USS LCI(L)-30

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]research packet 404-packet.md (6 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-30-lcil30-pkt-404-packet-md

2. [2]NARA Catalog NAID 78717797: 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 7 - War Diary, 12/1/43 to 11/30/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; Roll A1298; 44 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78717797; Roll A1298 images 0662-0705 read at full resolution, including Dec 1943 daily pages (Milne Bay, Cape Cretin, Green Beach 26 Dec, Goodenough/Saidor 30-31 Dec), Apr 1944 entries (17 Apr loading, 20 Apr 'LCI(L) 30 broke down'), May entries (TU 77.2.3 departure 12 May; absent from 25/29 May Biak lists), Sep 1944 (TU 77.3.14 Morotai), Oct 1944 (13 Oct Leyte departure list of 27 ships excluding hull 30; 31 Oct 'at Jautefa Bay'), Nov 1944 (Humboldt Bay through 30 Nov)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The LCI(L) Flotilla Seven, Seventh Amphibious Force war diary (cataloged 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 7 - War Diary, 12/1/43 to 11/30/44'; 44 images) documents USS LCI(L)-30's operations month by month. December 1943: at Milne Bay 1-19 December; departed Cape Sudest 24 December and joined formation off Cape Cretin 25 December; on 26 December at 0500 'LCI(L)'s 25, 26, 27, 29 and 30 left formation and headed for Green Beach' at Cape Gloucester, New Britain (all LCIs off the beach by 0840, formed for Cape Sudest at 0945); on 30 December she was among LCI(L)s departing Cape Sudest for Goodenough Island under operation plan 4-43 (the Saidor lift), loading 126th Infantry troops on 31 December and sailing for Saidor, and she was in the Saidor-bound force 1-2 January 1944. January 1944: at Brisbane, Australia for leave approximately 8-18 January. April 1944: loaded 41st Infantry Division troops at Cape Cretin 17 April and sailed in the Hollandia convoy under Operation Plan 3-44; on 20 April the diary records 'LCI(L) 30 broke down and was ordered back to Seeadler Harbor after troops embarked had been transferred to other ships of convoy'; the convoy was back at Cape Sudest 25 April - she did not reach the Hollandia assault area. May 1944: in the Task Unit 77.2.3 list departing Cape Sudest 12 May for the 17 May Toem-Wakde-Sarmi landing; she is NOT in the 25 May TU 77.4.4 list departing for Biak and not in the 29 May H-5 echelon - she remained at Hollandia/Humboldt Bay. June-July 1944: at anchor Hollandia; not in the 28 June/2 July Noemfoor departure and not in the Sansapor (TU 77.2.5) movement. August 1944: departed Alexishaven 30 August for Hollandia with 19 other LCIs. September 1944: sailed in Task Unit 77.3.14 to White Beach, Morotai for the 15 September landing, then held at Jautefa Bay. October-November 1944: NOT among the 27 ships departing Hollandia for Leyte on 13 October under CTF 78 Op Plan 101-44; the 31 October entry places her at Jautefa Bay, New Guinea, and November entries place her at Humboldt Bay through 30 November 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-12-01 to 1944-11-30

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops (41st Infantry Division troops loaded 17 April 1944; 126th Infantry loaded 31 December 1943)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary kept by her own flotilla commander - the strongest available source for her executed movements. Establishes the Cape Gloucester Green Beach group, the Hollandia breakdown, the Toem-Sarmi and Morotai task-unit assignments, and her exclusion from Biak, Noemfoor, Sansapor, and Leyte movements. The Green Beach assignment conflicts with uboat.net's task-organization transcription (TU 76.1.31 for Yellow Beach One) - the diary records executed movement and is treated as authoritative here, with the conflict flagged. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-01

3. [3]NARA Catalog NAID 78488011: 'COMTASK-UNIT 77.2.7 - Rep of Ops, Occupation of the Humbolt Bay Area, New Guinea, 4/22/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; Fold3 file 276914290; Roll A1024; 9 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78488011; Roll A1024 images 0487-0495; the casualty paragraph and convoy/composition narrative read at full resolution on image 0487

