Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 815-packet.md (3 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-569-lcil569-pkt-815-packet-md
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[2]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p. 15, row 'LCI(L)(FF)-569 3/14/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)(FF)-569 covering 3/14/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 15 of the by-ship-number list). The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (14 March 1944 per NavSource/uboat.net). The logs are inventoried under the composite flag-configuration designation LCI(L)(FF) even though the LC(FF) conversion was not effected until 31 December 1944 - the jacket designation reflects the hull's final wartime designation. This is the wartime Navy's own log inventory establishing in-scope service for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-03-14 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- wartime crew and embarked flag staff (1944-1945)
- Limitations
- Log coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates - they document that logs exist and the coverage window, not that service ended on 6/30/1945. The logs themselves are not digitized (NARA's digitized deck-log list contains no LCI hulls); they are RG 24 textual records at Archives II, College Park. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-569 ex USS LCI(L)-569 - history credited on-page to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995' (USS LCI National Association volume) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150569.htm - class line, milestone chronology, flotilla assignment block, awards block, specifications block (page last updated 23 August 2019)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 8 February 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 3 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-569 on 14 March 1944 (LTjg. S. T. Hellmuth listed in command, May 1945). Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; 'LCI(L)-569 was redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-569, 31 December 1944.' NavSource's flotilla chain: LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR R. H. Brazeal / LCDR Dennis L. Francis), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Eight (LT. O. G. Howell), LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Six. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; sold 13 December 1946; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal - no battle stars and no Philippine Liberation Medal listed. Specs: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; armament five single 20mm; radio call sign NPAB; propulsion two sets of four GM diesels (four per shaft), 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers. NavSource hosts no photographs of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked flag staff 1944-on; postwar caretaker/disposal population 1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the cited underlying work is the USS LCI National Association's Turner Publishing history volume, not a Navy record, and the flotilla/group/division attribution is not corroborated by the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document (see ev-04 and gaps). Contains no asbestos content. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'fate unknown' are carried verbatim - service status between the end of log coverage (6/30/1945) and the 1946 striking/sale is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-569 ship page (ship/21634) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21634 - built-by line, date table, history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's ship page independently confirms this hull: built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); laid down 8 Feb 1944; launched 3 Mar 1944; commissioned 14 Mar 1944; 'Reclassified as LC(FF), Landing Craft Flotilla Flagship on 31 December 1944'; 'Sold on 13 December 1946.' The page lists no commanding officers and no notable events for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - the build/reclassification/sale dates corroborate NavSource but are not presented here as primary records. The absence of a commands/events listing is a coverage gap in the source, not evidence of inactivity. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-03
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[5]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (NHHC online reading room document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar PacFleet Org 1 May 1945, 'Landing Craft Infantry' section - LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE, LCI GROUP 68, LCI DIVISION 136 blocks (p. ~82-83 of the underlying document)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 confirms the unit structure NavSource attributes this hull to: LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE is enumerated (flotilla commander entry blank '..........'), containing LCI GROUP 68 under ComLCIGrp 68 Lt. Cdr. E. S. Dulean (USNR) (D) and Lt. Cdr. O. G. Howell (USNR) (R) - the same O. G. Howell NavSource names for 'LC(FF) Group Sixty-Eight' - with LCI DIVISION 136 listing hulls LCI 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, and 1083. HOWEVER: hull 569 does not appear anywhere in the document - neither in Division 136 nor flagged with an '(FF)' tag as other flotilla-flagship conversions are (e.g., 'LCI 1080 (FF)', 'LCI 627 (FF)', 'LCI 738 (FF)', 'LCI 762 (FF)', 'LCI 804 (FF)', 'LCI 630 (FF)', 'LCI 398 (FF)').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Non-appearance is documented, not explained: the org doc is a 1 May 1945 snapshot and flag-configured hulls are otherwise listed inside their divisions, so her absence from the enumerated rosters is a real tension with the NavSource/Turner flotilla attribution - possible explanations (assignment effective after 1 May 1945, Seventh Fleet rather than Pacific Fleet organization, or transcription omission) are not established by any located source. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-04
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[6]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LC(FF) roster and class specification block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - 'LC(FF) -- Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagships' section, spec bullets and roster row 'LC(FF)-569'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft roster independently lists 'LC(FF)-569, 1943-44' among the flotilla-flagship conversions, corroborating the NavSource/uboat.net redesignation. Its LC(FF) class block documents the conversion type: 'Converted from Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L) to carry flag officers and crew'; class specs 387 t., 160', 23'3" beam, 15.5 kts, 4x20mm, complement 3 officers/21 enlisted, 8 GM diesels (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew plus embarked flag staff (LC(FF) configuration, 1945-46)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; the roster line is a bare listing and the class block describes the conversion type, not this hull - the class block's displacement (387 t), length (160'), speed (15.5 kts), and complement (3+21) differ from NavSource's hull-specific figures (419 t loaded, 158'5.5", 16 kts, 4+24) - spec variance noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-05
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[7]Naval Marine Archive (shipbuildinghistory-derived), New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ - yard delivery table [other_primary]
- Locator
- newjersey.html yard table, row 'LCI(L) | 569 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | Struck 1946'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 569 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | Struck 1946' - corroborating a March 1944 delivery (consistent with the 14 March 1944 commissioning) and the 1946 striking year carried by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-history compilation (Naval Marine Archive mirror of shipbuildinghistory-derived tables); a delivery-table row corroborates dates but is not a construction or material record. 'Struck 1946' agrees with NavSource's 'in 1946'; neither gives a month/day. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch screws - diesel plant, no steam); uboat.net LCI-351 class table; HyperWar LC(FF) class block; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150569.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21634; HyperWar ships-lc.html LC(FF) block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built February-March 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were diesel engine and exhaust lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch brake linings. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The 31 December 1944 LC(FF) conversion (flag-officer accommodations, added communications spaces) is an additional undocumented yard event of the asbestos era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew 1944-on; embarked flag staff (1945-46); unidentified conversion-yard workforce (1944); post-sale commercial workforce (unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, conversion yard record, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-569/LC(FF)-569. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. The conversion yard is not even identified in located sources. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what (if anything) remained aboard at striking or sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (abstract text; direct fetch blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships; its 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and service era.
