Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]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. 19, row 'LCI(L)(M)588 4/10/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for 'LCI(L)(M)588' covering 4/10/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 19 of the by-ship-number list). The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (10 April 1944 per NavSource/uboat.net). The logs are inventoried under the composite mortar-configuration designation LCI(L)(M) even though the LCI(M) reclassification was not effected until 15 March 1945 - 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
- 1944-04-10 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- wartime crew (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 (her Navy Occupation service ran to April 1946). 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. The SL44 row prints 'LCI(L)(M)588' without the hyphen before '588' - a typographical variance within the document (neighbors print 'LCI(L)(M)-582', 'LCI(L)(M)-594', etc.). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-588 ex USS LCI(L)-588 - 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 10/15/150588.htm - class line, milestone chronology, flotilla assignment block, awards block, specifications block, photo caption (page last updated 23 June 2017)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 11 March 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 4 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-588 on 10 April 1944. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters; credited with the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign, 'Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 18 September 1944.' 'Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-588, 15 March 1945.' Reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: 'LCI Flotilla Twenty-One, CDR. L. B. Balliere USNR; LCI Group Sixty-Two, LT. G. P. Eckel USNR; LCI Division One Hundred Twenty-Three' for Navy Occupation service in the Far East, 9 November to 3 December 1945 and 2 January to 10 April 1946. Decommissioned circa 1945-46; struck from the Naval Register circa 1945-46; transferred to the State Department 30 May 1946 for disposal; transferred to the Netherlands in 1946 as HNLMS Stormvogel; handed over to the Dutch East Indies government on the formation of the Indonesian Navy in 1950 and renamed KRI Namlea; final disposition 'fate unknown.' 'USS LCI(L)-588 earned one battle star for World War II service.' Awards: American Campaign Medal; Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Ribbon (1); Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; LCI(L) complement 4+24, LCI(M) complement 4+49; LCI(M) armament one 40mm forward, four 20mm, three 4.2-inch chemical mortars in sandboxed well-deck mounts firing over the bow with the No. 2 troop compartment converted to a magazine; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; call sign NPCR. One photograph hosted: LCI(M)-588 under way with LCI(M)-596 in the background, circa 1945, credited to crew member Donald G. Bowman.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1950
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops 1944-46; foreign navy crews 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. The flotilla/group/division attribution conflicts with the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document, which places this hull in Flotilla Thirty-Six / Group 106 / Division 212 (see ev-05 and gaps); NavSource ties its chain to the Nov 1945-Apr 1946 occupation window, which postdates the org snapshot, so both may describe different dates - unproven either way. 'Circa' decommission/struck dates carried verbatim; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-588 ship page (ship/21653), including the Convoy UGS-42 event transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21653 - built-by line, date table, 'Notable events' entry for 13 May 1944 Convoy UGS-42
- 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 11 Mar 1944; launched 4 Apr 1944; commissioned 10 Apr 1944; 'Reclassified as LCI(M), Landing Craft Mortar on 15 March 1945'; 'Transferred to the Netherlands in 1946.' Its 'notable events' listing documents the hull's transatlantic delivery: Convoy UGS-42 departed Hampton Roads 13 May 1944 for the Mediterranean with USS LCI(L)-588 in company under Lt.(jg) J.K. McMahon, USNR - escorted by TF 63 - and at ~0050 on 30 May 1944 the Oran section parted company including LCI(L)-587 and LCI(L)-588, noted as 'straggling from the convoy.' This places the hull in the Mediterranean theater weeks before Operation Dragoon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Lt.(jg) J.K. McMahon USNR and crew; embarked none (transit passage)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - the build/reclassification/transfer dates corroborate NavSource but are not presented here as primary records, and the convoy listing is a transcribed sailing document. McMahon's given name is not spelled out by uboat.net ('J.K. McMahon'; a private tribute page gives 'James McMahon'). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-03
