USS LCI(L)-327

Evidence

21 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-21).

1. [1]research packet 406-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-327-lcil327-pkt-406-packet-md

2. [2]NARA Catalog NAID 135946175: 'USS LCI (L) 327 - War Diary, 6/1/43 to 7/31/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 55487; Roll A547; 6 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/135946175; export_WWII_WarDiaries_0547_169285 images 0212-0217 (all 6 images read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary for June and July 1943 (file unit cataloged 'USS LCI (L) 327 - War Diary, 6/1/43 to 7/31/43'; micro serial 55487; June letter dated 1 July 1943 and July letter dated 1 August 1943, both signed North H. Newton) records: underway in convoy with Task Unit 32.5.2 to Espiritu Santo arriving about 1800 on 2 June; training near Espiritu Santo 3-17 June; entering floating dry dock USS ARD-5 about 1600 on 18 June 'to scrape sides and bottom and put on new paint,' undocking about 1400 on 19 June; training near Espiritu Santo 20 June; arrival at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island about 1500 on 25 June; at anchor Hutchinson Creek 26-30 June (she was NOT in the 30 June Rendova assault wave). July: departed Hutchinson Creek 2230 on 2 July as part of Task Unit 31.9.1 (Lt. Comdr. A. V. Jannotta as task-unit commander) for the Russell Islands; loaded 140 Army Engineer troops at Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu Island on 3 July; arrived Rendova Harbor about 0800 and beached/unloaded troops about 1030 on 4 July; the harbor was attacked by enemy bombers about 1420-1430 (see her AA action report, ev-02); departed about 1800 in company with LCI(L)-329 and arrived Hutchinson Creek 1330 on 5 July. Then logistics lifts: loaded 158 field-artillery troops at Kukum Point, Guadalcanal on 10 July and unloaded at Wernham Cove, Banika Island on 11 July; loaded 143 troops of the 24th Construction Battalion at Koli Point on 13 July and delivered them to Oliana Bay, Vangunu Island via Wickham Anchorage on 15 July, picking up downed fighter pilot Ensign S. Constantine, VF-21, about six miles southeast of Oliana Bay en route; ordered to Rendova late 17 July, unloaded there 0730 on 18 July, then diverted en route by APc-36 to take four injured survivors of LST-342 (hit by a torpedo) to Mobile Hospital No. 8 at Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, arriving 0530 on 19 July. Port propeller casualty on 20 July; repaired at Carter City, Florida Island 21-22 July; provision run to Rendova with LCI(L)-329 on 28-29 July; anchored in the small cove at Poko Plantation, Rendova 29-31 July.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-06-01 to 1943-07-31

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked: 140 Army Engineers (4 Jul); 158 field-artillery troops (10 Jul); 143 troops, 24th Construction Battalion (13 Jul); 4 rescued LST-342 survivors carried to Guadalcanal (18-19 Jul)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes South Pacific operating base (Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island), the ARD-5 drydocking at Espiritu Santo 18-19 June 1943 (hull scraping and repainting - a maintenance-disturbance context, but the diary names no materials), the 4 July 1943 Rendova lift of 140 Army Engineers, and routine amphibious logistics through July. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-01

3. [3]NARA Catalog NAID 77634925: 'LCI(L)-327 - Report of AA action in Rendova Harbor, Rendova Island, 7/4/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 156532; Roll A2042; 4 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/77634925; Roll A2042 images 0692-0695 (all 4 images read at full resolution: letter pp. 1-2, AA form, sketch)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report for the Rendova Harbor air raid survives as a standalone catalog file unit: USS LCI(L) 327, confidential letter dated 5 July 1943, CO to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander LCI(L) Group Fourteen, Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Five, Commander Landing Craft Flotillas South Pacific Force, Commander Amphibious Force South Pacific Force, Commander South Pacific Force, Commander Pacific Fleet; signed North H. Newton. The report records that at about 1420 (LCT) on 4 July 1943, while part of Task Unit 31.9.1 at anchor in Rendova Harbor near the south side of Bau Island about a half-mile northwest of the unloading beach, the harbor was attacked by 16 enemy twin-engine bombers in formation escorted by fighters; the ship went to general quarters on condition red and all guns opened fire; eight bombers were seen to fall to AA fire and fighter planes combined. Enclosure (A), the standard 'Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships' form, records 840 rounds of 20mm expended (about 7% of service allowance), four guns firing 20mm, no hits on the ship, no strafing, no near-miss casualties, and 'planes shot down - sure: none, possible: several,' with ammunition performance marked bad; the letter reports four gun jams traced to faulty tracer ammunition Lot No. 1833 manufactured by the Trojan Powder Co. and recommends replacement. Enclosure (B) is a hand-drawn sketch ('Action at Rendova July 4th, 1943') showing LCI(L)-327 and LCI(L)-329 anchored off the south side of Bau Island near an LST and the beaching area.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-07-04 to 1943-07-05 (report dated 1943-07-05)

