Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (Bradley, Kurtz et al., 1978) - LCI(L)-626 entry on PDF page 26 (printed page 347); ACPL Genealogy Center scan of the printed volume, display page 373 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 ship-number PDF p.26: 'LCI(L)-626 6/7/1944 6/30/1945'; printed volume p.347 = ACPL display p.373, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations', LCI(L) numeric sequence (between LCI(L)-625 and LCI(L)(FF)-627)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy logbook inventory lists this hull by exact designation: 'LCI(L)-626 - 6/7/1944 - 6/30/1945' - 1 logbook. Log coverage opens on the commissioning date (7 June 1944) and runs through 30 June 1945, spanning her LCI Flotilla 24 deployment and the Leyte, Mindanao, Tarakan, and Balikpapan campaign windows.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-07 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Commissioning crew (June 1944 forward)
- Limitations
- A logbook inventory, not a content record: it establishes that a Navy deck log exists for these dates at NARA (RG 24), not what it contains, and carries no material or asbestos information. Coverage ends 30 June 1945 - the ship's postwar service (occupation duty Sep-Oct 1945, pre-disposal period to August 1947) is outside this listing; postwar logs are a separate archival lead. Verified on the archives.gov ship-number PDF (p.26, line 1265 of text extraction) and on the ACPL scan of the printed volume (printed page 347, display page 373).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-626 - construction, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four assignment, campaign record, disposal, LCI-351 class specifications (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150626.htm - milestone block, campaign table, awards display, specifications block; photo caption shows LCI(L)-634, -626, -625, -1008 beached together (date/location unknown)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 5 May 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 1 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-626, 7 June 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four (CDR A. Vernon Jannotta). Campaigns: Leyte operations - Leyte landings, 28-29 November 1944; Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 10-11 March 1945; Borneo operation - Tarakan Island, 27 April-5 May 1945, and Balikpapan operation, 26 June-6 July 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September-4 October 1945. Decommissioned and stricken, dates unknown. Transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 August 1947; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Three battle stars for WWII service. Ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). International radio call sign NPKH.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding (May-Jun 1944); wartime crew (1944-45); occupation-service crew (1945); pre-disposal crew to c.1947
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - but its dates are corroborated by primary records at other rows (SL44 log coverage opens on the 7 June 1944 commissioning date; NAVPERS 15,790 confirms every campaign window and the occupation period; the official call-sign book confirms NPKH; uboat.net confirms builder and dates). Decommissioning and striking dates are explicitly 'unknown' in this source and are carried as a gap, not inferred. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-02
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[3]Department of the Navy, 'Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual,' NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV - Campaign and Service Medals: engagement-star eligibility list and Navy Occupation Service Medal unit list (NHHC online reading room) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC pt4-campaign-service-medals.html - engagement-star ship list (LCI(L) 626 and LCI 626 rows) and Navy Occupation Service Medal 'Ships' table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards register lists this hull by designation for four engagement-star credits and the occupation medal: 'LCI(L) 626: 28 Nov 44 - 29 Nov 44 P31-1' (Leyte landings); 'LCI 626: 10 Mar 45 - 11 Mar 45 P39-3' (Southern Philippines consolidation group - the credited dates fall inside the manual's P39-2 'Mindanao Island landings' window of 8 Mar-20 Jul 45, matching NavSource's 'Mindanao Island landings, 10 and 11 March 1945'); '27 Apr 45 - 5 May 45 P37-1' (Tarakan Island operation); '26 Jun 45 - 6 Jul 45 P37-3' (Balikpapan operation); and 'LCI (L) 626 | 2 Sep - 4 Oct 45 | A' (Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia clasp). The engagement codes group to three campaign stars, consistent with NavSource's 'three battle stars.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-28 to 1945-10-04
- Population
- Wartime crew in the listed engagement windows
- Limitations
- Official Navy register documentation of campaign and service-medal eligibility - confirms the hull's presence in the listed windows, not what occurred aboard. Transcription artifact: the NHHC-rendered 'P39-3' label on the 10-11 Mar 45 row conflicts with the manual's own code list (P39-3 = Sulu Archipelago landings, 2-20 Apr 45); the credited dates sit inside P39-2 (Mindanao Island landings, 8 Mar-20 Jul 45). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-03
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[4]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (WWII), Section 18 - LCI series (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CallSigns-18.html, LCI(L) numeric block: 'LCI (L) 626 / NPKH' (between LCI (L) 625 / NPJT and LCI (L) 627 / NPKK)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official wartime call-sign book assigns 'LCI (L) 626' the radio call sign NPKH - matching the call-sign block on the NavSource page (November-Papa-Kilo-Hotel) and fixing the hull's identity independently of any single secondary source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- Identity corroboration only - the register carries no service, material, or asbestos content. ibiblio.org is a mirror of the official Navy call-sign publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-04
