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)-624 - construction milestones, specifications, campaign table, awards display, disposal, photo captions (page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry Vol. II', Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150624.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI(L)-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 2 May 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 30 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-624, 5 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; campaign table lists Leyte landings 28-29 November 1944 and Borneo operations (Tarakan Island 27 April-5 May 1945; Balikpapan 26 June-6 July 1945). Decommissioned and stricken, dates unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 3 May 1947; final disposition unknown. Two battle stars for WWII service; ribbons shown include Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars), Philippine Liberation Medal (1 star), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5-1/2"; 23'3" beam; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120V DC generators; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house. Crew photographs donated by families of Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c and William V. Healy, and one caption identifies the officers' group as possibly CDR. A. Vernon Jannotta and staff of LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four or its Groups 70, 71, 72 or 79.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew (1944-c.1946); embarked troops (up to 182 enlisted + 6 officers); disposal workforce (1947)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track the standard pattern for the class and its campaign table matches the NHHC Awards Manual for Leyte/Borneo but omits the Mindanao (P39-3) engagement the manual credits (see ev-10). Builder-name spelling varies across NavSource sibling pages ('Ship Building Corp.' vs 'Shipbuilding Co.'). The Flotilla Twenty-Four association rests on a hedged photo caption ('possibly'), not a stated assignment. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-01
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[2]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 rev. 1953, Part IV - Campaign and Service Medals, Part III List of Authorized Operations and Engagements, (A) United States Ships (NHHC online reading room) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Part IV, Section 2, Part III 'List of Authorized Operations and Engagements', (A) United States Ships table - 'LCI 624' and 'LCI(L) 624' rows; code legend under P31/P37/P39
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists this hull's engagement-star credits under two entries: 'LCI(L) 624: 28 Nov 44 - 29 Nov 44 P31-1; 27 Apr 45 - 5 May 45 P37-1; 26 Jun 45 - 6 Jul 45 P37-3' (Leyte landings; Tarakan Island operation; Balikpapan operation) and 'LCI 624: 10 Mar 45 - 11 Mar 45 P39-3' (Mindanao Island landings within the Consolidation of the Southern Philippines, which the manual defines as including Zamboanga, Malabang-Parang-Cotabato, Davao Gulf and other landings 8 Mar - 20 Jul 45). The manual's Borneo rule (P37: 'Only 1 star for participation in 1 or more') makes the documented total two battle stars - Leyte plus Borneo - matching the NavSource award display; the Philippine Liberation Medal (1 star) display is consistent with the Mindanao credit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during the Leyte, Mindanao, Tarakan and Balikpapan operations
- Limitations
- Official engagement-star credit list, not a deck log: it documents credited participation windows, not what the craft did within them, and names no specific landing beach for the Mindanao window. The manual does NOT credit this hull under P33 (Iwo Jima) despite her documented 24 Feb 1945 presence there (see ev-03) - presence at an anchorage is not engagement-star credit. The Mindanao row appears under the manual's plain 'LCI' list rather than the 'LCI(L)' list; no reason for the dual convention is stated. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-02
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[3]DANFS, Hansford (APA-106) - Iwo Jima operation narrative (NHHC live page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Hansford (APA-106), Iwo Jima paragraph, 'forenoon watch on 24 February' 1945
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An NHHC ship history names this hull at the Iwo Jima anchorage: 'The ship transferred 200 rounds of 5-inch/38 cal. antiaircraft ammunition to infantry landing craft LCI-624 for redistribution to destroyers during the forenoon watch on 24 February' 1945. The transfer places LCI-624 physically at Iwo Jima during the assault period, performing an ammunition shuttle for destroyer resupply.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02-24
- Population
- Crew during the 24 Feb 1945 ammo transfer alongside Hansford
- Limitations
- A one-line operational mention inside another ship's DANFS history: it documents presence and a single evolution (ammo transfer), not a full account of the craft's Iwo Jima activity or duration on station. The Awards Manual does not list this hull under the Iwo Jima engagement code (P33), so no engagement star is established by this row. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-03
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[4]NARA Special List #44, 'List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - by Ship Number (RG 24 entry 118 log-coverage item list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 by Ship Number, PDF p.26, 'LCI(L)-624 6/5/1944 - 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's item list records Navy logbook coverage for LCI(L)-624 from 6/5/1944 through 6/30/1945 - coverage beginning on her documented commissioning date. Adjacent entries show identical coverage patterns for same-yard sibling hulls (LCI(L)-620 through -626). These logs survive in the RG 24 entry 118 series and are a physical-pull research lead at the National Archives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (coverage); 2026-09-30 (verification)
- Limitations
- Coverage endpoints are log-holding boundaries, NOT service milestones: the list does not document commissioning, decommissioning, or striking dates, and 6/30/1945 is the last covered month of a wartime log run, not evidence she left service then. The logs are not in NARA's online digitized deck-log collection (checked 2026-09-30) and were not read for this record - contents (operations detail, exposures) unverified. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-04
