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-607-lcil607-pkt-446-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-607 - construction milestones, specifications, campaign credits, awards, disposal (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150607.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 5 April 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 3 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-607, 10 May 1944. Call sign NPGH. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, LCI Flotilla Fifteen; campaign credits: Leyte operation (Leyte landings 5-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landings 7-8 December 1944), Luzon operation (Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944), Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings 12 July 1945). Post-war: Navy Occupation Service Medal 9 September-3 October 1945 and 4 October-16 December 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 4 October-16 December 1945. Three battle stars; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Decommissioned and struck - dates unknown. Transferred to the Maritime Commission 13 October 1947; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Specs: 246 t. light / 264 landing / 419 loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns. Photographic record places her at Espiritu Santo 20-21 July 1944 (moored with tender USS Briareus AR-12, outboard of USS George DE-697 during a seven-day tender availability) and landing 77th Division troops at Ormoc Bay 7 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (6 officers + 182 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on the Turner Publishing LCI history and veteran-contributed photographs - its milestone dates generally track official records but it is not a primary registry. The photo caption listing landings at 'western New Guinea, Leyte Gulf, Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, Nasugbu, Mariveles-Corregidor, and the Southern Philippines' is broader than the official campaign table (three stars) - the Nasugbu landing is directly contradicted by the CTG 78.2 action report (see ev-07). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - by ship number (RG 24, Entry 118 inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 26 (LCI(L) block, line between LCI(L)-606 and LCI(L)-608)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)-607 covering 5/10/1944 - 6/30/1945 (PDF page 26, 'LCI(L)-607 5/10/1944 6/30/1945'). These are log-coverage dates in the RG 24 deck-log collection, not commissioning/decommissioning dates - though the 10 May 1944 start coincides with the documented commissioning date. The inventory establishes that wartime deck logs for this hull exist in NARA's physical holdings at College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage span)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops, May 1944 - June 1945
- Limitations
- Inventory entry only: establishes that logs exist and their coverage span, not their content. The logs are NOT digitized - LCI(L)-607 does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' list (checked 2026-09-30); access is via Archives II textual reference. Coverage ends 6/30/1945; post-war logs (occupation/China service through mid-1946, per muster rolls) are outside this entry's span and their disposition was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-02
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[4]NARA NAID 139856210 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; micro serial 106687): 'LCI(L)-607 - Rep of ops In the amphibious assault on Ormoc Bay, Leyte Is, Philippines 12/7/44' - the ship's own CO-signed action report, digitized (3 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139856210, digital objects 0163.jpg-0165.jpg (letterhead page, chronology page, signature page)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-authored primary document (page images read 2026-09-30): 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 607, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif., 9 December 1944. From: The Commanding Officer, U.S.S. LCI(L) 607. To: CominCh. Via: (1) Commander Wave #3 (2) Commander Task Unit 78.33 (3) Commander Group 78.3 (4) Commander SEVENTH Amphibious Force (5) Commander SEVENTH Fleet. Subject: Action Report, Ormoc Operation.' The report documents: underway 6 December 1944 from San Pedro Bay, Leyte, to Terraguna; beached Green Beach Terraguna at 1020 and embarked 245 troops (237 enlisted, 8 officers); arrived transport area 7 December with H-hour delayed to 0710; part of Wave 3 (12 LCIs); beached 0724 between LCI(L)-966 (50 yards port) and LCI(L)-611 (50 yards starboard); all troops disembarked by 0730 in 12 inches of water; retracted and returned to San Pedro Bay under enemy air attack, expending 399 rounds of 20mm (198 rounds at 0950 and 201 rounds at 1520 against 'Jap Zeke' aircraft, hits claimed); 'This ship suffered no battle damage, and there were no casualties due to enemy action.' Signed 'C. V. FOX, Commanding Officer'; advance copy to CominCh, copy to Com LCI Group 43.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12-06 to 1944-12-09
- Population
- LCI(L)-607 crew (~28 complement) and 245 embarked troops, 6-7 December 1944
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record - documents presence, task organization, and the Ormoc landing, but contains no asbestos or material content. Confirms the command chain (Seventh Amphibious Force / Seventh Fleet - i.e., MacArthur's SWPA amphibious command, consistent with LCI Flotilla 15's absence from the NHHC 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization listing) and LCI Group 43 assignment. CO signature 'C. V. Fox' corroborates uboat.net's 'Lt. C.V. Fox, USNR' commanding in March 1945.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-03
