USS LCI(L)-22

Evidence

18 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-18).

1. [1]research packet 810-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing, build dates unlocated)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Limitations

   qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing, build dates unlocated)

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-pkt-810-packet-md

2. [2]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-22 ex-USS LCI(L)-22 page (Turner Publishing compilation; last updated 5 August 2011) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150022.htm (live, HTTP 200, rendered via firecrawl): title block (USS LCI(G)-22 ex USS LCI(L)-22), construction/commissioning block, campaign table, redesignation line, China-service window, disposition lines, awards block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary compilation (NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry," Vol. II', 1995) records: LCI-1 class; built at New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ - laid down 21 September 1942, launched 18 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-22 on 8 December 1942; redesignated Landing Craft Gunboat LCI(G)-22 on 15 June 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a unit of 'LCI Flotilla 1' with printed campaigns - Consolidation of the Solomon Islands (northern Solomons 18 December 1943 and 28 April-15 June 1944); New Georgia Group operations (New Georgia/Rendova/Vanguau occupation 30 June 1943; Vella Lavella occupation printed '31 August, 15 August 1943'); Treasury-Bougainville operations (Treasury Island landing 27 October 1943); Consolidation of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945); Borneo operations (Balikpapan 26 June-7 July 1945); postwar China Service 9 October-11 November 1945; decommissioned June 1946 at New Orleans, LA; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; five battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 November 1947; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Spec block: 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; LCI(L) complement 3+21, LCI(G) 5+65; troop capacity 6+182; LCI(G) armament two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers; GM diesel plant 1,600 BHP. Contributed photographs place her underway after gunboat conversion in October 1943 during a shakedown cruise off Noumea with Adm. W.F. Halsey aboard, and drydocking inside USS ABSD-1 'at Guam' seeking repairs to bomb damage on 14 March 1944. Radio call sign NJND. CO table lists LTjg Russell P. Sweet, USNR, June 1945-June 1946.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1947

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding trades (1942); ship's company 1942-46; embarked troops and staffs in five amphibious campaigns

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation drawing on the Turner Publishing unit-history book, not a primary registry. Commissioning, the 15 June 1944 redesignation, the Solomons campaigns, the 1943 Noumea conversion, and the bomb-damage repair are independently corroborated by the hull's own NARA records read this session (ev-02 through ev-06); its printed 'LCI Flotilla 1' attribution conflicts with the hull's own documents (LCI(L) Flotilla Five/Group 13 in 1943-44; LCI(G) Group 45 with ComLCS(L)(3) Flotilla One on the 1945 distribution) - carried as an unresolved variant. The Vella Lavella date '31 August, 15 August 1943' is internally inconsistent as printed. The 'at Guam' caption on the ABSD-1 photo conflicts with ABSD-1's documented March 1944 station at Espiritu Santo and with the hull's own May 1944 diary ('dry-docked ... at Espiritus Santos Island') - location likely Espiritu Santo, not Guam. The CO table's 'Sweet, June 1945' entry conflicts with W.F. Saul's signature on the 2 July 1945 Balikpapan report. Contains no asbestos or material content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-01

3. [3]NARA Catalog NAID 135904068: 'USS LCI (L) 22 - War Diary, 7/1-31/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; microfilm Roll A475; 6 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/135904068 (HTTP 200); Roll A475 images 0151-0156 at catalog.archives.gov/medialz/microfilm-publications/WWII_WarDiaries/0006/export_WWII_WarDiaries_0475_167692/images/ - all six read at full resolution this session

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The hull's own digitized war diary (NAID 135904068, Roll A475, six images read at full resolution) records: 'U.S.S. LCI (L) #22 in Group 13, under Lieutenant Commander Byrd within LCI Flotilla 5 under Commander Walton'; the armament inventory as an LCI(L) (four Oerlikon 20mm with 13,100 rounds, Springfield rifles, Thompson submachine guns, .45 pistols, two .30-cal machine guns, one Browning M1919A4, one Lewis gun); then Solomons employment 1-31 July 1943 - Renard Sound and Wernham Cove (Russell Islands), Hutchinson Creek, Lunga Point (Guadalcanal), Koli Point, Rendova Harbor, and Carter City; the staff of Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Five (Commander Walton) came aboard 2 July ('LCI(L) #22 Flag') before transferring to LCI(L) 68 on 5 July; troop lifts included G Company 145th Infantry (148 men plus officers), units of the 148th and 35th Infantry, and 191 men of the 161st Infantry; enemy bombing observed 21 July; at Carter City 18-25 July the outboard aft port engine was removed and replaced and stanchions and machine-gun pipes were welded - documented field machinery repair. Signed Howell C. Cobb, commanding officer.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-07-01 to 1943-07-31

