Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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-1088-lcil1088-pkt-804-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-1088 ex LCI(G)-1088 ex LCI(L)-1088 - construction, designation timeline, Okinawa campaign, disposition, class specifications (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151088.htm header block, campaign table, specification block, disposition notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 18 August 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI; launched 31 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1088, 6 September 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-1088, 31 December 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-1088, 30 April 1945. Asiatic-Pacific service: LCI Flotilla Fourteen (CAPT. T. W. Rimer); participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 26 March - 30 June 1945. Postwar occupation service in the Far East 2 September - November 1945. Decommissioned 16 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); earned one battle star for World War II service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 23 January 1947; registered 1947 by Midwest Marine Co., Minneapolis MN as fishing boat Helen L., homeport Houston TX; reflagged Mexico 1948; final disposition unknown. Awards row: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp). Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; complements LCI(L) 4+24, LCI(G) 5+65, LCI(M) 4+49; LCI(M) armament one 40mm, four 20mm, three 4.2" chemical mortars in sand-box mounts on the well deck with No. 2 troop compartment converted to magazine.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades (Aug-Sep 1944); crew (~28-70 depending on configuration, 1944-46); embarked troops (LCI(L) phase); Maritime Commission/merchant handlers (1947)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (history credited to the USS LCI National Association's Turner Publishing volume), not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but see gaps for two conflicts (Group 41/Division 82 listing vs. the ship's own action report placing her in LCI(M) Group 55 / Mortar Division 7; struck date 'unknown' vs secondary '1946'). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-01
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[3]NARA catalog, NAID 101774381: 'LCI(G)-1088 - Rep of opers in the invasion of Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 4/1/45' - the ship's own action report (RG 38, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' NAID 4697018; microfilm roll A1789, micro serial 135819; 7 scanned pages) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 101774381, digital objects 101774382-101774388 (frames 0627-0633, roll A1789): report pp. 1-2; endorsements 1st-6th
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report, dated 20 April 1945, Commanding Officer USS LCI(G) 1088 (W. M. Perry, Lt.(jg), USNR) to Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet: covers 'the operation of LCI(G) 1088 during the initial attack on Okinawa Shima on 1 April 1945.' Target objective: a beach section adjacent to the circular reef off the village of Sobe, four miles southwest of Zanpa Misaki on the western side of Okinawa; mission to destroy beach defenses 'by intensive bombardment with 4.2 chemical mortar high explosive projectiles and the use of 40 mm fire on spot targets,' per the 'Preferred Plan' ComPhibGrp 4 No. A405-45 Attack Order. LCI(G) 1088 was attached to Mortar Division 7; firing run began ~0805 on signal from division guide LCI(G) 810; mortar fire opened at 2,500 yards, continued to ~1,800 yards where the reef halted the division, then rapid fire ~10 minutes until the first assault wave entered the fire zone. Expended 375 rounds of 4.2-inch HE mortar and 432 rounds of 40mm; all fire placed within the target area; no ordnance casualties or misfires. Enemy return fire 'very light' - three mortar-type projectiles ~40 yards off the port bow; no hits on the ship, no personnel casualties. Endorsement chain documents assignment: via ComLCIGrp 55 - first endorsement on LCI(M) GROUP 55 letterhead, 11 May 1945, R. E. Hunnicutt, Lt. Comdr. USNR - and second endorsement by ComLCIFlot FOURTEEN (CTG 52.24), 30 May 1945, Theodore W. Rimer (CAPT), subject styled 'LCI(M) 1088 - ACTION REPORT - OKINAWA Operation,' noting 'the performance of all mortar units was notably excellent'; further endorsements ComPhibGrp FOUR (CTF 53) 6 June, ComPhibGrp ONE (CTG 51.19) 15 June, ComPhibForPac (CTF 51) 8 July, CincPac 23 July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- April-July 1945
- Population
- LCI(G)/(M)-1088 crew (~70 in gunboat, ~53 in mortar configuration); Mortar Division 7; assault troops on the Sobe beach section
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record; contains no asbestos or material content - establishes combat employment and command/organization facts only. Notable: the hull fired the mortar mission on 1 April 1945 while still designated LCI(G) - the 4.2-inch mortar battery was installed and operational before the formal 30 April 1945 LCI(M) redesignation (endorsements already style the unit LCI(M) Group 55 and the ship 'LCI(M) 1088'). Report title dates it 4/1/45 in the NARA title with document date 4/20/45 (micro serial 135819).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-02
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[4]NARA catalog: muster-roll file units for all three designations - NAID 120321340 'LCI(L) 1088 - Muster Rolls' (43 scans), NAID 120321384 'LCI(G) 1088 - Muster Rolls' (16 scans), NAID 120321401 'LCI(M) 1088 - Muster Rolls' (75 scans); RG 353, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (NAID 594996); Ancestry-scanned [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 120321340 (LCI(L)), 120321384 (LCI(G)), 120321401 (LCI(M)); LCI(L) file unit cover sheet read in full
