Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-622 (150622.htm) - construction milestones, campaign credit list, specifications, disposal line; history text credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150622.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 29 April 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 26 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-622, 2 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; campaigns: Leyte landings, 28-29 November 1944; Mindanao Island landings (Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines), 10-11 March 1945 and 17-23 April 1945; Balikpapan operation (Borneo), 26 June - 6 July 1945. Three battle stars for WWII service. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission, 13 October 1947; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Specs: 246 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; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable-pitch propellers; armament five single 20mm guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Apr-Jun 1944); crew (1944-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track Navy sources but no primary doc is reproduced on the page; no images of this hull exist in the archive. Contains no asbestos or material content. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'struck, date unknown' are explicitly unresolved on the source page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-01
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[2]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - LCI(L)-622 entry (Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center scan of the 1978 NARA publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 p. 346 (ACPL Genealogy Center scan, image narasl44/372.jpg); viewer URL cited
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (book page 346, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations') lists LCI(L)-622 with logbook coverage June 2, 1944 - June 30, 1945, two logbooks - i.e., the hull's WWII deck logs exist in National Archives custody for that span. Coverage begins on the documented commissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-02 to 1945-06-30 (listed coverage)
- Population
- Crew (1944-45 log period)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage endpoints are custody dates, not service milestones: the June 30, 1945 end is where the SL44-listed custody span stops, NOT a decommissioning date - the craft remained in service (Balikpapan op, 26 Jun - 6 Jul 1945, falls inside coverage; post-July-1945 logs are simply outside the listing). Read directly from the ACPL page scan; the finding aid lists what NARA held as of its 1978 compilation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-02
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[3]NARA Catalog NAID 77518069 - 'LCI(L)-622 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the Malabang-Parang-Cotabato Area, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 4/22/45' (WWII War Diaries series, Roll A1902); corroborating unit-level file: NAID 140000664, COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.16 report on the same Malabang-Parang-Cotabato landings 4/22-23/45 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog file units NAID 77518069 (Roll A1902) and NAID 140000664 (Roll A1602)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A hull-authored WWII action report for LCI(L)-622 exists in the National Archives: the ship's own report of operations for the Malabang-Parang-Cotabato assault landings on Mindanao, 22 April 1945 - matching the 'Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945' campaign credit on NavSource. Digitized as a file unit on microfilm Roll A1902, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (WWII War Diaries series). The parallel task-unit report (TU 78.2.16, 4/22-23/45) situates her unit in the same operation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-22 (report event)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops, April 1945 landings
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata (title, roll, series) verified via the NARA Catalog search listing; page images are served through a JS/IIIF-gated viewer and were not read this session - reported facts are the record titles, not the document contents. An action report documents combat operations, not materials - no asbestos content expected or asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-03
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[4]NARA Catalog NAID 83557435 - 'COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.6 - Rep of opers in the assault landings at Balikpapan, Borneo, 7/1-2/45' (WWII War Diaries series, Roll A1843); plus COM LCI(L) FLOT 24 war diaries NAID 83531779 (4/1-30/45) and NAID 78591777 (6/25/44-7/31/44); plus LCI(L) 622 muster rolls NAID 120286453 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog: NAIDs 83557435 (Roll A1843), 83531779 (Roll A1815), 78591777 (Roll A1113), 120286453 (muster rolls)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds the operational records of LCI(L)-622's task organization: TU 78.2.6 (the Balikpapan LCI unit to which the Balikpapan operation order assigns LCI(L)-622 - see ev-uss-lci-l-622-05) filed the after-action report for the 1-2 July 1945 assault landings, and LCI(L) Flotilla 24 war diaries cover June-July 1944 and April 1945. WWII muster rolls for 'LCI(L) 622' are also digitized in the catalog (NAID 120286453, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities) - a name-level personnel roster for the hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-622 crew on muster rolls; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Unit-level reports document the flotilla/task unit the craft belonged to; TU 78.2.6's report situates her unit at Balikpapan but hull-level contents were not read (JS-gated images). Muster rolls establish personnel aboard, not materials. No asbestos content in catalog metadata; none asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-04
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-622 (ship/21687) - build dates and Operation Oboe II (Balikpapan) order-of-battle transcription naming the craft and her commanding officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21687.html - vessel table and '1 Jul 1945 Operation Oboe II' event transcription
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's vessel entry confirms construction data (built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; laid down 29 April 1944; launched 26 May 1944; commissioned 2 June 1944) and transcribes the Balikpapan operation order: TG 78.2.6 was the LCI Unit under Cdr. A.V. Jannotta, USNR, 'made up of the following LCI(L)'s from LCIFLOT24,' including 'USS LCI(L)-622 (Lt. H.V. Smith, USNR)' - i.e., the craft served in LCI Flotilla 24 and was commanded by Lt. H.V. Smith, USNR, during Operation Oboe II (Balikpapan, July 1945).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew under Lt. H.V. Smith USNR (July 1945); Flotilla 24 organization
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a well-regarded secondary compiler transcribing a primary operation order - the transcription is unverified against the original document (NARA NAID 83557435 is the archival path). CO attribution is a single point in time (July 1945), not a command roster. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-05
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ - yard profile and build table row for LCI(L) 622 ('Jun-44 | Struck 1946') [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com newjersey.htm - LCI build table; hyperwar ibiblio.org/USN/ref/USN-Act/NJ.html (Barber entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard-history table lists LCI(L) 622 as a June 1944 New Jersey Shipbuilding hull marked 'Struck 1946,' and documents the yard: an LCI assembly line on Arthur Kill at Barber, N.J. (a community since absorbed into Perth Amboy and renamed Maurer), whose management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, and which closed after the war. A Navy-era activities directory independently lists a 'Navy Cost Inspector, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.' (HyperWar transcription of 'U.S. Naval Activities, World War II').
