Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet pw-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-558 (no name assigned)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-558-lcil558-pkt-pw-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-558 ex USS LCI(L)-558 (10/15/150558) - designation timeline, campaign credits, specifications, awards, photo captions; stated history source is 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150558.htm header block, awards table, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 24 January 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; launched 18 February 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-558 on 22 February 1944; LTjg H. S. Lewis USNR listed in command as of May 1945 (and commanding officer in the 5 February 1945 action report, ev-04); reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-558 on 15 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Six (CDR A. R. Montgomery USN); LCI Group Sixteen, flagship (LCDR R. S. Richabaugh USNR); LCI Division Thirty-One. Campaign credits: Leyte operation - Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Luzon operation - Lingayen Gulf landings 4 to 18 January 1945; Manila Bay-Bicol operations - Nasugbu 31 January-2 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation 25 March to 30 June 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; four battle stars for WWII service; turned over to the State Department for disposal 22 May 1946; transferred to Indonesia in 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Awards shown: Combat Action Ribbon (Okinawa), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4), WWII Victory Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal; call sign NFWE. Specifications: 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC ship's-service diesel generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; LCI(L) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; armor 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; LCI(G) armament two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50 cal, ten MK7 rocket launchers. Photo captions place the hull alongside USS Oceanus (ARB-2) probably at Ulithi Atoll (camouflage 31/11L), and operating off Okinawa circa March-June 1945 with confirmed-kill markings on the conning tower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Jan-Feb 1944); wartime crew (4+24 LCI(L) / 5+65 LCI(G)); LCI Group 16 staff embarked (flagship); embarked troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but its stated history source is a veterans-association book (Turner Publishing 1995). Contains no asbestos or material-content information. 'Struck' and 'decommissioned' are both 'date unknown'. Whether the physical LCI(G) conversion fit was executed aboard this hull, and where, is not stated. No deck-log detail (damage, repairs, availability) is given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-01
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[3]DANFS, LCI(G)-558 - verbatim transcription (HyperWar/ibiblio; live NHHC page 404); companion official-data spec page 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - USS LCI(G)-558' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- HyperWar DANFS transcription lcig558.html service narrative; HyperWar ships page LCIG-558 spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS for this hull: 'LCI(G)-558 was built at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; and commissioned 22 February 1944. During World War II, LCI(G)-558 was assigned to Flotilla Six, Group 16, Division 31 of Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet. The ship participated in the landings at Leyte, P.I. on 20 October 1944, Lingayen Gulf 4-18 January 1945, the landing at Nasugbu, P.I. 31 January-13 February 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa 25 March-24 June 1945. After the war, LCI(G)-558 was declared surplus and sold to the Netherlands East Indies 22 May 1946. LCI(G)-558 was awarded four battle stars for World War II service.' Spec block (HyperWar official-data page): displacement 387 t full load; length 160'4"; beam 23'3"; draft landing 2'8" fwd / 5' aft; speed 15.5 kts; complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; armament 2-3 40mm, 3-4 20mm, 6 .50 cal, 10 Mk 7 and 2 Mk 22 rocket launchers; 8 GM diesels, twin screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G)); Amphibious Force Pacific Fleet operating force
- Limitations
- The ibiblio transcription carries a header/spec-block artifact: its title and spec line are mislabeled 'LCI(G)-588' while the narrative text, assignment, campaigns, disposal, and battle stars all match LCI(G)-558's documented record - treated as a transcription typo, not a second hull. Live NHHC DANFS URLs for this craft 404 (checked 2026-09-30); verbatim transcription used. Nasugbu end date here (13 February) conflicts with NavSource's campaign table (2 February) - see gaps. Disposal wording 'sold to the Netherlands East Indies' differs from NavSource's 'State Department / Indonesia' - see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number listing (PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 18, 'LCI(L)(G)-558 2/22/1944 6/30/1945' line; printed edition page 344
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Navy deck logs held for this hull: 'LCI(L)(G)-558 2/22/1944 6/30/1945' (PDF page 18, 2 logbooks per the printed edition's logbook-count column - verified on the SL44 scan, printed page 344, and by pdftotext extraction of the NARA PDF) - i.e., logbooks covering commissioning day through 30 June 1945 are in NARA custody (RG 24 deck logs). These are coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates; the 2/22/1944 start coincides with the documented commissioning date and the 6/30/1945 end is the SL44 accession boundary for most listed craft, not a service-termination date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-22 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Deck-log subjects: crew and embarked personnel, Feb 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: SL44 establishes that logbooks exist and their coverage span; the log text itself was not examined (WWII-era LCI deck logs are not confirmed digitized in the NARA Catalog - catalog is JS-rendered and could not be API-queried this session). The coverage end precedes the 1946 disposal; decommission and strike dates are not established by this source. The PDF's (G)-variant designation 'LCI(L)(G)-558' reflects the hull's reclassified designation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-03
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[5]USS LCI(G)558 Action Report, Nasugbu, Luzon, P.I. Landing Operation, 5 February 1945, signed Harold S. Lewis (commanding officer) - declassified NARA World War II action report, transcription on Batangas History site [other_primary]
