Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]research packet 826-packet.md (2 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-1096-lcil1096-pkt-826-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-1096 page (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/151096.htm header block, unit-assignment paragraph, Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table, occupation-service table, awards block, disposition lines, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 25 September 1944 at DeFoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI; launched 7 October 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-1096 on 13 October 1944, LTjg. R. H. Kaiser, USNR in command; assigned in WWII to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LCI Flotilla Nineteen (LCDR. E.C. Folger), LCI Group Fifty-Five (LCDR. S. J. Kelley, USNR), LCI Division One Hundred-Ten; one campaign printed - Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 30 May to 30 June 1945; post-war Occupation service in the Far East 2 September to 1 November 1945 and 17 November to 25 December 1945 (Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp); decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown'; earned one battle star for WWII service. Awards printed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp). Call sign NZUQ. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; 4 officers + 24 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; all-diesel GM plant, twin screws, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Sep-Oct 1944); crew 1944-46 (4 officers + 24 enlisted complement; embarked troops up to ~188); disposal workforce (postwar)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation drawing on the Turner Publishing unit-history book, not a primary registry; milestone dates generally track official data. Contains no asbestos or material content. The printed unit assignment (Flotilla 19 / Group 55 / Division 110) conflicts with the official NHHC Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945, which places LCI 1096 in Flotilla Three / Group 9 / Division 18 - see ev-05 and gaps. Spec block prints 'General Motors 6051 series 71' - a misprint for the GM 6-71 diesel carried in class documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), LCI(L) section [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 21, row 'LCI(L)-1096 10/13/1944 6/30/1945'; program page archives.gov/research/military/logbooks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (verified live, PDF page 21, ship-number listing) records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-1096 covering 13 October 1944 through 30 June 1945. Deck logs of this period are the daily operational record of the vessel - the primary source for positions, moorings, availabilities, casualties, and embarked personnel. The coverage start coincides with the 13 October 1944 commissioning date per NavSource, but endpoints are log-coverage bounds, not commissioned/decommissioned claims.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-10-13 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Officers and crew of LCI(L)-1096, October 1944 - June 1945
- Limitations
- Log-coverage endpoints are holdings bounds, not service-life claims. Contents were not individually inspected this session; the coverage window ends 30 June 1945 - the same day her printed Okinawa Gunto campaign period ends - and later logs (occupation period through disposal) exist in NARA custody under different finding aids. This hull does not appear on the NARA digitized-logs public list (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy checked 2026-09-29). No asbestos content asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-02
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[4]NARA Catalog: 'COM 9 - War Diary, 10/1-31/44' (NAID 139774270) - War Diary of the NINTH Naval District, Great Lakes, Illinois, October 1944 (RG 38, World War II War Diaries series; 11 public scan images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139774270, image 0732 (catalog.archives.gov scan set, 11 images), entry of 18 October 1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary record inspected directly this session (publicly downloadable catalog scans). The Ninth Naval District war diary for October 1944 (transmitted by Commandant, NINTH Naval District, Great Lakes IL, to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet, letter of 19 December 1944, serial WD255-44) logs under District Operations Office for 18 October 1944: 'LCI(L) 1096 departed Bay City, Michigan for New Orleans, Louisiana' - documenting the hull's post-commissioning transit from the builder's yard down the inland waterway system to the Gulf, five days after commissioning at Bay City.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-10-18
- Population
- Crew of LCI(L)-1096 during builder-to-Gulf transit
- Limitations
- Single operational log entry - confirms the departure event and date only; does not describe the vessel's condition, material, or crew. No asbestos content. The diary records district-wide vessel movements; no commissioning entry for LCI(L)-1096 appears in the October pages (the 13 October entry logs only LST 797's departure), so the diary is corroboration of movement, not of the commissioning event itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-03
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[5]NARA Catalog: 'LCI(L) 1096 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120320354, RG 24 Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships 1939-1949; 67 public scan images under the Ancestry-NARA collaboration; first-roll date 1944 October 13 per catalog metadata) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120320354; forwarding-sheet image 32860_246085-00002.jpg and Report of Changes image -00004.jpg (catalog.archives.gov public scan set)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship's muster rolls - the quarterly personnel record naming every enlisted man attached - are publicly scanned at NARA (67 images; rolls begin with the 13 October 1944 commissioning-day reporting). Inspected directly this session: the forwarding sheet of the quarterly roll for 31 December 1944 is approved by 'R. H. KAISER, Lt.(jg) D-V(S) USNR, Commanding Officer' on 4 January 1945 and forwarded 5 January 1945 from Naval Repair Base, San Diego, California - confirming the commanding officer's name as printed by NavSource (and correcting the 'B. H. Kaiser' initial printed in the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet-organization document - see ev-05) and placing the ship at a San Diego repair base in early January 1945, consistent with post-shakedown availability before Pacific deployment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-10 to 1945 (roll span); forwarding sheet dated 1945-01-04/05