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Commander Task Unit 77.2.7 report of operations for the occupation of the Humboldt Bay (Hollandia) area, dated 5 May 1944 at Humboldt Bay and submitted by the Commander Control Group, Central Attack Group (CTU 77.2.7) embarked in USS SC 743, documents LCI(L)-30's engineering casualty verbatim: 'At about 0790 April 20, LCI 30 reported a burnt out bearing on one shaft and a maximum speed of nine knots. Embarked troops were transferred to the remaining LCIs of the same landing wave and LCI 30 was directed to return to Seeadler Harbor.' (The '0790' is the report's own digits - an apparent typo for a time between the 0700K Point Gun rendezvous and the 0900K all-in-position checkpoint.) The report places the hull in Group E of the Hollandia convoy - departed Cape Cretin at 1000 on 17 April 1944 per CTF 77 Operation Plan 3-44, staged through Seeadler Harbor (arrived 1600K 18 April, departed 1800K 19 April), and rendezvoused with the main body of Task Force 77 at Point Gun at 0700K on 20 April, with the casualty report logged later that morning.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-04-17 to 1944-05-05 (event 1944-04-20; report dated 1944-05-05)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops (transferred to other LCIs)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime report by the control-group commander for the operation; gives the specific failure (burnt-out shaft bearing, nine-knot maximum) behind the flotilla diary's briefer 'broke down' entry. Documents that she never reached the Hollandia beachhead despite carrying embarked troops and being credited with the Hollandia campaign in secondary compilations. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard. A machinery casualty report of this kind is a repair context in which machinery spaces were opened, but no materials or insulation details are recorded.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-02

4. [4]NARA Catalog NAID 134370282: 'USS LCI(L) 361 - Rep of Landing Ops on Morotai Is, Halmahera Gr on 9/15/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 1 image) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/134370282; the single report image read at full resolution - towing line quoted verbatim

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The action report of USS LCI(L)-361 for the Morotai Island landing operation of 15 September 1944 names this hull directly: 'An attempt was made to tow LCI(L) 30 off beach but failed as towing cable parted' - documenting that LCI(L)-30 beached at Morotai during the 15 September 1944 assault (she sailed in Task Unit 77.3.14 per the flotilla diary, White Beach) and grounded hard enough to require a tow that failed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-09-15

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by a sister ship's commanding officer; independently corroborates the flotilla diary's TU 77.3.14 assignment and NavSource's Morotai campaign listing. The report does not state whether a later attempt succeeded or how she retracted. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-03

5. [5]NARA Catalog NAIDs 139843168 ('COM LCI(L) GR 19 - War Diary, 9/22-30/44', Roll A1385, 1 image), 139886334 ('COM LCI(L)GR 19 - War Diary, 10/1/44 to 12/31/44', Roll A1422, 3 images), 139901802 ('COM LCI(L) GR 19 - War Diary, 1/1/45 to 2/28/45', Roll A1441, 2 images), 139974229 ('COM LCI(L) GR 19 - War Diary, 3/1-31/45', Roll A1537) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/139843168 (Roll A1385 image 0250, Sep diary); /id/139886334 (Roll A1422 images 0697-0699: Oct diary dated 1 Nov 1944, Nov diary dated 1 Dec 1944 incl. 7 Nov AA-practice entry, Dec diary dated 1 Jan 1945 incl. 13-15 Dec Manus movement and 'refit and extensive overhaul'); /id/139901802 (Roll A1441 images 0587-0588: Jan diary dated 1 Feb 1945 incl. 12 Jan COMSERV7TH transfer, Feb diary dated 1 Mar 1945); /id/139974229 (Roll A1537 image 0581: Mar diary dated 16 Apr 1945) - all read at full resolution