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[4]United States Naval Chronology, World War II (compiled by the Naval History Division, Office of Naval Operations, Navy Department), 15 August 1944 entry - HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- USN-Chron-1944, Chapter VI, August, '15 August, Tue.' Mediterranean paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy Department chronology documents this hull's combat action at Operation Dragoon: 'Allied troops (Major General Alexander M. Patch, USA) land on coast of Southern France between Toulon and Cannes in Operation DRAGOON ... under the command of Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Naval Commander Western Task Force ... Infantry landing craft LCI-592 is damaged by mortar fire off southern France; LCI-588 and LCI-590 are damaged by mines off RED Beach ALPHA' (15 August 1944). This is the official record that LCI-588 struck mines off Red Beach Alpha (Cavalaire sector) on D-Day of the southern France invasion - damaged, not sunk, consistent with her continued service, LCI(M) conversion, and Pacific assignment. A private family-tribute page (operation-dragoon.com, Sgt. Alfred G. Wolke, 3rd Infantry Division) describes 588 as the lead craft into Red Beach that struck two mines roughly twenty meters off the beach, with Wolke blown overboard and killed - consistent with, but carried only as corroboration to, the official 'damaged by mines' entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08-15
- Population
- crew + embarked 3rd Infantry Division troops (30th Infantry Regiment) at Red Beach Alpha, 15 Aug 1944; repair workforce afterward
- Limitations
- Official chronology entry documents participation and mine damage but not repair location, scope, or duration - the post-hit yard event is undocumented in located sources. The Wolke tribute-page detail (lead ship; two mines; ~20 m off beach; Wolke KIA) is below the authoritative-source bar and is not independently asserted here. citation_type is nhhc_danfs only because the chronology is an NHHC-compiled Navy Department document; NHHC's live URL was not confirmed - the HyperWar transcription is cited. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-04
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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(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SIX / GROUP 106 / DIVISION 212 block, row 'LCI 588 (M)' (p. ~83-84 of the underlying document); compare FLOTILLA TWENTY-ONE / GROUP 62 / DIVISION 123 block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 affirmatively lists this hull as 'LCI 588 (M)' inside LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SIX (commander Lt. Cdr. T. Gore, USNR), LCI GROUP 106 (ComLCIGrp 106: Lt. W. P. Eckel, USNR), LCI DIVISION 212 - an (M)-tagged mortar division alongside LCI 582 (M) in Division 211 and LCI 594/595/596 (M) and 664/666 (M) in adjacent Group 107 divisions. This confirms her Pacific presence and mortar configuration on that date but CONFLICTS with the NavSource flotilla chain (Flotilla Twenty-One under Cdr. L. B. Balliere - the org doc shows Flotilla 21's commander as Capt. E. C. Rook/Comdr. L. M. Bailliere; Group Sixty-Two under 'LT. G. P. Eckel' - the org doc shows Group 62 under Lt. Cdr. S. J. Kelley inside Flotilla 21; Division One Hundred Twenty-Three - the org doc's Division 123 lists LCI 698, 767, 768, 1026, not 588).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- crew in mortar configuration (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Both unit chains are documented at face value and the tension is unresolved: the org doc is a 1 May 1945 snapshot while NavSource ties its Flotilla 21/Group 62/Division 123 chain to the Nov 1945-Apr 1946 occupation window, so a later reassignment is plausible but unproven; a 'G. P. Eckel' vs 'W. P. Eckel' initial discrepancy between the two sources is also unexplained. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-05
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[6]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(L) and LCI(M) rosters and LCI(M) class specification block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - LCI(M) section header block, spec bullets, roster row 'LCI(M)-588'; LCI(L) roster row 'LCI(L)-588'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft roster independently lists both designations of this hull: 'LCI(L)-588, 1942-44' in the LCI(L) roster and 'LCI(M)-588, 1945' in the LCI(M) roster, corroborating the NavSource/uboat.net mortar reclassification. Its LCI(M) class block documents the conversion type: 385 t. full load, 160'4", 23'3" beam, 15.5 kts, armament 1x40mm + 3x4.2" chemical mortars + 4x20mm, complement 4 officers + 49 enlisted, 8 GM diesels, twin screws, 'Converted from LCI(L) and LCI(G)', with doctrine referenced to 'Transport Doctrine, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Chapter 27: Gunfire Support, Section 7: LCI(M)' and development/use referenced to the Capture of Iwo Jima report (Cominch P-0012).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- crew in LCI(M) configuration (4 officers + 49 enlisted class complement)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; the roster lines are bare listings and the class block describes the conversion type, not this hull. Class-block displacement (385 t) and length (160'4") differ slightly from NavSource's hull-specific figures (419 t loaded; 158'5.5") - spec variance noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-06
