Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 404-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-pkt-404-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-26 (archive 10/15/150026) - construction timeline, Flotilla/Group assignment, campaign list, specifications, disposal chain [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150026.htm - header block, awards ribbons, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions, disposal lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 28 September 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; launched 22 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-26, 8 December 1942. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Seven, LCI Group Nineteen; campaigns: Eastern New Guinea (Lae 4-6 Sep 1943; Finschhafen 22 Sep 1943; Saidor 2-3 Jan 1944), Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26-27 Dec 1943), Hollandia (21-25 Apr 1944), Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi 17 May 1944; Biak Island 27 May-1 Jun 1944; Morotai 15 Sep 1944). 'USS LCI(L)-26 earned four battle stars for WWII service.' Decommissioned 7 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 9 October 1947; registered 1949 by Pocahontas Shipping Corp., Norfolk, VA, as Pocahontas Converter; relocated 1956 to Morgan City, LA; registered 1961 as a dredge at Mobile, AL, name retained; out of documentation 1980; final disposition, fate unknown. Photographs: discharging supplies at Woodlark Island, August 1943; beached in New Guinea, autumn 1943, shark's mouth on bow (crew member Milt 'Boats' Curcio, BM2/c). Specifications: 236/264/419 t.; 158' 5.5"; 23' 3" beam; 16 kts; 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series Model 71 diesels, four per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators. Page states the history is from 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry",' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1980
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); wartime crew (1942-46); embarked troops (campaigns); post-Navy civilian crews (1949-80)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records but its campaign list here conflicts with NavalCoverMuseum's 8-star list (see ev-09); the underlying source is the Turner Publishing veterans' unit history, not a Navy awards document. Direct fetch returns HTTP 406 to non-browser agents; page verified live via rendered scrape 2026-09-29. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-01
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[3]Shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton compilation), New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, hull list - hull #445 series, LCI(L) 1-30 block [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/newyorkship.htm - construction table, hull #445 rows, LCI(L) 26 line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- New York Shipbuilding construction-list corroboration: the yard's hull #445 series lists LCI(L) 1 through LCI(L) 48 (with 49-60 cancelled) as 'U.S. Navy, Landing Craft, 194d tons, 158 ft'; the row for LCI(L) 26 records delivery 'Dec-42' and disposition 'Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder, the December 1942 completion, and a 1946 striking year.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary yard-list compilation, not the builder's or Navy's primary record - used for corroboration only. Its 'Struck 1946' conflicts in specificity with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' (see gaps); neither is an official register page. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), PDF page 30; holding location per NHHC Deck Log Access guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 30, LCI-26 row ('8/1/1944 ... 6/30/1945'); location guidance: history.navy.mil/about-us/services-and-policies/deck-log-access.html (verified live); digitized-log check at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official logbook inventory lists 'LCI-26' with deck-log coverage 8/1/1944 to 6/30/1945 - in-scope wartime service documentation physically held at the National Archives (NHHC Deck Log Access page: unclassified 1941-1983 deck logs are at the Modern Military Branch, NARA College Park, Md.). The coverage window opens after Morotai (the last campaign NavSource lists) and closes after Brunei Bay (the last campaign NavalCoverMuseum lists) - the logs would resolve the contested 1944-45 operational record, but they are undigitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-08-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Wartime crew (log-coverage window)
- Limitations
- Inventory entry only: it establishes that logs exist for the stated window, not their contents - no asbestos, maintenance, or personnel claims can be drawn from an inventory line. The ship is listed as 'LCI-26' without the (L) qualifier. Digitization check: LCI-26 does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' list (the only LCI there is LCI-874 under her later name Kestrel).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-03
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[5]NavalCoverMuseum, LCI(L) 26 page - designation history, 1943 covers page, and awards/campaign compilation [museum_official]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LCI(L)_26 - 'Ship Name and Designation History' table; 'Other Information' awards block; Covers Page 1 (1943)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavalCoverMuseum designation history: LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); USS LCI(L)-26 commissioned December 8, 1942; decommissioned (date unknown); struck from Naval Register (date unknown); transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal October 9, 1947 - agreeing with NavSource on commissioning and MARCOM transfer. Its 'Other Information' block credits the ship with EIGHT battle stars and the Philippine Liberation Medal, listing additional operations beyond NavSource's list: Leyte-era movement implied by Philippine Liberation; Luzon operation (Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945); Manila Bay-Bicol operation (Mariveles-Corregidor, Zambales-Subic Bay, February 1945); Consolidation of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings, March 1945); and Borneo operation (Brunei Bay, 10 June 1945). A covers page documents postal use in 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Wartime crew (1944-45 contested window)
- Limitations
- Volunteer museum compilation; its 8-star/Philippine campaign list conflicts with NavSource's 4-star list ending at Morotai (September 1944) - recorded as an unresolved conflict (ev-09), not adopted. No official awards document was located this session to adjudicate. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (diesel plant - 8 x GM 6051-series Model 71 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,320 shp; no steam plant); New York Shipbuilding build (Camden NJ, 1942); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era) - see ev-06 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150026 specifications block; shipbuildinghistory.com NY Shipbuilding hull #445 row; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A naval combatant built September-December 1942 at New York Shipbuilding sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel-powered landing craft of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation board in machinery and accommodation spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam lines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and LCI(L)s were austere wartime builds with far smaller machinery spaces than steam combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1980
