USS LCI(L)-235

Evidence

19 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-19).

1. [1]research packet 403-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; no primary-source page located)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Limitations

   qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; no primary-source page located)

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-pkt-403-packet-md

2. [2]NARA Catalog NAID 134328026: 'USS LCI (L) 235 - Act Rep, Op "AVALANCHE"' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; Roll 0630_170035 images 0413-0414; Fold3 scan; report dated 13 September 1943) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/134328026; images 0413-0414 (both pages read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report for Operation AVALANCHE (Salerno) is a standalone digitized file unit: 'USS LCI(L) 235, c/o Fleet Postmaster, New York City, 13 September 1943 - Action Report' (reference: para five of Operation Plan 129-43, Avalanche), 2 pages, signed R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Commanding, addressed to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander Task Unit 85.1.2, Commander Task Group 85.1, Commander Task Force 85, and Commander Western Naval Task Force. The report records: 10 officers and 171 men of the 128th British Brigade, 46th Division, 10th Corps embarked at La Pecherie, Bizerte, Tunisia at 1000 on 5 September; underway 0525 on 6 September from Lac de Bizerte in convoy FSM-1 astern of LCI(L) 236 via Route J to Castellamare Bay, where troops were put ashore for several hours on 7 September and re-embarked; underway at 0358 on 8 September astern of LCI(L) 236 to the lowering position by Route P; a heavy bombing attack ran 2030-2145 on 8 September (bombs fell close by, but no planes were sighted and no ammunition was expended); approaching the beach at 0437 on 9 September the ship collided with LCT 25 (starboard ramp lost) and a moment later LCI(L) 46 rammed her stern; she beached on Green Beach at 0439, disembarked all troops directly onto the dry beach by the port ramp, and retracted at 0458 - no casualties, no material damage beyond the lost ramp. She avoided mines in the rendezvous area and returned to Bizerte in convoy SBM-1 via Route L, docking at La Pecherie at 0800 on 11 September; at 1700 on 12 September she embarked 151 men and 1 officer for Palermo (convoy FSS-4).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-09-05 to 1943-09-12 (report dated 1943-09-13)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked: 10 officers + 171 men, 128th British Brigade, 46th Division, 10th Corps

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the Salerno Green Beach landing of British troops (not the 45th Division lift described in NavSource photo captions - discrepancy flagged), the 0439 beaching and 0458 retraction on 9 September 1943, the LCT 25 collision and LCI(L) 46 ramming, and zero casualties. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-01

3. [3]NARA Catalog NAID 78289564: 'USS LCI(L) 235 - Act Rep, 1/20-22/44, Landings at Nettuno, Italy' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 23343; 2 images; report dated 23 January 1944) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78289564; both images read at full resolution (report dated 23 January 1944, File A1-44, signature block R. Samuel Dillon, Jr.)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report for the Anzio assault is a standalone digitized file unit: 'U.S.S. L.C.I.(L) 235, File A1-44, 23 January 1944 - Action Report, 20-22 January', 2 pages, signed R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Commanding, addressed to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander LCI(L) Group Two Flotilla One, CTG 81.4, and CTF 81, with a copy to Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters. The report records: 5 officers and 169 men of Company F, 15th Infantry, 3rd Division embarked at Pozzuoli at 1115 on 20 January; anchored in Baia di Castellammare off Torre Annunziata at 1626; underway 0510 on 21 January astern of LCI(L) 40 in convoy NAM-1 for the assault beach; lay to 1000 yards astern of reference vessel 'Charlie' 3.5 miles off Green Beach at 2400; called to beaching stations at 0100 on 22 January and proceeded with LCI(L)s 236 (wave leader), 40, 41, 42 and 238 as the Third Wave to Green Beach from the reference vessel at 0202; beached on the right flank of Green Beach at 0240 at 41 deg 25'57.8"N, 12 deg 43'33.6"E; troops disembarked via the starboard ramp in 3 feet of water 90 yards from the beach (the light English-type port ramp fouled but was recovered); no firing on the beach - 'absolutely quiet except land mines exploding some distance inland'; two wounded soldiers were evacuated; retracted by stern anchor at 0310 and lay to at the rendezvous area. Convoyed back to Pozzuoli as fifth ship of the starboard column, docked 1915; wounded transferred to the 23rd General Hospital by ambulance at 2230.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-01-20 to 1944-01-23 (report dated 1944-01-23)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked: 5 officers + 169 men, Company F, 15th Infantry, 3rd Division; 2 wounded soldiers evacuated

