Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-475 ex USS LCI(L)-475 (timeline, campaign table, awards block, specifications; history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II', Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Main vessel page: timeline block, Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 28 August 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 30 September 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-475, 7 October 1943 (LT. C. W. Hartness USNR in command, May 1945); reclassified LCI(G)-475, 15 June 1944. Credited Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: capture and occupation of Guam 21-28 July 1944; Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 9 January 1945; assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 24 March-1 June 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; four battle stars for World War II service; scrapped 1948 by Harbor Marine Salvage, San Diego, CA. Ribbon record includes Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) and Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Wartime crew (4 officers + 24 enlisted as LCI(L); 5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G)); up to 6 officers + 182 embarked troops as LCI(L)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained naval-history archive (authoritative secondary, sourced to Turner Publishing's LCI history); the '(May 1945)' qualifier on the commanding-officer line leaves the commissioning CO unverified; campaign table omits the Saipan assault participation asserted by veteran accounts; 'decommissioned, date unknown' leaves the postwar interval undocumented. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-01
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[2]NavSource-hosted chronology of LCI(L)-475 / LCI(G)-475, submitted by Harold S. Radcliffe MoMM2/C, crew member from commissioning to August 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology page (150475c.htm), dated entries Oct 1943 - Jun 1945 and closing note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Crew-member chronology: ship commissioned at 1300, 7 October 1943; transit Norfolk-Key West-Panama (Canal transit Christmas Day 1943); arrived San Diego 9 January 1944 and 'the ship was converted into a LCI gunboat' through 29 March 1944; itinerary: Saipan 'D-Day' 15 June 1944, Guam 'D-Day' 21 July 1944, Leyte 'A-Day' 20 October 1944, Lingayen 'S-Day' 9 January 1945, Kerama Retto 26 March 1945, Okinawa 'L-Day' 1 April 1945; departed Okinawa for Saipan 1 June 1945, then Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor. 'LCI 475 was one of 160 LCI's built at the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. at Barber New Jersey - under the management of Todd Shipyards Corporation'; stricken from Naval records 1946; scrapped 1948 at Harbor Marine Salvage, San Diego.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- Single-veteran memoir hosted on NavSource; itinerary is broadly corroborated by the NavSource campaign table and NHHC organizational record, but the Saipan 15 June 1944 participation is not a credited campaign line in NavSource's official table, and the San Diego gunboat conversion (Jan-Mar 1944) precedes the formal 15 June 1944 reclassification date - read as physical conversion preceding paperwork. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-02
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[3]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official wartime fleet organization list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI FLOTILLA FOURTEEN section, LCI GROUP 42, LCI DIVISION 84 (G) table rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- As of 1 May 1945 LCI 475 was assigned to LCI Flotilla FOURTEEN (Capt. T. W. Rimer), LCI GROUP 42 (Lt. Cdr. C. J. Starkus, USN-Ret.), LCI DIVISION 84 (G) - a gunboat division alongside LCI 365, 366, 407, 439, and 440; commanding officer Lt. C. W. Hartness (USNR). The same document shows the mid-1944 Group Eight affiliation from the veteran accounts was superseded: former group-mates 450 remained under Flotilla Three's Group 8 while 365, 366, 439, 440, and 475 were together in Group 42's Division 84 (G).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- Conflicts with NavSource's '(at Okinawa) LCI Flotilla Three / LCI Group Nine (LCDR C. J. Starkus) / LCI Division Seventeen' listing: in this official chart LCI Division 17 actually contains LCI 715, 716, and 880-883, Group 9's commander is Eikel/Duncan (not Starkus), and Starkus commands Group 42 under Flotilla Fourteen - NavSource names the correct group commander but attaches him to unit numbers the official document assigns elsewhere. The official document controls for 1 May 1945; earlier assignments (Group Eight, mid-1944) are consistent with the wartime reorganization visible in this same chart. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-03
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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 edition), Record Group 24, Entry 118 (NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf page 18, entry 'LCI(L)(G)-475 ... 10/7/1943 ... 6/30/1945'; online-status check vs https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (ship-number edition, PDF page 18) lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)(G)-475 covering 10/7/1943 through 6/30/1945. The hull's logs do not appear on NARA's digitized-online deck-log list; they remain paper holdings at Archives II, College Park, MD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10-07 to 1945-06-30 (coverage)
