Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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-1078-lcil1078-pkt-827-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-1078 ex USS LCI(L)-1078 - timeline, specifications, campaign listing (history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151078.htm header timeline, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, specifications block, awards display
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 1 July 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 15 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1078, 20 July 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket), LCI(R)-1078, 15 March 1945. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Sixteen (CDR C. E. Coffin USN), LCI Group Forty-Eight (LCDR F. Thompson Jr.), LCI Division Ninety-Six. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September to 24 November 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 12 February 1947; final disposition, fate unknown. Earned one battle star for World War II service; awards displayed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp). Spec block: displacement 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)) / 3 + 31 (LCI(R)); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted (LCI(L)); propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; armament as LCI(L): four single 20mm + two .50 cal MG; as LCI(R): one 40mm bow mount, four 20mm, two .50 cal, six rocket launchers.
- 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
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation citing the Turner Publishing LCI history, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS but no DANFS entry exists for this hull to verify against. Spec-block armament lists 'six 5" rocket launchers' while the page's own US Navy photo captions describe Mk 7 launchers firing 4.5-inch rockets - caliber discrepancy carried in gaps and the correction row. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-01
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[3]US Navy photographs of LCI(L)-1078 at San Francisco Navy Yard, 29 December 1944, with captions from Norman Friedman, 'U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History' (via NavSource); L-Day rocket-target chart, Operation Iceberg [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151078.htm photo captions 1015107801, 1015107802; TG 52.20.2 L-Day chart image 1015102450
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- US Navy photographs date 29 December 1944 place this hull 'pierside at San Francisco Navy Yard... after completing her conversion to a rocket-firing support craft' and 'off San Francisco... newly converted, but not yet redesignated, LCI(R)-1078.' Captions describe Mk 7 rocket launchers firing 4.5-inch rockets (maximum range 1,100 yards, elevating 25-40 degrees) fitted at the break of the forecastle and abaft her forward 20mm mounts. A chart of LCI(R) rocket targets for L-Day of Operation Iceberg (Okinawa invasion) assigns her to Task Group 52.20.2 with LCI(R)-651, -708, -1028, -1029, and -1030 - one of the six six-ship rocket task groups (TG 52.20) drawn from LCI Flotilla Sixteen for L-Day. 'San Francisco Navy Yard' was the wartime name of the Hunters Point facility (Atlas alias 'San Francisco Naval Shipyard').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew during conversion period; San Francisco Navy Yard conversion trades (late 1944)
- Limitations
- Photographic placement documents presence and conversion completion at the San Francisco Navy Yard in late 1944; it does not document the work performed aboard or materials installed - a pierside photo is not a work record. Chart and captions via NavSource transcription of the Friedman design history; contains no asbestos content. The Hunters Point yard association rests on the yard's own documented alias, not on the caption text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-02
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[4]NARA, 'LCI(L)-1078 - Rep of AA act West of Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Is on 4/2/45', NAID 139983530, RG 38 WWII War Diaries series (micro serial 118766, Roll A1558), 3 digitized images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139983530, images 0829-0831 (cover letter; AA-1 form; narrative page)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own anti-aircraft action report (CominCh form F-01 AA-1), forwarded 8 April 1945 by commanding officer Wayne H. Lewis, Lt. USNR: on 1 April 1945 'after completing fire support assignment in the invasion of Okinawa Jima' she proceeded at sundown to a night screening station in the East China Sea; at 0547, 2 April 1945, about 10 miles on bearing 120 (T) from Aguni Shima, Okinawa Gunto, a low-flying Japanese plane identified as a 'Hamp' approached on her starboard quarter headed for a minesweeper; her #5 and #2 20mm guns engaged (60 rounds expended, 100% of service allowance), the engine was seen to flare, and the plane crashed about 50 yards off her port beam and sank almost instantly - claimed as one 'sure' (assist). The report names the firing gunners (a coxswain at the #5 gun, an S1c at the #2 gun).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04-01 to 1945-04-08
- Population
- Ship's crew, 2 April 1945
- Limitations
- Combat record only - no asbestos or material content. Establishes her presence on AA screening duty off Okinawa on 2 April 1945 and a claimed shared air-to-surface kill; does not document construction materials, exposure, or any individual health outcome. OCR of the digitized images was used for field values; names transcribed from the document itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-03