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The COM LCI(L) Group NINETEEN war diaries (four catalog file units) document LCI(L)-30's stay-behind period and Manus overhaul after she missed the Leyte movement: (a) the diary for 22-30 September 1944 - all Group 19 LCI(L)s including hull 30 at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea for routine repair and upkeep (also records James C. Craig relieving C. E. Weyll as Commander Group 19 on 7 September 1944); (b) the diary covering October-December 1944 - October entries show all Group 19 ships at Humboldt Bay for routine repair and upkeep; the November diary records that on 7 November 1944 'LCI(L)'s 26, 27, and 30 proceeded with ships of LCI(L) Flotilla EIGHT fifteen miles northeast of Humboldt Bay for anti-aircraft firing practice' while the group awaited assignment; the December diary records LCI(L)s 25, 26, 27 and 30 underway 13 December via Route X-ray for Manus, Admiralty Islands, arriving 15 December for 'refit and extensive overhaul'; (c) the diary covering January-February 1945 - 'LCI(L)s 25, 26, 27, and 30 were at Repair Base, Manus, for refit and complete overhaul' through at least 1 February, and on 12 January 1945 the four ships 'reported to COMSERV7TH Fleet for operational control' per CTF 76 orders of 5 January 1945; (d) the March 1945 diary - the same four hulls remained assigned under operational control of Commander Service Force Seventh Fleet.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-09-22 to 1945-03-31

   Population

   Ship's company; repair-base workforce context (Manus, Dec 1944-Mar 1945)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diaries by her group commander. Establishes that after the Leyte departure (which she missed), hull 30 remained at Humboldt Bay through 13 December 1944, then underwent 'refit and extensive overhaul'/'complete overhaul' at the Manus repair base from 15 December 1944 into at least March 1945 under Service Force Seventh Fleet operational control - the single most repair-intensive period in her documented service (a materials-disturbance context, though no materials are described). The December departure is also recorded in the Flotilla 7 December diary ('departed at 1700 for Manus Island for thirty (30) days availability for complete overhaul'). Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-04

6. [6]NARA Catalog NAID 120163916: 'LCI(L) 30 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, series NAID 594996; 198 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/120163916; transmittal sheet image (scan sequence near the head of the file) read at full resolution - annotation 'Comm. 12-31-42 to 6-19-46 Final report' transcribed verbatim

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NARA's digitized muster-roll file unit for this hull ('LCI(L) 30 - Muster Rolls', 198 images, RG 24) opens with the standard transmittal sheet for the first roll dated 31 December 1942; a handwritten annotation on the sheet reads 'Comm. 12-31-42 to 6-19-46 Final report' - corroborating the 31 December 1942 commissioning date given by all secondary compilations and indicating roll coverage spanning commissioning through the June 1946 decommissioning. The roll pages themselves were not transcribed (crew names recoverable on request).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-12-31 to 1946-06-19

   Population

   Ship's company 1942-1946

   Limitations

   Primary personnel records; only the transmittal sheet was read. Confirms the commissioning date and roll coverage (12/31/1942 to 6/19/1946 per the annotation; the 18 June 1946 decommissioning plus a final report is consistent) but individual crew rosters were not extracted. 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-30-lcil30-05

7. [7]NARA Special List 44 (1978), hull-number section, printed p. 331: row 'LCI-30 | Oct. 1, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 1 logbook' (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 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Special List 44 printed p. 331, LCI-30 row (ACPL scan image 357, genealogycenter.net/nara/images/narasl44/357.jpg); digitized-logs list at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (only LCI-family entry is Kestrel AMCU/MHC-26/LCI-874 - hull 30 not digitized)

   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 this hull: row 'LCI-30 | Oct. 1, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 1 logbook' (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series NAID 594258, RG 24). These are logbook inventory dates, not commissioning or decommissioning dates - the coverage window (October 1944-June 1945) coincides with her Humboldt Bay stay-behind and Manus overhaul period documented in the Group 19 diaries; her pre-October-1944 and post-June-1945 logs are not in this inventory line. The logbook is not on NARA's list of fully digitized Navy deck logs; ship-specific digitized content for this hull instead sits in the RG 38 war-diaries/operational-records series and the RG 24 muster-roll series.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-10-01 to 1945-06-30

