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
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-pkt-ow-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels (NAVSHIPS 250-012, April 1945), LCI(G) hull table and LCI(L)/LCI(G) design spec blocks (Google-digitized copy via shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2, printed p.198 (PDF p.214) LCI(G) table row 'LCI(G) 373'; LCI(G)/LCI(L) spec blocks printed pp.197-200
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips hull-by-hull table row for this vessel: 'LCI(G) 373 (ex-LCI(L) 373)' built by George Lawley & Son Corp., Neponset, Mass.; keel laid 17 Sept 43; ship launched 23 Sept 43; date of first commission 29 Sept 43 - matching NavSource on all three milestones. The same volume's LCI(G) 351-class spec block gives 159'0" oa, 23'8" beam, 387t full-load displacement, 14.4 kt trial speed, 5 officers + 65 enlisted, three single 40mm AA mounts plus ten rocket launchers, and G.M. Diesel 6051 Series 71 engines on two propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943 (build dates as published April 1945)
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Sept 1943); commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Ship-specific construction record only; no asbestos or material content. This is the Navy's own 1945 design-data book (digitized mirror at shipscribe.com, live-verified 2026-09-30). The printed LCI(G) block lists 1,320 shp vs NavSource's 2,320 shp for the LCI(L) - unresolved source conflict carried in gaps. OCR layer renders the row as 'ex-LCI(L) 873' - a digit-recognition artifact; the printed table reads LCI(L) 373.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-373 ex USS LCI(L)-373 - construction, conversion, campaign assignments, awards, disposal, specifications (history drawn from 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150373.htm header block, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 17 September 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 23 September 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-373, 29 September 1943, LTjg. M. P. Mills, USNR, in command; converted to a close-in fire support vessel and redesignated LCI(G)-373, 15 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LCI Flotilla Three, LCI Flotilla Six (CDR. A. R. Montgomery), LCI Group Seventeen (LCDR. C. F. Robinson), and LCI Division Thirty-Three. Campaigns: Marianas (Saipan 15 June - 4 August 1944; Tinian 8 July and 24-28 July 1944); Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Lingayen Gulf 9 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto 26 March - 14 June 1945. Five battle stars plus the Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 January - 28 July 1944) for the occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls and the capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam, and Tinian; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; sold 13 January 1947, fate unknown. US Navy photo shows LCI(G)-373 heading for the beach at Okinawa with USS New York (BB-34) and USS Idaho (BB-42) in the background.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); crew 1943-1946 (5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G)); embarked troops as LCI(L) (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (source cited: Turner Publishing's USS LCI history, 1995) - not a primary registry; its milestone dates were cross-verified against the official BuShips hull table (ev-01) and agree on all three construction dates. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 1946 stricken leave post-war milestones imprecise - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number section (official PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 17, row 'LCI(L)(G)-373 9/29/1943 6/30/1945' (verified by extraction 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)(G)-373' covering 9/29/1943 to 6/30/1945 - the commissioning date through the Okinawa campaign. The logs exist in NARA custody (RG 24 deck-log series); they are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning proof. The catalog record does not indicate these logs are digitized; WWII-era deck logs for this hull were not located online in the National Archives Catalog this session.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: proves NARA holds the logs and their coverage window; the logs themselves were not pulled or read - no operational detail was verified from them. Coverage ends 6/30/1945 mid-Okinawa campaign; later logs (July 1945 - decommissioning) are not in this inventory line and their status is undocumented. Deck-log contents would be the strongest available source for positions, availabilities, and any material events aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-03
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[5]Albert D. DiVincenzo, MoMM 3/c, 'Aboard USS LCI(G)373' - first-person crew memoir, USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association (usslci.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org/albert-d/ memoir text (fetched via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct HTTPS fetch returned a TLS error from this network)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named crewman's account of service aboard this hull: Albert D. DiVincenzo, Motor Machinist's Mate 3/c, ordered to active duty 28 April 1944, joined ship's company of LCI(G)-373 at the Waipio Amphibious Operation Base, Pearl Harbor, 31 August 1944; departed Pearl Harbor 11 September 1944; aboard for the Leyte invasion 20 October 1944 (ship fired 40mm guns and rockets; three crewmen suffered burn/fragment wounds handling hot shells and rocket fire; departed Leyte Gulf 25 October for Hollandia); arrived Okinawa 24 March 1945; fired guns and rockets in the initial invasion of Kuba Shima, Kerama Retto, 27 March 1945, then gave fire support over UDT swimmers 28-31 March and was ordered to range-spot for DD-590 off Yellow Beach/Blue Beach on 31 March. He left Guam aboard USS Salt Lake City 19 December 1945 and was honorably discharged at Bainbridge 12 January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- MoMM 3/c Albert D. DiVincenzo; LCI(G)-373 ship's company Aug 1944 - Dec 1945; named shipmates (Darby, Dozier, Erno, Lavine, Divens)