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes her presence at anchor in Rendova Harbor during the 4 July 1943 air raid as part of TU 31.9.1, ammunition expenditure, equipment defects (Lot 1833 tracer ammunition jams), and zero damage/casualties aboard. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-02

4. [4]NARA Catalog NAID 135938582: 'USS LCI(L) 327 - War Diary, 8/1-31/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 55232; Roll A537; 3 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/135938582; export_WWII_WarDiaries_0537_169278 images 0968-0970 (all 3 images read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary for August 1943 (file unit cataloged 'USS LCI(L) 327 - War Diary, 8/1-31/43'; micro serial 55232; cover letter dated 4 September 1943, signed North H. Newton) records: at anchor hiding in the cove at Poko Plantation, Rendova 1-6 August; attacked by one Japanese dive-bomber on 7 August (see her AA report, ev-04); ordered to Sasavele Island in the New Georgia group on 8 August to evacuate the 152nd Field Artillery - troops embarked about 1500 and the ship joined a convoy at 1830 composed of 4 LSTs, 5 LCIs and 1 APc screened by 2 destroyers and 1 SC, delivering the troops to Wernham Cove, Banika Island on 9 August; returned to Rendova on 10 August in company with LCI(L)s 328, 329 and 336 and resumed concealment in the Poko Plantation cove; rescue-boat duty awaiting Fighter Director (Air Corps) orders in Rendova Harbor 13-14 August; at anchor Poko cove 15-21 August; departed for Hutchinson Creek 22 August in company with LCI(L)s 328, 329 and 62, arriving 2315; at Hutchinson Creek 23-25 August; beached at Carter City for minor repairs 26-27 August; underway about 1200 on 28 August to Tulagi, directed to beach at the 27th Construction Battalion repair shop where 'the 27th C-B's are to lengthen the ramps and install power winches'; on the beach at Tulagi having ramp changes made 29-31 August.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-08-01 to 1943-08-31 (cover letter dated 1943-09-04)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked 152nd Field Artillery troops (8-9 Aug)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the Poko Plantation concealment pattern, the 7-8 August dive-bomber context, the Sasavele evacuation lift, and two maintenance availabilities (Carter City minor repairs 26-27 August; 27th CB repair-shop ramp lengthening and power-winch installation at Tulagi 28-31 August - a modification context, but no materials are named). Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-03

5. [5]NARA Catalog NAID 77634930: 'LCI(L)-327 - Report of AA action at Poko Plantation, Rendova Island, 8/7/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 156533; Roll A2042; 9 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/77634930; Roll A2042 images 0698-0706 (letter, AA form, and endorsement pages read at full resolution: image 0703 = Jannotta/Group 14 first endorsement; image 0706 = ComSoPac fifth endorsement 10 Oct 1943 and CincPac sixth endorsement 20 Nov 1943)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report for the 7 August 1943 dive-bomber attack at Poko Plantation survives as a standalone catalog file unit (9 images including endorsements): USS LCI(L) 327 confidential letter dated 7 August 1943, signed North H. Newton. The report records that at about 1450 (LCT) on 7 August 1943, while 'hiding out in a small cove at Poko Plantation, Rendova Island,' several Japanese dive bombers appeared over Rendova; the next-to-last bomber left formation and dove on the several LCIs hiding in coves at Poko Plantation, approaching from the northeast; guns from this ship and four other ships opened fire and the plane was hit (holes in wings and fuselage) but escaped; the bomber's bombs dropped in the adjoining cove about 100 yards to the left near other LCIs; no damage to this ship. Enclosure (A) records 240 rounds of 20mm expended (2% of service allowance), bomb release about 300 feet, no hits, no strafing, no near-miss casualties, planes shot down 'none' confirmed, ammunition performance 'fair' with a small pattern - two gun jams again attributed to faulty tracer ammunition Lot 1833. The endorsement chain is fully present: first endorsement (2 September 1943) by A. Vernon Jannotta, Commander LCI(L) Group FOURTEEN aboard flagship LCI(L)-328, noting 'this vessel was one of five LCI(L)'s participating in the action of August 7, 1943 as reported by Commander LCI(L) Group Fourteen'; second endorsement (7 September 1943) by J. McD. Smith, Commander LCI(L) Flotilla FIVE; endorsements continue through Commander South Pacific (fifth endorsement, 10 October 1943, file A16-3/(90) serial 002102) and CincPac (sixth endorsement, 20 November 1943, P. V. Mercer by direction) to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-08-07 to 1943-11-20 (report dated 1943-08-07; endorsements to 1943-11-20)

