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]
- Locator
- uboat.net Allied Warships dedicated page USS LCI(L)-548 (ship/21613)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-548-lcil548-pkt-812-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LCI(L) roster and design table (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB-1945 v2, LCI(L) roster section (LCI(L) 546-550 block, p. 205 area) and LCI(L) characteristics table (p. 151 area)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster lists LCI(L) 548 under builder 'New Jersey S. B. Corp., Barber, N.J.' (ditto group) with keel laid 1 Jan 44, launched 2 Feb 44, first commission 7 Feb 44. The LCI(L) design table covers groups 1-350 and 351-1098 (this hull is in the 351-1098 group, the 'LCI-351 class' of NavSource convention): ~159 ft overall, 23 ft 8 in extreme beam, ~387 tons trial displacement, ~14.4 kt trial speed, GM Diesel Series-71 engines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Official 1945 BuShips data; ship-specific build dates and class design parameters only - no asbestos or material content. The table is a scanned OCR'd columnar document; hull-row alignment verified against flanking rows (546: keel 31 Dec 43/comm 3 Feb 44; 549: keel 1 Jan 44/comm 8 Feb 44 - all consistent with NavSource).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-01
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[3]National Archives Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947), ship-number (signal designation) PDF [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 25, LCI(L)-548 row (verified against downloaded canonical PDF, byte-identical to live archives.gov file, md5 639e2f28...)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, PDF page 25 of the ship-number list, carries the row 'LCI(L)-548 2/7/1944 12/31/1945' - Navy deck logs exist for this hull covering 7 February 1944 through 31 December 1945. The coverage start equals the commissioning date on the BuShips roster (7 Feb 1944) and on NavSource; the flanking row LCI(L)-549 begins 2/8/1944, matching its documented 8 Feb 1944 commissioning - row alignment verified.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-07 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- Ship's company, Feb 1944 - Dec 1945
- Limitations
- Establishes that deck logs exist and the in-scope service window; log-coverage dates are not themselves commissioning/decommissioning dates. The logs are paper holdings (not in the digitized deck-log series) - content not inspected. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-02
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[4]NARA WWII War Diaries/Operational Records (series NAID 4697018): the ship's own action reports - NAID 139842193 (Ormoc Bay resupply echelon, 11-12 Dec 1944, incl. AA actions), NAID 139997733 (Iloilo, Panay invasion, 18 Mar 1945; serial 3-45 dated 20 Mar 1945), NAID 101774769 (reconnaissance off NE Panay coast, 2-4 Apr 1945; serial 5-45 dated 5 Apr 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139997733 images 0477-0479 (roll A1586); NAID 139842193 images 0152-0158 (roll A1384); NAID 101774769 images 1055-1056 (roll A1789); also catalog.archives.gov/id/139842193 and /id/101774769
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own filed action reports are digitized in the NARA catalog. The Panay report first page (read at full resolution) carries letterhead 'USS LCI(L) #548, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco', file LCI 548/A4, Serial 3-45, dated 20 March 1945, routed via CTU 78.3.4 (ComLCIFlot8), CTG 78.3 (ComPhibGroup9), CTF 78 (Com7thPhib), CTF 77 (Com7thFleet); subject 'ILOILO, PANAY, Operation; Action Report on'; embarked Co. 'F' 185th Infantry, 183 men and 9 officers plus ~7 tons cargo, loaded at WHITE beach two, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, 14 March 1945. Places the hull in the Philippines under Seventh Fleet amphibious command through April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12 to 1945-04
- Population
- Ship's company (3 officers + ~21 enlisted typical for LCI(L) config) plus embarked troops (183 enlisted + 9 officers for the Panay lift)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary records establishing Pacific service and unit chain (LCI Flotilla 8 / TG 78.3 / Seventh Amphibious Force); personnel aboard documented as embarked troops plus ship's company. No asbestos content; individual-exposure conclusions cannot be drawn from action reports.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-03
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[5]NARA Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships (series NAID 594996): file unit 'LCI(L) 548 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120192530 (Ancestry-partnered scans; muster roll dated 31 March 1944 visible in catalog description) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120192530; scan set under partnerships/32860
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized muster-roll file unit exists for this hull (first visible roll dated 31 March 1944, seven weeks after commissioning), documenting the named crew roster across the wartime period - the primary personnel record for any future exposure-claim verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- All hands mustered aboard, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes that crew muster rolls exist and are digitized (College Park microfilm / Ancestry scan partnership); individual rolls not inspected for this record. Names personnel but contains no asbestos or material content; supports population identification only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-04
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[6]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-548 ex USS LCI(L)-548 page (history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/15/150548.htm - full page verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiles: LCI-351 class; laid down 1 Jan 1944 New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ; launched 2 Feb 1944; commissioned 7 Feb 1944; Asiatic-Pacific campaigns - Cape Sansapor 31 Jul-1 Aug 1944; Leyte landings 19-29 Nov 1944; Ormoc Bay 12-13 Dec 1944; Nasugbu 31 Jan 1945; Mariveles-Corregidor 14-28 Feb 1945; Visayan Island landings 18 Mar-5 Apr 1945. Reclassified LCI(G)-548 15 Jul 1945; reverted to LCI(L)-548 10 Sep 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; four battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 Aug 1947; fate unknown. Specs: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in; 23 ft 3 in beam; 16 kt max; 2 sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft), 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(G) fit 2x40mm, 4x20mm, 6x.50cal, 10 Mk7 rocket launchers. Page carries NARA-sourced photo captions incl. Army Signal Corps SC 315398 (troops landing on Panay, March 1945) and LCI(G)-548 moored with LCI(G)-1014 c.1944-45.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1944-45; LCI(G) complement rose to 5 officers + 65 enlisted