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the Anzio D-Day lift (Company F, 15th Infantry, 3rd Division), the Third Wave composition (236 wave leader; 40, 41, 42, 238, 235), the 0240 right-flank Green Beach landing with troops wading 90 yards in 3 feet of water, and the evacuation of two wounded soldiers. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-02

4. [4]NARA Catalog NAID 78302585: 'USS LCI(L) 235 - Rep of Amphibious Ops During Landings, Cape D'Anzio, Italy, 1/21/44 - 2/2/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 23332; 3 images; report dated 2 February 1944) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78302585; all 3 images read at full resolution (File A2-44, dated 2 February 1944)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's follow-on Anzio report is a standalone digitized file unit: 'U.S.S. L.C.I.(L) 235, File A2-44, 2 February 1944 - Report of Amphibious Operations during Landings near Cape D'Anzio, Italy, participated in by this ship' (covering 21 January - 2 February 1944), 3 pages, signed R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Commanding, to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via CTG 81.4, CTF 81, and Commander Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters (advance copy). After recapitulating the 21-22 January assault (same figures as the A1-44 report), it records: moored at Pozzuoli 23-28 January under repeated red alerts; on 28 January she sailed for Naples, docking at 1538, and the Army loaded ammunition there 28-29 January (72 tons of ammunition and rations complete at 1500 on 29 January); underway in convoy for Anzio at 1935, second ship of the port column astern of LCI(L) 17; anchored in 5 fathoms off Anzio at 1024 on 30 January, shifted anchorage twice because of enemy shellfire, and docked at Mole Innocenziano, Anzio at 2142 - the Army began unloading cargo at 2145 (four red-alert general-quarters calls during the day); finished unloading at 0618 on 1 February and re-anchored off Anzio. At 1024 on 1 February Lieutenant P. H. Philp, Commander LCT(5) Group 30 Flotilla 10, came aboard to direct LCT operations off Red and Green Beaches in the unloading of merchant ships; the ship patrolled the transport area 0000-0800 on 2 February directing LCTs, with a general-quarters red alert at 0757.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-01-21 to 1944-02-02 (report dated 1944-02-02)

   Population

   Ship's company; cargo: 72 tons ammunition and rations; Lt. P. H. Philp (LCT(5) Group 30 Flotilla 10) and staff embarked briefly

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the 72-ton ammunition/rations lift into Anzio harbor under shellfire (30 January), the Mole Innocenziano dockside unloading, and her use as a platform for directing LCT unloading of merchant ships off the assault beaches. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-03

5. [5]NARA Catalog NAID 134358005: 'USS LCI(L) 235 - Rep of Ops, 8/9-26/44, Invasion of Southern France' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; Roll 1191_191221; 4 images; report dated 27 August 1944) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/134358005; all 4 images read at full resolution (File C99-44, dated 27 August 1944; signature block 'R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Lt. (jg), USNR'; copy block ComLCI(L)Flot 4 / ComLCI(L)Gr 12 / ComLCI(L)Div 24)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report for the invasion of Southern France is a standalone digitized file unit: 'U.S.S. L.C.I.(L) 235, CONFIDENTIAL, File C99-44, 27 August 1944 - Report of Operations of this Ship in the Invasion of Southern France, August 9-26, 1944', 4 pages, signed R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Lt.(jg) USNR, Commanding, to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander Task Group 84.3, Commander Task Force 84, and Commander Western Naval Task Force, with copies to ComLCI(L)Flot 4, ComLCI(L)Gr 12 and ComLCI(L)Div 24. The report records: on 9 August she had been 'fitted out for salvage and fire fighting duties' with fire-fighting and salvage officers and crews aboard; embarked 82 U.S. Navy beach-battalion personnel (Company C, First Beach Battalion) and 42 U.S. Army personnel (C Company, 10th Engineers, 3rd Division) at Pozzuoli at 1345 on 9 August; anchored overnight in the LCI(L) anchorage in the Gulf of Salerno; sailed at 0730 on 12 August in convoy SF-2B for Ajaccio, Corsica (Task Unit 84.14.3, tenth ship third column), mooring port-side alongside USS LCI(L) 189 at Ajaccio at 1816 on 13 August; on 14 August the ship sailed as part of Task Unit 84.3.7 - the Yellow Beach LCI(L) Unit, LCI(L)s 943, 235, 596, 674, 675 and 45. She beached at the center of Yellow Beach, Baie de Pampelone (43 deg 13'20"N, 06 deg 39'45"E) at 0857 on 15 August in wave SIX of the Yellow Beach Attack Force (LCI(L)s 674 and 596 to port, 943 and 675 to starboard), threading double rows of wooden piles driven into the bottom 275-300 feet off the beach - the last several hundred yards at two knots, passing through the unmined piles 'with two feet to spare on each side'; troops disembarked on dry ground at 0902 and she retracted at 0907, standing by ~500 yards offshore on salvage and fire-fighting call while desultory rifle, machine-gun and mortar fire ashore died away; she towed USS LCI(L) 522 off the beach at 1800 and anchored at 1923 in 8 fathoms. On 16 August she remained at anchor awaiting call while seven enemy planes stayed out of range; on 17 August she proceeded to Red Beach in the Gulfo di Cavalaire, where HM LCTs 325 and 379 were towed off the beach, and embarked 86 U.S. Army port-battalion officers and men from the British merchant ship SAMBRE at 2130. Post-assault: the Army personnel were disembarked on the beach at 0940 on 18 August and she served as dispatch ship for USS Duane, the force flagship, that afternoon; on 20 August she made two beaching trips from Red Beach (Gulfo di Cavalaire) to Red Beach (Gulfo di Frejus, near St. Raphael) carrying a total of 345 SSF Army personnel, disembarking troops on dry ground each trip; on 21 August she towed an LCM off the beach and anchored as a Dukw reference vessel, burning a red masthead light visible around the horizon; on 22 August LCTs moored alongside while her salvage crew cleared their props, she took USS LCT 1043 in tow out of the transport area, and proceeded at flank speed to the merchant ship OCEAN TRAVELER off Red Beach to fight a fire (the fire was out on arrival); on 23 August her salvage crew cleared USS LCT 1043's screws alongside and she towed broached HM LCMs 1007 and 1011 off Green Beach, scraping over uncharted underwater rocks with no damage indicated; she then anchored off Red Beach and served as a Dukw reference vessel at night through 24-26 August awaiting salvage or fire-fighting call. Summary paragraph: 'During the operation no ammunition was expended, no enemy plane having been within range of the guns aboard; no battle damage was incurred, and there were no casualties.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-08-09 to 1944-08-26 (report dated 1944-08-27)

