Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-62 (page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II,' Turner Publishing, 1995) - construction milestones, theater assignment, campaign table, five battle stars, disposal, specifications, NARA photo caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150062.htm header block, awards display, campaign table, specifications block, photo caption III-SC 261028
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 4 August 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 27 September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-62, 13 November 1942. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Five and LCI Flotilla Twenty-Two (1944-45; CDR James McD. Smith 1944, CDR Marion M. Byrd USN 1944-45). Campaigns listed: New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation 1 and 4 July 1943; Consolidation of Northern Solomons 28 April-15 June 1944 (incl. 5-6 May, 15 June); Treasury-Bougainville, Cape Torokina 3-4 December 1943; Western New Guinea - Cape Sansapor 30 July-4 August 1944, Morotai 15 September 1944; Luzon - Lingayen Gulf 9-18 January 1945. Five battle stars; ribbons displayed include Philippine Liberation Medal (1). Post-WWII assigned Commander Service Force Pacific; decommissioned date unknown; struck date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 25 November 1947 for disposal; fate unknown. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Call sign NCOA. Photo caption: 'USS LCI(L)-62 landing troops of the 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division near Cape Opmarai, Dutch New Guinea, 30 July 1944' - U.S. Army Signal Corps photo by PFC Wilbur Goen, US National Archives photo III-SC 261028.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Aug-Nov 1942); Navy crew (1942-47); embarked troops (capacity 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones generally track official records and are corroborated here by the Awards Manual, Barbey OB, and uboat.net. Page verified live via scrape 2026-09-30 (navsource.net returns 406 to plain curl but serves normally). Contains no asbestos or material content. 'Decommissioned/struck, date unknown' and 'fate unknown' are the source's own statements - carried as open data, not papered over.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-01
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[2]Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, USN (Ret.), 'The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner' (Naval History Division / U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1969), Chapter XIV (New Georgia - TOENAILS order of battle) and Chapter XV (30 June-15 July 1943) - HyperWar transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- ACTC Ch. XIV TOENAILS task organization (LCI(L) Flotilla Five, Group Thirteen, Division 25); Ch. XV Northern Landing Group LCI Unit; HyperWar transcription of GPO 1969 edition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy history order of battle for Operation TOENAILS (New Georgia Group, landings commencing 30 June 1943): LCI-62 listed in LCI(L) Flotilla Five, Group Thirteen (Lt. Cmdr. Marion M. Byrd), LCI Division 25, with commanding officer 'Lieutenant (jg) William C. Lyons, USN'; sister division hulls LCI-61, -63, -64, -65, -66. Chapter XV repeats LCI-62 under Lt.(jg) W.C. Lyons, USNR, in the LCI Unit of the Northern Landing Group for the New Georgia phase. Documents this hull's named commanding officer and unit assignment at the 1943 New Georgia-Rendova landings that produced her 4 July 1943 engagement credit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- June-July 1943 (TOENAILS)
- Population
- Lt.(jg) William C. Lyons and LCI-62 crew; Flotilla Five Group Thirteen
- Limitations
- Ship-specific presence and command documentation from an official service history; contains no asbestos or material content. Officer rank/service-component notation differs between chapters ('USN' vs 'USNR') - source text carried as printed. Does not date the end of Lyons's command; uboat.net lists a different CO (Lt.(jg) J.M. Roye, USN) by 30 July 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-02
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[3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790), 1953 revision, Part IV Section 2 - Campaign and Service Medals, engagement eligibility table (HyperWar transcription of official manual) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual 1953, Part IV, Sec. 2-16, 'LCI(L) 62:' entry block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official awards record for this hull: 'LCI(L) 62:' engagement entries - 4 Jul 43 (code P21-1); 3 Dec 43 - 4 Dec 43 (P24-4); 30 Jul 44 (P28-6); 4 Aug 44 (P28-6); 15 Sep 44 (P28-8). These dated engagements correspond to the Rendova/New Georgia landings, Cape Torokina (Bougainville), the Cape Sansapor operation, and the Morotai landings - independent official corroboration of the combat-zone dates in NavSource's campaign table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (engagement dates listed)
- Population
- LCI-62 crew at each engagement date
- Limitations
- Documents engagement-credit dates, not asbestos or material content. The table lists five dated engagements under four operation codes for this hull; NavSource displays a five-battle-star ribbon and additionally lists a Lingayen Gulf (Jan 1945) campaign line - no P32 Lingayen row appears for LCI(L) 62 in this section, a residual inconsistency carried in gaps. HyperWar transcription verified live 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-03
