Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 446-packet.md (4 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-605-lcil605-pkt-446-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-605 - construction, commissioning, flotilla/group/division assignments, occupation service, disposal to Maritime Commission and fishing-vessel documentation, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150605.htm header block, awards block, assignment paragraph, disposition block, specifications block, and commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 3 April 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 1 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-605, 6 May 1944, LTjg. P. V. Mulkern USNR in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Five (flagship, CDR. M. V. Milton), LCI Group Fifteen (LCDR. E. S. Dulcan), LCI Division Thirty-Six. Post-war Occupation service in the Far East 12 September-14 December 1945. Decommissioned 1 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 15 January 1948; registered 1949 as fishing boat Thelma M., homeport Charleston, S.C.; out of documentation 1967; final disposition fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp - no battle stars listed on the page. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo; five single 20mm guns; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. International radio call sign NPFT. No photographs of this hull are archived on the page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-46); embarked troops up to ~188; flotilla staff embarked (flagship duty)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - dates generally track official records but the page is not a primary registry; builder, delivery date, and Navy disposition here are independently corroborated by the shipbuilding-history build table and NJ-yard table (ev-02, ev-03), and commissioned date matches the NARA SL44 log-coverage start (ev-06). The Thelma M. fishing-vessel documentation chain (1949 registration, Charleston homeport, 1967 out of documentation) is carried solely from this page - not independently verified; the RG 178 Maritime Commission correspondence file (ev-08) is the archival lead for it. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-01
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[3]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-605 row; companion New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page (navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html), row 605 and yard narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html, LCI(L) hull table row 605 and surrounding rows 600-609; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html, hull table row 605 and page narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: LCI(L) | hull 605 | New Jersey SB, Barber NJ | 6-May-44 | 'To NDRF 1946' - corroborating the builder, yard location, and delivery date on the NavSource page. The companion yard page lists the same hull as 'LCI(L) | 605 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946' and describes New Jersey Shipbuilding as an assembly-line LCI yard on Arthur Kill at Barber (later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer), managed by Todd Shipyards from 1942 at the Navy's request and closed after the war. Adjacent rows: 600 lost at Ulithi 12-Jan-45, 601/602/603/607 to NDRF 1946-47, 604 sold 1946, 606 to Argentina 1949, 608/609 sold 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- NJSB Barber yard trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference tables - corroboration of builder/date/disposition, not primary contract records. The build table's 'To NDRF 1946' and the yard page's 'Struck 1946' differ in phrasing from NavSource's 'Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 January 1948' and 'struck, date unknown' - the tables' own caveat notes 'to NDRF' is shorthand for MARAD custody, so the 1946/1948 dates are probably consistent (post-decommissioning custody vs formal MC transfer), but 'Struck 1946' vs 'date unknown' is an unresolved conflict (see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-02
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[4]NARA catalog, NAID 120285628 - 'LCI(L) 605 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities; 97 digitized images, Ancestry partnership; first displayed image labeled 'Muster Roll Date: 1943 November 02'); related index block NAID 118967602 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (RG 24 Index to Muster Rolls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120285628 (97 images; first image label 'Ancestry File #32860_245691-00001, Muster Roll Date: 1943 November 02'); /id/118967602 (index block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel records naming this hull: 97 muster-roll images for LCI(L) 605 are online, and the ship falls inside the muster-roll index block covering hulls up to LCI(R)-651 - a crew roster for every reporting period of her career is recoverable from these records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-605 crew (1943-46 muster window)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata and image count verified live via rendered catalog page; page-image contents not individually reviewed. The first image's labeled roll date (2 November 1943) precedes this hull's 3 April 1944 laying down - likely a precommissioning crew-accounting roll or an Ancestry labeling artifact; carried verbatim without interpretation. Muster rolls are personnel records - no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-03
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[5]NARA catalog - digitized war diaries of this hull's parent commands (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018): COM LCI(L) FLOT 5 monthly diaries covering her in-scope period (5/44 NAID 78472328; 6/44 78484632; 8/44 78624560; 6/45 101709129; 7/1-31/45 101764997 and 7/24-31/45 101765037; 8/45 77486483; 9/45 77536686; 10/45 77592976; 11/45 140087796) and COM LCI(L) GR 15 monthly diaries (5/44 78446501; 6/44 78487510; 7/44 78560688; 8/44 78604824; 9/44 134375849; 10/44 78653083; 11/44 78691142; 12/44 139804546; 1/45 139835942; 2/45 139901798; 4/45 139994330; 5/45 140027724; 7/45 77580231; 8/45 77574332; 9/45 140086587) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search results for "COM LCI(L) FLOT 5" and "LCI(L) GR 15" within series NAID 4697018; representative record catalog.archives.gov/id/140086587
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull was the LCI Flotilla Five flagship (NavSource): the flotilla commander's own monthly war diaries and those of LCI Group Fifteen - the commands she was assigned to - are digitized in the National Archives with near-complete monthly coverage of her commissioned period (May 1944 onward). Because she carried the flotilla staff, the FLOT 5 diaries were in substance authored aboard this hull; the GR 15 diaries cover the group she served in.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05 to 1945-11
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 5 / Group 15 staffs; LCI(L)-605 crew hosting flotilla command
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (titles, NAIDs, digitized status); page-image contents not individually reviewed, so the hull's name has not been confirmed inside each diary. Parent-command records, not hull-authored file units - no hull-named war diary, action report, or operations report for LCI(L)-605 was located in the series (searched under both 'LCI(L)-605' and 'LCI(L) 605' forms). Operational records - no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-04