   Population

   Ship's company during covered period

   Limitations

   Index-level record only: coverage dates are logbook inventory dates, not asserted commissioning/decommissioning/service dates, and do not themselves establish events. The logbook is undigitized - physical retrieval at Archives II (College Park) would be required to read content. The absence of the ship's December 1942-September 1944 and July 1945-decommissioning logs from this inventory line is noted, not explained. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-06

8. [8]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-30 page (history partially from Turner Publishing USS LCI vol. II) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150030.htm: construction block, campaign table, occupation-service line, disposition lines, specifications block, and photo-caption block (verified live 2026-09-29; the navsource.org domain is dead - correct host is navsource.net)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary compilation (NavSource, history partially taken from Turner Publishing 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry," Vol. II', 1995) records: LCI-1 class; laid down 15 October 1942 at New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N.J.; launched 5 November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-30 on 31 December 1942; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Seven / LCI Group Nineteen / LCI Division Thirty-Seven; campaigns - Eastern New Guinea (Lae occupation 4-6 September 1943, Finschhafen occupation 22 September 1943), Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester 26-27 December 1943), Hollandia operation (printed '21 to 25 April 1943', an apparent typo for 1944), Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi 17 May 1944, Biak Island 27 May-1 June 1944, Morotai 15 September 1944); Occupation Service in the Far East 26 November-26 December 1945; decommissioned 18 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; four battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 6 March 1948; donated to the Port of Newport, Oregon 24 June 1948 and then transferred to Yaquina Dock & Dredge Co. in partial payment for dredging and dock construction; final fate unknown. Specifications block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers / 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers / 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; five single 20mm guns; diesel propulsion (eight GM 6051 series-71 engines, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp) - no boilers.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1948

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation, not an official document. Commissioning (31 Dec 1942) is corroborated by uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory.com, and the muster-roll annotation; Cape Gloucester, Toem-Sarmi, and Morotai employment is corroborated by primary diaries and reports. However: the Lae and Finschhafen (September 1943) credits precede the earliest diary coverage read and rest on this compilation alone; the Hollandia credit conflicts with the primary record that she broke down en route and did not reach the assault area; the Biak credit conflicts with the flotilla diary showing her excluded from both Biak echelons; the Hollandia date '1943' is an apparent typo; the four battle stars are unverified against the official awards manual; and the postwar disposition chain is secondary-only. No DANFS entry exists for this hull to corroborate against.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-07

9. [9]uboat.net allied-warship record USS LCI(L)-30 (ship/20856) incl. transcribed Cape Gloucester, Wakde-Sarmi, and Morotai task organizations; shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table row 'LCI(L) 30 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 31-Dec-42 | To NDRF 1948' [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20856.html (data block and embedded task-organization transcriptions; 'We don't have any commands listed' caveat on its command table); shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row for LCI(L) 30

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Cross-checking secondary compilations: uboat.net's allied-warship record gives USS LCI(L)-30 built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; laid down 7 October 1942; launched 29 October 1942; commissioned 31 December 1942 - the laid-down and launched dates conflict with NavSource (15 October / 5 November 1942) and neither conflict is resolvable without a primary construction source. uboat.net's transcribed task organizations independently corroborate primary findings: for the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi operation she is listed in Task Unit 77.2.3 (the LCI Group under T/Cdr. H. F. McGee) with commanding officer Lt. C. B. Faunce, Jr., USNR, and for Morotai in Task Group 77.3.14 with commanding officer Lt.(jg) L. E. Larson, USNR - a change of command between May and September 1944. However, uboat.net places her in Task Unit 76.1.31 'for Beach Yellow One' at Cape Gloucester (26 December 1943), while her flotilla's own war diary records her at 0500 on 26 December leaving formation for Green Beach with LCI(L)s 25, 26, 27 and 29 - the task organization likely reflects the plan rather than the executed assignment, and the primary diary is treated as authoritative. shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) construction table lists 'LCI(L) 30 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 31-Dec-42 | To NDRF 1948' - consistent on builder and commissioning, and adding the National Defense Reserve Fleet leg before the 1948 donation.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1948

