USS LCI(L)-333

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

1. [1]NARA Catalog NAID 78157744: 'USS LCI (L) 333 - War Diary, 6/28/43 to 8/31/43 (Action Reports - 8/15/43)' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 75 digital objects) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78157744; Roll A_0521 images 0084 (forwarding letter, 11 Sep 1943, H. Townsend Lt. USNR), 0085 (28 Jun 1943 page - Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island; 'guide ship of the column'), 0120 (2 Aug 1943 - Poko Plantation, Rendova Island; 'Commander Group 15 shipped his flag to LCI(L) 333 temporary'), 0135 (16 Aug 1943 - convoy 11 LCIs + 5 DDs, Russell and Savo Islands), 0150 (31 Aug 1943 - 'in companied with LCI(L) Flot. Five'), 0158 (action report Enclosure B formation diagram, torpedo passed between LCI(L) 21 and LCI(L) 333) - all read at full resolution

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own operational war diary for 28 June-31 August 1943 survives digitized (forwarded to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet under cover letter dated 11 September 1943, signed H. Townsend, Lt., USNR, Commanding Officer). Diary content read at full resolution: on 28 June 1943 she was moored port side to LCI T728 at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island, got underway 1639 'proceeding to Russell Island in accordance with secret orders,' and at 2100 was 'steering in column formation this ship guide ship of the column' - the staging move for the New Georgia-Rendova landing of 30 June. On 2 August she lay moored at Poko Plantation, Rendova Island 'in companied with LCI Groups Fourteen and Fifteen,' and at 0700 'Commander Group 15 shipped his flag to LCI(L) 333 temporary' - the ship briefly served as the group commander's flag; she beached at Poko Plantation at 0836. The file includes her action report for 15 August 1943 (Vella Lavella run): Enclosure (B) is a hand-drawn formation diagram captioned 'Action Report of L.C.I.(L) 333, Time: 20:55 L' showing a convoy of LCI(L)s 222, 330, 331, 21, 333, 22, 67, 68, 332, 334 and 64 on course 090 deg T at 12 knots; a torpedo plane 'approached convoy on course approximately 180 deg T, launched a torpedo broad on port bow at approximately 100 yards' and 'torpedo passed between LCI(L) 21 and LCI(L) 333.' On 16 August she steamed in cruising formation with 11 LCIs and 5 DDs (LCI 222 guide, this ship fifth in column), passed Russell Island and Savo Island, and anchored in Hutchinson Creek; on 31 August she lay anchored there 'in companied with LCI(L) Flot. Five.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-06-28 to 1943-08-31 (forwarding letter dated 1943-09-11)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops on lifts

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored aboard the ship and signed by her commanding officer. Establishes Solomons presence (Florida Island/Russell Islands/Rendova June-August 1943), temporary Group 15 flagship duty on 2 August 1943, the 15 August torpedo attack with the torpedo passing between this ship and LCI(L)-21, and LCI(L) Flotilla Five association. The action-report text pages were not individually transcribed - only Enclosure B's diagram was read; narrative detail beyond the diagram is unextracted. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-01

2. [2]NARA Catalog NAID 135983677: 'USS LCI(L) 333 - War Diary, 10/1-31/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 31 digital objects) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/135983677; file-unit images 0913 (1 Oct 1943 page, annotated 'LCI(L) 333, LCI flot 5'), 0939 (27 Oct 1943), 0940 (28 Oct 1943) - all read at full resolution

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's October 1943 war diary records her beached at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island throughout the month: the 1 October entry reads 'Beached at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island with stern anchor out and bow wire forward to a tree, ship darkened, in company with LCI(L) Flotilla Five,' and the 27 and 28 October entries - the dates of the Treasury Island landings credited to the ship by NavSource's campaign table - repeat the identical single-line entry with no underway or landing events recorded.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-10-01 to 1943-10-31

