Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 406-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-pkt-406-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-325 - construction milestones, campaign table, flotilla chain of command, commanding-officer roster (credited to USCG Historian's Office), class specifications, disposal; narrative sourced to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150325.htm - milestone block, campaign table, commanding-officer table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), manned by the U.S. Coast Guard; laid down 21 December 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding Corp., Houston, TX; launched 29 January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-325, 12 February 1943 at Orange, TX, LT William V. Lorimer USCGR in command. Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotillas Four and Ten (CAPT. M. E. Imlay, USCG): Tunisian operations 1 Jun - 9 Jul 1943; Sicilian occupation 9 Jul 1943; Salerno landings 9 Sep 1943; Invasion of Normandy 6-25 Jun 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five (CDR H. J. Wuensch, USCG), LCI Group One Hundred Three (LCDR B. A. Walliser, USCGR), LCI Division Two Hundred Six: Okinawa Gunto 29 May - 30 Jun 1945; minesweeping - Wakanoura Kii 12-24 Sep 1945 and Klondike (East China Sea-Ryukyus) 26 Oct - 8 Nov 1945. Mine destruction duty at Wakayama and Sasebo; occupation service 2 Sep - 8 Nov 1945. Decommissioned 31 May 1946 at Mobile, AL; struck 1946; sold 13 December 1946, fate unknown. Six battle stars. COs: LT Lorimer (12 Feb 1943 - 29 Nov 1944), LT Clingman Jr. (29 Nov 1944 - 7 Jan 1946), LTjg Grist (7 Jan - 8 Mar 1946), ENS Pardis (8 Mar - 31 May 1946), all USCGR/USCG.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (Dec 1942 - Feb 1943); USCG ship's company ~4 officers + 24 enlisted plus up to ~188 embarked troops per landing (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific service history only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - milestone dates here concur with the ShipbuildingHistory yard table and (except the commissioning date) the official USCG wartime history; treat the narrative's fine detail as secondary-tier. Page verified live 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-01
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[3]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - Ships by Signal Number Designation (ship-number PDF, p. 22) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 22 (LCI(L) block): row 'LCI(L)-325 2/12/1945 6/30/1945'; NARA '1941 and later' online deck-log list (no LCI(L)-325 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official logbook inventory lists a single deck-log coverage run for LCI(L)-325: 2/12/1945 to 6/30/1945 (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel logs, held at Archives II College Park). These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning dates. The inventory contains no LCI(L)-325 entries for the February 1943 - February 1945 period (Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy) - logbooks for most of the hull's commissioned life are absent from the SL44 item list. The hull's logs are not among NARA's digitized online deck logs (the 1941-and-later online list contains only one LCI: LCI-874).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02-12 to 1945-06-30 (inventoried coverage)
- Population
- USCG crew of LCI(L)-325 during the logged window (Feb-Jun 1945 = transit to Pacific + Okinawa operation)
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: documents that logbooks covering Feb-Jun 1945 exist at NARA, not what they contain. Absence of 1943-44 entries from SL44 does not prove those logs do not exist - coverage gaps and later transfers occur. Live PDF verified byte-identical to local copy (md5 639e2f288db3e0c7a8e7489a0b57bf07) on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' [museum_official]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil flotilla page, 'List of LCI(L)s' + narrative; companion 'Cutters and Vessels' roster (Utah Beach column); dedicated page Article/1834654/uss-lcil-325 (empty stub)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office page names LCI(L)-325 in its list of 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s and documents the flotilla structure: Coast Guard supplied officers and crews under a 1943 agreement with the Chief of Naval Operations; 24 of the craft formed a single flotilla under Commander Miles Imlay USCG - 'first known as Flotilla 4 for the invasion of Sicily and Salerno, its designation was changed to Flotilla 10 for Operation Overlord' - reinforced by 12 Navy-manned LCIs to 36 total, split evenly between Omaha and Utah beaches; after return to the U.S. the flotilla was redesignated Flotilla 35, staged through San Diego, and served in the Pacific including the 'Operation Klondike' mine-clearing in the East China Sea. The Historian's 'Cutters and Vessels' D-Day roster places LCI(L)-325 in the Utah Beach landing group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- USCG crews of the 28 manned LCI(L)s; Flotilla staff (84 officers, 661 enlisted initial manning per CG at War V1)
