Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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-606-lcil606-pkt-446-packet-md
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[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. 26, row 'LCI(L)-606 5/8/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for 'LCI(L)-606' covering 5/8/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 26 of the by-ship-number list) - the sole 606 LCI entry, under the plain LCI(L) designation with no LCI(G)/(M)/(R) conversion jacket. The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (8 May 1944 per NavSource/uboat.net). 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
- 1944-05-08 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. The inventoried coverage ENDS 6/30/1945, before V-J Day, her documented 12 September 1945-5 January 1946 Far East occupation service, and her postwar disposal - post-June-1945 logs for this hull are not in the SL44-inventoried set (a real archival gap, not proof they were never kept). 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-606-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-606 - 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 10/15/150606.htm - class line, milestone chronology, flotilla assignment block, awards block, specifications block, photo captions (page last updated 14 March 2014)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 4 April 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 2 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-606 on 8 May 1944, 'LTjg. J. C. Johnston, USNR in command (May 1945).' Assigned during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: 'LCI Flotilla Five, CDR. M. V. Milton; LCI Group Fifteen, (flagship) LCDR. E. S. Dulcan; LCI Division Twenty-Nine' - i.e., NavSource credits 606 as the Group 15 flagship. Post-war occupation duty in the Far East 12 September 1945 to 5 January 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Administration 18 February 1948 for disposal; transferred to the government of Argentina, redesignated ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57) in 1949; 'Final Disposition, disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1967, fate unknown.' Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp - no battle-star credits. Photographic record: USS LCI-606 at Sasebo, Japan, leaving port with USS LSM-344 and possibly USS LSM-476 in background, 24 September 1945 (inside the documented occupation window); LCI-606 alongside an LCT; two views of ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57), one pierside with ARA BDI No.5 (Q-58, ex-USS LCI(L)-750). 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 guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gear, two diesel-driven 30 kW generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; call sign NPGE.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops 1944-46; Argentine Navy crew 1949-1967+
- 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 chain conflicts with the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document, which places this hull in Flotilla Five / Group 14 / Division 27 (not Group 15, and NOT marked flagship - the org doc marks LCI 222 as Group 15's flagship); the org doc confirms the CO name (Johnston). Decommissioning and striking dates are 'unknown' - unusual among sisters. The 'To Argentina 1948' vs 1949 and 'disposed 1967' vs secondary 1991 discrepancies are flagged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-606 ship page (ship/21671), LCI 351 class [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21671 - built-by line, date table, 'Transferred to Argentina in 1949' history line; 'We don't have any commands listed' notice
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's ship page independently confirms this hull: 'Built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey, U.S.A.)'; laid down 4 Apr 1944; launched 2 May 1944; commissioned 8 May 1944; classed LCI 351; history line 'Transferred to Argentina in 1949'. The page carries no commands list and no notable-events entries - no convoy or combat events are documented for this hull in that compilation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- crew (wartime)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - the builder, build dates, and Argentina-transfer line corroborate NavSource but are not presented here as primary records. Absence of a notable-events listing is a thin negative - it does not prove the hull saw no action, only that the compilation documents none. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-03
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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-450501, 'Landing Craft Infantry' section - LCI FLOTILLA FIVE / GROUP 14 / DIVISION 27 block, row 'LCI 606 | Lt. (jg) J. C. Johnston (USNR)' (doc pp. ~77-78); compare LCI GROUP 15 / DIVISION 29 block (LCI 222 marked GF)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 affirmatively lists this hull as 'LCI 606' inside LCI FLOTILLA FIVE, LCI GROUP 14 (ComLCIGrp 14: Lt. H. M. Mattson), LCI DIVISION 27 - alongside LCI 604 (Lt.(jg) J. R. Tyler USNR), LCI 605 (Lt.(jg) P. V. Mulkern USNR), LCI 678, LCI 944, and LCI 1020 - with 'Lt. (jg) J. C. Johnston (USNR)' named on the LCI 606 line, independently confirming the commanding officer NavSource lists for May 1945. The org doc confirms Flotilla Five but CONFLICTS with NavSource's Group Fifteen / Division Twenty-Nine / flagship attribution: the org doc's LCI GROUP 15 (ComLCIGrp 15: Comdr. H. V. Milton USNR) carries LCI 222 - marked '(GF)' - as group flagship in Division 29, with no 606 anywhere in Group 15. NavSource's Flotilla Five commander 'CDR. M. V. Milton' also differs in initial and echelon from the org doc's Group-15 'Comdr. H. V. Milton (USNR)'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- crew under Lt.(jg) J. C. Johnston (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's chain is undated within WWII service, so an earlier or later Group 15 flag assignment is plausible but unproven; NavSource's 'flagship' line may reflect a different date. The Milton initial/echelon discrepancy is unexplained. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-04
