USS LCI(L)-581

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

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-581-lcil581-pkt-pz-packet-md

2. [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. 25, row 'LCI(L)-581 3/30/1944 12/31/1944'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)-581 covering 3/30/1944 through 12/31/1944 (PDF page 25 of the by-ship-number list). The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (30 March 1944 per NavSource, uboat.net, and the USCG Historian's Office). The coverage ends 12/31/1944 - coincident with the hull's documented transition period: she arrived Hampton Roads 11 December 1944 and her Navy crew was relieved by a Coast Guard crew in mid-January 1945 (16 January per USCG Historian's Office; NavSource gives 10 January). Neighboring LCI(L) entries (577-579, 583-585) carry coverage into mid/late 1945, making this hull's Navy-side log window notably short.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-03-30 to 1944-12-31

   Population

   wartime Navy crew (1944, Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater)

   Limitations

   Log coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates - they document that logs exist and the coverage window, not that service ended on 12/31/1944 (she served under Coast Guard manning until March 1946). SL44 inventories Navy logbooks; whether logs kept by the Coast Guard crew (January 1945-March 1946) survive - and under which record group - is unverified (see gaps and ev-10). 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-581-01

3. [3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS LCI(L)-581' cutter-history page (Article 1834862, posted 3 May 2019), citing LCI(L) file, Coast Guard Historian's Office, and 'The Coast Guard At War, V. Transports and Escorts, Vol. 2' (USCG HQ, May 1, 1949, pp. 117-130) [other_primary]

   Locator

   history.uscg.mil Article 1834862 - builder/commissioning block, 'History: Flotilla 35, Group 104, Division 207' narrative, CO list, spec block, sources note

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official USCG Historian's Office record for this hull: built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Company, Barber, NJ; commissioned there 30 March 1944 with a Navy crew. Shakedown and amphibious training at Solomons Island, Maryland; arrived Bizerte 24 May 1944; ferry runs carrying troops between Bizerte, Pozzuoli, Salerno, Anzio, Naples, Civitavecchia, and Nisida; participated in the assault on Southern France 15 August 1944 and made three more troop trips to Southern France (two from Pozzuoli, one from Oran); departed Oran 24 November 1944 for Norfolk, arriving Hampton Roads 11 December 1944; extensive yard overhaul and repair at Lambert's Point, Virginia; Navy crew and officers relieved by a Coast Guard crew 16 January 1945; departed 19 January for San Diego via Key West and the Canal Zone, arriving 13 February; training off San Nicholas and San Clemente Islands and yard availability at the Naval Repair Base; departed San Diego 20 April 1945 for Guam via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, arriving 26 May; Air-Sea Rescue patrol off Pati Point, Guam from 14 June (rescues of crashed B-29s, daily radio weather observation); departed for Eniwetok 11 July for Port Director inter-atoll ferry duty, liberty-vessel duty off Runit Island, and Roi/Kwajalein-to-Eniwetok transport; Wake Island personnel transport 7 November 1945; departed Eniwetok 24 November, reached San Pedro 15 December 1945; decommissioned 20 March 1946. Header block: 'Flotilla 35, Group 104, Division 207'; Coast Guard commanding officers LTJG William T. Allen, LTJG Seymour L. Treib, LTJG Charles A. Rice (all USCGR); 'Transferred to the Maritime Commission on 2 February 1948 for disposal'; 'earned four battle stars for her service in World War II.' Specs: 158'6" oa, 23'3" beam, 216/234/389 t, 15.5 kts, 3 officers + 21 enlisted, 188 troops, 4x20mm + 2x.50cal.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1946; 1948

   Population

   Navy crew (1944); Coast Guard crew (Jan 1945-Mar 1946); Lambert's Point overhaul-yard workforce (Dec 1944-Jan 1945)

