Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]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)-614 5/20/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)-614 covering 5/20/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 26 of the by-ship-number list). The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (20 May 1944 per NavSource/uboat.net). The logs are inventoried under the plain designation LCI(L)-614 - unlike the LC(FF)-converted sisters in the same number block, no composite jacket designation appears, consistent with this hull never being converted. 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
- 1944-05-20 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, not that service ended on 6/30/1945. 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-614-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-614 - 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 10/15/150614.htm - class line, milestone chronology, campaign and postwar service tables, flotilla assignment, awards block, specifications block, photo captions (page last updated 10 November 2023)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 18 April 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; launched 15 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-614 on 20 May 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (CDR. Marion M. Byrd), with one campaign listing: 'Consolidation of the Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945' - one battle star for WWII service. Postwar: Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended), both 9 September to 20 December 1945, assigned to Commander Yangtze Patrol Force while on China service. Decommissioned 12 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 10 December 1947; 'Registered in 1956 as tugboat Ginger Ann, homeport, New Orleans, LA. Exempt in documentation in 1972, continued in service'; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Award block: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (1). Specs: 236 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; armament five single 20mm; radio call sign NPHT; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photographic record: at anchor off Norfolk VA June 1944; crew photo (date/place unknown); crew photo at New Guinea; group photo alongside USS LSM-285 with USS LCI(M)-631, USS LCI(G)-233 and USS LST-1075 (date/location unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1972+
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops 1944-1946; postwar commercial crew (Ginger Ann, 1956-on)
- 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, and the Flotilla Twenty-Two attribution is not corroborated by the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document, which contains no Flotilla Twenty-Two of any type (see ev-04 and gaps). Contains no asbestos content. 'Fate unknown' is carried verbatim - post-1972 commercial disposition is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-614 ship page (ship/21679) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21679 - built-by line, date table, empty commands/events blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's ship page independently confirms this hull: LCI 351 class Landing Craft Infantry; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); laid down 18 Apr 1944; launched 15 May 1944; commissioned 20 May 1944. The page lists no commanding officers, no end-service date, and no notable events for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - the build dates corroborate NavSource but are not presented here as primary records. The absence of a commands/events listing is a coverage gap in the source, not evidence of inactivity - the hull's Mindanao campaign and postwar service are documented by NavSource. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-03
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[4]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (NHHC online reading room document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar PacFleet Org 1 May 1945, 'Landing Craft Infantry' section - LCI flotilla headers enumerated; full-text '614' and 'TWENTY-TWO' checks return no LCI hit; NavSource 10/15/150616.htm for the 616 NUC context
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 enumerates LCI flotillas THREE, FIVE, SIX, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, SIXTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-THREE, and THIRTY-SIX - but NO Flotilla Twenty-Two of any type (LCI, LST, LCT, or LSM), and hull 614 appears nowhere in the document's rosters. NavSource (via the Turner volume) attributes this hull to 'LCI Flotilla Twenty Two, CDR. Marion M. Byrd'. The document does confirm the sister-hull context: NavSource shows the same Flotilla Twenty-Two attribution for LCI(L)-616, which earned a Navy Unit Commendation with 'Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area' - consistent with Flotilla Twenty-Two operating under Seventh Fleet rather than Pacific Fleet organization during the Mindanao operation period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Non-appearance is documented, not explained: the org doc is a Pacific Fleet snapshot and Seventh Fleet units are outside its scope, so the flotilla's absence from this document is expected rather than contradictory - but no located primary source confirms the Flotilla Twenty-Two chain of command for this specific hull. The LCI(L)-616 Seventh Fleet context is indirect corroboration via a sister hull's award, not a document naming this hull. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-04
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[5]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(L)-351 class specification block and roster) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - 'LCI(L)-351 Class' spec bullets and roster row 'LCI(L)-610 -664'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft roster lists this hull inside the range entry 'LCI(L)-610 -664' under the LCI(L)-351 Class section (commission window '1942-44', no loss/note flag for the range - consistent with the hull's survival of the war). The LCI(L)-351 class block documents the type: 385 t. full load, 160'4", 23'3" beam, 15.5 kts, 5x20mm, complement 4 officers + 25 enlisted, capacity 9 officers + 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo, 2 sets of GM diesel engines with 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 plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; the roster row is a range listing (610-664), not an individual entry for 614, and the class block describes the type, not this hull - class-block figures (385 t full load, 160'4", 15.5 kts, complement 4+25, troops 9+200, 1,600 BHP) differ in detail from NavSource's hull-specific block (419 t loaded, 158'5.5", 16 kts, 4+24, 6+182, 2,320 shp) - spec variance noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-05
