USS LCI(L)-580

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]research packet pz-packet.md [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-580-lcil580-pkt-pz-packet-md

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), 15 April 1945, p. 199 (PDF p. 216) - LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY (GUNBOAT) build table (Google-scan reproduction hosted by ShipScribe) [other_primary]

   Locator

   p. 199 (PDF p. 216), build-table row 'LCI(G) 580 (ex-LCI(L) 580)'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips build row: 'LCI(G) 580 (ex-LCI(L) 580)' built by New Jersey S.B. Co., Barber, N.J. (via unbroken 'do.' ditto chain to the builder entry at the head of the block); keel laid 24 Feb 44, launched 21 Mar 44, date of first commission 28 Mar 44.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944

   Population

   Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ (Feb-Mar 1944)

   Limitations

   Documents construction milestones only; the source predates the ship's post-war disposal and carries no asbestos, material, or hazmat content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-01

3. [3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-580 ex USS LCI(L)-580 page (history drawn from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net archives/10/15/150580.htm - history block, campaign table, specifications, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Commissioned USS LCI(L)-580, 28 March 1944, LT E. S. Smith USNR in command (as of May 1945); reclassified LCI(G)-580 on 15 June 1944; assigned to LCI Flotilla Six / LCI Group Sixteen / LCI Division Thirty-Two in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Campaigns: Leyte landings 20 Oct 1944; Pegun/Bras/Fanildo Islands (Mapia group) landings 15-18 Nov 1944; Lingayen Gulf 7 Jan 1945; Nasugbu 31 Jan-2 Feb 1945; Okinawa Gunto 1 Apr-24 Jun 1945. Decommissioned 25 June 1946; stricken 15 August 1946; sold 13 January 1947; fate unknown. Four battle stars. Photo captions: underway Chesapeake Bay 6 May 1944 with port rocket launchers already visible.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1947

   Population

   Ship's company, 1944-1946

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary record (Turner volume); the build/milestone dates agree with BuShips Ships' Data and the campaign list with the ship's own NARA-digitized action reports, but the post-war milestones (decommissioning, stricken, sale) and 'fate unknown' rest on NavSource alone. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-02

4. [4]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-numbers volume, p. 18 (PDF p. 18) [other_primary]

   Locator

   p. 18 of sl-44-ship-number.pdf, row 'LCI(L)(G)-580 3/28/1944 6/30/1945'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Special List 44 lists Navy deck logs for this hull under the designation 'LCI(L)(G)-580' covering 3/28/1944-6/30/1945 - from commissioning through just past the Okinawa operation. The logs exist at NARA College Park (RG 24); they are not in NARA's online deck-log index and are undigitized.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   Ship's company, 1944-1945

   Limitations

   Establishes the existence and custody span of the deck logs, not their content. Log coverage dates are not ship milestones; decommissioning came later (25 Jun 1946). The 6/30/1945 end date reflects the list's WWII-era cutoff convention, not any event in the ship's life.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-03

5. [5]NARA RG 38, 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (digitized via NARA-Fold3 collaboration): LCI(G)-580 action reports - Leyte 10/20/44 (NAID 139854299); Lingayen Gulf 1/7-18/45 (NAID 101768504); Nasugbu 1/31/45-2/2/45 (NAID 139970541); Okinawa Gunto 3/26/45-6/24/45 (NAID 140083893); nine monthly war diaries Nov 1944-Jul 1945 (e.g. NAIDs 139778017, 139846780, 139913013, 101746536, 83528407) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 139854299, 101768504, 139970541, 140083893; war diaries Nov 1944-Jul 1945; flotilla-level COM LCI(G) FLOT 6 Okinawa report NAID 101750026

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's own digitized action reports document all four combat campaigns. The Nasugbu report (signed E.S. Smith, Lt., USNR, 2 Feb 1945) records: departed Leyte 1700 on 27 Jan; on the line of departure 0745 on 31 Jan; 40mm fire at 0808 and a rocket salvo at 0811; 26 rockets, 408 rounds 40mm, 420 rounds 20mm expended; inner-screen anchorage 1,500 yards off Nasugbu beach until 0300 on 2 Feb; rocket-system electrical failure limited firing to 26 of 288 loaded rockets (with the same fault 'on 9 January 1945 at Lingayen'); gyro compass, SO8 radar, and one bilge pump out of order; no casualties to ship or personnel. Full text transcribed at batangashistory.date (secondary transcription of the NARA original).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-10-20 through 1945-07-31

