Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-363 (10/15/150363) - milestone line, campaign table, awards, specifications, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150363.htm header block, campaign table, awards box, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 26 June 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 22 July 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-363 on 31 July 1943. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Hollandia operation 21-25 April 1944; Western New Guinea operations - Biak Island 27-28 May and 31 May-1 June 1944, Noemfoor Island 2-3 July and 10-14 July 1944; Leyte operation - Leyte landings 12 November 1944. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; earned three battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 3 May 1948; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Awards listed: Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3), WWII Victory Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (1). Spec block: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers. Photo captions document the hull landing 24th Infantry Division units at Tanahmerah Bay, Hollandia, April 1944 (National Archives ID 17572); unloading troops and supplies at Biak Island 28 May 1944; and operating with LCS(L)(3)-10 as a Task Group 70.4 unit supplying guerrilla forces in northern Mindanao under Col. W.W. Fertig in early 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); crew (1943-c.1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates and campaign credits generally track official lists but are unverified against a primary hull record. 'Leyte landings 12 November 1944' postdates the documented 24 October San Pedro Bay action report (see ev-04) - multiple Leyte-phase dates may apply; variant noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-01
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[2]NARA, 'Special List #44, by Ship Numbers' (deck-log availability list) - LCI(L)-363 row, PDF page 23; corroborated by the 1978 printed Special List 44 (ACPL Genealogy Center scan), 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' p. 337 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 23, row 'LCI(L)-363 7/31/1943 6/30/1945'; ACPL scan image 363 (printed p. 337) showing '4' logbooks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventories deck logs for LCI(L)-363 covering 7/31/1943 through 6/30/1945 - the logbook series spans her commissioning date through the end of the wartime log period. The 1978 printed edition records 4 logbooks for that span.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- crew and embarked troops (1943-1945 log period)
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in NARA custody covering those dates (and that NARA lists them among logs available through the Catalog). Log-coverage dates are NOT asserted commissioning/decommissioning dates. The logs contain operational detail (positions, movements, personnel notes) relevant to any exposure reconstruction, but were not individually reviewed page-by-page for this record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-02
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[3]NARA RG 38, 'USS LCI(L) 363 - War Diary, 7/31/43 to 8/31/43', NAID 135919732, Container Roll A493, micro serial 53853 (32 images, digitized via Fold3); companion file units: War Diary 10/1-31/43 (NAID 134349744, Roll A678), 11/1-30/43 (NAID 136037549, Roll A729), 12/1-31/43 (NAID 78243126, Roll A765) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 135919732 image 1 (31 Jul 1943 Part III page); NAID 134349744 image 0923 (1 Oct 1943); NAID 136037549 image 0146 (1 Nov 1943); NAID 78243126 images 0708-0709 (December narrative, signed 'Lt(jg) Robert E. Sargent, Jr., Commanding Officer')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own war diaries document her transit from commissioning to the Southwest Pacific. The 31 July 1943 entry records her at 42 deg 22'N 71 deg 03'W (Boston) - 'moored alongside Pier #1 - outfitting continuing. Supplies and stores coming aboard.' The October diary shows her in convoy in the Caribbean approaches (01 Oct position 21 deg 10'N 74 deg 06'W, zigzag and general-quarters drills); the November diary shows her in the equatorial Pacific (01 Nov 0800 position 01 deg 42', 105 deg 19'W, courses 237-252 deg T). The December diary records: International Date Line crossed 1 Dec in Task Unit 34.5.8 (guide ship LST-247, station 2-2) from Tutuila, Samoa, for Suva, Fiji; moored Suva Harbor 4 Dec; underway 7 Dec for Noumea; entered Noumea Harbor via Bulari Passage 11 Dec; underway 16 Dec for Brisbane, Australia, 'acting as guide ship (OTC) in group including LCI(L) 363, 364, 362, 361'; passed Moreton Cape light 19 Dec; moored Brisbane River 20-31 Dec 1943. December diary signed by commanding officer Lt.(jg) Robert E. Sargent, Jr.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07-31 to 1943-12-31
- Population
- crew under Lt.(jg) Robert E. Sargent, Jr. (1943)
- Limitations
- Primary records of the ship's movements and organization only - no asbestos or material content. Catalog file units verified live; page images read directly for 31 Jul, 1 Oct, 1 Nov, and the December narrative. Only four monthly diaries were located in the catalog search; a September 1943 diary and 1944-45 diaries were not located as digitized file units (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-03
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[4]NARA RG 38, 'LCI(L)-363 - Report of AA Action in San Pedro Bay, Philippines on 10/24/44', NAID 139781223, Container Roll A1317, micro serial 99907 (3 images, digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139781223, report form fields 1-26 (image 0348) and first endorsement (image 0350)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-filed action report LC363/16/45, dated 26 October 1944, from the Commanding Officer, USS LCI(L) 363, to Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, via Commander LCI(L) Group Twenty-One, Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Seven, Commander Seventh Amphibious Force, Commander Seventh Fleet: on 24 October 1944 in San Pedro Bay, P.I., the ship engaged a surprise attack by 4-6 fighter-bombers; five 20mm guns fired, 300 rounds expended (2% of service allowance); one plane shot down 'sure' (crash dive); ship not strafed, no casualties. First endorsement of 17 November 1944 by H.F. Ripley, Commander LCI(L) Group Twenty-One, forwarded the report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-10-24
- Population
- crew (Oct 1944)
- Limitations
- Primary record of one combat action and the unit chain of command - documents presence in San Pedro Bay during the Leyte operation. No asbestos or material content. Claimed aircraft kill is the ship's own report, not independently adjudicated here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-04
