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(L)-479 - construction, commissioning, wartime organization, Majuro operational control, disposal, full spec block (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150479.htm - header block, awards line, organization paragraph, disposal lines, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 3 September 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 7 October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-479, 14 October 1943, LT. G. Wilkinson USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Five (CDR. H. V. Milton), LCI Group Fourteen (LT. H. M. Mattson USN), LCI Division Twenty-Seven. 'USS LCI(L)-479 was under the operational control of Atoll Commander Majuro, Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands.' Decommissioned in 1946; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; sold 10 January 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars). Radio call sign NQQV. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW 120V DC generators; endurance 4,000 mi at 12 kts loaded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew ~28 officers/enlisted plus embarked troops (1943-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation sourcing the Turner Publishing LCI history - milestone dates track official records (commissioning matches NARA deck-log coverage start) but are not themselves primary. The flotilla/group/division assignment conflicts with the 1 May 1945 NHHC Pacific Fleet organization list (see ev-05 and gaps). No asbestos or material content. Page verified live 2026-09-30 (a prior session's retrieval failure is superseded). No photographs of this hull exist on the page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - ship-number listing, LCI(L)-479 log coverage [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-number PDF, p. 24, row 'LCI(L)-479 10/14/1943 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official wartime logbook inventory lists deck logs for LCI(L)-479 covering 10/14/1943 - 6/30/1945 (verified directly at PDF page 24 of the ship-number list, adjacent to sisters LCI(L)-476 through -483, each opening on its own October 1943 commissioning date). The start date equals the commissioning date - the log series opens at commissioning - and establishes in-scope wartime service through mid-1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10-14 - 1945-06-30
- Population
- crew and embarked troops within the log window, Oct 1943 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates only: the 6/30/1945 end marks where this Special List 44 series ends for the hull, not decommissioning (service ran into 1946 - later logs sit outside this list's coverage or in another series; not verified). Logbooks are RG 24 physical records; whether digitized copies are online in the NARA catalog was not verified this session (catalog is JS-rendered). No asbestos content - a records-existence finding only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-02
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[3]U.S. Pacific Fleet / Pacific Ocean Areas, Atoll Commander Majuro, 'Operation Plan Atoll Commander, Majuro 4-45,' serial 00145, SECRET, 30 April 1945 - task organization naming LCI-479 (scanned primary document hosted by NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Operation Plan Atoll Commander Majuro 4-45, serial 00145, 30 Apr 1945 - Task Organization item (d) and Annex E (NavSource PDF 150481b)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A wartime SECRET operation plan names this hull: under Task Organization, '(d) Evacuation Unit #4. LCI-479 (with 2 LCR); Lt. G.(n) Wilkinson, USNR, Military Government Officer; Lt. J. T. Carpenter, USNR, Native Scout Party #4 (1 canoe)... 5 man native boat party; 5 man enlisted guard (NAB Majuro).' Sister units: LCI-482 (Unit #1), LCI-394 (#2), LCI-392 (#3), LCI-481 (#5); fire support USS Wintle (DE-25) and YMS-354; air support six two-plane sections plus three Dumbo patrol planes. Mission: evacuate approximately 1,200 natives suffering food shortage under Japanese occupation on Jaluit Atoll, expecting some Korean/Japanese deserters and prisoners; enemy garrisons noted on Namoraru, Nalmedj, Pingelap (~300) and eastern South Point (~100). Annex E gives special instructions for the air/surface plan, night approach, and signals.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- April-May 1945
- Population
- LCI-479 crew; embarked Military Government/scout parties; ~1,200 Marshallese evacuees (planned)
- Limitations
- A plan, not an after-action record: it documents assignment, not execution. Execution is documented by DANFS (see ev-04). OCR of the scan is imperfect ('USim' for USNR etc.); quoted names follow the scan's spellings. The document predates the operation by days and reflects the plan's five evacuation units; DANFS records embarkation aboard three LCIs (394, 479, 481). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-03
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[4]DANFS, Wintle (DE-25) - Marshalls-Gilberts Escort Force service, Jaluit evacuation coverage naming LCI(L)-479 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Wintle (DE-25) service narrative, paragraph covering Feb-May 1945 Marshalls-Gilberts Escort Force duty
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents this hull executing the planned evacuation: 'On the night of 5 and 6 May [1945], she [Wintle] and the motor minesweeper YMS-354 covered the evacuation of 500 natives from Japanese-held Jaluit Atoll, the people being embarked in the large infantry landing craft LCI(L)-394, LCI(L)-479, and LCI(L)-481.' LCI(L)-479 is thus documented taking evacuated Marshallese natives aboard under fire-support cover on the night of 5-6 May 1945 - the operation laid out in Operation Plan 4-45 (ev-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-05 - 1945-05-06
- Population
- LCI-479 crew plus ~500 natives embarked across the three LCIs (5-6 May 1945)
- Limitations
- The hull is named inside the Wintle DANFS entry - LCI(L)-479 has no DANFS entry of its own (no individual DANFS histories exist for numbered LCIs). Evacuee count is '500' here vs '590' in the contemporaneous Navy press photo caption (ev-06) - unresolved figure variance, both cited as written. Establishes operation execution, not internal material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-04
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[5]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (Navy Department Library online reading room) - LCI flotilla/group/division listing naming LCI 479 and her CO [other_primary]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, 'Landing Craft Flotillas, Pacific Fleet' - LCI Flotilla Six / LCI Group 38 / LCI Division 75 row 'LCI 479'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 fleet organization list places 'LCI 479 - Lt. G. Wilkinson (USNR)' in LCI FLOTILLA SIX (Comdr. A. R. Montgomery), LCI GROUP 38 (ComLCIGrp 38, Lt. Cdr. N. Nash, Jr.), LCI DIVISION 75 - alongside sisters LCI 476 (group flagship), 477, 478, 480, and 481; LCI 482/392/393/394/395 form Division 76 of the same group. The commanding-officer name matches NavSource's commissioning CO, bridging the two records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- crew (1945)
