Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-599 (construction milestones, wartime assignment, awards strip, disposal) - history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150599.htm header block, awards strip, service narrative, and specifications block; sister-page contrast from 10/15/150594.htm (one battle star), 10/15/150598.htm (three battle stars), 10/15/150603.htm (identical PDX-225 disposal line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 25 March 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 21 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-599, 27 April 1944; LT. A.C. Turner USNR in command (May 1945). Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Five (CDR M. V. Milton), LCI Group Fifteen (LCDR E.S. Dulcan), LCI Division Thirty. Awards strip shows American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars listed (contrast sister pages: LCI(L)-594 credited with one battle star, LCI(L)-598 with three). Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 November 1946 at Suisun Bay, CA for disposal (PDX-225, 27 September 1946) - the identical PDX-225 disposal line appears on sister LCI(L)-603's NavSource page; final disposition, fate unknown. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" length; 23' 3" beam; 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors '6051 series 71' diesel engines (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); commissioned crew (1944-46); embarked troops (up to ~188 per spec)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its milestone record is corroborated independently by uboat.net and the Naval Marine Archive yard list, and its commissioning date matches the NARA Special List 44 logbook start date. The underlying history source is a veteran-association book (Turner Publishing, 1995), itself secondary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-01
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[2]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-599 (LCI(L)-599), LCI 351 class registry entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21664.html characteristics table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent registry corroboration: LCI(L)-599, Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class, built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); laid down 25 Mar 1944; launched 21 Apr 1944; commissioned 27 Apr 1944. No commands or operational events are listed for this hull in the registry's wartime-history apparatus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Secondary registry entry - corroborates builder and milestone dates only; absence of listed commands/events reflects the registry's coverage, not proof of operational detail. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (NARA, 1978), printed page 346 - page image served via the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center mirror of the published volume [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed p. 346; ACPL Genealogy Center scan page image 372 (viewpage realpage=1780, display=372); digitized-status check via archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44's numbered-vessel inventory lists under 'LCI(L)-599': date span of logbooks Apr. 27, 1944 - June 30, 1945, one logbook (OCR of the published page, verified against the image). The log coverage begins on her commissioning date and establishes in-scope wartime naval service through mid-1945. The logbook is not among the deck logs NARA has digitized - the 'Navy Deck Logs Available Online' index contains only LCI-874 among LCI hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04-27 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- crew and embarked troops within the logged period
- Limitations
- The inventory establishes that a logbook for this hull exists in NARA custody - not its contents; the RG 24 logbook pages are an undigitized archival lead. The June 30, 1945 end date is the coverage boundary of the listed logbook, not a decommissioning marker; no post-June-1945 logs for this hull are listed in SL44. The ACPL mirror is a faithful page-image reproduction of the NARA publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-03
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[4]Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Transport Doctrine (Sept. 1944), Ch. II characteristics table (HyperWar transcript); ONI 226, Allied Landing Craft and Ships (Apr. 7, 1944) class entry (HyperWar PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Transport Doctrine Ch. II characteristics table, LCI(L) 351-Up row; ONI 226 LCI(L) page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own wartime references define the type this hull belongs to: ONI 226 (Apr. 7, 1944) carries the LCI(L) class entry; the Sept. 1944 transport-doctrine characteristics table gives the LCI(L) 351-Up group as 160' 3.75" length, 23' 3" beam, 257 tons, 12 knots, powered by eight 225-HP diesel engines, five 20mm guns, splinter armor, crew 3 officers + 25 enlisted, troops 9 officers + 196 enlisted for short hauls. Doctrine notes the side-ramp LCI(L) is ocean-going but limited to roughly 48 hours of embarked troops.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- class-level crews and embarked troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Class/era documentation - describes the type, not this hull; no materials or asbestos content. Doctrine figures differ slightly from NavSource's spec block (crew 3+25 vs 4+24; 8x225 HP vs 2,320 shp) - variance carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (diesel plant, no steam); Sept. 1944 transport-doctrine class characteristics (eight 225-HP diesels); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos documentation (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; Transport Doctrine Ch. II LCI(L) 351-Up row; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft launched April 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard small diesel combatants of the period were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, engine-space thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and adhesives or deck compounds. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her asbestos footprint was materially smaller than a steam-driven ship's. Embarked troops transited typically for 48 hours or less per doctrine.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); engine-room crew (1944-46); any disposal/shipbreaking workforce after Nov. 1946
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-599. 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-599-lcil599-05
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[6]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 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, confirmed 2026-09-30); content via product-page description. Same standing limitation as prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-06
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[7]Batch-5320 search ledger (this record): NavSource, uboat.net, NARA Special List 44 (ACPL mirror), NARA online-deck-log index, NHHC/DANFS, CourtListener v4 (opinions and RECAP dockets), MARAD Vessel History Database, shipyards.json cross-check, HyperWar wartime doctrine, museum/newsletter and secondary sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-599 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search of the exact hull variants "LCI(L)-599", "LCI-599", "LCI(L) 599", and "USS LCI"+asbestos returned zero hits; the RECAP docket index returned zero for "LCI(L)-599"; a landscape query ("landing craft" asbestos) surfaced only unrelated matters (a 9th Circuit Ingalls yard-worker appeal and an ASBCA contract dispute). MARAD's Vessel History Database holds no card for this hull (the only LCI present is LCI(G)-190). VA Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions naming this hull were not located. The wartime deck logbook exists at NARA but is undigitized.
- 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 - and small diesel landing craft carried materially less asbestos than steam-driven combatants, so a thinner record here is partly expected. The undigitized deck logbook, BuShips correspondence, and the Maritime Commission disposal jacket are the open primary leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-599-lcil599-07