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)-334 (10/15/150334) - construction timeline, campaign table, flotilla assignments, disposal, specifications, photo captions (history sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150334.htm header block, campaign table, and specifications block; photo captions (Rendova, Guadalcanal, Mono Island)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX (NavSource prints 27 June 1942 - conflicts with builder table and uboat.net, see gaps); launched 3 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-334, 24 November 1942; international radio call sign NJRU. Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Five (1943-44); LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45) under CDR. McD Smith (1944) and CDR. Marion M. Byrd (1944-45). Campaigns: New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation 30 June and 4 July 1943; Vella Lavella occupation 15 August 1943; Treasury Island landings 27 October and 6 November 1943; Morotai landings 15 September 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 9-18 January 1945. Post-war: assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier; decommissioned 'date unknown'; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold 4 December 1946, fate unknown; four battle stars for WWII service. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors series-71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft (NavSource text renders '6051 series 71'), GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46); embarked infantry troops (transient, per operation)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but the laid-down date conflicts with the builder's table and uboat.net (27 June vs 27 July 1942; see gaps). The ship's compiled history is credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II (1995), a veterans-association reference - not a government record. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-01
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[2]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX' yard production table (archived Wayback capture 2017-07-30; live njscuba.net mirror returned HTTP 500 on 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Brown Shipbuilding yard table, hull 38 row; yard-history header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder's production table for this hull: Brown Shipbuilding yard hull number 38 = LCI(L)-334, Landing Craft, U.S. Navy, 216 LDT, 158 ft; keel laid 27-Jul-42; launched 3-Oct-42; delivered 24-Nov-42; disposition 'Sold 1946'. Yard context from the same page: Brown Shipbuilding was built in 1941 by George and Herman Brown at the junction of Green's Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel with $9 million from the Navy; wartime output 12 PCs, 32 LCI(L)s, 61 DEs and 254 LSMs (359 vessels); leased to Todd Shipyards 1949-1984; sold piecemeal to multiple buyers in 2004; now the Brown Shipbuilding Industrial Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1946 (yard table coverage)
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades, Houston (1942)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled yard table (secondary), but it is the builder-level production record and agrees with uboat.net on the 27-Jul-1942 keel date - carried over NavSource's 27 June. 'Delivered' rather than 'commissioned' is the table's term; the 24-Nov-42 date matches the NavSource commissioning date. Live njscuba.net mirror was unreachable (HTTP 500) this session - archived copy cited per citation-hygiene rule. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-02
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[3]NARA, Special List #44 by Ship Numbers ('List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947'), ship-number section [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, page 22, LCI(L) block, line 'LCI(L)-334 12/1/1943 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own inventory lists a single deck-log run for this hull: 'LCI(L)-334 12/1/1943 6/30/1945' (PDF page 22 of the ship-numbers list). This inventories physical logbooks held by the National Archives covering December 1943 through June 1945 - the heart of her combat service (Treasury Island through the Philippines). These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning evidence: she commissioned 24 November 1942, so the first ~13 months of logs (Nov 1942-Nov 1943, covering Rendova, Vella Lavella and Treasury Islands) are not in this listed run.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew (Dec 1943-Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: SL44 proves the logbooks exist at NARA; it does not digitize them. No digitized deck-log file unit for this hull was located in catalog.archives.gov (JS-rendered catalog searched via rendering fetch 2026-09-30); digitized muster rolls and war diaries exist separately (see ev-04). The logs may document drydocks/availabilities relevant to material disturbance - not yet examined. No asbestos content in the inventory itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-03