   Population

   Ship's company; salvage and fire-fighting officers/crews embarked; embarked: 82 Navy beach battalion + 42 Army (D-Day lift), 86 Army port battalion (17 August)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the salvage and fire-fighting fit, the Yellow Beach (Baie de Pampelone) wave-six landing at 0857 on 15 August 1944, her TU 84.3.7 unit composition, the post-landing salvage standing-by, and towing operations (LCI(L) 522; HM LCTs 325, 379). Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-04

6. [6]NARA Catalog NAID 78320628: 'USS LCI(L) 235 - War Diary, 10/1/43 to 2/29/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 23326; 45 images; forwarding letter dated 2 March 1944) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78320628; images 0000-0001 (forwarding letter), 0002 (October 1943 organization page), 0005 (October daily entries), 0039 and 0044 (February 1944 entries incl. 9-12 and 27-29 February) read at full resolution; other pages sampled

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary for October 1943 through February 1944 is a digitized file unit (45 images), forwarded 2 March 1944 signed R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Lt.(jg) USNR, Commanding, on Eighth Amphibious Force / LCI(L) Flotilla One letterhead. The October 1943 cover page states: 'USS LCI(L) 235 is part of Division Three of Group Two of LCI(L) Flotilla One operating under Western Naval Attack Force Operation Plan 7-43 of 14 August 1943 (1030) - Northern Attack Force - Task Force 85 - Uncle Attack Group - Operation Plan 129-43 of 28 August 1943 (1800) - Task Group 85.1 - Task Unit 85.1.2.' October entries record convoy work Salerno-Bizerte (convoy SBM 7, 1 October) and Taranto-Bizerte (at the Italian Seaplane Base, Taranto, 10 October); the signature block for October reads 'R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Ensign, USNR, Commanding'. February 1944 entries record sustained work inside the Anzio beachhead: docked at Anzio unloading ammunition through air raids (9-10 February); patrolling the transport area off Anzio directing LCTs (12 February) with eight German planes dive-bombing the harbor at 0837 - she expended 200 rounds of 20mm - plus four more planes overhead at 1802 with bombs falling in the harbor and a glide bomb about a mile east at 2135 (ten more general-quarters calls that day); and drydocked at Palermo, Sicily 27-29 February where crew painted the bottom and base forces installed new shafts and propellers.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-10-01 to 1944-02-29 (forwarded 1944-03-02)