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary. Documents the ship beached at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island on the very dates NavSource's campaign table credits her with the Treasury Island landings (27 October 1943) - a source discrepancy flagged in gaps, not resolved: the campaign credit may attach at unit level or reflect participation in the wider operation outside the single diary days read. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-02

3. [3]NARA Catalog NAID 136041627: 'USS LCI(L) 333 - War Diary, 11/1/43 to 12/17/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 49 digital objects) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/136041627; file-unit images 0005 (1 Nov 1943), 0050 (16 Dec 1943 - Morts Dry Dock marine railway, Sydney; 'Ship is on dock for repairs'), 0051 (17 Dec 1943 - undocked, Gore Cove fueling, Woolloomooloo alongside LCI(L) 329; command change Townsend to Steen) - all read at full resolution

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's November-17 December 1943 war diary continues the Hutchinson Creek base period ('Beached at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island ... in company with LCI(L) Com Flot Five' on 1 November) and then documents a repair availability in Sydney, Australia: on 16 December she lay 'At Marine railway Morts Dry Dock Browns, Sydney, Australia ... Ship is on dock for repairs,' and on 17 December she came off the marine railway at 1012, fueled at Gore Cove, moored starboard side to LCI(L) 329 at Woolloomooloo dock, Sydney, and recorded a change of command: '1500 Lt. H. Townsend D-V(G) 117582 USNR was this day relieved of the Command U.S.S. LCI(L) 333. 1510 Lt. (jg) Jens H. Steen D-V(S) USNR, 144049 took over Command of U.S.S. LCI(L) 333.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-11-01 to 1943-12-17

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record. Establishes the November-December 1943 base period at Florida Island, a Sydney drydock repair availability on the Mort's Dock marine railway (nature of repairs not stated), and the change of command from Lt. H. Townsend, USNR to Lt.(jg) Jens H. Steen, USNR on 17 December 1943. The file ends 17 December 1943; her December 1943-1944 movements sit in other records. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; a repair availability is a context where gasket/packing-type materials could have been disturbed but no materials record exists for this availability.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-03

4. [4]NARA Catalog NAID 120168745: 'LCI(L) 333 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities; 117 images, scan set 32860_244639) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/120168745; scan 32860_244639-00002 (31 Dec 1942 transmittal sheet, read at full resolution: annotation 'Comm. 11-24-42 to 12-1-45'; O'Leary certifying, Townsend approving, forwarded Galveston, Texas)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NARA's digitized muster-roll file unit for this hull ('LCI(L) 333 - Muster Rolls,' 117 images, Ancestry partnership scans) opens with the standard transmittal sheet for the 31 December 1942 muster roll: a handwritten annotation reads 'Comm. 11-24-42 to 12-1-45' - indicating the digitized rolls span commissioning through 1 December 1945. The sheet was certified by the Executive Officer (Lt.(jg) J. L. O'Leary, USNR, per the signature), approved 30 January 1943 by H. Townsend, Lt., USNR, Commanding Officer, and forwarded 30 January 1943 from Galveston, Texas - consistent with her Gulf Coast commissioning at the Houston builder's port. The roll pages themselves were not transcribed (crew names recoverable on request).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-11-24 to 1945-12-01

   Population

   Ship's company 1942-1945

   Limitations

   Primary personnel records; only the transmittal sheet was read. Independently corroborates the 24 November 1942 commissioning date and bounds the roll coverage through 1 December 1945, 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-333-lcil333-04

5. [5]NARA Catalog NAID 78632482: 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 22 - War Diary, 8/1-31/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 12 digital objects) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78632482; Roll A_1143 image 0390 (cover/organization page and 1 Aug 1944 entries, read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Two war diary for August 1944 lists LCI(L)-333 in the flotilla's organization: 'Commander LCI(L) Flotilla TWENTY TWO (formerly FIVE) in U.S.S. LCI(L) 433 (flagship) with following LCI(L)'s operating under command of Commander SEVENTH Amphibious Force (CTF 76): 62, 63, 328, 333, 334, 335, 357, 358, 359, 360, 434, 435, 436, 443, 444, 445, 446, 518 and 519' - confirming that Flotilla Five was redesignated Flotilla Twenty-Two and that 333 remained in it. The 1 August 1944 entry records 'LCI(L)'s 328, 333, 357, 360, 434, 435, 436, 443, 444, 445 and 446 departed from HOLLANDIA, Dutch New Guinea, enroute to LANGEMAK BAY, Finschhafen, New Guinea, in accordance with CTF 76 movement orders' - the staging move for the Morotai operation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-08-01 to 1944-08-31