   Limitations

   An official service-history compilation, not a primary log - its own source note cites the CG Historian's LCI(L) file and the 1949 'Coast Guard At War' volume. Its header attribution 'Group 104, Division 207' conflicts with the 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document, which places LCI 581 in Flotilla 35, Group 103, Division 206 (see ev-05 and gaps). Its 'four battle stars' statement conflicts with NavSource's one-battle-star award block (see gaps). Its Maritime Commission transfer date (2 February 1948) conflicts with NavSource's 18 February 1948. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-581 - history credited on-page to 'The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II' [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150581.htm - class line, CO list, campaign table, milestone chronology, awards block, specifications block, photo captions (page last updated 19 September 2008)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: laid down 26 February 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 23 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-581 on 30 March 1944 (LTjg. Ralph F. Mulligan, USNR, in command). Commanding-officer succession listed: ENS. J.H. Gefaell USNR (30 Sep 1944-16 Jan 1945); LTjg. William T. Allen USCGR (16 Jan-23 Sep 1945); LTjg. Seymour L. Treib USCGR (23 Sep-20 Dec 1945); LTjg. Charles A. Rice USCGR (20 Dec 1945-20 Mar 1946). 'manned by the Navy in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and by the Coast Guard in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater'; campaign table: Invasion of southern France, 15 August-23 November 1944. Returned to the US in early December 1944 for repairs/overhaul before Pacific assignment to LCI Flotilla 35; crew replaced by an all-Coast-Guard crew 10 January 1945; departed Norfolk 19 January 1945 via Key West and Canal Zone for San Diego; attached to Commander, Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet; departed San Diego 20 April 1945 for Guam via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, arriving 26 May; Air-Sea Rescue duty at Guam until 11 July 1945; Eniwetok inter-atoll ferry service; departed Eniwetok 24 November 1945, arrived San Pedro 15 December 1945; decommissioned 20 March 1946 at San Pedro; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 18 February 1948; transferred to the government of Argentina and redesignated ARA BDI No.9 (Q-62) in 1948; disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1957, fate unknown. 'Received one battle star for World War II service.' Award block: Coast Guard Unit Commendation; American Campaign Medal; Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1); Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal. 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; five single 20mm; call sign NPBR; propulsion two sets of four GM diesels (four per shaft), 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1957

   Population

   NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); Navy crew 1944-45 (EAME); Coast Guard crew 1945-46 (Pacific); postwar disposal and Argentine-service populations (1946-1957)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the page credits the Coast Guard At War volume (the same base text as the official USCG Historian page, ev-02). Date conflicts with that official source and uboat.net are carried, not resolved: laid down 26 Feb (here) vs 28 Feb (uboat.net); Coast Guard crew relief 10 Jan 1945 (here) vs 16 Jan 1945 (USCG); Maritime Commission transfer 18 Feb 1948 (here) vs 2 Feb 1948 (USCG); one battle star (here) vs 'four battle stars' (USCG). One photo caption dates a Mers-El-Kebir mooring 'circa May 1943' - impossible for a hull commissioned March 1944; the caption error is noted in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-03

5. [5]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-581 ship page (ship/21646) [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net ship/21646 - built-by line, date table, history block, 'Notable events' Convoy UGS-41 entry (3 May 1944)

   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 28 Feb 1944; launched 23 Mar 1944; commissioned 30 Mar 1944; 'Decommissioned on 20 March 1946'; 'To Argentina in 1948.' The page lists no commanding officers but carries one notable event: Convoy UGS-41, departed Hampton Roads 3 May 1944 - consistent with the documented eastbound Atlantic crossing to Bizerte (arrival 24 May 1944 per USCG Historian's Office).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Limitations

   uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - its dates corroborate the other sources but are not presented here as primary records. Its laid-down date (28 Feb 1944) conflicts with NavSource's 26 February 1944 (see gaps). The UGS-41 convoy listing is the ship-level event it documents; the convoy membership itself is corroborating context, not an exposure record. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-04

6. [6]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(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-FIVE > LCI(L) GROUP 103 > LCI(L) DIVISION 206 roster, row 'LCI 581 | Lt. (jg) W. T. Allen (USCGR)' (p. ~83-84 of the underlying document)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 581' with commanding officer 'Lt. (jg) W. T. Allen (USCGR)' under LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-FIVE (flotilla commander blank), inside LCI(L) GROUP 103, LCI(L) DIVISION 206 - a division also containing LCI 94, 350, 520, 562, and 583. The CO attribution independently confirms the USCG Historian's record (Allen relieved the Navy crew in January 1945) and confirms the hull under Coast Guard manning inside the Pacific Fleet organization while she was still a commissioned USS.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-05-01

   Population

   Coast Guard crew under Lt. (jg) W. T. Allen, USCGR (as of 1 May 1945)

   Limitations

   Group/division attribution conflicts with the USCG Historian page header ('Group 104, Division 207'): the contemporaneous 1 May 1945 document places her in Group 103 / Division 206. Both agree on Flotilla Thirty-Five; carried as a documented conflict in gaps, not resolved. HyperWar is a transcription host for the official document; the roster line is a bare listing with no service detail. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-05

