Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ships by signal number designation listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 23, row 'LCI(L)-343'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for this hull covering 10/1/1944 to 6/30/1945 (ship-number listing, PDF page 23, row 'LCI(L)-343 10/1/1944 6/30/1945'). The coverage window spans this hull's Leyte landings (Oct-Nov 1944) and Nasugbu (Jan 1945) operations per the NavSource campaign table. The logs themselves are held at Archives II, College Park (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208) and are not among the digitized deck logs in the NARA Catalog list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-10-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- ship's company aboard during the covered period (Oct 1944-Jun 1945); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates are inventory dates, not asserted commissioning or decommissioning dates. The inventory establishes that wartime logs survive for this hull; it contains no asbestos, material, or maintenance information. Log contents are unreviewed - undigitized; an Archives II request is required to read them.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (April 1945), LCI(L) roster (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 printed page 203, roster row 'LCI(L) 343 (ex-APY343)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster documents for this hull: 'LCI(L) 343 (ex-APY343)' built by Brown S.B. Co., Houston, Tex.; keel laid 13 October 1942; launched 14 November 1942; date of first commission 8 January 1943. The parenthetical records the pre-reclassification designation APY-343.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (record as of April 1945)
- Population
- construction trades at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston (1942-43); commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Authoritative official data as of the April 1945 edition; does not cover 1945-46 decommissioning, strike, or sale, and contains no asbestos information. The BuShips launch date (14 Nov 1942) conflicts with NavSource's 12 Nov 1942 - unresolved, see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-02
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-343 page (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- hull history block, campaign table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: commissioned USS LCI(L)-343 on 8 January 1943; Asiatic-Pacific theater service earning six battle stars - Eastern New Guinea (Lae 4-6 and 9-13 Sep 1943; Finschhafen 22 Sep 1943; Saidor 2-3 Jan 1944), Cape Gloucester 26-27 Dec 1943, Hollandia 21-25 Apr 1944, Biak 27-28 May 1944, Leyte landings 12 Oct-29 Nov 1944, Nasugbu 31 Jan 1945; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; sold 2 December 1946, fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- ship's company (1943-46); embarked troops across six Pacific assault campaigns
- Limitations
- Secondary archival compilation - the standard per-hull photographic/history reference, credited to a published secondary work rather than a government source. Decommissioning date not documented. Campaign data is corroborated by uboat.net's operation-level task-unit record and shipbuildinghistory.com's production table (secondary). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (April 1945), LCI(L) design table (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 printed pages 200-201, LCI(L) 1-350 design table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The official BuShips design table for LCI(L) 1-350 - this hull's design group - documents a diesel plant: 'G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71', 2,320 shp, two propeller shafts, single GM main reduction gear, diesel-drive ship's-service generators; 158 ft 6 in overall, 381-ton trial displacement, ~14.4 knots (model-basin estimate); accommodations 8 officers/21 enlisted; four 20-mm AA mounts. A diesel plant carries no boilers or steam mains; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1942-43 steel amphibious craft of this type were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery-space thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve packing, accommodation insulation, deck covering, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L) construction trades at 10 yards (1942-45); engine-room and maintenance ratings aboard
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation only - the table does not name materials and does not state 'asbestos'. The application list is era inference built on the documented machinery spec, not a ship-proven material list. No quantity; does not establish what was installed aboard this hull or what remains (hull sold 1946, fate unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-04
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[5]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 (1943-46).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-05
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[6]Clarence Leroy Shuping Papers (#553), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University - finding aid biographical note [other_primary]
- Locator
- Finding aid, Biographical/historical information section, Hampton Shuping paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ECU repository finding aid documents that Hampton Shuping 'joined the Navy Reserves in 1943, participated in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day, and served in the South Pacific (starting in January 1945), becoming skipper of LCI 343 in 1945.' The collection holds his correspondence - a personnel-side archival lead on this hull's 1945 command. Separately, the uboat.net task-unit record (secondary) places Lt.(jg) C.P. Heinrich, USNR in command at the Cape Gloucester landings, 26 December 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- commanding officer and ship's company, 1945
- Limitations
- Repository finding aid, not a Navy record; identifies one commanding officer for 1945 and a correspondence series possibly covering this hull - collection unreviewed. Contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-06
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[7]Batch-5066 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; NavSource; NHHC/DANFS ship page; NARA digitized deck-log list; CourtListener opinion + RECAP docket searches; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com (Wayback); ECU finding aid; shipyards.json; Naval Vessel Register; Wikipedia [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed litigation naming LCI(L)-343 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No individual DANFS entry exists for this hull - LCI(L)s as a class are largely absent from DANFS. CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket searches on the canonical designation 'LCI(L)-343' returned zero results.
- 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 - the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era and era-consistent inference suggests era-standard materials. The vessel was sold into private hands in 1946 and its fate is unknown; post-Navy disposition and any commercial-service records are outside Navy sources. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-343-lcil343-07