Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-547-lcil547-pkt-812-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-547 ex USS LCI(L)-547 - construction timeline, campaign list, designation history, specifications, disposal (page credits its history text to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150547.htm - header block, campaign table, specification block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 1 January 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 2 February 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-547, 5 February 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns listed: Western New Guinea operations (Cape Sansapor operation 31 July-1 August 1944; Morotai landings 15 September 1944); Leyte operation (Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944); Luzon operation (Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945); Manila Bay-Bicol operations (El Fraile (Fort Drum), Manila Bay, 13 April 1945). Reclassified LCI(G)-547 (Landing Craft Infantry, Guns) 15 July 1945; redesignated USS LCI(L)-547 10 September 1945. Decommissioned 1 November 1946; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 29 October 1947; registered in 1951 as the freighter Melinda, reflagged Costa Rica; final disposition, fate unknown. Earned four battle stars for WWII service; award ribbon block also shows the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation and Philippines Liberation Medal (two awards). Spec block: displacement 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; 16 kts max; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)), 5 officers + 65 enlisted (LCI(G)); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors diesel engines (4 per shaft), 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(G) armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm, six .50-cal MG, ten MK7 rocket launchers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Jan-Feb 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (188-man capacity class figure)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (not a primary registry) and is the sole source for the launch date, exact reclassification dates, MARCOM transfer date, and the Melinda merchant registration - these carry no independent primary confirmation in this record. Photo captions document the hull at Morotai 15 Sep 1944 (grounded ~100 yards off the beach, landing 126th RCT, 32nd Division troops alongside LCI(L)-663), beached at Tolosa, Leyte in November 1944 with LCI(L)-958/-748/-747 (caption cites US National Archives Identifier 193800569 - direct catalog resolution not verified, JS-rendered catalog), and moored at San Diego mid-October 1945 among LCI(G)s after return from the Pacific. Contains no asbestos content. No DANFS/NHHC entry exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-547 (LCI(L)-547), LCI 351 class - operation-level order-of-battle records naming this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21612 - vessel data table; 'Notable events' entries for Operation Globetrotter (30 Jul 1944) and Operation Tradewind (15 Sep 1944) task-organizations
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship record for this hull lists: built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, NJ); laid down 1 Jan 1944; launched 28 Jan 1944 (conflicts with NavSource's 2 Feb 1944 - see gaps); commissioned 5 Feb 1944; reclassified LCI(G) 15 July 1945. Its operation-event records name LCI(L)-547 under Lt.(jg) J.S. Peacock, USNR, in the LCI Unit (Task Unit 77.2.5, ships 'from LCI Flotilla 8') for Operation Globetrotter - the 30 July 1944 amphibious landings on Middelburg and Amsterdam Islands near Cape Sansapor, under Task Force 77 (RAdm. R.A. Fechteler) - and in Task Group 77.3.23 (Red Beach attack force, RAdm. Fechteler; COMLCIFLOT 8 embarked in LCI(L)-546) for Operation Tradewind, the Morotai landings of 15 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) J.S. Peacock, USNR (1944); embarked assault troops at Globetrotter/Tradewind landings
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary database compiled from operational records - ship-specific and operation-specific, but not itself a primary document; commanding-officer and task-unit attributions are not independently verified here. Launch-date conflict with NavSource (28 Jan vs 2 Feb 1944) carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-02
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[4]NARA, Special List #44 by Ship Numbers - 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (RG 24 Entry 118 context, Bureau of Naval Personnel records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 25, row 'LCI(L)-547 | 2/5/1944 | 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (ship-number sort, PDF p. 25) lists Navy deck logs under 'LCI(L)-547' covering 2/5/1944-12/31/1945 - a documented physical archive of this hull's WWII deck logs (commissioning through end of 1945). These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- crew (1944-45) - logs as personnel/activity records
- Limitations
- The listing establishes that logbooks exist in NARA holdings; the logs themselves are not digitized (NARA's online deck-log page shows no digitized LCI(L)-547 logs) and were not read for this record - content, completeness, and any material references inside them are unexamined. Coverage ends 12/31/1945 although the ship served to November 1946 - 1946 logs are unlocated in this listing. NARA's asbestos research guide itself states deck logs 'provide no direct evidence of asbestos' - they are a dating/index tool, not material documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-03
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[5]NARA research guide, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official record-locator guidance for hull-level asbestos research [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topics/asbestos - Beginning Research; RG 19 correspondence panels; RG 38 P 1-G; Cartographic/Special Media sections
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NARA's official guidance states 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961 is a frequently requested topic' and maps the record series where hull-level asbestos documentation sits: RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation and by shipyard under Navy Filing Manual codes (private yards under 'QM'), the RG 19 'Hull Series' ship engineering drawings arranged by hull number including Filing Codes S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging) and S48 (Piping), and RG 38 Board of Inspection and Survey 'Amphibious Vessel Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978' (Entry P 1-G) - the series covering this vessel type. For this hull the corresponding searches would be filed under hull designation 'LCI(L)547' and yard file 'QM/New Jersey Shipbuilding'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1978 (record series coverage)
- Population
- archival research pathway for construction trades (1944) and crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Research-pathway documentation only: identifies where ship-specific asbestos records would reside; none of these series were searched for this record (not digitized; on-site research required). The same guide cautions that RG 24 deck logs and muster rolls 'provide no direct evidence of asbestos.' Establishes the era context (1941-1961 asbestos in Navy materiel) and the archival path, nothing about this hull's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-04
