Evidence
18 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-18).
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[1]research packet 826-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-1092-lcil1092-pkt-826-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LSIL-1092 ex-USS LCI(L)-1092 page (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page - header designation line, awards table, campaign table, postwar assignment table, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 6 September 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; launched 19 September 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1092, 23 September 1944, LTjg. D. A. Schaefer USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment: LCI Flotilla Nineteen (LCDR. E. C. Floger); LCI Group Fifty-Six (LTjg. C. M. Reese USNR); LCI Division One Hundred Eleven. Campaigns: Okinawa Gunto operations - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 30 June 1945; Minesweeping operations Pacific - Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea area) 21-25 September 1945, Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea area) 12-20 October 1945, Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyus area) 27 October-5 November 1945. Post-war: Navy Occupation Service 2 September-16 December 1945; China Service (extended) 19 June 1946-10 May 1949. Decommissioned, date unknown; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; reclassified LSIL-1092, 28 February 1949; transferred to France under MDAP for use in French Indochina 8 January 1951, redesignated L9032; returned to US Naval custody, date unknown; struck, date unknown; final disposition, fate unknown. Two battle stars for WWII service. Specifications: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 + 182; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC generators; radio call sign NZUB.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Sep 1944); wartime crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted) plus embarked troops (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted); Group 56 staff embarked (1944-45)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - the page's history is credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II (1995). Where image-read NARA primary documents exist (this record ev-04 through ev-09), they corroborate the campaign list, the flotilla/group/division chain, and the flagship role; NavSource remains the source for construction milestones, occupation/China service windows, LSIL reclassification, and the MDAP transfer date. The page contains a copy-paste slip - 'Following World War II USS Arcturus was assigned...' introduces this hull's own occupation/China-service table (the Arcturus name is the error, dates belong to this hull). 'Floger' is NavSource's spelling for the Flotilla 19 commander (sibling pages print 'Folger'); 'Schaefer' vs 'Schaeffer' variants exist across the primary documents (see correction row). Does not establish asbestos presence or absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-01
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton data, njscuba.net mirror), Defoe Shipbuilding construction list, Bay City MI [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defoe hull list, row 345; yard-history preamble
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Defoe yard list shows yard hull no. 345 = LCI(L)-1092, US Navy landing craft, 236 dwt, 158 ft, delivered (month-precision entry) September 1944, disposition 'later LSIL-1092, to France 1951 as L-9032, returned 1955.' The list shows sisters LCI(L)-1052 through -1098 built sequentially at Defoe (yard hulls ~305-351, March-October 1944). Yard description: 'Defoe Boat & Motor Works was started in 1905... The name was changed to Defoe Shipbuilding Company at the beginning of WWII. The shipyard closed in 1976 and the site is now a scrapyard.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944; 1951-1955
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding workforce, 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-list reference (Colton data). The Delivered column entry '1 Sep 1944' is month-precision and conflicts slightly with NavSource's laid-down date of 6 September - carried as list granularity, not a fact conflict worth resolving; the corroborated detail beyond NavSource is the 1955 return-from-France year. Does not establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List No. 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - ship-number edition, RG 24 logbook inventory [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 21, rows 'LCI(L)-1092 9/23/1944-12/31/1945' and 'LCI(L)-1092 2/1/1947-3/31/1947'; NARA logbooks hub https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (PDF page 21, verified this session by direct extraction) lists TWO deck-log holdings rows for LCI(L)-1092: '9/23/1944 - 12/31/1945' (the wartime service window) AND '2/1/1947 - 3/31/1947' (a second interval falling inside the hull's extended China Service period, 19 June 1946 - 10 May 1949 per NavSource). The logs reside in RG 24 (Entry 118) at Archives II, College Park; the hull is absent from NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' digitized index (checked 2026-09-29).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (coverage intervals)
- Population
- crew reflected in deck logs, Sep 1944 - Dec 1945 and Feb-Mar 1947
- Limitations
- Holdings inventory, not the logs themselves - establishes archival existence and coverage windows, not contents. Coverage endpoints are records-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates (the 9/23/1944 start coincides with the independently documented commissioning date; the 12/31/1945 and 3/31/1947 ends are mid-service). Log contents unexamined - an open archival lead, not an asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-03
