Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-625 (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150625.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 4 May 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 31 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-625, 6 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four (CDR. A. Vernon Jannotta); campaigns - Leyte landings 28-29 November 1944; Mindanao Island landings 10-11 March 1945; Tarakan Island 27 April-5 May 1945; Balikpapan operation 26 June-6 July 1945. Three battle stars. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 2 May 1947; final disposition unknown. Specs: 236t light / 264t landing / 419t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 + 182; five single 20mm; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC generators. Photo captions place the hull beached with LCI(L)-634/-626/-1008 discharging personnel, and landing Australian 9th Division troops at Balikpapan 1 July 1945 (one of 16 LCIs staging out of Morotai - last amphibious landing of WWII).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its stated source here is the Turner Publishing LCI history (1995). No asbestos content. Decommission/struck dates are explicitly unknown; post-transfer fate undocumented. URL verified live 2026-09-30 (.net domain - navsource.org is dead).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-01
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[2]ShipbuildingHistory.com (T. Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' build table - row for LCI(L)-625 [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm table row '625'; newjersey.htm yard note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Build-list row for this hull: LCI(L) 625, New Jersey SB, Barber NJ, delivered/commissioned 6-Jun-44, 'To NDRF 1947.' Yard context from the same site's New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page: the yard was an LCI assembly line on the Arthur Kill in Barber (later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer); management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary build-list compilation, not a contract record; corroborates builder, date, and reserve-fleet disposition, consistent with NavSource's 2 May 1947 Maritime Commission transfer. No asbestos content. URL verified live 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - ship-number list, entry for LCI(L)-625 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 26, row 'LCI(L)-625 6/6/1944 6/30/1945' (verified against downloaded PDF via pdftotext)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA itemizes Navy logbook holdings for LCI(L)-625: coverage 6/6/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 26 of the ship-number list). Log coverage begins on the commissioning date - the cataloged deck-log series for this hull runs from commissioning through the end of June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage endpoints are cataloged holdings boundaries, NOT commissioning/decommissioning dates: the 6/6/1944 start happens to coincide with commissioning, but the 6/30/1945 end does not mark decommissioning - she served into 1946-47. Coverage for July 1945 onward is not itemized in Special List 44 (post-1941 deck logs are a separate RG 24 series at College Park). The logbooks are textual records; none was read for this record. No asbestos content in the list itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-03
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[4]NARA file unit NAID 101765842: 'LCI(L)-625 - Rep of opers in the invasion of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 5/1-3/45' - RG 38, WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories (micro serial 134814; microfilm roll A1778; Fold3 file 296560003; 8 digitized images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 101765842; images 0716-0723 of roll A1778; report body p.1, task org pp.2-3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's own signed action report survives and is digitized: 'From: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. LCI(L) 625. To: Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet. Via: Commander Task Unit 78.1.15, Commander Task Group 78.1, Commander Task Force 78, Commander SEVENTH Fleet. Subject: Action Report, TARAKAN I.' dated 2 May 1945, signature block C. E. BOLE. Content (pp. 1-3 verified against digitized images): departed Morotai 1602 (I-zone time) 27 April 1945 under ComPhib Group Six attack order A604-45 and Seventh Amphibious Force operation plan 10-45 (Oboe-One); General Quarters 0539 and anchored in LST Transport Area Two 0615, 1 May 1945; LCI(L)s ordered at 0959 to proceed to Red Beach, moored alongside LSTs and unloaded troops; 'No ammunition was expended, and no battle damages were received by this command.' Enclosure (A) task organization places LCI(L)-625 in TU 78.1.13 LCI Unit - Commander Jannotta (LCI Flot 24 modified): LCI 624(FF), 625, 626, 634, 655, 699, 700, 712, 1008(GF), 1025, 1072, 1076 - 12 LCIs - within TG 78.1 Oboe-One Attack Group (Rear Admiral Royal, USS Rocky Mount flagship).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-27 to 1945-05-03
- Population
- LCI(L)-625 crew (CO Lt.(jg) C.E. Bole, USNR per the corresponding task-organization transcription); embarked troops unloaded at Red Beach
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary record - but it is an operational/action document, not a materials record; contains no asbestos information. Pages 1-3 (report body and task organization) verified against digitized images this session; Enclosure (B) cruising formation and (C) ship's-log true copy (pp. 4-8) not individually read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-04
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[5]NARA file unit NAID 120286220: 'LCI(L) 625 - Muster Rolls' - RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities (1939-1949); 67 digitized images (Ancestry file 32860_245697-00002) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120286220
