Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 804-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-1083-lcil1083-pkt-804-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-1083 ex USS LCI(L)-1083 (history text credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995); corroborating milestones from uboat.net Allied Warships record ship/22148 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151083.htm header block, history paragraph, specifications block, awards display, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 26 July 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 8 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1083 24 August 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-1083 on 20 January 1945, LTjg. C. L. Bryner USNR in command; 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; occupation duty in the Far East 20 September to 5 December 1945; decommissioned date unknown; laid up Reserve Fleet, Pacific, March 1946; struck from Naval Register date unknown; final disposition fate unknown. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5"; 23' 3" beam; 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series 71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photo captions place the commissioning crew at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek circa August 1944. Awards display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (up to 188) and flotilla staff (LC(FF) role, 1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its history text is credited to a 1995 Turner Publishing veterans' volume. Milestone dates match uboat.net's independent entry. The flotilla assignment (Group 69 / Division 139) conflicts with the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization listing (Group 68 / Division 136) - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-01
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[3]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Navy Department Library online reading room) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet organization page, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three > LCI Group 68 > LCI Division 136
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official wartime organization listing places this hull in the U.S. Pacific Fleet on 1 May 1945: 'LCI 1083 ... Lt. (jg) C. L. Bryner (USNR)', inside LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three, LCI Group 68, LCI Division 136. Corroborates commanding officer and theater/flotilla assignment as of that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) Bryner; flotilla staff (1 May 1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific for identity and assignment only; contains no asbestos or material content. Conflicts with NavSource/Turner on intermediate echelon (Group 68/Division 136 here vs Group 69/Division 139 in NavSource) - one or both may reflect a reassignment between redesignation (Jan 1945) and 1 May 1945, or a source error; unresolved, carried in gaps. The list does not mark 1083 with an (FF) or (GF) flag note though sister 1080 carries (FF).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-02
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[4]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), for Record Group 24 Entry 118 logbook holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44 ship-number PDF, LCI(L)(FF) section, row 'LCI(L)(FF)-1083 8/24/1944 6/30/1945'; RG 24 E-118 series NAID 581208
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook holdings index lists 'LCI(L)(FF)-1083' with coverage 8/24/1944 - 6/30/1945 - a dated operational deck-log span held in RG 24 Entry 118 at College Park. The span opens on the same date NavSource/uboat.net give for commissioning (24 Aug 1944) and covers the first ten months of service including the LC(FF) redesignation period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-08-24 to 1945-06-30 (indexed log span)
- Limitations
- Holdings-index entry only: documents that deck logs exist for the listed span; the log contents themselves were not examined and are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog online list. Per batch convention the coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates (though the start date coincides with the documented commissioning date). Post-June-1945 logs - covering occupation duty, decommissioning, and 1946 reserve-fleet entry - are not listed in this index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-03
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[5]Navy Occupation Service Medal / China Service Medal ship-eligibility listing (reproduced eligibility table): 'LC (FF) 1083 | 20 Sep - 5 Dec 45 | A'; corroborated by TracesOfWar document index naming LC(FF) 1083 in 'Occupation report Kure - Hiroshima - Matsuyama' (pp. 16, 29, 46) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Eligibility table row 'LC (FF) 1083'; tracesofwar.com/docs/ship.asp?shipid=189
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The reproduced Secretary of the Navy eligibility list credits LC(FF) 1083 for the Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia column, 'A') for 20 September - 5 December 1945 - the identical occupation-duty window NavSource records. Separately, the TracesOfWar index names LC(FF) 1083 on three pages of a scanned 'Occupation report Kure - Hiroshima - Matsuyama', placing the craft in the Inland Sea (Kure/Hiroshima/Matsuyama) occupation force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-09-20 to 1945-12-05
- Population
- Crew during occupation duty, Sep-Dec 1945
- Limitations
- officialmilitaryribbons.com is a private reproduction of the Navy eligibility list, not the official document itself; TracesOfWar is a secondary index whose report pages are image scans (Cloudflare-gated, not independently read this session) - the Kure-area presence is corroborated-by-index, not read verbatim. No asbestos content; occupation duty does not itself establish any exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-04