7. [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) | 581 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | To Argentina 1948'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The yard delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 581 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | To Argentina 1948' - corroborating a March 1944 delivery (consistent with the 30 March 1944 commissioning) and the 1948 Argentine transfer carried by NavSource and uboat.net. Neighboring rows show the yard's other LCI(L) fates: 583 also 'To Argentina 1948', 584-587 'To the USSR 1945, struck 1955', 588 'To Indonesia 1946'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944; 1948

   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. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-06

8. [8]Era inference built on: NavSource and USCG Historian's Office specifications for this hull (8 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch screws - diesel plant, no steam); uboat.net LCI-351 class table; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-08) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150581.htm specifications block; history.uscg.mil Article 1834862 spec block and narrative; uboat.net ship/21646; 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 documented December 1944-January 1945 'extensive yard overhaul and repair' at Lambert's Point, Virginia (USCG Historian's Office) is an asbestos-era yard event of this hull; so is the Naval Repair Base, San Diego yard availability in early 1945.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1957

   Population

   NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); Navy crew (1944-45); Coast Guard crew (1945-46); Lambert's Point and Naval Repair Base yard workforces (1944-45); Argentine Navy crew (1948-1957); post-1957 disposal workforce (unknown)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-581. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. The Lambert's Point and Naval Repair Base yard events are documented as events; their material scope (including whether asbestos-containing material was removed, installed, or disturbed) is undocumented in the located sources. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what (if anything) remained aboard at decommissioning, transfer, or Argentine disposal.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-07

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 (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 U.S. service era (to 1948 disposal transfer).

   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, and neither is Lambert's Point (a commercial facility) or the Naval Repair Base San Diego. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 (standing access defect re-confirmed this session, same as Batches 01, 98, and 5290).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-581-08

10. [10]Batch-5302 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; USCG Historian's Office; NavSource; uboat.net; HyperWar Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945 and Ships of the U.S. Navy roster; Naval Marine Archive yard table; NHHC (DANFS absent; Operation Neptune table via HyperWar CTF-122 transcription); NARA digitized deck-log list; CourtListener opinion + docket searches; Navy Log and secondary web sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-581-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-581-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-581 (or ARA BDI No.9 / Q-62) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 returned zero hits on both the opinion axis and the docket/RECAP axis on 2026-09-30 - a completed negative, not a blocked query. The only 'asbestos' material surfaced in the secondary sweep was generic law-firm marketing content for Navy ships (an American Legion magazine attorney advertisement) with no hull-level content - 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 U.S. service, and the undigitized RG 24 deck logs (3/30/1944-12/31/1944), any Coast Guard-period logs (January 1945-March 1946, not in SL44), the Lambert's Point work package, Maritime Commission disposal records, and Argentine-service records are open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-581-09

11. [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.25 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 3/30/1944-12/31/1944 per Special List 44) and any Coast Guard-period logbooks outside SL44's scope, 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

    1944-1946 (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)-581 file actually exists inside is unverified. Undigitized; open to researchers without restrictions per the finding aid. Deck logs likewise establish existence, not content, and SL44 covers only the Navy-manned period for this hull. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-581-10

12. [12]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, CTF-122 'Operation Neptune - Sunk and Damaged Ships and Craft' table (NHHC Operation Neptune document); NavSource USS LST-581 page (10/16/160581.htm) - same-number collision documentation [other_primary]

    Locator

    CTF122-Damages.html LCT(6) block row '581 DAMAGED' and LCI(L) block (no 581); NavSource 10/16/160581.htm (LST-581); HyperWar PacFleet Org 'DD 581 CHARRETTE', 'PC 581', 'YF 581' rows

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    CORRECTION: '581' collisions are real and materially different hulls. The CTF-122 Normandy sunk/damaged table contains '581 DAMAGED' - under LCT(6), i.e., Mark 6 tank landing craft LCT-581, not this hull; no LCI(L)-581 appears in that table's LCI(L) section (casualties: 83, 85, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 209, 212, 219, 232, 416, 497, 553), consistent with her documented Mediterranean service (she arrived Bizerte 24 May 1944 and was making Italian ferry runs on D-Day). LST-581 (LST-542 class, Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, IN) was an Okinawa-campaign veteran later serving as USNS T-LST-581 - its Asiatic-Pacific battle star does not belong to this hull, whose own award block carries the EAME star for Southern France. DD-581 (USS Charrette, Fletcher-class destroyer, also in the 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization), PC-581, and YF-581 likewise surface in '581' searches. Any Normandy-damage, Okinawa, or destroyer attribution to bare '581' absent an LCI(L) 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. The NHHC canonical Neptune page currently 404s (standing NHHC link-rot); the HyperWar transcription of the same CTF-122 table was used and verified live 2026-09-30. Contains no asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-581-11