Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 411-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-358-lcil358-pkt-411-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-358 - construction, commissioning, flotilla assignments, campaign credit, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150358.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 8 May 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 10 June 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-358, 20 June 1943. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Five and LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45, CDR Paul McD. Smith USN). Asiatic-Pacific Campaign credit: Bismarck Archipelago operation - Green Island landing, 15 to 19 February 1944. Post-WWII: reassigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier; decommissioned 14 March 1946 at San Diego, CA; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; one battle star for WWII service; sold 3 December 1946, fate unknown. Spec block: displacement 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kt max / 14 kt continuous; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors '6051 series 71' diesels, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; armament five single 20mm guns; armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house. Crew-contributed photographs (James Gilbert Dudrow via Steve Dudrow) show the hull anchored and beached at Ormoc, Leyte Island, Philippines, boarding troops.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); crew and embarked troops (1943-46); post-sale owners unknown
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track official sources and are corroborated here by shipbuildinghistory.com and uboat.net. Page history credit is 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995.' The Ormoc photograph documents presence, not an operation credit - NavSource lists no battle star beyond Green Island. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-358-01
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[3]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number volume [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number PDF, page 23, row 'LCI(L)-358 6/23/1943 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-358 covering 6/23/1943 to 6/30/1945 (single entry, no 'other name'). These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning or decommissioning dates. The logs are not among the deck logs digitized in the National Archives Catalog (checked against NARA's online deck-log list, which carries only one LCI hull - Kestrel AMCU/MHC-26/ex-LCI-874); they remain a physical-records lead at Archives II, College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew (1943-45 log window)
- Limitations
- Inventory coverage only - establishes that deck logs exist and their date span, not their content. Coverage ends 6/30/1945 while the ship remained in commission to 14 March 1946; any post-June-1945 logs are outside the inventoried span or unlocated. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-358-02
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[4]History of LCI Flotilla 22 - veteran-contributed flotilla narrative hosted by NavSource (live page verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150618f.htm - roster list, post-war assignment paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-358 appears on the Flotilla 22 ship roster (62, 63, 328, 333, 334, 335, 357, 358, 359, 360, 433-436, 443-446, 518, 519, 614-619, 688-690, 776, 777, 985-987, 1032, 1033 - 'the first 19 of these ships were from the old Flotilla 5'). The narrative documents flotilla-level operations: formed early August 1944 under Commander McD. Smith as a spin-off of Flotilla 5; Morotai invasion 16 September 1944; Hollandia logistics work Oct-Dec 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 9 January 1945; Subic Bay base from 21 February 1945; Manila Bay 1 March 1945; further Philippine landings (Legaspi, Parang-Mindanao, Zamboanga, Basilan). After the 15 August 1945 cessation, hulls '63, 333, 334, 335, 357, 358, 360, 443 and 444 were assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier' - matching the NavSource ship-page entry. Flotilla command passed Smith to Commander M.M. Byrd to Commander Philip Porter.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Flotilla 22 crews and embarked troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Veteran-contributed narrative, not an official record - the flotilla roster names this hull but the operation accounts are flotilla-level and do not tie specific actions to hull 358 (358 is absent from the named-ship list inside the Morotai account). Battle-star credit documented for this hull remains Green Island only (ev-01). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-358-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, NAVSHIPS 250-011, Vol. II (Mine Vessels, Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft) - LCI(L) characteristics table (shipscribe.com mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011 Vol. II, book page 200 (PDF p. 217), 'LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY (LARGE)' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official 1945 BuShips characteristics for the type: the 'LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY (LARGE) (LCI(L))' table lists hull block LCI(L) 351-1098 - which includes hull 358 - at 159'0" overall, 153'0" waterline, 23'8" beam, ~387 tons (model-basin estimate) full-load displacement, 14.4 kt trial speed at 381 t trial displacement, limiting draft 5'8", armament 5 x 20mm AA, propulsion 8 x G.M. '6051 series 71' diesels on 2 shafts with single GM main reduction gears, 2,320 shp, 2 diesel-drive generators 30 kW 120 V DC, diesel oil 860 Bbls. Confirms the NavSource spec block at class level and that this hull's propulsion is all-diesel - no steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 (publication)
- Population
- LCI(L)-351-class construction trades and crews generally
- Limitations
- Class-level official data, not a hull record - the table covers the numbered block 351-1098 generically and does not name LCI(L)-358 individually. Ships' Data lists characteristics only - no material, insulation, or asbestos content. Minor figure differences vs NavSource (e.g., 159'0" vs 158'5.5" length, ~387 t full load vs 419 t loaded) reflect different measurement bases; neither is carried as a conflict for asbestos purposes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-358-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block and NAVSHIPS 250-011 (all-diesel propulsion, 8 x GM Series-71 diesels); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-06); WWII-era Navy practice for engine/exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, and electrical insulation aboard small diesel craft [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource/NAVSHIPS propulsion spec; GAO HRD-80-2 era finding
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust 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.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); crew and embarked troops (1943-46); any post-sale civilian crews
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-358. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Deck logs exist (ev-02) but are not digitized - they would not normally record material inventories in any case.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-358-05
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[7]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 (1943) 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-358-06
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[8]Batch-5082 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page and Flotilla 22 history; NARA SL44 ship-number PDF and digitized deck-log list; NAVSHIPS 250-011; CourtListener opinion and docket searches on exact and variant spellings; NHHC DANFS check; shipbuildinghistory/uboat.net corroboration; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-358-01 through -10
- 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)-358 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero hits on every query - exact spellings 'LCI(L)-358' / 'LCI-358' / 'LCI(L) 358' (opinion and RECAP docket indexes) and variants 'LCI 358' / 'LCIL-358' / 'LCIL 358' / 'USS LCI' (opinion index). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles (e.g., gorilaw.com landing-ships page) asserting asbestos aboard landing ships generally 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. Deck logs (1943-1945) are inventoried but not digitized; no NARA war-diary or BuShips work-package search was possible from this session (catalog JS-rendered). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-358-07