- Limitations
- Official service-history page: names the hull in the flotilla list but narrates the flotilla collectively - individual-hull detail (beach assignment, Okinawa role) is roster-level. The dedicated USCG article page for LCI(L)-325 (Article/1834654) rendered navigation-only with no body text on 2026-09-30 - logged as a stub, not used for content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-03
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[5]The Coast Guard at War, Vol. I: Escorts (official USCG wartime history, HyperWar transcription) - LCI(L) manning section and commissioning table [other_primary]
- Locator
- CG at War V1 index, 'LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY, LARGE) LCI(L)' section and commissioning table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Coast Guard history documents the program this hull was commissioned under: on 14 January 1943 the Coast Guard was directed to man LCI(L)s; a 'bob-tail' flotilla of 24 vessels 'built at Orange and Houston, Texas, where they were manned by Coast Guard personnel upon commissioning' was established as Flotilla U, Groups 10 and 11 (later Flotilla 10, Groups 29 and 30) under the 11th Amphibious Command, assigned to CINCLANT 8 February 1943 under Captain Miles Imlay USCG - 84 officers and 661 enlisted for the original manning. The volume's commissioning table lists this hull as 'LCI(L)-325 | 2-15-43.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- USCG officers/crews assigned to LCI(L)s at Orange and Houston commissioning details (Jan-Mar 1943)
- Limitations
- Official program history listing this hull by name, but the table's '2-15-43' conflicts with NavSource/ShipbuildingHistory (12 Feb 1943) - carried as an unresolved variant in gaps; the HyperWar transcription contains other visible OCR-era typos ('2-6-13', '2-154,3'). Confirms the two-yard (Orange + Houston) build/manning pattern that explains this hull's Houston construction and Orange commissioning. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-04
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[6]The Coast Guard at War, Vol. VI: The Pacific (official USCG wartime history, HyperWar transcription), ch. 'Japan - Honshu, Kyushu': 'LCI(L) Group 103 Destroys Mines at Wakayama' [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG-VI-27.html, section 'LCI(L) GROUP 103 DESTROYS MINES AT WAKAYAMA' (book pp. 241-242)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Coast Guard history names this hull in an operational record: 'LCI(L) Group 103, consisted of LCI(L)'s 83, 84, 86, 88, 94, 96, 320, 323, 325, 332, 350, and LCI(M)-810. All except 332 and the LCI(M) were Coast Guard manned.' The group 'was engaged in mine destruction from 11 September, 1945, until 1 October, 1945' clearing a channel through Kii Suido to Wakayama Anchorage as destruction units of T.U. 52.6.7; LCI(L)-325 was assigned to sweep unit T.U. 52.6.4 with LCI(L)-332 and LCI(M)-810. The operation destroyed/swept 312 moored mines to 200-ft depth; a typhoon struck the night of 17-18 September.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09-11 to 1945-10-01 (documented operation)
- Population
- USCG crew of LCI(L)-325; Group 103 crews; Navy mine-sweep units T.U. 52.6.1-52.6.4
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational documentation from the official history, but it is a postwar compiled narrative (from unit records), not the log itself; the companion NARA deck-log inventory (ev-02) shows only Feb-Jun 1945 logs for this hull, so the September-October Wakayama/Klondike window's own logs are not in the SL44 list. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-05
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[7]ShipbuildingHistory, Brown Shipbuilding (Houston, TX) yard construction table - updated 7 Aug 2021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Brown yard table, row 104 (LCI(L) 325); yard-history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard-record compilation for this hull: yard hull no. 104, 'LCI(L) 325, Landing Craft, laid down 21-Dec-42, launched 29-Jan-43, commissioned 12-Feb-43, sold 1946' - matching NavSource on all dates. Yard context: Brown Shipbuilding was built in 1941 by George and Herman Brown at Green's Bayou on the Houston Ship Channel with $9mm Navy funding; total wartime output 12 PCs, 32 LCI(L)s, 61 DEs, and 254 LSMs (359 vessels in four years); leased to Todd Shipyards 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding trades (1941-45 wartime workforce)