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[5]NARA NAID 120285428 (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, series NAID 594996): 'LCI(L) 607 - Muster Rolls' - digitized via Ancestry partnership, 96 page images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120285428 digital objects (muster-roll dates 1944-05-10 through 1946-05-18)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds and has digitized this hull's muster rolls spanning 10 May 1944 (commissioning) through 18 May 1946 - roll dates include 1944 May 10, June 6, June 30, September 30, October 31, November 1, December 31; all of 1945 through October 31 plus November 30 and December 1; and 1946 January 1 through May 18. These are the ship-specific personnel rosters naming every crew member by roll date - the authoritative population record for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- All LCI(L)-607 crew, May 1944 - May 1946 (name-level roster)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the rolls document WHO served aboard, not what materials were aboard - no asbestos content. Images are served via the Ancestry/NARA partnership (catalog.archives.gov object URLs); individual rolls were not transcribed this session. The rolls' extension through 18 May 1946 indicates the ship remained in commission at least to that date - consistent with occupation/China service and the shipbuildinghistory 'Struck 1946' entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-04
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[6]NARA NAID 139918908 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series): 'COMTASK-GROUP 78.2 - Rep of the assault landing at Nasugbu, Luzon Is, Philippines, 1/31/45 - 2/4/45' (micro serial 111570, dated 3/8/1945) - digitized via Fold3, 20 images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139918908, images 0303 (task organization, TU 78.2.3 Wave 6) and 0305 (paragraph 6, passage narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The CTG 78.2 action report for the Nasugbu assault landing names LCI(L)-607 in the task organization - Task Unit 78.2.3 (LCI Unit, Comdr. Deutermann), Wave 6: 'LCI(L) 966(F), 970, 686, 687, 960, 609, 607, 983, 548, 661' - but then documents that she did not make the landing: 'During the passage LCIs 962 and 607 and YMS 10 suffered engine casualties. The former returned to Leyte, the two latter were sent in to Mindoro. Troops embarked on LCIs 962 and 607 were transferred to spare LCIs in company.' The Task Group sortied from Tarragona 27 January 1945; LCI(L)-607 was detached to Mindoro before the 31 January assault.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-01-27 to 1945-02-04
- Population
- LCI(L)-607 crew and embarked troops (transferred to spare LCIs), 27-31 January 1945
- Limitations
- CORRECTION of a circulating claim: the NavSource photo caption (USS LCI National Association 2004 calendar) says the ship 'made landings ... Nasugbu' - the primary action report instead documents an engine casualty that detached her to Mindoro with her troops transferred to spare LCIs before H-hour. The report names the hull in the planned organization and in the casualty narrative; the read is from page images 0303-0305 of the digitized report. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-607 - Cebu landings, Operation Victor II, 24-28 March 1945 (compilation sourced from CTG 74.3 and CTG 78.2 action reports) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21672 - 'Notable events: 24 Mar 1945, Landings off Cebu' narrative (TU 78.2.3 roster; wave-9 beaching obstruction paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary task-organization record for this hull: in the Cebu assault (Operation Victor II), LCI(L)-607 is listed in Task Unit 78.2.3 (LCI unit) under 'USS LCI(L)-607 (Lt. C.V. Fox, USNR)', one of 16 LCI(L)s including -972 (with COMLCI(L)FLOT 15 embarked), -609, -613, -683, -685, -686, -963, -965, -966, -970, -976, -977, -978, -980, -984. The compiled narrative (from the TG 74.3/78.2 action reports) records that the LCI wave could not beach on 26 March 1945 due to a submerged log-boom obstacle and was unloaded just off the beach by LCVP, LCM and LCT. The LCI(L)-607 page header corroborates construction: 'Built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey)'; laid down 5 Apr 1944, launched 3 May 1944, commissioned 10 May 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03
- Population
- LCI(L)-607 crew and embarked troops, 24-28 March 1945
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable secondary compilation - its event narratives cite the underlying action reports (COMTASKGR 74.3 and 78.2 Cebu reports) but are not themselves primary documents; the Cebu listing is consistent with the ship's own Ormoc report (same CO, same Flotilla 15 command structure). No asbestos content. LCI(L)-607's presence in the task organization is documented; whether she carried troops ashore is not itemized per hull in the compiled narrative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-06
