Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-619 - construction, commissioning, flotilla assignment, campaigns, occupation service, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150619.htm header block, campaign table, disposition block, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 24 April 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 23 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-619, 29 May 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (CDR Marion M. Byrd, USN). Campaigns per NavSource: Luzon operations - Lingayen Gulf landings 9-18 January 1945; Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945, 12-13 July and 20 July 1945 (but see ev-08: the official 1953 awards manual credits only the Mindanao windows). Post-WWII occupation service in the Far East 12 September - 9 December 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown. Transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948 for disposal. Struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946 (printed after the transfer line on the page - see gaps). Final disposition: fate unknown. 'USS LCI(L)-619 earned two battle stars for World War II service.' Radio call sign NPIR. Spec block: 236 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; 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC diesel-drive ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. No photographs of this hull on the page.
- 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 (1944-46); embarked troops up to ~188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records and several of its claims here are corroborated by official documents (commissioning date by the NARA log-coverage start; Mindanao windows and occupation window by the 1953 awards manual; call sign by the WWII call-sign book). The Lingayen campaign line and the 'two battle stars' count are NOT corroborated by the official awards table (see ev-08 correction). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-01
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[2]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-619 row; plus the collection's New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page (sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html, LCI(L) hull table row 619; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html yard summary
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: LCI(L) | hull 619 | New Jersey SB, Barber NJ | 29-May-44 | 'To NDRF 1947' - corroborating the builder, yard location, and 29 May 1944 completion/commissioning date on the NavSource page, and carrying an NDRF (National Defense Reserve Fleet) layover year of 1947 between the 1946 strike and the February 1948 Maritime Commission transfer. The yard page documents that New Jersey Shipbuilding was an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill in Barber (a community east of Perth Amboy later absorbed into it, now called Maurer), that Todd Shipyards took over management of the yard in 1942 at the Navy's request, and that the yard closed after the war. Adjacent rows: LC(FF)-618 (the flotilla flagship) built at the same yard, delivered 27-May-44; LCI(L)-620 'Sunk at Bikini 10-Aug-46'.
- 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. The 'To NDRF 1947' disposition conflicts in detail with NavSource's 18 February 1948 Maritime Commission transfer (see gaps); yard contract or hull-number-level detail not carried. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-02
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[3]NavSource, 'History of LCI Flotilla 22' - first-person account by J.E. 'Jim' Talbert, President, USS LCI National Association [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150618f.htm, Flotilla 22 narrative - roster line, 'new ships from the States' paragraph, Lingayen/Manila/occupation paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A veteran staff member's account names this hull in the flotilla roster (36 LCIs) and places its arrival: after Morotai (16 Sep 1944), 'we also received a number of new ships from the States. The 985, 986, 987, 688, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618 and 619' at Hollandia, New Guinea, in late September 1944. The narrative describes flotilla-level operations 619 steamed with: Hollandia supply work Oct-Dec 1944; the Christmas Day 1944 departure for the Lingayen Gulf invasion (9 Jan 1945), where the flotilla's LCIs made smoke at the gulf's outer edge; the 21 Feb 1945 shift to Subic Bay as base; the 1 Mar 1945 Manila Bay convoy; and 22 subsequent Philippine combat landings including Legaspi (1 Apr) and Parang, Mindanao (17 Apr, landing the 24th Infantry Division). Post-surrender: the main body left Subic 2 Sep 1945 for Okinawa (arrived 13 Sep), Jinsen, Korea (21 Sep, delayed by typhoon), Taku Bar and Tientsin, China (late Sep-Oct, disembarking the 3rd Marine Amphibious Corps); the flotilla departed for the States in December 1945 'where it was decommissioned in January 1946.' LCI(L)-619 is not named in the flotilla's post-surrender dispersal assignment lists (Yangtze Patrol, Philippine Sea Frontier, Minesweeping, Service Force) - she sailed with the unassigned main body.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-619 crew; Flotilla 22 staff; embarked troops
- Limitations
- A veteran's narrative hosted on NavSource - eyewitness but informal, with internal typos ('cursing range', 'Byrde' for Byrd) and flotilla-level rather than hull-level attribution: it does not place 619 at any specific landing. The Zamboanga entry 'May 11th' conflicts with the commonly cited 10 March 1945 date - not resolved, not attributed to this hull. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-03
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[4]NARA catalog, NAID 83519078 - 'LCI(L)-619 - Rep of in the assault landing in the Polloc Harbor Area, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 4/17/45' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries/Other Operational Records and Histories, series NAID 4697018; micro serial 130830, serial 2-45, dated 4/19/1945, Roll A1729; 4 digitized images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/83519078 - file-unit description and 4-image viewer