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-626 (ship/21691) - construction data plus 'Notable events' transcription of the Operation Oboe I (Tarakan) Task Group 78.1 order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21691 - data block and '1 May 1945 Operation Oboe I' event, TG 78.1.13 LSI unit list and 5 May 1945 CTG 78.1.93 departure entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net independently confirms the construction record: 'Built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey, U.S.A.); laid down 5 May 1944; launched 1 Jun 1944; commissioned 7 Jun 1944.' Its 'notable events' section carries the Oboe I (Tarakan, 1 May 1945) order of battle naming this hull in Task Group 78.1.13 (the LSI(L) unit): 'USS LCI(L)-626 (Lt.(jg) L.H. Keckler, USNR)' - alongside flotilla sisters 624 (flagship, 'COMLCIFLOT 24, Cdr. A.V. Jannotta, USNR, on board'), 625, 634, 655, 699, 700, 712, 1008, 1025, 1072, and 1076. The same transcription records CTG 78.1.93 - LCI(L)-626 among the landing craft departing the Tarakan area for Morotai at 1800I/5 May, arriving ~1700I/8 May.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 to 1945-05-08
- Population
- LCI(L)-626 crew under Lt.(jg) L.H. Keckler, USNR; embarked troops at Tarakan
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary compilation, but this event text is a verbatim transcription of the Task Group 78.1 action-report order of battle - a primary operational document in structure. It documents presence in the Tarakan assault force and her commanding officer at that date; it does not document beaching position, hits, or individual exposure conditions. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-05
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[6]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - LCI(L) roster (mirror of the official wartime ship list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) roster range row 'LCI(L)-610-6664, 1942-44'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official-style wartime Navy ship roster lists this hull inside the unannotated range row 'LCI(L)-610-6664, 1942-44' (printed '6664' is an evident transcription typo for 664) - confirming Navy registration of the hull in the LCI(L) series during WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Wartime crew (generic)
- Limitations
- Roster-level confirmation of the hull's registration and era only - no service, material, or asbestos content. The '6664' endpoint is a mirror typo; the intended range (610-664) covers 626.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-06
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[7]DANFS-style 'History of LCI(L) Flotilla 24 in World War II' - flotilla combat-operations table and operational record (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror; transcribed by Patrick Clancey) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcilflot24.html - 'Combat Operations' table and 'Operational Record' table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The flotilla-level war history for LCI(L)-626's documented unit records Flotilla 24's combat operations: Mapia-Asia Islands assault (Nov 1944); Leyte reinforcement/resupply, anti-aircraft support, rescue and salvage (Nov 1944-Jan 1945); Mindanao and Sulu Seas kamikaze actions (Dec 1944); Mindoro (Dec 1944-Jan 1945); Marinduque (Jan 1945); Luzon - Lingayen, Subic Bay, Verde Island assaults plus mine search (Jan-Mar 1945); Cebu/Masbate guerrilla supply (Feb-Mar 1945); Mindanao - Zamboanga and Parang assaults (Mar 1945); Sulu Archipelago - Sanga Sanga and Jolo (Apr 1945); and Borneo - Tarakan, Brunei Bay, and Balikpapan assaults (Apr-Jul 1945). Flotilla operational record to 1 Aug 1945: 131,909 troops transported with no loss of life at sea, 864 wounded evacuated, 11 ships salvaged, 374 rescued personnel, 18 enemy aircraft and 16 enemy troopcraft destroyed, 65 mines destroyed, 1,094,939 miles cruised July 1944-July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 24 crews (aggregate)
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level documentation only - it names the unit's operations and aggregate statistics, not this hull's participation in each listed action. This hull's individually credited engagements are the four in the NAVPERS register row (ev-03). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-07
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[8]Administrative History of the SEVENTH Amphibious Force, annex - landing-operation task organizations and references (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 7thAmphibs-A.html - Verde Island task-organization reference line; TARAKAN and BALIKPAPAN operation entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Seventh Amphibious Force administrative history cites 'Com LCI(L) Flot 24 report of 28 February 1945' as the reference for the Verde Island operation task organization - a contemporary document establishing Flotilla 24 as an operating unit of the Seventh Amphibious Force - and lists the Tarakan ('OBOE ONE', 5-1-45, CTF 78 Op. Plan 10-45 / CTG 78.1 ComPhibGrp 6 Attack Order A604-45) and Balikpapan ('OBOE TWO', 7-1-45, CTF 78 Op. Plan 12-45 / CTG 78.2 ComPhibGrp 8 Op. Plan 6-45) operations in which this hull earned engagement credits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Seventh Amphibious Force / Flotilla 24 personnel (aggregate)
- Limitations
- Administrative-history corroboration at the force/flotilla level - it does not name this hull; the hull's participation is established by the NAVPERS register and the Oboe I order of battle. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-08
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[9]shipbuildinghistory.com, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber NJ) yard delivery table - LCI(L) production rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- newjersey.htm yard table, LCI(L) row 626