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' master table and New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page (emergencysmall/newjersey.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 607; /shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm yard narrative + row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Tim Colton's yard-production tables record: 'LCI(L) 607 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | Delivery 10-May-44 | To NDRF 1947' (LCI(L) master table, row 607) and 'LCI(L) | 607 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946' (New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page). Yard context: 'New Jersey Shipbuilding was an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber, a community immediately to the east of Perth Amboy ... Management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942, at the Navy's request, and was closed after the war.' 'To NDRF' means MARAD took charge of the boat and disposed of it in some way.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding/Barber yard workforce (1942-45 LCI assembly line); NDRF custodial crew 1947
- Limitations
- Secondary maritime reference (Colton's Shipbuilding History) - consistent with NavSource on delivery/commissioning (10 May 1944) and Maritime Commission custody (1947, rendered 'to NDRF 1947'), but its 'Struck 1946' is the only strike date located anywhere; NavSource lists the strike date as unknown - carried as a conflict in gaps. The site itself notes disposition records for these craft are thin. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-07
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[9]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): COM LCI(L) FLOT 15 war diaries (NAIDs 139804514 Aug 1944; 83533622 Sep 1944-Apr 1945; 83533682 May 1945; 83533692 Jun 1945), COM LCI(L) GR 43 war diaries (NAIDs 139975622 Jan 1945; 77578588 Jul 1945), COMTASK-UNIT 78.3.3 Mindoro report (NAID 139965184, 12/13-15/44) - all digitized in the catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov records for the cited NAIDs (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The war diaries of LCI(L)-607's parent units - Commander LCI(L) Flotilla 15 (Aug 1944 - Jun 1945 coverage) and Commander LCI(L) Group 43 (Jan and Jul 1945) - are digitized at NARA, as is the CTU 78.3.3 action report covering the Mindoro invasion (13-15 December 1944, a campaign the ship is credited with). The ship's own Ormoc report's distribution line ('Copy to Com LCI Group 43') confirms the Group 43 assignment. These unit records are the primary path to reconstructing her day-to-day employment inside the Seventh Fleet amphibious force.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 15 / Group 43 units and staffs, Aug 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Archival leads at unit level: these records were identified in the catalog but their page images were not individually read this session - whether each names LCI(L)-607 was verified only for the CTG 78.2 Nasugbu report (ev-05). Unit-level documentation is context for the hull, not ship-specific findings. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 spec block (eight General Motors diesels, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch props, diesel plant - no steam); shipbuildinghistory class summary (923 LCI(L)s built by ten yards, 158.5-ft design); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) class narrative; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944-built diesel-powered landing craft of the LCI-351 class sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging, thermal insulation within the machinery space, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a confined 158-foot hull. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the asbestos-relevant systems are the exhaust/engine-room insulation and standard gasket/packing applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any yard/base trades during availabilities; NDRF custodial and any scrapping workforce (post-1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-607. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-09
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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 (April-May 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 returns HTTP 403 to plain automated fetch (confirmed 2026-09-30); product-page description reached via firecrawl the same day.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-10
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[12]Batch-5328 search ledger (this record): NavSource (live); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NARA catalog API (muster rolls, Ormoc action report, Nasugbu report, flotilla/group war diaries); NHHC DANFS (no entry); NHHC Pacific Fleet org 1 May 1945; shipbuildinghistory; uboat.net; CourtListener opinion search (two variants, zero hits); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-01 through -14
- 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)-607 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-607' and 'LCI-607' returned zero hits (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30) - a true negative for published opinions, though the docket search and remaining query variants were rate-limited at report time (logged in search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no marketing-listicle page specifically asserting asbestos aboard this hull. The ship-specific records that DO exist (action report, muster rolls, deck-log inventory, flotilla war diaries) contain no asbestos content.
- 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 hull was built inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Open leads: undigitized RG 24 deck logs (5/10/44-6/30/45), the digitized flotilla/group war diaries (unread page-by-page), builder work packages for New Jersey Shipbuilding, and MARAD/NDRF disposal records post-13 October 1947. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-607-lcil607-11