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record with a complete six-level endorsement chain to Cominch. Establishes the 7 August 1943 attack on the concealed LCIs at Poko Plantation, five participating LCI(L)s per the Group Fourteen endorsement, Group Fourteen's flagship as LCI(L)-328, and zero damage aboard. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-04

6. [6]NARA Catalog NAID 77634940: 'LCI(L)-327 - Report of AA action at Poko Plantation, Rendova Island, 9/14/43' [sic - document dated 14 August 1943] (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 156534; Roll A2042; 4 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/77634940; Roll A2042 images 0709-0712 (letter read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's third 1943 AA action report survives as a standalone catalog file unit (4 images). The letter is dated 14 August 1943 (the catalog title misdates it '9/14/43' - the document itself and the catalog's own 'Date is listed as 8/14/1943' field establish 14 August; received stamp serial 01137 dated September). It records that at about 1240 (LCT) on 14 August 1943, while the ship was hiding in a cove at Poko Plantation, Rendova, several Japanese dive bombers appeared over Rendova Island; four dive bombers appeared close on the port beam having already dropped nearly all their bombs over Rendova Harbor; one plane dropped a bomb about 400 yards off her stern after being hit by her guns; 240 rounds of 20mm expended; no damage to the ship. The timing matches the August war diary's 13-14 August rescue-boat duty in Rendova Harbor awaiting Fighter Director orders.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-08-14 (action and report)

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record. The NARA catalog TITLE ('9/14/43') does not match the document's own date of 14 August 1943 (the catalog's 'Date is listed' field reads 8/14/1943) - the row is classified as a correction of the catalog metadata; the action date is 14 August 1943. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-05

7. [7]NARA Catalog NAID 78209271: 'USS LCI(L) 327 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 57321; Roll A603; 3 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78209271; Roll A603 images 0334-0336 (all 3 images read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary for September 1943 (file unit cataloged 'USS LCI(L) 327 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43'; micro serial 57321; cover letter dated 5 October 1943, signed Frank P. Stone, Lt., USNR - a change of signatory from Newton, who signed the June-August diaries) records: at anchor off Carter City, Florida Island 1-3 September; a run to Nikoria Point, Banika Island, Russell Islands on 4 September; at anchor Hutchinson Creek 5-15 September; on 16 September beached at Kokumbona Beach, Guadalcanal and commenced embarking troops per CTG 31.1 loading orders No. 107A-43 of 13 September 1943 for Operations CTU 31.2.7 - '7 officers and 164 men of 7th Echelon, 35th Battalion Combat Team, 14th Brigade, 3rd Division, N.Z.E.F.' - completed embarkation 1330, conducted a debarkation time trial 1600-1612 (11 minutes 30 seconds), and retracted 1828; underway 0440 on 17 September in a task unit of 6 DDs, 6 APDs, 5 LSTs and 6 LCI(L)s (333, 328, 327, 330, 331, 332 - she was last ship in the port inner column); on 18 September beached at 0710 on a point 1500 yards north of Uzamba, Vella Lavella Island, debarked, reembarked, retracted, then beached at Uzamba at 0750 and debarked troops by 0815; underway with Task Unit 31.2.7 at 0835; anchored Hutchinson Creek 19-28 September; beached at Carter City 29-30 September.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-09-01 to 1943-09-30 (cover letter dated 1943-10-05)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked: 7 officers + 164 men, 35th Battalion Combat Team, 14th Brigade, 3rd Division N.Z.E.F. (16-18 Sep)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary on the standard BNP form (with timed entries). Establishes the 18 September 1943 Vella Lavella landings carrying New Zealand 35th Battalion troops - an Allied amphibious lift documented in her own diary - and that the September diary was signed by Frank P. Stone, Lt., USNR (5 October 1943) rather than North H. Newton; the exact date of the command change is not stated and is logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-06