- 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. GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - neither is this hull's builder. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 (standing access defect, same as Batches 01 and 98).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-08
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[10]Batch-5290 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource; uboat.net; NHHC (DANFS absent; Operation Neptune sunk/damaged table; Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945); HyperWar roster + PacFleet org transcription; Naval Marine Archive yard table; U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; ODU special collections; CourtListener opinion + docket searches; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-569-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-569-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-569/LC(FF)-569/LCI(L)(FF)-569 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 opinion search for the exact hull designations returned zero hits on 2026-09-30; the equivalent docket/RECAP query was pacing-blocked at session end and is logged as blocked, not as a negative result. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content for the LCI/amphibious type generally (mesotheliomahope.com, asbestos.com, sokolovelaw.com class) asserting asbestos on Navy ships 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 - era inference is consistent with retained era materials during service, and the undigitized RG 24 deck logs (3/14/1944-6/30/1945) plus the ODU Heflin & Williams ship-data collection (hull-range coverage including this hull) are open archival leads. The docket-side litigation check is a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked), not a negative result. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-09
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[11]Old Dominion University Libraries Special Collections, Heflin & Williams Naval Engineering Reference Collection (MG 138), Binder 23 - 'Volume 02: LCI(L)-351 - LCI(L)-1098 (Landing Craft Infantry, Large) - LCI(L)-453, undated', ship data files organized by hull number [other_primary]
- Locator
- archivesguides.lib.odu.edu archival object 88476 (Binder Case 23, Volume 02); NARA SL44 p.15 and navy-online digitization list (absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- ODU holds the Heflin & Williams ship-data file collection whose Volume 02 is cataloged for hulls LCI(L)-351 through LCI(L)-1098 - a range including this hull - with files organized by ship class, hull designation, and hull number. Together with the undigitized NARA RG 24 deck logs (coverage 3/14/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44), this is the located archival path most likely to hold a ship-specific file.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log window)
- Population
- N/A - record-location lead
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the volume is cataloged for the 351-1098 range but the item-level entry carries 'LCI(L)-453' as its terminating hull, suggesting the online listing may cover only a segment of the volume; whether an LCI(L)-569/LC(FF)-569 file actually exists inside is unverified. Undigitized; open to researchers without restrictions per the finding aid. Deck logs likewise establish existence, not content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-10
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[12]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-569 (LST-542 class) page - same-number collision documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160569.htm campaign table and awards block; NHHC Sunk and Damaged table (no 569 entries); Navy Log 569 hits (LST-569, DD-569, AGSS-569 profiles)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: '569' collisions are real and materially different hulls. LST-569 (LST-542-class tank landing ship, Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, IN) was a Pacific veteran credited with the Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Manila Bay-Bicol, and Mindanao operations, plus Philippine Liberation ribbons - NONE of which belongs to this hull: NavSource's award block for LCI(L)-569/LC(FF)-569 carries only the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and WWII Victory Medal with no battle stars and no campaign table. DD-569 (USS Aulick, Fletcher-class destroyer) and AGSS-569 (USS Albacore) also surface in '569' searches. Any battle-star, Lingayen, Leyte, or Philippine-service attribution to '569' absent an LCI/LC(FF) qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Collision-disambiguation finding only. NHHC's Operation Neptune sunk/damaged table contains no '569' casualty of any type (checked 2026-09-30), so the Atlantic-side collision seen for neighboring hull numbers does not arise here; the Pacific-side LST-569 collision does. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-569-11