Evidence
22 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-22).
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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-1079-lcil1079-pkt-827-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-1079 ex USS LCI(L)-1079 page (verified live 2026-09-29; canonical domain is navsource.net, not the dead navsource.org). Page states its history source is USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L)-1079/LC(FF)-1079 page, history block, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, single photo caption (San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, Sept 1945)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 7 July 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 20 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1079, 25 July 1944 (LT. R. F. Kohlmann USNR in command as of May 1945). Redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-1079, 20 January 1945 (see gaps for the war-diary date conflict). Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty Three (LCDR R. H. Brazeal USN), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine (LT. T. T. Brooks USN), LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Nine. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 30 May - 30 June 1945 - one battle star. Post-WWII occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 - 10 April 1946. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp), Philippines Liberation Medal. Decommissioned 'date unknown'; struck from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 21 July 1947 for disposal; 'fate unknown'. Specification block: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in x 23 ft 3 in; 16 kt max / 14 kt continuous; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; cargo 75 t; 2-in plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house; five single 20 mm mounts; endurance 4,000 mi at 12 kt; fuel diesel 860 Bbls; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators. One image held: LC(FF)-1079 at San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, September 1945 (Bill Welsh in honor of Sgt. William C. Welsh USMCR, Carmita IX-152 Marine Detachment).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (service and transfer)
- Population
- Ship's company (~4 officers/24 enlisted standard complement; ~70 embarked as flotilla flagship per the ship's action report); Defoe construction trades (Bay City, 1944); Martinolich yard trades (conversion, Dec 1944-Feb 1945)
- Limitations
- Compiled archival photo index drawing on official records and the Turner Publishing LCI history, not itself a primary document; decommissioning and final-fate fields are recorded as unknown. The 20 January 1945 redesignation date conflicts with the primary war-diary record (CNO dispatch effective 24 February 1945 - see ev-06 and gaps). Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number order PDF; verified live 2026-09-29, row for LCI(L)(FF)-1079 read directly from the document text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, 'LCI(L)(FF)-1079 7/25/1944 6/30/1945' row; RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208; digitized list at https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 records Navy deck-log holdings for 'LCI(L)(FF)-1079' covering 7/25/1944 - 6/30/1945 - a span beginning on her commissioning date and written under her combined LCI(L)/LC(FF) designation. The hull does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' digitized list (checked 2026-09-29); the logs sit in the textual series (Record Group 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118, NAID 581208) with access via reference request.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew, embarked flagship staff, and troops, 1944-07-25 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- Holdings-level metadata only: establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in the stated coverage interval; the log contents were not examined (not digitized - research-room or reproduction order required). Log coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. No asbestos or materials content in the catalog metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, three muster-roll file units for this hull: 'LCI(L) 1079 - Muster Rolls' NAID 120222744 (27 images); 'LC(FF) 1079 - Muster Rolls' NAIDs 120222772 (71 images) and 120283342 (52 images); series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (NAID 594996), Ancestry-provided images read directly 2026-09-29 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120222744 images 32860_244958-00003 (roll cover, quarter ending 9/30/44, forwarded San Diego 4 Oct 1944), -00032 (Report of Changes, month ending 2 Dec 1944, ComFlot 23 endorsements), -00036 (recapitulation, quarter ending 12/31/44); NAID 120222772 images 32860_244958-00038 (LC(FF) 1079 cover, quarter ending 3/31/45, approved R. F. Kohlmann), -00141 (monthly report period ending 1/1/1947, ComWesSeaFron cert, Mar 1948 stamp); NAID 120283342 image 32860_245666-00033 (cover 'LC(FF) 1079, Flagship, LCS(L) Group TEN Staff', forwarded Okinawa 2 Jul 1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific personnel records, digitized. The first roll (LCI(L) 1079, quarter ending 30 September 1944) covers the hull from commissioning; it was forwarded 4 October 1944 from San Diego, California, placing her on the Pacific coast within ten weeks of commissioning. The LCI(L) roll cover carries a penciled catalog annotation 'Comm. 7-25-44 to 1-1-47 (Deleted 2-1-47)'. The LC(FF) roll for the quarter ending 31 March 1945 is already styled 'U.S.S. LC(FF) 1079' and is approved by R. F. Kohlmann, Lieut., USNR, Commanding Officer (D. C. Bounds, Lt.