Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 827-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-1076-lcil1076-pkt-827-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1076 (10/15/151076) - construction, commissioning, unit assignment, campaigns, awards, specifications, disposition; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 151076.htm header block, campaign table, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 22 June 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 6 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1076, 12 July 1944; International Radio Call Sign NVQQ. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Four (CDR A. V. Jannotta USN - spelled 'Janaotta' on the page) and LCI(L) Group Seventy-Two (LCDR A. T. Baker USNR). Campaigns: Leyte landings 28-29 November 1944; Mindanao Island landings 10-11 March 1945 (consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines); Tarakan Island 27 April - 5 May 1945 and Balikpapan operation 26 June - 6 July 1945 (Borneo). Three battle stars for WWII service; awards block: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3); World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Decommissioned 'date unknown'; struck 'date unknown'; transferred to the Maritime Commission 11 February 1948; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Specifications: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max / 14 continuous; five single 20mm guns; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, single GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-c.1946); any post-transfer handling population (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates here are independently concordant with shipbuildinghistory production tables and uboat.net. Source-page defect noted: the 1076 record carries a stray duplicated line 'Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1075, 7 July 1944' (a copy-paste error; 1075's own commissioning). Contains no asbestos content. 'Fate unknown' leaves final disposition undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-01
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[3]NARA, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number); logbooks held at National Archives, College Park (RG 24, Entry 118) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44 by ship number, LCI(L) sequence, p. entry 'LCI(L)-1076 7/12/1944 6/30/1945'; NARA navy logbooks holdings page (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook inventory carries the entry 'LCI(L)-1076 7/12/1944 6/30/1945' - Navy deck logs for this hull are held covering 12 July 1944 through 30 June 1945. Log coverage endpoints are inventory data: they are not claimed as commissioning or decommissioning dates. The logs are not on NARA's digitized online list (the only LCI-derived entry there is Kestrel, AMCU/MHC-26, ex-LCI-874); textual copies are held at Archives II, College Park, MD (RG 24).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage); 2026-09-29 (inventory check)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops in the log coverage window (Jul 1944 - Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - establishes that deck logs for this hull are held covering the stated span; content not examined. Coverage ends 30 June 1945, mid-Balikpapan operation (26 June - 6 July 1945), so the operation's final days may fall outside inventoried coverage; whether later logs exist is undocumented. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1076 - warship page and 'Notable events' transcribed from the COMTASKGROUP 78.1 report on Tarakan and the COMTASKGROUP 78.2 / TU 78.2.9 reports on Balikpapan [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship 22141, 'Notable events' sections for 1 May 1945 (Tarakan) and Balikpapan operation; task-group composition blocks; event timeline entries 1104I/1 and 1143I/1 May
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Action-report compilations name this hull in both Borneo landings. Tarakan (Operation Oboe I): one of twelve LCI(L)s in Task Group 78.1.13 under Lt.(jg) H. S. Fish, USNR; at 1104I/1 May 1945 observed alongside USS LST-584 on 'Red' beach; at 1143I/1 unloaded and retracted from the beach; departed the Tarakan area 5 May in CTG 78.1.93 for Morotai, arriving about 1700I/8 May. Balikpapan (Operation Oboe II): in TG 78.2's LCI(L) unit under Lt. O. E. Caldcleugh, USNR; the attack-group echelon departed Morotai 26 June and arrived off Balikpapan 30 June for the 1 July landings.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) Fish then Lt. Caldcleugh; embarked troops at both landings
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of primary action reports (uboat.net cites the COMTG 78.1 report and COMTG 78.2 + TU 78.2.9 reports in its footnotes); underlying reports are NARA leads, not yet examined directly. Commanding-officer names rest on this compilation alone. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com, Defoe Shipbuilding yard production table (Bay City, MI); and the site's LCI(L) master table (shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm rows 305-332 (Defoe hulls); shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm LCI(L)-1076 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe yard production table lists hull no. 329 = LCI(L) 1076, US Navy landing craft, 236d / 158 ft, delivered 1 July 1944, disposition note 'Struck 1946.' The site's LCI(L) master table lists LCI(L)-1076, Defoe SB Bay City MI, commissioned 12-Jul-44, 'To NDRF 1948' - corroborating the 1948 Maritime Commission custody transfer (the National Defense Reserve Fleet was MARAD's custody channel for surplus craft).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Compiled production tables (secondary), not primary yard or registry records. 'Struck 1946' in the yard table is a strike-note whose granularity conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' - carried as an unresolved variant in gaps; it is not a decommissioning record. navalmarinearchive.com is a mirror of the same shipbuildinghistory data, not an independent corroboration. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-04
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[6]Historic American Engineering Record OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum), NPS Heritage Documentation Programs, 2012; companion class documentation HAER AK-52 (M/V Husky II, ex-LCI(L)-653) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages 1-3 (measurements, description, historical information); HAER AK-52 pp. 8, 19 (LCI(L) design history; mechanical features)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Government class documentation for the LCI-351 design: the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ships designed the LCI(L) in May 1942 - the type was known as the LCI or 'Elsie Item' (HAER AK-52) - and about 1,051 craft of the type were built in ten shipyards during WWII. Craft built after 1 June 1944 carry the modified design - a cylindrical pilot house and a centerline bow ramp rather than the two side ramps of earlier ships - of welded 1/4-inch steel plate, powered by four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers, troop capacity 182 enlisted plus 6 officers in accommodation designed for a practical operational time of about 48 hours. This hull (laid down 22 June 1944) falls inside the modified-design population.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades at ten yards (1942-45); crews and embarked troops (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Class-level design documentation on sister hulls (LCI(L)-713 and ex-LCI(L)-653) - describes the type, not this specific hull. The HAER reports contain no asbestos or insulation-material content: they document structure and machinery only. Does not establish any material aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (GM 6-71 diesel plant, no steam); HAER OR-180 class description (welded steel construction, BuShips design); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-insulation era - see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; HAER OR-180 class description; shipyards.json checked - Defoe Shipbuilding is not a dataset yard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered infantry landing craft built June-July 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel amphibious craft of this period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, interior insulating/joiner materials in the deckhouse and accommodation spaces, and friction linings (winch brakes). As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her asbestos footprint would be materially smaller than a combatant steamship's, consistent with the type's austere welded-steel construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-c.1946); any disposal/scrapping population (post-1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1076. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The confined troop/crew volume (48-hour accommodation) is the relevant occupancy dynamic if any era materials were present.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (highlights block)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos, and compensation programs. Per the product-page highlights, the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace only damaged asbestos insulation or insulation that had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - documentation that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships across this hull's 1944 construction and wartime service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1970s use era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Product page verified live via rendered fetch 2026-09-29; gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to plain automated fetch - full report PDF not extracted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-07
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[9]Batch-4955 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List #44 + digitized-logs list; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory Defoe + LCI(L) tables; HAER OR-180 and AK-52; NHHC DANFS check; NVR scope check; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (opinions x2 + RECAP dockets, all zero hits); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-1076 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits for this hull in both the opinion index and the RECAP docket index. The only 'asbestos aboard' content found is law-firm marketing material (mesothelioma.net and similar Defoe-shipyard/ship-list pages) asserting exposure 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 - era construction practices make asbestos plausible, and a zero-hit CourtListener result covers only its indexed corpus (federal + state appellate opinions and RECAP dockets), not all possible filings. RG 24 deck logs, Defoe yard work records, and any Maritime Commission disposal file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1076-lcil1076-08