USS LCI(L)-618

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [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)-618 5/27/1944 6/30/1945' (line 1257 of pdftotext -layout extraction); LC(FF)/LCI(L)(FF) jacket section has no 618 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for 'LCI(L)-618' covering 5/27/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 26 of the by-ship-number list) - under the plain LCI(L) designation; SL44's separate LC(FF)/LCI(L)(FF) jacket section exists (e.g., LC(FF)-423, -426, -793; LCI(L)(FF)-367-370, -399, -423-427, -484-486, -503-504, -1031, -1079-1083) but contains no 618 entry. The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (27 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

   1944-05-27 to 1945-06-30

   Population

   wartime crew and embarked Flotilla 22 staff (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-9 December 1945 Far East occupation service, her return transit, and her May 1946 decommissioning - yet the NavSource-published log excerpts (ev-03) run to 16 March 1946, so later log material demonstrably existed; where the post-June-1945 jackets reside relative to the SL44 listing is unexplained. 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-618-01

2. [2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-618 ex-USS LCI(L)-618 - history credited on-page to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995' (ISBN 1-56311-262-0, USS LCI National Association volume) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150618.htm - class line, milestone chronology, flotilla assignment block, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, photo caption (page last updated 26 September 2014)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: laid down 24 April 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 19 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-618 on 27 May 1944; 'redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-618 in 1944.' Assigned during World War II to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: 'LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45), CDR. Marion M. Byrd, USN (1944-45)' with two credited campaigns - Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945, and Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines, Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945. Post-war occupation service in the Far East 12 September to 9 December 1945. Decommissioned 14 May 1946 at Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 15 January 1948; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Earned two battle stars. Awards block: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive); American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (2). Photographic record: USS LC(FF)-618 moored pierside at Tientsen, China, preparing to embark civilians, 29 September 1945 (photo from the USS LCI National Association newsletter 'The Elsie Item,' November 2009, via Ardie Hunt). 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; cargo 75 t.; 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 120 V DC generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; call sign NPIK.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Population

   NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew, embarked Flotilla 22 staff, and embarked troops 1944-46

   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. 'Struck, date unknown' conflicts with the shipbuildinghistory yard table's 'Struck 1946' (gaps). The 'redesignated ... in 1944' line is undated within the year (uboat.net supplies 31 December 1944) and conflicts with the LC(FF) roster omission documented in ev-06. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-02

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'Excerpts From the Log of USS LCI(L) 618' - published transcription of this hull's deck-log entries, 2 June 1944 - 16 March 1946, plus monthly officer roster [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150618l.htm - dated log-excerpt entries 1944-06-02 through 1946-03-16; 'Officer's on Duty' monthly roster section

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   A published transcription of this hull's own deck log documents her operational timeline at entry level: shakedown Little Creek-Solomons MD (2-4 June 1944); Panama transit (Coco Solo, 13 July 1944); Bora Bora 2 August; Noumea 17 August; Manus/Lumbrum Point 26 August; New Guinea staging (Lae, Humboldt Bay, Jautefu Bay, September); LCI Flotilla 22 staff moved aboard 23 September 1944 (18 enlisted); Hollandia drydocking for scraping 17-18 December; departed Aitape 28 December for Leyte (arrived 3 January 1945); anchored Lingayen Gulf near San Fabian 10 January, smoke-making duty; LSM-51 collision at Darigayos inlet 18 February 1945 (frame 81 starboard, No. 5 gun shield damaged; three Japanese POWs embarked that evening, sent ashore 19 February); Subic Bay base 21-23 February; Manila Bay convoy runs 26 February-1 March; Legaspi landing 1 April under 'Commander LCI Flotilla 7 Operations Plan 3-45'; Mindoro 5-6 April; Polloc Harbor/Illana Bay Mindanao landings 17 April; Zamboanga 10-11 May; Basilan 13 May; Subic/Manila June-August; occupation run Subic-Leyte-Okinawa (Hagushi 13 September)-typhoon 16-18 September-Jinsen Korea 21 September; Taku-Tientsin China 26-30 September (LCI(L)-690 collision while weighing anchor 26 September; correspondents transported to Taku 30 September); Jinsen operations October-9 December (LCI(L)-986 bow collision 11 October); departed Jinsen 10 December in LCI(L) Group 66 convoy (11 LCIs) towing LCI(L)-617 to Saipan (arrived 20 December); Saipan-Eniwetok-Bikini (3 January 1946)-Johnston Island (15 January)-Pearl Harbor (21 January)-San Diego (11 February, towing LCI(L)-690 en route); San Diego drydock 1-16 March; departed 16 March for Balboa, Canal Zone. Officer roster documents commanding officers: Lt.(jg) Robert Ahern (June 1944), Lt. Donohue (to 15 October 1944), Ens. Heys McMath (from 10 October 1944), Ens./Lt.(jg) Kenneth Bevan (from 18 April 1945), Lt.(jg) Richard Marden (assumed command 13 March 1946).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-06-02 to 1946-03-16