- Population
- Wartime crew (log subjects)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates establish in-scope wartime service; they are not commissioning/decommissioning evidence per se (the 10/7/1943 start coincides with the documented commissioning date). Log contents were not reviewed - the series is undigitized for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-04
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[5]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'Voices from the Pacific' - account by Dominick Maurone, LCI(G)-440 (reprinted from ELSIE ITEM 71) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Post body, 'By Dominick Maurone LCI(G) 440', ELSIE ITEM June 2019 (No. 105)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Veteran first-person account places LCI(G)-475 among nine LCI(G)s of 'Group Eight' (365, 366, 439, 440, 442, 474, 475, 437, 450) in Tractor Group Four for the Marianas: initial assault on Saipan 15 June 1944; Guam landings at Agat Beach 21 July 1944, where the gunboats emptied their rocket launchers inside a hundred yards of the beach then fired 40mm, 20mm, and .50-caliber guns until the beachhead was established; subsequent boat-lane patrols between Bangi Point and Neye Island under Japanese shore-battery fire (division-mates 365, 439, and 366 hit with heavy casualties).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(G) gunboat crews, Marianas operation
- Limitations
- First-person memoir via the veterans' national association, narrated from division-mate LCI(G)-440; it establishes LCI(G)-475's Group Eight membership and unit-level operations at Saipan/Guam, not individually verified deck-log detail. Group Eight (1944) and LCI Group 42 (1 May 1945, NHHC) are consistent with mid-war reorganizations. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam plant); HyperWar LCI(G) class block (8 GM diesels, twin screws); Fleischer et al. 1946 Navy-wide amosite documentation (see ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-07); builder context (New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., wartime contract yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesized from ev-01 (NavSource specifications), ev-09 (HyperWar class block), ev-07 (Fleischer 1946)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LCI-351-class landing craft built 1943 at a wartime contract yard sits inside the Navy's documented amosite-insulation era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were diesel-exhaust and machinery lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a small, confined hull volume. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of larger combatants applies at most indirectly (auxiliary hot-water and exhaust piping).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); wartime crew (1943-45); San Diego conversion-yard trades (Jan-Mar 1944); 1948 shipbreakers (Harbor Marine Salvage)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull- or LCI-class-specific insulation specification, material list, or work package located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. The Fleischer 'great majority of naval combat vessels' wording does not demonstrably reach small diesel landing craft; insulation scope aboard an LCI was materially smaller than on steam combatants. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-06
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[7]W. E. Fleischer, F. J. Viles Jr., R. L. Gade, and P. Drinker, 'A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28:9-16 (January 1946) - U.S. Navy / U.S. Maritime Commission health-consultant survey published by permission of the U.S. Navy [other_primary]
- Locator
- pp. 9-16; quotations at pp. 9-10 ('great majority of naval combat vessels') and survey-design paragraph ('two Government Navy Yards, A and B, and ... two Navy Contract Yards, C and D')
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The wartime official survey documents that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' (a South African asbestos mineral); amosite felt was Navy-approved September 1934 for destroyer turbines, then extended to 'almost all the destroyers built since that time and on all other combat vessels built since before the War'; amosite pipe covering first used on naval vessels in 1937 'was used on the great majority of naval combat vessels built during World War II.' The authors chest-X-rayed pipe coverers at two Government Navy Yards and two Navy Contract Yards and recorded dust counts during sawing, sewing, and cementing operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (survey); applications documented 1934-1945
- Population
- WWII Navy-yard and contract-yard pipe coverers/insulators
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation: the four yards are anonymized (A-D) and New Jersey Shipbuilding is not identified among them; 'naval combat vessels' is not defined and does not demonstrably include small diesel landing craft such as the LCI-351 class; the surveyed exposure population is shipyard pipe coverers constructing vessels, not embarked crews. Establishes era practice, not the material content of this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-07
