Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 408-packet.md (8 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-340-lcil340-pkt-408-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-340 ex USS LCI(L)-340 (1942-1945) - construction milestones, designation change, campaign list, awards display, specifications, disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150340.htm header block, campaign table, awards ribbon display, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 1 October 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; launched 31 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-340, 12 December 1942; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Campaigns credited: Eastern New Guinea (Lae occupation 4-6 and 9-13 September 1943; Finschhafen occupation 22 September 1943); Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26-27 December 1943); Hollandia operation (21-25 April 1944); Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area 17 May 1944; Biak Island 27-28 May and 29 May-1 June 1944); Leyte operation (Leyte landings 12 October-29 November 1944); Manila Bay-Bicol (Zambales-Subic Bay 29-31 January 1945; Mariveles-Corregidor 15-28 February 1945); consolidation of southern Philippines (Visayan Island landing 26-28 March 1945; Mindanao Island landings 13-16 March and 17-23 April 1945); Borneo (Tarakan Island 27 April-5 May 1945). Redesignated LCI(R)-340 (Landing Craft, Infantry (Rocket)), 10 July 1945. Post-war: Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended), 29 September-31 October 1945. Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; sold 5 December 1946, fate unknown. Awards displayed: eight Asiatic-Pacific campaign stars, Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), China Service Medal (extended), Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); commissioned crew (1942-1946); embarked troops (up to 188 per landing)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation keyed to official award/milestone listings, not a primary registry - dates generally track DANFS/NVR but several milestones here are single-source (struck date; sale date). 'Decommissioned, date unknown.' No asbestos content. Page history attribution: 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995.' One NavSource caption on this page mislabels the ship 'USS LCS(L)-340' - no such hull existed; see ev-09.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number index (Bradley, Kurtz, et al., comps.; NARA 1978); entry list covers RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) Entry 118 logbooks, NAID 581208 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 23, row 'LCI(L)-340 1/3/1943 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (ship-number section) inventories surviving Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-340 covering 3 January 1943 through 30 June 1945 - i.e., an in-scope wartime log run exists in physical NARA custody at Archives II, College Park. These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates; the list entry begins three weeks after the documented 12 December 1942 commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage); 1978 (list compilation)
- Population
- Commissioned crew and embarked personnel (1943-1945 log period)
- Limitations
- Establishes that deck logs exist in RG 24 custody for 1/3/1943-6/30/1945 - not their contents, which were not read. Logs after 30 June 1945 (occupation/China service, decommissioning) are not listed in this SL44 entry and their survival is unverified. SL44 predates the deck-log digitization program; LCI(L)-340 does not appear on NARA's list of deck logs digitized in the online catalog (checked 2026-09-30). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-340 ship page - build data, LCI(R) reclassification, and order-of-battle transcriptions from wartime action reports (Cape Gloucester, Wadke/Arara, Cebu City operations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page 21363 build table; 'Notable events' sections for 26 Dec 1943 (Operation Dexterity), 17 May 1944 (Operation Straightline), 24 Mar 1945 (Cebu)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary warship reference confirms milestones (laid down 1 Oct 1942; launched 31 Oct 1942; commissioned 12 Dec 1942; reclassified LCI(R) 10 July 1945; sold 5 December 1946; builder Brown Shipbuilding, Houston) and places the hull in transcribed wartime orders of battle: Cape Gloucester landings (Operation Dexterity, 26 Dec 1943) in Task Unit 76.1.32 for Beach Yellow Two, Lt.(jg) H.F. Eckenrode, USNR, commanding; Operation Straightline, Arara/Wadke Island (17-18 May 1944) in Task Unit 77.2.3, Eckenrode still commanding; Cebu City landings (Operation Victor II, 24-28 Mar 1945) in Task Unit 78.2.6 close-support unit - listed there as USS LCI(R)-340, Lt.(jg) J.O. Luby, USN. The March 1945 order of battle already styles her LCI(R)-340, months before the 10 July 1945 official redesignation date, corroborating the photographic record that the rocket conversion was in operational use by February 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Commissioned crew (Lt.(jg) Eckenrode through at least May 1944; Lt.(jg) Luby by March 1945)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary compilation (editor Guðmundur Helgason) transcribing official action reports - the OOB texts are near-verbatim from COMTASKGR/COMTASKFOR reports (sources cited at page foot) but the site is not a primary source itself. Commanding-officer attributions come from the transcribed OOBs, not a muster roll - a command change between May 1944 and March 1945 is shown but not dated. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-03
