Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet ox-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-392-lcil392-pkt-ox-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-392 - construction/milestone timeline, unit assignments, specifications, disposal; page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995); verified live 2026-09-30 via Firecrawl [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150392.htm header block, unit-assignment paragraph, specifications block, awards ribbons, CO table ('LT. Field, A. S., USNR - 8 December 1943 - ?')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 28 November 1943 at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 4 December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-392, 8 December 1943, LT. A. S. Field USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Five (CDR H. V. Milton), LCI Group Fourteen (LT H. M. Mattson USN), LCI Division Twenty-Eight; 'under the operational control of Atoll Commander Majuro, Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands.' Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; sold 13 January 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Awards ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars shown). Specifications: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns. International radio call sign NJYM. No photographs of this hull are held in the archive ('There are no images of USS LCI(L)-392 available at NavSource').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Nov-Dec 1943); LCI(L) crew ~28 officers+enlisted (1943-46); embarked troops and evacuated natives/POWs (1944-45)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its history text is credited to the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Milestone dates are consistent across the page and the commissioning date is independently confirmed by the ship's own war diary (NAID 78367184 opens 8 Dec 1943) - but no DANFS entry exists for this numbered craft (see search_ledger) and NVR has no record (disposed pre-1987). The Flotilla Five/Group Fourteen/Division Twenty-Eight assignment reflects an earlier organization; by spring 1945 the ship's own documents and the NHHC Pacific Fleet organization place her under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirteen, Group 38, Division 76 (see ev-07). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-01
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[3]NARA, 'LCI(L)-392 - Report of operations in the evacuation of native personnel from Mili & Knox Atolls, Marshalls, 3/11/45' (NAID 77547788, RG 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories'; digitized, 4 pages, Fold3 microfilm A_1932 images 0617a-0620; all four pages read at IIIF full resolution 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77547788 scanned pages 1-4 (Fold3 A_1932 images 0617a, 0618, 0619, 0620): action report body, signature block, first endorsement (Group 38 letterhead), second endorsement (Marshalls Gilberts Area)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own signed action report (A16-3(n), Serial 37, 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 392', 13 March 1945, CONFIDENTIAL, CO to CINC U.S. Fleet via Commander LCI(L) Group 38 / Commander Marshall-Gilbert Area / CINC U.S. Pacific Fleet): at 0658 zone -12 on 11 March 1945 LCI(L) 392 anchored by bow anchor ~30 yards off the reef on the leeward side of Narigitani Island, Knox Atoll, to evacuate native personnel - 46 natives and 1 Japanese prisoner taken aboard; operating 'in conjunction with LCI(L) 479, LCI(L) 481 and YMS 320' as ordered by the Atoll Commander, Majuro Atoll; departed Majuro 0430 10 March at 10 knots; launched a native-scout outrigger canoe at 2300; rendezvoused with LCI(L) 479 at 0330; weighed 0742 after taking 47 natives (one fatally wounded); one Japanese prisoner taken at Narikrik/Naarigirikku Island and transferred to LCI(L) 481 for immediate return to Majuro; underway 1055 to Arno Atoll to discharge natives for quarantine; no enemy opposition encountered by this ship; ammunition expended: one clip of carbine ammunition; air coverage 6 F4U and 2 PBY; TCS-9 and Link FM (34.8 mc) communications. Signed 'Arthur S. Field'. First Endorsement on 'LCI (L) FLOTILLA THIRTEEN / GROUP 38' letterhead, Serial 060, 17 March 1945, forwarded by N. Nash ('The Group Commander was not present during this operation and has no comment to make'). Second Endorsement, Commander Marshalls Gilberts Area (W. K. Harrill) A17-10/kff Serial 0740, 30 March 1945, forwarded to CINC U.S. Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-10 to 1945-03-13
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-392; 47+ embarked Marshallese evacuees; 1 Japanese POW; native scout party; embarked Military Government personnel
- Limitations
- Primary ship document - the strongest possible vessel-history evidence; it documents operations, not material content. Enclosure (a), 'Operation Plan, Atoll Commander Majuro 2-45 serial #0077,' is marked 'missing' in the NARA file. Islet spellings differ between this report and the March war diary (Narigitani vs Enenlekleb/Narikrik) - variant names for the same Knox Atoll work sites, carried as written. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-02