   Limitations

   Secondary compilations. CO names (Lt. C. B. Faunce Jr. USNR at Toem-Sarmi; Lt.(jg) L. E. Larson USNR at Morotai) come from uboat.net's task-organization transcriptions, not a command listing - usable but unverified against personnel records. The laid-down (7 vs 15 October 1942) and launched (29 Oct vs 5 Nov 1942) conflicts with NavSource are unresolved and carried in gaps. The Yellow Beach One task-unit assignment conflicts with the primary flotilla diary's Green Beach group - flagged, with the diary treated as authoritative for the executed landing.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-08

10. [10]HyperWar (ibiblio.org), Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945, 'Landing Ships & Craft - LCI(L)-1 Class' class block and LCI(L) roster [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L) section: LCI(L)-1 class characteristics block; roster row for hull 30 with no conversion or loss annotation

    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) lists USS LCI(L)-30 as a plain LCI(L)-1-class hull in the roster - with no Lend-Lease, conversion (LCI(G)/LCI(M)/LCI(R)), or loss annotation - and gives LCI(L)-1 class characteristics: welded-steel diesel landing craft, roughly 158-160 feet, GM series-71 diesel engines on twin shafts, five 20mm gun positions, troop lift about 182 enlisted. The class block confirms the diesel-only machinery fit (no boilers, no steam distribution) relevant to the asbestos assessment.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1946

    Limitations

    Transcription of an official BuShips publication; the characteristics block is class-standard, not individually measured for this hull. Supports 'no conversion or renumbering' as a roster-level observation and the diesel-only propulsion finding; contains no asbestos or materials content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-09

11. [11]NARA Catalog NAIDs 139965184 (TU 78.3.3 Mindoro file - composition read, hull 30 absent), 205586901 (photo 26-G-2288 - caption conflict), 120307973 (Flotilla 7 muster rolls), 78142445 (7th Fleet LCI SOP); USCG-manned LCI(L) roster at history.uscg.mil [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/139965184 (opening composition pages read - LCI(L) Groups 24 & 45 only, no hull 30); /id/205586901 vs NavSource caption for image 1015003001 and the USCG roster (CG-manned hulls 83-96, 319-326, 349-350, 520, 562, 581, 583 - hull 30 absent); /id/120307973; /id/78142445

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Additional NARA file units surfaced by catalog searches were checked and classified: (a) the COMTASK-UNIT 78.3.3 Mindoro operation file (NAID 139965184, 'Rep of Ops, amphibious assault on Mindoro Is, P.I., 12/13-15/44') matched 'LCI(L) 30' on catalog extracted text, but the file's task-organization composition lists LCI(L) Groups 24 and 45 and does not include hull 30 - a false-positive match; independent verification via the Group 19 and Flotilla 7 diaries places the ship at Manus for overhaul from 15 December 1944, so she did NOT participate in the 13-15 December Mindoro operation; (b) NARA photograph file unit NAID 205586901 ('Coast Guard-Manned LCI Hits the Beach at Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea'; local identifier 26-G-2288) is displayed by NavSource as USS LCI(L)-30 putting second-wave troops ashore at Sarmi on 17 May 1944 - consistent with her documented Toem-Sarmi assignment that day - but the official NARA caption describes a Coast Guard-manned LCI and hull 30 is NOT on the official USCG-manned LCI(L) roster, so the identification conflicts with the caption and cannot be treated as definitive; (c) related unit files catalog-level only: LCI(L) Flotilla Seven muster rolls (NAID 120307973) and the Seventh Fleet LCI SOP file (NAID 78142445).