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary authored aboard the ship. Establishes administrative assignment (Division Three, Group Two, Flotilla One), the October 1943 convoy employment, the Anzio harbor defense of 12 February 1944 (200 rounds 20mm expended), and the Palermo drydock 27-29 February 1944 (bottom painted, new shafts and propellers installed - a documented machinery repair availability, though the work involved underwater fittings, not any documented asbestos application). Contains no asbestos or materials information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-05

7. [7]NARA Catalog NAIDs 78382230 (War Diary 3/1-31/44, 11 images), 78420821 (4/1-30/44, 10 images), 78445614 (5/1-31/44, 11 images), 78490496 (6/1-30/44, 7 images), 78593573 (7/1-31/44, 10 images), 78607035 (8/1-31/44, 14 images), 134374280 (9/1-30/44, 13 images), 78681109 (10/1-31/44, 11 images) - RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; forwarded monthly, signed R. Samuel Dillon, Jr. (through September page for the change of command) then A. B. Bradley, Ens. USNR [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/{NAID} per unit; June 1944 diary (78490496) images 0497-0500 (10-12 June entries, 18-23 June engine replacement, 24-28 June flag/transfer/conversion entries and monthly remarks); March diary (78382230) image at 10-13 March entries (60 rds 20mm, 11 March); July diary (78593573) 27-28 July entries and Plan D-44 assignment; August diary (78607035) 30-31 August entries; September diary (134374280) 10-12 September entries (change of command, Bizerte ferry); October diary (78681109) 10-12 October entries (Brazilian troops) - all read at full resolution

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's monthly war diaries for March through October 1944 survive as eight digitized file units, sampled at full resolution. Documented events: March 1944 - Pozzuoli-based cargo shuttle to the Anzio transport area; on 10-13 March she unloaded cargo from merchant ships to beaches under repeated air-raid calls, expending 60 rounds of 20mm on 11 March when about fifteen planes attacked the harbor a mile away. June 1944 - an eight-day yard period at Pozzuoli: 'Eight old diesel main engines removed and new engines installed by Flotilla Maintenance Staff' with Lt. H.G. Stender, SOPA, aboard 18-23 June; on 25 June the diary records her transfer 'from Division Three of Group Two of Flotilla One to Division Twenty-Four of Group Twelve of Flotilla Four' with assignment as a Salvage Ship (per Eighth Amphibious Force Plan C-44 of 15 June 1944); she served briefly as flagship of CTG 81.5 (Comdr. O.F. Gregor and staff aboard 24 June, transferred to LCI(L) 954 on 27 June); on 28 June two Italians began converting the ship for salvage work at Naples. July 1944 - operating as a salvage and fire-fighting ship on temporary duty with Commander Transport Division One under Eighth Amphibious Force Plan D-44; fire-fighting pumps and equipment brought aboard at Naples; she pulled LCI(L) 674 off the beach and was herself pulled off by LCI(L) 953 when her anchor winch broke during beaching exercises (27 July). August 1944 - Southern France operations (see ev-04) plus post-assault salvage work: beached on Red Beach to fight a forest fire endangering an oil storage tank and towed HM LCT 321 off the beach (30 August). September 1944 - on 10 September 'DILLON, R. Samuel Jr. Lt.(jg) USNR 194265 transferred from this ship to AATB Bizerte, Tunisia Nucleus Crew Program. BRADLEY, Amslem B. Ens USNR 256669 assumed command of the USS LCI(L) 235 by orders of Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Four'; she then ferried 140 then 41 more U.S. Naval personnel from Salerno to Bizerte (10-12 September, with USS LST 174). October 1944 - underway Naples to Leghorn with 137 Brazilian Army personnel in a convoy of 58 LCI(L)s (Lt. Cmdr. M.B. Brown in LCI(L) 948 OTC, 10-12 October), offloaded at Leghorn.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-03-01 to 1944-10-31

   Population

   Ship's company; Flotilla Maintenance Staff aboard 18-23 June 1944; CTG 81.5 flag staff 24-27 June; 137 Brazilian Army personnel 10-11 October

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diaries authored aboard the ship; sampled pages read at full resolution (not every daily page transcribed). Establishes the March 1944 Anzio shuttle under air attack, the June 1944 eight-engine replacement and the Flotilla One-to-Flotilla Four transfer with salvage-ship assignment, the July 1944 salvage conversion and TDY with Transport Division One, the 10 September 1944 change of command (Dillon to Bradley), and the October 1944 Brazilian troop lift Naples-Leghorn. Contains no asbestos or materials information; the engine replacement and drydock availabilities are documented machinery contexts only - no insulation or materials record exists for them. Does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-06