- Locator
- batangashistory.date transcription, report body sections 1-7 (chronology, ordnance expended, damage/personnel statements, signature block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report documents the Nasugbu operation: USS LCI(G)558, with Commander LCI(G) Group 16 embarked, was part of Task Unit 78.2.6 (CTU Commander Day USN, flagship LCI(R)-73) within Task Group 78.2 (COMPHIBGROUP 8, Rear Admiral Fechteler, USS Spencer) supporting the 31 January 1945 landing of 11th Airborne Division elements at Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Luzon. Assigned mission: accompany LCI(R)-73 to Nasugbu Point furnishing navigational fixes and radar rocket ranges, fire 150 rockets on the point, take station on the left flank of the beach assault lane, and engage targets of opportunity or call fire. The report records that in darkness the ship tracked the wrong rocket ship (LCI(R)-34 mistaken for LCI(R)-73), was not permitted to fire on Nasugbu Point at 0712, took left-flank station at 0740, and later fired on an enemy light-machine-gun position on Nasugbu Point at 1900 in company with LCI(G)-42; on 1 February she entered Talin Bay with LCI(G)-442 and LCI(R)-73 hunting enemy 'Q' suicide boats. Ordnance expended in the operation: 1,088 rounds 40mm, 766 rounds 20mm, 475 rounds .50 cal, and 155 4.5-inch barrage rockets. No battle damage; no personnel lost or wounded. The ship departed to Mindoro 2 February (Mangarin Bay) and for Leyte 3 February 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-01-31 to 1945-02-03 (report dated 1945-02-05)
- Population
- Crew (5 officers + 65 enlisted) plus Commander LCI(G) Group 16 staff embarked, 27 Jan - 3 Feb 1945
- Limitations
- Third-party transcription of a declassified NARA action report (the transcriber notes the original is online at the National Archives); the NARA original is authoritative but was not independently fetched this session - transcription used as the access copy. Documentary richness is tactical/operational; it contains no asbestos, material, or maintenance-condition content and does not describe interior spaces. 'HAROLD S. LEWIS' signature block corroborates the CO named by NavSource (LTjg H. S. Lewis USNR).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-04
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[6]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding' yard table and yard description [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard table, row 'LCI(L) | 558 | US Navy | Feb-44 | To Indonesia 1946'; yard description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard-table corroboration for this hull: New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ, LCI(L) hull 558, US Navy, delivered Feb-44, 'To Indonesia 1946'. Yard description: '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. Management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942, at the Navy's request, and was closed after the war.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding / Todd-managed construction workforce, 1942-45
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation, not an official registry - corroborates builder, delivery month, and the Indonesia disposition already carried from NavSource/DANFS. Yard-history text describes the facility, not this hull's construction specifics. No asbestos or material content; no yard asbestos record is offered by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel propulsion, armor description); HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' official-data page for USS LCI(G)-558 (8 GM diesels, twin screws; spec block); USCG Historian's Office page for sister hull USS LCI(L)-562 (same builder, same class-era diesel plant description); GAO HRD-80-2 program-era documentation (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150558.htm specifications; HyperWar LCIG-558 spec block; USCG historian LCI(L)-562 page (class diesel-plant description); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944 diesel-powered amphibious landing craft sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging and muffler insulation, machinery gaskets, valve and flange packing, electrical insulation, and felt/pad insulation in accommodation spaces. The class carried no steam plant (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch screws) - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Documented splinter armor is a 2-inch 'plastic' material, not an asbestos application.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew, group staff, and embarked troops (1944-45); foreign navy crew and any post-transfer owners (1946-forward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification text, or work package was located for LCI(L)-558/LCI(G)-558. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-06
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[8]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 (1944) and US service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- 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, re-confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-07
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[9]Batch-5279 search ledger (this record): NavSource; DANFS (HyperWar transcription; live NHHC 404); NARA Special List 44 PDF + printed-page scan; NARA action-report transcription; Shipbuilding History yard table; HyperWar official-data LCI(G) page; USCG historian sister-hull page; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener API v4 (partial - fleet pacing); secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-558-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-558-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-558 / LCI(G)-558 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated API returned 0 results for the phrase-exact '"LCI(L)-558"' and '"LCI(G)-558"' opinion queries; an earlier unquoted opinion query returned 632 hits that are entirely name collisions ('LCI International'/'LCI Communications' telecom entities and unrelated docket numbers - zero ship, Navy, or asbestos mentions). The combined RECAP-docket query was throttled by fleet pacing - see search_ledger. Secondary sweeps surfaced only encyclopedic list coverage (uboat.net, Sons of Liberty Museum placeholder page) and generic 'LCI asbestos' marketing material asserting era use 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 naval craft is consistent with era-standard insulation use. The litigation repository search is partially open: the RECAP-docket query was throttled by fleet pacing, not run - treat docket-level litigation status as not fully ruled out (see search_ledger and gaps). Deck logs (RG 24, coverage through 1945-06-30), BuShips contract/specification records, and any disposal documentation are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-558-08