Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-332 - construction, commissioning, WWII assignments and campaigns, specifications, disposition (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150332.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 27 July 1942 at Brown Ship Building, Houston, TX; launched 26 September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-332, 17 November 1942. WWII assignments: Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Landing Force Flotillas-SoPacFor; LCI Flotilla Five; LCI Group Fourteen; for Okinawa and minesweeping operations, LCI Flotilla Nineteen (LCDR E. C. Folger), LCI Group Fifty-Five (LCDR S. J. Kelley USNR), LCI Division One Hundred Nine. Campaigns: New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation (30 June and 4 July 1943); Vella Lavella occupation (15 August 1943); Treasury Island landing (1 November 1943); assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (18-30 June 1945); minesweeping operations Pacific - Wakanoura Kii Honshu area (13-24 September 1945) and Skagway East China Sea-Ryukyus area (27 October-5 November 1945). Occupation service in the Far East 2 September-14 December 1945. Four battle stars. Specifications: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 8 x GM 6051-series 71 diesels (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted. The commanding-officers listing carries LTjg. Thomas Emmett Reynolds, USNR, with no dates. Decommissioned and stricken: dates not stated. Final disposition: used as a target for Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll; scuttled off Kwajalein, 28 September 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); wartime crew (1942-1945); embarked troops; CROSSROADS target crew (1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - page credits its history text to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II (1995); milestone dates generally track official records but decommission/stricken dates are absent here and unresolved. Scuttling date conflicts with DNA 6032F's 30 September 1947 (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-01
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[2]NHHC, Composition of Joint Task Force One (Operation Crossroads) - Task Unit 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit), LCI Group 7 roster lists LCI-332 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room, 'Composition of Joint Task Force One', Task Unit 1.2.5 / LCI Group 7 listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC roster of Joint Task Force One for Operation CROSSROADS lists LCI-332 by name under Task Unit 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit), LCI Group 7 (LCI GRU 7), alongside LCI-327, LCI-329, LCI-620, LCI(L)-549, and LCI(L)-615 - confirming this hull's assignment as a target vessel for the July 1946 Bikini Atoll atomic tests.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- CROSSROADS target-vessel crews (1946)
- Limitations
- Official unit roster only - establishes CROSSROADS task assignment, not radiological outcome or material condition; the roster is a task-organization list and does not itself state that any given unit was struck, contaminated, or sunk. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-02
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[3]Defense Nuclear Agency technical report DNA-TR-82-05-V2, Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Naval Units of Operation CROSSROADS, Volume II (Appendix A) Target Ships (Science Applications, Inc., 3 March 1982) - LCI-332 participation sheet and Figure A-17 shipboard gamma intensity curve [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA-TR-82-05-V2 Appendix A, LCI-332 Target Ship Participation Summary (report p. 50) and Figure A-17 gamma curve (p. 51); canonical dtra.mil URL verified delivering content 2026-09-30 (direct curl fetches return 403; retrieved via render-capable fetch)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Per-ship government documentation: LCI-332 was a NON-REMANNED CROSSROADS target ship, crew size 17; arrived Bikini prior to 30 June 1946 and anchored in the lagoon as one of the 84 tracked target vessels for the ABLE (1 July 1946, 23 kt air burst) and BAKER (25 July 1946, 23 kt shallow underwater) detonations. Crew evacuated aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33) for both shots; crew members reboarded for intermittent periods in July-August 1946; the crew departed aboard USS Rockbridge (APA-228) on 23 August 1946 and was dispersed to USS Ajax and USS Geneva on 28 August. Reconstructed average crew dose while at Bikini: 0.311 rem gamma. Figure A-17 records post-BAKER shipboard gamma intensity: topside ~0.65 R/day and below-decks/amidships declining from ~3.2 to ~0.45 R/day over days 2.3-5.8. Final disposition: towed to Kwajalein after CROSSROADS and sunk in deep water in September 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1947 (report 1982)
- Population
- LCI-332 target crew (17) and boarding/inspection teams (1946); JTF-1 radiological-safety and decontamination personnel
- Limitations