- Limitations
- Conflicts with NavSource/Turner wartime assignment (Flotilla Five / Group Fourteen / Division Twenty-Seven) - both carried verbatim; the NHHC list is authoritative for 1 May 1945 specifically and the Turner-derived assignment may reflect an earlier period, but no reassignment record was located (see gaps). Also note: NHHC shows Comdr. H. V. Milton heading Group 15 (under Flotilla Five), whereas NavSource credits him as Flotilla Five commander. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-05
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[6]Official U.S. Navy photograph (file no. 323819), released 30 June 1945 - 'The Navy Rescues Natives Stranded on Jap-Held Atolls' (Digital Commonwealth / American Legion Museum scan; NARA-originated caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Digital Commonwealth item commonwealth:5425qz054 - title, caption transcription, subject tags (Marshall Islands > Jaluit Atoll)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Navy press material documents the Jaluit evacuation operation this hull participated in: 'Daring rescue missions by the Navy in the Marshall Islands group have accounted for more than 2000 natives being successfully withdrawn from by-passed Jap strongholds... A total of 590 natives were evacuated in this daring rescue off Jaluit' - caption describing a bluejacket aboard 'his LCI' watching natives swim to the ship. DANFS (ev-04) confirms LCI(L)-479 was one of the three LCIs embarked upon in that operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- May-June 1945
- Population
- evacuated Marshallese natives; LCI crews of the evacuation units
- Limitations
- Context for the operation, not a hull record: the caption does not identify which LCI is photographed and gives 590 evacuees where DANFS gives 500. Held for release to 30 June 1945 - press timing, not the operation date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-06
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-479 (LCI(L)-479) - build/milestone table [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21521 detail table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary milestone corroboration for this hull: class LCI 351; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 3 September 1943; launched 7 October 1943; commissioned 14 October 1943; history line 'Sold on 10 January 1947.' The 22 March 1943 contract/order date is the only source-located order date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation (uboat.net), consistent with NavSource on the shared milestones; the order date is uncorroborated by a primary source this session. 'End service' field blank - no decommission date offered. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-07
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' production table + New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page - builder row for hull 479 and class production context [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row for 479; shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm LCI table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-table corroboration: 'LCI(L) | 479 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 14-Oct-43 | Sold 1946.' Class context: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards; hulls 351+ (this hull's design group) ran six inches longer and ~30 tons heavier than the first 350. Ten LCI builders listed: Albina Engine Works, Bethlehem Hingham, Brown Shipbuilding, Commercial Iron Works, Consolidated Steel, Defoe Shipbuilding, Federal S.B. & D.D., George Lawley & Sons, New Jersey Shipbuilding, New York Shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades, Barber NJ (1943)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation (not an official registry). Disposition cell reads 'Sold 1946' vs NavSource/uboat.net 'Sold 10 January 1947' - likely disposal-year vs sale-date variance; flagged in gaps. 'Struck 1946' on the yard page corroborates NavSource's 28 Mar 1946 strike year. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-08
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product-page description [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights text
- 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; the Navy's 1975 policy removed only damaged asbestos insulation, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. The hull's entire construction (1943) and service era (1943-46) sits inside the documented asbestos-use period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 report on 1930s-1970s era use
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved this session (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch; product-page description captured via Firecrawl 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-09
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (all-diesel GM 6051/6-71 plant, no steam), shipbuildinghistory class production data (1943 wartime build), GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion); shipbuildinghistory class table; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1943-built diesel-powered Navy landing craft sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period: exhaust/engine lagging in the machinery spaces, thermal insulation on hot piping, gaskets and valve packing, and electrical insulation - all in an exceptionally confined 158-foot hull where crew lived and worked alongside the plant. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant, so 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 trades (1943); crew ~28 (1943-46); any post-sale commercial crews (1947+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-479. 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-479-lcil479-10
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[11]Batch-5198 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource 150479 + hosted Op Plan 4-45 PDF; NHHC DANFS Wintle; NHHC PacFlt org 1 May 1945; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory; Digital Commonwealth; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (o and r) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-479-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-479 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero dockets for the exact hull forms 'LCI(L)-479'/'LCI-479'; a looser spaced variant ('LCI 479') could not be run - fleet pacing budget spent (see gaps). Secondary sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing pages asserting asbestos aboard generic 'LCI class' ships without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. NavSource carries no asbestos material for this hull; no images exist there.
- 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. Deck logs (RG 24, coverage verified), builder records for New Jersey Shipbuilding, and any 1946-47 disposal/MARAD file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-479-lcil479-11