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary of her parent unit. Establishes Flotilla Twenty-Two (formerly Five) membership under CTF 76/Seventh Amphibious Force in August 1944 and the Hollandia-to-Langemak Bay movement; only the first image was read - further daily detail exists in the file. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-05

6. [6]NARA Catalog NAID 139963817: 'COM LCI(L) GR 64 - War Diary, 3/1-31/45' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 5 digital objects) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/139963817; file-unit image 0782 (1 March 1945 cover page, organization and Lingayen Gulf entries, read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The LCI(L) Group Sixty-Four war diary for March 1945 places LCI(L)-333 in the Philippines at Lingayen Gulf: 'LCI(L) Group SIXTY-FOUR of LCI(L) Flotilla TWENTY-TWO, attached to SEVENTH Amphibious Force, is composed of LCI(L)s 62, 63, 328, 333, 334, 335, 357, 358, 359, 360 (Group Flagship), 443 and 444.' Paragraph 3 records 'Commander LCI(L) Group SIXTY-FOUR in command all LCI(L)s present at Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands on 3 March 1945. LCI(L)s 333, 335, 357, 360, 443, 616, 777, 1033 present 1 March 1945. LCI(L) 358 arrived Lingayen Gulf 1400 1 March 1945 from Subic Bay.' Paragraph 5 assigns smoking stations for 3 March 1945: 'LCI(L)s 333 and 616 - Liberty ships anchored off Bud River Area ... All LCI(L)s present lay smoke screen when so ordered by SOPA during Air Raid Alerts' - the ship's documented duty at Lingayen was screening anchored shipping. The same file notes LCI(L)s 62 and 328 detached 13 January 1945 for conversion to spare-parts issuing ships at Manus Island.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-03-01 to 1945-03-31

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative diary of her parent group. Establishes Group Sixty-Four membership and her presence anchored in Lingayen Gulf on 1-3 March 1945 performing smoke-screening station duty - consistent with (but narrower than) NavSource's 'Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 January 1945' campaign credit and the Navy Unit Commendation window for Salvage/Fire Fighting/Rescue Unit duty in the Philippine Islands area 6 January-15 February 1945. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-06

7. [7]NARA Special List 44 (1978), hull-number section, PDF page 22: row 'LCI(L)-333 | 7/1/1943 | 6/30/1945' (verified against the official archives.gov PDF, byte-identical to the ACPL mirror); logbook series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations,' NAID 594258, RG 24 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Special List 44 ship-number PDF page 22, LCI(L) section row 'LCI(L)-333 | 7/1/1943 | 6/30/1945'; 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)-333 covering '7/1/1943-6/30/1945' (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series NAID 594258, RG 24) - the full wartime span from the Rendova operation through the end of the war. The coverage start falls about seven months after the 24 November 1942 commissioning - the ship's November 1942-June 1943 logs are not in this inventory line. These 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 series and the RG 24 muster-roll series.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-07-01 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 logbooks are undigitized - physical retrieval at Archives II (College Park) would be required to read content. The absence of November 1942-June 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-333-lcil333-07