   Population

   Ship's company under CO Howell C. Cobb; Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Five and staff embarked 2-5 July; embarked troops (145th/148th/35th/161st Infantry elements)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record maintained aboard the ship. Establishes the Group 13/Flotilla Five chain (correcting the NavSource 'Flotilla 1' attribution for this period), the early flotilla-flagship role, Solomons employment, and two documented machinery events (engine replacement, welding of stanchions and gun piping); contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information - the repair entries name the work, not the materials disturbed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-02

4. [4]NARA Catalog NAID 136013411: 'USS LCI(L) 22 - Act Rep, at Empress Augusta Bay 19-20 Nov 1943' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; microfilm Roll A706; 3 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/136013411 (HTTP 200); Roll A706 images 0732-0734 at catalog.archives.gov/medialz/microfilm-publications/WWII_WarDiaries/0006/c9de6f49-03c1-4481-895c-c58e2291f6f8/export_WWII_WarDiaries_0706_170190/images/ - all three read at full resolution this session

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The hull's action report dated 20 November 1943 (NAID 136013411, Roll A706, three images read at full resolution), addressed to Commander P.T. Squadron #5, records USS LCI(L) NO. 22 departing Empress Augusta Bay 19 November 1943 with Section 'T-Jig' of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 5 for a night patrol of the Atsinima Bay area west of Bougainville; at about 0630 on 20 November two Japanese Mitsubishi 'Zeke' fighters strafed the main deck and forecastle and dropped a small bomb about 20 feet off the starboard beam that failed to explode; ammunition expended .50-caliber 2 rounds, 20mm 105 rounds, 40mm 20 rounds; a hit on 40mm ready ammunition started a fire extinguished by R.T. Whalon, GM3c, with a Kapok life jacket; shrapnel injured two members of the 40mm gun crew; damage 'minor, innumerable hits about decks and superstructure'; eleven men wounded (five ambulatory, six hospitalized at the base hospital, transferred to the PT-boat section leader). Signed ENSIGN H.C. COBB, Commanding; distribution Cominch, CincPac, ComSoPac, ComLandCraftFlotsSoPac, ComTaskGroup 31, ComTaskGroup 31.1, ComLCI(L)FlotFive.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-11-19 to 1943-11-20

   Population

   Ship's company under Ens. H.C. Cobb - eleven wounded (Donnelly, Hand, Ratterman, Regan, Rydeski ambulatory; Bass, Hill, Noyes, Holloway, Plocienik, Rauch hospitalized)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime action report authored aboard the ship. Establishes that by 20 November 1943 the hull already carried 40mm and .50-caliber armament in addition to 20mm - the gunboat fit from the Noumea conversion, months before the formal 15 June 1944 redesignation - and that she was working with MTB Squadron 5 out of Empress Augusta Bay. Documents battle casualties and material damage but contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-03