- Limitations
- Secondary research compilation, not a primary builder's ledger - dates here concur with NavSource, strengthening the milestone set. No asbestos content; no hazmat or materials data for the yard in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-06
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[8]NARA Still Picture Branch, U.S. Coast Guard collection (identifiers transcribed from NavSource photo captions): photo 26-G-2333 (LCI(L)-325 and LCI(L)-4 in the 6 Jun 1944 channel convoy towing barrage balloons); NAID 12003960 (LCIs including LCI(L)-325 in column under barrage balloons, 6 Jun 1944); NAID 205589417 / USCG photo 2801 (VADM Russell R. Waesche, Commandant USCG, visiting Flotilla 10 craft incl. LCI(L)-325 and LCI(L)-83 at Dartmouth, Oct 1944 - caption cites the Flotilla 10 October war diary); photo 26-G-2992 (LCI(L)-325 and LCI(L)-350 returning to the U.S. after European service 1944-45) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150325.htm photo captions; NARA identifiers 26-G-2333, 26-G-2992, NAID 12003960, NAID 205589417
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds multiple identified photographs of this hull documenting physical presence in an English port pre-D-Day, in the Normandy convoy on 6 June 1944, at Dartmouth during the October 1944 Commandant's visit, and on the trans-Atlantic return in 1944-45. The Waesche-visit caption additionally references the Flotilla 10 October 1944 war diary - a named archival document for this hull's unit.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (photographic window)
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel during Normandy staging, the 6 Jun 1944 convoy, and the Dartmouth visit
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: identifiers were transcribed from NavSource captions; catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and could not be independently fetched this session (same standing defect as prior batches). Photographs document presence, not work performed or materials aboard. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-1-class spec block (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW diesel ship's-service generators); documented build window (laid down 21 Dec 1942 - commissioned 12 Feb 1943) at a $9mm Navy-funded emergency yard; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150325.htm specifications block; ShipbuildingHistory yard record; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-09)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built December 1942 - February 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation; accommodation and galley-area insulation felts are plausible for the type but undocumented for this hull. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (Dec 1942 - Feb 1943); USCG ship's company and embarked troops (1943-46); disposal/shipbreaking trades after Dec 1946 (fate unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, work package, or survey located for LCI(L)-325. 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-325-lcil325-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (program covering WWII-era construction)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or to landing craft. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30 - same standing block as batches 01 and 98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-09
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[11]Batch-5046 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF (p. 22); USCG Historian's Office flotilla page + dedicated stub article; HyperWar official USCG wartime history (V1-Escorts, VI-Pacific ch. 27); ShipbuildingHistory Brown yard table; MARAD vessel history database; NARA online deck-log list; CourtListener API v4 (opinions + dockets); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-325 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero dockets for the exact designation 'LCI(L)-325' (2026-09-30). No official asbestos documentation for builder Brown Shipbuilding (Houston) located - no NIOSH HHE or government survey; only law-firm marketing pages assert asbestos at the yard without primary sourcing (excluded by source policy). The only ship-level 'asbestos' material in the wild is listicle content of the same class; nothing verified.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - no hull-specific survey was ever likely generated for a 419-ton landing craft, and the 1943 - Feb 1945 logbooks are absent from SL44 (log-content verification impossible without an Archives II pull). CourtListener variant spellings ('LCI-325', 'LCI(L) 325', 'LCIL-325') were blocked by the shared fleet pacing limiter and remain open, not negative. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-325-lcil325-10