8. [8]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-333 page (history line taken from Turner Publishing USS LCI vol. II) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150333.htm: construction block, campaign table, disposition lines, awards/ribbons block, specifications block, photo captions (verified live 2026-09-30; the navsource.org domain is dead - the correct host is navsource.net)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary compilation (NavSource, history line drawn from Turner Publishing's 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry," Vol. II,' 1995) records: laid down 27 July 1942 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX; launched 26 September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-333 on 24 November 1942; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Five and LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45, CDR. McD Smith 1944 and CDR. Marion M. Byrd, USN 1944-45); campaigns - New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation 30 June-4 July 1943, Vella Lavella occupation 15 August 1943, Treasury Island landings 27 October 1943, Morotai landings 15 September 1944, Lingayen Gulf landing 9-18 January 1945; postwar reassigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier; decommissioned, date unknown; 'Final Disposition, destroyed, 10 January 1946'; struck from the Naval Register 7 February 1946; Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 6 January to 15 February 1945; four battle stars; photo captions record Lt. Col. Lester E. Brown's 2nd Battalion, 103rd Infantry boarding USS LCI(L)-333 and USS LCI(L)-334 in the Russell Islands, June 1943 for transport to Rendova Island, and the ship beached at Rendova disembarking Marines in June 1943 (US National Archive ID 74252365), plus 1945 Manila crew photos.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation, not an official document. Construction milestones are corroborated by uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory.com's Brown yard table, and the muster-roll 'Comm. 11-24-42' annotation; Rendova/Vella Lavella employment, Flotilla Five membership, the Hollandia movement, and Lingayen Gulf presence are corroborated by her own war diaries and unit diaries (ev-01, ev-02, ev-03, ev-05, ev-06). The Treasury Island campaign credit conflicts with her own October 1943 diary (beached at Hutchinson Creek, Florida Island on 27-28 October) - flagged, not resolved. Decommissioning date is unknown; 'destroyed 10 January 1946' carries no cause or location; battle stars and the NUC are not verified against the official awards manual.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-08

9. [9]HyperWar (ibiblio.org), Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945, 'Landing Ships & Craft - LCI(L)-1 Class' class characteristics block [other_primary]

   Locator

   ships-lc.html LCI(L) section: class characteristics block (LCI(L)-1 class covering this hull)

   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) gives LCI(L)-1 class characteristics covering this hull: 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; 8 GM diesel engines (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 bhp.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1945

   Limitations

   Transcription of an official BuShips publication; 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; 2,320 shp) - both variants carried, discrepancy logged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-09

10. [10]uboat.net allied-warship record USS LCI(L)-333 (ship/21356); shipbuildinghistory.com Brown Shipbuilding yard table and history [other_primary]

    Locator

    uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21356.html; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/brown.htm hull-#37 row 'LCI(L) 333 ... 27-Jul-42, 26-Sep-42, 17-Nov-42, Destroyed 1946'

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Builder and milestone corroboration: uboat.net's allied-warship record gives USS LCI(L)-333 built by Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas; laid down 27 July 1942; launched 26 September 1942; commissioned 24 November 1942; 'Lost on 10 January 1946.' shipbuildinghistory.com's Brown Shipbuilding construction table lists '37 | LCI(L) 333 | Landing Craft | Keel Laid 27-Jul-42 | Launched 26-Sep-42 | Delivered 17-Nov-42 | Disposition: Destroyed 1946' - keel and launch identical to NavSource and uboat.net, with a yard 'Delivered' date of 17 November 1942 (delivery, distinct from the 24 November commissioning). The yard history records Brown Shipbuilding as an emergency Houston yard that built 32 LCI(L)s among its wartime production.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1942-1946

    Limitations

    Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with primary NARA records (commissioning corroborated by the muster-roll annotation), but no official construction source (DANFS entry, BuShips contract list, NVR) was located - there is no DANFS entry for this hull. 'Delivered 17-Nov-42' (yard delivery) and 'commissioned 24 November 1942' are different events, not a conflict. Neither compilation states the cause or place of the January 1946 loss.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-10