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized US Navy action report authored by this hull covers her part in the assault landing in the Polloc Harbor area, Mindanao, on 17 April 1945 - the Parang/Malabang-Cotabato operation of the Consolidation of the Southern Philippines - direct primary documentation of combat service inside the campaign window the official awards manual credits to her (P39-3, 17-23 April).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-17 to 1945-04-19 (operation and report date)
- Population
- LCI(L)-619 crew during the Polloc Harbor assault
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (title, NAID, series, serial 2-45, 4 images online); page-image contents not individually reviewed. An operational/action report - documents the operation, not material condition. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-04
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[5]NARA catalog: NAID 120286760 - 'LCI(L) 619 - Muster Rolls' (71 digitized images, Ancestry partnership, first image a 30 June 1944 muster roll); muster-roll index block NAID 118967602 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (RG 24 Index to Muster Rolls); digitized flotilla war diaries COM LCI(L) FLOT 22 for 10/44, 3/45 and 10/45 (NAIDs 78674327, 633437852, 140083529); and task-unit reports whose digitized text names this hull - COMTASK-UNIT 76.6.11 landings on Balut Island, Mindanao 7/20-23/45 (NAID 83524386), COMTASK-UNIT 76.6.11 landing operations at Dadjangas, Sarangani Bay, Mindanao 7/12-13/45 (NAID 101774700), and COMTASK-UNIT 78.4.4 forwarding reports on the Legaspi, Luzon assault landing 4/1/45 (NAID 140051029) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120286760 (71 images); /id/118967602 (index block); /id/78674327, /id/633437852, /id/140083529 (FLOT 22 war diaries); /id/83524386, /id/101774700, /id/140051029 (task-unit reports)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel and operational records naming this hull: 71 muster-roll images for LCI(L) 619 are online (crew rosters by reporting period), the ship appears in the muster-roll index block covering hulls up to LCI(R)-651, the war diaries of LCI(L) Flotilla 22 are digitized in the same RG-38 series, and the catalog's full-text index matches this hull inside two Task Unit 76.6.11 operation reports covering exactly her credited P39-3 windows - the Dadjangas/Sarangani Bay landings of 12-13 July 1945 and the Balut Island landings of 20-23 July 1945 - plus the Task Unit 78.4.4 forwarding package for the 1 April 1945 Legaspi assault.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-619 crew (1944-46); Flotilla 22 staff; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live; page-image contents not individually reviewed. The task-unit report matches are full-text index hits - they confirm the hull designation appears inside those documents (ship lists or enclosed reports), not that a hull-authored report exists inside each package. Muster rolls and war diaries are personnel/operational records - no material or asbestos content. They are leads for building a crew roster and timeline, which this record does not do.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-05
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[6]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)-619 | 5/29/1944 | 6/30/1945' (verified via pdftotext extraction)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI(L)-619 covering 5/29/1944-6/30/1945 - logbook coverage running from her commissioning date through mid-1945 (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-29 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LCI(L)-619 crew (1944-45 logging window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for that window. A catalog search of the digitized WWII deck-log file units (series NAID 594258) returned no per-month file unit titled for LCI(L)-619, so these logs were not located online - physical-holdings lead only. Post-June-1945 coverage (through disposal) is not listed in SL-44 at all. A deck log is an operational record, not a material survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-06
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[7]DANFS, LCI(L)-777 (Robert J. Cressman, NHHC, published 14 July 2016) - homeward convoy passage naming this hull [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-777 entry, paragraph covering the 10-20 December 1945 Jinsen-to-Saipan passage
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC DANFS entry for sister ship LCI(L)-777 names this hull in the post-occupation homeward movement: the convoy of ten LCI(L)s departed Jinsen, Korea, 10 December 1945 bound for the Marianas; 'Outside of LCI(L)-777 having to take LCI(L)-619 in tow for much of the day on the following day [15 December], the rest of the passage to Saipan proceeded uneventfully, with the convoy standing in to Saipan Harbor during the mid watch on 20 December.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-12-15 to 1945-12-20
- Population
- LCI(L)-619 crew on the homeward passage
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational mention inside a sister ship's DANFS entry - NHHC has no standalone DANFS entry for LCI(L)-619 (all candidate URLs returned 404). The entry documents the tow and the arrival date; it does not state why 619 required towing. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-07