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; yard history 1942-45
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades, wartime
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-history compilation. 'Struck 1946' conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' - the striking date is carried as an unresolved conflict in gaps; neither source supplies a primary register page. Yard-history context only; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-06
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS/LoC), HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 - written historical and descriptive data for a preserved LCI-351-class sister (George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA; commissioned 18 Sep 1944; same LCI Flotilla 24, Seventh Fleet) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data (LoC tile.loc.gov PDF), pp. 1-3 (design, measurements, builder, service summary)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Government documentation of the class design this hull was built to: LCI-351-class craft were built of welded 1/4-inch steel plate to a standard U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships design, powered by eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines (four per shaft) with variable-pitch propellers, 158' 5.5" x 23' 3", ~387-419 tons loaded, carrying 182 enlisted and 6 officers. The class designer is documented as the Bureau of Ships; construction was dispersed across ten small shipyards. LCI(L)-713 additionally corroborates the Flotilla 24 / Task Force 78 assignment LCI(L)-622 served under.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2012 (documentation); 1944 (craft)
- Population
- Class-wide: builders' trades and crews, 1943-45
- Limitations
- Documents a sister hull and the class design, not this hull - and contains NO asbestos, insulation, or material-composition information whatsoever; the short-form HAER does not itemize internal materials. Used strictly for class design and construction-era context; nothing in this row supports an asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two sets of 4 GM diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers); HAER OR-180 class design documentation (BuShips standard design, welded steel construction, GM 6-71 diesel plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-uss-lci-l-622-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150622.htm specifications; HAER OR-180 design description; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LCI-351-class landing craft built April-June 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard small diesel landing craft of this period: thermal insulation and lagging on diesel exhaust/muffler runs and machinery, gaskets and valve packing, brake linings on the ramp winch, and electrical insulation. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the confined-space exposure dynamic of a small welded hull applies instead.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-47); any disposal-scrapping trades post-1947
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, plans, or work package located for LCI(L)-622; the BuShips class design documents steel structure and machinery, not insulation composition. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-08
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (domain returns 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 (1944) and service/disposal era (1944-47).
- 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. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches (product page and full text, confirmed 2026-09-30 - standing access defect noted since BATCH-01); content via the report's published product-page description surfaced through search index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-09
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[10]Batch-5345 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Catalog (war diaries, hull action report, muster rolls); NARA Special List 44 via ACPL scan; HAER OR-180; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; GAO product page; NHHC/DANFS and NVR (no entry); CourtListener (status per ledger); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-622-01 through -11
- 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)-622 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion and docket indexes returned zero hits for the exact hull designation (sl-uss-lci-l-622-06). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content naming landing craft generically (e.g., navyshipexposure.com 'USS Class Lci Landing Craft Infantry Wwii' listing, asbestos-ships.com) - excluded by source policy; no case naming this hull was identified.
- 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 - she was built and operated entirely within the Navy's asbestos era. CourtListener coverage is exact-designation only ('LCI(L)-622', 'LCI-622'); unparenthesized variant spellings went unsearched under fleet pacing - residual open lead, not a verified negative for those spellings. Undigitized deck logs (post-June-1945), Maritime Commission disposal file, and builder work packages remain open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-622-10