Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-225 ex USS LCI(L)-225 (Amphibious Photo Archive 150225; history text credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II', Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Amphibious Photo Archive page 10/15/150225.htm: awards block, campaign table, spec block, photo caption; URL verified live 200 OK on 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 26 October 1942 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 3 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-225, 12 December 1942. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Seven, LCI Group Nineteen, with campaign credits: Eastern New Guinea (Lae 4-6 September 1943; Finschhafen 22 September 1943), Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester 26-27 December 1943), Hollandia (21-25 April 1944), Western New Guinea (Biak 27-28 May and 29 May-1 June 1944; Morotai 15 September 1944), Luzon (Lingayen Gulf 9 January 1945; Lubang Island 1 March 1945), Manila Bay-Bicol (Zambales-Subic Bay 29-31 January 1945; Mariveles 15 February 1945; Corregidor 16 February 1945), Consolidation of Southern Philippines (Zamboanga 10 March 1945; Saoroc Point, Basilan 16 March 1945; Cotabato/Polloc Harbor 17-19 April 1945), and Borneo (Balikpapan 1 July 1945). Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket), USS LCI(R)-225, 10 July 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown. Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946. Transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 May 1948 for disposal; final disposition unknown. Earned eight battle stars. NARA photograph caption: LCI(L)-225 and LCI(L)-226 landing in April 1944 at Humboldt Bay, Hollandia, carrying units of the U.S. Army 41st Infantry Division (NARA ID 17572, Local ID 111-ADC-3769).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Crew: 3 officers, 21 enlisted as LCI(L) (3/31 as LCI(R)); embarked troops up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained private archive, not a government publication; build dates here agree with the Lawley yard table and uboat.net, and the Morotai/Zambales/Lingayen reports in the NARA Catalog independently document her 1944-45 operations. The 10 July 1945 reclassification date is contradicted by the ship's own action-report letterheads reading 'USS LCI(R) 225' in January 1945 (see ev-04, ev-05) - the conversion preceded the administrative redesignation; uboat.net gives 15 July 1945. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'fate unknown' are this source's own admissions. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-01
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[2]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (comp. Claudia Bradley, Michael Kurtz, et al., Washington DC, 1978), Ships by Signal Number Designation, F-LCI(L) section, book page 334 (scan via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, Ships by Signal Number Designation, F-LCI(L) section, printed page 334 (ACPL display page 360; also p. 22 of the section PDF); row 'LCI(L)-225'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log inventory lists 1 logbook for LCI(L)-225 covering 1/20/1945 to 6/30/1945 - the period spanning the Subic Bay/Zambales operations through the Southern Philippines and the approach to Balikpapan. Verified verbatim from the scanned page: 'LCI(L)-225 Jan. 20-June 30, 1945 1'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-01-20 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: it establishes that one deck logbook for this coverage window exists in NARA custody (RG 24, College Park) but says nothing about its content; the logs are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog's online deck-log list. Coverage begins 20 January 1945 - earlier logbooks (commissioning through the Lingayen operation) are not in this inventory. The ACPL viewer URL is the scan access point; the underlying publication is NARA Special List 44.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-02
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[3]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'USS LCI(L) 225 - Rep of Landing Ops on Morotai Is, Halmahera Gr on 9/15/44', file A16-3, serial 001, dated 15 September 1944 - the ship's own action report, digitized (2 images); microfilm roll A1180 [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 134370279, images 0949-0950 of Roll A1180; catalog page and scans verified live 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-generated action report (read from the digitized scans) documents: LCI(L) 225 transported 183 Army personnel of Company E, 124th Infantry, 31st Division from Aitape to the Morotai beachhead; embarked 1600 on 9 September 1944; arrived off Morotai at first light 15 September; was the fourth LCI in the fifth wave to beach on White Beach at 0915, retracted at 0945 with troops disembarking into four feet of water over submerged coral; at 1002 towed another stuck LCI off the beach; no enemy resistance encountered, no guns fired, no casualties to troops or ship's company, no damage. Signed by A. M. Thomas, Jr., Commanding Officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-09-09 to 1944-09-15
- Population
- Ship's company; 183 embarked Army personnel (Co. E, 124th Infantry, 31st Division)
- Limitations
- An operational narrative naming this hull - ship-specific for history; contains no asbestos information whatsoever and makes no statement about materials or conditions aboard. Confirms the commanding officer at Morotai (A. M. Thomas, Jr.); uboat.net lists Lt.(jg) W.S. Ogilvy at Hollandia in April 1944 and Lt.(jg) A.F. McCormick at Cebu in March 1945, consistent with wartime CO rotation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-03
