Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-362 ex USS LCI(L)-362 (page 10/15/150362) - milestones, campaign record, specifications, officer identifications, photo captions; history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150362.htm header block, campaign table, specification block, photo captions 1015036201-1015036206
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI(L)-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 15 June 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 16 July 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-362, 26 July 1943, LTjg Henry Peterson USNR in command; designation changed to Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-362, 30 April 1945 (page prints 'LCI(M)-363' - typo, see ev-08). Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Hollandia operation 21-25 April 1944; Western New Guinea - Biak Island 27 May-1 June 1944; Luzon - Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; Consolidation of the Southern Philippines - Palawan (Puerto Princesa) 31 January-2 February and 28 February-7 March 1945, Mindanao (Zamboanga) 10 and 16 March 1945, Basilan Island, Sulu Archipelago, 2-4 and 9-11 April 1945. Earned four battle stars; struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 May 1948 for disposal; final disposition unknown. Decommissioned, date unknown. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels (four per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two 30 kW diesel-drive generators. LCI(M) armament conversion: one 40mm mount forward, four 20mm mounts, three 4.2-inch chemical mortars in wooden sandboxes on the well deck, No. 2 troop compartment converted to magazine. Officer photograph identifies LTJG Henry Peterson (CO), LTjg Charles Uhl (XO), Ensign Ernest Groos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Construction trades, George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA (1943); ship's company - 4 officers + 24 enlisted as LCI(L), 4 + 49 as LCI(M); embarked troops (capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted); wartime crews 1943-46
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track official records and are corroborated here by NARA Special List 44 deck-log coverage (which begins on the stated commissioning date) and by uboat.net. No decommissioning date is given. Contains no asbestos or material content. The 'LCI(M)-363' string in the reclassification line is an internal typo contradicted by the page title and NARA - see ev-08.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - by-ship-number inventory, PDF page 19, entry 'LCI(L)(M)-362' [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 19, 'LCI(L)(M)-362' entry (alphabetical by ship number)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's official inventory of Navy deck logs lists this hull as 'LCI(L)(M)-362' with log coverage 7/26/1943 to 6/30/1945. The coverage start date equals the documented commissioning date; the combined 'LCI(L)(M)' heading records both designations this hull carried. The logs exist in the National Archives' textual holdings (Modern Military Branch, Archives II, College Park).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage); 1978 (Special List 44 publication)
- Population
- Ship's company 1943-1945 (deck-log period)
- Limitations
- These are log-coverage dates in a records inventory, NOT service dates: the 6/30/1945 end is an accession/inventory boundary seen across many entries on the same page, not evidence of decommissioning - the hull was not struck until 26 February 1946 and its logs post-1945 are simply outside this inventory's coverage. The entry confirms logs exist but does not convey their contents; the logs are not digitized (see search_ledger sl-03). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-02
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[3]NARA NAID 17572 / Local ID 111-ADC-3769 - U.S. Army Signal Corps motion picture 'WESTWARD IS BATAAN', INVASION ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA (produced March 1944, RG 111 moving images); identification of LCI(L)-362 in a film frame via NavSource caption by contributor David Upton [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/17572 (NAID 17572, video file 111-ADC-3769.mp4); NavSource caption for image 1015036302
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A select frame from this U.S. Army film documents USS LCI(L)-362 and USS LCI(L)-363 landing at Tanahmerah Bay, Hollandia, April 1944, carrying units of the 24th Infantry Division - physical-presence documentation of this hull in the Hollandia operation consistent with its documented campaign record. The film is digitized in the National Archives Catalog (downloadable video).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04
- Population
- Crew and embarked 24th Infantry Division troops, Hollandia operation, April 1944
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: NavSource identifies the hulls in the film frame (the film's own catalog title is acknowledged as incorrectly named in the caption). The film itself does not caption individual hull numbers in the record view - the hull identification rests on the NavSource contributor's caption. Establishes presence at a documented campaign, not any material or exposure fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-362 (ship/21386) - build dates, builder, 'Reclassified as LCI(M), Landing Craft Mortar on 30 April 1945' [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21386.html, warship-data table and History line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary corroboration of this hull's record: LCI 351 class, built by George Lawley & Sons (Neponset, Massachusetts); ordered 9 March 1943; laid down 15 June 1943; launched 16 July 1943; commissioned 26 July 1943; 'Reclassified as LCI(M), Landing Craft Mortar on 30 April 1945.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary database (Guethmundur Helgason's uboat.net), not an official record - used to corroborate NavSource milestones and to supply the contract-order date (9 March 1943), which no other located source states. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-04
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record AK-52, 'M/V Husky II (LCI(L)-653)' (Library of Congress Prints & Photographs; fieldwork Alaska, report received 2012) - LCI(L)-351-class design and construction history [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 data pages 6-9 (construction/design narrative, footnotes 4, 7, 8); tile.loc.gov AK-0557 data PDF
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation of the class to which this hull belongs: the Bureau of Ships designed the LCI(L) in May 1942; ten U.S. yards built over 900 large infantry landing craft; George Lawley & Sons laid down LCI(L)-209, the first hull in its order, in August 1942. The LCI(L)-351-class improvements (enlarged deckhouse, revised bow ramps) 'first appeared in LCI(L) 351, delivered in May 1943' - the design group to which LCI(L)-362 (laid down June 1943) belongs. The report documents LCI(L) construction and cites the primary building specification held at NARA: 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L) 351-542' (U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships, [1943]).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L) construction-yard trades, ten yards (1942-1945); LCI crews