   Population

   Ship's company (approx. 5 officers + 65 enlisted), 1944-1945

   Limitations

   Operational records: document the ship's combat employment in detail but contain no asbestos, material, or medical content. Transcription fidelity rests on the mirror site; the authoritative artifacts are the NARA scans.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-04

6. [6]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Navy Department Library transcription) - ARCHIVED COPY: live history.navy.mil page returns 404 (confirmed 2026-09-30); Wayback capture of 8 Dec 2025 used [other_primary]

   Locator

   LCI FLOTILLA SIX > LCI GROUP 16 > LCI DIVISION 32 (G) block, row 'LCI 580'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The official Pacific Fleet organization document lists 'LCI 580' in LCI Flotilla Six (Comdr. A. R. Montgomery), LCI Group Sixteen (Lt. Cdr. R. S. Rickabaugh USNR), LCI Division 32 (G), commanded by Lt. (jg) E. S. Smith (USNR) - confirming the NavSource flotilla/group/division assignment ship-specifically as of 1 May 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-05-01

   Population

   Ship's company as of 1945-05-01

   Limitations

   A single-date organizational snapshot: it documents the command structure and CO at 1 May 1945 only, and contains no asbestos or material content. The CO is listed as 'Lt. (jg)' here while the ship's own February 1945 action report is signed 'Lt.' - a rank-printing variant carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-05

7. [7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), 15 April 1945, p. 197 (PDF p. 214) - LCI(G) class spec sheet [other_primary]

   Locator

   p. 197 (PDF p. 214), LCI(G) characteristics table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Class spec for LCI(G) 351 class: 159 ft overall, 23 ft 8 in beam, 387 tons full load, trial speed 14.4 kt; accommodations 5 officers + 65 enlisted; armament three single 40mm AA mounts and ten rocket launchers; twin screw, 'G.M. Diesel 6051 Series 71' engines through single GM main reduction gears; two diesel 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators; diesel fuel 860 bbl. The machinery is diesel-only - no steam boilers or turbines.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   LCI(G) 351-class crews (class context)

   Limitations

   Class-level spec sheet: documents the design plant and bounds the asbestos-relevant systems (diesel machinery/exhaust, gaskets, electrical, interior insulation) but names no materials and no asbestos content; the printed shaft horsepower (1,320) is a probable misprint against the same volume's 2,320 for the identical LCI(L) plant - see ev-09.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-06

8. [8]Australian War Memorial, collection item C241437 (Naval Historical Collection) - aerial photograph of USS LCI(G)-580 [museum_official]

   Locator

   AWM collection C241437

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   AWM holds an aerial photograph of this hull showing deck layout; the official caption describes 40mm Bofors AA guns in the bow and at the forward end of the superstructure, 20mm Oerlikon AA guns in the well deck forward and on the after end of the superstructure, and masthead radar - a hull-specific armament record differing in detail from both the NavSource spec block and the SDB class table (fits varied by period).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945 (photo undated)

   Limitations

   Photographic record only; documents external armament/deck layout, not interior materials. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-07

9. [9]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 - a window that covers this hull's entire 1944-46 existence.

   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, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, same standing defect as batches 01/98.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-580-08

10. [10]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), 1945 - internal inconsistency between the LCI(G) table (p. 197) and the LCI(L) table [other_primary]

    Locator

    p. 197 LCI(G) machinery row vs. p. ~200 LCI(L) machinery row (PDF pp. 214, 213)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The SDB LCI(G) table prints shaft horsepower as '1,320' for the GM Diesel 6051 Series 71 plant, while the same volume's LCI(L) table for the identical machinery (and NavSource, carrying the same plant) prints 2,320. The verified page image shows '1,320' is a printed figure, not an OCR artifact - a probable wartime misprint; this record carries 2,320 shp.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1945

    Limitations

    Spec-plate correction only; does not bear on asbestos content. Individual conversions could theoretically have differed in fit, but no source documents a machinery change aboard this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-580-09

11. [11]Batch-5301 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number volume; NARA catalog RG 38 digitized series; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization document (archived); DANFS index; NARA online deck-log index; ShipScribe NAVSHIPS 250-011; AWM collection; USS LCI National Association site; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (opinions + RECAP dockets) for all designation variants [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-580-01 through -12

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-580 / LCI(G)-580 / LCI(L)(G)-580 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results for every hull designation in both opinions and dockets; generic-designation sweeps surfaced only name collisions (a Texas appellate case on 'LCI(G)' and a Ninth Circuit civil case on 'USS LCI'), neither asbestos-related.

    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 Navy landing craft sits squarely inside the documented asbestos-use era. Deck logs (RG 24), builder yard records (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ - defunct), and any post-sale material records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-580-10