- Population
- Officers and crew of LCI(L)-1096 as of 1944-12-31 roll; commissioning crew on the 13 October 1944 reporting
- Limitations
- Forwarding-sheet and Report of Changes pages inspected; the full 67-image roster was not transcribed. Muster rolls document personnel, not material - no asbestos content. The 'Naval Repair Base San Diego' forwarding location indicates where the report was mailed from, not necessarily a formal availability - operational detail would require the deck logs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-04
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official fleet-organization document, online reading room), LCI Flotilla Three / Group 9 / Division 18 listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- history.navy.mil Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, 'LCI DIVISION 18' table under LCI GROUP 9 / LCI FLOTILLA THREE (page ~77 of the transcription)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document places LCI 1096 - 'Lt. (jg) B. H. Kaiser (USNR)' - in LCI Flotilla THREE, LCI Group 9, LCI Division 18, alongside consecutive sisters LCI 1093-1098 (all six Defoe-block boats in one division). This conflicts with NavSource/Turner's printed assignment for this hull (Flotilla Nineteen / Group Fifty-Five / Division One Hundred-Ten); under the same NHHC organization document, Group 55's Division 110 contains LCIs 807-810 and 1088-1089, with no 1096. The NHHC document is the primary record; the NavSource chain is a secondary compilation - the two are carried as a documented conflict (see gaps). The officer initial printed here ('B. H. Kaiser') conflicts with the ship's own muster-roll signature 'R. H. Kaiser' (ev-04); the signature controls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 3 / Group 9 / Division 18 crews, 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- A single-date organization snapshot (1 May 1945) - unit assignments could and did change; Turner may reflect a different date, or may simply be in error for this hull. The battle-star campaign it corroborates (Okinawa Gunto, 30 May-30 June 1945) postdates the snapshot by a month. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-05
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[7]NARA Catalog: 'COM FIFTH PHIBFOR - Report of operations in the occupation of Southern Honshu & Kyushu, Japan, 8/15/45-10/3/45' (NAID 77502884, RG 38) - Commander Fifth Amphibious Force / Commander Task Force 54 occupation report; inspected via the publicly downloadable Fold3-scan mirror hosted at mansell.com (Allied POWs research collection, 'Fifth Amph Force CTF54 - Occupation of Kyushu and Honshu 1945-08-15to10-03.pdf', 98 pages, NARA declassification stamp E.O. 13526 / NDC 2012) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77502884; mansell.com-hosted scan pp. 16 (21 Sep 1945 arrival entry), 39 and 49 (Part III task-organization lists)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary record inspected directly this session (image-scanned pages OCR-read). The CTF-54/Fifth Amphibious Force occupation report logs for 21 September 1945 at Sasebo Ko, Japan: 'Arrivals: CONSERVER (ARS 39), LCI's 1096, 1097, 815, ROOKS (DD 804), KENNETH WHITING, SHELIKOF' (auxiliary hull numbers partly garbled in scan OCR; LCI identities legible) - documenting LCI(L)-1096's arrival at Sasebo during the Kyushu occupation landings, inside the ship's printed Navy Occupation Service Medal period (2 September - 1 November 1945). The report's Part III 'Detailed Task Organization of Task Force 54' also lists LCI 1096 among the force's LCI(L)s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-09-21 (arrival entry); 1945-08-15 to 1945-10-03 (report period)
- Population
- Crew of LCI(L)-1096; occupation force at Sasebo, September 1945
- Limitations
- Single-day arrival entry plus task-organization listings - confirms presence at Sasebo on 21 September 1945 and assignment to the CTF-54 occupation organization, not the ship's condition or activities in detail. Inspected via a third-party-hosted scan of the NARA/Fold3 record (the NARA catalog page, NAID 77502884, is the authoritative record; the Fold3 image set is membership-gated). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-06
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[8]NARA Catalog: 'LCI-1096 (LCI(L)-1096)' (NAID 2760258) - file unit in RG 38 'Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978', creator Department of the Navy, Board of Inspection and Survey [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 2760258, RG 38 series 'Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation' (1940-1978), paper copy, NARA College Park
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A hull-specific Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) file exists for LCI-1096 in the Navy's material-inspection series - the class of record that documents a vessel's material condition at inspection (construction acceptance, periodic, or pre-disposal). Paper copy at the National Archives at College Park (Container ID 9); not digitized.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940-1978 (series span; file date unstated)
- Population
- LCI(L)-1096 material condition at inspection date (unknown)
- Limitations
- Existence verified in the catalog; contents not read (not digitized - requires College Park pull). The inspection date and subject are not stated in the catalog description; whether the file contains any material or insulation content at all is unknown. This is the strongest unexamined ship-specific archival lead located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-07
