Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-1080-lcil1080-pkt-827-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-1080 ex USS LCI(L)-1080 - construction milestones, LC(FF) redesignation, flotilla assignment, Okinawa campaign, awards, specifications (history sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151080.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class landing craft laid down 12 July 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 25 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1080, 16 August 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-1080, 20 January 1945. 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, 1-10 April and 26 May-18 June 1945; one battle star; American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal. Decommissioned date unknown; laid up Reserve Fleet, Pacific, March 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of four GM diesel engines, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (~28) plus LC(FF) flotilla staff (1944-46); embarked troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS-type data and are corroborated here by uboat.net and shipbuildinghistory. Contains no asbestos content. 'Fate unknown' conflicts with shipbuildinghistory's 'sunk as target 1956' - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-01
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[3]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), LCI(L) construction list and Defoe Shipbuilding yard list - builder attribution, yard hull number, disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 1080; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm hull no. 333
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Two corroborating builder-list entries for this hull: (1) LCI(L) type list - 'LCI(L) | FF | 1080 | Defoe SB | Bay City MI | 16-Aug-44 | Laid up 1946, sunk as target 1956', flagged as an FF (flotilla flagship) variant alongside sisters 1081-1083 with identical dispositions; (2) Defoe yard list - hull no. 333, LCI(L) 1080, US Navy, 236d GT, 158 ft, delivered 1-Aug-44, 'sunk as target 1956'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); reserve-fleet caretakers (1946-56); target-sinking tow/prep crews (1956)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiler data (Colton shipbuilding tables) - consistent across two pages but single-source lineage; conflicts with NavSource 'fate unknown'. Yard-list 'Delivered' date of 1-Aug-44 is a month approximation vs commissioning 16-Aug-44. No asbestos content. Location and circumstances of the 1956 target sinking not documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-1080 - class, builder, milestone dates, LC(FF) reclassification [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22145.html data table and History line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration: LCI 351 class, built by Defoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan); laid down 12 Jul 1944; launched 25 Jul 1944; commissioned 16 Aug 1944; 'Reclassified as LC(FF), Landing Craft Flotilla Flagship on 20 January 1945.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Secondary warship register; corroborates NavSource dates exactly (laid down, launched, commissioned, LC(FF) reclass). No end-service or disposal data. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-03
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[5]NARA, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1992 (RG 24, series NAID 594258); NARA deck-log inventory records deck logs for LCI(L)(FF)-1080 covering 16 August 1944 - 30 June 1945; plus Muster Rolls file units LCI(L) 1080 (NAID 120222951) and LC(FF) 1080 (NAID 120222979), RG 24 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/594258 (series); catalog.archives.gov/id/120222951 and /id/120222979 (muster rolls); NARA WWII deck-log inventory line 'LCI(L)(FF)-1080 8/16/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds this hull's personnel and operational records: muster rolls under both designations (LCI(L) 1080 - Muster Rolls, NAID 120222951, digitized 27 images, first roll dated 30 September 1944; LC(FF) 1080 - Muster Rolls, NAID 120222979), and Navy deck logs for LCI(L)(FF)-1080 with inventory coverage 16 August 1944 (commissioning day) through 30 June 1945 within the RG 24 logbooks series (213,049 file units, includes unnamed-craft logs).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-08-16 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- crew and LC(FF) flotilla staff recorded in logs/rolls (Aug 1944 - Jun 1945 window)
- Limitations
- Archival-lead record: deck-log coverage endpoints come from NARA's published deck-log inventory and are not commissioning/decommissioning dates; monthly file units were not individually opened this session (catalog renders via JS). Muster-roll and series pages verified live. Content of the logs (movements, availabilities, personnel exposure events) is unreviewed - nothing in the inventory establishes or rules out asbestos material aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-04
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[6]NARA RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories - digitized operational reports with full-text matches for this hull's designation: COMTASK-GROUP 53.3, Report of operations in the invasion of Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Is., 4/1-10/45 (NAID 633429977); COMTASK-UNIT 31.25.1, Report of operations in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, 5/31/45-6/10/45 (NAID 101720989); COM LCI(L) FLOT 23 war diaries (NAID 139737013, 78653070, 139804532) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LC(FF)-1080' (107 file units) and 'LCI(L)-1080' (25 file units), RG 38 war diaries series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Catalog full-text search on 'LCI(L)-1080' and 'LC(FF) 1080' returns digitized Okinawa operation reports and parent-unit war diaries in which the hull designation appears - consistent with her documented role as LC(FF) flagship of Flotilla 23 / Group 69 / Division 139 during the Okinawa Gunto operation. The unit war diaries of her parent flotilla survive for Sep/Oct/Dec 1944 onward.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- embarked flotilla staff and crews of Flotilla 23 craft (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Catalog index match only - the tokenized catalog search indicates the hull designation appears in these documents' OCR'd text, but the verbatim passages were not independently opened and read this session. Unit records describe the flotilla, not necessarily this hull's individual movements. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-05