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[4]National Archives Catalog - digitized file units naming LCI(L)-334: ship war diaries, action reports, and muster rolls (RG 38 War Diaries series via Fold3; RG 24 Muster Rolls via Ancestry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LCI(L) 334' (80 file units); NAIDs 120168621, 135923842, 135947101, 135996588, 136041514, 78166810, 135991083
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized ship-specific records for this hull (verified live 2026-09-30): 'LCI(L) 334 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120168621, RG 24, 123 images via Ancestry, rolls beginning 31 December 1942); ship war diaries for 6/1-7/31/43 (NAID 135923842, Roll A507), 8/1-31/43 (NAID 135947101, Roll A548), 10/1-31/43 (NAID 135996588, Roll A682), 11/1-30/43 (NAID 136041514, Roll A734); action reports 'LCI(L)-334 - Night torp plane attack, 8/15/43 (Blanche Channel)' (NAID 78166810, Roll A533) and 'USS LCI(L) 334 - Landing on Treasury Islands, 10/27/43' (NAID 135991083, Roll A669, filed 29 October 1943). Unit-level diaries covering her flotillas also exist: COM LCI(L) FLOT 5 (e.g., NAID 78308907, 1/44; 78438041, 4/44), COM LCI(L) FLOT 22 (e.g., NAIDs 139743976, 9/44; 139830661, 12/44; 101700941, 5/45; 101746111, 6/45; 77486492, 7/45), COM LCI(L) GR 14, GR 64, GR 65; and muster rolls for LCI(L) Flotilla 5 and Flotilla 22 staffs (NAIDs 120301017, 120301074).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Crew (1942-45)
- Limitations
- Archival leads, not exposure records: war diaries/action reports document operations, casualties and locations - they can corroborate where and when the hull operated but do not itemize materials. The catalog is JS-rendered (queried via rendering fetch); a full enumeration of the 80-result set was not completed - additional hull-specific file units may exist beyond those listed. No asbestos content located within these records' catalog descriptions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-04
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[5]NARA still photographs: NAID 74250311 'World War II - Central Solomons' (RG 127 USMC Photographic Reference File, local ID 127-GR-132-58041) plus Navy photos 18-N-52690, 18-N-52633, 18-N-52630 (NavSource-captioned NARA numbers) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 74250311 (catalog.archives.gov/id/74250311); NavSource 150334.htm photo captions citing NARA 18-N-52690/18-N-52633/18-N-52630
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held photography places this hull in the assault waves at Rendova: NAID 74250311 (digitized, unrestricted) shows US troops streaming ashore from LCI(L)-327, LCI(L)-334, LCI(L)-330, LCI(L)-335, LCI(L)-328 and LCI(L)-336 between 30 June and 4 July 1943 (USMC photo Hdqtrs. 58041); Navy photos 18-N-52690, 18-N-52633 and 18-N-52630 (per NavSource captions) show LCI(L)-334 on the Rendova Beachhead on 30 June and 4 July 1943 alongside sister LCIs and LST-397. NavSource captions further place her embarking troops of the 2nd Battalion, 103rd Infantry in the Russell Islands in June 1943 for the Rendova lift, boarding Seabees at Guadalcanal 13 September 1943 for Ondonga, loading New Zealand 3rd Division troops with LCI(L)-24, LCI(L)-222 and LST-485 on 25 October 1943, and off Mono Island under Japanese gunfire 27 October 1943 (photographed from LCI(L)-330).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops, Rendova/Treasury operations (Jun-Oct 1943)
- Limitations
- Physical-presence documentation only: photographs establish where the hull was and what it was doing, not material content aboard. NAID 74250311 verified digitized and unrestricted in the catalog this session; the 18-N-##### numbers are transcribed from NavSource captions and were not individually opened. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-05
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[6]'History of LCI Flotilla 22' - veteran-written unit history hosted by NavSource (amphibious archive 10/15/150618f) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150618f.htm narrative (flotilla formation, Morotai TG 77.4 unit list, Lingayen smoke-screen duty, post-war assignment paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Unit history naming this hull: LCI(L)-334 is in the Flotilla 22 roster (36 ships in Groups 64, 65, 66), formed early August 1944 from the breakup of old Flotilla 5 - the narrative confirms she was one of the 19 ships carried over from Flotilla 5. The LCI Unit of Task Group 77.4 for the Morotai landing (narrative says 16 September 1944; official campaign tables say 15 September) is listed as LCI(L)s 433(flag), 435, 360, 446, 519, 334, 445, 444, 359, 357, 443, 63, 328, 333, 436, 335, 447, 429, 364 and 62 - the unit beached short on a reef and unloaded troops in deep water under beach-direction confusion. The narrative then covers Christmas-1944 departure from Hollandia, the TF 78 Lingayen Gulf invasion of 9 January 1945 (LCIs making morning/evening smoke screens on the gulf's edge against suicide boats and bombers), and post-war flotilla breakup: 'The 63, 333, 334, 335, 357, 358, 360, 443 and 444 were assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew; flotilla staff; embarked troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Veteran-compiled unit history hosted on NavSource - a participant narrative, not an official record; the in-narrative Morotai date (16 September) differs from the official campaign date (15 September 1944) carried by NavSource. Commanding officers named are flotilla commanders, not this hull's CO. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-06