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's muster rolls are cataloged and digitized at NARA - 67 images covering the crew population (first sheet dated 30 June 1944). The personnel who served aboard are individually documented in this file unit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-625 crew, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Archival lead: catalog entry verified live via JS-rendered catalog (firecrawl); individual muster sheets were not read name-by-name. Muster rolls document personnel, not materials - no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-05
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[6]USS LST-584 'Rep. of Opers. in the invasion of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 5/1-2/45 page 2' - WWII War Diaries, NARA Identifier 296592936 (transcribed in NavSource photo captions, LST-171 page and LCI(L)-625 page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160171.htm and 10/15/150625.htm captions; NARA ID 296592936
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A second NARA war-diary record names this hull in action: LST-584's Tarakan operation report records 'At 0801 LCI-625 came alongside to port to assist ship off beach... At 0900 LCI 625 reversed position by backing alongside to port. Commenced backing to no avail' - LCI-625 and LCI-626 working to retract the beached LST-584 at Tarakan, 1-2 May 1945. A NavSource photo caption also places LCI(L)-625 between LST-171 and LST-584 loading at Morotai in April 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 to 1945-05-02
- Population
- LCI(L)-625 crew at Tarakan (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the LST-584 report text is transcribed in NavSource captions and attributed to NARA ID 296592936; the catalog record itself was not separately opened this session. Another ship's report naming this hull - operational content only, no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-06
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[7]uboat.net, Allied Warships of WWII: USS LCI(L)-625 (LCI 351 class) - builder/dates and task-organization event transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21690.html - spec block and notable-events list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation corroborating this hull: New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber NJ), laid down 4 May 1944, launched 31 May 1944, commissioned 6 June 1944. Its transcribed 'notable events' add detail matching the NARA action report: LCI(L)-625 listed in the Tarakan task organization with CO 'Lt.(jg) C.E. Bole, USNR'; at 1024 on 1 May 1945 LCI(L)-625 and LCI(L)-1025 observed alongside LST-590 on the beach; at 1800 on 5 May 1945 CTG 78.1.93 (including LCI(L)-625) departed Tarakan for Morotai under escort (USS Waller, USS Cofer, PC-1120, YMS units).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-625 crew (CO Lt.(jg) C.E. Bole, USNR)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a respected secondary compilation, not a primary source - its event entries transcribe wartime task-organizations/action reports (the same TG 78.1 documents held at NARA). CO name 'Lt.(jg) C.E. Bole, USNR' matches the 'C. E. BOLE' signature on the NARA report. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-07
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[8]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full text PDF retrieved this session [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2; full report PDF gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (asbestos narrative pp. 5-8, 11 of report body)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos era that fully contains this hull's life: 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos'; thermal insulation 'for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos'; further applications include asbestos 'on Navy ship decks,' 'piping system gaskets and packing... in Navy shipboard piping systems,' 'Navy ship equipment brakes and clutches,' and electric cabling; product specifications for thermal insulation were not changed to asbestos-free until 1973, with the elimination policy issued October 1975 - three decades after this hull's 1944 construction and 1947 transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); asbestos-use era through ~1975 substitution
- Population
- Navy ship construction and maintenance trades, era-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation covering the Navy fleet generally - LCI(L)-625 is not named and no small-craft class is itemized. Supports era context only, not any material fact specific to this hull. Full text retrieved via firecrawl 2026-09-30 (direct curl to the PDF is 403-blocked; product page and highlights verified live).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-08
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[9]Batch-5348 search ledger (this record): NavSource; shipbuildinghistory.com; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA Catalog file units NAID 101765842 (own Tarakan action report) and NAID 120286220 (muster rolls); NHHC/DANFS; NVR; MARAD vessel-history DB; CourtListener; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-625-01 through -12
- 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)-625 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results across both indexes and both designator forms - "LCI(L)-625" and "LCI-625" in opinions (type=o) and dockets (type=r), 2026-09-30. No law-firm or marketing pages were found asserting asbestos aboard this specific 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 1944 Navy hull built in the documented asbestos era plausibly carried era-standard materials, and her deck logs, muster rolls, and action report exist but are operational/personnel records that do not address materials. Deck logs for July 1945 onward are an open lead. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-625-09