11. [11]NARA Catalog NAID 175662819: 'LCI(L)-333' (RG 19, Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings series, NAID 559593; NARA Cartographic, College Park, MD) [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/175662819 (catalog-level record; 0 digital objects; physical reel at Archives II Cartographic)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    A Bureau of Ships microfilmed ship engineering-drawing file unit exists for this hull: NARA Catalog file unit 'LCI(L)-333' (NAID 175662819), Records of the Bureau of Ships (RG 19), series 'Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings' (NAID 559593, 1945-1955), held by NARA Cartographic at College Park. Not digitized (zero digital objects). BuShips hull drawing sets are the canonical lead for construction/material callouts - including insulation and lagging notes - and this is the likeliest primary source where any hull-specific material documentation would be found.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1940s drawing set

    Limitations

    Catalog-level verification of record existence only; contents not retrieved. Whether the drawing set contains material/insulation callouts for this hull is unknown until the microfilm is pulled. Contains no extracted asbestos or materials information.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-11

12. [12]NARA Catalog NAID 74252365 (still photograph; referenced and quoted in the NavSource image caption) [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/74252365; NavSource 10/15/150333.htm photo caption block

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    A wartime still photograph of this hull exists at NARA: catalog record NAID 74252365, the US Marine Corps photo captioned by NavSource as 'USS LCI(L)-333 beached at Rendova Island, while disembarking Marines, June 1943' - consistent with her own diary's Poko Plantation, Rendova entries and the June 1943 Russell Islands troop-embarkation photo caption.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1943-06

    Limitations

    Photographic record of presence at Rendova in June 1943 only; the catalog record was verified but the image content itself was not analyzed for this record. A photograph establishes presence, not materials or exposure.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-12

13. [13]Class propulsion per NavSource specifications block (ev-08) and Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-09); Atlas shipyards.json checked - no 'brown' or 'brown-shipbuilding-houston' yard record exists among 37 yard_ids [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); shipyard-exposure-map/client/src/data/shipyards.json (yard_id list checked - no Brown/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 Co., Houston, Texas - a yard that does NOT appear in the Atlas shipyard dataset, so 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

    2026-09-30

    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. The BuShips drawing set for this hull (ev-11) is the undigitized primary source where material callouts would appear. Does not establish asbestos aboard this craft, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-13

14. [14]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

    2026-09-30

    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-333-lcil333-14

15. [15]Batch-5055 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog search '"LCI(L) 333"' (115 file units reviewed across result pages); NARA Special List 44 official PDF; NHHC DANFS probes; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory secondary pages; NVR; CourtListener [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-333-lcil333-19

    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)-333 was found in the public sources searched (NARA catalog - including 115 file units surfacing on the hull-number query, NHHC/DANFS, NPS, MARAD, naval-history transcription sites). No DANFS entry exists for this hull at all. The undigitized BuShips drawing set (ev-11) and the physical deck logs (ev-07) remain the unmined primary leads.

    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 - 1942 wartime construction 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-333-lcil333-15

16. [16]CourtListener API v4 docket searches '"USS LCI(L)-333"' (count 0) and '"LCI(L)-333"' (count 0); opinion searches '"LCI(L)-333"', '"USS LCI(L)-333"', '"LCI-333"' (count 0 each); docket '"LCI-333"' and remaining variant queries blocked by fleet pacing budget [court_record]

    Locator

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

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps via the authenticated helper: exact-name docket search '"USS LCI(L)-333"' returned zero hits; exact hull-number docket search '"LCI(L)-333"' returned zero hits; opinion searches '"LCI(L)-333"', '"USS LCI(L)-333"', and variant '"LCI-333"' each returned zero hits - no qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collisions were returned at all (all five queries completed HTTP 200). The docket search for variant '"LCI-333"' and the remaining variant queries ('LCIL-333', 'LCI 333', 'LCI(L) 333') could not be completed before the fleet rate-limit stand-down; logged as gaps.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2026-09-30

    Limitations

    CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive of PACER/state filings; the five completed queries (two docket, three opinion) returned zero results (no collisions to classify), but the variant docket search and remaining 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-333-lcil333-16