Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NARA, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship numbers), RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 (by Ship Numbers), PDF p. 23, entry 'LCI(L)-434 7/24/1943 6/30/1945'; parent page https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official inventory of Navy deck logs names this hull: 'LCI(L)-434 7/24/1943 6/30/1945' (Special List 44, ship-number edition, PDF page 23). Deck logs for this hull therefore exist in the National Archives holdings covering her wartime commissioned service from 24 July 1943 (the date also given by NavSource and uboat.net as her commissioning) through 30 June 1945. The underlying logs are RG 24 Entry 118 paper holdings at NARA College Park; this hull does not appear on NARA's digitized deck-log list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Wartime crew (4 officers + 24 enlisted complement); embarked troops (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- The dates are deck-log coverage dates, not asserted commissioning/decommissioning milestones - though the 7/24/1943 start coincides with the documented commissioning date. Deck logs record daily operations, positions, personnel and disciplinary entries - they carry no asbestos or material content and are not themselves an exposure record. Logs are undigitized; contents not examined. Verified live 2026-09-30 by direct PDF text extraction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-434 - construction milestones, flotilla assignments, campaign record, awards, specifications, disposal (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150434.htm - header block, awards display, campaign tables, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 22 April 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; launched 3 July 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-434, 24 July 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Five, then LCI Flotilla Twenty-Two (1944-45; CDR. Paul McD. Smith USN 1944, CDR. Marion M. Byrd 1944-45). Campaigns: Bismarck Archipelago operation, Green Island landing, 15-19 February 1944; Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landing, printed as '9 to 18 February 1945' (month conflicts with official record - see correction row); Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines, Mindanao Island landings, 17-23 April 1945. Post-war: Occupation and China service under Commander Yangtze Patrol Force, 8 September - 20 December 1945 (Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; China Service Medal extended). Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; sold 13 November 1946, fate unknown. Earned three battle stars; also Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3), WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Photographs document the hull beached at Cairns, Australia; beached in New Guinea; and disembarking troops at Aitape, New Guinea, all 1944 (QM2/c Joseph P. Muldoon collection). 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; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew (4 officers + 24 enlisted); embarked troops; NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (source credited: Turner Publishing LCI Vol. II, 1995) - milestone dates corroborated here by uboat.net and the shipbuildinghistory yard list, but campaign participation windows were not independently verified against the official Navy awards/participation lists. The printed Lingayen campaign month (February) conflicts with the official 9 January 1945 landing (see ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-434 (LCI 351 class) milestone table; corroborated by the New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ yard-hull list (shipbuildinghistory.com via Naval Marine Archive mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net warship page 21476 (specification/history table); navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html (yard-hull table row for #434)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration of identity and milestones: uboat.net lists LCI(L)-434 of the LCI 351 class - ordered 22 March 1943, laid down 22 April 1943, launched 3 July 1943, commissioned 24 July 1943, sold 13 November 1946, built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey). The yard-hull list for New Jersey Shipbuilding carries the row 'LCI(L) | 434 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jul-43 | Sold 1946' within a production run of several hundred Navy LCI(L) hulls (hull numbers spanning roughly 238-884).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Both are secondary compilations (uboat.net specialist reference; Colton-style yard list mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com) - corroborating, not primary, sourcing. 'Ordered 22 Mar 1943' vs 'laid down 22 Apr 1943' distinguishes contract-order date from keel date. Yard list documents hull-by-hull production but no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-03
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[4]NHHC, H-040-3: The Invasion of Luzon - Battle of Lingayen Gulf, January 1945 (Director's H-gram series) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC H-040-3 (paragraphs 'The invasion of Luzon ... was set for 9 January 1945' and 'One Helluva Day - Lingayen Gulf, 6 January 1945'); NavSource 10/15/150434.htm campaign table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource prints this hull's Luzon-operation campaign line as 'Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 February 1945.' The Lingayen Gulf landings occurred in January, not February: NHHC documents that 'the invasion of Luzon ... was set for 9 January 1945,' with preliminary minesweeping and bombardment from 6 January and the landings executed on schedule 9 January 1945. The February month on the NavSource campaign line conflicts with the official operational record and is treated as a transcription error; the campaign attribution itself (Luzon operation / Lingayen Gulf) is carried.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-01