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[4]NARA, 'USS LCI(L) 392 - War Diary, 12/8/43 to 2/29/44' (NAID 78367184; digitized, 2 pages, Fold3 microfilm A_0897 images 0685-0686; read at IIIF full resolution 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78367184 scanned pages 1-2 (Fold3 A_0897 images 0685, 0686)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's first war diary (Serial 38, dated 5 March 1944, signed Arthur S. Field, cc CinCPac) documents her shakedown and Pacific transit: December 8 - commissioning date; December 19 moored at Castle Island, Boston Harbor, for deperming; December 20 moored to Commonwealth Pier 1, East Boston, Massachusetts; December 25-28 enroute Boston to Solomons, Maryland; December 30-January 11 operating with shakedown group; January 12 'entered availability in drydock at Collona Shipyard Co., Norfolk, Virginia'; January 27-31 Task Unit 20.3.6 (LCIs 392, 393, 394, 518, 519) enroute Norfolk to Key West, Florida; February 1 entered availability at Key West Naval Base; February 3 availability ended; February 4 TU 20.3.6 enroute Key West to Coco Solo Naval Base, Canal Zone, uneventful passage; February 12 passed through the Panama Canal, moored at Balboa; February 13-25 LCIs 392, 393, 394 enroute to San Pedro, California, with Army and Navy passengers aboard, uneventful; February 27 underway to San Diego; February 28 'entered availability at N.R.B. San Diego, California.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-08 to 1944-02-29
- Population
- crew; Collona Shipyard trades (Jan 1944); Key West NB and NRB San Diego workforces (Feb 1944); embarked Army/Navy passengers Feb 1944
- Limitations
- Primary ship document (cover-letter form war diary); movement chronology only - no material or work-scope detail for the three availabilities (Collona drydock, Key West NB, NRB San Diego). End dates for the Collona and San Diego availabilities are not stated within this installment's coverage. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-03
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[5]NARA, 'LCI(L)-392 - War Diary, 3/1-31/45' (NAID 77489927, Serial 54, 5 April 1945; digitized, 3 pages, Fold3 microfilm A_1871 images 0024-0026; read at IIIF full resolution 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77489927 scanned pages 1-3 (Fold3 A_1871 images 0024-0026); forwarded-endorsement stamp '11 SEP 1945 / 1st Endorsement CinC Pacific Fleet To: Cominch'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The March 1945 war diary (signed Arthur S. Field, cc CincPac and ComLCIFlot.13) documents a month of Marshalls operations from her Darret Island, Majuro Atoll berth: 2 March - intercepted an outrigger canoe carrying four natives escaped from Japanese-held Mili Atoll ('a valuable source of information for planning future raids and evacuation'); 10-12 March - first Mili-Knox evacuation with LCI(L) 481, LCI(L) 479, and YMS 320 under Captain E. B. Grow USNR, Majuro Atoll Commander: 46 Marshallese natives received aboard off Enenlekleb Island, Knox Atoll (one fatally wounded, died 1030 aboard), one Japanese prisoner taken at Narikrik Island, 14 natives aboard from Aeleneo Island, eight natives transferred from LCI(L) 479, all disembarked at Dodo Island, Arno Atoll, for medical treatment and quarantine; 15 March - air-sea rescue patrol rescued one Marine F4U pilot twenty miles southwest of Majuro; 17-18 March - second Mili evacuation with LCI(L) 479: received aboard 'forty-nine Korean prisoners of war' off Chirubon Island plus eighteen Korean and one Japanese prisoners transferred from LCI(L) 479, opened 20mm fire on the small Japanese garrison at Chirubon, and received two Japanese who surrendered swimming off Inewa Island; 27-28 March - third evacuation sortie: three Korean prisoners off Narikrik, two Marshallese natives, two Koreans and one Japanese aboard along the Mili west reef, 20mm fire on garrisons from Chirubon to Arbar and at Ejowa Island; 31 March - air-sea rescue patrol off south Majuro.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-01 to 1945-03-31
- Population
- crew; ~100+ embarked Marshallese natives, 50+ Korean and several Japanese POWs across the month; Military Government personnel; 1 rescued Marine pilot
- Limitations
- Primary ship document; operational record only - no material content. The 49+18=67 Korean total matches the 21 March Majuro press dispatch describing 67 rescued Koreans (ev-10) though the release names no ship. Islet spellings (Narikrik, Chirubon, Aeleneo, Inewa, Ejowa, Arbar) are period variants, carried as written. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-04
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[6]NARA, 'LCI(L)-392 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45' (NAID 83565038, Serial 087, 5 June 1945; digitized, 4 pages, Fold3 microfilm A_1852 images 0602-0605; read at IIIF full resolution 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83565038 scanned pages 1-4 (Fold3 A_1852 images 0602-0605)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The May 1945 war diary (signed Arthur S. Field, cc CincPac and ComLCIFlot-5) documents: 1-4 May beached at Darret Island, Majuro, on standby orders of the Atoll Commander; 5-11 May - 'the first evacuation of Marshallese people from Jaluit Atoll' under 'Atoll Commander, Majuro Operational Plan #4-45,' departing Darret 0200, 5 May in company with LCIs 482, 481, 479, 394, YMS 345, USS Wintle (DE-25) and elements of Task Unit 96.1.3: 79 Marshallese