(jg), USNR, Executive Officer). The quarter-ending-June-1945 cover is styled 'U.S.S. LC(FF) 1079, Flagship, LCS(L) Group TEN Staff' and was forwarded 2 July 1945 'From OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN' - direct confirmation of her flagship assignment and Okinawa presence at campaign end. A NAVPERS 605 monthly report for the period ending 1 January 1947 carries a ComWesSeaFron Personnel Accounting and Machine Records Office certification and a 21 March 1948 receipt stamp - the drawdown-era tail of the personnel record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew plus embarked LCS(L) Group TEN flagship staff (wartime); drawdown-era remnant crew (1946-47)
- Limitations
- Personnel records only - names, rates, transfers, counts, and forwarding locations at dated entries; no materials, insulation, or asbestos content. The rolls do not establish the hull's whereabouts on dates between forwarding entries. The 'Deleted 2-1-47' annotation is a penciled catalog/processing note, not a dated official act in the record itself - carried in gaps. Roll images were sampled (covers, recapitulation sheets, Reports of Changes) rather than read exhaustively.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 12/1-31/44', NAID 139804532, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018), Fold3 microfilm roll A1342, 3 images read directly (signed L. M. Bailliere, Commander, USNR) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139804532, roll A1342 images 1020-1022; conversion-yard assignments in section 8 of the diary narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The December 1944 war diary of LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Three names this hull: 'LCI(L) Flotilla 23 is composed of Group 67, LCI(G)'s 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356 and LCI(L)'s 656, 657, 1031, 775, 1079, 1080...' It records that from 1 to 28 December the flotilla's LCI(L)s 'operated in the San Diego area under authority of and direct supervision by Ship Training Group, Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet,' and that under ComPhibsTraPac Confidential dispatch 272236 the Group 68 ships (less 782, 783) plus 'LCI(L)s 1080, 656, 657, 775, 1031, 1079, at 1200 Tare [28 December] departed San Diego for San Francisco via swept channel... with orders to report to Assistant Industrial Manager, San Francisco, for conversion to flagships.' The disposition table shows 1079 in the Division 2 column. The diarist records the ships entering San Francisco harbor at 1200 on 30 December 1944 and their conversion assignments: 'LCI(L)'s 1080, 786, 782, 656 are at Navy Yard Repair Base, Treasure Island, LCI(L)'s 790, 791, at Curtola Ship Yards, Oakland, Calif., LCI(L)'s 1081, 783, Graham Ship Repair Co., San Francisco, Calif., LCI(L) 1079, Martinolich, San Francisco, LCI(L)'s 775, 1031, Goldburg, Stockton, Calif., LCI(L)'s 788, 789, Moore's, Stockton, Calif., LCI(L)'s 1082, 657, Stephens, Stockton, Calif. and LCI(L)'s 792, 793, 1083 at Kyle, Stockton, Calif., undergoing conversion to flagships.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- Ship's crew, San Diego-San Francisco transit Dec 1944; Martinolich conversion-yard trades
- Limitations
- Primary operational record at flotilla level - names the hull, dates the San Diego departure (28 Dec 1944) and San Francisco arrival (30 Dec 1944), and fixes the conversion yard (Martinolich, San Francisco). No asbestos, insulation, or materials content; the conversion scope is described only as 'conversion to flagships.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 1/1-31/45', NAID 139835930, WWII War Diaries series, roll A1376 image 0742, read directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139835930, roll A1376 image 0742, sections 2 and 5
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The January 1945 Flotilla 23 war diary still lists LCI(L) 1079 in Group 67 and records that 'LCI(L) Group 68 plus Division 134 under the command of E. S. DULCAN, Lieutenant Commander, USNR were at U. S. Naval Repair Base, Treasure Island undergoing conversion to flagships during the period from 1 January to 31 January 1945' - the conversion program encompassing this hull's Martinolich availability.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-01
- Population
- Ship's crew at the conversion yard; flotilla staff
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level record; the January composition list still styles the hull 'LCI(L) 1079' though NavSource dates the LC(FF) redesignation 20 January 1945 - consistent with conversion in progress through January. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-05
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[7]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 2/1-28/45', NAID 139886331, WWII War Diaries series, roll A1422 images 0693-0694, read directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139886331, roll A1422 images 0693-0694, sections 2, 3, and 6