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[8]U.S. Government (War Production Board/Civilian Production Administration lineage), 'War Industrial Facilities Authorized July 1940-August 1945' (GovInfo GOVPUB-P32_4800) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Alphabetical company listing, 'B' entries: 'new Jersey shipbuilding co PERTH AMBOY N J ... LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY ... NAVY-SHIPS'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The federal facility-authorization inventory lists 'New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Perth Amboy, N.J.' producing 'Landing Craft Infantry' under a Navy-Ships program authorization - official corroboration that this hull's builder was a federally authorized wartime LCI producer (Barber is a section of Perth Amboy, N.J.).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding workforce (context)
- Limitations
- Yard-level administrative listing; names the facility and product line, not this hull; carries no asbestos or employment-health information. OCR of the scanned tabulation is degraded - entry read in row context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-08
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[9]HyperWar / ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(G) class block and vessel index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(G) class specification block; vessel index line 'LCI(G)-475'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The index lists LCI(G)-475 with commissioning window 1944-45 (gunboat designation), consistent with the 15 June 1944 reclassification; the LCI(G) class block gives the type specification - 387 tons full load, 160'4", 8 GM diesels, twin screws, 5 officers + 65 enlisted, 40mm/20mm/.50-cal guns plus Mk 7 rocket launchers - and describes the type as 'converted from LCI(L) for close-in fire support of landing operations.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- Class specifications are type-level attribution, not hull-surveyed detail; the 1944-45 commissioning window reflects the gunboat designation era rather than the original 1943 commissioning (documented separately). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-09
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[10]Batch-5194 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 + digitized-logs list; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization; NavSource main + chronology pages; DANFS index; HyperWar class index; usslci.org veteran account; GovInfo facility inventory; Fleischer 1946 full text; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket indexes, hull + yard level); secondary web litigation sweep; Wikipedia [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-01 through -14
- 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)-475 / LCI(G)-475 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on all four name forms returned zero, and docket searches on all four name forms returned zero; at yard level, '"New Jersey Shipbuilding" asbestos' returned zero opinions while '"Todd Shipyards" asbestos' returned 141 hits at the management entity's own yards (see ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-11). No DANFS entry exists for this numbered craft; no Wikipedia article exists. Secondary sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing assertions (mesothelioma.com lists 'New Jersey Shipbuilding' among New Jersey asbestos sites; generic LCI listicles) - 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; the undigitized deck logs (10/7/1943-6/30/1945), builder work packages at New Jersey Shipbuilding, and the 1948 Harbor Marine Salvage scrapping contract are unreviewed leads. A yard-level CourtListener docket search was not run (pending in ledger) - an honest open item, not a negative result. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-10
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[11]CourtListener opinion-index hits for '"Todd Shipyards" asbestos' (141 results): e.g., Dilts v. Todd Shipyards Corp. (9th Cir. 2004); Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Perez (Tex. 2000); Herring v. Texaco, Inc. (Wash. App. 2006); Richard A. Rodrigue v. Travelers Insurance Co. et al. (La. App. 2020); Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Black (9th Cir. 1983) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 type=o queries (2026-09-30): '"Todd Shipyards" asbestos' count=141; '"New Jersey Shipbuilding" asbestos' count=0; shipyards.json yard row todd-shipyards (Herring v. Texaco evidence row)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The hull's builder-management entity, Todd Shipyards Corporation (which managed the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. yard at Barber, N.J., during WWII construction), has an extensive CourtListener-indexed asbestos-litigation history at ITS OWN yards - LHWCA and tort opinions arising principally from Todd's Seattle/Tacoma, San Pedro, Alameda, and Gulf Coast facilities. The parallel query '"New Jersey Shipbuilding" asbestos' returned zero opinions: the actual wartime construction yard of this hull has no CourtListener-indexed asbestos opinion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1983-2020 opinions
- Population
- Shipyard workers at Todd-operated yards (context)
- Limitations
- Management-entity litigation at other yards and largely other eras - no located opinion ties asbestos conditions to the New Jersey Shipbuilding facility at Barber/Perth Amboy or to this hull; the Todd cases document Todd's own-yard exposure posture, used here only as builder-level background. Classification: background context, not exposure evidence for this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-475-lcil475-11