Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-1089-lcil1089-pkt-804-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-1089 ex LCI(G)-1089 ex LCI(L)-1089 (10/15/151089.htm) - construction, designation chain, unit assignment, campaign table, awards, disposition, specifications (history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry",' Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151089.htm - history block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 23 August 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 5 September 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1089, 9 September 1944, Lt.(jg) B. L. Brenneman USNR in command; reclassified LCI(G)-1089 (Gunboat) 31 December 1944; reclassified LCI(M)-1089 (Mortar) 30 April 1945. Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Fourteen (Capt. T. W. Rimer USN), LCI Group Forty-One (LCDR R. F. Hunnicutt), LCI Division Eighty-Two. Campaigns: Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation, 26 March - 30 June 1945; minesweeping operations-Pacific, Nagasaki (Kyushu-Korea area) 10-16 September 1945 and Bungo-Suido (Honshu area) 22 September - 29 October 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September - 22 November 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; two battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 10 July 1947; final disposition unknown. Specs: 246 t. light / 419 t. loaded, 158'5.5" x 23'3"; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; complement LCI(L) 4/24, LCI(G) 5/65, LCI(M) 4/49; troop capacity 6/182. Photographs include the commissioning-crew photo at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek (circa September 1944) and a National Archives-captioned image underway off Okinawa 6 July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Aug-Sep 1944); ship's company 28-70 depending on configuration (1944-45); embarked troops; post-war occupation-era crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone and disposition data generally track official records but decommission/struck dates are unrecorded here ('date unknown') and shipbuildinghistory.com conflicts (see ev-04 and gaps). The underway-off-Okinawa photo is captioned 'LCI(R)-1089' while her documented designation at that date was LCI(M) - a caption wrinkle, not a designation change (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - ship-number list (archives.gov PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 16, row 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-1089 9/9/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official logbook inventory lists a deck-log holding for 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-1089' covering 9/9/1944 - 6/30/1945 (ship-number list, PDF p. 16): National Archives holds this hull's logs (RG 24, Entry 118 series coverage for the period), documenting in-scope wartime service from commissioning through the Okinawa campaign window. These are log-coverage dates, not asserted commissioning/decommissioning dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09-09 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- ship's company during the log-coverage window (1944-09-09 to 1945-06-30)
- Limitations
- Inventory-level record only: establishes that deck logs exist in NARA custody covering the stated window; the logs themselves are not digitized in the SL-44 context and their contents were not reviewed. The 6/30/1945 end date is the inventory cutoff common to the list, not the end of her service. Digitization status in the National Archives Catalog could not be verified this session (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered; API requires a key). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-02
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[4]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (Naval Vessel Register-derived designation tables) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - LCI(G) table row 'LCI(G)-1089'; LCI(L) roster row 'LCI(L)-1089'; LCI(M) table row 'LCI(M)-1088-1089'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-derived designation corroboration for this hull across all three configurations: 'LCI(L)-1089' appears in the LCI(L) roster (1942-44 commission group); 'LCI(G)-1089' is listed 1944-45 with the note 'Converted to Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar) -- LCI(M)'; and 'LCI(M)-1088-1089' appears in the 1945 mortar-group block. Independently corroborates the NavSource designation chain.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Table-level corroboration only - confirms the hull existed in each designation and the LCI(G)-to-LCI(M) conversion; carries no dates finer than commission year-groups, no builder, and no disposition. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory.com, 'Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI' yard production table (compiled from Lloyd's/MARAD-derived yard records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe yard table, hull-342 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe yard's own production table lists hull 342 as 'LCI(L) 1089,' US Navy landing craft, 236d tons / 158 ft, delivered 1-Sep-44, disposition 'Struck 1946.' Confirms the builder attribution (Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI) against NavSource, and supplies the builder hull number.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; the row's 'delivered 1-Sep-44' precedes NavSource's 5-Sep-44 launch date - likely a different milestone definition or a table slip, unresolved (see gaps). Its 'Struck 1946' conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-04
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[6]USS LCI National Association / Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, 'Elsie Item' newsletter Issue 121 (June 2023) - Ens. Mitchel Gerber LCI(L)(G)(M)-1089 crew account [other_primary]
- Locator
- Elsie Item Issue 121 (June 2023), pp. ~30 - Gerber/1089 article and poem 'The Terrible LCI'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A crew member's wartime materials (letters, photos, a poem) described in the LCI veterans'-association newsletter place this hull at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island, Solomons, on 19 February 1945 (ship nicknamed 'The Gravel Gertie'); document Amphibious Training Base, Coronado, California en route to the Pacific; and restate the Okinawa assault/occupation and September 1945 Nagasaki-area minesweeping service, with photographs of Hiroshima taken after the war. Ens. Gerber's discharge was 2 March 1946.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ens. Mitchel Gerber and LCI(L)(G)(M)-1089 crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association newsletter, not an official source - used as corroborating context for the service narrative only. Individual-crew detail is anecdotal; the nickname and Solomons photo-date rest on family-held materials described by the editor. No asbestos content; no exposure claim is made for Ens. Gerber or any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (all-diesel plant: 2 sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp); LCI-351-class 1944 wartime construction at a small commercial yard (Defoe, Bay City MI); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; Defoe yard table; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built August-September 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were engine-room and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation/habitability insulation. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her 158-ft hull carried a materially smaller insulated-piping volume than a steam combatant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-47); any yard/base trades at Pacific availabilities; unknown post-1947 custodians
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1089. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-06
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[8]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 (1944-47).
- 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 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-07
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[9]Batch-4968 search ledger (this record): NavSource live page; NARA Special List 44 PDF; HyperWar landing-craft tables; shipbuildinghistory.com Defoe table; Elsie Item newsletter PDF; CourtListener opinions and RECAP dockets (zero qualifying hits); NHHC/DANFS (no entry); NVR (no entry); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1089-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-1089 / LCI(G)-1089 / LCI(M)-1089 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched on the ship's exact name and all hull-designation variants in both opinions (type=o) and dockets (type=r) - zero results in each; secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm 'asbestos aboard' page specific to this hull.
- 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. RG 24 deck logs (inventoried by SL-44) and Defoe/BuShips construction records are undigitized leads; deck-log contents were not reviewed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1089-08