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[5]NARA catalog, file unit 'LCI(L) 1092 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120320777, RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (168 digitized images; NARA-partnership scan set 32860_246089) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120320777 digitalObjects[0], image 32860_246089-00004.jpg (quarterly roll cover, 30 Sep 1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds 168 digitized images of muster rolls for LCI(L)-1092. The first image (image-read this session) is the quarterly muster-roll cover dated 30 September 1944, handwritten 'Comm. 9-23-44 to 7-1-46' - confirming both the 23 September 1944 commissioning and that the roll series runs to 1 July 1946. The roll is approved by 'D. A. SCHAEFER Lt.(jg) USNR' (Commanding Officer) and certified by Herbert Rosenberg, Ensign USNR (Executive Officer); it was forwarded 3 October 1944 from 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 1092, New Orleans, La.' - documenting the hull's post-commissioning transit down the inland waterway from Bay City to the Gulf (consistent with Defoe's standard Chicago-Illinois-Mississippi delivery route for LCIs).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09-23 to 1946-07-01 (roll coverage per cover annotation)
- Population
- named officers and enlisted carried on LCI(L)-1092 muster rolls, 1944-46
- Limitations
- Personnel record, not a material record: establishes who was carried aboard and documents the commissioning date and early transit, not what materials were aboard. Roster-level review of all 168 images was not performed; first-roll metadata image-verified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-04
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[6]NARA, 'LCI(L)-1092 - Rep of opers in support of the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 4/28/45-7/1/45', NAID 77485755, RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (Roll A1861, micro serial 140670, serial 03-45; 2 digitized images, image-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77485755 digitalObjects, images A_1861/0920.jpg and 0921.jpg (report pp. 1-2)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull's own Running Action Report (CONFIDENTIAL; U.S.S. LCI(L) 1092, serial 03-45, 18 July 1945; CO to CINC U.S. Fleet via Comdr. LCI(L) Group 56 / Flotilla 19 / Amphibious Forces Pacific / CincPac), image-verified: 22 April 1945 the ship formed up in convoy outside Apra Harbor, Guam, with YMS-431, SC-1474, SC-628, LCI(L)s 1091, 1090, 996, 768, 884, 816, 815, 814, 819, 818, 817 and LSMs 255, 333, 329, 125, 447, 209, 5 - 'C.T.U. was Lt. Reese, Commander of LCI(L) Group 56 aboard LCI(L) 1092' (this hull was the embarked group flagship). Arrived Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa, 28 April (destination changed from Kerama Retto by radio 27 April); CTU Reese reported to CTG 51.19 aboard USS Texas. Duties 28 April-30 June: night smoke-making for major fleet units (ships covered included USS Wichita, USS Mobile, and battleships Texas and New York), offshore patrol, an AA line on the outer edge of Hagushi Beach anchorage each evening, and - because she carried the group flag - daytime administration, equipment/supply procurement, and smoke-pot/fog-oil distribution for group ships. On 17 May she led the column of LCI(L)s 768, 1090, 884, 996 to the west side (Hagushi Beach) with Group Commander Reese aboard. Control of the island passed to CG 10th Army 1 July.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04-22 to 1945-07-01
- Population
- LCI(L)-1092 crew plus embarked Group 56 staff (Lt. C. M. Reese), Apr-Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Ship's own primary operational report - the strongest class of source in this record. Narrated at ship/group level; it documents duties, not material composition - no asbestos content. Signature block reads 'D. A. SCHAEFFER Lt. USNR' while NavSource and the muster-roll cover print 'Schaefer' and 'Lt.(jg)' - spelling/rank variants logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-05
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[7]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 56 - War Diary, 10/15/44 to 2/28/45', NAID 139945395, RG 38 WWII War Diaries (Roll A1492, serial 16; 10 digitized images; October section image-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139945395 digitalObjects, image 0428.jpg (15-31 October 1944 narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Group 56 war diary's opening entry, image-verified: '15 October: LCI(L) Group FIFTY-SIX was commissioned as of this date, and staff moved aboard the U.S.S. LCI(L) 1092' - i.e., this hull was the group flagship from the group's own commissioning. The group is listed as consisting of LCI(L)s 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, '817, 817' [sic - the number is duplicated in the original document; 818 appears in the August 1945 roster], 819, 1090, 1091, and 1092, in Flotilla NINETEEN, attached to Amphibious Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and trained 15-31 October 1944 under the Amphibious Training Base Command at Galveston, Texas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-10-15 to 1944-10-31 (verified section); diary covers to 1945-02-28
- Population
- Group 56 staff embarked aboard 1092; crew during Galveston shakedown
- Limitations
- Group-level primary record; covers formation and Gulf training. Later sections of this 10-image diary (Nov 1944-Feb 1945 transit) were not fully image-read - the October commissioning passage was verified directly. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-06