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[6]Naval Marine Archive (shipbuildinghistory-derived), New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ - yard delivery table [other_primary]
- Locator
- newjersey.html yard table, row 'LCI(L) | 614 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946'; yard-history paragraph (Arthur Kill, Todd management 1942)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 614 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946' - corroborating a May 1944 delivery (consistent with the 20 May 1944 commissioning) and the 1946 striking year carried by NavSource. The yard page also documents the builder context: New Jersey Shipbuilding was an LCI assembly line on Arthur Kill in Barber (later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer), with yard management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-history compilation (Naval Marine Archive mirror of shipbuildinghistory-derived tables); a delivery-table row corroborates dates but is not a construction or material record. 'Struck 1946' agrees with NavSource's 'in 1946'; neither gives a month/day. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch screws - diesel plant, no steam); uboat.net LCI-351 class table; HyperWar LCI(L)-351 class block; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150614.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21679; 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.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1972+
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew 1944-46; embarked troops; MARAD/disposal workforce 1947; commercial tug workforce 1956-on
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-614. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what (if anything) remained aboard at striking, MARAD transfer, or during the post-1956 commercial career - a 1972 'exempt in documentation' continuation in tug service implies the hull was still extant but says nothing about material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-07
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[8]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 construction (1944) and service era.
- 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, 5290).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-08
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[9]Batch-5336 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource; uboat.net; NHHC (DANFS absent; Operation Neptune sunk/damaged table; Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945); HyperWar roster + PacFleet org transcription; Naval Marine Archive yard table; U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; ODU special collections; CourtListener opinion + docket searches; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-614-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-614-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-614 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches for the exact hull designations returned zero hits on both the opinion side and the docket/RECAP side on 2026-09-30. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content for the LCI/amphibious type generally (asbestos-ships.com class) asserting asbestos on Navy ships without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 (5/20/1944-6/30/1945) plus the ODU Heflin & Williams ship-data collection (hull-range coverage including this hull) are open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-09
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[10]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 [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
- 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 the undigitized NARA RG 24 deck logs (coverage 5/20/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44) and any MARAD disposition file for the 1947 transfer, this is the located archival path most likely to hold a ship-specific file.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log window)
- Population
- N/A - record-location lead
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the 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)-614 file actually exists inside is unverified. Undigitized; open to researchers without restrictions per the finding aid. Deck logs likewise establish existence, not content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-10
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[11]NARA Special List 44 (ship-number list) same-number entries; NavSource LST-614 page (10/16/160614.htm) verified live [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf rows LST-614 (p.~60), PC-614, PT-614; NavSource 10/16/160614.htm (LST-614 page live); NHHC Sunk and Damaged table via ibiblio.org HyperWar CTF122-Damages (no 614 entries)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: '614' collisions are real and materially different hulls. NARA Special List 44 lists three other '614' log sets: LST-614 (tank landing ship, logs 5/22/1944-6/30/1945), PC-614 (submarine chaser, logs 7/9/1943-6/30/1945), and PT-614 (motor torpedo boat, logs 9/17/1945-1/28/1946) - none is this hull. Any campaign, casualty, or service attribution to bare '614' absent an LCI qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel. NHHC's Operation Neptune sunk/damaged table contains no '614' casualty of any type (checked 2026-09-30), consistent with this hull's Pacific-only service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Collision-disambiguation finding only. The log-coverage windows of the colliding hulls partially overlap this hull's (all within SL44's 1947 cutoff); a researcher pulling '614' logs without a designator could pull the wrong hull's records. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-614-11