5. [5]NARA Catalog NAID 78242970: 'USS LCI(L) 22 - Act Rep 12/11/43, Bougainville Is' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; microfilm Roll A765; 13 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78242970 (HTTP 200); Roll A765 images 0531-0543 at catalog.archives.gov/medialz/microfilm-publications/WWII_WarDiaries/0000/A_0765_Redelivery/A_0765/images/ - all thirteen read at full resolution this session: report (0531-0533), Enclosure A attack sketch (0534), Enclosure B AA-action form (0535-0536), Enclosure C damage report (0537-0538), endorsements (0539-0543)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The hull's action report for the night of 11 December 1943 (NAID 78242970, Roll A765, thirteen images read at full resolution), dated 24 December 1943 on 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 22 / LCI(L) Flotilla Five / Third Amphibious Force' letterhead, records a night patrol off the Jaba River, Bougainville: a Japanese float plane bombed her twice - the second bomb 'taking course under the ship where it exploded'; the plane was shot down by the ship's gunfire (3-inch/50, 40mm, 20mm, .50-caliber); eleven casualties from bomb fragments (one serious); the ship flooded troop compartments 1 and 2, was 'in danger of breaking apart,' transferred wounded to a PT boat, and was beached at 'Tide' Beach, Puruata Island at 2254. Enclosure C's damage report lists principal hull damage beneath ballast-tank partitions A-307F/A-308F/A-311F/A-312F, an approximately 14-inch hole, port-side frames 30-36 buckled and warped, hull drooping about 12 inches at frame 36, numerous bomb-fragment holes 1/4 to 3 inches, the three-inch gun platform warped, and electrical wiring, speaking tubes, and SO/ABK radar damaged. Four written endorsements plus a CinCPac forwarding endorsement are attached: ComLCI(L) Flotilla Five (J. McD. Smith, 31 December 1943 - 'about seventy (70) percent of the ship's gun crews' casualties from the first bomb; damage-control party credited with saving the ship); Commander MTB Squadrons, Torokina (LeRoy Taylor, 16 February 1944 - 'The LCI(L) 22 has done credit to the new LCI Gunboat type which it represents'); ComLandCraftFlots South Pacific (B.W. Decker, Acting, 24 February 1944); ComThirdAmphibFor (T.S. Wilkinson, 28 February 1944); forwarded on to Cominch by CinCPac (O.L. Thorne, by direction, 15 April 1944).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-12-11 to 1944-04-15 (report and endorsements)

   Population

   Ship's company under Lt.(jg) H.C. Cobb, USNR - eleven casualties, one serious; PT-boat crews receiving the wounded

   Limitations

   Primary wartime report with a five-level endorsement chain. Establishes the 11 December 1943 near-loss, the documented damage requiring the major repair/refit that followed at Espiritu Santo (per the hull's May 1944 diary), the full gunboat armament in service (including the 3-inch/50), and the type recognition in the MTB endorsement. Describes bomb damage and hull repair need - no asbestos, insulation, or materials content is mentioned anywhere in the document.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-04

6. [6]NARA Catalog NAIDs 78503552, 633384908, 78681025, 139769896: USS LCI(G) 22 war diaries, 5/1/44-7/7/44, 7/1/44-9/30/44, 10/1-31/44, 11/1-30/44 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries series) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78503552, /id/633384908, /id/78681025, /id/139769896 (all HTTP 200); Roll A1032 images 0354-0370, Roll A1178 images 0372-0381, Roll A1260 images 0417-0418, Roll A1305 images 0825-0827 - cover pages and daily entries read at full resolution this session

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Four post-conversion war diaries of the hull are digitized and were read at full resolution. May-July 1944 (NAID 78503552, Roll A1032, 17 images): the diary is already headed 'U.S.S. LCI(G) 22' - the (G) style in use before the formal 15 June redesignation; opens 'steaming in convoy enroute from Espiritus Santos Island, where we had been dry-docked for major repairs and re-fitting' (the post-bomb-damage rebuild, in Task Unit 35.1.12 with PC 1125, PC 1242, YMS 184, YMS 216, and the Free French Savorgan de Brazza), arriving Guadalcanal 3 May; submergence drydock at Carter City (LCRU #1) 10-11 May for underwater exhaust-line repairs; gunnery exercises at Blanche Island; then June 1944 patrols off the Bougainville coast under CTG 30.3 - on 4 June she fired close-in support for Fijian reconnaissance troops at the Mamaregu River/Gazelle Harbor area (3-inch/50, 40mm, 20mm, .50-caliber expended), welded a failed stanchion on the after port 3-inch gun platform on 7 June, and ran a special mission up St. George's Channel to the Duke of York/New Ireland area from 21 June carrying a fighter-director team for VMF(N)-531 under CTG 70.8 orders. July-September 1944 (NAID 633384908, Roll A1178, 10 images): Purvis Bay availability with gyro-compass repairs by USS Prometheus personnel; night patrols off the west coast of New Ireland with LCI(G) 21 as section leader under CTG 70.8; steering-gear failure one mile off the beach on 24 September; return to Purvis Bay for repairs 29-30 September; notes 'Action Reports have been made and forwarded to Commander Naval Forces, Northern Solomons.' October 1944 (NAID 78681025, Roll A1260, 2 images): beached for repairs and in dry dock at Carter City 2-11 October, then Torokina and New Ireland patrols with LCI(G) 21. November 1944 (NAID 139769896, Roll A1305, 3 images): patrols off west New Ireland and northeast New Britain from Torokina and Emirau Island (Homestead Lagoon); distribution includes ComLCI Group 45 - the group renumbered from Group 13. Command signatures: Lt.(jg) W.M. Burkhalter, USNR (May-July 1944); Lt.(jg) J.W. Murray (July-November 1944).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-05-01 to 1944-11-30

