdings interval)
- Population
- Crew of record during the logged interval (1944-1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the inventory establishes that deck logs for this hull exist for the stated interval; it does not establish their contents, and log coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates (the 5/25/1944 start merely coincides with the independently documented commissioning). Whether logs after 6/30/1945 exist elsewhere is unresolved - the list's WWII-era holdings end there for many units. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-04
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[6]NARA Catalog file units: 'LCI(L) 1067 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120221390, RG 24, 105 digital objects via Ancestry partnership); 'LCI(L)-1067 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45' (NAID 77490014, RG 38, via Fold3); 'LCI(L)-1067 - War Diary, 7/1-31/45' (NAID 101779047, RG 38, via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 120221390 (RG 24 muster rolls), 77490014 and 101779047 (RG 38 war diaries); NAID 633455945 (COM LCI(L) GR 37, Oct 1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds three digitized-through-partner file units naming this hull: (1) muster rolls 'LCI(L) 1067' (NAID 120221390, Record Group 24, unrestricted, 105 scanned images served through Ancestry) - crew rosters reporting aboard/detaching across her service; (2) unit war diary for 1-31 July 1945 (NAID 101779047, Record Group 38, Fold3 image 296567449); (3) unit war diary for 1-31 August 1945 (NAID 77490014, Record Group 38, Fold3 image 300709871) - the August diary spans the surrender and the start of her documented Occupation/China service period (8 Sep 1945 per NavSource). A group-level war diary 'COM LCI(L) GR 37, 10/1-31/45' (NAID 633455945) also exists, consistent with the NavSource Group 37 assignment during the occupation period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (muster rolls); July-August 1945 (war diaries)
- Population
- Crew listed on muster rolls; unit complement during Jul-Aug 1945 operations
- Limitations
- Archival leads: catalog entries establish that these records exist and their coverage windows; contents were not individually examined (scans served via Ancestry/Fold3 partner sites). Muster rolls are personnel rosters - they can document who was aboard, not what materials were aboard. War diaries are unit operational narratives. No asbestos content in the catalog metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1067 (LCI 351 class) - build/milestone corroboration [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22132.html data table (verified live, HTTP 200, 2026-09-29)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration of milestones: LCI 351 class; built by Defoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan); laid down 8 May 1944; launched 20 May 1944; commissioned 25 May 1944; history line 'Transferred to Argentina in 1949'. Dates agree with NavSource in full.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Limitations
- uboat.net is an editor-maintained secondary database (Guðmundur Helgason), not a primary registry - used here strictly as corroboration of the NavSource milestone set. No command history or disposal detail beyond the Argentina transfer. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS), HAER No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (2012, historian Justine Christianson) - federal documentation of the LCI-351 class design via the sole surviving exemplar; underlying NRHP nomination (David McKay, Feb 2006; listed 2007-04-12) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written historical/descriptive data (4 pp.): Principal Measurements, Description, Historical Information; LOC P&P HABS/HAER collection OR-180
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal class-design documentation: LCI(L)-713 is the last surviving LCI-351 class vessel in original configuration - the same class as LCI(L)-1067. HAER documents the type as welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction, two decks with lower-deck troop compartments and engine room housing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers, main-deck deckhouse with mess/wardroom/galley, and ~1,051 craft of the type built in ten shipyards during WWII. NOTABLY SILENT ON MATERIALS: neither HAER OR-180 nor the underlying NRHP nomination mentions asbestos, insulation type, or abatement anywhere in the record - including its 'Integrity Analysis, Current Condition, and Restoration Efforts' section, which describes the hull as a stripped 'rust bucket' before restoration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 design era; documentation 2006-2012
- Population
- LCI-351 class crews and construction trades across ten wartime yards (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation of a sister hull, not this ship: establishes the physical design and propulsion of the LCI-351 class (diesel, welded steel, small combatant craft) but is silent on insulation materials and asbestos. The absence of any asbestos mention in the 713 restoration/NRHP/HAER record is not evidence of absence aboard - it is a documentation gap at class level. LCI(L)-1067 was built at a different yard (Defoe, Bay City) than 713 (Lawley, Neponset).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 class spec block (GM 6051-series 71 diesels, no steam plant); HAER OR-180 class documentation (GM 6-71 diesels, welded steel); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos insulation era, see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HAER OR-180; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LCI-351 class landing craft built May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small welded-steel amphibious craft of this period were engine and exhaust lagging around the diesel plant, gaskets and valve packing in machinery spaces, electrical insulation, and accommodation-area insulation/deck covering. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her open-deck amphibious design means a smaller enclosed-plant footprint than a steam combatant, though the confined engine room dynamic still applies to machinery-space applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (May 1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-c.1948); Argentine Navy crew (1949-1961)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for LCI(L)-1067; the class's sole surviving exemplar's federal records are silent on insulation materials. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-08
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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 U.S. service era (1944-c.1948).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); program coverage spans this hull's era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-29 - standing block also documented in Batches 01 and 98) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-09
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[11]Batch-4946 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC Pacific Fleet org table; NHHC JTF-1 composition; NARA Special List #44 + catalog file units; uboat.net corroboration; NVR; MARAD vessel-history DB; DANFS mirrors; HAER/NRHP for LCI(L)-713; CourtListener (partial - see note); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-01 through -13 (incl. -10b)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1067 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener: the exact-phrase opinion search '"LCI(L)-1067"' returned ZERO hits (no opinion names this hull designation), and the loose-token unquoted search (680 hits) returned only name collisions - 'LCI' corporate parties (LCI International/Communications telecom litigation) and unrelated '1067' hull references (DE-1067 Francis Hammond); no hit names the landing craft. Variant-designation ('"LCI-1067"', '"LCIL-1067"') and docket-type (r) searches were blocked by the fleet's shared CourtListener pacing budget - residual coverage gap, logged in the ledger. The only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.net Defoe yard page, asbestos-ships.com, mesolawcenter-type listicles) asserting asbestos 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. CourtListener coverage: exact-phrase opinions = verified no result; variant designations and dockets unsearched (pacing) - a residual open gap, not a complete negative. Deck logs (SL-44 interval), muster rolls, war diaries, and any Defoe build-spec or MARCOM disposal-work records are archival leads, none examined line-by-line. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1067-lcil1067-10