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[8]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, Rev. 1953, Part IV Section 2-16, 'List of Ships and Units eligible for Engagement Stars' (HyperWar transcription); and NHHC 'Memo - Changes' page, Enclosure (6) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html engagement-star table, 'LCI(L) 619' block; history.navy.mil .../navy-mc-awards-manual-rev1953/memo-changes.html, Enclosure (6)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the NavSource page credits this hull with the Lingayen Gulf landings (9-18 January 1945) and 'two battle stars.' The official 1953 awards manual engagement-star list credits LCI(L) 619 only with three windows under P39-3 - Mindanao Island landings (17-23 April 1945; 12-13 July 1945; 20 July 1945) - a single operation code. It carries no P32-2 (Lingayen Gulf, 4-18 January 1945) window for this hull, though sister ships LCI(L) 616 and LCI(L) 618 each carry one. Separately, the awards-manual change memo's Enclosure (6) - 'Ships and UDT units reported by Commander, SEVENTH Fleet, as having participated in the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 4-18 January 1945, who did not receive battle stars' - lists 17 LCIs (357, 358, 360, 433, 443, 518, 519, 612, 613, 618, 688, 790, 982, 985, 986, 987, 1022) but not 619.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Corrects/qualifies a secondary-source campaign line against official awards documentation; whether 619 was physically present at Lingayen but uncredited, or was not present, is unresolved - the flotilla narrative describes the flotilla as a unit at Lingayen but does not name 619 there, and no hull-authored Lingayen action report for 619 was located in the NARA catalog (contrast sister LCI(L)-518, for which one is digitized). The 'two battle stars' count stands or falls with the Lingayen credit. Not a material or asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-08
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[9]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, Rev. 1953, Part IV Section 17 (occupation service medal eligibility, HyperWar transcription); U.S. Navy WWII Radio Call Sign Book, Section 18 (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-17.html occupation table, 'LCI (L) 619' row; CallSigns-18.html, 'LCI (L) 619 | NPIR' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official publications corroborate two NavSource details: the awards manual's Navy Occupation Service Medal table lists 'LCI (L) 619 | 12 Sep - 9 Dec 45 | A' - the same 12 September - 9 December 1945 Far East occupation window, with the Asia clasp, that NavSource prints; and the WWII call-sign book assigns 'LCI (L) 619 | NPIR', matching the call sign displayed on the NavSource page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-619 crew (occupation window)
- Limitations
- Service-medal eligibility and signal-corps data - operational/administrative records, no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-09
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[10]NARA guided topic, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official research pathway for ship asbestos documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided topic page, 'Beginning Research' and RG 19 correspondence sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official asbestos-research guide confirms that 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961 is a frequently requested topic' and lays out the primary research pathway: Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) general/confidential/secret correspondence 1940-1961, filed by ship's hull designation under the Navy Filing Manual (a craft like this one would be filed under 'LCI(L)619' or the LCI(L)-351 class code, with the builder's yard correspondence filed under 'QM/New Jersey Shipbuilding'). These are the undigitized physical series where a hull-level insulation schedule or BuShips work package would live.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (guide scope)
- Limitations
- A research-methodology guide, not a content source: it documents where asbestos records would be found but contains no finding for this hull. The RG 19 series named are not digitized; pursuing them is an archival lead only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-10
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[11]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, diesel-drive generators - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-12); NARA asbestos research guide (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json yard list (no NJ Shipbuilding entry); GAO HRD-80-2 context; NARA asbestos guide
- 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 (1944); crew 28 (1944-46); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-619. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. New Jersey Ship Building Corp. 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-619-lcil619-11
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[12]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities.' The report documents the Navy's asbestos-management policy era: the 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; a 1979 modification added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - Navy asbestos insulation use thus spanning this hull's entire 1944 construction and 1944-46 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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - noted as context, not hull evidence. Product page retrieved via firecrawl (direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-12
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[13]Batch-5341 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and Flotilla 22 narrative; shipbuilding-history build table and yard page; NARA catalog (Polloc Harbor action report, muster rolls, index block, FLOT 22 war diaries, task-unit reports); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NHHC DANFS (sister-hull mention) and awards-manual pages; HyperWar transcriptions; NVR check; CourtListener (searched); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-01 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)-619 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener WAS searched this session: opinion index returned zero hits for 'LCI(L)-619' and for the variant cluster '"LCI-619" OR "LCI(L) 619" OR "LCI(L)619" OR "LCI 619"'; the docket index returned one hit (Lopez v. Jenkins, S.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-00457, habeas) which is a name collision - '619' appears as the San Diego telephone area code inside a filing, not the hull. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. The hull's 1948 Maritime Commission disposal with 'fate unknown' forecloses the usual US-side abatement/museum/scrapping 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 - a WWII diesel landing craft of this era is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 5/29/1944-6/30/1945), NJSB build records, and the RG 19 correspondence series identified in NARA's asbestos guide are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-619-lcil619-13