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The February 1945 Flotilla 23 war diary records the redesignation in primary terms: 'In accordance with CNO's restricted Op-23-S-JK serial 28523 of 25 January 1945, the classification of LC(FF)'s 656, 657, 1031, 775, 1079, 1080, 782, 783, 786, 788, 1081, 1083, 789, 790, 791, 792, and 793 was changed to LC(FF) effective 24 February 1945' - this hull among them. The February composition list carries her as LC(FF) 1079 in Group 67. It also records that 'LCI(L) Group 69' was 'based at Navy Yard Pearl Harbor undergoing training... awaiting availability and onward routing' - the group to which she was then assigned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Population
- Ship's crew during conversion completion and pre-deployment phase
- Limitations
- Primary record of the classification change; the effective date it documents (24 February 1945, per CNO dispatch of 25 January) conflicts with NavSource's 20 January 1945 redesignation date - carried in gaps. 'Group 69' is named as the Pearl Harbor group; the diary does not state 1079's individual berthing at Pearl. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-06
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[8]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 3/1-31/45', NAID 139961117, WWII War Diaries series, roll A1512 image 1162, read directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139961117, roll A1512 image 1162, sections 1-2
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The March 1945 Flotilla 23 war diary documents this hull underway as task-unit flagship: 'In accordance with AdComPhibsPac Secret Movement Order 40-45, Task Unit 13.11.2, R. EIKEL, Commander, USNR, Commander Task Unit aboard LC(FF) 1079 departed Pearl Harbor at 1200 VW 20 March 1945 bound for Guam, Marianas Islands via Eniwetok, Marshall Islands with orders upon arrival at Guam to report to Commander, Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Subordinate Command, for temporary duty pending further assignment.' The diary's cruising-order table lists 'LC(FF) 1079 Guide' leading a five-division convoy of approximately 30 landing craft - LC(FF)s 368, 536, 484, 532, 485, 367 and LCI(L)s 698, 768, 996, 882, 881, 883, 1096, 1098, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1097, 816, 819, 818, 817, 815, 1092, 1091, 1090, 884, 814 among them.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03
- Population
- Ship's crew plus embarked CTU 13.11.2 staff, Pearl Harbor-Guam transit
- Limitations
- Primary operational record naming the hull, the embarked task-unit commander, the departure datetime, route, and order. Establishes her flagship employment in an administrative-movement role (convoy guide/command platform), not a combat operation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-07
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[9]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 4/1-30/45', NAID 633423344, WWII War Diaries series, roll A1577 image 0837, read directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633423344, roll A1577 image 0837 (single-image file unit, full narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The April 1945 Flotilla 23 war diary completes the transit record: 'This period was spent enroute Guam, Marianas Islands, via Eniwetok, Marshall Islands in accordance with AdComPhibsPac Secret Movement Order 40-45, Task Unit 13.11.2, R. EIKEL, Commander, USNR, Commander Task Unit aboard LC(FF) 1079 departed Pearl Harbor at 1200 VW 20 March 1945 bound for Guam... LC(FF) 1079 Guide... At 0952 King 1 April Task Unit 13.11.2 arrived Eniwetok and departed Eniwetok for Guam at 1310 King on 3 April 1945... At 1320 King 8 April 1945 Task Unit 13.11.2 arrived Guam and reported to Commander, Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, Subordinate Command for temporary duty pending further assignment... Task Unit 13.11.2 was dissolved upon arrival at Guam.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Population
- Ship's crew plus embarked CTU 13.11.2 staff
- Limitations
- Primary operational record fixing Eniwetok (1-3 April) and Guam arrival (8 April 1945). The catalog's companion April-1945 file unit NAID 633437862 is titled 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23' but actually contains Flotilla TWENTY-TWO's April diary (Bicol operation, Luzon) - a catalog title/content mismatch noted as a correction. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-08
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[10]NARA Catalog, 'COM LC(FF) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45', NAID 140030346, WWII War Diaries series, roll A1641 images 0897-0898, read directly; companion June diary NAID 101702277 (roll A1701 image 0684) also read [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140030346 roll A1641 image 0898, section 4; NAID 101702277 roll A1701 image 0684
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The May 1945 LC(FF) Flotilla 23 war diary lists this hull in LC(FF) Division 139 of LC(FF) Group 69 (LC(FF)s 998, 1031, 1079, 1060, 1080, 1081, 1083), notes 'Flagships assigned to LC(FF) Flotilla TWENTY-THREE are serving as Flagships in the Forward Area,' records LCDR R. H. Brazeal relieving CDR L. M. Bailliere as flotilla commander on 2 May 1945 - and states: 'In accordance with AdComPhibsPac Secret despatch 130705 dated 13 May 1945 which cannot be quoted, the staff of LC(FF) Flotilla TWENTY-THREE transferred from LC(FF) 1079 to LC(FF) 368 on 13 May [1945].' This hull had therefore been carrying the flotilla staff. The June diary (NAID 101702277) records the staff's further move from LC(FF) 368 to IX 209 on 2 June 1945 and an advisory role at Apra Harbor, Guam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Ship's crew plus embarked LC(FF) Flotilla 23 staff (through 13 May 1945)