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[6]Naval Marine Archive, 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard production list of LCI(L)s built on the Arthur Kill [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html - hull table row '547'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent yard-record corroboration: the Naval Marine Archive production list for New Jersey Shipbuilding ('an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber, a community immediately to the east of Perth Amboy which was later absorbed into Perth Amboy and is now called Maurer') lists LCI(L) hull 547, US Navy, delivered Feb-44, disposition 'Struck 1946' - consistent with NavSource's builder attribution and the 5 February 1944 commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard compilation (Canadian volunteer maritime-history archive), not a contract or delivery document; corroborates builder and delivery month only. Contains no asbestos, material, or work-scope content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-05
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS LCI(L)-562' - official history of a same-yard sister LCI(L) (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ; commissioned 28 Feb 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil article 1834851 - specification block and history section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office record for sister ship LCI(L)-562 - built at the same yard three weeks after this hull - gives the class spec block: 8 x GM diesels, twin shafts (4 diesels per shaft), 1,600 hp, twin variable-pitch propellers; length 158'6"; beam 23'3"; displacement 216 tons light / 389 tons full load; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; troops 188; initial armament four single 20mm + two .50-cal, with '2-inch plastic splinter armor on gun shields, conning tower, and pilot house' - matching the spec block NavSource carries for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-351-class construction and crew populations (class)
- Limitations
- Names a different hull (LCI(L)-562): class/type corroboration only. Confirms the class spec block and the Barber NJ yard's LCI production; establishes nothing specific to hull 547 beyond class consistency. Troop figure (188) differs slightly from NavSource's 547-specific figure (182) - class-literature variance noted in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland OR - NPS/LOC written historical and descriptive data for an LCI-351-class survivor [nps]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (tile.loc.gov or0606data.pdf, 4 pp.)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation for LCI(L)-713, a preserved LCI-351-class sister hull: type 'LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)'; designer Bureau of Ships; propulsion 'Eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines'; length 158' 5.5", beam 23' 3", loaded draft 5'4" fwd / 5'11" aft, loaded displacement 387 tons, max speed 16 knots - officially corroborating the class design and diesel plant documented for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 design / HAER documentation undated in extract
- Population
- LCI-351-class design baseline (Bureau of Ships design)
- Limitations
- Documents a different hull (LCI(L)-713, built by George Lawley & Son, Neoponset MA - not the same builder) as the class exemplar; establishes the LCI-351 design standard only. The 4-page HAER data sheet contains no insulation, gasket, or asbestos material survey content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-07
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[9]NHHC H-Gram 086-2, 'Iwo Jima: The Battle of the LCI Gunboats' (Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC, January 2025) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- H-086-2 narrative - LCI(G) armament parenthetical; 17 Feb 1945 gunboat action; PUC note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's historical summary documents what the LCI(G) conversion meant for the class this hull briefly belonged to: LCI gunboats were 'typically armed with two 40-mm guns, four 20-mm guns, six .50-caliber machine guns, and 10 Mark 7 4.5-inch rocket launchers' - matching NavSource's LCI(G) spec for this hull - and describes the 17 February 1945 Iwo Jima action in which 12 gunboats (LCI(G)s 409, 438, 441, 449, 457, 471, 473, 474 and others) supported UDT beach reconnaissance, all damaged, 52 killed and 148 wounded, earning a Presidential Unit Citation for the group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LCI(G) crews (type-level)
- Limitations
- Type-level context only: LCI(G)-547 is NOT among the gunboats named in the Iwo Jima action, and this hull's formal LCI(G) reclassification (15 July 1945) postdated that battle by five months; her gunboat period (Jul-Sep 1945) was postwar-combat. Cited to explain the designation this hull held, not to imply participation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource and uboat.net spec blocks (LCI-351 class, 8 x GM 6-71 diesels, 4 per shaft); USCG Historian's Office sister-ship spec block (LCI(L)-562); NPS HAER OR-180 class documentation; NARA asbestos research guide establishing the 1941-1961 Navy asbestos-materiel era and record locations [other_primary]
- Locator
- spec blocks: NavSource 10/15/150547.htm; uboat.net 21612; USCG 1834851; HAER OR-180; archives.gov guided-topics/asbestos
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built January-February 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-materiel era (1941-1961 per NARA's research guidance). Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were engine and exhaust lagging in the machinery spaces, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical cable insulation. As a diesel craft with no steam plant, the boiler and steam-turbine lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply; the confined-space exposure dynamic below decks does. The documented 2-inch 'plastic splinter protection' (plastic armor) on gun positions, conning tower, and pilot house is a NavSource spec fact - no authoritative source located ties asbestos content to the Navy's wartime plastic-armor compound, so it is not claimed as an asbestos application.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any 1947 MARCOM disposal and 1951 merchant-conversion workers (Melinda)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or drawing was located for LCI(L)-547. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The NARA pathway (RG 19 S39 'Insulation and Lagging' hull drawings; RG 38 P 1-G amphibious-vessel material inspection reports; QM/New Jersey Shipbuilding yard correspondence) is the documented route to settle the question and is undigitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-09
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[11]Batch-5268 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net; NARA Special List 44 PDF; NARA asbestos research guide; Naval Marine Archive yard list; USCG Historian's Office; NPS/LOC HAER; NHHC H-gram; CourtListener API v4 (opinions + dockets); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-547-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-547-13
- 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)-547 / LCI(G)-547 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions for 'LCI(L)-547', 'LCI(G)-547', 'LCI-547', and 'LCI 547' and zero dockets for all three hyphenated designations combined (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30). The only asbestos content naming landing craft generally is law-firm marketing material (asbestos-ships.com 'Landing Craft Personnel and Asbestos Exposure' and similar listicles) asserting exposure aboard LCIs with no primary sourcing - 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 - it establishes that no ship-specific documentation is publicly retrievable through the repositories searched. The ship's small size and diesel plant narrow the plausible material scope relative to steam vessels but do not eliminate era-typical uses. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-547-10