- Radiological-exposure documentation, not asbestos documentation - this report characterizes ionizing-radiation dose, not any material content of the hull. 'Non-remanned' means the crew never returned to live aboard; intermittent boarding did occur (the DNA reconstruction excludes boarding-party dose). September 1947 sinking corroborates NavSource's scuttling but conflicts on the exact day (28 vs 30 September). OCR artifacts in the report scan drop the 'Kwajalein' place-name and some day-level figures; cited facts are those legible in the document. Does not establish or defeat any asbestos-exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-03
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[4]Defense Nuclear Agency report DNA 6032F, Operation CROSSROADS, 1946 (Kaman Tempo for DNA, 1984) - Appendix A target-ship participation summary for LCI-332 and Table 32 reconstructed crew dose (mirrored PDF; official NTPR document host dtra.mil returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6032F Appendix A, LCI-332 sheet (report pp. 345-346); Table 32 (reconstructed target-ship crew doses); mirrored at sonicbomb.com NTPR document archive
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DNA 6032F's per-ship sheet for LCI-332 records: crew size 17; Bikini arrival before 30 June 1946; Bikini departure 1 September 1946; crew location for both shots USS Bayfield (APA-33); Shot ABLE array position 2,210 yards (2 km) SSW of surface zero; Shot BAKER position 1,890 yards (1.7 km) E. Narrative: 'LCI-332, a landing craft infantry ship, was a target vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated before ABLE and never returned. It served in LCI Group 7 of TU 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit).' Events include a small fire aboard reported by USS Etlah (AN-79) at 1439 on 1 July 1946 and an inspection reboarding by Team A (two officers, eight enlisted) on 2 July. Disposition line: 'Sunk 30 September 1947 near Kwajalein Atoll.' Table 32 reconstructs the crew's support-ship dose as 0.311 rem gamma (post-BAKER boarding dose not completed at time of printing).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1947 (report 1984)
- Population
- LCI-332 target crew (1946)
- Limitations
- Same caveat set as ev-03: radiological not asbestos documentation. Sinking date '30 September 1947' conflicts with NavSource's 28 September 1947 (gaps). DNA 6032F Table 32 lists crew size 11 against the participation sheet's 17 - internal inconsistency unresolved (gaps). Citation URL is a mirrored copy of the official report; the canonical dtra.mil NTPR links returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-04
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[5]National Archives Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number section, LCI(L)-332 deck-log inventory entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 22: 'LCI(L)-332 9/1/1943 12/31/1945'; RG 24 entry 118 deck logs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-332 covering 1 September 1943 through 31 December 1945 (single continuous run) - confirming wartime log coverage exists in NARA custody (RG 24) for the New Georgia, Bougainville, Okinawa, minesweeping, and occupation periods. The logs are not in the NARA online deck-log collection (no bare-numbered LCI appears in the digitized list) - they remain a paper/microfilm archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (inventory coverage)
- Population
- Wartime crew appearing in deck logs (1943-1945)
- Limitations
- Inventory coverage only - SL44 documents that logs are held, not their content. Coverage begins 1 September 1943, about ten months after the 17 November 1942 commissioning; the commissioning-era gap is unexplained by the source - may reflect non-retention or a separate holding. Coverage ends 31 December 1945, before the 1946-47 CROSSROADS assignment. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-332 specifications (8 x GM 6051-series 71 diesels, diesel ship's-service generators, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07); HAER class documentation for sister LCI(L)s OR-180 and AK-52 (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product description; HAER OR-180 / AK-52 sister-craft documentation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built mid-1942 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel vessel of this type and period were engine exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and flange packing on piping and exhaust systems, electrical insulation, and miscellaneous thermal/fireproofing products. With no steam plant, the boiler and steam-line lagging pathway of larger ships does not apply - the confined below-decks engineering spaces and exhaust trunking are the relevant exposure geometry.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); engine-room crew (1942-1946); boarding and inspection teams (1946-47)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific material list, insulation survey, or work package located for LCI(L)-332. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; LCIs were austere wartime construction and carried materially less insulation than steam vessels. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-06