8. [8]NARA Catalog NAID 134348363: 'USS LCI (L) 327 - War Diary, 10/1-31/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 59543; Roll A677; 3 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/134348363; export_WWII_WarDiaries_0677_170033 images 0549-0551 (all 3 images read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary for October 1943 (file unit cataloged 'USS LCI (L) 327 - War Diary, 10/1-31/43'; micro serial 59543; cover letter dated 9 November 1943, signed Frank P. Stone, Lt., USNR) records routine amphibious logistics between Guadalcanal, Florida Island and New Georgia: underway 0500 on 1 October from Hutchinson Creek to Kukum, Guadalcanal (CTG 31.1 dispatch 290010), beached Kukum beach No. 7, embarked troops, then beached at the LCT beach at Ilangana (Munda), New Georgia on 2 October and debarked; returned to Hutchinson Creek 3 October; on 12 October joined LCI(L)-328 with stores for Port Purvis, beached at Doma, Guadalcanal beach No. 20 embarking a TF landing-craft unit, and 'underway as guide per orders COM LCI(L) Group 14' to Turner City, Florida Island; on 18 October made a Renard Sound embarkation run with LCI(L)-328; on 31 October retracted and got underway with LCI(L)s 330 and 334 per CTG 31.1 dispatch 301144 with the OTC (Officer in Tactical Command) embarked aboard LCI(L)-327 as formation guide, beached at Lunga, Guadalcanal LCT beach No. 5, embarked personnel, then steamed astern of escort DE 1163 (OTC) with LCI(L)s 330 and 334 in column - the lift continued into 1 November. She was repeatedly used as a guide/OTC platform this month.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-10-01 to 1943-10-31 (cover letter dated 1943-11-09)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops/casuals on lifts

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary. Establishes continued Group Fourteen operations, her OTC/guide role on the 31 October-1 November run with DE 1163 (escort designation transcribed as written - 'DE 1163' - from the diary), and the Ilangana/Munda shuttle pattern. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-07

9. [9]NARA Catalog NAID 136040660: 'LCI(L)-327 - War Diary, 11/1-30/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 61319; Roll A733; 5 images) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/136040660; export_WWII_WarDiaries_0733_171739 images 1067-1071 (all 5 images read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary for November 1943 (file unit cataloged 'LCI(L)-327 - War Diary, 11/1-30/43'; micro serial 61319; cover letter dated 30 November 1943, signed Frank P. Stone, Lt., USNR) records: on 1 November beached at Ilangana (Munda), New Georgia and disembarked 126 casual personnel carried from Lunga, then retracted; on 2 November underway per ComLCI(L) Flotilla Five orders with LCI(G)-22 (gunboat), LCI(L)-222 (OTC) and LCI(L)-330; on 3 November LCI(G)-22 detached with steering trouble and the group entered Blanche Channel, anchoring off Barakoma, Vella Lavella; on 4 November at 0118 beached in the vicinity of Voza, Choiseul Island and embarked 212 Marine paratroopers (0119-0130) - the evacuation lift of the Marine parachute raiders off Choiseul - then steamed astern of LCI(L)-330, passed a swamped LCP that had been under tow by LCI(L)-222 (tow cut), and beached at the Juno River beach 'U' on Vella Lavella at 0810 to debark; on 12 November loaded 175 Marine Air Base Squadron 1 personnel at Lunga (LCI(L)-335 in company, CTF 31.1 dispatch 120123) and debarked them at Ondonga, Cutter (Gizo-area) Island, New Georgia on 13 November; on 25 November embarked 142 casual personnel at Lunga (with LCI(L)s 64 and 334); on 26 November disembarked at Ilangana and embarked 200 men of the 131st Engineers, U.S. Army, returning under escort of SC 1268 and SC 729; closed November at Hutchinson Creek. Diary signature: Frank P. Stone, Lt., USNR.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-11-01 to 1943-11-30

