USS LCI(L)-63

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]research packet 450-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-63 (no name assigned — hull-numbered craft)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-pkt-450-packet-md

2. [2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-63 page (10/15/150063.htm) - build record, campaigns, awards, specifications, disposal, photo captions (history transcribed from Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150063.htm - designation/history block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, awards ribbon block, 'Specifications' block, photo caption rows (Rendova 7 Jul 1943; Bougainville 23 Nov 1943; Mog Mog 30 Jan 1945)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: laid down 7 August 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 27 September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-63, 16 November 1942. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in LCI Flotilla Five and LCI Group Fourteen, then LCI Flotilla Twenty-Two (1944-45), commanded by CDR Paul McD. Smith USN (1944) then CDR Marion M. Byrd (1944-45). Credited Asiatic-Pacific campaigns per the transcribed table: New Georgia Group operations - New Georgia-Rendova-Vanguau occupation, 4 July 1943, and 'Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 31 August 1943'; Treasury Islands-Bougainville operation - Treasury Island landings, 6 November 1943; Consolidation of Solomon Islands - consolidation of northern Solomon Islands, 28 April to 15 June 1944; Western New Guinea operations - Morotai landing, 15 September 1944; Luzon operation - Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945. After the war assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold 3 December 1945, fate unknown. Five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation; ribbon block adds Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 7 July 1943), American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal. International radio call sign NPYC. Spec block: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; speed 16 kts max, 14 kts maximum continuous; five single 20mm guns; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; '2 inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house'; 8 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photo captions document the hull beached at Rendova Island 7 July 1943 alongside LCI(L)-23, -24, -65 after a bombing raid (bomb between -24 and -65 killed 2 and wounded 3 aboard -24); beached at Bougainville 23 November 1943 (US Navy photos via the Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme); and ferrying USS Astoria (CL-90) sailors to liberty on Mog Mog, 30 January 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Population

   Construction trades (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, 1942); crew (1942-46); embarked troops

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation transcribing a published veterans' volume, not a primary registry - milestone dates agree with the shipbuildinghistory.com yard list and uboat.net record (ev-02, sl-07), and the July 1943 action is corroborated by the ship's own action report (ev-03). Contains no asbestos or materials information. Decommissioning date is not given ('date unknown'). The campaign table's 'Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 31 August 1943' entry is internally anomalous (the Cape Gloucester operation began 26 December 1943; the 31 August 1943 date corresponds to the Vella Lavella occupation window in the Consolidation of Solomon Islands campaign) - carried as transcribed, flagged in gaps. Rendova photo caption dates the post-raid beaching 7 July 1943 while the ship's action report dates the raid 4 July 1943.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-01

3. [3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-63 (LCI(L)-63), ship/20891 - data sheet [other_primary]

   Locator

   ship/20891.html data sheet (ordered/laid down/launched/commissioned/sold fields); 'End service' field blank; no commands or notable events listed

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Independent warship-record compilation for this hull: ordered 3 June 1942; laid down 7 August 1942; launched 27 September 1942; commissioned 16 November 1942; sold 3 December 1945. Builder given as Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas); class LCI 1.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1945 (data sheet)

   Population

   Crew (1942-45)

   Limitations

   uboat.net is a secondary research compilation - corroborates NavSource milestones and adds the order date (3 June 1942, matching the shipbuildinghistory.com contract-date column). Not a primary registry; contains no asbestos or materials information. 'End service' field blank - decommissioning date remains undocumented here as elsewhere.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-02

4. [4]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'USS LCI (L) 63 - Action Report - 7/4/43' (NAID 78130463), series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018), microfilm Roll A450, micro serial 52529; report letter dated 23 July 1943, CO USS LCI(L) 63 to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78130463 - 2 scanned images read in full (Roll A450 images 0985-0986); basic letter paragraphs 1-11