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[8]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 56 - War Diary, 8/1/45 TO 9/30/45', NAID 77595553, RG 38 WWII War Diaries (Roll A1988, serial 021; 5 digitized images covering August and September separately; image-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77595553 digitalObjects, images A_1988/0143.jpg (August enclosure, ship roster with '(Flag)') and 0145.jpg-0146.jpg (September enclosure, MinPac assignment and 8 Sep departure)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- August 1945 enclosure (image-verified): Group 56's two divisions are listed - Div. 111 = LCI(L)s 768, 884, 996, 1090, 1091, and '1092 (Flag)'; Div. 112 = LCI(L)s 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819 - operating in the vicinity of Okinawa Island providing smoke coverage for Hagushi Anchorage, a daily 1800-2000 AA patrol, mail runs, escort duty, and POW pickup (about 3,400 passengers and 500 tons of cargo handled during the month, including 2,300 POWs). September 1945 enclosure (image-verified): the group was officially assigned to MinPac (minesweeping) operations and departed Okinawa in echelons for southern Kyushu minefields - '(d) U.S.S. LCI(L) 1092 with 996, 223, 329, 330, 549, LCI(M) 1088 and LCI(M) 807 departed for Sasebo on the west coast of Kyushu to engage in minesweeping operations on 8 September 1945.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-08 to 1945-09
- Population
- crew and embarked group staff; POW passengers carried Aug 1945
- Limitations
- Group-level primary record; the flagship marking and the 8 September Sasebo movement are stated for this hull explicitly. Per-day positions within group duties are not itemized. NavSource's campaign credit window for Sasebo (21-25 September) postdates the documented 8 September deployment - both are carried with sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-07
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[9]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 56 - War Diary, 10/1-31/45', NAID 77601096, RG 38 WWII War Diaries (Roll A1993, serial 024; 3 digitized images, image-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77601096 digitalObjects, image A_1993/0994.jpg (October disposition list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The October 1945 diary's disposition list (image-verified) assigns 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 1092 - Sasebo (China Sea)' - first-named among the group's Sasebo-based ships, consistent with the embarked group flag - during the month covering the documented Tsushima Straits sweep (12-20 October) and the run-up to the Skagway operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-10
- Population
- crew and embarked group staff, October 1945
- Limitations
- Group-level primary record; a base-area assignment list, not a per-day track for this hull. Does not detail the Tsushima Strait operation for 1092 individually. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-08
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[10]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 56 - Report of operations during minesweeping operations in the East China Sea, 10/27/45 to 11/5/45', NAID 77606285, RG 38 WWII War Diaries (Roll A2018, micro serial 155742, serial 023, dated 6 Nov 1945; 7 digitized images; pp. 1-2 and Enclosure C image-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77606285 digitalObjects, images A_2018/0102.jpg (p.1 narrative), 0103.jpg (Enclosure A roster), 0106.jpg (Enclosure C employment description)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Skagway-minefield report (CONFIDENTIAL; Comdr. LCI(L) Group 56 to Comdr. LCI(L) Flotilla 19, serial 023, 6 November 1945), image-verified: 'This Command aboard the U.S.S. LCI(L) 1092, together with other LCI(L)s in company, departed from Sasebo Harbor at 0600, 26 October 1945 as a part of Task Group 52.5 under the command of Capt. T. W. DAVISON, USN, aboard the U.S.S. Gwinn (DM33).' The task group swept the Skagway minefield in the China Sea 26 October - 6 November 1945; LCI(L)s were 'employed primarily as mine destruction vessels' (approaching within about 50 yards of mines for 20mm and rifle fire), plus dan-buoy planting and miscellaneous assignments. Enclosure (A) lists group ships and COs: LCI(L)s 84, 86, 96, 223, 329, 332, 1029, 996, and 'LCI(L) 1092 - Lt. D. A. Schaefer' (service no. 344092), plus LCI(M) 807. Several ships suffered equipment/materiel casualties; no personnel casualties.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-10-26 to 1945-11-06
- Population
- crew and embarked group staff; TG 52.5 minesweeping force population
- Limitations
- Primary after-action report; names the hull as embarked flagship and lists her CO, but employment detail is narrated at group level - the report does not itemize 1092's individual mine-destruction actions. The report's stated window (26 Oct-6 Nov) is one day wider at each end than NavSource's campaign-credit window (27 Oct-5 Nov) - both carried with sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-09
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[11]NARA, 'COM LCI(L) GR 56 - War Diary, 12/1-31/45', NAID 140086613, RG 38 WWII War Diaries (export_WWII_WarDiaries_2013_216983, serial 027; 4 digitized images, image-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140086613 digitalObjects, images 0032.jpg (roster + early-December Marine transport narrative) through 0034.jpg (16 Dec departure, Saipan stopover, 28 Dec Pearl Harbor departure)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The December 1945 diary (image-verified) again lists '1092 (Flag)' heading Div. 111 and documents the hull's final wartime weeks: group ships (including 1092) transported Marines of the 5th and 2nd Marine Divisions to islands in the Kyushu area for destruction of Japanese military installations (Tsushima Islands of Kamino Shima and Shimono Shima, Koshiki Retto, Yakushima, Kure Shima, Tanega Shima). 7 December: LCI(L)s 1092 and 996 released from Marine operations at Koshiki Retto, reported to Sasebo. 10 December: 'This command aboard the LCI(L) 1092' with 996, 818, 815 departed Sasebo for Kagoshima, arriving 11 December. 16 December: 'This command aboard the LCI(L) 1092 together with LCIs in company (1090, 1091, 996, 819, 818, 816, 815, 814, LCI(M) 808, 768) made departure for Pearl Harbor via Saipan' - matching NavSource's Navy Occupation Service end date of 16 December 1945. 23-28 December: Saipan stopover; 28 December: departed for Pearl Harbor, en route at month's end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-12