evacuated in LCRs off Bogenaga/Shaburen reef plus 31 transferred from LCI(L) 394 (113 total) and disembarked at Dodo Island, Arno, for quarantine; 13-19 May - sortie to Aur, Erikub and Maloelap Atolls under Atoll Commander's Orders Serial 00165: beach party ashore on Erikub under 20mm cover 17 May (no Japanese found); strafing of a suspected position near the south tip of Enibin Island, Maloelap Atoll, 18 May produced 'a tremendous explosion... heavy black smoke shooting 500 to 600 feet into the air... severe concussion was felt aboard ship with a great deal of debris falling about the ship'; also received and then secured from a Wotje air-sea rescue mission; 22-24 May - Arno service run under Military Government Authorities; 27-31 May - sortie to Mili Atoll relieving LCI(L) 393 'from duty in the Psychological Warfare on Mili Atoll': special personnel and equipment transferred aboard, Japanese prisoners taken (two off Dowagain Island 28 May, one off Robiyoen Island, two more off Dowagain 30 May), 'All P.O.W.'s transferred off the 394 to the LCI 392,' and 14 POWs taken ashore under armed guard at Majuro 0830 31 May; 1700, 31 May - 'departed Majuro Atoll enroute to Kwajalein Atoll, Berlin Island for Dry-docking and general repair.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 to 1945-05-31
- Population
- crew; 113 embarked Marshallese evacuees (5-11 May); 14+ Japanese/Korean POWs (27-31 May); beach party ashore 17 May; Kwajalein Berlin Island repair workforce (from 31 May)
- Limitations
- Primary ship document; operational record only. Confirms a documented dry-docking availability at Berlin Island, Kwajalein, beginning June 1945 - but no work scope or material detail. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-05
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[7]Atoll Commander, Majuro, 'Operation Plan 4-45,' serial 00145, SECRET, 30 April 1945 (scanned original hosted on NavSource, contributed by Sue Cosper; verified live and text-extracted 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDF 150481b.pdf, Task Organization section (c) Evacuation Unit #3, serial 00145
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The governing operation order for the Jaluit evacuation names this hull in its Task Organization: '(c) Evacuation Unit #3, LCI-392 (with 2 LCR); Lt. A. S. Field, USNR; Military Government Officer: Lt. H. B. Wilson, USNR; Native Scout Party #3 (1 canoe), (see Annex D).' Companion units: Evacuation Units #1 LCI-482 (Lt.(jg) E. S. Rubin), #2 LCI-394 (Lt. P. A. Wasemansdorf), #4 LCI-479 (Lt. G. Wilkinson), #5 LCI-481 (Lt.(jg) P. M. Cosper); Fire Support Units USS Wintle (DE-25) and YMS-354 (alternate YMS-320); air support 6 two-plane sections plus 3 Dumbo patrol planes; Medical & Supply Unit Lt. Comdr. W. G. Burkliar (MC) and Lt. W. G. Nagle (SC). The plan's intelligence section describes ~1,200 natives on Jaluit Atoll under Japanese food shortage and restriction, 'very desirous of being evacuated,' with Korean/Japanese desertions and prisoners expected.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-30 (plan); executed 1945-05-05 to 1945-05-11
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-392 plus embarked Military Government Officer Lt. H. B. Wilson USNR, Native Scout Party #3, 5-man native boat party and 5-man enlisted guard
- Limitations
- Scanned original operational document hosted on a secondary compilation site (NavSource), contributed by a participant family - the document itself is a primary unit record naming this hull. The May 1945 war diary cites 'Operational Plan #4-45' verbatim as the Jaluit operation's governing order, confirming the linkage. Annexes B-F are not in the scan. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-06
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[8]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (HyperWar transcription of the NHHC online-reading-room document; canonical NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-30 - same standing NHHC link-rot defect as Batch-01); verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- HyperWar Org-450501, 'LCI FLOTILLA THIRTEEN' > 'LCI GROUP 38' > 'LCI DIVISION 76' > 'LCI 392 - Lt. A. S. Field (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official fleet organization document lists LCI 392 in LCI Division 76, LCI Group 38 (ComLCIGrp 38: Lt. Cdr. N. Nash, Jr.), under LCI Flotilla Thirteen (Comdr. M. B. Brown), with Lt. A. S. Field (USNR) as her commanding officer. Division 76 roster: LCI 482 (Lt.(jg) E. S. Rubin), LCI 483 (Lt. H. T. Jones, Jr.), LCI 392 (Lt. A. S. Field), LCI 393 (Lt.(jg) E. B. Bagby), LCI 394 (Lt. P. A. Wassmandorf), LCI 395 (Lt.(jg) H. L. Tibbals). Division 76 carries no (G) gunboat annotation - consistent with 392 remaining an infantry landing craft throughout.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-392, May 1945
- Limitations
- Documents the fleet organization at a single date (1 May 1945); NavSource's Flotilla Five/Group Fourteen/Division Twenty-Eight reflects the earlier assignment - the ship's own documents bridge the two (action-report endorsement on Flotilla Thirteen/Group 38 letterhead; May diary still carbon-copied to ComLCIFlot-5). HyperWar is a verbatim transcription host for the NHHC document; the live NHHC page 404s. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-07