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[5]DANFS, 'History of LCI(L) Flotilla 24 in World War II' (verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar mirror, 'History of LCI(L) Flotilla 24 in World War II' combat-operations table and operational record
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC flotilla history for LCI(L) Flotilla 24 (the unit a NavSource photo caption associates - with hedge - with this hull) records operations matching this hull's documented campaign pattern: Leyte reinforcement/resupply November 1944-January 1945; Mindoro December 1944-January 1945; Luzon January-March 1945; Mindanao assault and capture including 'Zamboango' and Parang March 1945; Sulu Archipelago April 1945; and Borneo - Tarakan assault and capture (April-May), Brunei Bay (June), Balikpapan assault and capture (July 1945). Flotilla operational totals: 131,909 troops transported with no loss of life at sea; 864 wounded evacuated; 11 ships salvaged; 18 enemy aircraft destroyed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 24 crews and embarked troops (flotilla level)
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level record that does not name individual hulls: it does not establish that LCI(L)-624 was a Flotilla 24 unit. The flotilla association rests on a hedged NavSource photo caption plus the exact match between the flotilla's documented operations and this hull's awards-manual credits - corroboration, not documentary proof. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-05
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[6]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-625 - sibling same-yard hull page with explicit flotilla assignment (comparison anchor) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150625.htm service paragraph and campaign table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's page for LCI(L)-625 - laid down 4 May 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J., commissioned 6 June 1944, the adjacent hull number to this record's subject - explicitly states assignment to 'LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four, CDR. A. Vernon Jannotta' and lists identical campaign credits including 'Mindanao Island landings, 10 and 11 March 1945' alongside Leyte and both Borneo operations. The sibling's explicit flotilla assignment plus identical awards pattern corroborates (but does not document) LCI(L)-624's Flotilla 24 membership.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- n/a - sibling-hull comparison
- Limitations
- A different hull's record: sibling-hull documentation cannot be read as a ship-specific fact for LCI(L)-624. NavSource's own LCI(L)-624 page carries the Flotilla 24 link only as a hedged photo caption. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource propulsion spec for this hull (8 GM diesel engines, diesel generators, no boilers); LCI(L)-351-class design as a 158-ft shallow-draft steel beaching craft; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-era documentation (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150624.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product-page description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-only amphibious beaching craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, but the exposure-relevant system set is small: no steam plant means no boiler or steam-line lagging - the dominant asbestos pathway on larger vessels. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel craft of this period were limited to diesel-exhaust lagging and insulation around machinery spaces, gaskets and flange packing, valve packing, and electrical/wiring insulation.
- 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-c.1946); disposal workforce (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-624, and no class-level asbestos schedule for LCI(L)s was located either. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-07
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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 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 (May-June 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-08
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[9]Batch-5347 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC DANFS individual-entry search and Hansford page; NHHC Awards Manual 1953; NARA Special List 44 and online deck-log index; MARAD Vessel History Database; DANFS Flotilla 24 history; CourtListener (partially blocked); secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-624 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). An authenticated CourtListener OPINION search for the exact hull designations returned zero results; the DOCKET search and broader name variants could not be run - CourtListener fleet pacing was spent this session (logged as blocked, not a negative result). No law-firm marketing content naming this hull was found either.
- 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 - wartime small-craft construction records are thin and the docket-level litigation index was not searched (pacing block). NARA RG 24/118 deck logs exist (Special List 44 coverage 6/5/1944-6/30/1945) but are undigitized. Maritime Commission disposal records for the 1947 transfer are an open lead (no MARAD status card located). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-09
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[10]Record cross-check: NavSource LCI(L)-624 campaign table vs. NHHC Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (rev. 1953) Part IV engagement-star list vs. NavSource LCI(L)-625 sibling page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150624 campaign table vs Awards Manual 'LCI 624' row vs NavSource 150625 campaign table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource's campaign table for LCI(L)-624 lists only Leyte (28-29 Nov 1944) and Borneo (Tarakan, Balikpapan) - omitting the Mindanao Island landings engagement (10-11 Mar 1945, code P39-3) that the official Awards Manual credits to 'LCI 624'. The identical credit appears on the NavSource page for adjacent sibling LCI(L)-625, which does list Mindanao. The Awards Manual is the authoritative engagement-credit source and is carried in ev-02; the NavSource table for this hull is incomplete by comparison.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 / 1953 manual
- Limitations
- Corrects a source-completeness issue, not a material error: NavSource's own data (ribbon display showing the Philippine Liberation Medal) is consistent with the Mindanao credit. The manual's two-entry convention ('LCI 624' vs 'LCI(L) 624') is unexplained but both entries name hull 624. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-624-lcil624-10