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[5]'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' official vessel listing (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) - LCI(L) and LCI(R) sections, LCI(L)-1 class specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, 'LCI(L)-1 Class' specification block; LCI(L) table row for LCI(L)-340; 'LCI(R)' section table row for LCI(R)-340-342
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime official listing carries LCI(L)-340 among commissioned LCI(L)-1 class craft (commissioned 1942-44 window) with no loss annotation, and separately lists LCI(R)-340 (with LCI(R)-341, -342) under the Landing Craft, Infantry (Rocket) section commissioned 1945 - independent confirmation that the LCI(R) conversion was an official Navy redesignation, not a field nickname. Class spec block: displacement 387 tons full load; length 160'; beam 23'3"; draft 5'4" fwd, 5'11" aft full load; speed 15.5 kt; armament 4x20mm; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers and 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; '2 sets G.M. diesel engines; twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945 (listing coverage)
- Population
- Commissioned crew (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Transcription of an official USN listing hosted on HyperWar (ibiblio) - authoritative as an official listing but contains known transcription-era quirks; spec block differs from NavSource's more detailed figures (NavSource 2,320 shp vs listing's 1,600 bhp - unresolved rating conflict, see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-04
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[6]Australian War Memorial collection item C213437 (accession 054588), photograph by Colin Halmarick: 'Troops of the 29th Australian Infantry Brigade, 5th Australian Division, loading stores prior to embarking on American LCI's for their move from Gili Gili to Buna,' Gili Gili, New Guinea, 15 July 1943 [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM C213437 catalog record (accession 054588); NavSource 150340.htm photo captions (AWM 054588; NARA USMC 72064)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Australian War Memorial collection record documents troops of the 29th Australian Infantry Brigade loading stores at Gili Gili, New Guinea, 15 July 1943, for the brigade's move to Buna; NavSource's caption identifies the ship in this photograph as USS LCI(L)-340. The AWM caption itself says 'American LCI's' without a hull number - the hull attribution comes via NavSource identification. Related NavSource-captioned photography (NARA USMC photo 72064, contributed by NHHC) places Marines boarding LCI(L)-340 at Oro Bay, New Guinea, 24 December 1943, for the Cape Gloucester landing.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- LCI(L)-340 crew; embarked 29th Australian Infantry Brigade troops (July 1943); embarked Marines (December 1943)
- Limitations
- AWM verifies the event, date, and unit - but does not name the hull; the LCI(L)-340 attribution rests on NavSource's identification, so verification_status is partial on the hull attribution. Physical-presence documentation, not an exposure or work record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-05
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[7]NavSource photo page, LCI(L)-340 / LCI(R)-340 - caption by crew member Bill Freeman: 16 February 1945 at Mariveles harbor, Bataan, after suicide boats struck LCS(L) craft; corroborated by corregidor.org USN losses table and NavSource LCS(L)(3) pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150340e.htm photo caption; https://corregidor.org/USN/htm/usn_losses.html (16 Feb 1945 entries); NavSource 10/05/050008h.htm and 050049.htm narratives
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific combat record: on the morning of 16 February 1945 at Mariveles harbor, Bataan, Japanese suicide boats hit four LCS(L)s - sinking LCS(L)(3)-7, -26, and -49 (73 killed) and forcing LCS(L)(3)-27 to beach. The LCI(R)-340 photograph (with shell damage visible) was taken shortly after; two hours later, while firing rockets on Corregidor, LCI(R)-340's mast was shot away and the ship took numerous small-arms hits. corregidor.org's USN losses table independently lists the three LCS(L)(3) sinkings at Mariveles/Corregidor Channel on 16 February 1945 and records 'LCI(R)' wounded for that date. Documents that the hull was in rocket-launcher configuration under fire at Corregidor, and that the crew absorbed battle damage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Population
