USS LCI(L)-34

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]research packet 408-packet.md (6 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-pkt-408-packet-md

2. [2]NARA, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, ship-number list (PDF p. 31, LCI section) [other_primary]

   Locator

   sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 31, rows 'LCI-34 6/1/1944 8/31/1944' and 'LCI-34 12/1/1944 6/30/1945'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NARA inventories deck-log holdings for this hull in two windows: 'LCI-34, 6/1/1944 - 8/31/1944' and 'LCI-34, 12/1/1944 - 6/30/1945'. The first window covers the Biak, Noemfoor, and Cape Sansapor operations and the 15 June 1944 redesignation to LCI(G)-34; the second covers Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Nasugbu, and the Borneo landings. The logs are in Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, at the National Archives at College Park.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-06 to 1945-06 (coverage windows)

   Population

   Crew, 1944-1945

   Limitations

   This is an inventory of logbook holdings, not the logs' contents - it proves logs exist for these windows, not what they record. Log-coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates. Coverage for September-November 1944 (Leyte landing period), pre-June-1944 service, and post-June-1945 is absent from the inventoried holdings; reasons are not stated. Verified by direct pdftotext extraction of p. 31.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-34 ex USS LCI(G)-34 (1944-1945) ex USS LCI(L)-34 (1942-1944) - construction milestones, campaign table, awards, specifications, disposition (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150034.htm - timeline, campaign table, specifications, and photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 13 October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; launched 4 November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-34, 23 January 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: Eastern New Guinea (Lae 4-6 Sep 1943, Finschhafen 22 Sep 1943, Saidor 2-3 Jan 1944); Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester 26-27 Dec 1943); Hollandia 21-25 Apr 1944; Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi 17 May 1944, Biak 27-28 May and 1-6 Jun 1944, Noemfoor 2-7 Jul 1944, Cape Sansapor 27 Jul-4 Aug 1944, Morotai 15 Sep 1944); Leyte (landing 12 Oct-29 Nov 1944, Ormoc Bay 7-8 Dec 1944); Luzon (Mindoro 12-18 Dec 1944, Lingayen Gulf 4-18 Jan 1945); Manila Bay-Bicol (Nasugbu 31 Jan-2 Feb 1945); Borneo (Brunei Bay 7-12 Jun 1945, Balikpapan 26 Jun-9 Jul 1945). Redesignated LCI(G)-34, 15 June 1944; redesignated LCI(R)-34, 10 July 1945. Far East occupation service 17 Sep - 31 Oct 1945. Decommissioned and struck, dates unknown. Eight battle stars and three Navy Unit Commendations (Western New Guinea 22 Apr-30 Jul 1944; Luzon 15 Dec 1944-2 Feb 1945; Borneo 7 Jun-1 Jul 1945). Transferred to the Maritime Commission 27 April 1947; fate unknown. Photo caption: USS LCI(L)-34 under tow in San Francisco Bay, circa late 1945 (NHHC NH 86178, Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum collection).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1947

   Population

   Construction trades (Camden, 1942-43); crew (1943-45); embarked troops (up to ~188); Maritime Commission disposal, 1947

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the history is credited to the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Milestone dates generally track official records but the decommission/stricken dates are 'unknown' here while shipbuildinghistory lists 'Struck 1946' (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Specifications block carried: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; complement varies by configuration (3+21 LCI(L); 5+65 LCI(G); 3+31 LCI(R)); troop capacity 6+182.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-02

4. [4]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (ONI-type compilation): LCI(G), LCI(L)-1 class, and LCI(R) specification tables and hull lists [other_primary]

   Locator

   ships-lc.html - LCI(G), LCI(L)-1 Class, and LCI(R) tables

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official-type hull listing corroborates the designation chain for this hull: 'LCI(L)-34, 1942-44' in the LCI(L)-1 class table; 'LCI(G)-34, 1944-45' noted 'Converted to Landing Craft, Infantry (Rocket) - LCI(R)'; 'LCI(R)-34, 1945' in the rocket-ship table. Class spec block: displacement 387 t full load; length 160'; beam 23'3"; speed 15.5 kt; armament 4 x 20mm; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers + 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; '2 sets G.M. diesel engines; twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP'. LCI(G) described as 'Converted from LCI(L) for close-in fire support of landing operations.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1940-1945