- Population
- crew, embarked group staff, embarked Marines (5th/2nd Div. lifts)
- Limitations
- Group-level primary record; the 16 December departure statement and flagship designation name this hull directly. Movements after 31 December are outside the diary's window. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-10
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[12]Net Marine (netmarine.net), 'Les LSIL en Indochine' - French Navy LSIL service page (French-language naval-history compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- netmarine.net/forces/operatio/indo/lsil.htm, LSIL section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- French-service corroboration: 'Les trois premiers LSIL naviguent quelque temps sous leurs numeros d'origine : LSIL 715, 818 et 1092 ; puis quand vient la numerotation selon les normes OTAN, ils deviennent L9030 a 9032' - this hull served in Indochina first under her LSIL-1092 number, then as L9032 under NATO pennant allocation. In Indochina the LSILs were fitted with a 120mm mortar and replaced worn first-generation LCIs as command ships of the Dinassauts (naval assault divisions). Of the group, 'L9031 et 32, L9036 et 37' were returned to the US Navy - corroborating the return-to-custody outcome.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1951-1955
- Population
- French Navy crews, Indochina, 1951-c1955
- Limitations
- A curated French-language naval-history compilation - secondary sourcing for the French chapter; it confirms service-as-L9032, the Dinassaut command role, and return to the US Navy but does not give this hull's individual French-service dates or final fate. Does not establish asbestos content. (Note: the later French BATRAL FS Dumont d'Urville also carried pennant L9032 - a different vessel; the number is a collision in secondary sources.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-11
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[13]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) - 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' design-group table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. II, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' table, printed pp. 200-201
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips data table covers this hull's design group 'LCI(L) 351-1098' (LCI(L)-1092 falls inside the 351-1098 hull series): length overall 159'0", length on waterline 153'0", extreme beam 23'8"; trial displacement 381 tons, trial draft 5'8"; total accommodations 8 officers / 32 enlisted; armament five 20-mm AA machine-gun mounts; two propellers driven by G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines totaling 2,320 shp through single GM main reduction gears; two diesel-driven ship's-service generators, 20 kW each, 120 V DC; diesel-oil capacity 860 bbls; trial speed 14.4 knots (estimate based on Model Basin test).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945 (publication data year)
- Population
- design-basis complement for the class; construction-era trades class-wide
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation - the table describes the LCI(L) 351-1098 design group, not this specific hull's as-built condition or material schedule. Values differ from NavSource's ship-page specifications on several points (LOA/beam, generator kW, complement) - design-basis vs as-operated conventions; both sourced. No asbestos content - the table lists machinery and geometry only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-12
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[14]Library of Congress, HAER OR-180 - 'LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, Multnomah County, OR' (written historical and descriptive data) [haer]
- Locator
- LOC item or0606 / HAER OR-180 data pages (or0606data.pdf), full-text grep for 'asbestos' = 0 hits
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal HAER documentation of the LCI-351 class survives through sister hull LCI(L)-713, described as 'the last remaining example of a World War II Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) 351-class amphibious assault vessel in its original configuration' - Navy-designed to beach and discharge troops via ramps; class data: 158'5.5" x 23'3", 387 t. loaded, eight GM 6-71 diesels. Full-text check of the HAER data pages finds no asbestos or hazardous-material content - the record documents design and history only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 design era; HAER documentation compiled after 1968
- Population
- class-wide construction and operating populations
- Limitations
- Class documentation via a surviving sister ship - describes the type, not hull 1092. The absence of asbestos analysis is reported as checked (zero mentions in the PDF text); the HAER record neither supports nor refutes asbestos content aboard any LCI(L).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-13
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[15]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page [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 construction (1944) and USN service era, and relevant to her French-service period as a transferred hull.