8. [8]NARA Catalog NAID 135949855: 'COMTASK-UNIT 81.4 - Act Rep, Op "HUSKY"' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; Roll A550; 87 images; CTU 81.4.3 report on USS LCI(L) 236 letterhead dated 17 July 1943; CTG 81.4 forwarding letter dated 26 July 1943) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/135949855; Roll A550 - CTG 81.4 forwarding letter (enclosure list A-H) and the CTU 81.4.3 report (its paragraphs on the Division Four rendezvous and the D+3 shuttle; frames approx. 0048-0051) read at full resolution; individual ship reports in enclosures D/E sampled

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Sicily (Operation HUSKY) participation is documented ship-specific by the Commander Task Unit 81.4.3 report inside the COMTASK-UNIT 81.4 HUSKY action-report file: the report, dated 17 July 1943 on USS LCI(L) 236 letterhead, narrates 'LCI Division Four' operations: 'Ships of LCI Division Four were underway all night of D-1 and rendezvoused with the Dime LST's ... By 0200 all ships of Division Four had rendezvoused except for LCI 235 which did not arrive until about 0315' on D-Day (10 July 1943). Paragraph 11 records that at 0600 on D+3 'about 160 troops of various Corps were embarked on each of LCI(L)'s 236, 40, 41, 234, and 235' - ships of Division Four that formed a section of Captain John H. Leppert's convoy departing La Goulette about 1000 for Gela via the east-bound Landing Craft Shuttle route, arriving off Gela at 0600 on D+4 and disembarking all troops without casualties in about three feet of water off the Green portion of Beach 68. The same file's forwarding letter (CTG 81.4, 26 July 1943) shows TG 81.4 employed LCI(L)s of the DIME, CENT and KOOL forces staging through Sousse, Tunisia.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-07-08 to 1943-07-14 (report dated 1943-07-17)

   Population

   Ship's company; ~160 troops embarked for the D+3 shuttle

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the task-unit commander (not the ship's own report - her individual HUSKY report was not located among the sampled enclosures, though the file was surfaced by a catalog extracted-text match on her hull number). Establishes her presence with 'LCI Division Four' at the Gela D-Day rendezvous (~0315 on 10 July 1943) and her D+3 shuttle lift of ~160 troops La Goulette-to-Gela disembarking without casualties; it does not state she beached on D-Day itself. The task-organization label 'LCI Division Four' differs from her administrative assignment 'Division Three, Group Two, Flotilla One' in her own October 1943 war diary - carried as a naming observation, not resolved. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-07

9. [9]NARA Catalog NAID 120206790: 'LCI(L) 235 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, series NAID 594996; 148 images, scan set 32860_244870) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/120206790 (scan set 32860_244870, 148 images); sampled pages read at full resolution: the 31 March 1943 transmittal sheet (volume-cover annotation 'Comm. 1-27-43 to 7-2-46'; Dillon certifying as Executive Officer; Bigos approving as Commanding Officer; forwarded Oran 20 May 1943), the commissioning report of changes for the period ending 31 January 1943 (crew received 1-27-43 from Rec. Sta., Boston, Mass.), the 28 February 1943 report (no changes), the 30 June 1943 transmittal sheet forwarded from Tunis, and the final roll of 2 July 1946 (W. H. St. Clair, Lt.(jg), commanding; six men remaining; transfers to the Norfolk receiving station/separation center)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NARA's digitized muster-roll file unit for this hull ('LCI(L) 235 - Muster Rolls,' 148 images, Ancestry partnership scans) contains: (1) the standard transmittal sheet annotated 'Comm. 1-27-43 to 7-2-46' indicating the bound volume spans commissioning through 2 July 1946; (2) the ship's commissioning report for 27 January 1943 listing the crew 'Received 1-27-43 Rec. Sta., Boston, Mass.' - consistent with the Neponset, Massachusetts builder location; (3) the 31 March 1943 quarterly transmittal sheet certified by R. Samuel Dillon, Jr., Ensign D-V(S) as Executive Officer and approved by Lieut. Casimir L. Bigos, USNR as Commanding Officer, forwarded 20 May 1943 from Oran, Algeria - establishing the ship in the Mediterranean by late May 1943 and Bigos (not Dillon) as the early commanding officer; (4) the 30 June 1943 sheet forwarded from Tunis, Tunisia (Dillon still Executive Officer); and (5) the final roll dated 2 July 1946 approved by W. H. St. Clair, Lt.(jg), Commanding Officer, with six men remaining aboard and transfers to the Norfolk receiving station/separation center - consistent with decommissioning in mid-1946 though the decommissioning event itself is not documented in the roll. Individual roll pages were not transcribed (crew names recoverable on request).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-01-27 to 1946-07-02

