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(G)-455 ex USS LCI(L)-455 (history from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/150455 - timeline block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 10 July 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 26 August 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-455, 4 September 1943, Lt. (jg) G. J. Sullivan USNR in command (as of May 1945); reclassified LCI(G)-455, 15 June 1944; Asiatic-Pacific service with LCI(G) Flotilla Three, LCI Group One, LCI Division Fourteen; credited campaigns: Kwajalein/Majuro 31 Jan-8 Feb 1944, Saipan 20 Jun-16 Jul 1944, Tinian 10 Jul and 24-28 Jul 1944, Southern Palau Islands 6 Sep-14 Oct 1944, Iwo Jima 17 Feb-16 Mar 1945, Okinawa Gunto 29 May-30 Jun 1945; six battle stars plus Navy Unit Commendation as member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3; decommissioned date unknown; stricken 1946; transferred to Maritime Commission 3 May 1948; fate unknown. The page's photographic record includes an LCI National Association newsletter photo showing USS LCI(G)-455 moored in a nest of LCIs in San Diego Bay circa early 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Wartime crew (LCI(L): 4 officers/24 enlisted; LCI(G): 5 officers/65 enlisted per NavSource specs); embarked troops (capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted); New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary archive transcribing official/association data (its stated source is the Turner Publishing LCI history) - used as the principal timeline because no DANFS entry exists for numbered landing craft. Documents service history and specifications only; contains no asbestos or materials information. The '(May 1945)' CO annotation is corroborated by the NHHC Pacific Fleet organization listing (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-01
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[2]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (transcribed wartime organization document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Organization table, LCI Division 14 (G) block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 U.S. Pacific Fleet organization lists 'LCI 455' under 'LCI DIVISION 14 (G)' with Lt. (jg) G. J. Sullivan (USNR) as commanding officer - corroborating the gunboat conversion and the commanding officer named by NavSource, and confirming active commissioned service as of that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Lt. (jg) G. J. Sullivan USNR and crew as of 1 May 1945
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot of one date; lists the ship as 'LCI 455' within a (G) division rather than by full designation. Documents assignment and command, not materials, exposure, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-02
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[3]NHHC, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (rev. 1953), Part 2 - Unit Awards, Navy Unit Commendation list [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Part 2 Unit Awards, Navy Unit Commendation table, LCI(G) Flotilla 3 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Unit Commendation roster lists 'LCI (G) Flotilla 3, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, consisting of' forty named hulls including 'USS LCI (G) 455', for the period '31 Jan - 28 Jul 44 - Kwajelein [sic] and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas' - official corroboration of the flotilla-level NUC that NavSource attributes to this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (award period); 1953 (manual)
- Population
- LCI(G) Flotilla 3 crews, Jan-Jul 1944
- Limitations
- Confirms unit award membership and the award's period/operations; does not by itself establish the ship's presence on any particular day within 31 Jan-28 Jul 1944, and contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-03
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[4]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number volume [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, page 17, LCI(L)(G)-455 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (ship-number volume, PDF page 17) lists deck logs under 'LCI(L)(G)-455' with begin date 9/4/1943 and end date 6/30/1945 - the hull's wartime log series exists at NARA covering commissioning through the end of the Okinawa operation. These are log-coverage dates in a finding aid, not commissioning/decommissioning dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-09-04 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- Wartime crew named in muster/log pages (uninspected)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid entry only - the logs are not digitized in the public catalog and were not inspected; contents unknown. The coverage window is log custody metadata and does not itself document events, materials, or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-04
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[5]USS LCI National Association, 'Memories of LCI(G)-455' by Bremmer Martha PhM1/c (Elsie Item newsletter, March 2019, No. 104) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org post 'Memories of LCI(G)-455', full text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Firsthand crew memoir of this hull: Atlantic/Panama transit via Key West and Coco Solo to San Diego; maneuvers with Marines at San Clemente Island; Kwajalein/Roi-Namur and Majuro; Pearl Harbor and Maui staging; fire support for underwater demolition teams at Guam; Tinian; Peleliu and Angaur; Ulithi; Okinawa from the 1 April 1945 landings including daily kamikaze attacks over two months and a night spent refloating the ship off a coral reef; return via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor to San Francisco and Great Lakes, with discharge 15 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- PhM1/c Bremmer Martha and shipmates, wartime crew
- Limitations
- Personal recollection published decades later by the veterans' association - firsthand but unverified against the deck logs; describes events, not materials, and contains no asbestos content. Its Okinawa presence from 1 April 1945 sits alongside NavSource's credited Okinawa Gunto window of 29 May-30 June 1945 - carried in gaps, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-05
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[6]Library of Virginia, World War II Separation Notices: Navy - NAVPERS-553 for Franklin Lorraine Dale, GM3c (Gunner's Mate 3rd Class) USNR (transcribed via FromThePage) [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage work 1142422-010-047-001, 'Service Vessels and Stations' field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A primary Navy personnel record lists 'USS LCI(G) 455' among the service vessels and stations of GM3c Franklin L. Dale (entered service 20 April 1943; honorable separation at USNPSC Shelton, VA; Asiatic-Pacific, WWII Victory, American Theater medals) - documenting wartime crewing aboard this hull by an enlisted gunner's mate.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (service); 1945-46 (separation notice)
- Population
- GM3c Franklin L. Dale, USNR (wartime crew)
- Limitations
- Personnel record of one crewman; documents assignment aboard, not duties, dates aboard, materials, or exposure. The truncated 'Name of Commanding Officer' field (L.J. Snyder, Lt.) appears to refer to the separation-center command, not the ship - not asserted otherwise.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-06
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ - yard description and production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding page, yard description + production table row 'LCI(L) 455'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The yard reference lists 'LCI(L) 455, US Navy, Landing Craft, Sep-43, Struck 1946' in its New Jersey Shipbuilding production table, and describes the yard as an assembly line for LCIs on the Arthur Kill at Barber (now Maurer, Perth Amboy), with management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request and closure after the war - corroborating builder, delivery window, and striking year.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce, 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary reference for U.S. yard production, not an official record; used to corroborate builder and characterize the construction yard. Contains no asbestos or materials information about the yard or this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 bhp; twin variable-pitch propellers) establishing an all-diesel plant for this hull; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-09) for the Navy's documented asbestos-use era covering 1943 construction [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/150455, specifications block (propulsion)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1943 landing craft built inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era sits within period construction practice; era-standard applications aboard a diesel-powered amphibious craft of this type were diesel-exhaust and machinery lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal insulation, electrical insulation, and deck covering compounds. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1943); wartime crew; conversion-yard workers (LCI(G) conversion, 1944)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, build specification, or work package located for LCI(L)-455. 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-455-lcil455-08
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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, description
- 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 (1943-1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era coverage includes 1943-1946
- 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) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-09
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[10]Batch-5172 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44 (ship-number volume); NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NHHC Navy & MC Awards Manual pt2; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; USS LCI National Association memoir; Library of Virginia separation notice; shipbuildinghistory yard table; CourtListener opinion search; NVR applicability check; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or case naming LCI(L)-455 / LCI(G)-455 was found in the public sources searched; a CourtListener opinion query for 'LCI(L)-455' returned zero hits, and remaining CourtListener queries were pending at session end under the fleet pacing limiter (see search_ledger).
- 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 hull's 1943 wartime construction is consistent with era-standard asbestos use. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage is partial at session end.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-455-lcil455-10