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked: 126 casuals (1 Nov), 212 Marine paratroopers (4 Nov), 175 MAB Squadron 1 (12-13 Nov), 142 casuals (25 Nov), 200 men 131st Engineers (26 Nov)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary. Establishes the 4 November 1943 Choiseul evacuation lift (212 Marine paratroopers embarked at Voza, landed at Juno River, Vella Lavella) - the historically notable withdrawal of the Marine parachute battalion from the Choiseul diversion - and the Guadalcanal-to-New-Georgia shuttle pattern. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-08

10. [10]NARA Catalog NAID 78153096: 'USS LCI (L) - War Diary, 6/23/43 to 7/31/43 (Act Rep - 7/4/43)' [diary of USS LCI(L)-329] (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 54571; Roll A517; 11 images) [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/78153096; Roll A517 images 0004-0014 (narrative pages and 4 July AA enclosure/sketch read at full resolution)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    The digitized war diary of sister ship USS LCI(L)-329 (catalog title truncated to 'USS LCI (L) - War Diary, 6/23/43 to 7/31/43 (Act Rep - 7/4/43)'; micro serial 54571; 11 images) names this hull in companion operations: her narrative records that on 28 July 1943 'we were late in meeting LCI 327 at Tulagi. Got underway about 1800, 327 about the same time, heading toward each other. Met between Florida and Guadalcanal about 1900; we fell in astern and headed for Rendova' - matching LCI(L)-327's own diary entry for the 28-29 July provision run to Rendova with LCI(L)-329. LCI(L)-329's own enclosed AA action report for 4 July 1943 (same Rendova Harbor raid) and its position sketch show LCI(L)-327 anchored in the harbor among LCI 329, LCI 328, an LST and LCI 85 - an independent corroboration of the layout in 327's own report.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-06-23 to 1943-07-31

    Population

    Ship's company (as observed by a sister ship)

    Limitations

    A companion ship's primary record, not this hull's own document - it names LCI(L)-327 in two contexts (the 28 July rendezvous and the 4 July harbor sketch). The catalog title is truncated ('USS LCI (L) -') and omits the hull number 329; noted for accuracy. Contains no asbestos or materials information about either hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-09

11. [11]NARA Catalog NAID 120206551: 'LCI(L) 327 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, series NAID 594996; 114 images, scan set 32860_244868) [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/120206551; scan 32860_244868-00002 (1 January 1943 roll transmittal sheet, read at full resolution)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    NARA's digitized muster-roll file unit for this hull ('LCI(L) 327 - Muster Rolls,' 114 images, Ancestry partnership scans) opens with the transmittal sheet for the 1 January 1943 quarterly muster roll covering 31 October 1942 to 1 January 1943, certified by James P. Walker, Jr., Ensign, USNR (Executive Officer), approved 21 January 1943 by North H. Newton, Lt.(jg), USNR (Commanding Officer), and forwarded 22 January 1943. A handwritten annotation on the sheet reads 'Com. 10-31-42 to 8-28-46 - Decom.' - indicating the digitized rolls span commissioning through a 28 August 1946 decommissioning, consistent with her 1946 selection as a Crossroads target. 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

    1942-10-31 to 1946-08-28 (annotated coverage)

    Population

    Ship's company 1942-1946

    Limitations

    Primary personnel records; only the transmittal sheet was read. Confirms commissioning identity (Newton commanding, Walker executive officer) and that roll coverage is annotated 'Com. 10-31-42 to 8-28-46 - Decom.' - the only source located giving a decommissioning date (28 August 1946), though the annotation is a cataloger's/records note rather than a formal decommissioning record. 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-327-lcil327-10

12. [12]NARA Special List 44 (1978), hull-number section, printed p. 335: row 'LCI(L)-327 | Sept. 1, 1943-June 30, 1945 | 2 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; the list itself is digitized in NARA Catalog NAID 178406296 ('Special Lists 43 - 44') [other_primary]