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record documentation for sister craft: HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (George Lawley & Son, 1944) short form; HAER AK-52, Husky II ex-LCI(L)-653 (New Jersey Shipbuilding, 1943) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (loc.gov tile.loc.gov or0606data.pdf); HAER AK-52 (ak0557data.pdf) description and historical-information sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER records for two surviving sister LCI(L)s document the type's construction: Bureau of Ships design, welded 1/4-inch steel plate, eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, two decks with troop spaces below - consistent with NavSource's spec block for this hull. Full text of both HAER documents contains no mention of asbestos (zero occurrences) - the class record neither establishes nor excludes asbestos in the type's construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944 construction era (HAER documentation 2012-era)
- Limitations
- Sister-craft documentation, not this hull - LCI(L)-713 is the later LCI-351 class and both HAER subjects were built at different yards than Brown Shipbuilding. Absence of an asbestos mention in narrative documentation is not evidence of absence in materials. The insulation references that do appear in AK-52 concern a post-war refrigerated-conversion spray-on product, not original construction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-07
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[8]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) and service era (1942-1947).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-08
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[9]Wartime workmen's-compensation litigation at the builder: American General Ins. Co. v. Ariola, 187 S.W.2d 585 (Tex. Civ. App. - Galveston 1945) - death of Brown Shipbuilding scaler Louis Ariola from steel/rust particle inhalation in a ship's double-bottom, 2 December 1942; American General Ins. Co. v. Amerson, 187 S.W.2d 912 (Tex. Civ. App. 1945) - electrician's lung injury from inhaled smoke and gas fumes, 26 May 1943; Miller v. Brown Shipbuilding Co., 71 F. Supp. 672 (S.D. Tex. 1947), aff'd per curiam, 165 F.2d 956 (5th Cir. 1948) - wage/classification action by ~800 wartime yard workers dismissed for want of federal jurisdiction, merits never reached [court_record]
- Locator
- Ariola: courtlistener.com/opinion/4203871; Amerson: courtlistener.com/opinion/4173102; Miller district: courtlistener.com/opinion/8912378; Miller appeal: courtlistener.com/opinion/6999158 (165 F.2d 956, per curiam affirmance)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed litigation documents occupational respiratory-hazard conditions at the builder during this hull's construction window: a scaler's death from inhaled steel and rust particles inside a ship's double-bottom in December 1942 (the month after LCI(L)-332 was commissioned at the yard), an electrician's fume-inhalation lung injury in May 1943, and a collective action by approximately 800 wartime yard workers. These cases place documented airborne-particulate injury claims inside Brown Shipbuilding's wartime hull fabrication. Miller reached only a jurisdictional disposition: the district court dismissed for want of federal jurisdiction and the Fifth Circuit affirmed per curiam ('the complaint ... does not with sufficient clearness show ... that the court has jurisdiction') - no merits finding exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947 (events); 1945-1947 (decisions)
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding wartime trades - scalers, electricians, classified laborers (1942-1943)
- Limitations
- Builder-yard context, not a hull record - none of these cases involves asbestos or names LCI(L)-332; Ariola's and Amerson's injuries are particle/fume inhalation claims of a different material class, and Miller is a pleading-stage disposition (jurisdictional dismissal affirmed), not a finding about yard conditions. They document the occupational-litigation environment of the yard in 1942-43, nothing more.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-09
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[10]Batch-5054 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 PDF; NHHC Joint Task Force One composition; DNA-TR-82-05-V2 and DNA 6032F full texts; NavSource; HAER sister-craft docs; GAO product page (full text blocked); CourtListener opinion + docket indexes; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-332 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI-332' and 'LCI(L)-332' and a docket search for 'LCI-332' returned zero results. The hull was sunk as a contaminated target in September 1947, so no in-service or museum-phase abatement record can exist; the only 'asbestos' content found on the secondary web is law-firm marketing material about builder Brown Shipbuilding generally - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - era-consistent inference stands, unproven. The wartime deck logs (NARA RG 24, not digitized) and JTF-1/shipyard work records are the open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-332-lcil332-10