   Population

   Ship's company under Lt.(jg) W.M. Burkhalter then Lt.(jg) J.W. Murray; embarked fighter-director personnel (VMF(N)-531) June 1944

   Limitations

   Primary wartime records maintained aboard the ship. Establish the Espiritu Santo drydock/rebuild after the December 1943 damage, the 'LCI(G) 22' styling in use from at least 1 May 1944 (six weeks before the formal redesignation), repeated Carter City/Purvis Bay repair events, the New Ireland/New Britain patrol employment, and the CTG 30.3 to CTG 70.8 (Third-to-Seventh-Fleet) transition. The diaries record repair events and locations but never the materials involved - no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-materials content appears. Not every daily page was individually transcribed; entries cited were read at full resolution.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-05

7. [7]NARA Catalog NAIDs 77508111 and 101750230: 'LCI(G)-22 - Report of operations in the assault landings in the Malabang Area, Mindanao Island' (17 April 1945) and 'LCI(G)-22 - Rep of opers in the assault landings at Balikpapan, Borneo, 7/1/45' (RG 38 WWII War Diaries series) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/77508111 and /id/101750230 (both HTTP 200); Roll A1890 image 0206 and Roll A1760 images 0267-0268 - all read at full resolution this session

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Two 1945 action reports of the hull are digitized and were read at full resolution. Malabang, Mindanao (NAID 77508111, Roll A1890, 1 image): report dated 17 April 1945, 'U.S.S. LCI(G) 22,' records departure from Mindoro 14 April 1945 as part of Close Fire Support Unit 78.2.12 in convoy with CTG 78.2, assigned Red Beach station 'right side of 500-yard boat lane, 200 yards inshore of the line of departure, 1500 yards from the beach'; CTG 78.2 cancelled all bombardment on Red Beach, so the ship took station and patrolled between Red and Blue Beaches - 'ammunition expended: NONE,' no casualties; routing via Commander Red Beach Close Support Unit (ComLCI(R) Group 20), CTU 78.2.26, CTG 78.2 (ComPhib Group 8, Seventh Fleet), CTF 78 (Com7thPhibFor), ComSeventhFleet; copy to ComLCS(L)(3) Flotilla One. Balikpapan, Borneo (NAID 101750230, Roll A1760, 2 images): report dated 2 July 1945 records departure from Morotai 26 June 1945 as part of Close Support Unit 78.2.8 with CTG 78.2, station 400 yards outboard of the right side of Green Beach, 2,500 yards from shore; on 1 July she made two firing runs ahead of the first wave at targets of opportunity, observed return fire 'hitting water between this vessel and LCI(G) 21,' and remained on station with LCI(G) 21 and LCS(L) 48 until about 1630; ammunition expended 3-inch/50 (130 rounds), 40mm (623 rounds), 20mm (728 rounds), .50-caliber (375 rounds); no personnel casualties; both reports signed W.F. Saul, Lt.(jg), commanding; same Seventh Fleet routing with copy to ComLCS(L)(3) Flotilla One.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1945-04-14 to 1945-07-02

   Population

   Ship's company under Lt.(jg) W.F. Saul; embarked/nearby assault forces of the 78.2 task organization

   Limitations

   Primary wartime action reports authored aboard the ship. Establish the Malabang (Operation VICTOR V, 17 April 1945) and Balikpapan (Operation OBOE II, 1 July 1945) employment under the Seventh Fleet TG 78.2 chain, Lt.(jg) W.F. Saul in command through at least 2 July 1945 (conflicting with NavSource's 'Sweet, June 1945-June 1946' CO-table entry - unresolved variant), and the ComLCS(L)(3) Flotilla One administrative copy-to. No asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-06

8. [8]Smith, Robin R., 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (McFarland), ch. 2 and notes 6, read via the erenow.org full-text mirror; corroborated by Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum 'Deck Log' newsletter no. 117 (June 2022) gunboat-conversion feature [reputable_press]