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ - yard delivery table [other_primary]
- Locator
- newjersey.htm yard table, row 'LCI(L) | 588 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | To Indonesia 1946'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 588 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | To Indonesia 1946' - corroborating an April 1944 delivery (consistent with the 10 April 1944 commissioning) and the Indonesian end-state of her disposal chain. The same table is mirrored at the Naval Marine Archive (navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html).
- 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; a delivery-table row corroborates dates but is not a construction or material record. 'To Indonesia 1946' compresses the NavSource-documented chain (State Department 30 May 1946 -> Netherlands 1946 -> Indonesian handover 1950) - the yard table's 1946 date reflects the disposal year, not the Indonesian commissioning year. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch screws - diesel plant, no steam); uboat.net LCI-351 class table; HyperWar LCI(M) class block; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150588.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21653; HyperWar ships-lc.html LCI(M) block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built March-April 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. Two undocumented asbestos-era yard events attach to this hull: repair of the 15 August 1944 mine damage sustained off Red Beach Alpha, and the 15 March 1945 LCI(M) conversion (mortar wells on the well deck; No. 2 troop compartment converted to a magazine) - both real events with no located work package, material list, or even identified yard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew 1944-46; embarked 3rd Infantry Division troops (15 Aug 1944); unidentified damage-repair yard workforce (1944); unidentified conversion-yard workforce (1945); HNLMS Stormvogel and KRI Namlea crews (1946-1961+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, conversion yard record, damage-repair record, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-588/LCI(M)-588. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. The repair and conversion yards are not even identified in located sources. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what (if anything) remained aboard at foreign transfer. Foreign-service configuration under the Netherlands and Indonesia is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-08
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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 U.S. Navy construction (1944) and 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. GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - neither is this hull's builder or any documented repair/conversion yard for her. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 (standing access defect, same as Batches 01, 98, and 5290).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-09
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[10]U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log, crew profile for ANTHONY WAYNE 'WAYNE' FONTES, ETM2, USNR (service from June 1943), listing USS LCI(L)-588 as a significant duty station [museum_official]
- Locator
- navylog.navymemorial.org/fontes-anthony - duty stations and awards blocks (page live 2026-09-30; site search is form-gated, profile reached via web index)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy Memorial's registry documents a named crew member of this hull: ETM2 Anthony Wayne Fontes, USNR (born 9/23/1925, enlisted June 1943), lists USS LCI(L)-588 as his significant duty station; his logged awards - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp - match the hull's documented award profile (occupation clasp consistent with her Nov 1945-Apr 1946 Far East service).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (association window)
- Population
- ETM2 A. W. Fontes; ship's crew association
- Limitations
- Veteran self-report registry (Navy Memorial), not a Navy personnel record - documents crew association and nothing else. An ETM2's June 1943 enlistment predates this hull's April 1944 commissioning, so his association period cannot be pinned from the profile alone. The profile does not establish presence during any specific operation and contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-10