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[4]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (WWII), Section 18 - U.S. Navy ships by classes, Landing Craft Infantry listing (HyperWar transcription of official document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Call Sign Book Section 18, LCI(L) listing, 'LCI (L) 62, NCOA'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official wartime call-sign assignment documented for this hull: 'LCI (L) 62, NCOA' - matching the November-Charlie-Oscar-Alpha call sign displayed on the NavSource page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- WWII (wartime edition)
- Limitations
- Identity confirmation only; no asbestos, construction, or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-04
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[5]'History of LCI Flotilla 22,' J.E. 'Jim' Talbert, President, USS LCI National Association (hosted on NavSource; identical text at usslci.org) - firsthand flotilla narrative naming hull 62 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150618f.htm narrative text (flotilla roster; TG 77.4 unit list; Lingayen section; postwar assignment paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Firsthand flotilla history names this hull: Flotilla 22 formed early August 1944 as a spin-off of Flotilla 5 under Commander McD. Smith (later CDR M.M. Byrde); ship no. 62 appears in the flotilla roster and in the LCI unit of Task Group 77.4 for the 16 September 1944 Morotai landings (unit list includes '...359, 357, 443, 63, 328, 333, 436, 335, 447, 429, 364 and 62'). Narrative documents the flotilla's Christmas 1944 departure from Hollandia, Task Force 78 convoy to Lingayen Gulf (arrival 9 January 1945), smoke-screening duty in the gulf, and Subic Bay basing; and states that postwar 'the 62 and 328 were assigned to Commander Service Force' - corroborating NavSource's postwar assignment line.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- August 1944 - 1946 (flotilla narrative span)
- Population
- LCI-62 crew within Flotilla 22; troops embarked (multiple ops)
- Limitations
- Veteran first-person narrative, not a compiled official record - verbatim detail (e.g., 'September 16th' for Morotai D-Day vs NavSource's 15 September campaign date) carried as written; it documents unit-level presence and movement including this hull by number. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-05
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-62 (ship 20890) - build record corroboration and Operation Globetrotter order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/20890.html data table + 'Notable events' 30 Jul 1944 Operation Globetrotter order of battle (TU 77.2.5)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary warship database corroborates: built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas); ordered 3 June 1942; laid down 4 August 1942; launched 27 September 1942; commissioned 13 November 1942. Its documented 'notable event' places this hull in Task Unit 77.2.5 (LCI Unit, TF 77 Attack Force, RAdm. R.A. Fechteler) for Operation Globetrotter - the 30 July 1944 amphibious landings east of Cape Sansapor and on Middelburg and Amsterdam Islands - commanded at that date by Lt.(jg) J.M. Roye, USN. Consistent with the NARA-captioned photo of this hull landing 6th Infantry Division troops near Cape Opmarai the same day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942 (build dates); July 1944 (Globetrotter OB)
- Population
- Lt.(jg) J.M. Roye and LCI-62 crew (Jul 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary database, not an official registry - used here for corroboration and for the task-organization/CO detail transcribed from operation documents; the underlying dates match NavSource exactly. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-06
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[7]Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI 226 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships,' Navy Department, April 1944 - official recognition manual, class entry 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - Numbers 1-350' (HyperWar-hosted scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI 226, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - Numbers 1-350' class plate (April 1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official April 1944 Navy documentation of this hull's class design: oceangoing infantry carrier for direct beach unloading, troop accommodation 'limited to a practical operational time of 48 hours'; capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; propulsion '2 sets of G.M. Diesels; max. B.H.P. 1,600; twin variable-pitch screws'; crew 3 officers, 21 men; four 20mm guns; 2" plastic splinter protection. Confirms the class carried a diesel plant only - no boilers or steam system.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (publication)
- Population
- Class-wide crews and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class-level design document - names no individual hull. Figures are the manual's early-war class values and differ from NavSource's spec block for this hull (216/234/380 tons and 1,600 BHP vs NavSource 236/264/419 tons and 2,320 shp; crew 3+21 vs 4+24) - variances carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-07
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[8]HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, OR), Historic American Engineering Record / National Park Service, 2012 (data compiled by Justine Christianson, HAER Historian) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (Location/Description/Historical sections)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS engineering documentation of the same vessel type (later 351-class sister): LCI(L)s were 'built of welded 1/4" steel plate' to a standard U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships design, with an engine room containing 'four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines connected to two shafts and variable pitch propellers'; approximately 1,051 of the type were constructed in ten U.S. shipyards during WWII. Documents the type's welded-steel, diesel-only construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction era documented); 2012 (report)