   Locator

   erenow.org ch. 2 page (live, HTTP 200) - 'first LCI(L)s to be converted' passage and note 6; amphibiousforces.org/News/2022JuneELSIEDeckLog(117).pdf (live, HTTP 200, pdftotext) - Noumea conversion passage naming LCI(L)s 21, 22, 23, 70

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Published unit-type history documents the field gunboat conversion of this specific hull: 'LCI(L)s 21 and 22 set out from Flotilla Five's base at Florida Island in the Solomons for Noumea on 26 September 1943 and LCI(L)s 23 and 70 departed two days later. They returned to Florida Island several weeks later, on 23 October. At Noumea, they came under the experienced hand of Cowdrey who added firepower to the four ships, effectively turning them into gunboats' - Captain Roy T. Cowdrey being Force Maintenance Officer, Service Squadron, South Pacific Force. The author's note concedes scholarly disagreement (Morison credits LCI(L)s 24 and 68 as first; Friedman puts 22, 24, 68, 69 converted by August 1943) and grounds his account in Cowdrey's Force Maintenance Serial M-0252 letter of 11 October 1943 to the COs of LCI(L)s 21, 22, 23 and 70 plus Flotilla Five and Group Fourteen war diaries. The veterans-association newsletter independently names the same four hulls: 'Noumea Harbor had a navy shipyard and repair facility. LCI(L)s 21, 22, 23, and 70 were sent there for conversion to gunboats ... The LCI(G) 23 was one of the first four LCI conversions to gunboats' - describing the bow 20mm tubs replaced by a 3-inch/50 plus added 40mm, 20mm, and .50-caliber armament, matching the armament this hull's own November-December 1943 reports record.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-09-26 to 1943-10-23 (conversion window); sources 2021 (book), 2022 (newsletter)

   Population

   Ship's company during the Noumea yard period; Service Squadron South Pacific conversion workforce (Cowdrey's organization)

   Limitations

   Secondary scholarship (McFarland monograph) and a veterans-association newsletter - named-hull secondary corroboration, not a primary record; the underlying primary source (Cowdrey Serial M-0252, 11 Oct 1943) is quoted in the book's apparatus but was not itself inspected, and the conversion dates rest on Smith's reading of Flotilla Five/Group Fourteen war diaries. The hull's own documents independently confirm the operational result - 40mm/.50-caliber armament firing by 20 November 1943, a 3-inch/50 platform by 11 December 1943, and the 'new LCI Gunboat type' endorsement of 16 February 1944. Whether 'returned 23 October' covers all four hulls or only 23/70 is ambiguous in the text; the 'Treasury Islands 15 October' usage date sits oddly against the 23 October return and the 27 October landing - carried only as printed. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-07

9. [9]NARA Special List 44, ship-number inventory (sl-44-ship-number.pdf), PDF page 30, 'LCI-' run; logbook series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (RG 24, College Park); digitized-logs check at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online [other_primary]

   Locator

   sl-44-ship-number.pdf PDF page 30 row 'LCI-22 5/1/1944 6/30/1945' (HTTP 200, 910 KB, pdftotext -layout, verified this session); navy-online digitized-logs list (8.5 MB, HTTP 200) checked - hull absent (only LCI-874/Kestrel appears under LCI)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's Special List 44 inventory ('List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947', ship-number section, PDF page 30) lists Navy deck logs for 'LCI-22' covering 5/1/1944-6/30/1945 (row verified live this session, full text extracted: 'LCI-22 5/1/1944 6/30/1945'). The inventory's plain 'LCI-NN' run is the alternate spelling for the same LCI(L) hulls (there is no separate 'LCI(L)-22' row, and no 'LCI(G)-22' or 'LCI(L)(G)-22' row exists). The coverage begins ~17 months after the 8 December 1942 commissioning and ends on the eve of the 1 July 1945 Balikpapan landing - the December 1942-April 1944 window (commissioning, Solomons campaigns, the Noumea conversion, the December 1943 bombing, and the Espiritu Santo rebuild) and the post-June-1945 window (Balikpapan, China service, decommissioning) are outside this listing. The logs are not on NARA's list of fully digitized Navy deck logs; the hull's digitized records sit in the separate RG 38 war-diaries microfilm series.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-05-01 to 1945-06-30