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[6]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(L) roster and LCI(L)-351 class specification block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - LCI(L)-351 class block; roster row 'LCI(L)-601-608' (LCI(L) roster); no 606 entry in the LCI(G)/(M)/(R) rosters
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft roster lists this hull inside the range row 'LCI(L)-601-608, 1942-44' with no annotation - i.e., no loss, lend-lease, or conversion note (contrast the adjacent 'LCI(L)-600 ... 12 Jan 45 (no details)' loss entry and the 'LCI(L)-665-668 ... Lend-Lease to USSR' row); the foreign-sale path of this hull (Argentina 1948-49) postdates the roster's wartime window. The LCI(L)-351 class block documents the type: 385 t. full load, 160'4", 23'3" beam, 15.5 kts, armament 5x20mm, complement 4 officers + 25 enlisted, capacity 9 officers + 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo, 2 sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew (wartime)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; the roster line is a bare range listing and the class block describes the type, not this hull. Class-block figures differ from NavSource's hull-specific block (385 t / 160'4" / 25 enlisted / 1,600 BHP vs 246-419 t / 158'5.5" / 24 enlisted / 2,320 shp) - spec variance noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-05
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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) | 606 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | To Argentina 1948'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 606 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | To Argentina 1948' - corroborating a May 1944 delivery (consistent with the 8 May 1944 commissioning) and the Argentina destination, while dating the transfer 1948 rather than NavSource's MARAD-18-Feb-1948-then-Argentina-1949 chain. The page's yard history describes New Jersey Shipbuilding as 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber' whose 'management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942, at the Navy's request,' closing after the war. Neighbor context: the same table shows LCI(L)-600 'Sunk 1945' (consistent with the HyperWar roster's '12 Jan 45' loss annotation), 616/617 'To China 1946', 615 'Target at Bikini', and most other neighbors 'Struck 1946' - 606's foreign-transfer disposition is the outlier row for the block.
- 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; a delivery-table row corroborates dates but is not a construction, material, or disposal instrument record. The 'To Argentina 1948' year conflicts mildly with NavSource's 1949 redesignation - most consistent with reading 1948 as the MARAD disposal hand-off, but no source reconciles the wording. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-06
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[8]Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum (amphibiousforces.org), 'Lifejackets - Name / Memorial Lifejacket Inscription' donor list, dated 11/27/2024 [other_primary]
- Locator
- amphibiousforces.org/Donations/20241127WebList.pdf, 'L' entries - 'Levine, Henry'; repeated in amphibiousforces.org/News/2017SummerDeckLogFinal.pdf memorial section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A memorial-inscription list names a crew member of this hull: 'Levine, Henry - Henry Levine, MoMM3 USS LCI (L) 606 USNR 1943-1955' - a Motor Machinist's Mate 3rd Class whose inscription carries USNR service dates 1943-1955 (the same inscription text appears in the museum's 2017 LCI(L)-713 deck-log publication's memorial pages).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1955 (inscription service dates)
- Population
- MoMM3 H. Levine; ship's crew association
- Limitations
- Documents crew association only - a memorial-donor inscription, self-reported by the donor, not a service record; it establishes that a Henry Levine served or is memorialized as serving aboard this hull, with no dates aboard, no battle station, and no exposure information. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-07
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[9]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 designation; HyperWar LCI(L)-351 class block; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150606.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21671; HyperWar ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built April-May 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 only documented asbestos-era yard event is her construction at New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber, NJ); unlike converted or battle-damaged sisters (e.g., LCI(L)-588 mined at Dragoon, LCI(L)-600 sunk 1945), no damage-repair or conversion work package attaches to this hull. Her Argentine Navy maintenance and refit history (1949-1967+) is undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew 1944-46; Argentine Navy crew and yard workers (1949-1967+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-606. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what remained aboard at Navy disposal, during Argentine service, or at final disposition. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-08
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[10]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. construction (1944) and Navy custody era (1944-48).