   Population

   Class-level complement context

   Limitations

   Confirms designation sequence and class specifications only - no hull-specific service narrative and no asbestos content. Class-block horsepower (1600 BHP) differs from NavSource's 2,320 shp for this hull - spec-level discrepancy noted in gaps. Mirror-hosted official compilation; original publisher attribution not independently reverified this session.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-03

5. [5]NARA WWII action report: 'LCI(G)-34 - Report of operations in the amphibious assault landing at Nasugbu, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1/31/45-2/2/45' (declassified; RG 38 action reports) - full transcription by the Batangas History project; the report is also enclosure (C) to the action report of Commander Task Unit 78.2.6 (Comdr. D. H. Day) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Transcription at batangashistory.date (full 4-page report + war-diary chronology); NARA catalog title 'LCI(G)-34 - Report of operations in the amphibious assault landing at Nasugbu, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1/31/45-2/2/45'; CTU 78.2.6 report enclosure list (C)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Ship's own action report dated 2 February 1945, signed by commanding officer Ens. David N. Jahn, USNR: under CTG 78.2 Op Plan 1-45 (MIKE SIX), LCI(G)-34 served in the close-in fire-support unit of Task Group 78.2 (RAdm. W. M. Fechteler) - fourteen LCI(G)s supporting the 11th Airborne Division landing at Nasugbu Bay, Southern Luzon, X-ray Day 31 January 1945. At H-60 she ran a rocket barrage on a target area 150 yards north of San Diego Point (port racks initially failed; 144 rockets salvoed, target fire started), reloaded, then at H-15 guided boat waves to the beach firing salvos until 0813; reported to CTG 78.2 for firefighting duty at 0837 and anchored in the inner night screen. Copy-to lines: Com. LCS Flotilla One; Com. LCI Flotilla Seven; Com. LCI Group Twenty - her administrative chain.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-01-31 to 1945-02-02

   Population

   Crew (~70 under LCI(G) complement) under Ens. David N. Jahn, Jan-Feb 1945

   Limitations

   Combat record only - no asbestos or material content. The underlying document is a declassified NARA record but was read via a third-party transcription on a local-history site (batangashistory.date, a non-official transcription host used as a locator aid); the NARA catalog item itself was not independently fetched (catalog is JS-rendered this session) - NAID-level verification open. Officer name and dates rest on the transcription.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-04

6. [6]Era inference built on: NavSource/HyperWar spec blocks (all-diesel LCI(L)-1 class); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for new-york-shipbuilding (Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block 15% chrysotile; Ehret 85% magnesia insulation; Johns-Manville Transite asbestos-cement panels 10-30%; asbestos gaskets; packing; asbestos-coated welding rods 5-15%; ebonized asbestos lumber; wire insulation 75-85% chrysotile; felt insulation 5-50%); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through the era) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150034.htm spec block; HyperWar LCI(L)-1 class block; shipyards.json product list for new-york-shipbuilding

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   A diesel-powered landing craft built Oct-Nov 1942 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era and inside the Navy's era of extensive asbestos insulation aboard ships. Era-standard applications aboard a small naval landing craft of this period: engine and diesel-exhaust insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, and insulation of crew spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the plausible pathway is the confined-compartment engine-space and electrical-product set.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1947

   Population

   NYSB construction trades (1942); crew (1943-45); embarked troops; disposal workforce (1947)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or action-report mention of insulation located for LCI(L)-34. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era/yard terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-05