   Population

   Ship's company 1943-1946

   Limitations

   Primary personnel records; only transmittal/commissioning/final sheets were read, individual rosters not extracted. Confirms commissioning crew provenance (Receiving Station Boston, 27 January 1943), early command identity (Bigos commanding / Dillon executive officer through at least 30 June 1943), presence at Oran by 20 May 1943 and Tunis by 30 June 1943, coverage to 2 July 1946, and a six-man residual crew with Norfolk separation-center transfers on the final roll. The change of command from Bradley (who assumed command 10 September 1944) to St. Clair is not dated in the sources read. Contains no asbestos or materials information; a muster roll establishes presence aboard, not exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-08

10. [10]NARA Special List 44 (1978), hull-number section, p. 335: row 'LCI(L)-235 | Jan. 27, 1943-June 30, 1945 | 4 logbooks' (verified against the page image via the ACPL Genealogy Center scan); logbook series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations,' NAID 594258, RG 24; digitized file unit NAID 178406296 'Special Lists 43 - 44' [other_primary]

    Locator

    Special List 44 printed p. 335, LCI(L)-235 row (ACPL scan image 361, genealogycenter.net/nara/images/narasl44/361.jpg); catalog.archives.gov/id/178406296; digitized-logs list at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    NARA's Special List 44 inventory (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947) records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-235 covering 'Jan. 27, 1943-June 30, 1945' in 4 logbooks (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series NAID 594258, RG 24). The coverage start coincides with the 27 January 1943 commissioning; the coverage end falls about two weeks before the reported 15 July 1945 redesignation to LCI(G)-235, and no separate LCI(G)-235 row appears in the inventory's convention of inline multi-designator rows. The logbooks are not on NARA's list of fully digitized Navy deck logs; digitized ship-specific content for this hull instead sits in the RG 38 war-diaries/operational-records series (four action reports plus nine monthly war-diary file units) and the RG 24 muster-roll series. The Special Lists 43-44 document is itself digitized at NARA as file unit NAID 178406296 (837 images).

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-01-27 to 1945-06-30

    Population

    Ship's company during covered period

    Limitations

    Index-level record only: coverage dates are logbook inventory dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates, and do not themselves establish events. The four logbooks are undigitized - physical retrieval at Archives II (College Park) would be required to read content. Coverage ends 30 June 1945 while muster rolls continue to 2 July 1946 - logs for the LCI(G) conversion period and the ship's final year are not in this inventory line; whether they survive elsewhere is undetermined. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-09

11. [11]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-235 / LCI(G)-235 page (history partially taken from Turner Publishing USS LCI vol. II) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource 10/15/150235.htm: construction block, campaign table, LCI(G) conversion/reversion lines, disposition lines, specifications block, photo captions (verified live 2026-09-29; the navsource.org domain is dead - the correct host is navsource.net)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Secondary compilation (NavSource, drawing on Turner Publishing's 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry," Vol. II,' 1995) records: laid down 2 January 1943 at George Lawley & Sons Shipyard, Neponset, Massachusetts; launched 21 January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-235 on 27 January 1943; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns - Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943, Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943, Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22 January-5 February and 13, 28-29 February 1944, 'Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944' (under West Coast of Italy operations), and Invasion of Southern France 15 August-25 September 1944; redesigned Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) USS LCI(G)-235 on 15 July 1945; reverted to LCI(L)-235 on 17 September 1945; decommissioned and struck dates unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 12 November 1947; four battle stars credited. Photo captions on the same page describe her loading 45th Division troops at Palermo 4 September 1943 for the Salerno landings 'second wave' - a description at odds with her own action report, which records embarking the 128th British Brigade at La Pecherie, Bizerte on 5 September (flagged as a discrepancy, not adopted).

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-1947

    Limitations

    Secondary compilation, not an official document. Commissioning (27 January 1943) is corroborated by uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory.com, the ship's commissioning report, and the muster annotation 'Comm. 1-27-43'; Sicily presence is corroborated by the CTU 81.4.3 report naming her at Gela (ev-07); Salerno, Anzio and Southern France are corroborated by her own reports (ev-01 through ev-04). The 'Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944' credit is contradicted by her own June 1944 war diary, which has her docked at Pozzuoli 13-23 June for engine replacement - carried as a discrepancy, not adopted (see correction row ev-13). Decommissioned/struck dates are 'unknown' here; the MarCom transfer date is secondary-only. No DANFS entry exists for this hull to corroborate against.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-10