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level primary record; establishes that the flotilla staff was aboard this hull until 13 May 1945 - an embarked population above ship's company in addition to her later LCS(L)(3) Group TEN flagship role. Does not state when the staff first embarked aboard her. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-09
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[11]NARA Catalog, 'COMTASK-UNIT 31.25.41 - Report of operations in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 5/31/45 - 6/11/45', NAID 140048378, WWII War Diaries series, roll A1666, 41 images OCRed and read directly; parent-unit report COMTASK-UNIT 31.25.4 at NAID 140054836 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140048378, roll A1666 images 0133 (transmittal/enclosure list), 0134 (task organization), 0162-0164 (LC(FF) 1079's own action report), 0165-0170 (Op Order A2-45 annexes); parent report NAID 140054836
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The CTU 31.25.41 composite action report (11 June 1945, Commander LCS(L)(3) Group TEN, Lt. Comdr. J. E. Dodson Jr., USN - 'U.S.S. LC(FF) 1079, Flagship') covers the Capture of Iheya Shima and Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Retto, 3 and 9 June 1945, and encloses this hull's own action report (Enclosure H, 'Action Report, U.S.S. LC(FF) 1079'). The task organization lists 'UNIT Flagship - LC(FF) 1079 - Lieut. KOHLMAN[N]' as lead of LCS(L)(3) Division Eight (Temp.); medical officers for the unit were embarked in LC(FF) 1079, LCS(L)(3) 91 and LCS(L)(3) 69. Her own report records: Iheya Shima 3 June - on station ~2700 yards off beach, in the boat lanes 300 yards in advance of the first boat wave, fired 122 rounds of 20 mm at targets of opportunity; Aguni Shima 9 June - right-flank station ~3500 yards off beach, fired 672 rounds of 20 mm at the beach and 178 rounds at a plane later identified as a friendly fighter during a ~1948 general-firing episode; 'no casualties' and 'no material deficiencies' for either action. Part VIII states: 'This vessel is a Flag Ship and normally has about seventy officers and men embarked.' No battle damage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-31 to 1945-06-11
- Population
- Ship's company plus embarked LCS(L)(3) Group TEN staff (~70 total embarked per the action report); LCS(L)(3) Division 8 craft crews in company
- Limitations
- Primary operational record - the hull's own action reports are enclosed in the CTU submission and were read at image level (OCR + visual). Documents combat-area flagship employment including a friendly-fire acknowledgment; no asbestos, insulation, or damage-repair content. The 'seventy officers and men' figure is the writer's normal complement including staff, not a census.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-10
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[12]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII entry, USS LCI(L)-1079 (verified live 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/22144 header block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Confirms identical build data: 'Defoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.)', laid down 7 Jul 1944, launched 20 Jul 1944, commissioned 25 Jul 1944; class 'LCI 351'; pennant LCI(L)-1079. No commands or notable events are listed for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; no events or command history beyond the build block - corroborative use only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-11
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[13]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), Defoe Shipbuilding yard list, Bay City MI (verified live 2026-09-29); same row visible on the Naval Marine Archive mirror (navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/large/defoe.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe yard table, hull 332 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Defoe yard table row: yard hull no. 332, 'LCI(L) 1079', US Navy landing craft, 236 tons displacement / 158 ft, 'Delivered' 1-Jul-44, disposition 'Struck 1946' - consistent with NavSource's struck-in-1946 entry.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction workforce, Bay City, 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work, not a Navy register extract. The 'Delivered 1-Jul-44' figure precedes the NavSource/uboat.net laid-down date (7 Jul 1944) and cannot be an actual delivery - the table's date column appears to carry a nominal first-of-month batch date for the LCI rows; flagged in gaps, not carried as fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-12
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[14]NavalCoverMuseum, LC(FF) 1079 page and Covers Page 1 (verified live 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LC(FF)_1079 designation-history table; USS_LC(FF)-1079_Covers_Page_1, 1946-01-12 cover
