Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-457 ex USS LCI(L)-457 (1943-1944) - build/milestone timeline, flotilla assignment, campaign table, awards, specifications, disposition (page history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995') [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel page, timeline/specification/campaign blocks; navsource.net URL verified live 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry: laid down 15 July 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 28 August 1943; commissioned LCI(L)-457 8 September 1943; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-457 15 June 1944. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 3 (CDR M.J. Malanaphy), flagship of Group 8 (LCDR Nash). Campaigns: Marshall Islands (Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 Jan-8 Feb 1944); Marianas (Saipan 20 Jun-16 Jul 1944; Guam 17-21 Jul 1944); Tinian capture and occupation 24 Jul-10 Aug 1944; Iwo Jima assault and occupation 17-19 Feb 1945. Occupation duty in the Far East 2-22 September 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 16 October 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Earned four battle stars plus Presidential Unit Citation (Iwo Jima, 17 Feb 1945) and Navy Unit Commendation as member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 Jan-28 Jul 1944); Combat Action Ribbon retroactive (Iwo Jima 17-21 Feb 1945); Navy Cross to LTjg Jerome J. O'Dowd, USNR, CO. Specifications: 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 246 t light / 389 t loaded; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(L) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (28 as LCI(L); 70 as LCI(G), per spec block) plus embarked troops (up to 182 enlisted + 6 officers)
- Limitations
- Authoritative compiled record (NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive) but a secondary compilation - underlying attribution is the Turner Publishing LCI history, not the ship's logs themselves. Decommissioning and struck dates are given only as 'unknown' and '1946'; final disposition undocumented. Contains no asbestos-related content - supports identity, service, and exposure-window framing only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-01
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[2]HyperWar Foundation mirror, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: USS LCI(G)-457' (NHHC-compiled amphibious-vessel data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel entry text; ibiblio.org URL verified live 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(G)-351-class gunboat: displacement 385 t (full load); length 160'; beam 23'3"; speed 15.5 kts; complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; 8 GM diesel engines, twin screws; built at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, NJ; commissioned 8 September 1943; damage line item '17 Feb 45; Japanese gunfire at Iwo Jima.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's company (5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G))
- Limitations
- Compiled specification block - confirms builder and commissioning and independently records the 17 Feb 1945 battle-damage event, but carries no operational narrative and no asbestos content. Displacement figure (385 t full load) differs slightly from NavSource's class block (389 t loaded); variant noted, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-02
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[3]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'Combat Awards' compilation (drawn from Military Times Hall of Valor): Navy Cross citation, LTjg Jerome J. O'Dowd, USNR, CO LCI(G)-457; Silver Star citation, Pharmacist's Mate First Class Cecil Lee Bailey, USNR [other_primary]
- Locator
- Combat Awards page, Navy Cross and Silver Star sections; URL verified live 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Navy Cross citation (LTjg Jerome J. O'Dowd, CO LCI(G)-457, LCI(G) Group Eight): 'in the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, on 17 February 1945 ... skillfully maneuvered his ship and directed effective gunfire against the enemy beach until serious underwater damage necessitated the retirement of his ship.' Silver Star citation (PhM1 Cecil Lee Bailey, aboard LCI(G)-457, 17 Feb 1945): credited with saving the lives of several wounded shipmates under hazardous conditions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew of LCI(G)-457, 17 Feb 1945
- Limitations
- Veterans-association compilation reproducing official award-citation text; corroborates ship-specific battle damage and wounded aboard on 17 Feb 1945. Not a primary archive - citation texts are transcribed, not scanned. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-03
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[4]Robin L. Rielly, American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific (McFarland, 2013), ch. 7 'Iwo Jima' - account grounded in USS LCI(G) 457, Serial-None, Action Report, 27 February 1945, pp. 3-5 (ch. 7 n.10) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Chapter 7 (Iwo Jima), LCI(G)-457 passage and notes 1, 10; publisher page verified live 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(G)-457 covered UDT 15 on Blue Beach 2 within Task Unit 52.5.2 (LCDR W.V. Nash embarked aboard - she was the Group 8 flagship). On station about 2,000 yards off the beach at ~1055-1103 on 17 February 1945, Japanese mortar fire bracketed the ship; one round exploded about a foot off the port side, opening a 3-by-4-foot hole and flooding the forward compartment, while machine-gun fire raked the ship and disabled rocket launchers. Relieved by LCI(G)-469; transferred 21 wounded (12 serious, one of whom later died) to Gilmer (APD-11); damage surveyed alongside Tennessee (BB-43); received pumping assistance from Terror (CM-5).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Population
- Ship's company plus CTU 52.5.2 staff embarked (LCDR Nash)
- Limitations
- Published secondary account (McFarland, scholarly maritime history) whose footnoted source is the ship's own NARA action report - the strongest non-archival narrative available, but this record cites the book, not the report itself. No asbestos content; damage details document that the forward compartment was opened and flooded (materials disturbed) but fiber content is not addressed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-04
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[5]U.S. National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (NARA, 1978) - entry under combined heading LCI(L)(G)-457; scanned pages mirrored at Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, signal-number section (F-LCI(L) series), LCI(L)(G)-457 line; coverage 9/8/1943-6/30/1945; NARA logbooks landing page verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds Navy deck logs for this hull, filed under LCI(L)(G)-457, covering 9/8/1943-6/30/1945 (MM/DD/YYYY) - a span running from commissioning through June 1945 wartime service. These are log-coverage dates, not assumed commissioning/decommissioning dates; the commissioning date (8 September 1943) is independently documented by NavSource and the NHHC-compiled entry.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-09-08 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes that logbooks exist at NARA (College Park, textual records) for this hull covering the stated span - an archival lead only. The logs are not among the digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog (no LCI(L) logs appear in NARA's online deck-log list as of 2026-09-30); contents unexamined. SL44 is a finding aid - it does not describe log content, much less materials or asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-05
