Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 828-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-1074-lcil1074-pkt-828-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1074 (page last updated 1 March 2024; history block sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151074.htm - header block, awards block, specifications block, photo-caption table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 12 June 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 26 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1074 on 30 June 1944, LTjg. Richard G. Harvey Jr., USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Four (CDR. A. Vernon Janaotta, USN), LCI(L) Group Seventy-Two (LCDR. A.T. Baker). Decommissioned - date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 February 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Awards shown: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. Photograph captions place her off Samar, Philippine Islands, in 1945 and underway in the Philippine Islands circa 1945. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" length; 23' 3" beam; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors series-71 diesel engines (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators; armament five single 20mm guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (1944-c.1946); embarked troops in transit
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS records; its history block is credited to the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Contains no asbestos content. Decommissioning date and final disposition are explicitly unknown in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-01
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory.com (T. Colton), Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI - yard production table, hull 327 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe yard table, row for hull 327 (LCI(L) 1074)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe Shipbuilding yard-production table lists yard hull 327 as 'LCI(L) 1074', US Navy, Landing Craft, 236 tons, 158 ft, dated 1-Jun-44 in the table's date column, with disposition 'Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder assignment and the 1946 striking shown by NavSource. LCI(L)-1074 sits inside Defoe's LCI production run of yard hulls 305-351 (LCI(L) 1052-1098).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Defoe construction trades, Bay City (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled yard table; the date column carries month-level block dating for the LCI run ('1-Jun-44' for hull 327) and is consistent with the June-1944 commissioning window documented by NavSource - it is not a literal delivery date. Contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1074 entry - LCI 351 class data and Operation Oboe VI order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22139 - 'Notable events involving LCI(L)-1074', Operation Oboe VI, Task Unit 78.1.20
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's entry confirms the LCI 351 class attribution and identical build milestones (Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City; laid down 12 Jun 1944; launched 26 Jun 1944; commissioned 30 Jun 1944). Its 'notable events' list carries one entry for this hull: 10 June 1945, Operation Oboe VI, the Allied landings at Brunei - the published order of battle places USS LCI(L)-1074 in Task Unit 78.1.20, the Reserve Unit under T/Cdr. W.E. Verge, USN (COMLSMFLOT 7), alongside LST-562, LST-573, LCI(L)-713, LCI(L)-958, LCI(L)-1075, LSM-54, LSM-133, LSM-139, and LSM-269.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during the Brunei Bay operation, June 1945
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of the operation's order of battle: it documents the hull's membership in the Brunei attack force's reserve unit, not a specific beach assignment or her underway track - the NARA deck log (ev-04) is the confirming primary record for her movements. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-03
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[5]NARA Special List #44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number order); logs are RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208, held at Archives II, College Park [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI(L)-block listing, 'LCI(L)-1074 6/30/1944 6/30/1945' (verified by direct PDF extraction); series home https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 lists logbooks for LCI(L)-1074 covering 6/30/1944 - 6/30/1945 - a dated run beginning on her documented commissioning date. The deck logs are this hull's own daily operational record (movements, anchorages, drills, casualties) and are the primary-source lead for confirming her Oboe VI participation and full service track.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-30 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew (1944-45); the logs are the in-service record of the embarked population
- Limitations
- The finding aid documents coverage only; the logs themselves are NOT digitized (this hull does not appear in NARA's online deck-log index) and their contents were not examined. Log-coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning proof, though the 6/30/1944 start coincides with the documented commissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-351 class spec block for this hull (GM series-71 diesel plant, no steam); shipbuildinghistory yard table (steel landing craft, 236t); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-program documentation (see ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipbuildinghistory Defoe table; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944 steel landing craft built during the Navy's documented asbestos-use era would carry era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a small diesel combatant: thermal insulation and exhaust/muffler lagging in the machinery spaces, gaskets and packing, electrical wiring insulation, and deck/fireproofing compounds. As a diesel-powered craft she carried no boilers or steam lines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam combatants does not apply - but her 28-man crew worked and berthed within a 158-foot hull volume in which machinery-space materials were in immediate proximity to accommodations.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-c.1946); any post-transfer handlers (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, build specification extract, or work package was located for LCI(L)-1074. Names era-standard applications for the vessel type, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-05
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[7]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 (June 1944) and U.S. service era (through 1946-47 disposal).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, confirmed 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-06
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[8]Batch-4953 search ledger (this record): NavSource page and specifications; shipbuildinghistory Defoe yard table; uboat.net Oboe VI order of battle; NARA Special List 44 + online deck-log index; MARAD Vessel History Database; NHHC/DANFS index checks; CourtListener (blocked - fleet pacing); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-1074 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-shared request budget was spent (helper-enforced pacing) at research time; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material located is law-firm marketing content covering her builder (mesothelioma.net, mesotheliomalawyercenter.org, mesothelioma.com, mesowatch.org, leewdavis.com Defoe Shipyard pages) asserting asbestos use at the yard 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (blocked, not run). The NARA deck logs (ev-04) and any MARAD custody records after the 1947 transfer are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1074-lcil1074-07