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Corroborates the designation sequence (USS LCI(L)-1079 commissioned 25 July 1944; converted to LC(FF); struck 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 21 July 1947; fate unknown) and holds one postal cover dated 12 January 1946 (Locy Type 2z) marked 'Official Business' - annotated 'Posted from another ship or station...Ship had no post office' - consistent with the hull still in service during the Far East occupation window (2 September 1945 - 10 April 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew and embarked staff, January 1946 (occupation service)
- Limitations
- Collector-curated museum reference; the single cover is a postal artifact addressed via another ship's post office - it places the hull in service in January 1946 but not its location. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-13
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[15]Division of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, ONI-226, Allied Landing Craft and Ships (1944), HyperWar/ibiblio scan (verified live 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI-226 U.S. and British landing craft table, 'LCI(L)-(351-) Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Navy recognition manual's LCI(L) design tables: the LCI(L)-(351-) series entry lists 158 ft 5.5 in length, 23 ft 3 in beam, five 20 mm guns, and 2-in plastic splinter protection on gun positions, conning tower, and pilot house - the design group to which hull 1079 (Defoe-built, commissioned July 1944) belongs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops/staff (class context)
- Limitations
- Wartime identification manual at class level - does not name hull 1079 and contains no materials or insulation content; ONI table figures differ in detail from NavSource's per-hull spec block and are quoted here as the manual states them.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-14
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[16]Consolidated era inference anchored on ONI-226 class data + NavSource per-hull specification block + era amphibious-vessel construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated - ONI-226 design table; NavSource propulsion block; flotilla war-diary conversion assignments (ev-04); era amphibious construction practice
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered landing craft: the LCI-351 class had no boilers or steam plant (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels in two banks), which removes the boiler/steam-lagging pathway entirely. The asbestos-relevant residual applications for the type are engine-exhaust lagging and gaskets, machinery packing, thermal/acoustic insulation board in accommodation spaces, deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings - the standard 1944-era set for small diesel amphibious craft. The flagship conversion (documented Dec 1944-Feb 1945, Martinolich, San Francisco) added staff berthing and communications spaces - a documented yard event without a located material schedule; conversion-era insulation and gasket work would be era-standard and is inference only. The class's 2-in 'plastic splinter protection' armor is not documented as asbestos-containing in any located source.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Construction trades (Defoe, Bay City, 1944); conversion-yard trades (Martinolich, San Francisco, Dec 1944-Feb 1945); ship's engine crew; embarked flagship staff
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull material schedule, specification, or survey located for either the original build or the flagship conversion. Establishes no quantities, no product brands, and no exposure for any individual; nothing here is ship-proven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-15
-
[17]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) - PubMed PMID 3555021 (verified via NCBI E-utilities 2026-09-29; DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 resolves to Wiley) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 3555021; AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as insulation and fireproofing in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II, the era and program under which this 1944-built landing craft was produced, and that wartime naval construction drove unprecedented asbestos use aboard U.S. hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or type and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-16
-
[18]National Museum of the Great Lakes, 'Fighting Ships from Bay City' (Bert C. Brennan, Inland Seas, July 1945) + Defoe yard history site, F. A. Swanson (Defoe VP) address to SNAME, Bay City, 21 May 1964 - both verified live 2026-09-29 [museum_official]
- Locator
- NMGL Brennan article text; defoenet.com/shipbuild/swanson-history
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder context for this hull's yard: Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI, built 'forty-seven landing craft infantry (large) (LCI-L)' (Brennan) / '47 LCI(L) landing craft, diesel equipped' (Swanson), using its signature upside-down-and-rollover welded-hull method; completed LCIs were taken by Navy crews via the Great Lakes to Chicago, then down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans for final refit and commissioning - the delivery route this hull followed before reaching San Diego by October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction workforce, Bay City, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level context, not hull-specific - neither source names LCI(L)-1079. Establishes builder and production environment only; contains no asbestos or materials information. Swanson is a company-insider account (1964); Brennan is a wartime magazine piece republished by the museum.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-17