- LCI(R)-340 crew under fire (16 Feb 1945)
- Limitations
- Firsthand crew photograph caption via NavSource - a primary-type artifact published on a secondary platform; casualty/sinking corroboration from corregidor.org (Corregidor Historical Society compilation) and NavSource LCS(L)(3) action narratives. The caption's own dating ('two hours later') is eyewitness recollection, not a war-diary timestamp. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource and official-listing specifications (diesel GM plant, steel hull); shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) build table (Brown SB, Houston TX, commissioned 12-Dec-42, sold 1946, R-suffix conversion noted); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; ships-lc.html spec block; https://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm build table row for 340
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled amphibious landing craft built in late 1942 at a Gulf Coast yard under Navy contract sits squarely inside the documented Navy asbestos era: GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substitution until the early 1970s. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this period: exhaust and engine-room thermal insulation/lagging, gaskets and flange packing, valve stem packing, electrical insulation and wire coatings, and joiner/cabin materials. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler-room lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the residual pathways are machinery insulation, gaskets/packing, and electrical/joiner materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-1946); any conversion-yard trades for the LCI(R) refit (location undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, work package, or survey located for LCI(L)-340. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Small-craft practice differed from fleet combatants - the small size and diesel plant mean less insulation scope than a steam combatant, which this inference does not establish either way. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-07
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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 (1942-1946).
- 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-340-lcil340-08
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[10]Designation cross-check: NavSource caption reading 'USS LCS(L)-340' vs parallel caption 'USS LCI(L)-340' for the same beaching group at Aitape, 16 May 1944; LCS(L)(3) hull numbers topped out near 130 - no LCS(L)-340 ever existed [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150340.htm, photo captions (Gilmartin/Blocker vs Kerr) for the Aitape beaching, 16 May 1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: one NavSource caption on the hull's page reads 'USS LCI(L)-72, USS LCS(L)-340 and USS LCI(L)-342 beached while embarking troops of the 1st Bn, 163rd Rgt, 16 May 1944.' No LCS(L)-340 existed - the LCS(L)(3) series numbered only into the 130s - and the paired caption for the same photograph correctly reads 'USS LCI(L)-72, USS LCI(L)-340 and USS LCI(L)-342 beached at Aitape, New Guinea.' The 'LCS(L)-340' string is a caption typo for LCI(L)-340.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05
- Limitations
- Corrects a single caption typo on NavSource, not a material claim - flagged because downstream citation of 'LCS(L)-340' would create a phantom hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-09
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[11]Batch-5063 search ledger (this record): NavSource (live); NARA SL44 ship-number PDF (downloaded, p.23); NARA navy-online digitized-logs index (full page, not listed); uboat.net; HyperWar/ibiblio official listing; AWM collection record; shipbuildinghistory; corregidor.org; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); gao.gov product page (403); usni.org (403) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-01 through -12
- 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)-340 or LCI(R)-340 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search returned zero results for every spelling variant ('LCI(L)-340', 'LCI-340', 'LCI 340', 'LCI(R)-340'). The hull was sold in 1946 with fate unknown, so no museum-era or modern hazmat documentation exists to find. No DANFS entry exists (numbered LCIs were not individually covered); NVR coverage predates its scope (disposed 1946).
- 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 remains reasonable but unproven. CourtListener docket index (type=r) could not be completed this session - the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent during retries; opinion index was fully searched. Deck logs exist (SL44) but are undigitized; conversion-yard records are the open lead for any physical-material documentation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-340-lcil340-10