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[5]NARA RG 24, 'LCI(L) 363 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120186786 (128 images, digitized via Ancestry; series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120186786, catalog description and image count
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized muster rolls for this hull beginning with the muster roll dated 30 September 1943 - name-level personnel documentation of who served aboard across the wartime period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943 forward
- Population
- crew (1943-1945, per muster coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes that crew lists exist and are digitized; individual muster pages were not transcribed for this record. Muster rolls identify aboard personnel (relevant population for any exposure claim) but contain no asbestos, materials, or exposure content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-05
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[6]NavSource-hosted transcription: 'Commander Task Group 70.4 - Summary report of thirteen missions to supply guerrilla forces on various enemy held islands in the Philippine area' (Lt. Albert C. Eldridge, commanding) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150361h.htm, report header ('Ships participating') and mission narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The TG 70.4 commander's summary report names LCI(L)-363 among the participating ships - 'LCI(L) 361, LCI(L) 363, LCS 9, LCS 10, LCI 429 (temporary)' - and documents thirteen missions through 23 May 1945 delivering over 1,600 tons of arms, ammunition, signal equipment, fuel, medicine, food, and clothing to guerrilla-held ports at Bohol, Cebu, Negros, Masbate, and Mindanao; approximately 2,700 guerrilla troops transported; bombardment of Japanese positions in support of guerrilla operations; no TG 70.4 personnel casualties. Mission narrative spans 3 February-23 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02-03 to 1945-05-23
- Population
- crew (Feb-May 1945); embarked guerrilla troops
- Limitations
- Transcription of an official operational report hosted on a volunteer site - content reads as the original document but was not verified against the archival original in this session. Documents group-level operations; individual mission entries do not always specify which craft performed which leg. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-06
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' construction table - Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA hull block [reputable_press]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm, LCI(L) 360-369 rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent hull-table corroboration: 'LCI(L) 363 - Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA - 31-Jul-43 - To NDRF 1948.' Confirms builder and the 31 July 1943 commissioning date; gives the post-war disposition as transfer to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in 1948 (consistent with NavSource's 'transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 3 May 1948').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (Colton's shipbuilding history tables), not an official registry - 'To NDRF 1948' is a custody notation, not a documented final fate; no sale/scrapping record for this hull was located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-07
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[8]HyperWar transcription, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (compiled from official U.S. Navy ship-data publications); ONI 226 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships' (U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence, 1944), ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/ONI/ONI-226/ONI-226.pdf [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 class block; ONI 226 PDF LCI(L) data table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class documentation for the type: LCI(L)-351 class - ~385 tons full load, 160'4" x 23'3", five 20mm guns, 4 officers + 25 enlisted, capacity 9 officers + 196-200 troops or 75 tons cargo; propulsion 2 sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws (no steam plant). A 1943-built welded-steel Navy landing craft with diesel machinery would have carried the era-standard small-craft asbestos applications: engine and diesel-exhaust insulation/lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation in accommodation spaces - the confined-volume crew spaces of a 28-man craft make any aboard insulation a relevant population pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); crew (1943-c.1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-363. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity. Spec figures differ between NavSource's ship page and the class compilation (troop capacity, shaft horsepower) - see gaps. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-08
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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
- 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 (1943-1948).
- 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 - standing defect noted since Batch 01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-09
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[10]Batch-5088 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 official PDF + ACPL scan; NARA Catalog (war diaries, action report, muster rolls); NavSource amphibious archive; shipbuildinghistory.com; HyperWar/ONI 226 class compilations; GAO product page; NHHC/DANFS check; CourtListener (partial - see sl-05); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-363-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-363-09
- 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)-363 was found in the public sources searched. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (numbered landing craft are not individually covered by DANFS). CourtListener opinion searches on the exact hull number and variant spellings ('"LCI(L)-363"', '"LCI(L) 363"', '"LCI-363" OR "USS LCI 363" OR "USS LCI(L) 363"') all returned zero results; the RECAP docket-type query was fleet-throttled at write time (see search_ledger sl-05) - logged honestly rather than extrapolated.
- 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 - a 1943 diesel landing craft sits squarely inside the Navy asbestos-use era. Open leads: the four wartime deck logbooks (7/31/1943-6/30/1945) and the Lawley builder's contract/work records (RG 19 BuShips) are undigitized-page leads not fully read here. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-363-10