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[6]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number sequence, PDF page 26 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 26, row 'LCI(L)-605 | 5/6/1944 | 6/30/1945' (verified via pdftotext extraction of the downloaded official PDF)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI(L)-605 covering 5/6/1944-6/30/1945 - i.e., logbook coverage running from her commissioning date through mid-1945 (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-06 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LCI(L)-605 crew (1944-45 logging window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for that window. A search-within of the digitized WWII deck-log file units (series NAID 594258) returned no file unit titled for this hull under 'LCI(L)-605' (zero results) and no hull entry among 219 fuzzy hits for 'LCI(L) 605' - physical-holdings lead only. A deck log is an operational record - location/moorage and noteworthy events, not insulation content. Post-June-1945 coverage (through decommissioning 1 May 1946) is not listed in SL44.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-05
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[7]NARA catalog, NAID 2760170 - 'LCI-605 (LCI(L)-605)' (RG 38, Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978; Board of Inspection and Survey; paper only, National Archives at College Park, container 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/2760170 - file-unit description (series NAID 2092723, container 3)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) material-inspection file exists for this hull in NARA's RG 38 Material Inspection Reports series - the Navy's official material-condition inspection record type, and the single most promising lead for any hull-level material/fabric condition documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (inspection window; series spans 1940-1978)
- Population
- INSURV inspectors; LCI(L)-605 crew at inspection
- Limitations
- Not digitized - paper records at College Park; catalog title and series verified live, contents not reviewed. An INSURV file documents material condition, not asbestos content per se; whether it contains insulation/material identification is unknown. No asbestos content asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-06
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[8]NARA catalog, NAID 3461235 - '901-18567 LCI (L) 605 (Vessel)' (RG 178, Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission, Central Correspondence Files 1936-1950; paper only, National Archives at College Park, container 5310) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/3461235 - file-unit description (series NAID 1280557, container 5310)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named U.S. Maritime Commission correspondence file exists for this vessel - consistent with the documented 15 January 1948 transfer to Maritime Commission custody; the file is the archival lead for the MC disposition chain and the 1949 fishing-vessel documentation (Thelma M.).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1936-1950 (file window; vessel custody 1946-48)
- Population
- Maritime Commission disposal/custody staff (1946-49)
- Limitations
- Not digitized - paper records at College Park; catalog title, RG 178 series, and container verified live; contents not reviewed. A correspondence jacket - may contain anything from a single routing slip to a full transfer/disposal file. No material or asbestos content asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-07
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[9]Elsie Item issue 133 (Summer 2026), newsletter of the USS LCI National Association / Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum - article 'USS Barb, The Sub that Sank a Train' bylined 'Frederick Langston QM1/c LCI(L) 605' [other_primary]
- Locator
- amphibiousforces.org/News/2026JuneElsie133.pdf, page 9 (article byline; verified via pdftotext extraction)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The USS LCI National Association's newsletter carries an article bylined 'Frederick Langston QM1/c LCI(L) 605' - documented evidence of a Quartermaster 1st Class who served aboard this hull and remained active in the LCI veterans' association; a named-crew data point consistent with the hull's digitized muster rolls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-46 service period; newsletter published Summer 2026
- Population
- LCI(L)-605 crew (Frederick Langston, QM1/c)
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association newsletter - byline identification only; the article's subject (USS Barb) is unrelated to this hull. Does not place Langston aboard on any specific date (the muster rolls would); no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, diesel-drive generators - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-10); NARA physical logbook holdings (ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json yard list (no NJ Shipbuilding entry); GAO HRD-80-2 context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built April-May 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in engine and piping systems, electrical insulation on wiring and in control panels, and thermal insulation in the confined machinery spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (1944); crew 28 (1944-46); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188); later commercial fishing crew aboard Thelma M. (1949-67)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-605. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. New Jersey Shipbuilding is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset, so no yard-level product list was attached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-09
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[11]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 US Navy 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-10
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[12]Batch-5326 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; shipbuilding-history build table and NJ-yard page; NARA catalog (muster rolls, FLOT 5 and GR 15 war diaries, INSURV material file, MarCom correspondence file, muster-roll index block); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NHHC DANFS and site search; NVR; MARAD vessel-history database; CourtListener (opinion and docket indexes); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-605 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero results for 'USS LCI(L)-605', 'LCI(L)-605', 'LCI-605', and 'LCI 605' across the opinion index and zero for the two hyphenated forms across the docket index - a genuine no-result (not blocked). The hull's 1948 disposal to the Maritime Commission and conversion to fishing vessel Thelma M. forecloses the US-side abatement/museum/scrapping documentation trail that produces most ship-specific asbestos records.
- 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 - the INSURV material-inspection file (ev-06) and MarCom correspondence file (ev-07), both undigitized at College Park, are open leads, as are the undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 5/6/1944-6/30/1945). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-605-lcil605-11