   Population

   crew, Flotilla 22 staff, embarked troops and POWs (1944-46)

   Limitations

   A published extract, not the complete log: entries are selected (mostly personnel movements, arrivals, incidents); transcription artifacts exist ('Letye,' 'Mindinao,' 'Zamboango'); the transcription is hosted on NavSource and derived from the USS LCI National Association's materials, not directly from NARA scans - the underlying RG 24 originals are undigitized. Entries document events, not materials; no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-03

4. [4]NavSource Online: 'History of LCI Flotilla 22' - first-person narrative by J. E. 'Jim' Talbert, President, USS LCI National Association (flotilla communications staff); same text at usslci.org/lcil-618-history-of-lci-flotilla-22/ [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150618f.htm (full page); identical text at usslci.org/lcil-618-history-of-lci-flotilla-22/

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   A first-person account by a member of the Flotilla 22 staff documents this hull's flagship role: the flotilla's 36-ship roster is listed (62, 63, 328, 333-335, 357-360, 433-436, 443-446, 518, 519, 614-619, 688-690, 776, 777, 985-987, 1032, 1033 in three groups - 64, 65, 66); 'Flotilla 22 Staff, for most of WWII was billeted aboard the USS LCI 618(FF)'; in late September 1944 'the Flag was transferred from the 433 to the 618. It was a new ship just out from the states and it had all the latest equipment and it was designed to be a Flag Ship. It had the latest Radar and Radio equipment and the troop compartments were all offices. In fact I had two radio "shacks", eight radiomen and six radarmen.' Narrated operations include: Lingayen Gulf (arrived 9 January 1945, smoke-making duties); the 28 January up-coast run on LCI-519 to evacuate Mrs. Osmena's family; the 21 February move to Subic; the 1 March Manila Bay convoy with Commander Flotilla 22 in 618 as SOPA ('the first merchant shipping in Manila Bay since 1941'); 'twenty-two' Philippine landings including Legaspi 1 April, Parang Mindanao 17 April (24th Infantry Division), Zamboanga 11 May, Basilan 13 May; occupation transit via Okinawa to Jinsen Korea through a typhoon (arrived 21 September); Taku Bar and the run '36 miles up the river to the city of Tientsin'; Commander Byrd transferred to USS Seminole (AK-104) 10 October and the flag shifted to LCI(L)-690 under Commander Philip Porter; the flotilla departed for the States in December, decommissioning January 1946. Flotilla commanders named: Commander James McD Smith (first, on LCI-433), Commander Marion M. Byrd/'Byrde' (on 618), Commander Philip Porter (on 690).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-08 to 1946-01

   Population

   Flotilla 22 staff billeted aboard (Sep 1944 - Oct 1945); ship's company

   Limitations

   A veteran memoir transcribed for the association - rich but recollection-grade: it contains typos and small inconsistencies (e.g., 'Attape' for Aitape, 'Jensen' for Jinsen, 'Byrde' vs NavSource's 'Byrd'; it dates the flag transfer to 'late September' while the log shows staff embarking 23 September). The 'designed to be a Flag Ship' phrasing leaves whether the flagship conversion was done at the builder's yard or before deployment undocumented. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-04

5. [5]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-618 ship page (ship/21683), LCI 351 class [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net ship/21683 - built-by line, date table, 'Reclassified as LC(FF) ... on 31 December 1944 / Decommissioned on 14 May 1946' history lines; '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 24 Apr 1944; launched 19 May 1944; commissioned 27 May 1944; classed LCI 351; history line 'Reclassified as LC(FF), Landing Craft Flotilla Flagship on 31 December 1944. Decommissioned on 14 May 1946.' The page carries no commands list and no notable-events entries for this hull.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   crew (wartime)

   Limitations

   uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - it supplies the only located day-precise LC(FF) reclassification date (31 December 1944), which no other source corroborates (NavSource says only 'in 1944'; the HyperWar LC(FF) roster omits the hull). Builder, build dates, and decommissioning corroborate NavSource. Absence of a notable-events listing is a thin negative - her operational record exists in the log transcription (ev-03), not in this compilation. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-05

6. [6]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(L) roster, LCI(L)-351 class block, and LC(FF) section with class block and roster) [other_primary]