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (authoritative vessel-history reference, not a primary document); every milestone used here is corroborated by the BuShips roster, NARA log coverage, or the ship's own action reports except the LCI(G) reclassification/reversion dates, the 'struck 1946' year, and the 19 Aug 1947 MARAD transfer, which rest on this compilation alone. Photo caption dates (e.g., '13 March 1945' for a Panay landing) may be imprecise vs the report-documented 18 Mar 1945 assault. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-05
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[7]DANFS capsule history for LCI(L)-548 (ibiblio/HyperWar transcription of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships amphibious-craft appendix) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/LCIL/lcil548.html (live); sister spec page hyperwar/USN/ships/LCIL/LCIL-548.html repeats 'commissioned 1943' with builder field blank
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION / documented source conflict: the DANFS capsule for this hull reads 'Built at Norfolk(?); commissioned 1943. Crossed to Bizerte, Algeria, then on to Potswoli, Italy. Participated in Anzio and Southern France landings. Hauled troops, casualties, and prisoners between various Mediterranean ports. Returned to Norfolk in February 1945 for engine overhaul.' Every element conflicts with the primary record: BuShips 1945 roster gives builder New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber NJ), commissioned 7 Feb 1944 - after the Anzio landings began (22 Jan 1944); NARA deck-log coverage begins 2/7/1944; and the ship's own filed action reports place her at Ormoc Bay, Leyte (Dec 1944) and Panay (Mar-Apr 1945) under Seventh Fleet amphibious command in Feb-Apr 1945, when the capsule claims she was in Norfolk. The capsule appears to carry another hull's Mediterranean history; it is retained here only as a documented erroneous attribution.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (capsule's asserted window; contradicted by primary record)
- Limitations
- This row documents an official-source error; it is not evidence of Mediterranean service for this hull. DANFS amphibious-craft capsules were hastily compiled and are known to contain hull-mix errors. No NHHC live page exists for this hull (all candidate DANFS URLs 404); transcription source is ibiblio/HyperWar, whose stated primary source is DANFS. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-06
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[8]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (18 Oct 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 letter text and Attachment 1 (ship insulation status table)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that thermal insulation 'for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships, that 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables' plus deck tile and gaskets, and that asbestos thermal-insulation specifications were not changed to asbestos-free until 1973 (elimination policy Oct 1975) - i.e., the entire WWII construction era, including this hull's Jan-Feb 1944 build, sat inside the asbestos-specification period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1973 era coverage
- Population
- Navy ship construction and repair workforce, WWII-1970s era
- Limitations
- Program-level findings; LCI(L)-548 is not named and the report's ship table covers 1969+ construction only. Establishes era context, not hull presence. gao.gov blocks direct fetches (403); full text retrieved via Firecrawl - page-level locator approximate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-07
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[9]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 LCI(L) design table (GM Diesel Series-71 plant; no steam) and NavSource specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 era findings (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB-1945 v2 LCI(L) design table (propulsion); NavSource spec block; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered 1944 amphibious landing craft sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-materials era; era-standard applications aboard an LCI(L)-type vessel were engine-exhaust and machinery lagging for the eight-GM-diesel plant, gaskets and valve packing, electrical cable insulation, deck coverings, and accommodation-space thermal insulation. The diesel plant means no boiler or steam-line lagging pathway exists - the asbestos-relevant scope is narrower than steam amphibious types but the confined machinery-space exposure dynamic still applies to engine-room crews.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Jan-Feb 1944); engine-room/engineering crew (1944-45); any conversion-yard trades for the 1945 LCI(G) fit; MARAD disposal workforce (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, work package, or survey located for LCI(L)-548. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The LCI(G) gunboat conversion (added 40mm mounts and rocket launchers) would have been a field modification - scope of any insulation rework undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-08
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[10]Batch-5269 search ledger (this record): NARA SL44 official PDF; NARA catalog file units (war diaries, muster rolls); BuShips SDB-1945 v2; NavSource live; DANFS capsule via HyperWar; NHHC live DANFS (404); NARA digitized-log list; NVR; MARAD/PMARS; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-548-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-548/LCI(G)-548 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4) returned zero hits for every hull-name variant in both opinions and RECAP dockets: "LCI(L)-548" (o:0), "LCI(G)-548" (o:0), "LCI-548" (o:0), "LCIL-548"/"LCIL 548"/"LCI(L) 548" (o:0), and "LCI(L)-548" OR "LCI(G)-548" (dockets:0). The only 'asbestos aboard landing craft' material encountered is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com and similar) asserting asbestos without 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 - a 1944 diesel landing craft sits squarely in the Navy's asbestos-materials era. The hull's fate after the 1947 MARAD transfer is unknown, so no disposal-phase hazmat record can exist to find. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-548-09