   Population

   Officers and crew of LCI(L)-22/LCI(G)-22, May 1944-June 1945

   Limitations

   Log-coverage endpoints are holdings bounds from the 1978 inventory, not service-life claims; the physical logbooks were not inspected. Whether logs for December 1942-April 1944 and post-June 1945 survive is undetermined by this listing. No asbestos content in any case - these are navigational/operational logs.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-08

10. [10]NARA Catalog file-unit records (catalog search proxy, verified 2026-09-29): NAIDs 78294504, 78344002, 78308907, 78343992, 120301017, 136011142, 120306689, 139848531, 120302908, 77516063; excluded-after-check 78153096 [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/proxy/records/search queries '"LCI(L) 22"' (80 hits, top 50 reviewed) and 'LCI G 22' (92 hits, top 10 reviewed); per-NAID /id/ pages returned HTTP 200 for all cited units; Group 45 staff muster-roll cover (32860_245967-00030.jpg) read at full resolution

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NARA Catalog holds the digitized hull-level file units cited at ev-02 through ev-06 plus documented formation-level records matching this hull's chains: COM LCI(L) GROUP 13 war diaries 1/1-31/44 (NAID 78294504, 9 images) and 2/1-29/44 (78344002, 9 images); COM LCI(L) FLOTILLA 5 war diaries 1/1-31/44 (78308907, 10 images) and 2/1-29/44 (78343992, 9 images); LCI(L) Flotilla 5 muster rolls (120301017, 56 images); COM LCI(L) GR 14 war diary 10/1-11/2/43 (136011142, 15 images); LCI(L) Group 14 muster rolls (120306689, 47 images); COM LCI(G) GR 45 war diary 9/1-30/44 (139848531, 7 images); LCI(G) Group 45 muster rolls (120302908, 80 images - its staff-roll cover page, read this session, is annotated 'formerly Group 13' and dated 30 September 1944); and COMTASKUNIT 78.2.26 Malabang report (77516063, 6 images). One search hit was checked and excluded: NAID 78153096, titled 'USS LCI (L) - War Diary, 6/23/43 to 7/31/43,' is actually USS LCI(L)-329's diary (Group Fourteen, Flotilla Five) - a sister-hull record, not this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-1945 records

    Population

    Ship's company; LCI(L) Group 13 / LCI(G) Group 45 and Flotilla Five staffs; TG 78.2 organization

    Limitations

    File-unit existence and image counts verified via the catalog; contents unread except the Group 45 staff muster-roll cover page. Whether hull-level muster rolls or additional war diaries (December 1943-April 1944, December 1944 onward) exist could not be definitively swept - the catalog search proxy was intermittently unavailable this session and pagination could not be completed. No asbestos content in any case - these are operational/personnel records.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-09

11. [11]uboat.net allied-warship record USS LCI(L)-22 (ship/20848) incl. the 1 July 1945 Balikpapan order-of-battle entry; shipbuildinghistory.com 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' table and 'New York Shipbuilding' yard table (contract column 445) [other_primary]

    Locator

    uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20848.html (live, HTTP 200); shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 'LCI(L) G 22 New York SB Camden NJ 8-Dec-42 To NDRF 1947'; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/newyorkship.htm row '445 LCI(L) 22 ... Struck 1946' (both live, HTTP 200)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Builder and milestone corroboration: uboat.net allied-warship record for USS LCI(L)-22 (ship/20848) gives builder New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden NJ), ordered 3 June 1942, laid down 21 September 1942, launched 13 October 1942, commissioned 8 December 1942, 'reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns, on 15 June 1944', decommissioned June 1946; shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) table prints 'LCI(L) | G | 22 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 8-Dec-42 | To NDRF 1947'; the New York Shipbuilding yard table lists contract-hull column 445 = 'LCI(L) 22, U.S. Navy, Landing Craft, 194d t., 158 ft, Dec-42, Struck 1946'. The three compilations agree on builder, the 8 December 1942 commissioning, the gunboat conversion, and the 1946 striking; uboat.net's Balikpapan order-of-battle listing (Operation Oboe II, 1 July 1945) shows 'USS LCI(G)-22 (Lt.(jg) W.F. Saul, USNR)' among the TG 78.2 gunboat units - matching the hull's own signed action report.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1947