7. [7]Builder-yard asbestos context: shipyards.json entry new-york-shipbuilding (documented product list as in ev-05); cohort study PMC6280925 reporting mesothelioma risk ~16x general population among the yard's electricians; shipyards.json asbestosis findings for ship-repair workers (PMID 7342758); U.S. Maritime Commission 1944 report on asbestos risks in shipbuilding; Navy 1943 'Minimum Requirements for Safety' recognizing asbestos respiratory risks [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipyards.json new-york-shipbuilding evidence rows (cohort_smr PMC6280925; PMID 7342758; USMC 1944 report; Navy 1943 minimum requirements)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden - this hull's builder - is a documented asbestos-exposure yard in the Atlas shipyard dataset: a published cohort analysis (PMC6280925) reports mesothelioma risk approximately 16 times the general population among the yard's electricians, and the dataset's era product list includes the insulation, gasket, cement-panel, and electrical products typical of wartime naval construction there. Government-era documentation in the same yard record: a 1944 U.S. Maritime Commission report on known asbestos risks in shipbuilding and the Navy's 1943 'Minimum Requirements for Safety' recognizing asbestos respiratory risk.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1945 (build era); studies published later

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding trades (wartime construction era)

   Limitations

   Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: documents asbestos use and disease risk among Camden yard trades, not materials installed in or removed from this hull. The cohort study populations are the yard's workforce, not this craft's crew. Does not establish quantity, individual exposure, or present-day presence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-06

8. [8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page HRD-80-2

   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 - the program-level era context covering this hull's 1942 construction and 1943-45 service.

   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 historically returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; product-page description used).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-07

9. [9]Batch-5062 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 ship-number inventory; NavSource amphibious archive; HyperWar ONI-type landing-craft tables; NARA WWII action reports (via transcription); CourtListener API v4; USS LCI National Association site; shipbuildinghistory.com construction table (Wayback); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-01 through -12 (incl. -09b)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-34 / LCI(G)-34 / LCI(R)-34 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener coverage: opinion index over the four hull spellings returned one name collision (Feldman v. Philadelphia National Bank, 408 F. Supp. 24, E.D. Pa. 1976 - 'LCI' = Leasing Consultants Incorporated, non-asbestos); docket index 'LCI-34' returned one name collision (E.S. Originals v. Totels Isotoner, S.D.N.Y., product code - non-asbestos). Phrase-level asbestos queries against hull variants were constrained by the fleet-wide pacing budget this session - logged in search_ledger, treated as residual uncertainty rather than a clean negative. No DANFS entry exists for numbered landing craft; NVR has no pre-1987 disposal coverage; NARA deck-log scans for this hull are not in the digitized named-vessel index.

   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 - a 1942 naval landing craft is era-consistent with asbestos use. Litigation coverage is genuinely incomplete (phrase-level asbestos queries against each variant unrun under fleet pacing; bare-string results in both indexes were name collisions only). Deck logs, builder work packages, and Maritime Commission disposal records are undigitized leads.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-08

10. [10]Commissioning-date cross-check: uboat.net LCI(L)-34 page ('Commissioned Oct 1944') vs NavSource (23 January 1943) vs shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table ('Jan-43' delivery, 'Struck 1946') vs her documented combat record beginning September 1943 [other_primary]

    Locator

    uboat.net ship/20861 spec table vs navsource.net 10/15/150034.htm; shipbuildinghistory.com lcil.htm row 34 (Wayback capture)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CORRECTION: uboat.net lists 'Commissioned: Oct 1944' for this hull - impossible on its face, since the ship's combat record begins with the Lae occupation of 4-6 September 1943 and Cape Gloucester in December 1943, and both NavSource (23 January 1943) and the shipbuildinghistory construction table (Jan-43) place commissioning in January 1943. The October 1944 figure is a data error in the secondary compilation; the January 1943 date is carried.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1942-1943

    Limitations

    Corrects a circulating date error, not a material claim. The 'Oct 1944' value may be a misparse of a redesignation or transfer date. The January 1943 commissioning itself rests on NavSource/secondary compilation rather than a primary commissioning record - consistent with all operational evidence but not NVR-verifiable (disposed pre-1987).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-34-lcil34-09