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[11]Batch-5309 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource; uboat.net (incl. Convoy UGS-42 transcription); official USN Naval Chronology WWII (HyperWar); Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945 (HyperWar); HyperWar LCI(L)/LCI(M) rosters; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; Naval Marine Archive mirror; NARA digitized deck-log list; U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; ODU special collections; NARA catalog (Hewitt Dragoon report); navypedia; CourtListener; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-588-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-588-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-588/LCI(M)-588/LCI(L)(M)588/HNLMS Stormvogel/KRI Namlea was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API v4 searches for the exact hull designations were pacing-blocked throughout this session and are logged as blocked, not as negative results. 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 (4/10/1944-6/30/1945), the digitized Hewitt Dragoon report (NARA NAID 134377939), and the ODU Heflin & Williams ship-data collection (hull-range coverage including this hull) are open archival leads. The litigation check is a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked on both opinion and docket sides at report time), 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-588-11
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[12]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-588 (LST-542 class) page; plus same-document collisions inside the 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (ev-05); plus NARA digitized-logs collision SSN-588 Scamp; plus secondary-source overstatement check (codenames.info) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160588.htm (LST-588 awards/milestones); HyperWar PacFleet Org-450501 rows for DD 588/LST 588/LCT 588/PC 588/YF 588; NARA navy-online digitized-logs list (Scamp SSN-588); codenames.info Dragoon loss list vs USN-Chron-1944 15 Aug 1944 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION (two-part): (1) '588' collisions are real and materially different hulls. The very same 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document that lists 'LCI 588 (M)' also lists DD 588 (destroyer BURNS, flagship of Destroyer Division 102), LST 588, LCT 588, PC 588, and YF 588; NARA's digitized deck-log list adds SSN-588 (nuclear submarine Scamp); and NavSource documents LST-588 (LST-542 class, Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, IN - commissioned 19 Aug 1944, one battle star, decommissioned 8 Jun 1946) as a Pacific-veteran tank landing ship. Any attribution to a bare '588' absent an LCI/LCI(M) qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel. (2) Secondary source codenames.info lists 'LCI-588' among Dragoon craft that 'succumbed to mines' - an overstatement: the official USN Naval Chronology records her as 'damaged by mines,' and her continued service (LCI(M) conversion Mar 1945, Pacific assignment May 1945, occupation duty through Apr 1946, foreign transfer 1946) is documented; she was damaged, not lost.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Collision-disambiguation and source-accuracy finding only. The org doc gives DD 588's name as BURNS outright; LCT/PC/YF 588 hulls are identified by number only. The codenames.info 'succumbed' listing is a secondary-source error pattern, not a Navy record. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-12
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[13]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; plus NARA NAID 134377939, 'NAV COM WESTERN TASK FORCE - Preliminary Report of the Amphibious Invasion of Southern France, 8/9/44-9/25/44' (File A16-3, Serial 01468, Micro 90581), a digitized official report covering her combat event [other_primary]
- Locator
- archivesguides.lib.odu.edu archival object 88476 (Binder Case 23, Volume 02); catalog.archives.gov/id/134377939 (digitized report, object pages); NARA SL44 p.19 and navy-online digitization list (absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two open archival paths attach to this hull: (a) 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 4/10/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44), this is the located archival path most likely to hold a ship-specific file. (b) NARA's catalog lists the digitized 'Preliminary Report of the Amphibious Invasion of Southern France' by the Naval Commander Western Task Force (the official action report covering the operation in which this hull was mined) - its damage appendices are the authoritative path for the repair/event detail the Naval Chronology summarizes in one line.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- N/A - record-location leads
- Limitations
- Archival leads only. The ODU 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)-588/LCI(M)-588 file actually exists inside is unverified; undigitized, open to researchers per the finding aid. The NARA catalog page is JS-rendered and its metadata was surfaced via web index rather than direct fetch - the report's appendix-level listing of LCI-588's damage/repair has not been extracted. Deck logs establish existence, not content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-588-13