    Limitations

    Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with the hull's own records (commissioning date, LCI(G) reclassification, mid-1946 decommissioning, Balikpapan employment). Precise ordered/launched dates (3 June / 13 October 1942) rest on uboat.net alone - NavSource prints 18 October 1942 for launch; carried as an unresolved variant. The yard table's shared '445' column is the contract-level entry, not a per-hull serial. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-10

12. [12]HyperWar (ibiblio.org), 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945', Landing Ships & Craft - LCI(L)-1 class block, LCI(L) roster row, and LCI(G) roster row [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html (live, HTTP 200): LCI(L)-1 class characteristics block; LCI(L) roster row 'LCI(L)-22 ... 1942-44 Converted to LCI(G)-22'; LCI(G) roster row 'LCI(G)-22 ... 1944-45 Converted from LCI(L)-22'

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    HyperWar's 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' (transcription of Bureau of Ships 'Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels' tables) lists LCI(L)-22 in commission 1942-44 annotated 'Converted to LCI(G)-22' in the LCI(L) roster, and separately lists LCI(G)-22 in commission 1944-45 annotated 'Converted from LCI(L)-22' in the gunboat roster - matching the documented 15 June 1944 redesignation. The LCI(L)-1 class block gives class-standard characteristics: 387 tons full load; 160 ft; beam 23 ft 3 in; draft 5 ft 4 in fwd / 5 ft 11 in aft; 15.5 knots; 4 x 20mm; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers + 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; 2 sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1945

    Limitations

    Transcription of an official BuShips publication; roster rows are ship-specific while the characteristics block is class-standard (not individually measured for this hull). The roster conversion annotations confirm same-hull continuity LCI(L)-22 to LCI(G)-22. No asbestos or materials content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-11

13. [13]Class propulsion per Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-11); shipyard asbestos documentation per Atlas shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (internal project dataset, evidence_tier 1); repair/disturbance events per the hull's own war diaries (ev-02, ev-05) [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json yard_id new-york-shipbuilding (asbestos_products_documented, product_normalized, evidence fields); war-diary repair entries at NAID 135904068, 78503552, 633384908, 78681025

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era assessment: the LCI(L)-1 design was diesel-powered (two banks of four GM series-71 engines, four per shaft) with no boilers and no steam distribution, so the steam-system insulation (boiler lagging, steam-line covering, turbine insulation) that dominated asbestos load on steam vessels of the era was absent from this class. Remaining era-typical applications possible aboard include gaskets, machinery packing, exhaust-system insulation, electrical and wire insulation, joiner and deck coverings, and brake linings. The hull was built in 1942 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden - a yard whose Atlas record documents extensive asbestos product use (Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block 15% chrysotile; Ehret 85% Magnesia insulation; Bakelite panels 30-40% asbestos; arc chutes 36% chrysotile; Johns-Manville Transite panels 10-30% asbestos; asbestos gaskets; packing materials) and heavy asbestos-related disease in its workforce (a documented 16x mesothelioma SMR for electricians). Documented in-service disturbance events aboard this hull - the Noumea gunboat conversion (September-October 1943), the Espiritu Santo bomb-damage rebuild (January-May 1944), Carter City (LCRU #1) drydockings (10-11 May 1944, 8 October 1944), and Purvis Bay availabilities including gyro-compass work by USS Prometheus personnel - are documented repair/disturbance points whose work records do not address materials.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1946

    Population

    Construction trades (New York Shipbuilding, Camden, 1942); conversion and repair workforces (Noumea, Espiritu Santo ABSD-1, Carter City LCRU #1, Purvis Bay); ship's company

    Limitations

    Design- and era-level inference only - the class specification lists machinery type, not insulation materials, and no period spec sheet or BuShips material schedule for LCI(L)-1 insulation was located. Yard asbestos documentation concerns the builder's workforce and products, not this hull's fittings. The documented repair events establish that systems were disturbed, not that disturbed material contained asbestos. Does not establish asbestos aboard this craft, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-12

14. [14]Historic American Engineering Record HAER OR-180 (LCI(L)-713) and HAER AK-52 (M/V Husky II ex-USS LCI(L)-653), Library of Congress [haer]

    Locator

    tile.loc.gov or0606data.pdf (OR-180) and ak0557data.pdf (AK-52) - fetched live (HTTP 200), pdftotext this session, zero asbestos occurrences; both documents self-describe as LCI-351 class