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[9]NARA Catalog, unit records covering this hull's printed formation: 'COM LCI(L) GR 55 - Rep of ops in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Is, 5/1-31/45' (NAID 140041816); COM LCI(L) FLOT 19 war diaries for 9/25/44-2/28/45 and March-September 1945 (NAIDs 139915489, 139975605, 77584903, 140013000, 101722599, 77518838, 77548243, 77547813) - all RG 38, NARA College Park, Fold3-digitized [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 140041816, 139915489, 139975605, 77584903, 140013000, 101722599, 77518838, 77548243, 77547813 (RG 38), NARA College Park
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds and has digitized the war diaries of LCI Flotilla Nineteen for essentially the hull's entire commissioned wartime period (25 Sep 1944 - Sep 1945), and the Group 55 report of operations for the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto in May 1945 - the printed formation and the printed campaign for this hull (per NavSource/Turner). These formation-level records are the standard place a division boat's operations, tasking, and casualties are summarized - the lead for reconstructing LCI(L)-1096's Okinawa-period movements where her own digitized logs end 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09 to 1945-09
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 19 / Group 55 / Division 110 crews, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Existence verified in the NARA catalog; contents not read - the Fold3 scans are membership-gated (catalog pages verified live). Unit-level diaries are formation records - LCI(L)-1096's presence in them is likely given the printed assignment but unverified, and is further clouded by the NHHC 1-May-45 organization placing the hull in Flotilla 3 / Group 9 (see ev-05). War diaries are operational narratives, not material inventories - no asbestos content expected or asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-08
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[10]ShipbuildingHistory, 'Defoe Shipbuilding' yard table (hull 349 = LCI(L) 1096, US Navy landing craft, 236d t., 158 ft, 1-Oct-44, 'Struck 1946') and companion LCI(L) production list (LCI(L) 1096, Defoe SB, Bay City MI, 13-Oct-44, 'To NDRF 1947') [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/defoe.htm row 349; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm LCI(L) 1096 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent shipyard-production tabulation corroborates builder and identity: Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI, built LCI(L)s 1052-1098 (yard hulls 305-351); hull 349 is LCI(L)-1096, a 236-ton, 158-ft landing craft dated October 1944; the companion LCI(L) table dates her 13 October 1944 (the commissioning date per NavSource) and carries 'To NDRF 1947'. Yard-table disposition prints 'Struck 1946'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944; 1946-1947 (disposal notes)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades, Bay City, Sep-Oct 1944
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled production tables (shipbuildinghistory.com), not primary records; the yard-table '1-Oct-44' column is a build-month marker while the LCI page prints 13-Oct-44 matching NavSource's commissioning. 'Struck 1946' / 'To NDRF 1947' conflict with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' / 'fate unknown' - carried in gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-09
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[11]'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' (HyperWar transcription of the NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' ship-list compilation), LCI(L) section, LCI(L)-1096 entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) section, LCI(L)-1096 table row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC-derived register lists LCI(L)-1096 among the 1942-44 commissioned LCI(L)s with no loss, conversion, or transfer annotation - consistent with the NavSource/Turner service history (remained LCI(L) throughout; not sunk, not lend-leased, not redesignated LCI(G)/(M)/(R)). No individual DANFS entry exists for this hull: the Navy's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships did not publish per-hull histories for numbered landing craft (DANFS URL pattern for this hull returns 404, confirmed 2026-09-29).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (register coverage)
- Limitations
- Register-level confirmation of existence and commission window only - no operational detail, no asbestos content. HyperWar is a transcription mirror of an official NHHC compilation; the underlying register is the authoritative element.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-10
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[12]Historic American Engineering Record documentation of LCI-351-class sister hulls: HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (George Lawley & Son, 1944; AFMM museum vessel, Portland OR) and HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II ex-USS LCI(L)-653 (LCI-351 class, 1944) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 (or0606data.pdf, 4 pp.), significance/description sections; HAER AK-52 (ak0557data.pdf, 24 pp.), pp. 8, 19 (insulation passages date to mid-1980s conversion)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal HAER documentation describes the LCI-351 class's construction: welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks with troop compartments and crew spaces on the lower deck, deckhouse with accommodations/mess/wardroom/galley, and an engine room containing eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines driving two shafts with variable-pitch propellers - the same plant NavSource's spec block lists for this hull. Both HAER reports were fetched in full and text-extracted this session: zero occurrences of 'asbestos' in either; the only insulation application described (spray-on/foam insulation in the Husky II reefer hold and service piping) dates to the mid-1980s fishing-tender conversion or to cargo described in a period newspaper quote, not to naval service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (class construction); HAER surveys 2011-2014
- Population
- Class construction trades (ten yards, 1942-44); LCI(L) crews