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official action report of this hull (digitized): at 1303 on 4 July 1943 USS LCI(L)-63 beached on Baraais Island, Rendova Harbor, Rendova Island, New Georgia, approximately 250 yards southeast of Pango Pango Island, disembarking Army troops and material; on the beach with her were LCI(L)s 336, 328, 23, 65, 24, and 332, spaced 5 to 20 yards apart, all unloading with ramps down. At 1400 the alert was given and battle stations manned; at 1415 a formation of 16 Japanese Mitsubishi bombers came in on a bearing of 095 degrees true at an estimated 6,000 feet. The ship opened fire about three minutes after the planes were spotted and expended 720 rounds of 20mm; four enemy aircraft were definitely seen shot down in the area. The nearest bomb fell between LCI(L)-24 and LCI(L)-65, damaging those ships; some shrapnel fell on LCI(L)-63. The ship suffered no casualties to material or personnel. The report closes with tactical recommendations (wider beaching spacing, altitude-judging devices, more live firing practice, a beachhead radio warning station) and is signed by James H. McCarthy, Lt., USNR, commanding.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-07-04 (action); 1943-07-23 (report)

   Population

   Ship's company under Lt. James H. McCarthy USNR; embarked Army troops; crews of LCI(L)s 336, 328, 23, 65, 24, 332 on the beach

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record for this hull. Documents the 4 July 1943 Rendova action - firing, casualties (none), and shrapnel fall - and identifies the commanding officer. Contains no materials or asbestos information. NavSource's photo caption dates the post-raid beaching 7 July 1943 and its ribbon block ties the Combat Action Ribbon to 7 July 1943; the report itself is explicit that the attack occurred 4 July 1943 - variant logged in gaps rather than reconciled.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-03

5. [5]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'USS LCI(L) 63 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43' (NAID 78206124), series NAID 4697018, Roll A600, micro serial 57226; forwarding letter dated 1 October 1943 signed James H. McCarthy, Lieut., USNR. Additional hull war-diary file units in the same series: NAIDs 134133059 (Feb 1943), 134141312 (Mar 1943), 134193129 (Apr 1943), 135903966 (May-29 Jun 1943), 134305852 (Jul 1943), 134348367 (Oct 1943), 136041013 (Nov 1943) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78206124 - 10 scanned images; forwarding letter and daily entries for 1-9 September 1943 read (Roll A600 images 0587-0590); companion NAIDs verified in series search-within results for 'LCI(L)-63'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official war diary of this hull (digitized), September 1943: for 1-6 September the ship lay beached between Poko and Kenelo Plantations, due east of Agana Island, Rendova Island, New Georgia, as a unit of the LCI(L) 'stand-by' group composed of LCI(L)s 68, 66, 69, 64, 63, and 22 under Com. LCI(L) Gr. 13. On 7 September she got underway for Sasavele Island, Oniavisi Entrance, New Georgia, beached and loaded 6 officers and 204 men, then joined a formation of 3 destroyers, 2 LSTs, and the group's LCI(L)s bound for Kukum Beach, Guadalcanal; during the evening the formation went to Condition Red and fired tracers at an unidentified two-engine plane. On 8 September she beached at Kukum Beach and disembarked 210 Army personnel, then anchored off Lunga Point. On 9 September she beached at Lunga Beach to load Army 'B' rations and joined a formation bound back for Sasavele Island under CTG 31.1 orders (LSTs 472 and 408, APDs Southern and McKeen). The catalog further lists this hull's war diaries for February, March, April, May-June, July, October, and November 1943 as digitized file units.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-09 (read); 1943-02 to 1943-11 (listed coverage)

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked Army troops (204 men loaded 7 Sep; 210 disembarked 8 Sep 1943)

   Limitations

   Primary wartime administrative record for this hull. September 1943 pages show routine inter-island troop/ration shuttling in the Solomons - consistent with the Consolidation of Solomon Islands campaign credit - and place the hull under Com. LCI(L) Gr. 13 (NavSource carries 'LCI Group Fourteen'; group assignments shifted and the group-in-command variant is logged in gaps). Only images 0587-0590 (days 1-9) were read; the remaining September days were not extracted. No August or December 1943-or-later war-diary file units for this hull appear in the catalog result set, and SL44 deck-log coverage also ends in November 1943 - logged in gaps. Contains no materials or asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-04

