Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ow-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity only; builder/dates unsourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-pkt-ow-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-372 ex USS LCI(L)-372 - construction, designation, campaign assignments, specifications, disposal (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150372.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, awards ribbons
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large). Laid down 31 August 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 19 September 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-372 24 September 1943, LT. W. F. Henricks, USNR, in command; converted to a Close-in Fire Support Vessel and redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-372, 15 June 1944. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Three; LCI Flotilla Six (CDR. A. R. Montgomery USN); LCI Group Seventeen (LCDR. C. F. Robinson USNR); LCI Division Thirty-Three. Campaigns: Marianas - Saipan 15 June-4 August 1944; Tinian 4 July and 24-28 July 1944; Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 9 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto 24 March-1 June 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; sold 22 November 1946, fate unknown. Specifications: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; LCI(L) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two 30 kW diesel-drive DC generators. Single photograph shows her moored at Boston, MA, September 1943 (Time-Life/Ralph Morse).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); LCI(L) crew ~28 (1943-44); LCI(G) crew ~70 (1944-46); embarked troops (6 officers + 182 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation sourcing Turner Publishing's LCI history, not a primary registry - dates generally track official records but carry no document citation per datum. Contains no asbestos or material content. The 'date unknown' decommissioning and the single post-sale disposition line ('fate unknown') are the limits of the public record for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LCI(G) Flotilla Three - Secretary of the Navy commendation text signed James Forrestal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/15000031.htm - commendation text and enumerated hull list (372 present)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy Unit Commendation to LCI(G) Flotilla THREE, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, 'for outstanding heroism in action in support of amphibious landings on enemy Japanese-held Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands, and on Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas, from January 31 to July 28, 1944,' expressly enumerates the eligible hulls - 'LCI(G)'s 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 345, 346, 347, 348, 365, 366, 371, 372, 373, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 449-463, 470, 725, and 726' - which includes this hull (372). Personnel serving aboard during the citation period were authorized the NUC ribbon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(G) Flotilla Three ships' companies, 31 January-28 July 1944 (~70 per LCI(G))
- Limitations
- Documents flotilla-level unit citation including this hull; describes combat fire-support operations (preceded assault waves, close-range rocket and gunfire, smoke screens, UDT/reconnaissance support) - not material or asbestos content. NavSource transcription reproduces the citation text; the underlying SECNAV citation is a primary document this transcription mirrors.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-02
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[4]HyperWar (ibiblio), 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Landing Ships and Craft' - LCI(G) roster table (compiled by Patrick Clancey, HyperWar Foundation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar ships-lc.html, LCI(G) table row 'LCI(G)-372 | | 1944-45'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar U.S. Navy landing ships/craft compilation lists LCI(G)-372 in commission 1944-45, corroborating the gunboat designation window in NavSource; no loss/damage notation is carried for this hull (the table's dagger marks and notes flag lost or damaged craft, and 372 has none).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (designation window)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; the 'Comm. 1944-45' column reflects the LCI(G) designation window, not original commissioning. No asbestos or material content. Corroborative only - does not resolve the LCI(M)/LCI(R) conversion-table discrepancy (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-03
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[5]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (Bradley, Kurtz et al., 1978), p. 337 - row LCI(L)(G)-372 (via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center scan mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 p. 337 (ACPL mirror display page 363), row 'LCI(L)(G)-372 - Sept. 24-30, 1943; Jan. 1, 1944-June 30, 1945 - 2'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories two logbooks for this hull, styled LCI(L)(G)-372: date spans 'Sept. 24-30, 1943' and 'Jan. 1, 1944-June 30, 1945' (2 logbooks). The first span covers her commissioning week at Boston; the second covers her LCI(G) gunboat service through the Leyte, Lingayen, and Okinawa campaigns. These are log-coverage dates held at NARA, not commissioning/decommissioning dates; October-December 1943 is not covered by the listed logbooks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage); inventoried 1978
- Population
- Deck officers and watch standers generating the logs (1943-45); Archives II researchers
- Limitations
- Inventory of records held at the National Archives (Archives II, College Park for post-1941 logs) - establishes that deck logs exist for this hull, not their content. The logs are not among the digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog (the navy-online digitized list contains no LCI(L)(G)-372 entry). No asbestos content. The batch tasking described the SL44 entry as a single 9/24-9/30/1943 span; the actual row lists two spans - this record carries the complete entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-04
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[6]Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (McFarland, 2013) - Ch. 9 Okinawa (Task Unit 52.18.3 composition); endnotes citing USS LCI(L) 372 Serial 078 action report; appendix 'Building and Conversion Locations' (mirrored text) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rielly Ch. 9 (Okinawa) - TU 52.18.3 passage; endnote 19 (Serial 078); appendix 'Building and Conversion Locations' (Manus Island line)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A published operational history documents this hull twice: (1) at Okinawa, Task Unit 52.18.3 under LCDR C. J. Starkus consisted of 'LCI(G)s 366(GF), 372, 439, 440, and 475' supporting underwater-demolition-team operations at Kerama Retto beginning 25 March 1945; (2) endnote 19 cites 'USS LCI(L) 372, Serial 078, Action Report 3-44; Beach Assault on Leyte Island, 21 October 1944' - a specific wartime action report for this hull held in Navy records (RG 38 action-report series), an archival lead for her Leyte operation record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(G)-372 ship's company (~70) and supported UDT swimmers at Kerama Retto, March-April 1945
- Limitations
- Secondary naval history quoting primary records; the Serial 078 action report itself was not examined - its existence and title are documented through the book's apparatus. Mirror site (erenow.org) reproduces the published text; the underlying action report is the lead worth pursuing at NARA. No asbestos content. Rielly's appendix conversion table separately lists hull 372 among both LCI(M) and LCI(R) conversions at Manus Island, which conflicts with his own LCI(G) usage here - treated as an unresolved discrepancy in gaps, not adopted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351-class specifications (8 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, steel hull, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 program-level finding that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships of this construction era (see ev-07); WWII amphibious-craft construction practices at small commercial yards [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07); LCI-351-class design characteristics
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel amphibious craft built in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging, machinery and piping insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical/cable insulation in the confined 158-foot hull. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the small-hull confined-space exposure dynamic applies fully for crew and embarked troops.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); LCI(L) crew and embarked troops (1943-44); LCI(G) crew (1944-46); any 1946 disposal workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for this vessel. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. LCIs were austere wartime construction at small commercial yards; the asbestos fraction of her outfit was likely smaller than a comparably aged steam vessel's but is undemonstrated for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-06
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[8]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-372-lcil372-07
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[9]Batch-5098 search ledger (this record): NavSource vessel page and LCI(G) Flotilla Three commendation page; NARA Special List 44 scan (ACPL mirror) and digitized-log list; HyperWar USN landing-ships/craft compilation; Rielly published history (mirror); CourtListener opinion search (authenticated API v4); NHHC/DANFS index; shipyards.json yard cross-check; USS LCI association site; asbestos/mesothelioma web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-12
- 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)-372 / LCI(G)-372 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions for all three designation spellings ('LCI-372', 'LCI(L)-372', 'LCI(G)-372') and zero RECAP dockets across the same variants; the batch tasking's PRIMARY corpus check likewise reports no match at any tier under LCI/LSI spellings, same-number conversions, or documented renumbering. The only asbestos-adjacent material on this vessel type is program-level (GAO) and class/era inference.
- 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 two NARA logbooks and the Serial 078 action report are undigitized leads that have not been examined, and a zero-hit CourtListener result covers only docketed litigation indexed there (most small-craft-era personal-injury claims were state or unreported federal filings). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-372-lcil372-08