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

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L) section: class characteristics block; LCI(L) roster range 'LCI(L)-233-236 | 1942-44'; LCI(G) roster row 'LCI(G)-235 | 1944-45'

    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' class tables) covers LCI(L)-235 inside the roster range row 'LCI(L)-233-236 | 1942-44' with no loss or transfer annotation, and separately lists her gunboat designation in the row 'LCI(G)-235 | 1944-45'. The LCI(L)-1 class characteristics block gives: displacement 387 tons full load; length 160 ft; beam 23 ft 3 in; draft 5 ft 4 in fwd / 5 ft 11 in aft; speed 15.5 knots; armament 4 x 20mm; complement 3 officers, 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers and 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; two 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

    1943-1945

    Limitations

    Transcription of an official BuShips publication; the roster range covers hulls 233-236 collectively (ship-specific inclusion for 235, range-level detail) while the characteristics block is class-standard, not individually measured for this hull. The LCI(G)-235 roster row corroborates the gunboat conversion reported by NavSource for 15 July-17 September 1945, though its '1944-45' service range is broader than NavSource's exact dates. No asbestos or materials content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-11

13. [13]uboat.net allied-warship record USS LCI(L)-235 (ship/21152); shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table [other_primary]

    Locator

    uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21152.html; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 'LCI(L) | G | 235 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 27-Jan-43 | To NDRF 1947'

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Builder and milestone corroboration from two further secondary compilations: uboat.net's allied-warship record for USS LCI(L)-235 gives ordered 31 August 1942; built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts; laid down 2 January 1943; launched 21 January 1943; commissioned 27 January 1943 (no end-service data or command entries listed). shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) construction table lists 'LCI(L) | G | 235 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 27-Jan-43 | To NDRF 1947' - the 'G' column marking the gunboat conversion and 'To NDRF 1947' (National Defense Reserve Fleet) consistent with NavSource's 12 November 1947 Maritime Commission transfer.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1947

    Limitations

    Secondary compilations consistent with each other, with NavSource, and with primary NARA records (commissioning corroborated by the ship's own commissioning report and muster annotation), but no official construction source (DANFS, BuShips contract list, NVR) was located - there is no DANFS entry for this hull. 'To NDRF 1947' supplies the disposal mechanism the NavSource MarCom-transfer line implies; final fate beyond 1947 is not documented in these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-12

14. [14]NARA Catalog NAID 78490496 (USS LCI(L) 235 War Diary, June 1944) vs NavSource campaign table (Turner Publishing compilation) [other_primary]

    Locator

    June 1944 war diary entries for 13-17 June and 18-23 June (docked at Pozzuoli, engines removed/installed), and monthly remarks page; NavSource 10/15/150235.htm campaign table line 'Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944'

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Correction note on the secondary campaign table: NavSource credits 'Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944' under West Coast of Italy operations, but the ship's own June 1944 war diary places her docked at Pozzuoli 13-17 June and 18-23 June while the Flotilla Maintenance Staff replaced her eight diesel main engines - she was in port under repair on the date credited, not at Elba. The campaign credit is carried as unverified/likely erroneous rather than adopted; her documented June employment was the engine change-out and the 24-28 June flag duty (CTG 81.5 staff), flotilla transfer, and start of salvage conversion.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1944-06

    Population

    Ship's company

    Limitations

    Primary diary (docked at Pozzuoli 13-23 June) takes precedence over the secondary compilation's campaign credit for 17 June 1944. Campaign-credit conventions can cover multi-day windows, but the credit names a single landing date on which the ship's own diary has her in port; flagged as a discrepancy, not asserted as participation or as definite error.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-13

15. [15]NARA Catalog NAIDs 139937808 ('COM LCI(L) FLOT 1 - War Diary, 2/1-28/45', 2 images) and 633446465 ('COM LCI(L) FLOT 1 - War Diary, 4/1/45 to 5/31/45', 7 images); supporting muster-sheet location evidence in NAID 120206790 [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/139937808 (first page, 1-2 and 4, 15, 19-20 February 1945 entries); /id/633446465 (first page, 1-4 April 1945 entries) - read at full resolution; NAID 78268797 'COM LCI(L) FLOT1 - War Diary, 2/28/43 to 11/30/43' (33 images) located, cover image read