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[6]USS LCI(G) 457, Serial-None, Action Report, 27 February 1945, pp. 3-5 (WWII action-report records, National Archives) - cited as the source for the ship's Iwo Jima narrative in Rielly, American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II, ch. 7 n.10 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cited at Rielly ch. 7 n.10: 'USS LCI(G) 457 Serial-None, Action Report, 27 February 1945, pp. 3-5'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report for the Iwo Jima operation exists (submitted 27 February 1945) and is the underlying primary record for the 17 February 1945 damage/casualty narrative summarized in this record. Located within NARA WWII action-report holdings; not digitized.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company, Feb 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the report was not directly examined; its existence and date are attested through Rielly's footnoted citation. Action reports may document damage-repair details relevant to disturbed materials but no claim is made until examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-06
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (Justine Christianson, 2012) - written historical and descriptive data for the sole surviving LCI-351-class vessel in original configuration [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data, pp. 1-3 (principal measurements, propulsion, description); LOC tile URL verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal documentation of the LCI-351 class to which LCI(L)-457 belongs: Bureau of Ships standard design; welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction; two decks with troop compartments, crew space, engine room with four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesels on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; deckhouse with mess, wardroom, galley.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (class era); documentation 2012
- Population
- LCI-351-class crews generally (class context)
- Limitations
- Class documentation for sister hull LCI(L)-713 - describes the type's materials and arrangement but never mentions asbestos; it neither establishes nor rules out asbestos-containing insulation aboard LCI(L)-457. LCI(L)-713 was built at a different yard (George Lawley & Son, Neponset MA) to the same BuShips design.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-07
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (ex-USS LCI(L)-653) - written historical and descriptive data including New Jersey Shipbuilding yard history [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written data, pp. 2-8 and nn. 4-7; LOC tile URL verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documents the builder of this hull: New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation, Barber NJ, incorporated 1942 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Barber Asphalt Corporation, which converted the idled asphalt plant on Arthur Kill at Perth Amboy into a purpose-built LCI(L) yard; managed by Todd Shipyards at the Navy's request; employed about 2,500 workers and produced 375 LCI(L)s, including hull block 423-657 (which contains hull 457). Yard dismantled after the war. The report's design history records that the LCI(L) 351 redesign (first delivered May 1943) carried the deckhouse the full width of the hull, a new cylindrical pilot house, and enlarged troop-compartment hatches - the configuration of this hull, which predates the post-June-1944 centerline-ramp modification. Also cites the class construction contract document: 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L) 351-542' (U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, [1943]).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (yard operation); documentation 2012
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (~2,500 workers, 1942-45)
- Limitations
- Yard-level and class-level documentation - establishes where and under what program this hull was built, but records no materials list and no asbestos content for the yard's output. The BuShips detail specification covering hulls 351-542 exists as a paper-era document and is an archival lead, not a located/digitized source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-08
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[9]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L), WWII Construction' table - LCI(L) 457 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L) construction table, hull 457 row; URL verified live 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary construction/disposition table lists LCI(L) 457 as built by New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ; FY43; delivered September 1943; disposition 'Struck 1946.' Corroborates builder and timeline; adds no post-1947 disposition beyond NavSource's 'fate unknown.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (shipbuilding historian's yard/hull tables) - consistent with NavSource and HAER but not a primary source; 'Struck 1946' without day-level date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-09
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource/HyperWar specification blocks (diesel propulsion, no steam plant); HAER OR-180/AK-52 class construction documentation (welded steel, GM 6-71 diesels, BuShips design); GAO HRD-80-2 era framing (see ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block; HyperWar spec block; HAER OR-180 pp. 1-2; HAER AK-52 design history
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built mid-1943 to a Bureau of Ships design sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type were: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, valve packing, electrical wiring insulation, and accommodation/galley thermal insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no 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
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); ship's company (1943-46); embarked troops (up to 188); battle-damage repair parties (1945); post-1947 disposal trades (fate unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or BuShips detail-specification text was located for LCI(L)-457. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. Damage/opening of the forward compartment at Iwo Jima (17 Feb 1945) and wartime repair are documented events, but fiber content of disturbed material is not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-10
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (access-blocked to automated fetch; HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively in ship construction and that WWII-era-built ships and the yards that built them were within the asbestos-exposure program's concern - establishing the era baseline inside which this hull was built in 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- WWII-era through 1979
- Population
- Navy ship construction/overhaul workforce (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level survey - does not name this hull, class, or builder and does not establish asbestos aboard LCI(L)-457; provides era context only. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (verified 2026-09-30); product-page description relied on, full text not pulled this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-11
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[12]Batch-5174 search ledger (this record): NavSource; HyperWar NHHC-compiled entry; HAER OR-180 and AK-52 (Library of Congress); USS LCI National Association combat-awards and Elsie Item archives; NARA Special List 44 and NARA online deck-log holdings; shipbuildinghistory.com; CourtListener API v4 (type=o); VA BVA web-indexed decisions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-457 or LCI(G)-457 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener searches for 'LCI-457' / 'LCI(L)-457' / 'LCI(G)-457' / 'LCI 457' returned zero results in both the opinion index (type=o) and the docket index (type=r). No Board of Veterans' Appeals decision naming this hull was located in web-indexed searches.
- 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 1943 BuShips design sat squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage is the opinion and RECAP-docket indexes only; state-court and unindexed dockets are outside scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-457-lcil457-12