6. [6]J.E. 'Jim' Talbert (Flotilla 22 staff; President, USS LCI National Association), 'History of LCI Flotilla 22,' hosted on the NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; same text published on the association site (usslci.org 'LCI(L) 618 - History of LCI Flotilla 22') [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150618f.htm - Morotai operation narrative (LCI unit list incl. 63), Manila Bay convoy paragraph (63 in escort), and post-war assignment paragraph (63 to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier); mirrored at usslci.org/lcil-618-history-of-lci-flotilla-22/

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Flotilla-level firsthand history names this hull at Morotai and in post-war assignment: LCI(L)-63 is listed in the LCI Unit of Task Group 77.4 for the Morotai invasion (16 September 1944; LCIs 433(flag), 435, 360, 446, 519, 334, 445, 444, 359, 357, 443, 63, 328, 333, 436, 335, 447, 429, 364, and 62). The memoir records that on 1 March 1945 Commander Flotilla 22 in LCI(L)-618, with 518, 63, and 714 of Flotilla 24 plus USS Day (DE-225) and USS Joy, escorted twelve Liberty ships and LSTs 932, 592, and 593 into Manila Bay - the first merchant shipping in Manila Bay since 1941. After the cessation of offensive action in August 1945, LCI(L)-63 was among the flotilla ships assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier (with 333, 334, 335, 357, 358, 360, 443, and 444). The same memoir narrates the flotilla's wider operations (Lingayen Gulf landings and smoke-screen duty January 1945; move to Subic Bay February 1945; Mindanao-area landings).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   Crew and embarked troops at Morotai (September 1944) and Lingayen/Philippine operations; flotilla crews (1944-45)

   Limitations

   First-person veterans' memoir written decades after the fact - detailed on events the author witnessed but not an official record; it narrates the Morotai landings as 'September 16th' versus the campaign table's 15 September. LCI(L)-63 is named in the Morotai unit list, the 1 March 1945 Manila Bay escort, and the Philippine Sea Frontier assignment, but her participation in each other operation the memoir describes (Lingayen, Subic, Mindanao landings) is not separately documented - those passages are flotilla context, not hull-specific credit. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-05

7. [7]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units (sl-44-ship-number.pdf, by ship number); RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208; digitized-logs list at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online [other_primary]

   Locator

   sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 26, line 'LCI(L)-63 11/16/1942 11/25/1943' (verified by live download and pdftotext -layout extraction); navy-online page grepped - hull absent

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947), ship-number listing, shows LCI(L)-63 with logbook coverage 11/16/1942 to 11/25/1943 - i.e., deck logs for this hull exist in RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118 (NAID 581208). The start of coverage coincides with her commissioning date (16 November 1942); coverage ends in November 1943 though the ship served into 1945. The logs themselves are not digitized, and the hull is absent from NARA's online digitized deck-log list.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1943 (coverage window)

   Population

   Ship's company and embarked personnel logged 1942-11-16 to 1943-11-25

   Limitations

   Log-coverage dates are holdings dates, not service dates - they confirm logs exist but do not by themselves establish commissioning or decommissioning (the begin date matching 16 November 1942 is coincidental confirmation). Coverage ends 11/25/1943 while the ship served into 1945; later logs may be in other series or lost. Contents unexamined - deck logs record movements, weather, and personnel, not materials or asbestos; they are the retrieval path for detailed day-by-day service and any recorded damage or repairs.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-06

8. [8]Detroit News, ''On the Fourth They Fought Back': WWII Navy veterans from Southgate, Livonia recount South Pacific landing,' 8 December 2014 [reputable_press]

