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-1086-lcil1086-pkt-804-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1086 - construction timeline, wartime assignment, awards, disposal, and LCI(L)-351 specifications block; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151086.htm - header block, LCI-351 class history block, awards/ribbons block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 9 August 1944 at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 22 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1086, 28 August 1944, LTjg. F. C. Davis in command (May 1945). Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Thirty-Six (LCDR T. Gore USNR), LCI Group One Hundred-Eight (LCDR E. H. Draine USNR), LCI Division Two Hundred Fifteen. Ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; sold 28 February 1951; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Spec block: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; armament five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesel engines (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30kW diesel-drive ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Aug 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history and specifications; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation sourcing the Turner Publishing LCI history - its milestone dates generally track official records, but decommissioning and striking dates are expressly unknown and final disposition is unlocated. Spec block figures conflict with secondary literature on shaft horsepower (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-01
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[3]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units (ship-number index), entry for LCI(L)-1086 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI(L) sequence, line 'LCI(L)-1086 8/28/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official logbooks index records deck logs for LCI(L)-1086 covering 8/28/1944 to 6/30/1945 - that is, from the day of commissioning (28 August 1944, per NavSource) through the end of the June 1945 log period. This establishes an official operational log record exists for the hull's commissioned service within the World War II window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-08-28 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Officers of the deck; crew of record (Aug 1944 - Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- Index-level documentation: establishes that logbooks exist and their date span; log coverage endpoints are record-series boundaries, not claimed commissioning/decommissioning dates (the 8/28/1944 start does coincide with the NavSource commissioning date). Whether these logbooks are digitized as a dedicated catalog file unit was not confirmed - the catalog surfaces the hull's muster rolls (NAID 120321582) but no separate deck-log file unit was located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, file unit 'LCI(L) 1086 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120321582, Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), series Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities (NAID 594996), 138 digitized images [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120321582 - file-unit page, first image captioned 'Muster Roll Date: 1944 September 30'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized muster rolls for this hull exist in the National Archives Catalog: file unit NAID 120321582 contains 138 images, the earliest shown being the muster roll dated 30 September 1944 (Ancestry-partnership scans of RG 24 muster rolls). These are ship-specific primary personnel records for the commissioned period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09-30 forward
- Population
- Crew of record, Sept 1944 forward (officers + enlisted per muster roll)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes that personnel rosters exist and are digitized; individual roll images were not transcribed this session, and the rolls do not themselves document materials or exposure. Date range of the file unit beyond the first (30 Sep 1944) roll not enumerated here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-03
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[5]NARA Catalog full-text index hits for 'LCI(L)-1086' inside World War II war-diary file units: COM 9 War Diary 8/1-9/30/44 (NAID 78660481, Roll A1240); COM 11 War Diaries 12/1-31/44 (NAID 139812174, Roll A1351), 2/1-28/45 (NAID 139920820, Roll A1463), 9/1-30/45 (NAID 77527739, Roll A1913); COMTRCOMPHIBPAC / COM Training Command Phib Forces PAC War Diaries 10/1-31/44 (NAID 78671166), 8/1-31/45 (NAID 77486748), 9/1-30/45 (NAID 77555307), 10/1-31/45 (NAID 77574604), 11/1-30/45 (NAID 140088058), 12/1-31/45 (NAID 633456291), 1/1-31/46 (NAID 77617250); CINCLANT War Diary 10/1-31/44 (NAID 78660064); COMGULFSEAFRON War Diary 9/1-30/44 (NAID 139745712) - all RG 38 WWII War Diaries microfilm scans [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search results for "LCI(L)-1086" (34 hits); NAIDs as listed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog's full-text index associates the hull designation 'LCI(L)-1086' with a run of amphibious-force war-diary file units spanning October 1944 through January 1946 - predominantly the Commander, Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific (COMTRCOMPHIBPAC) monthly diaries and COM 9 / COM 11 unit diaries, plus single hits in CINCLANT (Oct 1944) and Gulf Sea Frontier (Sep 1944) diaries. Pattern is consistent with a late-war LCI reporting through the amphibious training organization rather than an assault-landing record - her ribbon display carries no battle stars.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09 to 1946-01
- Population
- Crew during transit/training phases (late 1944 - early 1946)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: these are OCR/index-level associations inside microfilm-scan file units - the specific pages naming the hull were not opened and read this session, so what each diary says about the hull (if anything beyond a roster/list mention) is unverified. A full-text index hit is not proof the ship is the subject of the page. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-04
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[6]Shipbuilding History, 'Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI' yard table - hull 339, LCI(L)-1086 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe yard table, row: '339 | LCI(L)-1086 | US Navy | landing craft | 236d | 158 | 1 Aug 1944 | struck 1951'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe yard list records this hull as yard number 339, a U.S. Navy landing craft of 236 tons (design) and 158 ft, with a delivery entry of '1 Aug 1944' and the note 'struck 1951' - consistent with NavSource's August 1944 construction window and 1951 disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Defoe yard workers (Aug 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-list compilation. The 'Delivered' column uses month-precision placeholders for the LCI run ('1 Aug 1944' appears for a sequence of consecutive hulls) - the exact delivery day is not given; treat as August 1944. 'Struck 1951' is a year-level note consistent with NavSource's 28 Feb 1951 sale but does not give a striking date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-05
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[7]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - Landing Ships and Craft, LCI(L)-351 class table listing LCI(L)-1086 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L)-351 class section, hull-number table row 'LCI(L)-1086 | 1942-44'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime-era vessel list places LCI(L)-1086 in the LCI(L)-351 class table of Landing Craft, Infantry (Large), with a commissioning window of 1942-44 and no loss notation - a contemporary-class listing confirming the hull's existence, type, and class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (list scope)
- Limitations
- List-level documentation: confirms the hull number existed in the class's commission range but supplies no dates, service detail, or material content for this specific hull. The class block's figures (385 t full load, 160'4", 1,600 BHP, complement 4 officers + 25 enlisted) differ slightly from the NavSource spec block - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section (full report PDF linked at gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships - thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping was the major application - and did not begin substituting asbestos-free insulation materials until the early 1970s. This hull's August 1944 construction and 1944-46 commissioned window sit entirely inside that era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); asbestos-use era through early 1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; shipboard personnel era-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - LCI(L)-1086 is not named and GAO fieldwork concerned the Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards. Direct curl fetch of gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to scripted requests (confirmed 2026-09-29); content taken from the live product page via browser-grade fetch and the linked full-report PDF URL.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-351 spec block (all-diesel GM 6051-series-71 plant, no steam); shipbuildinghistory Defoe delivery table (Aug 1944); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; shipbuildinghistory Defoe table; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel landing craft completed August 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period were exhaust lagging, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam lines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Aug 1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); unknown post-1951 owners
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, build spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-1086. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-08
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[10]Batch-4965 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA SL-44 logbooks index; NARA catalog muster rolls + war-diary index hits; shipbuildinghistory Defoe yard list; HyperWar wartime vessel list; GAO HRD-80-2; DANFS index (no entry); NVR (no entry); NavalCoverMuseum (no page); CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-1086 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet helper refused requests under its shared pacing budget on every attempt; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (amphibious/landing-craft asbestos listicles 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run). Digitized muster rolls and (index-listed) deck logs are unexamined archival leads; post-sale (1951) fate unknown, so any later-life hazmat or breakup record is unlocated. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1086-lcil1086-09