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The commissioning muster-roll cover sheet (NAVPERS 605, from the LCI(L) 1088 file unit) is captioned 'MUSTER ROLL OF THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. LCI(L) 1088,' dated 'On the 6th day of September, 1944,' forwarded 7 September 1944 from 'USS LCI(L) 1088, Bay City, Michigan,' and annotated with the service span 'Com. 9-6-44 to 4-16-46.' Certified by E. A. Lindley, Ens., USNR, Executive Officer; approved by W. M. Perry, Lt.(jg), USNR, Commanding Officer - the same officer who signed the April 1945 Okinawa action report. The three designation-specific file units document the crew across the LCI(L), LCI(G), and LCI(M) configurations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Commissioning crew at Bay City (September 1944) and crews of record through the three designations to April 1946
- Limitations
- Personnel records only - no asbestos or material content. The cover sheet establishes the commissioning date/place, the commanding and executive officers, and the crew's existence as a population; individual roster pages were not transcribed for this record. The '9-6-44 to 4-16-46' span corroborates the NavSource decommissioning date of 16 April 1946.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-03
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[5]NARA deck logs, vessel coverage index entry 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-1088, 9/6/1944 - 6/30/1945' (batch-provided PRIMARY index data); NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page consulted for digitization status [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log coverage index entry LCI(L)(G)(M)-1088; digitized-online list at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (hull absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA records Navy deck logs for this hull under the combined designation LCI(L)(G)(M)-1088, with coverage 6 September 1944 (the commissioning date) through 30 June 1945 (the close of the Okinawa campaign). This dated operational record establishes service in that interval - log coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates (commissioning is independently established by the muster-roll cover sheet at ev-03). The hull is absent from the NARA published list of fully digitized deck logs, so the logs themselves remain at Archives II, College Park, in the Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations series.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09-06 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew 1944-45
- Limitations
- Index-level coverage data only - the log pages were not retrieved; deck-log contents (fueling, availability, material onloads) unexamined. Absence from the digitized list means no online access, not absence of the records. No asbestos content at index level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-04
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[6]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' (official U.S. Navy vessel list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar ships-lc.html, LCI(L), LCI(G), and LCI(M) tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy landing-craft list carries this hull in all three designation sequences: 'LCI(L)-1088' among the 1942-44 construction listing; 'LCI(G)-1088, 1944-45' annotated 'Converted to Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar) - LCI(M)'; and 'LCI(M)-1088-1089, 1945' in the mortar-craft group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Tabular registry data only; corroborates the designation sequence but supplies no dates beyond year spans and no material content. ibiblio/HyperWar is a reputable transcription mirror of official Navy publications, not the live NHHC page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-05
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[7]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), Defoe Shipbuilding yard list, Bay City MI - hull 341 = LCI(L)-1088 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-large/defoe/ hull table row 341; yard history preamble
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard-list confirmation: Defoe Shipbuilding hull number 341 is LCI(L)-1088, US Navy landing craft, 236t light / 158 ft, listed date 1 September 1944 (consistent with a delivery/completion entry following the 31 August launch), noted 'struck 1946.' The yard history notes Defoe Boat & Motor Works was founded 1905, renamed Defoe Shipbuilding Company at the start of WWII, and closed in 1976.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe construction trades, 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of yard records, not a primary registry - the '1 Sep 1944' figure likely reflects delivery rather than launch (NavSource gives launched 31 August 1944; see gaps), and 'struck 1946' is a secondary strike year where NavSource records 'date unknown.' No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (diesel propulsion, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program documentation (see ev-09); era-standard diesel-craft material practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion); GAO HRD-80-2 (era)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LCI-351-class landing craft built August-September 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard diesel amphibious craft of this period were thermal insulation around machinery, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. She carried eight GM 6051-series-71 diesel engines in two quad sets on twin shafts - a diesel plant with no steam system, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the confined-hull diesel-craft exposure dynamic applies instead.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); Maritime Commission and merchant conversion crews (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for this hull. 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-1088-07