    Locator

    Special List 44 printed p. 335, LCI(L)-327 row (ACPL scan image 361, genealogycenter.net/nara/images/narasl44/361.jpg); 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)-327 covering 'Sept. 1, 1943-June 30, 1945' in 2 logbooks (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series NAID 594258, RG 24). The coverage end coincides with the last day of her credited Okinawa Gunto campaign (18-30 June 1945); the coverage start falls about ten months after the 31 October 1942 commissioning - the ship's first ten months of logs are not in this inventory line (the same pattern observed in sibling LCI(L)-216). 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 (her own 1943 war diaries and AA action reports) and the RG 24 muster-roll series.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-09-01 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 two logbooks are undigitized - physical retrieval at Archives II (College Park) would be required to read content. The absence of October 1942-August 1943 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-327-lcil327-11

13. [13]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-327 page [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource 10/15/150327.htm: construction block, campaign table, 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 Amphibious Photo Archive) records: laid down 27 July 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas; launched 12 September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-327 on 31 October 1942; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - for the New Georgia campaign under Landing Force Flotillas SoPacFor, LCI Flotilla Five, LCI Group Fourteen; campaign table credits the New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation (entry dated 4 July 1943), the Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (18-30 June 1945), and Mine Sweeping Operations - Pacific: Bungo-Suido (Honshu area), 22 September-30 October 1945; assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCI Group 7) for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, July 1946; decommissioned date unknown; struck date unknown; three battle stars; final disposition 'used as a target for Operations Crossroads Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll, destroyed at Bascombe (Mek) Island, Kwajalein, 30 October 1947.' The page also hosts photographs of the ship including the USMC photo (NARA identifier 74250311, Hdqtrs No. 58041) showing LCI(L)s 327, 334, 330, 335, 328 and 336 landing troops at Rendova between 30 June and 4 July 1943, and two photos of the ship in a floating dry dock sometime after 12 April 1945.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1947

    Limitations

    Secondary compilation, not an official document, and it explicitly notes 'There is no DANFS history available for USS LCI(L)-327.' The Rendova participation is corroborated by the ship's own war diary and AA report (her landing run was 4 July 1943 - she was at anchor in Hutchinson Creek on 30 June, so she was not in the first assault wave despite the photo caption's '30 June to 4 July' framing). The page's Okinawa paragraph contains a copy error - 'For the Okinawa Campaign USS LCI(L)-329, LTjg. M. G. Martin, USNR, in command' reads a different hull number into her command block, so the Flotilla Nineteen/Group Fifty-Five/Division One Hundred Nine attribution is carried as secondary-only and flagged in gaps. The 27 July 1942 laid-down and 12 September 1942 launched dates are corroborated by uboat.net; the Kwajalein destruction date is corroborated by shipbuildinghistory.com and (approximately) uboat.net's 'used as target on 30 October 1947.'

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-12

14. [14]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'Operation Crossroads - Composition of Joint Task Force One,' online reading room (target-vessel roster) [nhhc_danfs]

    Locator

    NHHC JTF-1 composition page: Task Unit 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit) > LCI Group 7 [LCI GRU 7] > 'LCI-327' (verified live 2026-09-29)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    The official Naval History and Heritage Command roster 'Composition of Joint Task Force One' (Operation Crossroads online reading room) lists this hull as a target vessel: under Task Unit 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit), LCI Group 7 [LCI GRU 7] includes LCI-327 alongside LCI-329, LCI-332, LCI-620, LCI(L)-549 and LCI(L)-615 (spelling 'LCI-327'). Joint Task Force 1 was the organization that conducted the July 1946 atomic bomb tests (shots Able and Baker) at Bikini Atoll - confirming the ship's official assignment as a Crossroads target, consistent with the muster-roll annotation that she decommissioned 28 August 1946 and the secondary-compilation record that she was destroyed at Kwajalein on 30 October 1947.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1946 (Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll)

    Population

    Target-vessel caretaker/detonation crews (1946)

