Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-612 - construction, commissioning, campaigns, awards, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150612.htm header block, campaign tables, disposition block, specifications block, photo caption
- 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 11 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-612, 17 May 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Campaigns per NavSource: Leyte operations - Leyte landings 19 to 29 November 1944 and Ormoc Bay landing 7 and 8 December 1944; Luzon operations - Mindoro landings 12 to 18 December 1944; Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings 17 to 23 April 1945 and 10 to 16 May 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal 9 to 14 September 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 19 September to 11 December 1945. Three battle stars for WWII service; Philippine Liberation Medal (2) among awards shown. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 4 March 1948 at San Diego, CA for disposal (printed 'PDX-225, 27 September 1946'); final disposition fate unknown. 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; fuel 130 tons; two sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft), 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. International Radio Call Sign NPHK. One crew-contributed photo: John T. Fitch at the conning tower, 1945, location unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-forward); embarked troops up to ~188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - dates generally track official records but the page is not a primary registry; key claims corroborated independently here (builder/delivery/disposition by the shipbuilding-history table; campaign participation by NARA unit records indexed to this hull, ev-05). The 'PDX-225, 27 September 1946' disposal-file date precedes the printed 4 March 1948 transfer - carried as printed, unresolved (see gaps). Printed light displacement 246 t. conflicts with the 236 t. printed on sibling LCI-351-class pages (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-01
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[2]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-612 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html, LCI(L) hull table row 612
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: LCI(L) | hull 612 | New Jersey SB, Barber NJ | delivery 17-May-44 | disposition 'To NDRF 1948' - corroborating the builder, yard location, completion/commissioning date, and the MARAD/NDRF disposal path printed on the NavSource page. Surrounding rows (604-618) show the same New Jersey Shipbuilding/Barber block with 1944 deliveries.
- 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 table - corroboration of builder/date/disposition, not a primary contract record. 'To NDRF 1948' means MARAD took charge and disposed of the boat; buyer and final fate not recorded in this table. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-02
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[3]NARA catalog, NAID 120284878 - 'LCI(L) 612 - Muster Rolls' (135 digitized images, RG 24 muster rolls, Ancestry partnership, first image dated 30 June 1944); NAID 120284861 - same title (16 images, first image dated 1 September 1945); 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/120284878 (135 images); /id/120284861 (16 images); /id/118967602 (index block, container 4)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel records naming this hull: two muster-roll file units for LCI(L) 612 are online - 135 images whose first image is dated 30 June 1944 and 16 images whose first image is dated 1 September 1945 - together spanning her commissioned service, plus a 2,586-image index block covering hulls through LCI(R)-651.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-612 crew (1944-45 rolls)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live via the JS-rendered catalog (NAIDs, titles, image counts, first-image dates); individual page-image contents not reviewed. Muster rolls are personnel records - names/ratings by reporting period - not operational or material records. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-03
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[4]NARA catalog, NAID 2760171 - 'LCI-612 (LCI(L)-612)' file unit in 'Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978' (RG 38; creator: Board of Inspection and Survey, post-1947) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/2760171 - file-unit description, 'Not Yet Available Online', paper copy at College Park
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A paper file unit titled for this hull exists in the Board of Inspection and Survey material-inspection series at NARA College Park (container 3) - an INSURV material file on this vessel. Not yet digitized; title, series, and location verified live in the catalog.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1978 (series); file window unknown
- Population
- LCI(L)-612 crew and INSURV board trades (inspection window unknown)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the file unit has no scope-and-content note and its pages are not online, so what inspections, surveys, or trials it documents is unknown. A material-inspection file is the record type in which hull-condition documentation could appear, but its contents are unverified and no asbestos relevance is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-04
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[5]NARA catalog - unit records indexed to this hull in RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories': COM LCI(L) GR 45 war diaries (NAIDs 101700949 6/44-9/44, 101752997 10/44-11/44, 101700952 1/45, 101741358 2/45, 101700956 5/45, 77464427 6/45); COM LCI(L) FLOT 15 war diaries (139804514 8/44, 83533622 9/44-4/45, 77580172 7/45, 77595523 9/45); task-force action reports covering her credited campaigns (139944058 Ormoc Bay 12/7/44; 139965184 Mindoro 12/13-15/44; 140000664 Malabang-Parang-Cotabato 4/22-23/45; 77514480 Macajalar Bay 5/10/45; 77505959 Macajalar resupply 5/12-13/45; 140073555 Lingayen fwd reports 1/9-10/45; 77582815 TF 73 occupation Korea/China 9/7-11/25/45) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search results for exact phrase 'LCI(L)-612' (66 file units, 65 online); NAIDs listed in citation_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog returns a chain of digitized unit-level records under an exact 'LCI(L)-612' query: six war diaries of COM LCI(L) GR 45 spanning 6/44-6/45 and four of COM LCI(L) FLOT 15 (the group/flotilla echelons above her), plus Seventh-Amphibious-Force task-group/task-unit action reports covering the same operations for which NavSource credits her campaigns - Ormoc Bay (7 Dec 1944), Mindoro (Dec 1944), and the Mindanao landings (Apr-May 1945), and the post-surrender Korea/North-China occupation window matching her Occupation and extended China Service medals.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-612 crew; Flotilla 15 / Group 45 staff and embarked units (1944-45)
- Limitations