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[6]Naval Marine Archive, Defoe Shipbuilding (Bay City, MI) build list (shipbuildinghistory data): hull 336 = LCI(L) 1083, US Navy Landing Craft, 236d / 158 ft, delivered Aug 1944, disposition 'Sunk as target 1956' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe Shipbuilding build table, hull 336 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe yard build list assigns this hull yard number 336, delivered August 1944, and records disposition 'Sunk as target 1956' - the same entry recorded for Defoe-built sisters LCI(L) 1080, 1081, and 1082. This is the only located source asserting a specific final disposition for the hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (build) / 1956 (claimed disposition)
- Population
- Any personnel involved in target preparation/sinking, 1956 (undocumented)
- Limitations
- Single secondary source (shipyard-data compilation), not a primary disposal record; directly conflicts with NavSource's 'final disposition, fate unknown'. No sinking location, date, ordnance, or disposal-contract documentation located; 1956 target sinking would predate modern ACM-handling rules but no hazmat/disposal survey record exists. Carried as the best available disposition claim with the conflict flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-05
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[7]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' - LCI(L) class specifications and the LC(FF)-1079-1083 flotilla-flagship group listing (1943-44) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html LCI(L) class specification block; LC(FF) section listing 'LC(FF)-1079-1083'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: the LCI(L)-1-class entry documents the type as a ~158-160 ft, ~387-ton-full-load steel landing craft with GM diesel engines on twin variable-pitch screws, complement ~3 officers + 21 enlisted, troop capacity ~188 - ocean-going infantry landing craft of exactly this hull's design family. The same index lists LC(FF)-1079 through LC(FF)-1083 as a 1943-44 flotilla-flagship group, corroborating that the 1083 hull was among the LCI(L)s converted to carry flotilla command staff.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI crews and embarked troops (class-wide)
- Limitations
- Class-level document, not a hull record; figures describe the LCI(L) design family generally (1083's NavSource spec block shows 419 t loaded, complement 4+24, 2,320 shp for the later 351 series). Confirms the type and the flagship conversion program; contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351-class spec block (GM 6051-series 71 diesel plant, 2,320 shp - no boilers or steam system); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-08); general WWII small-combatant construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion); era-documentation rows ev-08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944-built Navy diesel landing craft sits squarely inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were engine-room thermal insulation and exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation/fireproofing of accommodation spaces in the confined hull. Because the plant is diesel with no boilers or steam lines, the dominant steam-vessel pathway (boiler and steam-line lagging) does not apply; the diesel-exhaust and machinery-insulation pathways do.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (service era)
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any target-preparation workers (1956 claim)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, work package, or survey located for LCI(L)-1083/LC(FF)-1083. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. Small landing craft carried far less insulation than steam combatants - the inference applies to a materially smaller installed base.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-07
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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 entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46, reserve to claimed 1956 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 this session (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-08
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[10]Batch-4962 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; uboat.net allied-warships record; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NARA Special List 44 logbook index; NARA digitized-log list (1941+); Naval Marine Archive Defoe build list; Navy Occupation Service Medal eligibility listing; TracesOfWar document index; HyperWar landing-craft index; NHHC/DANFS index; NVR; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (see ledger for status) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1083-01 through -13b
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-1083 / LC(FF)-1083 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned count 0 on both indexes for every name variant queried - opinions (type=o) for 'LCI(L)-1083', 'LC(FF)-1083', 'LCI-1083'/'LCFF-1083'/'LCI(L)(FF)-1083', and dockets/RECAP (type=r) for 'LCI(L)-1083' OR 'LC(FF)-1083'. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing material (mesothelioma.com, mesothelioma.net, mesotheliomalawyercenter.org, leewdavis.com, mesowatch.org, asbestos-ships.com) asserting asbestos use at the Defoe yard or aboard LCI-type craft without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. No museum custodian exists for this hull (disposed); the restored sister LCI-713's project publishes no asbestos/abatement disclosure located in public sources.
- 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 hull is sunk/disposed with no surveyable remains. The litigation negative covers only CourtListener's indexes (opinions + RECAP dockets as searched 2026-09-29); state-court and non-digitized filings are out of scope. Deck logs, Defoe build/inspection records, and any disposal-contract or target-preparation records are undigitized archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1083-09