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-342-lcil342-pkt-408-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-342 ex USS LCI(L)-342 (150342.htm) - construction milestones, campaign table, specifications, designation/disposal timeline, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150342.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 12 October 1942 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX; launched 7 November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-342, 30 December 1942; assigned 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 29 May-1 Jun 1944; 'Noemtoor' [Noemfoor] 2-3 Jul 1944), Leyte (landings '12 to 29 November 1944' as printed), Luzon (Mindoro 12-18 Dec 1944; Lingayen Gulf 4-18 Jan 1945), southern Philippines consolidation (Palawan 28 Feb 1945; Visayan 26-28 Mar 1945; Mindanao 17-23 Apr 1945). Redesignated USS LCI(R)-342, 10 July 1945; occupation and China service 29 Sep-10 Oct 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck 12 April 1946; transferred 10 March 1948 to the Maritime Commission for disposal; fate unknown; seven battle stars. Spec block: 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)), 3 + 31 (LCI(R)); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors '6051 series 71' diesels, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120 V DC generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-c.1946); embarked troops (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted per landing); Maritime Commission/NDRF custodial personnel (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (history credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995), not a primary registry - dates track official records but are uncorroborated line by line. Campaign-table anomalies noted: 'Noemtoor' for Noemfoor; Leyte span printed '12 to 29 November 1944' where sister-hull pages print '12 October to 29 November 1944' (see ev-09). Two photo captions mislabel her 'LCS(L)-342'. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-01
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[3]Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI-226, 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships' (Navy Department, 1944), section 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - Numbers 1-350' (HyperWar mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI-226 PDF, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - Numbers 1-350' plate (LCI(L) section)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime ONI manual documents the design covering this hull (LCI(L) numbers 1-350): an ocean-going infantry carrier designed for direct unloading on the beach, troop accommodation limited to a practical operational time of 48 hours; capacity 6 officers and 182 enlisted men or 75 tons cargo; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; speed 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; length 158'5.5" oa, beam 23'3"; displacement light 216 t, landing 234 t, loaded 380 t; armament four 20 mm; armor 2-inch plastic splinter protection to guns, conning tower, and pilothouse sides; propulsion 2 sets of GM diesels, max 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch screws; fuel 130 tons fuel oil; crew 3 officers, 21 men.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (publication); design class 1942-45
- Population
- Class-level: LCI(L) crews and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class-level official document covering numbers 1-350 - hull 342 is within that run but is not individually named. Design data only; no material content stated. ONI loaded-displacement (380 t) and power (1,600 bhp max) differ from NavSource's figures (389 t; 2,320 shp) - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947', ship-number sequence - deck-log inventory entries for LCI(L)(G)(R)-342 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number PDF p. 16 (row 'LCI(L)(G)(R)-342 1/2/1943 5/31/1944') and p. 17 (rows for 7/1/1944-9/30/1944 and 11/1/1944-6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook inventory lists deck logs for this hull under the combined designator 'LCI(L)(G)(R)-342' in three spans: 1/2/1943 - 5/31/1944 (PDF p. 16), 7/1/1944 - 9/30/1944, and 11/1/1944 - 6/30/1945 (PDF p. 17). Coverage is near-continuous from two days after commissioning through 30 June 1945, but the June 1944 and October 1944 books are not inventoried, and no post-30 June 1945 logs appear - so the LCI(R) redesignation (10 Jul 1945) and occupation-service period fall outside the inventoried coverage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (inventoried coverage)
- Limitations
- This is an inventory record proving logbooks exist (or existed at compilation) at NARA - it is not the logs' contents and not itself evidence of any event or condition aboard. The combined '(L)(G)(R)' designator is the catalog's coverage convention for hulls that could appear under any of those prefixes; it does not assert this hull held a G designation. Post-June-1945 logs, if they exist, sit outside this inventory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-03
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[5]HyperWar, 'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' roster (NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' series data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) table (row LCI(L)-342) and LCI(R) table (row LCI(R)-340-342)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy-compiled landing-craft roster lists this hull twice, consistent with her redesignation: 'LCI(L)-342' in service 1942-44, and among 'LCI(R)-340-342' in service 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Tabular roster - confirms designation and in-service windows only; no operational detail, no material content. HyperWar is a mirror of the NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' data series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-04
