Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-611 - construction timeline, campaign record, specifications, disposal (history text credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150611.htm - header block, campaign tables, specification block, photo caption, disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 13 April 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 10 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-611, 17 May 1944. World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater campaigns: Leyte operations - Leyte landings 5 to 29 November 1944, Ormoc Bay landing 7 and 8 December 1944; Luzon operations - Mindoro landings 12 to 18 December 1944; Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings 17 to 23 April 1945 and 10 to 16 May 1945. Post-war: Navy Occupation Service 9 to 14 September 1945; China Service (extended) 19 September to 16 December 1945; photographed at anchor on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 7 December 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; sold 13 November 1946; final disposition, fate unknown. Three battle stars; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Specifications: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; 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), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records and are corroborated here by uboat.net and shipbuildinghistory (see ev-03, ev-04). Contains no asbestos content. The single photograph (Whangpoo River, Shanghai, 7 Dec 1945) documents post-war China service presence only. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'fate unknown' are the source's own wording - the decommissioning event is not separately documented. No flotilla assignment is stated for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - 'by Ship Number' listing (archives.gov PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 26, LCI(L)-611 row (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208 series)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Navy deck logs under LCI(L)-611 covering 5/17/1944-6/30/1945 (MM/DD/YYYY) - i.e., logs beginning at commissioning and running through June 1945 are in National Archives custody (Record Group 24, Entry 118). This is the primary research lead for any hull-level material-condition, maintenance, or personnel documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage)
- Population
- Crew (1944-45 log window)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage window only: the 5/17/1944 begin date coincides with commissioning and the 6/30/1945 end is a retention/coverage boundary of the list (SL44 covers 1801-1947), NOT a documented decommissioning date - the hull remained in service through December 1945 China service per NavSource. SL44 establishes that logs exist in NARA custody; the logs themselves are not digitized and were not reviewed. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-02
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[3]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton compilation), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard history and hull-by-hull output table [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page, output-table row for hull no. 611 (delivered May-44)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard table lists this hull: 'LCI(L) | 611 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946' - corroborating builder, delivery month, and strike year. Yard context: New Jersey Shipbuilding was an assembly-line yard for LCIs on the Arthur Kill at Barber, N.J. (community later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer); yard management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-45 wartime operation)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference compilation, not a primary registry - corroborates builder/strike-year but adds no asbestos content and no post-sale fate. Yard employment/population figures not given. Does not establish any material condition aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-611 (LCI(L)-611) - LCI 351 class data sheet [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21676.html - ship data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration of the hull's milestone dates: LCI 351 class Landing Craft Infantry; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); laid down 13 April 1944; launched 10 May 1944; commissioned 17 May 1944; sold 13 November 1946. No commands or events listed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary database - corroborates dates already carried from NavSource; adds no asbestos content, no operational narrative, and no post-sale fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (diesel propulsion: two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers, no steam plant); LCI(L) class literature (diesel-powered steel landing ship type, 923 built 1943-44); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150611.htm specification block; LCI(L) class literature; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing ship built April-May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small steel vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation on hot machinery and exhaust runs, machinery/exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation, concentrated in the confined engine-room volume. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any buyers/breakers post-1946 (unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification, or work package located for LCI(L)-611. 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-611-lcil611-05
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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
- 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 (report); exposure era through early 1970s
- 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 this session (gao.gov product-page description used; the gao.gov 403 block for automated fetch was previously confirmed in Batch-98).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-06
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' + 'LCI(L) Flotilla 4/10/35 History' (history.uscg.mil); USS LCI National Association Flotilla 22 roster (usslci.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian CG-manned LCI(L) list page; usslci.org 'LCI(L) 618 - History of LCI Flotilla 22' roster line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Crewing and flotilla boundaries established negatively: LCI(L)-611 does not appear on the Coast Guard-manned LCI(L) list (28 CG-manned hulls, Flotillas 4/10/35), so she was Navy-manned. The USS LCI National Association's Flotilla 22 roster (which does carry her NJ Shipbuilding sisters 614-619) does not include 611 - and her NavSource page names no flotilla, so her flotilla assignment is undocumented in the sources searched. Some sister-ship NavSource pages do name flotillas (e.g., LCI(L)-613 = Flotilla Fifteen).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Boundary documentation, not a positive attribution: absence from the CG-manned list and the Flotilla 22 roster establishes what this hull was not; her actual flotilla/group assignment remains undocumented in located sources (deck logs and squadron/flotilla war diaries are the open lead). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-07
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[8]Batch-5333 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NHHC DANFS; shipbuildinghistory.com; uboat.net; USCG Historian; usslci.org; CourtListener API v4 (opinion search); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-611 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener searches run authenticated 2026-09-30 all returned zero results - opinion index '"LCI(L)-611"', '"LCI-611"', '"LCI(L) 611" OR "LCI 611"'; docket index '"LCI(L)-611"', '"LCI-611" OR "LCI 611"' (see search_ledger). The only asbestos-adjacent web content is law-firm marketing material for LCI-building yards generally (e.g., Federal Shipbuilding Port Newark, Brown Shipbuilding pages) asserting asbestos aboard landing craft without primary sourcing - 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 - asbestos presence is era-consistent inference, not ship-proven. The CourtListener negative is a database negative: it covers CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes for the hull's written designation variants, not every court filing, and a small 1944-46 landing craft is an unlikely litigation vehicle in any event. Deck logs (RG 24, SL44 window 5/17/1944-6/30/1945), builder work packages, and any sale/scrapping contracts are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-611-lcil611-08