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[4]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'LCI(R)-225 - Rep of ops in the amphibious assault on Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines, 1/9-12/45, including AA acts on 1/7, 9 & 11/45', file A16-3, serial 002, dated 18 January 1945 - the ship's own action report, digitized (10 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 139866672, images 0197-0206 of Roll A1413; catalog page and scans verified live 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-generated action report, letterhead 'USS LCI(R) 225' dated 18 January 1945, documents the Lingayen Gulf operation: assigned to Task Unit 78.5.8(A), Blue Beach Attack Group, San Fabian Attack Force; departed Sansapor, New Guinea 30 December 1944 in TG 78.5. On 8 January an enemy plane dive-bombed a transport in the formation and the ship's 40mm expended 6 rounds. At dawn 9 January she took station 500 yards shoreward of the Line of Departure, third of six rocket ships from starboard, ran in at 5 knots on course 137 degrees True, and fired twelve 44-rocket salvos of 4.5-inch rockets (eight covering the beach to 400 yards depth at 20-second intervals beginning 0921, four into the area behind to 900 yards), ceasing as the first LVT wave passed. She stood by off Blue Beach, engaged enemy aircraft on 9 and 12 January, laid smoke screens over the transport area 10-11 January, and posted armed deck guards against enemy swimmers and boats. Part III lists her armament as 44 rocket launchers each holding 12 4.5-inch rockets, one 40mm gun, three 20mm machine guns, and two twin .50-cal machine guns; 12 of 528 loaded rockets failed to fire and were disposed of in deep water; no gun casualties.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12-30 to 1945-01-18
- Population
- Ship's company (LCI(R) complement: 3 officers, 31 enlisted class spec)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record; contains no asbestos information. Materially documents that the ship was already operating and reporting as LCI(R) 225 in early January 1945 - six months before the 10 July 1945 administrative reclassification date carried by NavSource (see ev-01 and gaps). Armament figures are the ship's own report and differ in detail from the generic LCI(R) spec block (six 5-inch launchers) in NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-04
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[5]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'LCI(R)-225 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the Zambales Area, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1/29/45', serial 003, dated 30 January 1945 - the ship's own action report with endorsements, digitized (6 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 77505912, images 0140-0145 of Roll A1888; catalog page and scans verified live 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-generated action report, letterhead 'USS LCI(R) 225' dated 30 January 1945, documents the Zambales-area landing: the ship was assigned to Task Unit 78.3.8 providing close support for the XI Corps landing (38th Infantry Division with an RCT of the 24th) on Blue Beach; departed Leyte 1100 on 25 January 1945 convoying via Surigao Strait, the Mindanao and Sulu Seas, and the South China Sea; on Baker day (29 January) proceeded toward the beach with LCS(L)-27 to port and LCI(R)-226 and LCS(L)-49 to starboard; no hostile fire was observed and, per orders, no rockets were fired. Endorsements in the file (Commander LCS(L) Flotilla One aboard USS LCI(L)-778, 3 March 1945; Commander Task Group 78.3, Amphibious Group Nine, 9 April 1945) both address her as 'LCI(R) 225'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-01-25 to 1945-01-30
- Population
- Ship's company (LCI(R) complement: 3 officers, 31 enlisted class spec)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record; contains no asbestos information. Reconfirms the LCI(R) 225 designation in official channels months before the 10 July 1945 date carried by secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-05
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[6]uboat.net, Allied Warships, 'USS LCI(L)-225 (LCI(L)-225)' vessel page [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21140 data table and 'Notable events' list; URL verified live 200 OK on 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborating vessel data sheet: LCI-1 class, built by George Lawley & Sons (Neponset, MA), laid down 26 October 1942, launched 3 December 1942, commissioned 12 December 1942; 'Reclassified as LCI(R), Landing Craft Rocket on 15 July 1945'. Notable events transcribe task-force orders of battle placing the hull in Task Group 77.3.14 for the Hollandia operation (Operations Reckless/Persecution, 22 April 1944, Lt.(jg) W.S. Ogilvy, USNR, commanding) and in Task Unit 78.2.6 - an LCI(R)/LCS(L) support unit - for the Cebu landings of Operation Victor II (26 March 1945, Lt.(jg) A.F. McCormick, USN, commanding).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- Well-maintained specialist naval-history database but unofficial; its 'Ordered 3 Jun 1943' field is internally inconsistent (postdates launch) and is not used; its 15 July 1945 reclassification date conflicts with NavSource's 10 July 1945, and both postdate the ship's own LCI(R) 225 letterhead of January 1945 (ev-04, ev-05). Commanding-officer names come from transcribed orders of battle, not a command roster.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-06
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[7]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA' yard build table, Wayback Machine capture 2016-03-05 (live page removed from current site); corroborated live by Naval Marine Archive LCI(L) database page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Lawley yard table row hull no. 1255 (LCI(L)-225); archived URL cited; live corroboration https://navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html row 225, verified 200 OK 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Lawley yard build table lists yard hull 1255 as 'LCI(L) 225', U.S. Navy landing craft, 216 GT, 158 ft, delivered Dec-42, disposition 'Later LCI(R) 225, sold 1948' - independently confirming builder, delivery window, size, LCI(R) conversion, and disposal. The same table shows the consecutive yard run 1239-1256 = LCI(L)-209 through LCI(L)-226. The Naval Marine Archive mirror page (live) gives 'LCI(L) 225 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 12-Dec-42 | To NDRF 1948' and class totals (923 LCI(L)s built by ten yards; first 350 boats 158.5 ft / 216 t light).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942; 1945; 1948