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard's delivery table lists 'LCI(L) | 626 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jun-44 | Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder, hull type, and June 1944 delivery window, and offering a struck date (1946) that NavSource leaves unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1946
- Population
- Yard construction trades (May-Jun 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary trade-history compilation (Colton) - the 'Struck 1946' value conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' and with a Maritime Commission transfer dated 20 August 1947; treated as a conflict signal carried in gaps, not a confirmed milestone. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-09
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (LCI-351 class, 1944 construction, GM diesel plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era); WWII small-combatant construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150626.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 program description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Navy landing craft built May-June 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel-driven small combatant of this type and period were exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and flange packing, thermal insulation in engineering and accommodation spaces, electrical insulation, and machinery brake linings. Her plant was all-diesel (two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators) - she carried no steam plant, so the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); wartime crew; occupation-era crew; disposal workforce (1947); any post-sale civilian owners/operators
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-626. 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-626-lcil626-10
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[11]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- 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 construction (1944) and entire service era (1944-1947 Navy custody).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing access defect carried since Batch 01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-11
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[12]Batch-5349 search ledger (this record): NARA SL44 (archives.gov ship-number PDF + ACPL scan); NavSource; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs and NAVPERS 15,790 register; official call-sign book; uboat.net; HyperWar ship roster and flotilla/force histories; shipbuildinghistory.com; NVR; NARA digitized-logs list; CourtListener; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-01 through -16
- 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)-626 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated API returned zero hits for the exact designation 'LCI(L)-626' on both the opinion index and the docket index; the unquoted query returned 615 noise hits that are name collisions (e.g., 'LCI International, Inc.' litigation, unrelated '626' docket numbers), not hull references. See search_ledger for remaining variant dispositions.
- 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 hull built inside the Navy asbestos era is consistent with retained era materials. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-12
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[13]Name-collision survey: NAVPERS 15,790 register and WWII call-sign book '626' hull entries; uboat.net Tarakan order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html '626' row set (LCI 626, LCI(L) 626, LST 626, PC 626, SC 626, LCT(6) 626, ASRC 26626, Satterlee DD 626); CallSigns-18.html; uboat.net Oboe I OB (LST-626 in TG 78.1.12)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/collision control: the bare number '626' is shared by multiple WWII hulls - USS LST-626 (a tank landing ship present in the SAME Tarakan order of battle, TG 78.1.12), USS Satterlee (DD-626), PC-626, SC-626, PT-626, YP-626, DE-626, LCT(6)-626, and ASRC-26626 all carry the number 626; corporate-name collisions also exist ('LCI International, Inc.' securities litigation dominates unquoted search results). This record's hull is LCI(L)-626, the landing craft - citations written 'LCI-626,' 'LCI 626,' or bare '626' require care, and any litigation or exposure claim tied to '626' or 'LST-626' is a different hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947; litigation era open
- Limitations
- Documents the collision space so that 'LCI(L)-626' hits are not conflated with LST-626 or DD-626 Satterlee records. The 'LCI' designation in case text could also denote LCI Industries/International corporate parties - every hit requires manual hull-vs-collision classification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-13
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[14]Old Dominion University Libraries, Heflin & Williams collection finding aid - 'Volume 02: LCI(L)-351 - LCI(L)-1098 (Landing Craft Infantry, Large)' ship-data files [other_primary]
- Locator
- ODU archivesguides.lib.odu.edu archival_object 88476; NARA navy-online digitized-logs page (no LCI hulls listed); catalog.archives.gov (JS-gated)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Open archival paths attach to this hull: (a) ODU's Heflin & Williams ship-data file collection holds 'Volume 02: LCI(L)-351 - LCI(L)-1098,' which spans hull 626 - ship-data files of undetermined depth, open to researchers without restriction but not digitized; (b) deck logs beyond SL44's listed coverage (post-30 June 1945 through the August 1947 disposal) are a separate NARA RG 24 accession; (c) NARA's catalog API returns a JS-rendered shell to automated fetches, so NAID-level confirmation of digitized objects naming this hull was not completed this session.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- current (finding aids)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - nothing in the finding aid or the SL44 listing itself asserts asbestos content. Whether the ODU ship-data file for hull 626 exists within the volume, and what it contains, is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-626-lcil626-14