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[5]NARA, 'LCI(R)-1078 - Form Reps of A A Actions off Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 5/28/45 & 6/3/45', NAID 101707978, RG 38 WWII War Diaries series (micro serial 129224, Roll A1707), 4 digitized images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 101707978, images 1143-1146
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A second ship-specific file unit of her anti-aircraft action reports on CominCh form F-01 AA-1, covering actions off Okinawa Jima on 28 May and 3 June 1945. The digitized forms locate the ship at Makagusuku Wan, Okinawa for both actions; the 3 June report records one plane observed, one attacking own ship, one taken under fire with tracer-controlled fire (aircraft type and item-time fields handwritten, not cleanly machine-readable).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-28 to 1945-06-03
- Population
- Ship's crew, May-June 1945
- Limitations
- Combat record only - no asbestos or material content. Handwritten form fields are only partially legible by OCR; the location reads as 'Makagusuku Wan, Okinawa' by OCR and may be Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay) - field values beyond location, date, and gross engagement data are not asserted. Per the catalog title the unit covers two actions; the first form's date field was not cleanly machine-readable and is taken from the catalog title.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-04
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[6]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official fleet-organization transcription, Online Reading Room) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Reading Room transcription, LCI Flotilla Twenty-One > LCI Group 63 > LCI Division 126 (RCM) (R), 'LCI 1078 | Lt. (jg) W. H. Lewis (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists LCI 1078 with commanding officer Lt. (jg) W. H. Lewis (USNR) in LCI Division 126 (RCM) (R) - the radar-countermeasures-and-rocket division - alongside LCI 707, 708, 1029, 1030, and 1077, under LCI Group 63 (ComLCIGrp 63: Lt. Cdr. F. Thompson Jr. USNR), within the block under LCI Flotilla Twenty-One (Capt. E. C. Rook / Comdr. L. M. Bailliere USNR). The same group commander (F. Thompson Jr.) heads the Okinawa-era Group Forty-Eight listed by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's crew as of 1 May 1945; CO Lt. (jg) W. H. Lewis USNR
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot at 1 May 1945 only; the differing flotilla/group/division numbers vs the Okinawa-era Turner listing (Flotilla 16 / Group 48 / Division 96) reflect administrative numbering, not conflicting service claims - carried in gaps, not adjudicated. The AA-report routing ('ComRCM&RockGrp') corroborates the RCM-and-rocket division structure. No asbestos content. NHHC page verified live via rendered fetch 2026-09-29 (bare curl returns 404, bot filtering).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-05
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[7]NARA, Special List 44 - 'List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947', ship-number sequence (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI(L)(R) sequence, row 'LCI(L)(R)-1078 7/20/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 ship-number inventory records logbooks for 'LCI(L)(R)-1078' with coverage 7/20/1944 - 6/30/1945 (verified from the published PDF text). The coverage opens on her documented commissioning date; the 6/30/1945 close is the inventory block endpoint shared by most wartime hull rows, not a decommissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- Holdings inventory only - the logbooks are physical RG 24 records at Archives II; the deck logs for this hull are not in the digitized catalog series (search-within 594258 returns no LCI(L)-1078 file units). Coverage endpoints are log extents, not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-06
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[8]NARA muster rolls for this hull, two digitized file units: 'LCI(L) 1078 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120220384, 47 images, first roll 1944-09-30) and 'LCI(R) 1078 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120220432, 38 images, first roll 1945-07-01), RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120220384 and NAID 120220432 catalog pages (image lists; Ancestry file references 32860_244935-00003 / -00060)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel muster rolls for this specific hull exist in two file units matching her designation change: 'LCI(L) 1078' (47 images; first roll shown dated 30 September 1944, the first full quarter after her 20 July 1944 commissioning) and 'LCI(R) 1078' (38 images; first roll shown dated 1 July 1945). Muster rolls enumerate the embarked crew quarter-by-quarter - the primary source for any individual's service aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- All hands embarked 1944-1946 (as rolls cover)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - roll contents (individual names, ratings, dates) not individually reviewed; page-level catalog metadata verified, not every image. Rolls are digitized via the NARA-Ancestry partnership; access may route through the partner site. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-07