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[7]Johns-Manville Corp. v. United States, 13 Cl. Ct. 72 (U.S. Claims Court 1987), CourtListener opinion 6929605 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, shipyard-inspection narrative (Defoe reinspection paragraph); 13 Cl. Ct. 72
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Trial-level findings document asbestos-dust hazard conditions at this hull's builder during its construction era: the opinion recites that after a Navy/Maritime Commission reinspection of the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on January 20-21, 1944 - six months before LCI(L)-1080's keel was laid - 'inspectors reported that the accumulation of dust on rafters and wires as well as conspicuous quantities of dust floating in the air of the room point to a dangerous dust hazard,' in an asbestos-insulation cutting operation where respirator and exhaust-compliance requirements were not being met.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (inspection); 1987 (opinion)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades, Bay City (1944 inspection window; hull construction Jul-Aug 1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: establishes documented asbestos-dust conditions at the builder in January 1944, not materials installed aboard LCI(L)-1080 or any individual exposure. Litigation-stage note: this is a published trial-court opinion in an omnibus cost-recovery action by Johns-Manville against the United States; the Defoe conditions are recited as evidentiary findings about Navy/Maritime Commission shipyard inspections, not a merits holding about this yard or hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-06
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[8]GAF Corporation v. United States, 932 F.2d 947 (Fed. Cir. 1991), CourtListener opinion 560599 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, classified-reports narrative (Defoe 1944 report quotation); 932 F.2d 947
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Appellate corroboration of wartime asbestos documentation at the builder: the opinion recites that 'a 1944 report described conditions at the Defoe Shipbuilding facility at Bay City, Michigan: Amosite contains a considerable percentage of asbestos and studies have shown that dust from it, if breathed in sufficient quantity for a prolonged period, are capable of causing the disabling occupational disease, asbestosis' - part of the classified Navy-era industrial-hygiene reporting on private shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (report); 1991 (opinion)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades, Bay City (1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level appellate context, not a hull record; the quoted Defoe report was cited to show superior government knowledge of asbestos hazards in Navy-contracted shipbuilding. Litigation-stage note: appellate posture (Tucker Act jurisdictional question); the Defoe material is background evidence in the opinion, not a holding about this yard, hull, or any worker exposure. Does not establish materials aboard LCI(L)-1080.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-07
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[9]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 1944 construction and full service/disposal era (1944-56).
- 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 this session) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-08
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[10]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS), HAER No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713 - written historical and descriptive data for the LCI(L)-351 class (Justine Christianson, HAER Historian, 2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages, LOC tile.loc.gov storage-services PDF (pp. 1-3)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal documentation of the same class's construction and materials: LCI(L)-713 (LCI-351 class, built July-August 1944 at George Lawley & Son, Neponset MA - same build window and design variant as -1080) is described as welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks, engine room with four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines driving two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; approximately 1,051 ships of the type were constructed in ten shipyards; post-June-1-1944 ships had the cylindrical pilot house and centerline ramp. The documentation describes materials and machinery without identifying any asbestos content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (construction); 2012 (documentation)
- Population
- class construction trades (1943-45); museum restoration volunteers (LCI-713)
- Limitations
- Class documentation on a sister hull, not this hull's record; HAER's materials description not mentioning asbestos is consistent with the diesel landing craft's smaller ACM footprint but does not establish absence aboard -1080. The class propulsion it documents (GM 6-71 quads, twin VP props) matches -1080's spec block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-09
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[11]Batch-4959 search ledger (this record): NavSource; shipbuildinghistory Defoe yard + LCI(L) type lists; uboat.net; NHHC DANFS; NARA catalog (deck-log series, muster rolls, RG 38 war diaries); NPS/HAER OR-180; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener API v4 (opinions + dockets, hull and builder queries); usslci.org; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1080-lcil1080-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-1080 / LC(FF)-1080 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search across all hull-number variants returned zero hits; the single docket hit is a name collision (International Shipholding Corp. bankruptcy, Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 16-12220). The only 'asbestos aboard' material found online is law-firm marketing content 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 - 1944 amphibious-craft construction at a yard with documented asbestos-dust conditions is consistent with retained era materials. Deck logs (coverage ending 30 June 1945), BuShips contract drawings, reserve-fleet inspection reports, and any 1956 target-preparation 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-1080-lcil1080-10