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation of a sister hull (LCI(L)-653), not this vessel: LCI(L)-362 is never named in the report. The cited BuShips specification book itself is not digitized - it is an archival lead only, and its materials clauses have not been read for asbestos content. The spray-on insulation described in the report was a post-war refrigerated-fish-hold conversion on LCI(L)-653, not original construction and not identified as asbestos. No asbestos content in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-05
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[6]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) - full text extracted [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2; full report PDF https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (pp. 'Navy's policy on use of asbestos' and Navy-comment appendix listing asbestos applications)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that thermal insulation in piping systems was the Navy's major shipboard asbestos application, and that asbestos was also used in shipboard components including gaskets in piping systems, electric cabling, equipment brakes and clutches, and deck materials - 'The list is nearly endless. There are so many common uses of asbestos' aboard Navy ships. The Navy did not begin revising specifications to eliminate asbestos until the early 1970s, and ships were delivered with asbestos thermal insulation as late as May 1978. This hull's construction (mid-1943) and entire service life fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); covers Navy asbestos use through the 1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; ship crews (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not a hull record: LCI(L)-362 is not named and no amphibious craft is listed in the report's ship tables. Fieldwork covered the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards only. Establishes the Navy's use-era and product classes, not presence aboard this hull, quantity, or individual exposure. Direct curl to gao.gov returns HTTP 403; full text was extracted via Firecrawl on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (8 x GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft; diesel generators; no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 product-era documentation (ev-06); HAER AK-52 class construction record (ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block; GAO HRD-80-2; HAER AK-52 footnotes 4, 8 (BuShips spec citation)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built mid-1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type and period were thermal insulation and lagging on diesel exhaust lines and hot machinery surfaces in the engine space, pipe and flange gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, and deck-covering materials. As a diesel-only craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply; the dominant pathways are engine-space insulation, exhaust lagging, gaskets, and cabling. The 1945 LCI(M) conversion (troop compartment to magazine, mortar emplacements) was a work event aboard this hull, location undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948 (plus disposal aftermath)
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); engine-room and maintenance crews (1943-46); conversion-yard trades (1945); Maritime Commission disposal/shipbreaking workers (post-1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package was located for LCI(L)-362. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The BuShips 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building LCI(L) 351-542' (cited in HAER AK-52, held at NARA) is the unexamined primary source that could upgrade or refute this inference. The conversion yard and any material-disturbance scope for the LCI(M) work are undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-07
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[8]Designation cross-check: NavSource page title 'USS LCI(M)-362 ex USS LCI(L)-362'; NARA Special List 44 entry 'LCI(L)(M)-362'; uboat.net 'Reclassified as LCI(M) ... 30 April 1945' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150362.htm reclassification line vs page title; NARA SL-44 ship-number PDF page 19; uboat.net ship/21386
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the NavSource body text prints the 30 April 1945 reclassification as 'LCI(M)-363' - this is a page-internal typo, not a renumbering. The page's own title ('USS LCI(M)-362 ex USS LCI(L)-362'), the NARA Special List 44 inventory entry 'LCI(L)(M)-362,' and uboat.net's 'Reclassified as LCI(M)' for ship 21386 all keep the hull number 362. The '-363' string likely echoes the sister hull LCI(L)-363, which appears alongside LCI(L)-362 in the page's Hollandia and Biak photo captions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Corrects a transcription typo in the cited source, not a disputed fact - three independent attestations agree on 362. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-08
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[9]Batch-5087 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44 (ship-number PDF); NARA Catalog Navy-logbook series 594258; NARA NAID 17572; NHHC DANFS and site search; Naval Vessel Register; uboat.net; LOC HAER AK-52; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and dockets, all designation spellings); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-362-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-362-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-362 / LCI(M)-362 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero results for 'LCI(L)-362', 'LCI-362', 'LCI 362', 'LCI(M)-362', 'LCI(L)(M)-362', 'LCIM-362', 'LCIL-362' in both the opinion index and the docket index, and zero for '"USS LCI" asbestos' (see search_ledger sl-04 through sl-07) - no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC site search and candidate URLs returned nothing). The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced in general web search is non-qualifying secondary/marketing-adjacent content (officialmilitaryribbons.com campaign-ribbon listicles, sons of liberty museum database pages) asserting nothing beyond NavSource-derived facts.
- 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's construction era and the documented wartime program make era-consistent asbestos use likely but unproven for this vessel. Deck logs (SL-44 coverage 7/26/1943-6/30/1945) exist but are undigitized and unread; the BuShips building specification for the class and the 1948 Maritime Commission disposal file are unexamined leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-362-09