- Limitations
- Sister-hull documentation, not this hull - establishes class construction practice only. Absence of asbestos mention in a HAER narrative is not evidence of absence aboard any hull; it is not a materials survey. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-11
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[13]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places nomination for sister hull USS LCI-713 (NRIS 07000300, listed 12 April 2007; nomination by David McKay, February 2006), NPGallery full text [nps]
- Locator
- npgallery.nps.gov GetAsset c6d7985f-5266-425c-a2a6-8ce6f13e2c21 (full nomination text, ~1,200 lines extracted); NRIS ref 07000300
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The federal NRHP nomination for the surviving LCI-351-class sister describes the type's design, construction, and restoration in detail (welded steel plate construction for rapid assembly-line production; ~182 troops plus 6 officers; GM diesel plant). The full nomination text was extracted this session: zero occurrences of 'asbestos' anywhere in the document - the nomination documents period-materials restoration methodology without recording any asbestos-containing material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (construction era); nomination 2006-2007
- Population
- Class construction trades; museum-restoration trades (context)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull register nomination, not this hull - establishes class documentation status only. A nomination not mentioning asbestos is not a materials survey and does not bear on this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-12
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[14]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 (Sep-Oct 1944) and naval service era (1944-c.1946).
- 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; same standing defect as Batches 01/98/4945.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-13
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[15]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block for this hull (all-diesel GM plant, twin screws); HAER class documentation (welded-steel construction, engine-room layout); shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) type notes; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-13) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; HAER OR-180/AK-52 construction descriptions; shipbuildinghistory lcil.htm type notes; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel-powered landing craft built September-October 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel naval craft of this period were: engine-exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery and piping gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and compartment insulation where fitted. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway that dominates steam-vessel asbestos profiles does not apply. LCI(L)s were deliberately austere craft (troop accommodation sized for short operational periods), so insulation scope aboard was materially narrower than on steam combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (Sep-Oct 1944); engine-room crew and embarked troops (1944-46); disposal workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-1096. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The reduced insulation scope of small landing craft relative to steam vessels cuts both ways - fewer candidate systems, but machinery-space lagging remained era-typical.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-14
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[16]Orange County Register, 'World War II club gives up final fight' (15 June 2011) - profile of the Amphibious Elders veterans' group [reputable_press]
- Locator
- ocregister.com 2011-06-15 article, photo captions and body (Basil Brewster, LCI 1096)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- News profile records that veteran Basil Brewster, 86, of Lake Forest, California 'served on LCI 1096 during World War 2' - a named veteran corroborating crew presence aboard this hull in the war years (independent of the muster-roll record).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946 service; article 2011
- Population
- WWII crew of LCI(L)-1096 (one named veteran)
- Limitations
- Secondary journalism - a caption-level veteran attribution, not a service record; establishes that a named veteran publicly identified with this hull, nothing about material or conditions aboard. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-15
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[17]Batch-4975 search ledger (this record): NavSource/Turner; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA catalog (muster rolls, Ninth Naval District war diary, INSURV file, CTF-54 occupation report, flotilla/group war diaries); NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; shipbuildinghistory Defoe yard + LCI tables; NHHC-derived landing-craft register (HyperWar); HAER sister-hull reports; NPS NRHP nomination for LCI(L)-713; NVR; CourtListener; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-1096-01 through -22
- 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)-1096 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index returned zero hits for the exact-name queries completed this session ('LCI(L)-1096' and 'LCI-1096'); remaining variants and docket-type queries were blocked by fleet API pacing. Federal documentation of two same-class sister hulls (HAER OR-180, HAER AK-52) and the NPS NRHP nomination for preserved sister LCI(L)-713 were text-extracted and contain zero asbestos mentions. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no asbestos or litigation content for 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 - the hull's deck logs (SL44: 10/13/1944-6/30/1945), INSURV material-inspection file (NAID 2760258), muster rolls, builder work orders, and any MARAD disposal file are the untapped primary series. CourtListener opinion coverage is partial this session (two of four name variants at zero; 'LCI(L) 1096', 'LCI 1096', and all type=r docket queries blocked by the fleet pacing limiter - open items, not negatives). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-1096-16