- 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. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 (standing access defect, same as Batches 01, 98, and 5290-5318).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-09
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[11]Batch-5327 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource; uboat.net; official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (HyperWar; canonical NHHC URL 404s); HyperWar LCI(L) roster; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum donor list; NARA digitized deck-log list; U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; usslci.org; histarmar.com.ar; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket); secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-606-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-606-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-606 or her Argentine identity (ARA BDI No.4 / Q-57) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 returned ZERO results on both the opinion side and the docket side for the hull's designation variants - genuine negative results, not access failures. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced anywhere for the LCI/amphibious type is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos on Navy ships without primary sourcing or hull-level content - excluded by source policy; none names this hull.
- 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 (5/8/1944-6/30/1945) and the ODU Heflin & Williams ship-data collection (hull-range coverage including this hull) are open archival leads. Argentine-era records (1949-1967+) are unexplored beyond the located secondary listings. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-10
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[12]Same-document collisions inside the 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (ev-04); plus NARA SL44 and digitized-logs collisions; plus uboat.net Allied war-loss index [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar PacFleet Org-450501 rows for DD 606/LST 606/PC 606/LCT 606/YF 606; sl-44-ship-number.pdf rows for LST-606/PC-606/YP-606; NARA navy-online digitized-logs list (Coghlan DD-606, Tinosa SSN-606); uboat.net war_losses index (HMS MGB 606)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: '606' collisions are real and materially different hulls. The very same 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document that lists 'LCI 606' also lists DD 606 (destroyer COGHLAN, flagged '(FD)'), LST 606, PC 606 (Lt.(jg) J. E. Searight USNR), LCT 606, and YF 606. NARA Special List 44 adds LST-606 (4/24/1944-6/30/1945), PC-606 (8/7/1943-6/30/1945), and YP-606 (5/11/1943-3/31/1944) log jackets. NARA's digitized deck-log list adds Coghlan (DD-606) and Tinosa (SSN-606). uboat.net's Allied war-loss index adds HMS MGB 606, a Royal Navy Fairmile D motor gun boat sharing the number. Any attribution to a bare '606' absent the LCI qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Collision-disambiguation finding only. The org doc gives DD 606's name as COGHLAN outright; LST/LCT/PC/YF 606 are identified by number only; MGB 606 is a Royal Navy craft that shares only the number. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-11
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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 the undigitized NARA RG 24 deck logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- archivesguides.lib.odu.edu archival object 88476 (Binder Case 23, Volume 02); NARA SL44 p.26 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 (b) the undigitized NARA RG 24 deck logs (coverage 5/8/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44), these are the located archival paths most likely to hold ship-specific material.
- 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)-606 file actually exists inside is unverified; undigitized, open to researchers per the finding aid. Deck logs establish existence and the coverage window, not content; the post-June-1945 period (V-J Day, occupation service 9/1945-1/1946, decommissioning, MARAD disposal) is not in the inventoried set. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-606-12