   Locator

   ships-lc.html - LCI(L)-351 class block; roster range row 'LCI(L)-610-664' (LCI(L) roster); LC(FF) section - class block and full roster list (no 618 row)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The HyperWar landing-craft roster lists this hull inside the unannotated range row 'LCI(L)-610-664, 1942-44' (the printed row reads '610-6664', an evident transcription typo for 610-664) - i.e., no loss, lend-lease, or conversion note (contrast 'LCI(L)-600 ... 12 Jan 45' lost and the lend-lease USSR rows). The LC(FF) section documents the type: 'Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagships,' 387 t., 160', 23'3" beam, 15.5 kts, 4x20mm, complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, 8 GM diesel engines (4 per shaft) twin variable-pitch screws, 'Converted from Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L) to carry flag officers and crew' - but the LC(FF) roster rows (367-370, 399, 423-427, 484-486, 503-504, 531-533, 535-536, 569, 571-572, 575, 627-628, 656-657, 679, 775, 782-783, 786, 788-793, 988, 994-995, 998, 1031, 1079-1083) do NOT include 618, despite NavSource and uboat.net documenting her redesignation. 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 t. cargo, 2 sets GM diesels, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   crew (wartime)

   Limitations

   HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; roster rows are bare range listings and the class blocks describe types, not this hull. The LC(FF) roster's omission of 618 is a documented compilation conflict (see ev-12) - the roster is visibly incomplete in places and an omission is not proof the redesignation did not occur. Class-block figures differ from NavSource's hull-specific block (385 t / 160'4" / 25 enlisted / 1,600 BHP vs 236-419 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-618-06

7. [7]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'The Administrative History of the SEVENTH Amphibious Force' (NHHC-published command history), Annexes - index of operations and operation plans [other_primary]

   Locator

   7thAmphibs-A.html operations annex - Lingayen row (CTF 78 OpPlan 103-44, 1-9-45); Legaspi row (ComLCIFlot 7 OpPlan 3-45, 4-1-45); Malabang-Parang row (VICTOR FIVE, 4-17-45); 7thAmphibs-1.html Part I narrative - Aug-Nov 1944 force increase passage, Legaspi 1 Apr 1945 mention

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The official Seventh Amphibious Force administrative history's annex independently corroborates the operational framework this hull's log records: its operations table lists 'LINGAYEN, LUZON | CTF 78 Op. Plan (103-44)' dated 1-9-45; 'LEGASPI (BICOL), LUZON | CTF 78 Op. Plan (8-45) CTG 78.4 ComLCIFlot 7 Op. Plan (3-45)' dated 4-1-45 - the same LCI Flotilla 7 Operations Plan 3-45 that LCI(L)-618's own log says she sailed under departing Subic 28 March; and 'MALABANG (PARANG) MINDANAO | CTF 78 Op Plan (9-45) CTG 78.2 Op. Plan (4-45)' dated 4-17-45, matching her 17 April Polloc Harbor/Illana Bay landing and NavSource's credited Mindanao campaign window. The narrative volume records that the Seventh Amphibious Force grew threefold August-November 1944 'by the addition of ... four LCI Flotillas' - the formation window in which the Talbert narrative dates Flotilla 22's August 1944 establishment.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-08 to 1945-07

   Population

   Seventh Amphibious Force / TF 78 amphibious forces (1944-45)

   Limitations

   Context-level corroboration: the annex and narrative document the Seventh Amphibious Force's operations and plans but nowhere name LCI(L)-618 or LCI Flotilla 22 in the extracted text - the hull linkage comes from her own log and the Talbert narrative, not from this document. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-07

8. [8]shipbuildinghistory.com, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ - yard delivery table [other_primary]

   Locator

   newjersey.htm yard table, row 'LCI(L) | 618 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The yard delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 618 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | Struck 1946' - corroborating a May 1944 delivery (consistent with the 27 May 1944 commissioning) while asserting a 1946 striking that NavSource gives as 'date unknown.' 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', 616/617 'To China 1946', 615 'Target at Bikini', 606 'To Argentina 1948', and most other neighbors 'Struck 1946' - 618's 'Struck 1946' row is the modal disposition for the block.