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[9]NARA operational records covering her units: 'COMTASK-UNIT 52.20.2 & COMTASK-UNIT 32.20.2 - Rep of opers in support of the invasion & occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, 4/1/45-6/21/45' (NAID 77480983, 25 images); 'COM LCI(R) FLOT 16 - Rep of opers... Okinawa Gunto, 3/26/45-6/21/45' (NAID 101759418); 'COM LCI(L) GR 63 - War Diary, 11/1-30/44' (NAID 139779847); RG 38 General Correspondence file 'LCI(L)1078 THRU LCM(3)/L6-1' (NAID 6847273) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 77480983, 101759418, 139779847, 6847273 catalog pages (RG 38)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Cataloged NARA file units document the operational records of her documented units: her own L-Day task unit's Okinawa after-action report (TU 52.20.2, 25 images); LCI(R) Flotilla 16's report of operations at Okinawa Gunto 26 March - 21 June 1945; the November 1944 war diary of COM LCI(L) GR 63 (her 1 May 1945 group, already active under that number in late 1944); and an RG 38 general-correspondence container whose coverage begins at this hull (LCI(L)1078).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-11 to 1945-06
- Population
- Task-unit and flotilla crews, Okinawa campaign
- Limitations
- Archival leads: catalog titles, image counts, and series verified, but report contents were not individually reviewed - these are unit-level records in which she is a member unit, and hull-specific content inside them is probable but unverified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource propulsion specifications (GM diesel sets, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-10); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for Hunters Point / San Francisco Naval Shipyard (thermal insulation, mechanical insulation, gaskets, fireproofing for hulls and bulkheads, electrical components, pipe lagging) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; shipyards.json hunters-point-naval-shipyard product list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built mid-1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, but carries no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-typical applications aboard a WWII amphibious landing craft of this type were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior fireproofing in the confined hull volume. Her documented late-1944 rocket conversion at San Francisco Navy Yard places her inside a yard with an Atlas-documented asbestos product list during a documented work event.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (1944-c.1946); San Francisco Navy Yard conversion trades (late 1944)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1078 / LCI(R)-1078. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The Hunters Point link is a documented presence at a documented yard, not a documented asbestos exposure event aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-09
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[11]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 (1944) and service era (1944-1947).
- 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-10
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[12]Armament discrepancy: NavSource specifications block ('six 5" rocket launchers') vs NavSource's US Navy photo captions ('Mk 7 rocket launchers, which fired 4.5-inch rockets... maximum range was 1,100 yds', Friedman design history) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151078.htm specifications block (LCI(R) Armament) vs photo captions 1015107801-2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISCREPANCY NOTED: the page's specification block lists her LCI(R) armament as 'six 5" rocket launchers' while the same page's US Navy photo captions describe 'Mk 7 rocket launchers, which fired 4.5-inch rockets' fitted at the forecastle - a caliber conflict inside a single source. The Mk 7 / 4.5-inch fit is consistent with the documented LCI(R) rocket conversion type; the '5-inch' figure is likely a transcription error but is not adjudicated against a primary specification sheet.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Corrects an internal inconsistency, not a material claim. No primary armament specification was located; the discrepancy is carried in gaps rather than resolved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-11
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[13]Batch-4957 search ledger (this record): NavSource 151078; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NARA catalog 'LCI(L)-1078'/'LCI(R)-1078' (muster rolls, two AA action reports, unit operational records, RG 38 correspondence); NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA digitized deck-log series 594258; NVR; GAO HRD-80-2; NIOSH/EPA yard sweeps; CourtListener opinion + docket (searched, zero hits); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1078 / LCI(R)-1078 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was queried through the authenticated fleet helper on both indexes: opinion search '"LCI(L)-1078" OR "LCI(R)-1078" OR "LCI 1078"' returned 0 results; opinion search '"USS LCI" asbestos' returned 0 results; RECAP docket search on the hull variants returned 0 results / 0 documents - a verified negative on the litigation side. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.com, mesothelioma.net, asbestos-ships.com and similar pages asserting asbestos at Defoe Shipbuilding and aboard LCIs 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 zero-hit CourtListener result covers indexed opinions and RECAP dockets for the searched name forms only; state-court and unindexed filings are out of scope, and a yard-level 'Defoe Shipbuilding' query attempt was paced (fleet budget) - a non-essential context query, not a hull search. Deck logs, Defoe work packages, conversion work records at San Francisco Navy Yard, and any disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1078-lcil1078-12