-
[19]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page (verified live 2026-09-29 via renderer; direct curl fetch returns 403 bot-block) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's asbestos-protection program at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards: the 1975 standing policy removed and replaced asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was required for repairs; modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Establishes the Navy's documented asbestos-management regime of the shipyard-repair era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; fieldwork covered two named naval shipyards only. Both policies post-date this craft's 1947 Maritime Commission transfer by decades - included strictly as Navy-wide program context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-18
-
[20]Batch-4958 search ledger (this record): NavSource, NARA Special List 44 + catalog (muster rolls, LCI(L) and LC(FF) Flotilla 23 war diaries, CTU 31.25.41 action report), NHHC/DANFS, uboat.net, Shipbuilding History + Naval Marine Archive mirror, ONI-226, NMGL/defoenet, GAO, PubMed, NavalCoverMuseum, NVR, MARAD ShipHistory, shipyards.json, CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-01 through -21
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no material survey, abatement contract, hull-specification material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or museum record naming LCI(L)-1079/LC(FF)-1079 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated fleet helper reported the shared pacing budget spent on three spaced attempts; logged as blocked, not a negative result. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC URL patterns 404). MARAD's Vessel History database search returned an application error page on both attempts - no status card located. The extensive primary service record located (war diaries, muster rolls, action reports) contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material content; the only documented yard events are construction at Defoe (Bay City) and the flagship conversion at Martinolich (San Francisco).
- 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 1944-era diesel-craft application set stands as era inference, and the undocumented flagship-conversion material scope is a genuine open item. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-19
-
[21]Cataloging correction located during research: NAID 633437862 is titled 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 - War Diary, 4/1-30/45' but its 11 images contain LCI(L) Flotilla TWENTY-TWO's April 1945 war diary (Seventh Amphibious Force; Bicol operation, Legaspi Port, Luzon; signed M. M. Byrd). The true Flotilla 23 April diary is the single-image NAID 633423344. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633437862 roll A1611 images 0306-0316 (Flotilla 22 content) vs NAID 633423344 roll A1577 image 0837 (Flotilla 23 content)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (catalog-level): researchers following NAID 633437862 for the April 1945 Flotilla 23 diary will find Flotilla 22 content instead. The hull-naming April 1945 content for this ship (TU 13.11.2 transit, Guam arrival 8 April) is in NAID 633423344. Flagged so future citation of this hull's record does not propagate a catalog mismatch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Limitations
- A catalog title/content mismatch observation, not a materials or exposure claim. The Flotilla 22 diary itself is a valid record for its own unit; only the NAID title is wrong.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-20
-
[22]NARA logbook-holdings guidance ('Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives') + catalog series records (WWII War Diaries NAID 4697018; Muster Rolls NAID 594996; Logbooks RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number PDF (deck-log row); catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 101778090, 77489051, 77536684, 120300858, 120234281, 120300813, 120301625, 140054836; NARA guidance https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (identified, contents unexamined): (a) the hull's deck logs, coverage 7/25/1944-6/30/1945 as 'LCI(L)(FF)-1079', RG 24 Entry 118 - the resolving source for commissioning location, the San Diego-to-San Francisco conversion transit detail, and any maintenance entries; (b) LC(FF) Flotilla 23 war diaries for July (NAID 101778090), August (NAID 77489051), and October 1945 (NAID 77536684) - would document her Leyte/occupation assignment; (c) LC(FF) Flotilla 23 and LCI(L) Group 69 muster-roll file units (NAIDs 120300858, 120234281, 120300813, 120301625) - flotilla/group personnel context for the embarked staff; (d) COMTASK-UNIT 31.25.4 parent operation report for Okinawa (NAID 140054836); (e) Bureau of Ships construction/outfitting records for Defoe hull 332 (RG 19) and any Martinolich conversion work package - the material-schedule source this record lacks.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and file-unit mapping only; deck logs, RG 19 construction files, and conversion work packages are not digitized and were not examined. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1079-lcil1079-21