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1944-12 to 1945 records; photo 1944-05-17

    Limitations

    Two corrections carried: (1) the Mindoro extracted-text match is a false positive - she was at Manus from 15 December 1944 per primary diaries, not at Mindoro 13-15 December; (2) the Sarmi photograph's NavSource hull identification conflicts with NARA's 'Coast Guard-manned' caption and the official CG roster, so the image is not treated as definitive evidence of this hull. The Flotilla 7 muster rolls and 7th Fleet SOP were located at catalog level but not read. None of this establishes exposure to any hazard.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-10

12. [12]Class propulsion per Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-09) and NavSource specifications (ev-07); Atlas shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (Camden NJ, evidence tier 1, asbestos products documented) [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json yard_id 'new-york-shipbuilding' (documented products list, tier 1)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era assessment: the LCI(L)-1 design was diesel-powered (two banks of 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 Corp., Camden, New Jersey - a yard that IS present in the Atlas shipyard dataset ('new-york-shipbuilding', evidence tier 1) with documented asbestos products in yard use: Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block (15% chrysotile), Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Johns-Manville Transite panels (10-30% asbestos), Bakelite panels (30-40% asbestos), asbestos gaskets, packing materials, asbestos-coated welding rods (5-15% asbestos), ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation (75-85% chrysotile), and felt insulation (5-50% asbestos).

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942

    Population

    Construction trades (New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ, 1942); ship's company

    Limitations

    Design-, era-, and yard-level inference only - the class specification lists machinery type, not insulation materials, and no period spec sheet for LCI(L) insulation was located. Yard-level product documentation establishes what was in use at New York Shipbuilding in the period, not what was installed aboard this specific hull; no ship-specific materials record exists. Does not establish asbestos aboard this craft, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-11

13. [13]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 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-30-lcil30-12

14. [14]Batch-5037 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog searches '"LCI(L) 30"' (84 units) and '"LCI-30"' (165 units); NARA Special List 44 page image; NHHC DANFS direct-URL probes; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory/HyperWar secondary pages; USCG-manned LCI(L) roster; NVR; Atlas shipyards.json; CourtListener [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-22

    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)-30 was found in the public sources searched (NARA catalog - 84 file units reviewed for 'LCI(L) 30' plus 165 for variant 'LCI-30', NHHC/DANFS, NPS, MARAD, naval-history transcription sites). No DANFS entry exists for this hull at all; the Naval Vessel Register has no record (disposed 1948, pre-1987); her deck logbook (Oct 1944-Jun 1945) is undigitized.

    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 wartime construction at an asbestos-documented yard is era-consistent with possible asbestos-containing materials in gaskets, electrical insulation, and joiner work. 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-30-lcil30-13

15. [15]CourtListener API v4 searches for USS LCI(L)-30 name and hull-number variants via authenticated helper: 6 opinion queries (0 hits each), 6 docket queries (4 zero-hit; 'LCI-30' and 'LCI 30' each 5 name-collision dockets) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener v4 search results per ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-20 through sl-uss-lci-l-30-lcil30-21 (all queries completed HTTP 200)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps via the authenticated helper, all twelve queries completed HTTP 200: opinion searches '"USS LCI(L)-30"', '"LCI(L)-30"', '"LCI-30"', '"LCIL-30"', '"LCI 30"', and '"LCI(L) 30"' each returned zero hits; docket searches '"LCI(L)-30"', '"LCIL-30"', '"LCI(L) 30"', and '"USS LCI(L)-30"' each returned zero hits; docket searches '"LCI-30"' and '"LCI 30"' each returned the same 5 dockets, all name collisions - United Telephone Co. of Ohio v. Ameritech (S.D. Ohio 2010, contract), Lafarge Canada v. American Home Assurance (S.D.N.Y. 2015, insurance), and McCrary / Velardi / Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 178 v. Lannett Co. (E.D. Pa. 2016, pharmaceutical antitrust) - none vessel-related and none asbestos litigation. No qualifying asbestos litigation, other relevant litigation, or unclassified collisions.

    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; all twelve planned queries completed - exact name and hull-number variants in both opinion and docket search returned zero hits or clear name collisions (telecom, insurance, pharmaceutical antitrust dockets matching the literal string). 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-30-lcil30-14