   Locator

   Article body - Rendova beach-group roster and raid narrative

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Reputable-press account corroborates this hull's presence in the 4 July 1943 Rendova action: the Detroit News veterans feature 'On the Fourth They Fought Back' recounts the Japanese bombing raid at Rendova, New Georgia, on 4 July 1943 - the raid that killed the first three LCI sailors lost in the Pacific war - and places LCI(L)-63 in the second group of LCIs on the beach (LCIs 23, 24, 65, 63, and 332, with 336 stranded) unloading the 169th Infantry when the raid struck.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943 (event); 2014 (publication)

   Population

   LCI crews at Rendova, 4 July 1943; 169th Infantry embarked troops

   Limitations

   Secondary journalism built on veteran interviews - corroborates the ship's presence and the 4 July 1943 date (matching her own action report, ev-03, against NavSource's 7 July photo caption), but its on-beach roster (23, 24, 65, 63, 332 with 336 stranded) differs in detail from the action report's list (336, 328, 23, 65, 24, 332) - minor variant noted, action report treated as controlling. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-07

9. [9]HyperWar: 'Transport Doctrine, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet' (wartime Navy publication), ch. 2 sec. 208 (LCI(L) employment limits); HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Craft' LCI(L) section class table and hull list [other_primary]

   Locator

   transport-2.html sec. 208 paragraphs 2-3; ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class spec block and 'LCI(L)-63 | 1942-44' list row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Class-level documentation of the LCI(L) type: the wartime Amphibious Forces transport doctrine describes the LCI(L) side-ramp type as ocean-going with good cruising range but too slow to accompany Assault Transport Groups, with about 48 hours the longest practical period to keep troops aboard; the 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' LCI(L)-1 class table gives rounded class figures (387 t full load, 160 ft, 4 20mm guns, complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, 2 sets GM diesels, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP) and lists LCI(L)-63 in commission 1942-44.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   WWII (class documentation)

   Population

   LCI(L) crews and embarked troops (class context)

   Limitations

   The doctrine text is class-level. The class table's rounded figures (complement 3+21, 387 t, 160 ft, four 20mm, 1,600 BHP) conflict with the detailed transcription for this hull (4+24, 236/264/419 t, 158'5.5", five 20mm, 2,320 shp) - variants carried unmerged in gaps. The hull list entry is a database compilation corroborating the 1942-44 service window only. Contains no materials or asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-08

10. [10]Corn JK, Starr J, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); PMID 3555021 [other_primary]

    Locator

    PubMed record, PMID 3555021 (verified via NCBI eutils esummary: title, journal, 1987, pp. 359-73)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding in the 1940s - the era and program under which this 1942 naval landing craft was built - and that World War II industrial expansion produced an unprecedented rise in the amount of asbestos utilized; asbestos diseases later manifested among thousands of shipyard workers and others exposed in the 1940s and postwar period.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the LCI(L) type and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-09

11. [11]LCI(L)-63 specification transcription (8 GM diesels, 4 per shaft; 2,320 shp; 30 kW diesel-driven generators; 860 bbl diesel) per NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, corroborated by the HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy' LCI(L)-1 class table [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource USS LCI(L)-63 page, 'Specifications' block (propulsion section); ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class table

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    The LCI(L) was a diesel-powered beaching craft: the specification transcribed for this hull records eight GM 6051-series-71 diesel engines (four per shaft) with twin variable-pitch propellers and diesel-driven service generators - no boilers and no steam system - corroborated by the HyperWar class table (2 sets GM diesels, twin screws). The era's dominant shipboard asbestos applications (boiler and steam-line lagging) were therefore absent by design on this craft type; residual era-typical candidate materials on a diesel landing craft (engine-exhaust/muffler lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, joiner and deck materials, coatings) are not documented for this hull.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1942-1946

    Population

    Engine-room crew (diesel machinery spaces); construction trades (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, 1942)