- Population
- Class-wide construction trades; crews
- Limitations
- Class documentation for the later 351-class variant (round conning tower, bow ramp); hull 62 is the earlier 1-350 (square conn, side ramps) variant - hull structure and propulsion description still apply, fit-out details differ. No asbestos or materials content - the report documents construction method, not insulation/finish materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-08
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[9]Era inference built on: ONI 226 class entry (diesel propulsion, no steam plant); HAER OR-180 (welded-steel construction, GM 6-71 diesels); NavSource spec block (8x GM 6051-71 diesels); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era through early 1970s); build year 1942 within the WWII asbestos-supply-priority era [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis row - sources as cited in ev-01, ev-07, ev-08, ev-10
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-propelled naval beaching craft built in 1942 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust-system lagging, machinery and flange gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/main-steam lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The confined hull volume (158 ft, crew ~28 plus up to 188 embarked troops) concentrates any disturbed-material pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947 (Navy custody window)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); Navy crew (1942-47); embarked troops (transient); any disposal/scrapping trades (post-1947, undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-62. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The wartime '48-hour practical operational time' for troop accommodation limits embarked-troop exposure duration context but does not change crew exposure inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-09
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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, HTTP 403 to automated fetch)
- 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 (1942) and Navy service era (1942-47).
- 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 text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description. gao.gov may render normally in a browser; the 403 is a bot block, not a dead link.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-10
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[11]Batch-5342 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page + Flotilla 22 history; Barbey ACTC official OB; Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual 1953; WWII Radio Call Sign Book; ONI 226; HAER OR-180; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; USCG-manned LCI(L) roster; CourtListener API v4 (5 authenticated queries); secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-62-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-62 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched this session with authenticated queries - "LCI(L)-62" opinions (0), "LCI-62"/"LCI(L) 62"/"LCI(L) No. 62" opinion variants (0), "LCI(L)-62" RECAP dockets (0), "LCI(L)" asbestos opinions (0), "USS LCI" asbestos opinions (0). No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC URL returns 404). Secondary sweeps surfaced only law-firm/marketing asbestos claims about the builder yard (mesothelioma.net, mesotheliomalawyercenter.org, mesowatch.org) - 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 - a 1942 Navy build is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Deck logs (RG 24), war diaries (RG 38), BuShips work packages, and Maritime Commission disposal records for this hull are undigitized or unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-11
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[12]NARA leads: WWII deck logs for LCI(L)-62 (RG 24, entry 470/A 1-era boxes - sister-hull logs for LCI(L)-329 cited by usslci.org at RG 24/470/37/08/01) and war diaries (RG 38); U.S. Army Signal Corps photo III-SC 261028 (this hull landing troops near Cape Opmarai, 30 Jul 1944) held in NARA collections per NavSource caption; Maritime Commission disposal records for the 25 Nov 1947 transfer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 (WWII deck logs) / RG 38 (war diaries) series-level; III-SC 261028 per NavSource caption; MARCOM records (unlocated)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary records exist but are undigitized: WWII deck logs and war diaries for this hull would document daily activity, availabilities, and any hull work; the NARA-held Signal Corps photo (III-SC 261028) independently documents her Cape Opmarai landing; Maritime Commission records of the 25 November 1947 transfer may carry her post-disposal fate, which public compilations list as unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Crew; any yard/disposal trades documented in logs
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - none of these records was inspected; their existence is inferred from series coverage (WWII LCI deck logs are extant at NARA) and the cited photo caption. No asbestos content known or claimed. NARA's online catalog is JS-rendered and could not be queried from this environment for a NAID confirmation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-62-12