Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 812-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-pkt-812-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number sequence) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 25, LCI(L) block, line 'LCI(L)-545 2/2/1944 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory lists Navy deck logs under LCI(L)-545 covering 2/2/1944-12/31/1945 (line item: 'LCI(L)-545 2/2/1944 12/31/1945'), held in Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel). The coverage window confirms the hull's documented commissioned service span in the wartime record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company (4 officers + 24 enlisted) and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The list is a holdings inventory of physical logbooks - it establishes that logs exist and their date coverage, not their content; the logs are not digitized online (see search_ledger). Coverage dates are log-holding bounds, not formal commissioning/decommissioning dates, though the start date (2/2/1944) matches the NavSource commissioning date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive - USS LSIL-545 ex-USS LCI(L)-545 vessel page (history attributed to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel page header + 'Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns' table + specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-351 class; laid down 31 December 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 20 January 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-545 on 2 February 1944. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Western New Guinea operations (Cape Sansapor 31 Jul-1 Aug 1944; Morotai landings 15 Sep 1944) and Leyte operation (Leyte landings 19-29 Nov 1944); two battle stars; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Philippine Liberation Medal. Post-WWII: reserve training, First Naval District; redesignated LSIL-545 in 1949; decommissioned and stricken, dates unknown; permanently grounded at the MSTS Damage Control School, Bayonne, N.J., used to teach MSTS crews shipboard damage control; scrapped, date unknown. Spec block: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kt max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; eight GM 6-71-series diesels (two sets of four, four per shaft) with GM reduction gears and twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW diesel ship's-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-post-1949
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; later MSTS damage-control trainees
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation - the page's own attribution is Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II, not an official Navy record; no NHHC/DANFS entry exists for this hull to corroborate (404, see search_ledger). Launch date conflicts with uboat.net (26 Jan 1944) - unresolved, in gaps. Decommission/stricken/scrapping dates unknown and carried as such. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-02
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[4]NHHC DANFS, LCI(L)-513 entry - LCI(L)-351 class specification block and same-builder construction note [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-513 entry, opening spec parenthetical and first paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's sister-craft DANFS entry publishes the LCI(L)-351 class specification - displacement 389; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; draft 3'1.5" mean; speed 16.0 knots; complement 26; armament 4x 20mm + 2x .50-cal; class LCI(L)-351 - and documents the same builder for the Barber series: LCI(L)-513 was 'laid down on 5 November 1943 at Barber, N.J., by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- LCI(L)-351 class crews (context)
- Limitations
- Sister-craft entry - LCI(L)-513, not this hull; used only for class-specification and builder corroboration. NHHC complement figure (26) and displacement convention (389 t) differ from NavSource's 4+24 and 419 t loaded - carried in gaps. NHHC has no DANFS entry for LCI(L)-545 itself. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS), LCI(L)-713, HAER No. OR-180, written historical and descriptive data (2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER No. OR-180 data pages, 'Description' and 'Historical Information' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documents the class design: LCI-351-class craft were a standard Bureau of Ships design built in ten shipyards; approximately 1,051 of the type were constructed during WWII; welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks (troop compartments, crew space, and engine room below; deckhouse with mess, wardroom, and galley above); propulsion by eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts. LCI(L)-713 herself is the last surviving example in original configuration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; documentation 2012
- Population
- LCI class construction and operating crews (context)
- Limitations
- Documents sister craft LCI(L)-713 - a later-configuration member of the class (cylindrical pilothouse, centerline ramp; post-June-1944 design change), not LCI(L)-545, which predates that change. Class-design context only; the record contains no asbestos information and does not describe insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (eight GM 6-71 diesels, no steam plant); HAER OR-180 class-design record (BuShips standard design, wartime construction); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos-insulation era) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Composite: NavSource specifications block + HAER OR-180 description + GAO product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)-545 is diesel-powered (eight GM 6-71s; no boilers, turbines, or steam lines), so the steam-lagging pathway dominant in larger warships does not apply. Era-typical asbestos applications aboard small diesel combatants of the WWII construction era were engine exhaust/manifold lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and electrical insulation - consistent with the Navy's documented wartime use of asbestos insulation materials (GAO HRD-80-2, context row).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1949+
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops (wartime); reserve-training personnel; MSTS damage-control trainees
- Limitations
- Inference only: no survey, plan, manual, or abatement record names this hull; nothing ship-specific establishes that asbestos was installed, where, or in what quantity. Does not establish exposure to any individual. The diesel plant narrows - but does not eliminate - the plausible material set.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-05
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[7]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 (1943-44) and Navy service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; ship crews (program context)
- 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, standing since Batch-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-06
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[8]U.S. EPA, Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey (RCRA corrective action, EPA ID NJ0210022752) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA cleanup page, Site Description and Cleanup Status sections
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The site where the grounded hull served as an MSTS damage-control training platform has a completed federal RCRA cleanup record: the Navy bought the Bayonne terminal in 1941 (title to Army 1967; BRAC closure, operations ended 1999); remediation included removal of PCB-contaminated soil to the water table and removal of underground concrete vaults holding 150,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil; NJDEP issued a no-further-action determination in 2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-2006
- Population
- MOTBY workers and trainees (site context)
- Limitations
- Site-level record for the Military Ocean Terminal facility - it does not mention the grounded LCI(L)-545 hulk, asbestos, or shipboard conditions; it documents only that the post-service training site itself underwent hazardous-waste remediation. No vessel-attribution inference is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-07
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[9]Batch-5266 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; HAER OR-180; NARA digitized-logs public list; EPA RCRA MOTBY; GAO product page; secondary web sweeps; CourtListener [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat or disposal disclosure, museum record, or qualifying case naming USS LCI(L)-545 / LSIL-545 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). NHHC has no DANFS entry for this hull; wartime deck logs exist in RG 24 but are not digitized. A completed authenticated CourtListener opinion search for 'LCI(L)-545' returned 627 hits - all name-collision noise on the token 'LCI' (LCI International telecom litigation, a Louisiana workers-comp fund, etc.); no opinion named the vessel or involved asbestos aboard a landing craft. CAVEAT: the companion CourtListener docket search could not be completed - the fleet pacing budget was spent on that attempt; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result.
- 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 - WWII-era construction makes era-typical materials plausible; this record does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Opinion-level litigation sweep is a negative; docket-level (RECAP) status remains open pending a completed pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-08
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[10]Designation/date cross-check: NavSource vessel page vs. uboat.net ship record vs. NHHC LCI(L)-351 class spec (513 entry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cross-check of cited pages this session; conflicts itemized in gaps
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-source conflicts surfaced and carried rather than resolved: (a) launched 20 January 1944 (NavSource/Turner) vs. 26 January 1944 (uboat.net); (b) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted (NavSource) vs. class-level 26 (NHHC); (c) loaded displacement 419 t (NavSource) vs. class figure 389 t (NHHC). Commissioning (2 Feb 1944), laid-down date (31 Dec 1943), builder, and redesignation to LSIL-545 (1949) agree across sources that carry them.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Limitations
- All conflicting figures are secondary-source level; no primary record (logbook, BuShips contract card, NVR) was located to adjudicate. NavSource figures are carried in the record fields; the conflicts are repeated in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-545-lcil545-09