Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet pj-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-468 | hull: 468 | designation: LCI(L) — Landing Craft Infantry (Large) | type: large landing craft, infantry
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-468-lcil468-pkt-pj-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-468 ex USS LCI(L)-468 (10/15/150468.htm) - construction, designation timeline, campaign table, awards, specifications; history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150468.htm - header designation line, milestone list, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, image captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft, Infantry (Large); laid down in August 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched in September 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-468, 25 September 1943; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) USS LCI(G)-468, 15 June 1944. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater; campaign table lists Marianas operation - capture and occupation of Saipan, 18 June 1944. 'USS LCI(G)-468 was sunk due to enemy action, 18 June 1944'; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown. One battle star for World War II service. Specs: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft), BHP 1,600, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(G) armament two single 40mm, four single 20mm, six .50 cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Construction trades at New Jersey Shipbuilding (1943); ship's company 1943-44 (28 in LCI(L) fit, 70 in LCI(G) fit per spec block)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS practice but the underlying Turner Publishing ship history is not independently verified here; it gives only month precision for laid down and launched. Photo captions conflict on the attacking aircraft type ('Japanese dive bombers' vs 'Japanese torpedo bombers') - the contemporaneous TG 53.16 report (ev-04) documents a torpedo-plane attack on 17 June. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-01
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ yard page - construction table row 'LCI(L) 468 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-43 | Sunk 1944' and yard history [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm - yard description and New Jersey Shipbuilding LCI(L) construction table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's construction table corroborates this hull: 'LCI(L) 468, US Navy, Landing Craft, Sep-43, Sunk 1944.' Yard history per the same page: New Jersey Shipbuilding was 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber' (community later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now called Maurer); management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard was closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work (independent compilation of Maritime Commission/Navy hull lists), not a primary contract record - corroborates builder, completion window, and war-loss disposition. 'Sep-43' is a delivery/completion month, not a laid-down date. Contains no asbestos content; no yard hazmat record located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - 'Special List #44, by Ship Numbers' PDF, entry 'LCI(L)(G)-468 | 9/25/1943 | 5/31/1944' [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 18 (live-verified; direct pdftotext extraction of the row)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook inventory lists deck logs for this hull under 'LCI(L)(G)-468' covering 9/25/1943 through 5/31/1944 - the wartime logbook set exists in NARA custody (Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives; principal series is RG 24 'Logs of U.S. Naval Ships and Stations, 1801-1946', Entry 118). These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates, though the start coincides with the documented 25 September 1943 commissioning. The coverage ends 31 May 1944, less than three weeks before the hull was torpedoed 17 June 1944 and scuttled 18 June 1944 - consistent with the final operational period logs not being held or being lost with the ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-09-25 to 1944-05-31 (coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company generating the logs (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Establishes that NARA holds deck logs for the hull and their coverage window - does not itself document hull contents, materials, or any asbestos condition. Logs are NOT digitized: the hull does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page (verified 2026-09-30); access requires Archives II textual reference. The 5/31/1944 end date is a holdings boundary, not a loss or decommissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-03
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[5]NARA-declassified primary document (NavSource-hosted scan): Commander Task Group 53.16 (Captain G. B. Carter, USN, Commander LST Flotilla FIVE), 'Report of Anti-Aircraft Action, TASK GROUP 53.16 - 17 June 1944,' serial LST FLOT5/A16-3 000150, dated 7 July 1944 - 8 pages, NARA declassification stamp E.O. 13526, NDC, Dec 31, 2012 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource-hosted scan 150468a.pdf, pp. 5-7 (paragraphs 5(a)-(c) and enclosure comments); p. 8 is the annotated track chart
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous loss record: 'U.S.S. LCI(G) 468 was hit on the starboard bow by a torpedo launched from a Japanese torpedo plane at about 1758 KING, 17 June 1944, Latitude 13 deg-01' N., Longitude 148 deg-12' E., resulting in about 50 feet of her bow being blown off, and the ship taking a decided list to port.' Rescue by LCI(G) 466 and LCI(G) 472; 'the only casualties that were not either dead or missing were four (4) suffering from minor wounds.' Salvage by LCI(G) 472/466 and repair personnel from U.S.S. AGENOR (ARL-3); watertight integrity aft of Frame 42 unimpaired. Taken in tow by U.S.S. HOLLY (AN-19) about 2300 KING 17 June; salvage discontinued late morning 18 June after reported bogies; 'the TASK GROUP COMMANDER regretfully ordered STEMBEL to sink LCI(G) 468. Sinking of LCI(G) 468 was accomplished at 1256 KING 18 June 1944, Latitude 13 deg-38.5' N., Longitude 148 deg-37.2' E., firing 15 rounds of 5"/38 projectiles.' The report adds that LCI(G) 468 was the only convoy vessel hit, 'most probably because of casualties suffered by bridge personnel from gunfire from either attacking planes or own ships or both, and because of close range at which torpedo was dropped,' and that 'it is believed that LCI(G) 468 could have remained afloat indefinitely.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-17 to 1944-06-18