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[9]NARA catalog records for this hull (located via Digital Public Library of America mirror, provider: National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference; digitization status verified on the catalog pages directly this session): war-diary installments NAIDs 78367184 (12/8/43-2/29/44), 78363327 (3/44), 78469800 and 78424601 (4/44 - two records, same title), 78508684 (5-6/44), 78634618 (7-8/44), 78664439 (9-10/44), 139833061 (11-12/44), 77489927 (3/45), 83536225 (4/45), 83565038 (5/45); action report NAID 77547788; muster rolls NAID 120185318 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPLA phrase search '"LCI(L) 392"' (13 results, all NARA College Park); catalog.archives.gov/id/ pages for each NAID
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Thirteen ship-specific NARA records exist for this hull, all digitized (Fold3/Ancestry microfilm, verified on catalog pages): eleven war-diary installments spanning 8 December 1943 through 31 May 1945 (the December 1943, March 1945, and May 1945 installments plus the 4-page Mili-Knox action report were read in full this session), and a 117-image muster-roll series (Ancestry scans; earliest roll dated 1943). These are the primary-source leads for any future hull-level documentation - including anything the unread installments record about material condition, availabilities, or the June-August 1945 Kwajalein repair period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-08 to 1945-05-31 (record coverage)
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-392 (muster rolls); ship's officers (war diaries/action report)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified directly (catalog.archives.gov pages render via JS but were fetched through Firecrawl); only the four documents noted were read in full - the remaining installments' contents are unexamined beyond their cataloged coverage dates. The January-February 1945 installment was not located in the surfaced set (gap may be a title-styling artifact or a genuinely absent installment). Presence of records does not indicate asbestos content; no asbestos term appears in any located metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-08
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[10]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - 'Ships With Symbol and Number Designations,' printed pp. 336-338; scanned page images via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center mirror (narasl44/362-364.jpg; read directly 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed pp. 336-338 (ACPL scans narasl44/362-364.jpg): LCI sequence gap 373 -> 393 on p. 337
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- SL44 contains NO logbook entry for LCI(L)-392: the printed sequence on p. 337 runs LCI(L)(G)-373 then jumps to LCI(L)-393, -394, -395, LCI(L)(G)-396, -397 - her division sisters' logs are inventoried (e.g., 'LCI(L)-393 | Dec. 11, 1943-June 30, 1945 | 3' logbooks) but 392's are absent. The 374-391 hulls absent alongside her were Lend-Lease transfers to the Royal Navy (NavSource pages: HM LCI(L)-374, -376, -380, -383, -386, -389, -391; HyperWar USN landing-craft table marks 'LCI(L)-374-391 Lend-Lease to UK'), so their absence from a U.S. logbook inventory is expected - but LCI(L)-392 was a U.S.-commissioned ship, making her absence an unexplained archival gap in the deck-log record (her war diaries and muster rolls do survive - ev-08).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- compiled 1978; records 1801-1947
- Limitations
- Absence from SL44 means NARA held no deck logs for this hull at the 1978 compilation - logs may have been lost, retained elsewhere, or never accessioned; it does not mean the ship kept no logs. Neighbor-hull readings (393-397 present; 374-391 RN) verified by direct image fetch of printed pp. 336-338.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-09
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[11]Majuro Naval Air Base press dispatch, 21 March 1945 ('Somewhere on Majuro Atoll'), scanned document hosted on NavSource; text-extracted 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDF 150481a.pdf, lead paragraphs (67 Koreans, Chiribun Island, Mille Atoll)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The dispatch documents the event this hull's March war diary records from the receiving side: 'Sixty-seven emaciated, half-starved Koreans are safe at this U.S. Naval Air Base today... the sole survivors of an original company of 193 men stationed on Chiribun Island, at the southeast corner of Japanese-occupied Mille Atoll,' rescued after the 17 March 1945 Korean uprising and 'the subsequent dispatch of U.S. Navy vessels to the scene.' The diary (ev-04) records 392 receiving 49 Korean POWs off Chirubon Island plus 18 more transferred from LCI(L) 479 on 18 March - a 67-man total matching the dispatch. Names no ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-17 to 1945-03-21
- Population
- 67 rescued Korean laborers; crews of the participating vessels
- Limitations
- Names no vessel - unit/area-level corroboration only; the ship's participation comes from her own war diary (ev-04). The dispatch is a period press document hosted on a secondary compilation site. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-10