    Limitations

    The diesel configuration is documented; the asbestos-relevant material content aboard is not. Absence of boilers/steam removes the largest era-typical asbestos mass, but era-typical smaller applications (exhaust lagging, gaskets, electrical insulation, coatings) are plausible and undocumented - this row bounds the inference, it does not establish presence or absence. The specification block is an unofficial archive transcription; no BuShips materials list for this hull was located.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-10

12. [12]CourtListener API v4 search, type=o queries 'LCI(L)-63' (0 hits), '"LCI-63" OR "LCI(L) 63" OR "LCIL-63"' (0 hits), '"landing craft" asbestos' (2 non-qualifying hits: Butler v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, 9th Cir. 1996; South Bay Boiler Repair, ASBCA 2017), and type=r hull-name variants (1 collision hit: Munoz v. Trammell Crow Comp., 1:04-cv-01490 D. Del.) - authenticated helper, 2026-09-30 [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-09 and -10

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) searches on 2026-09-30 located no qualifying litigation naming this vessel. Opinion searches 'LCI(L)-63' and '"LCI-63" OR "LCI(L) 63" OR "LCIL-63"' each returned zero hits. Opinion search '"landing craft" asbestos' returned 2 non-qualifying hits (a Navy accommodation-ladder personal-injury appeal naming no landing-craft hull; an ASBCA government-contract appeal). Docket search over hull-name variants returned 1 hit, a name collision (Munoz v. Trammell Crow Comp., 1:04-cv-01490, D. Del., employment case). No asbestos opinion or docket naming USS LCI(L)-63, LCI(L) 63, or this hull was found.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    accessed 2026-09-30

    Limitations

    No asbestos opinion or docket names this hull. RECAP/docket coverage of wartime-era and early asbestos litigation is inherently thin, and crew exposure claims would typically name defendants (builders, manufacturers, operators) rather than the hull number - a hull-name negative does not establish that crew members never filed claims.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-11

13. [13]Batch-5353 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com yard list; NARA Special List 44 and catalog file units; Flotilla 22 firsthand history; Detroit News; HyperWar doctrine and class table; NHHC DANFS URL checks; NHHC NMUSN class page (404); AFMM/LCI(L)-713 and usslci.org checks; MARAD/PMARS check; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-01 through -16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC DANFS URL patterns for LCI(L)-63 return 404; NavSource attributes the hull's history to Turner Publishing Vol. II, not DANFS). No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-63 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold out of service in December 1945, before modern asbestos survey/abatement documentation regimes, and no post-sale fate record was located. No asbestos or abatement disclosure was located for the sister-hull LCI(L)-713 restoration project or the USS LCI National Association resources 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 - the hull was never surveyed for this purpose and the post-sale fate is unknown. Deck logs (1942-43) and war diaries (Feb-Nov 1943 digitized) are retrieval leads, not materials records. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-12

14. [14]National Archives and Records Administration record groups RG 24, RG 38, RG 19, plus Navy surplus-disposal series (mapped, not retrieved beyond the digitized file units cited) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-04, -08, -15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival path for any deeper record: NARA RG 24 deck logs for this hull covering 11/16/1942-11/25/1943 (confirmed extant via Special List 44, not digitized); RG 38 wartime records including this hull's digitized war diaries and 4 July 1943 action report (see ev-03, ev-04) plus parent-unit diaries - COM LCI(L) FLOT 5, FLOT 22, GR 13, GR 14, and GR 64 file units in series NAID 4697018; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records - LCI(L) design and construction correspondence and any materials specifications for the Consolidated Steel Orange contract block, contract dated 3 June 1942); and maritime-disposal records for the 3 December 1945 sale (Navy surplus-vessel disposal files - this was a direct Navy sale, not a Maritime Commission hull).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2026-09-30

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping is a research path, not evidence about this hull; holdings' contents were not examined (other than the digitized war diaries and action report cited separately) and their coverage of this specific craft's materials is unknown.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-63-lcil63-13