- Limitations
- Veteran-authored memoir hosted by the USS LCI National Association - a first-person primary account but not an official record; internal typographical errors exist ('50mm' guns where 40mm is meant; a '12 JANUARY 1945' discharge line that contradicts the same memoir's 12 January 1946 date; 'Walpio' for Waipio). Names this hull and dates; contains no asbestos or material content. Makes no exposure claim for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-04
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[6]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data LCI(L) 351-1098 / LCI(G) 351-class spec blocks (diesel plant, accommodations); NavSource spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era context (ev-06); era-standard amphibious-craft material practices [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LCI(L)/LCI(G) spec blocks (printed pp.197-200); NavSource specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel amphibious craft built September 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel landing craft of this period were thermal insulation and lagging on machinery and engine-exhaust runs (the LCI's 8 GM 6051-series diesels exhausted within a confined 158-foot hull), gaskets and valve packing in fuel/water/exhaust systems, electrical insulation, and insulation around the galley and accommodation spaces. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her 40mm/20mm armament, rocket launchers, and '2-inch plastic splinter protection' armor are not asserted as asbestos-bearing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1943); crew 1943-46; any conversion-yard trades during the 1944 LCI(G) refit; post-war disposal/scrapping workers (1947, undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-373/LCI(G)-373. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The LCI(L)/LCI(G) instruction books and BuShips plan sets that would resolve material specifics are archival leads (NARA RG 19; MIT Museum Lawley collection), not located public documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-05
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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 (September 1943) and service era (1943-1946).
- 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 - same standing defect noted since Batch-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-06
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[8]MIT Museum collections record, 'George Lawley & Son' (organization 1754) [museum_official]
- Locator
- MIT Museum organization record 1754 (fetched via Firecrawl 2026-09-30); collection object 1988.075R.001 (detail page unreachable)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Institutional documentation of this hull's builder: the Lawley family yard at Neponset, Massachusetts, operating as George Lawley & Son, built 'both wood and steel vessels, including dozens of World War II landing craft, before closing in 1946.' The museum holds 178 collection items related to the organization, including LCI(L)-related material - an archival lead for builder's plans and construction documentation relevant to this design.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s (yard wartime operations)
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1940s)
- Limitations
- Yard-level institutional record; does not name this hull and contains no asbestos content. The collection's LCI(L) material was identified by item-level listing (object 1988.075R.001); that object's detail page failed to load this session - contents unverified. Secondary literature credits Lawley as the LCI(L) primary design yard whose drawings were shared with nine other builders - not independently verified here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-07
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[9]Batch-5099 search ledger (this record): BuShips Ships' Data hull table; NARA Special List 44; NavSource; USS LCI National Association memoir; MIT Museum; GAO product page; CourtListener opinion index (partial); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-01 through -12
- 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)-373 or LCI(G)-373 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results under both official designations in BOTH the opinion index and the docket index; the looser 'LCI-373' docket spelling produced one name collision - Buff v. South Carolina Department of Correction, 5:11-cv-00234 (D.S.C., filed 2011-01-28), a corrections plaintiff matter where 'LCI' refers to Lee Correctional Institution, not this vessel. Only the loosest variants ('LCI-373' opinions; 'LCI 373' both indexes) remained unsearched - fleet-paced at session end. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case naming this hull.
- 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-built steel amphibious craft sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. The litigation search is nearly complete (both indexes, both official designations, verified zero) with only the loosest spelling variants unsearched; Buff v. South Carolina Dept. of Correction is classified as a name collision on institutional shorthand, not a vessel match. Deck logs (held at NARA, 9/29/43-6/30/45 coverage), Lawley/LCI(L) instruction books, and any disposal-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-373-lcil373-08