- 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. Small diesel landing craft carried far less insulation than steam-plant vessels; the report does not itemize LCI(L)-type applications. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - same standing block as prior batches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-14
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[16]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LCI(L) 351-1098 design table (diesel plant, accommodations, armament); NavSource specification block (GM 6051-series diesels, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch props); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through early 1970s); HAER OR-180 class documentation (welded-steel 351-class landing craft) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LCI(L) table; NavSource specs; GAO HRD-80-2; HAER OR-180
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built September 1944 at a Great Lakes wartime yard sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard small diesel combatant/landing craft of this period were diesel exhaust-system lagging in the machinery space, machinery and flange gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, deck covering/tile, and winch/windlass brake linings. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1944); crew (1944-51); French crews (1951-c1955); any disposal-era workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1092. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product terms are normalized era descriptions; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-15
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[17]Batch-4971 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 PDF (direct extraction); NARA catalog API + image-read primary documents (Okinawa report, muster-roll cover, four Group 56 war-diary months, Skagway report); NavSource 151092; ShipbuildingHistory Defoe list; NHHC/DANFS (no entry); NVR (pre-1987 exclusion confirmed live); CourtListener authenticated searches; netmarine.net French-service page; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; HAER OR-180 full-text; GAO product page; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1092-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or litigation product-identification record naming USS LCI(L)-1092/LSIL-1092 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets on the canonical hull form '"LCI(L)-1092"' and zero opinions on '"LSIL-1092"' (2026-09-29); variant queries '"LCI-1092"' and '"LCI(L) 1092"' were pacing-blocked at session end - logged blocked, not negative. The only 'asbestos aboard LCI' material on the open web 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 - era-standard materials on a 1944 combatant make asbestos plausible, but it is not ship-proven. Two CourtListener variant queries remain open (pacing-blocked); the undigitized deck logs (both SL-44 intervals), Defoe yard work packages, and French-service/disposal records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-16
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[18]Cross-source discrepancy check: NavSource ship page; NARA primary documents (muster-roll cover, action report, war diaries, Skagway report); ShipbuildingHistory Defoe list; Wikipedia USS LCI(L)-1092 article; netmarine.net LSIL page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 151092; NAID 120320777 cover; NAID 77485755 signature block; NAID 77606285 Enclosure A; shipbuildinghistory Defoe list; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LCI(L)-1092 (infobox vs text); netmarine LSIL page; SDB 1945 v2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/DISCREPANCY NOTE: (1) Wikipedia's infobox carries 'Commissioned 21 September 1944' while its own article text says 23 September - the 23rd is correct (NavSource and the NARA muster-roll cover 'Comm. 9-23-44' agree); the infobox date is an internal error. (2) Wikipedia's infobox 'Reclassified LSI(L)-1091' is a typo for LSIL-1092 (NavSource, ShipbuildingHistory, and netmarine all agree). (3) Wikipedia 'Decommissioned 1955' is unverified - likely conflates the 1955 return from French custody (ShipbuildingHistory) with decommissioning; NavSource carries 'date unknown.' (4) NavSource prints 'LCDR. E. C. Floger' for Flotilla 19 - sibling pages print 'Folger'; spelling unverified against muster rolls. (5) CO spelling/rank variants: 'D. A. Schaefer Lt.(jg)' (muster roll, Sep 1944; NavSource) vs 'D. A. SCHAEFFER Lt. USNR' (his own Jul 1945 report) vs 'Lt. D. A. Schaefer' (Nov 1945 Skagway roster) - promotion LTjg->LT during service; spelling settled as 'Schaefer' on the preponderance. (6) NavSource's page labels the class 'LCI(L)-1 Class' while the BuShips design group is 'LCI(L) 351-1098' and sister records use 'LCI-351 class' - the hull sits in the 351-1098 group; NavSource's label is its archive's generic section label.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1955 (values); 2026-09-29 (check)
- Limitations
- Resolves presentation of conflicting secondary/transcription values; does not assert correctness where primary evidence is absent. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1092-17