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Federal HAER documentation of two LCI-351-class sister hulls - HAER OR-180 (LCI(L)-713, George Lawley & Son, Neponset MA, 1944; preserved as the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum vessel, Astoria OR) and HAER AK-52 (M/V Husky II, ex-USS LCI(L)-653) - describes the LCI type's construction: welded 1/4-inch steel plate, troop compartments and crew spaces on the lower deck, deckhouse with accommodations/mess/wardroom/galley, and an engine room with eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines (four per shaft) driving twin variable-pitch propellers - the same powerplant the BuShips transcription lists for the LCI(L)-1 class. Full text of both reports was extracted this session: 'asbestos' appears zero times; the only insulation passages (Husky II spray-on reefer-hold and cooling-unit insulation) date to a mid-1980s fishing-tender conversion, not naval service.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1945 (type construction); HAER surveys 2011-2014

    Population

    Class construction trades (ten yards, 1942-44); LCI(L) crews

    Limitations

    Sister-hull documentation of the later, longer LCI-351 subclass (boats 351+), not the LCI(L)-1 subclass of this hull - the powerplant is common to both but hull configuration differs (the 351s added ~6 inches and ~30 tons and carried the revised conning-tower/ramp arrangement). Absence of asbestos mention in a HAER narrative is not evidence of absence aboard any hull; it is not a materials survey.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-13

15. [15]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]

    Locator

    DOI resolves to Wiley Online Library article page (publisher blocks automated full-text fetch, HTTP 403 - resolution verified)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and program under which this 1942 landing craft was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant hulls.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, and the study population centered on steam-driven tonnage - applicability to a small diesel landing craft is unquantified. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-14

16. [16]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2 (product page rendered via firecrawl this session; direct PDF fetch HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-29 - product-page Highlights text used)

    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 (1942), wartime service, 1943 field conversion, and 1944 formal redesignation.

    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 HTTP 403 confirmed this session) - same standing defect as Batches 01/98/4945/4969/4974/4980/4988.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-15

17. [17]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' page (live page HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2026-05-16) [other_primary]

    Locator

    history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned-LCI-L-s page via web.archive.org capture 20260516110936 (live page returned HTTP 403) - hull roster listed; LCI(L)-22 absent

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    The U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office roster of Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s (28 hulls: 83-96, 319-326, 349-350, 520, 562, 581, 583 - Flotillas 4/10/35) does not include LCI(L)-22, consistent with her documented Navy-manned LCI(L) Group 13 / Flotilla Five service (the hull's own diaries and action reports are signed by USNR officers and headed Third Amphibious Force / LCI(L) Flotilla Five).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1946

    Limitations

    Negative membership evidence on an official roster page (accessed via archive; live URL blocked automated fetch). Confirms manning attribution, not operational detail. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-16

18. [18]Batch-5009 search ledger (this record): NavSource/Turner; NARA catalog (six hull file units read at full resolution plus formation units verified); NARA Special List 44 (PDF page 30 verified live); shipbuildinghistory yard + type tables; uboat.net; HyperWar BuShips transcription; Smith (McFarland, via erenow mirror); AFMM newsletter; HAER sister-hull reports; GAO product page; DANFS (no entry); NVR (no entry); USCG-manned roster (archived); CourtListener (six queries, all zero) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-20

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material specification, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-22 / LCI(G)-22 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener coverage (authenticated fleet-paced helper, 2026-09-29): opinion queries '"LCI(L)-22"', '"LCI(L) 22"', '"LCI-22"', '"LCI(G)-22"', and '"LCI(G) 22"' and the docket-index query '"LCI(L)-22"' (type=r) each returned count 0 - clean zeros with no name collisions requiring classification. Federal documentation of the LCI type (HAER OR-180, HAER AK-52) contains zero asbestos mentions. The live-web hull + asbestos sweep returned no qualifying content.

    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 - 1942 construction at an asbestos-documented yard is era-consistent with possible asbestos-containing materials in gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and joiner work, and this hull's unusually well-documented repair history (Noumea conversion, Espiritu Santo rebuild, Carter City dockings, Purvis Bay availabilities) marks multiple undocumented disturbance points for era materials. The undigitized deck logs (5/1/1944-6/30/1945, College Park), the Cowdrey Serial M-0252 conversion file, and any builder/repair work orders are the untapped primary series. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-22-lcil22-17