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    The COM LCI(L) FLOTILLA ONE war diaries place the hull in 1945 Mediterranean employment: the February 1945 diary records Flotilla One based at Palermo, Sicily, engaged in ferrying troops Leghorn-Marseille as part of TF 81, with the disposition 'Division 2 less 36, Division 5 and Division 6 less 235 present Palermo. 235 and 36 on mail run from Oran to Marseille, Palermo and Bizerte' (1-2 February); LCI(L) 39 relieved 235 on the mail run 4 February; LCI(L)s 235, 236 and 954 escorted LCTs en route to Bizerte 15 February and 235/236 returned to Palermo 20 February. The April-May 1945 diary places her en route Leghorn from Bizerte 1 April, arriving 4 April. Her 31 March 1943 muster sheet had been forwarded from Oran in May 1943 - she remained in the Mediterranean for the entire war.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1945-02-01 to 1945-05-31 (diary coverage; entries read February-April 1945)

    Population

    Ship's company

    Limitations

    Primary wartime administrative diaries authored by the flotilla commander, not the ship. Establishes Division Six / Flotilla One assignment at Palermo by February 1945 and mail/escort/ferry employment through April 1945 - consistent with the May 1945 Oran forwarding location on her muster sheet. Contains no asbestos or materials information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-14

16. [16]Class propulsion per Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-11) and the ship's own war diaries (ev-05, ev-06); Atlas shipyards.json checked - no 'george-lawley' or 'lawley-neponset' yard record exists [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); war-diary entries cited in ev-05/ev-06; shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json (37 yard_ids grepped - no Lawley/Neponset entry; 'boston-naval-shipyard' is a different facility)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era assessment: the LCI(L)-1 design was diesel-powered (two sets of four General Motors 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. Her documented availabilities - eight diesel main engines replaced at Pozzuoli 18-23 June 1944, underwater repairs with new shafts and propellers at Palermo 27-29 February 1944, and the salvage-ship conversion begun at Naples 28 June 1944 - are machinery/equipment contexts where gasket and packing materials would have been worked, but no insulation or materials specification exists for any of them. The hull was built in January 1943 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts - a yard that does NOT appear in the Atlas shipyard dataset, so unlike some sibling LCI(L)s there is no yard-level asbestos-product documentation to weigh; the yard linkage is simply undocumented.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943, plus documented availabilities Feb-Jun 1944

    Population

    Construction trades (George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA, 1942-43); Flotilla Maintenance Staff and base-forces personnel during documented availabilities; ship's company

    Limitations

    Design- and era-level inference only - the class specification lists machinery type, not insulation materials, and no period spec sheet for LCI(L) insulation was located. The documented engine swap and drydock work establish repair activity but not what materials were disturbed or installed. The absence of a yard record in the project dataset is itself a gap, not evidence of absence. Does not establish asbestos aboard this craft, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-15

17. [17]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

    Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed historical study 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 1943 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-235-lcil235-16

18. [18]Batch-5026 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog search '"LCI(L) 235"' (101 file units reviewed); NARA Special List 44 page image; NHHC DANFS direct-URL probes; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory secondary pages; USCG-manned LCI(L) roster (Wayback capture); NVR; CourtListener [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-20

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material specification naming USS LCI(L)-235 was found in the public sources searched (NARA catalog, NHHC/DANFS, NPS, MARAD, naval-history transcription sites). No DANFS entry exists for this hull at all. Four of her own action reports, nine monthly war diaries, and muster-roll sheets were read at full resolution - none contains asbestos or materials content (expected: operational records of this type never do).

    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 - 1943 wartime construction is era-consistent with possible asbestos-containing materials in gaskets, electrical insulation, and joiner work, and her documented machinery availabilities (eight engines replaced June 1944; shafts/propellers February 1944; salvage conversion June 1944) are plausible disturbance contexts. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-17

19. [19]CourtListener API v4 searches '"USS LCI(L)-235"', '"LCI(L)-235"', '"LCI(G)-235"' (type=o) and '"LCI(L)-235"' (type=r) - count 0 each [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener v4 search results, type=o (0 hits x3) and type=r (0 hits) via cl-auth-search.py helper

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps via the authenticated helper returned no qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collisions for this hull: exact-name opinion search '"USS LCI(L)-235"' count 0; exact hull-number opinion search '"LCI(L)-235"' count 0; gunboat-designation opinion search '"LCI(G)-235"' count 0; verbatim docket search '"LCI(L)-235"' (type=r) count 0 - all four queries completed HTTP 200 with zero hits. Early attempts in the session were stood down by the fleet pacing budget; the sweep completed when the window reopened.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    2026-09-29

    Limitations

    CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive of PACER/state filings; the exact-name, hull-number, gunboat-designation opinion queries and the verbatim docket query all returned zero results with no collisions to classify. Absence of litigation naming a hull does not establish absence of exposure; LCI-class claims would typically be pleaded by class name or not at all given the craft's size and diesel plant.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-235-lcil235-18