- Population
- Ship's company of LCI(G)-468 at loss (June 1944); rescue/salvage units (LCI(G) 466, LCI(G) 472, USS Holly AN-19, USS Agenor ARL-3, USS Stembel DD-644)
- Limitations
- Primary contemporaneous document, but it is an action report of a different unit (CTG 53.16) describing the attack, rescue, salvage, and scuttling of this hull - not a ship-authored report. Dead and missing counts are contained in a referenced enclosure not included in this scan. It documents the loss event, not hull contents or materials; no asbestos content expected or established. NavSource hosting is a scan of a NARA record, not a NARA catalog URL.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-04
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[6]NARA-sourced primary document (NavSource-hosted): USS LST-125, Enclosure 'D' to Action Report of 17 June 1944, report of the First Lieutenant (ENS R. K. Yunes, USNR), dated 25 June 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160125ee.htm - 'ENCLOSURE D', USS LST 125 action report, 25 June 1944
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Eyewitness corroboration of the 17 June 1944 torpedo-plane attack on the task group from a formation member: 'Simultaneous with the above plane bursting into flames an explosion was noted directly beneath it. This explosion was believed to have been caused by the LCI 468 being hit. Was unable to observe whether a torpedo or bomb was employed by the enemy on said ship. Ship turned and headed for the rear of formation under own power.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-17
- Population
- Ship's company at the 17 June 1944 attack
- Limitations
- A witness account from another ship (LST-125) - it could not determine whether the weapon was a torpedo or bomb; the torpedo determination comes from the TG 53.16 report (ev-04). Documents the attack only; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-05
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[7]VADM George Carroll Dyer, USN (Ret.), 'The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner,' ch. 22 - U.S. Navy Department/Naval History Division publication, mirrored at HyperWar (ibiblio.org) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hyperwar/USN/ACTC/actc-22.html, p. ~937 region (chapter 22), quoted sentence; footnote 18 context
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy historical monograph records the scuttling in a first-person observation from the Guam approach narrative: 'Observed the DD Stemble [sic - Stembel] sink the LCI(G)-468 which was hit by an enemy plane during yesterday's attack and badly disabled.' This corroborates, in a Navy-published history, that the hull was scuttled by USS Stembel (DD-644) the day after it was disabled by enemy air attack - 18 June 1944 per the action report (ev-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- Ship's company at loss (June 1944)
- Limitations
- Official-history secondary source (not the underlying document); misspells Stembel as 'Stemble'; compresses the event ('hit by an enemy plane ... yesterday's attack') without detail. Cited as mirrored on HyperWar - the page is the book text, not an NHHC web article. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600; twin variable-pitch propellers; no steam plant) and wartime construction date/yard (1943, New Jersey Shipbuilding emergency yard); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08) for the Navy-wide asbestos era [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150468.htm specifications block; ShipbuildingHistory New Jersey Shipbuilding table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built in mid-1943 sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era; era-standard small-craft applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As an all-diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam piping - 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
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1943); ship's company (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-468/LCI(G)-468. 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-468-07
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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 (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 (1943-44).
- 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-468-08
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[10]Batch-5186 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NavSource-hosted NARA action-report scans (TG 53.16; USS LST-125 Enclosure D); ShipbuildingHistory yard table; NARA SL44 ship-number PDF; NARA digitized deck-log list; NHHC/DANFS ship-history check; HyperWar Navy-history texts; CourtListener; usslci.org; general web litigation/marketing sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-468-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-468 or USS LCI(G)-468 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits on opinion searches 'LCI(L)-468' and 'LCI(G)-468' and on the docket search 'LCI-468'. Secondary sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm listicle content 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 - the wartime emergency build is itself consistent with era-standard materials, and the hull was a total loss in June 1944 (any onboard material went down with it). Undigitized deck logs (SL44: 9/25/1943-5/31/1944) and the ship-authored 28 June 1944 action report referenced in a published bibliography (Rielly) remain open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-468-09