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-334 entry (ship 21357) - build/dates table and Operation Globetrotter task-unit transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21357 - header table and 'Notable events: 30 Jul 1944 Operation Globetrotter' Task Unit 77.2.5 listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates builder and dates (Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston; laid down 27 Jul 1942; launched 3 Oct 1942; commissioned 24 Nov 1942; sold 4 December 1946) and adds an operational detail not in NavSource's campaign table: on 30 July 1944 LCI(L)-334 was in Task Unit 77.2.5 (LCI Unit, with LCI Flotilla 7's group aboard LCI(L)-430) for Operation Globetrotter - the amphibious landings on Middelburg and Amsterdam Islands and around Cape Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea - listed under commanding officer Lt.(jg) M.E. Staed, USNR. This is the only commanding-officer name located for this hull. No enemy opposition was encountered at the 0700 landings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (entry coverage); event 1944-07-30
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) M.E. Staed, USNR (Jul 1944)
- Limitations
- uboat.net's Allied Warships section is a respected secondary compilation transcribing operational/task-force documents - the Staed command attribution is a single-point-in-time listing (30 Jul 1944), not a full command chronology; 'we don't have any commands listed' appears elsewhere on the same page. Cape Sansapor/Middelburg-Amsterdam (30 Jul 1944) is not separately itemized in NavSource's campaign table - consistent with Western New Guinea operations generally. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (LCI(L)-1 class, GM diesel plant, no steam); shipbuildinghistory yard table (1942 construction at Brown, Houston); GAO HRD-80-2 program-level asbestos-use documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150334.htm specifications; shipbuildinghistory Brown table; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-09)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built mid-1942 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small craft of this type and period were thermal and acoustic insulation in the confined hull spaces, engine-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve and pump packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings on the anchor-winch/windlass gear. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The confined-volume exposure dynamic (single small hull, machinery space below the troop compartment) is the relevant class characteristic.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46); 1946 buyer/scrappers unknown
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-334. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. LCI(L)-specific construction details (e.g., where insulation was actually fitted on a 158-ft landing craft) are not documented in the sources checked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-08
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[9]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 (1942-46).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (confirmed 2026-09-30); content via product-page description. Same standing access defect noted in BATCH-01 and BATCH-98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-09
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[10]Batch-5056 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA catalog (war diaries, action reports, muster rolls, RG 127 photography); shipbuildinghistory yard table (Wayback); uboat.net; NHHC DANFS index; NVR; MARAD ship history; CourtListener (authenticated, paced); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-01 through -17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-334 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, fleet-paced helper) returned zero opinions and zero dockets for 'LCI(L)-334' and 'LCI-334' and zero opinions for 'LCI(L) 334'; remaining docket/spelling variants are logged blocked in search_ledger. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos' material located is law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.net, mesothelioma.com entity pages for builder Brown Shipbuilding) asserting asbestos at the yard without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. One builder-side case, Miller v. Brown Shipbuilding Co., 71 F. Supp. 672 (S.D. Tex. 1947), is non-asbestos wartime wage-discrimination litigation - classified other litigation, not vessel evidence.
- 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. Remaining CourtListener spelling variants (e.g., 'LCI(L) 334', 'LCI 334') were pending the fleet pacing budget at write time - see search_ledger for final per-query status; if any remain unrun they are logged blocked, not negative. The hull was sold out of government hands in 1946 - no museum, abatement, or demolition-disclosure trail exists to search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-334-lcil334-10