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[12]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 1943 construction and 1943-46 service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered includes 1943-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews of the asbestos era
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, same standing limitation as batches 01/98/5069.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-11
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[13]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2), 2005, DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x; verified live 2026-09-30 (direct curl 403, full page via Firecrawl) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NEJ 117(2) 2005 article record + abstract, ingentaconnect art00012
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed Naval Engineers Journal article (American Society of Naval Engineers) documents that asbestos 'was once used in U.S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation and in many other shipboard products,' that crew aboard 'Navy ships built during and following WWII' were among those exposed, and that 'the most likely source of their Navy shipboard exposures was thermal insulation' because the materials were 'dry, friable, and easily accessible.' Covers this hull's construction and service era at the practice level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2005 (article); WWII-era practice documented
- Population
- WWII-and-later Navy ship crews; shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Era/practice-level documentation - names no hull and no product list for this vessel; establishes the Navy-era practice, not installed materials aboard LCI(L)-392. Abstract-level read; article body not retrieved. No quantity, product, or individual exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-12
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[14]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (geared diesel: two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft; single GM main reduction gears; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-11); Rushworth NEJ 2005 (ev-12); documented availabilities from the war diaries (ev-03, ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150392.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NEJ 117(2) 2005; war diaries NAIDs 78367184/83565038 (availability entries)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A geared-diesel landing craft built November-December 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust thermal insulation/lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; exposure-relevant confined spaces were her engine room and machinery spaces. Her documented maintenance events - Collona Shipyard drydock (from 12 January 1944), Key West Naval Base availability (1-3 February 1944), N.R.B. San Diego availability (from 28 February 1944), and Berlin Island, Kwajalein dry-docking (from 31 May 1945) - are periods when era-standard insulation/materials work would have occurred if performed, but no work package or material scope is documented for any of them.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (Nov-Dec 1943); crew (1943-46), esp. engine-room personnel; repair workforces at Collona Shipyard, Key West NB, NRB San Diego, and Berlin Island/Kwajalein availabilities; post-sale purchasers/scrappers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-392 despite an unusually deep documentary record (war diaries, action report, operation plan all read). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. The documented availabilities are events only - their material scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-13
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[15]Batch-5102 search ledger (this record): NavSource page + two hosted scan PDFs; NARA digitized action report and three war-diary installments read in full plus catalog record set via DPLA; NARA SL44 printed pp. 336-338 via ACPL scans; NHHC PacFleet org via HyperWar; GAO HRD-80-2; NEJ 117(2); CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket, both zero); usslci.org site search; secondary web litigation sweep; batch intake cross-check (no PRIMARY match at any tier under LCI/LSI spellings, same-number conversions, or documented renumberings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-392-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-392 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned count=0 for '"LCI(L)-392" OR "LCI-392" OR "LCI(L) 392" OR "LCI 392"' at BOTH opinion (type=o) and docket (type=r) level on 2026-09-30 - a completed negative, not a throttle-logged gap. Batch intake records 'No PRIMARY match at any tier' under the checked spellings/conversions. The only asbestos-adjacent web material is generic landing-craft marketing content (asbestos-ships.com class page, mesowatch shipyard listicles asserting WWII craft/yards 'contained asbestos materials' without primary sourcing) - excluded by source policy; none names 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. The residual open leads are real: the unread war-diary installments, the 117-image muster-roll series, and any Lawley build records or Kwajalein repair work packages could contain material detail not yet examined. The deck-log series itself is not in the SL44-inventoried NARA collection (ev-09). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-392-14