   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; a delivery-table row corroborates dates but is not a construction, material, or disposal instrument record. 'Struck 1946' conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' - no located source gives a day-precise striking date (gaps). No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-08

9. [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 and LC(FF) class blocks; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-10) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150618.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21683; HyperWar ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 and LC(FF) blocks; NavSource 10/15/150618l.htm log entries 1944-12-17/18, 1945-02-18, 1946-03-01/16; 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. Documented asbestos-era events aboard this specific hull: construction at New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber, NJ); the flotilla-flagship conversion that turned her troop compartments into offices and added radar/radio spaces (documented as existing by September 1944, conversion yard and work package undocumented); a Hollandia drydocking 17-18 December 1944; repair of 18 February 1945 LSM-51 collision damage (frame 81 starboard, No. 5 gun shield; repair location undocumented); and a San Diego drydocking 1-16 March 1946. No material documentation attaches to any of these events.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Population

   NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew, Flotilla 22 staff, embarked troops 1944-46; Hollandia and San Diego drydock workers

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-618/LC(FF)-618. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. The documented events are dated facts; their asbestos relevance is inference. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what remained aboard at disposal. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-618-09

10. [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 5290-5327).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-618-10

11. [11]Batch-5340 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource main page + 'Excerpts From the Log' + 'History of LCI Flotilla 22' subpages; uboat.net; NHHC DANFS (no entry); HyperWar LCI(L)/LC(FF) rosters and class blocks; Seventh Amphibious Force administrative history (annex + Part I); 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (out of scope - Seventh Fleet unit); shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; NARA digitized deck-log list; Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum donor list; usslci.org; NavalCoverMuseum; hullnumber.com; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + docket, both designation families); secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-618-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-618-16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-618 or LC(FF)-618 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 both designation families (LCI(L)-618/LCI-618/LCIL-618/'LCI(L) 618' and LC(FF)-618/LCFF-618/'LC(FF) 618'/'LCFF 618') - genuine negative results, not access failures. No law-firm or marketing hull-specific content naming this hull surfaced (the LCI-type listicle class asserts asbestos on Navy ships generically - excluded by source policy; none names this hull). No crew memorial inscription naming hull 618 appears in the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum's donor list.

    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 (5/27/1944-6/30/1945 inventoried) 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-618-11

12. [12]Hull-number collisions documented inside NARA Special List 44, the 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (HyperWar), and NARA's digitized deck-log list; plus the LC(FF) designation discrepancy across HyperWar roster, SL44, and NavSource/uboat.net [other_primary]

    Locator

    sl-44-ship-number.pdf rows for LST-618/PC-618/PT-618/YP-618 (and LC(FF) section absent-618); HyperWar PacFleet Org-450501 rows for YF 618/YP 618; NARA navy-online digitized-logs list (Weatherford EPC/PC-618, Thomas Jefferson SSBN/SSN-618); ships-lc.html LC(FF) roster (no 618); NavSource 150618.htm and uboat.net 21683 (LC(FF) redesignation lines)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    CORRECTION: '618' collisions are real and materially different hulls. NARA Special List 44 carries log jackets for LST-618 (6/3/1944-12/31/1945), PC-618 (9/7/1942-12/31/1945, 'see PC-617, 1942-45'), PT-618 (9/24/1945-2/4/1946), and YP-618 (4/9/1945-12/31/1945). The 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists YF-618 and YP-618. NARA's digitized deck-log list contains 'Weatherford (EPC/PC-618)' - the ex-PC-618 under her later designation - and 'Thomas Jefferson (SSBN/SSN-618)'. Any attribution to a bare '618' absent the LCI qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel. DESIGNATION NOTE: this hull's LC(FF) status is also imperfectly uniform across sources - NavSource titles her 'USS LC(FF)-618' with redesignation 'in 1944' and uboat.net dates it 31 December 1944, but SL44 carries her log jacket under plain 'LCI(L)-618' (the LC(FF) jacket section has no 618 row), the HyperWar LC(FF) roster omits her entirely, and the published log excerpts style her 'LCI(L) 618' throughout - including entries after the asserted reclassification date.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1942-1946

    Limitations

    Collision-disambiguation and designation-hygiene finding only. The LC(FF) discrepancy is carried at face value, not resolved: the flagship role is well documented by the Talbert narrative and the staff-embarkation log entries, but the formal redesignation's date and its reflection (or non-reflection) in official rosters is unresolved. Contains no asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-618-12

13. [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 and the NavSource-published log transcription (ev-03) [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); NavSource 10/15/150618l.htm

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    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; (b) the undigitized NARA RG 24 deck logs (inventoried coverage 5/27/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44, with log material demonstrably extending to 16 March 1946 via the published transcription); and (c) the published log excerpts and Flotilla 22 memoir already supply more of this hull's operational record than survives for most LCIs - the residual archival value is the complete logs (daily positions, materials/maintenance entries, full personnel roster) behind the excerpts.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-1946

    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)-618 file actually exists inside is unverified; undigitized, open to researchers per the finding aid. Deck-log SL44 coverage ends 6/30/1945 while the published excerpts run to March 1946 - the post-June-1945 jackets' archival location is unresolved. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-618-13