- Population
- Crew during Luzon operation (January 1945)
- Limitations
- Corrects the printed month only; the exact hull-level participation-window dates (e.g., an end date of the 18th) are not independently verified against the official Navy campaign-participation list for this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-04
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[5]Civilian Production Administration / War Production Board, War Industrial Facilities Authorized July 1940-August 1945 (govinfo.gov GOVPUB-P32_4800-1226d01b08d0c7bf2f8de2cbd75b80cc) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Alphabetical company register, 'B'/'new Jersey shipbuilding co' entry (OCR-scanned table; Perth Amboy NJ location)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Government wartime record of this hull's builder: the WPB/CPA register of authorized war industrial facilities lists 'new Jersey shipbuilding co PERTH AMBOY N J' in the alphabetical company register, in a shipbuilding block whose product columns include LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY and whose program columns include NAVY-SHIPS. The entry documents the Barber/Perth Amboy yard as a Navy-program wartime facility producing landing craft - the yard that built this hull and a run of several hundred sister LCI(L) hulls.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding workforce (1940-45 authorization window)
- Limitations
- Yard-level record, not a hull record: names the builder, not LCI(L)-434. The source is an OCR-degraded scan of a multi-column register - the exact company-to-product column alignment is partially corrupt, so the specific product attribution is approximated (though landing-craft production at this yard is independently documented by the yard-hull list). Documents wartime production authorization only; no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-351 class specification block (all-diesel GM 6051-series plant, 2 shafts); NHHC LCI(L)-10 class page (design-era landing-craft class characteristics); GAO HRD-80-2 program context (Navy asbestos use through early 1970s) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150434.htm specifications block; NHHC LCI(L)-10 class page; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A small all-diesel amphibious landing craft built mid-1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel combatant of this type and period were engine and exhaust/muffler lagging, gaskets and flange packing, valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation/joiner materials in machinery and berthing spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined-volume machinery-space exposure dynamic applies to a hull of her size.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); wartime crew (1943-46); any post-sale merchant operators
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-434. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-06
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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 (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-434-lcil434-07
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[8]Journal of Arden Lee Hunt, USS LCI-226 (transcribed wartime diary hosted by the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org, 'The Journal of Arden Lee Hunt, LCI 226' - Dec. 8 entry (between 'Dec. 1, 44' and 'Dec. 9' entries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A period first-person diary names this hull in SW-Pacific service: under a Dec. 8 entry (1944 per the journal's own chronology - 'Dec. 1, 44' is explicitly dated), the LCI-226 diarist records 'Our gear box arrived today aboard L.C.I. 434, which has just come from Australia with 4 other LCI's' while both craft lay at the Stringer Bay / LaDava amphibious base (Milne Bay area, New Guinea). The entry places LCI-434 in New Guinea-area staging in early December 1944, consistent with NavSource's Cairns/New Guinea/Aitape 1944 photographs and the run-up to the January 1945 Lingayen operation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- LCI-434 crew, New Guinea staging (December 1944)
- Limitations
- Transcribed wartime diary hosted by the USS LCI National Association (a 501(c)(19) veterans organization), not an official record; transcription fidelity unverified against the manuscript. The year is inferred from the journal's own dated chronology, not restated in the Dec. 8 entry itself. Establishes presence and a supply event, not exposure; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-08
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[9]Batch-5149 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 + digitized-log list; NavSource; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory yard list; WPB/CPA facilities register; USCG historian LCI(L) roster; CourtListener (opinions + dockets); usslci.org; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for LCI(L)-434: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming the hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches under spellings 'LCI(L)-434' (639 fuzzy hits, ALL 'LCI' corporate name collisions - LCI International, LCI Communications, etc., none ship-related), 'LCIL-434' (0), 'LCI(L) 434' (0), 'LCI-434' (0) and the phrase '"Landing Craft Infantry" asbestos' (0) returned no qualifying litigation; docket searches returned only 'LCI' corporate collisions unquoted and zero hits for the quoted phrase '"LCI(L)-434"'. The only 'asbestos aboard landing craft' content located is law-firm marketing material (asbestos-ships.com and similar), excluded by source policy.
- 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 - era-consistent materials would be expected on a 1943 hull. The litigation search covered CourtListener opinions and dockets under all spelling variants plus the craft-type asbestos phrase (all zero qualifying hits); it does not reach PACER-only records or sealed files. Deck logs, BuShips work packages, and the 1946 sale documents are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-434-lcil434-09