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' builder table - row for hull 342 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- lcil.htm builder table, hull 342 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The shipbuilding-history builder table corroborates the builder and completion: row 'LCI(L) R 342 | Brown SB | Houston TX | 30-Dec-42 | To NDRF 1948' - i.e., Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, completed/commissioned 30 December 1942, carried to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled reference (shipbuilding industry data), not a primary registry. 'To NDRF 1948' is consistent with the documented 10 March 1948 Maritime Commission transfer but the hull's fate after NDRF entry is not recorded in either source. No material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-05
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[7]NavSource 10/15/150342.htm photo captions - in-theater presence documentation (NARA/Elsie Item/Yank provenance) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150342.htm photo grid (Aitape and Biak captions; convoy and embarkation images)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photo-caption documentation places this hull at operations: LCI(L)-72, LCI(L)-340 and LCI(L)-342 beached at Aitape, New Guinea, circa 16 May 1944 loading men of the 1st Battalion, 163rd Infantry bound for the Tor River, New Guinea, as part of the Western New Guinea campaign; and LCI(L)-342 with LCI(L)-344 'dodging mortar fire' during the invasion of Biak Island, 27 May 1944 (Yank magazine photograph via the USS LCI National Association newsletter 'The Elsie Item'). Captions credit NARA-sourced photography.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew; embarked 1st Bn 163rd Infantry (Aitape, May 1944)
- Limitations
- Caption-level presence documentation, not work or material records. Two further captions on the same page call her 'LCS(L)-342' - a designation this hull never held (see ev-09); captions are contributor-submitted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-06
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[8]Era inference built on: ONI-226 official LCI(L) 1-350 design block (diesel propulsion, no steam plant); NavSource specifications (GM diesels, 2,320 shp); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-uss-lci-l-342-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI-226 spec block; NavSource specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Navy landing craft built in 1942 sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel landing craft of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery and compartment thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a confined steel hull. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her mid-1945 LCI(R) conversion (six 5-inch rocket launchers, 40 mm bow mount) was performed in forward-base conditions whose material changes are undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding trades (1942); crew (1942-c.1946); forward-base conversion trades (1944-45); NDRF/disposal personnel (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-342. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-07
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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-c.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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-08
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[10]Designation cross-check: NavSource header designation line (LCI(R)-342 ex LCI(L)-342) vs. contributor photo captions on the same page; NavSource campaign table vs. sister-hull pages (LCI(L)-340, -341, -344) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150342.htm photo captions and campaign table; cross-checked on 150340.htm, 150341.htm, 150344.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: two NavSource photo captions on this hull's page label her 'USS LCS(L)-342' - a designation she never held (LCS(L) was a separate support-landing-craft series); the authoritative header and timeline give LCI(L)-342 redesignated LCI(R)-342 on 10 July 1945. Campaign-table anomalies on the same page: 'Noemtoor' is a typo for Noemfoor Island, and the Leyte landings are printed '12 to 29 November 1944' where sister-hull NavSource pages print '12 October to 29 November 1944' - a probable truncation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Corrects labeling/transcription anomalies, not material claims. The Leyte span as printed is kept verbatim in the service history; the probable '12 October' reading is inference from sister-hull pages, not independently verified for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-09
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[11]Batch-5065 search ledger (this record): NavSource page and captions; ONI-226; NARA SL-44 PDF; NARA digitized-deck-log list; HyperWar landing-craft roster; shipbuildinghistory builder table; DANFS index; NVR; MARAD (blocked); usslci.org; CourtListener (partial); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-342-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-342 / LCI(R)-342 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search for the exact string 'LCI(L)-342' returned zero results (2026-09-30, authenticated); variant spellings and the docket index could not be run this session (fleet pacing budget) - logged as partial in search_ledger, not as an exhaustive negative. Secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case; 'asbestos aboard LCI' material on the web is generic law-firm/aggregator content without primary sourcing - 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 materials are likely for a 1942 hull, and her deck logs (NARA, not digitized) and any MARAD disposal file remain unexamined. Litigation coverage is partial (one opinion-query variant only). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-342-10