- These are group/flotilla/task-unit records surfaced by the catalog's own indexing of this hull's number - the hull number appears in record description or OCR'd rosters/report texts, not the file-unit titles. Individual page images not reviewed; the records corroborate the campaign geography and unit chain (LCI(L) Flotilla 15, Group 45, Seventh Amphibious Force ops) but do not individually attest her presence on any given day. Operational records - no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-05
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[6]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-613 - sequential same-yard sister hull page (flotilla line, campaign tables, Ormoc Bay photo caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150613.htm flotilla line, campaign tables, and Ormoc Bay photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sister-hull corroboration: the NavSource page for USS LCI(L)-613 - same class, same yard (laid down 17 April 1944, New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber NJ; commissioned 19 May 1944, two days after this hull) - prints 'LCI Flotilla Fifteen' and carries the same Ormoc Bay (7-8 December 1944), Mindoro (12-18 December 1944), Occupation (9-14 September 1945), and extended China service (19 September-11 December 1945) windows credited to this hull. A photo caption on the page places 613 with LCI(G)-578 and LCI(L)-686 landing troops of the 77th Division at Ormoc Bay on 7 December 1944 under continuous air attack (USS Mahan DD-364 and USS Ward APD-16 lost to kamikazes, USS LSM-318 abandoned) - the operation for which this hull carries the same campaign credit. This corroborates the LCI(L) Flotilla 15 / Group 45 assignment given this hull by the NARA unit-record indexing (ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-05).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-613 and LCI(L)-686 crews (sisters); 77th Division troops embarked (Ormoc, 7 Dec 1944)
- Limitations
- Corroborating context from a sibling hull's secondary page - the 613 page does not name hull 612. The flotilla inference rests on identical campaign windows plus NARA unit-record indexing, not on a primary roster entry for 612 herself (see gaps). Not a material or asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-06
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[7]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)-612 5/17/1944 12/31/1944' (verified via pypdf text extraction); flanked by sequential LCI(L)-604 through LCI(L)-618 rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI(L)-612 covering 5/17/1944-12/31/1944 - logbook coverage beginning the day of her commissioning (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence). The printed coverage ends 31 December 1944 although the vessel served through 1945 campaigns and into 1948 disposal - the SL44 window describes holdings, not service end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-17 to 1944-12-31
- Population
- LCI(L)-612 crew (1944 logging window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: establishes that NARA holds paper logs for that window. A catalog query for digitized per-month deck-log file units under an exact 'LCI(L)-612' + 'deck log' query returned only the Special Lists 43-44 catalog copy (NAID 178406296) - the logs were not located online and are a physical-holdings lead. Why the listed coverage stops at 12/31/1944 while sibling hulls run to mid-1945 is unexplained (see gaps). A deck log is an operational record - location/moorage and noteworthy events, not insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-07
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[8]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' - roster of the 28 USCG-manned hulls and flotilla history [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned LCI(L)s page, hull roster block (28 hulls listed)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's roster lists 28 USCG-manned LCI(L)s (83-96, 319-326, 349-350, 520, 562, 581, 583). LCI(L)-612 is not on it - she was Navy-manned, even though her same-yard sister hulls 562, 581, and 583 (New Jersey Shipbuilding, delivered Feb-Apr 1944) were among the Coast Guard replacements added to Flotilla 35 after Normandy. Crew-type attribution for this hull: U.S. Navy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(L)-612 Navy crew (1944-forward)
- Limitations
- Corrects a potential same-yard misattribution: physical proximity in the build table does not carry over crew type - the USCG-manned hulls are a closed, explicitly listed set that ends before hull 612. The roster establishes manning service, not material content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-08
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM diesel plant, no steam plant); sibling LCI-351-class NavSource pages specifying GM 6051-series-71 diesels; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-09); HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' LCI(L)-351 class spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; NavSource sibling pages (150611/150613 GM 6051-71 attribution); 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
- 1944-1948
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (Apr-May 1944); crew 28 (1944-forward); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188); any disposal/NDRF trades (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-612. 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-612-lcil612-09
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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 (full text blocked at /assets/hrd-80-2.pdf)
- 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 (1944-48).
- 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. Full report PDF not retrieved (gao.gov asset endpoint returned an HTML stub, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-10
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[11]Batch-5334 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and sister-hull pages; shipbuilding-history build table; NARA catalog (muster rolls x2, index block, INSURV file unit, group/flotilla war diaries, TF-78 action reports, Special List catalog copy); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NHHC DANFS and photo-index checks; USCG-manned roster check; NVR check; CourtListener (partial - docket index zero hits, opinion index pacing-blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-01 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 USS LCI(L)-612 was found in the public sources searched. PARTIAL CourtListener: the RECAP docket index returned zero results for the exact phrase 'USS LCI(L)-612' (HTTP 200, authenticated); the opinion index could not be queried - the fleet pacing limiter returned 'budget momentarily spent' on repeated attempts (exit 2, paced ~114/hr shared across sessions) - logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no hull-specific marketing-page asbestos claims. The hull's 1948 MARAD disposal (fate unknown) forecloses the usual US-side abatement/museum documentation trail that produces 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 - and the opinion-index half of the litigation repository is a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked, not run). Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 5/17/1944-12/31/1944), the paper INSURV file (NAID 2760171), NJSB build records, and the MARAD disposal file PDX-225 are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-612-lcil612-11