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-data compilations, not the contract or delivery records themselves; delivery date here corresponds to the commissioning date in Navy-facing sources. 'Sold 1948' (Lawley table) and 'To NDRF 1948' (Naval Marine Archive) differ in disposition wording; NavSource records transfer to the Maritime Commission 19 May 1948 with fate unknown. The shipbuildinghistory.com page is no longer live - the Wayback capture is cited and labeled as an archived copy. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-07
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[8]Naval Marine Archive (The Canadian Collection), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' database page - class design notes and per-hull table; corroborated by HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header design notes + per-hull table row 225; https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html rows 'LCI(L)-224-228' and 'LCI(R)-224-226'; both URLs verified live 200 OK 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class-design context for the LCI(L) type: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards to a common design; the first 350 boats (which include hull 225) were 158.5 ft and 216 tons light; variants included LC(FF), LCI(D), LCI(G), LCI(M) and LCI(R) conversions. The HyperWar ships table carries the hull inside rows 'LCI(L)-224-228 | 1942-44' and 'LCI(R)-224-226 | 1945', corroborating the service window and 1945 conversion year. Establishes that hull 225 was one of the first-design boats built en masse to the Lawley design shared across the ten construction yards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (program)
- Limitations
- Design- and program-level background only; it does not document any material (asbestos or otherwise) fitted to this or any specific hull. Used as class context, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-08
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource/Naval Marine Archive LCI(L)-1 class specifications (twin-screw GM diesel propulsion, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era context (separate row); standard WWII naval-vessel outfitting practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis row; inputs cited in ev-01 (NavSource spec block), ev-08 (class design notes), ev-10 (GAO)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The vessel was a 158-ft diesel-powered landing craft of 1942 U.S. Navy construction - squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. With no steam plant, the characteristic asbestos pathways of larger combatants (boiler and steam-line lagging, turbine insulation) do not apply; the era-consistent applications for a diesel landing craft are machinery and exhaust insulation, engine-room gaskets and flange packing, valve and pump packing, electrical insulation, and insulation felts in accommodation spaces. Asbestos presence aboard this specific hull is an era-consistent inference, not a documented fact.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (3 officers, 21 enlisted as LCI(L); 3/31 as LCI(R)); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Inference only - no spec sheet, contract, survey, or crew account identifies any asbestos product aboard LCI(L)-225. LCIs were austere, mass-produced landing craft; the quantity and extent of any asbestos aboard would plausibly have been far below that of a steam-driven combatant. The hull's mid-service conversion to a rocket craft (in evidence by January 1945) and post-war disposal are undocumented for materials. Does not establish quantity, exposure of any individual, or present-day condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-09
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[10]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO program-level documentation that asbestos insulation was used extensively aboard Navy ships during and after World War II and that the Navy did not begin limiting asbestos exposure in its shipyards until the early 1970s - establishing that this vessel's 1942 construction falls inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level report; it does not name this hull, this class, or landing craft generally, and its fieldwork concerned shipyard workers, not crews. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (confirmed this session); the product-page description is the cited material, full text not pulled. Carried as era context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-10
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[11]Batch-5015 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL scan + section PDF); NARA Catalog WWII War Diaries series (ship-generated action reports); uboat.net; Lawley yard table (Wayback) + Naval Marine Archive; HyperWar ships table; NHHC/DANFS index; Naval Vessel Register; GAO; CourtListener; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-225 or LCI(R)-225 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Unlike sunk hulls, a survey-grade record for this vessel is not structurally excluded - she survived the war, was stricken in March 1946, and was sold out of government custody via the Maritime Commission in 1948 - but none was located.
- 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 Navy construction norms make era-typical materials plausible. The litigation arm of this search is incomplete: CourtListener was rate-limited at session end (see search_ledger) and is logged as blocked, not as a negative result. This row does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-225-lcil225-11