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); wartime crew (1942-46); any availability/yard trades; post-Navy conversion crews (1947-49); dredge crews (1961-80)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or plan document located for LCI(L)-26. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing it, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities; per the product-page highlights, the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace damaged asbestos insulation only, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This documents the Navy's asbestos-use era that brackets this hull's 1942 construction and 1946 decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy asbestos-use era generally
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - the fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards, not New York Shipbuilding, and the 1975/1979 policies postdate this craft's disposal. Full text via gao.gov product page (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-29; content via rendered product page including the linked 26-page full-report PDF at gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-06
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[8]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official research guide to Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) correspondence for hull-specific asbestos documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/navy/guided-topics/asbestos - 'Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence' section and RG 19 entry list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own asbestos research guide states that hull-specific asbestos research runs through RG 19 Bureau of Ships records: during 1940-1961, ship correspondence is filed by hull designation in the Navy Filing Manual scheme (ship-specific, then class-name correspondence under the namesake hull, then type correspondence), with shipyard correspondence filed under QM/<yard name> for private builders (New York Shipbuilding would be a QM file) and NY<n> for naval yards. For this hull the pathway is LCI(L)26 ship correspondence -> LCI(L) class/type correspondence -> QM/New York Shipbuilding correspondence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- records coverage 1940-1961; research pathway for 1942 construction
- Limitations
- Research-pathway documentation only: the guide demonstrates where hull-specific asbestos evidence would be found - it contains no finding about this vessel and does not itself establish that asbestos was or was not aboard. The cited RG 19 series are physical holdings, not digitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-07
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[9]Batch-5032 search ledger (this record): NavSource; shipbuildinghistory.com yard list; NARA SL-44 ship-number PDF p.30; NARA digitized-deck-logs list; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; NVR stub; NavalCoverMuseum; usslci.org journal transcription; CourtListener opinions + dockets; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-26 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: opinion search returned 0 hits; docket search returned 7 hits, all name collisions (LCI Industries, LCI Helicopters, LCI World, unrelated case text) - no qualifying case naming this hull. The post-Navy-name queries ('Pocahontas Converter', opinions and dockets) both returned 0 hits - completed clean, verified no result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing material asserting asbestos aboard LCI-type craft without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The NARA deck logs (8/1944-6/1945) and RG 19 BuShips correspondence are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-08
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[10]Awards cross-check: NavSource 10/15/150026 (4 battle stars, campaigns ending Morotai Sep 1944, sourced to Turner Publishing USS LCI Vol. II) vs NavalCoverMuseum LCI(L)_26 (8 battle stars + Philippine Liberation Medal, adding Lingayen Gulf Jan 1945, Manila Bay-Bicol Feb 1945, Mindanao Mar 1945, Brunei Bay 10 Jun 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150026 campaign table vs navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LCI(L)_26 'Other Information' block; sister-ship NavSource pages 150025/150027/150028
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- UNRESOLVED CONFLICT - not a resolved correction: two volunteer compilations disagree on this hull's 1944-45 record and award count. NavSource credits four battle stars with participation ending at Morotai (15 September 1944); NavalCoverMuseum credits eight battle stars plus the Philippine Liberation Medal with operations through Brunei Bay (10 June 1945). Sister-ship behavior is mixed (LCI(L)-28, same flotilla, shows 5 stars including Leyte; LCI(L)-27 shows 4 stars yet was photographed drydocked at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, in early 1945) - so flotilla presence alone does not adjudicate. No official campaign-participation or awards listing was located this session; the NARA deck logs covering 8/1/1944-6/30/1945 are the primary-source check.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew (1944-45 contested window)
- Limitations
- Both sources are secondary compilations; neither is the Navy's awards document. The record carries NavSource's campaign list for prose and flags the conflict rather than adjudicating - the missing primary sources are the official battle-star/campaign-participation listing and the deck logs. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-09
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[11]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association (usslci.org), 'The Journal of Arden Lee Hunt, LCI 226' - transcribed wartime journal of an LCI(L)-226 crewman [museum_official]
- Locator
- usslci.org/the-journal-of-arden-lee-hunt-lci-226 - Alexishafen entry paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A transcribed crew journal for LCI(L)-226 records LCI-26 operating in company in the Southwest Pacific: at Alexishafen ('Alex Haven'), New Guinea, 'I was supprised not to see by + LCI 26 there beside the Achilles. Went alongside Achilles to get supplies, and parts for our port gear box' - placing this hull alongside the repair ship 'Achilles' during the New Guinea campaign, consistent with the NavSource Flotilla Seven/Group Nineteen assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (New Guinea operations)
- Population
- LCI(L)-226 and LCI(L)-26 crews; USS Achilles (ARL-41) repair trades (period)
- Limitations
- Veterans' association transcription of a personal journal - a primary-adjacent account hosted by a volunteer organization, not an official record; establishes co-location and routine alongside-repair-ship logistics, nothing about materials aboard. The journal names only 'the Achilles' - identification as the landing-craft repair ship USS Achilles (ARL-41), documented in theater at that period, is ours, not the source's. Date line not printed in the excerpt (context is the Finschhafen-area operations). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-26-lcil26-10