    Limitations

    Official Navy organizational roster naming this hull in the Crossroads target fleet - establishes assignment to JTF-1 TU 1.2.5, not test results: the roster does not state her position in the target array, damage sustained, or disposal method. Crossroads target service is a radiological-environment context, not an asbestos finding; it does not establish asbestos aboard, exposure, or causation. Her survival of the tests and destruction at Kwajalein in October 1947 rest on secondary compilations (ev-12, ev-15).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-13

15. [15]HyperWar (ibiblio.org), Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945, 'Landing Ships & Craft - LCI(L)-1 Class' class block and LCI(L) roster range [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L) section: class characteristics block; roster range row 'LCI(L)-319-336 | 1942-44' covers hull 327

    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)-327 in the roster range row 'LCI(L)-319-336 | 1942-44' (no loss or conversion note for her) and gives LCI(L)-1 class characteristics: 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; 2 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

    1942-1944

    Limitations

    Transcription of an official BuShips publication; the roster range row covers hulls 319-336 collectively (ship-specific inclusion for 327, range-level detail) while the characteristics block is class-standard, not individually measured for this hull. Complement (3 officers/21 enlisted) and power (1,600 bhp) conflict with secondary compilations (4/24 and 2,320 shp) - both variants carried, discrepancy logged in gaps. NavSource's class block on her page gives different figures (236 t. light/419 t. loaded, 158 ft 5.5 in, five 20mm) - spec-table differences likewise noted, not resolved. No asbestos or materials content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-14

16. [16]uboat.net allied-warship record USS LCI(L)-327 (ship/21350); shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table; NavSource page (ev-12) [other_primary]

    Locator

    uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21350.html; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 'LCI(L) 327 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 31-Oct-42 | Destroyed at Kwajalein 30-Oct-47' (both verified live 2026-09-29)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Builder and milestone attribution: uboat.net's allied-warship record gives USS LCI(L)-327 as built by Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas; laid down 27 July 1942; launched 12 September 1942; commissioned 31 October 1942; and 'used as target on 30 October 1947.' shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) construction table lists 'LCI(L) 327 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 31-Oct-42 | Destroyed at Kwajalein 30-Oct-47.' The three secondary compilations (with NavSource) agree on builder, laid-down, launched and commissioned dates, Crossroads target service, and destruction at Kwajalein on 30 October 1947.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1947

    Limitations

    Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with primary NARA records (commissioning corroborated by the muster-roll annotation 'Com. 10-31-42'; wartime service corroborated by her own war diaries and AA reports), but no official construction source (DANFS, BuShips contract list, NVR) was located - there is no DANFS entry for this hull. 'Destroyed at Kwajalein' is consistent with her decommissioning annotation (28 August 1946) but the method/place of destruction rests on these compilations.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-15

17. [17]NARA Catalog NAIDs 135990369, 136011142, 78348736, 78366577, 78332292, 78185445, 135983709, 78438041, 78487510, 134375849, 78653083, 78691142, 139804546, 139835942, 139994330, 139958766, 101723090, 78302774, 78208954, 77477703, 77548756, 118967602, 175662812 (and 75-unit result list for query '"LCI(L) 327"') [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/{NAID} for each unit; engineering drawings NAID 175662812 (RG 19 Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings, 'Not Yet Available Online')

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Additional ship-specific and context NARA file units exist for this hull beyond the records read: the catalog search '"LCI(L) 327"' returns 75 file units across 4 result pages, reviewed. Group- and flotilla-level war diaries whose extracted text names LCI(L) 327 include: COM LCI(L) GR 14 war diaries for 9/1-30/43 (NAID 135990369), 10/1/43-11/2/43 (NAID 136011142), 3/1-16/44 (NAID 78348736), 3/17-31/44 (NAID 78366577), and COM LCI(L) GR 14, 2/1-29/44 (NAID 78332292); LCI(L) FLOT 5 war diaries for 9/1-30/43 (NAID 78185445) and 10/1-31/43 (NAID 135983709) and 4/1-30/44 (NAID 78438041); COM LCI(L) GR 15 war diaries for 6/1-30/44 (NAID 78487510), 9/1-30/44 (NAID 134375849), 10/1-31/44 (NAID 78653083), 11/1-30/44 (NAID 78691142), 12/1-31/44 (NAID 139804546), 1/1-31/45 (NAID 139835942), 4/1-30/45 (NAID 139994330) - suggesting reassignment to Group 15 during 1944-45; COM LCI(L) GR 10 war diary 3/1-31/45 (NAID 139958766); COM 5th PHIBFOR report of operations for the capture of the Okinawa Gunto 5/17/45-7/1/45 (NAID 101723090, 308 images, matched on extracted text); CINCPAC Report of Operations in Pacific Ocean Areas, August 1943 (NAID 78302774); the LCI(L)-331 war diary 7/1-9/30/43 (NAID 78208954); LCI(L)-96 war diary 7/1-31/45 (NAID 77477703); COMSERVDIV 104 war diary 9/1-30/45 (NAID 77548756); the Index to Muster Rolls volume 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (NAID 118967602); and a Bureau of Ships microfilm of ship engineering drawings file unit 'LCI(L)-327' (NAID 175662812, RG 19 series 559593, not yet available online - Archives II Cartographic).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-1946 records