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[9]Preload Corp. v. United States, 115 Ct. Cl. 596, No. 47849 (Ct. Cl. Feb. 6, 1950) - WWII plastic armor composition (opinion text reviewed via published copies; no live CAP/CourtListener URL verified this session); corroborated live by NavWeaps 'U.S. Merchant Marine Civilian Warships of World War II and their Armament' [court_record]
- Locator
- Preload opinion, 115 Ct. Cl. 596 (plastic-armor program description: 'plastic armor made of asphalt and gravel or similar material... Plastic Protective Plating or PPP'); NavWeaps tech-083 (composition note); NavSource spec block (armor line)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The class spec block's '2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house' was NOT an asbestos product: wartime 'plastic armor' / Plastic Protective Plating (PPP) was 'made of asphalt and gravel or similar material' (Preload Corp. v. United States, describing the Maritime Commission's 1944 shipset program) - a bituminous matrix impregnated with stones, invented to replace steel armor (NavWeaps). The splinter-protection material on this class is therefore documented as asphaltic, not fibrous-asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew at protected stations (gun tubs, conning tower, pilot house)
- Limitations
- Material documentation is class/era level - it describes the Navy/Maritime Commission plastic-armor program generally, not this hull's installation specifically. Recorded to prevent a misreading of 'plastic splinter protection' as an asbestos product; does not bear on other materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-08
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[10]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).
- 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 - standing defect per BATCH-01/98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-09
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[11]USS LCI National Association newsletter 'The Elsie Item' / Elsie Deck Log, Issue 113 (June 2021) - veteran roster naming a crewman of LCI(M) 1088 [other_primary]
- Locator
- amphibiousforces.org/News/2021JuneElsieDeckLog.pdf, Issue 113 veteran-age roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LCI veterans' association newsletter (June 2021) names Ed Moser, MoMM2/c, as having served aboard LCI(M) 1088 - at age 100 the association's 'Oldest Living LCI Crewman.' The rating (Motor Machinist's Mate) corroborates engine-room manning aboard this diesel craft.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(M)-1088 engineering crew (Motor Machinist's Mates)
- Limitations
- Veterans' organization newsletter - corroborates that a named engineman served aboard; it is a vessel-history fact, not an exposure record, and this record makes no exposure claim for Mr. Moser or any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-10
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[12]Batch-4967 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC DANFS probe; NARA catalog (action report, muster rolls, deck-log index); HyperWar landing-craft list; Shipbuilding History Defoe yard list; LCI veterans' newsletter; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1088-01 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)-1088 / LCI(G)-1088 / LCI(M)-1088 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet request budget was spent and the authenticated helper returned its pacing stand-down (hourly/burst limit, not the daily quota); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.net and similar 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 (fleet-paced, not run to completion). Deck logs (ev-04), BuShips work packages for the (G) and (M) conversions, and 1947 Maritime Commission transfer documentation are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-11
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[13]Assignment cross-check: NARA action-report endorsement chain (LCI(M) Group 55, Mortar Division 7) vs NavSource organizational listing (LCI Group Forty-One, Division Eighty-Two) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource organizational lines vs NARA NAID 101774381 report 'Via' block and first endorsement letterhead (frames 0627, 0629)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource lists this hull under 'LCI Group Forty-One, LCDR. R. F. Hunnicutt; LCI Division Eighty-Two,' but the ship's own April 1945 action report routes via 'ComLCIGrp 55' with first endorsement on 'LCI(M) GROUP 55' letterhead signed R. E. Hunnicutt, Lt. Comdr., USNR, and places her in Mortar Division 7 during the 1 April assault - the primary record governs for the Okinawa period. The flotilla assignment is consistent across both (LCI Flotilla Fourteen, Capt. Theodore W. Rimer).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- March-June 1945
- Limitations
- A wartime assignment conflict, not a material claim: Group 41/Division 82 may reflect a different reporting period or a transcription slip in the Turner-compiled source NavSource mirrors; the group commander's initials also render differently (R. F. vs R. E. Hunnicutt). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1088-12