    Population

    Ship's company (muster rolls; unit rosters)

    Limitations

    Catalog-level verification of record existence only; contents not extracted. The Group 15/10 and COM 5th PHIBFOR hits are extracted-text matches - 'LCI(L) 327' appears in those digitized files but the context (roster line, operations listing, or narrative) was not read. The Group 15 series (June 1944-April 1945) is consistent with - but does not itself prove - reassignment between the 1943 Group Fourteen service documented in her own diaries and the Flotilla 19/Group 55 Okinawa credit in secondary sources. The engineering-drawings microfilm is a hull-specific design record worth retrieval. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-16

18. [18]Class propulsion per Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-14); Atlas shipyards.json checked - no 'brown' or 'brown-shipbuilding' Houston yard record exists (37 yard_ids grepped) [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json (yard_id list grepped - no Brown Shipbuilding/Houston entry)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era assessment: the LCI(L)-1 design was diesel-powered (two banks of GM series-71 engines, 4 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 Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas - a yard that does NOT appear in the Atlas shipyard dataset (the only Houston yard in the dataset is Todd Shipyards, a different facility on the Houston Ship Channel), 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

    1942

    Population

    Construction trades (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX, 1942); 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 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-327-lcil327-17

19. [19]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 (DOI resolves live to Wiley Online Library 2026-09-29)

    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-327-lcil327-18

20. [20]Batch-5048 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog search '"LCI(L) 327"' (75 file units reviewed across 4 pages, plus variant spellings returning the identical set); NARA Special List 44 page image; NHHC JTF-1 composition page; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory secondary pages; USCG-manned LCI(L) roster; NVR; CourtListener [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-327-lcil327-19

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material specification, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-327 was found in the public sources searched (NARA catalog, NHHC/DANFS, NPS, MARAD, naval-history transcription sites). No DANFS entry exists for this hull. Separately, her post-war path is documented at official level only as a Crossroads target-vessel assignment (NHHC JTF-1 roster) - radiological, not asbestos, context.

    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 is era-consistent with possible asbestos-containing materials in gaskets, electrical insulation, and joiner work. The hull was destroyed at Kwajalein in 1947, so no surviving-hull survey could exist. 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-327-lcil327-19

21. [21]CourtListener API v4 searches '"USS LCI(L)-327"' type=o (count 0), '"LCI(L)-327"' type=o (count 0), '"LCI(L)-327"' type=r (count 0), '"LCI-327"' type=o (count 0) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener v4 search results, type=o and type=r (0 hits each on four completed queries); helper exit 2 on remaining variant queries

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps via the authenticated helper: exact-name opinion search '"USS LCI(L)-327"' returned zero hits; exact hull-number opinion search '"LCI(L)-327"' returned zero hits; verbatim docket search '"LCI(L)-327"' returned zero hits; variant opinion search '"LCI-327"' returned zero hits - no qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collisions were returned at all (four queries completed HTTP 200). Further variant queries ('LCI(L) 327', 'LCI 327', 'LCIL-327') were interrupted by the fleet pacing budget and are logged as gaps.

    Verification

    partial

    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 four completed queries returned zero results (no collisions to classify), but several hull-variant queries were not completed within the fleet rate-limit window, so the sweep is partial rather than exhaustive. 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-327-lcil327-20