Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 451-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: PARTIAL
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-pkt-451-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-64 ex-USS LCI(L)-64 (1942-1944) - identity, milestone timeline, campaign list, specifications, disposal, and captioned photographs (page live-verified on navsource.net); corroborated by uboat.net ship/20892 and the shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Steel Orange yard table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150064.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): Laid down, 18 August 1942, at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX. Launched, 4 October 1942. Commissioned USS LCI(L)-64, 12 December 1942. Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-64, 15 June 1944.' Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation 1 and 4 July 1943; Vella Lavella occupation 31 August 1943; Cape Torokina occupation and defense 3-4 December 1943; consolidation of Northern Solomons 28 April - 15 June 1944; Morotai landing 15 September 1944; Leyte landings 13 October - 29 November 1944; Mindoro landing 12-18 December 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945. Occupation and China service 9 September - 11 November 1945. Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; sold 5 February 1947, fate unknown; six battle stars; Navy Unit Commendation ribbon shown. Specifications: 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max / 14 kts maximum continuous; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; two sets of 4 GM diesel engines, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; LCI(G) 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; LCI(L) armament four single 20mm guns + two .50cal machine guns; LCI(G) armament two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house. Corroborating compilations (uboat.net ship/20892; shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Orange yard table) add: ordered 3 June 1942 under the yard's 260-ton landing-craft contract series; the Orange yard also built destroyer escorts in the same wartime program. Photo captions document: attack between White and Red Beach at Morotai 15 September 1944 with LCI(G)-65 (NARA 80-G-181441); steaming alongside USS Nashville (CL-43) when a kamikaze struck her off Negros Island 13 December 1944; dry dock at Subic Bay August 1945 with LCI(R)-337; the 8 September 1945 Jinsen, Korea landing during which a typhoon carried away her mast and radar antenna (crew account of Frank M. LeTarte, S1/c USNR).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Aug-Dec 1942); LCI(L) crew ~24 then LCI(G) crew ~70 (1942-46); embarked troops (up to 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its timeline generally tracks official sources and is corroborated here by the NHHC awards manual and declassified NARA records, but it is not a primary registry. Page history text is credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995); the Jinsen/Nashville details are crew-account captions, i.e., eyewitness recollections rather than official logs. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' per this page. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-01
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[3]NARA, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018): USS LCI(L)-64 war diaries digitized for August 1943 (NAID 135946608), September 1943 (NAID 78190158), October 1943 (NAID 134319669), November 1943 (NAID 136041268) - image-level verified [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 135946608 (Aug 43), 78190158 (Sep 43), 134319669 (Oct 43), 136041268 (Nov 43); RG 38, series NAID 4697018; microfilm publication WWII War Diaries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-submitted monthly war diaries for this hull, verified at image level: Aug 1943 (attached LCI(L) Group 13, Flotilla 5, ComLandCraft SoPac, TF 31) - availability for repairs at Carter City, Florida Island, 'Repairs finished except for Bilge Pump Armatures,' repairs completed and reported ready for service 2-5 August, then practice embarkations with 35th Infantry troops at Guadalcanal; Sep 1943 - New Georgia boat-pool operations from Poko Plantation, Rendova, beaching and troop/supply lifts with LCIs 63, 68, 69, 22 and LSTs 167, 397; Oct 1943 (Group 15 Temporary) - annual inspection 4 October, 'Availability period for engine overhaul' 5-8 October, dry-dock entry at Carter City 17 October, undocking 19 October; Nov 1943 (Group 15 Temporary) - company with LCIs 63, 65, 333; beached Kukum Beach, Guadalcanal; second Carter City dry-docking 6-7 November for repairs. These are contemporaneous records of operations AND of documented maintenance availabilities (engine overhaul; three dry-dock/repair periods).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-08-01 - 1943-11-30
- Population
- LCI(L)-64 crew (~24); Carter City base repair personnel during availabilities (Aug, Oct, Nov 1943)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous operational records: they document that maintenance availabilities, an engine overhaul, and dry-dockings occurred - events in which any installed era insulation/gasket materials would be disturbed - but they record no materials content and make no asbestos statement. Digitized coverage is partial: four months (Aug-Nov 1943) of the hull's ~40-month commissioned life; other months may exist on microfilm (roll A734 carries Nov 43; micro serials 55511, 56559, 57835, 61347) but were not surfaced in catalog results before API throttling limited further queries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-02
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[4]NARA, 'LCI(L) 64 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120159400), Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (NAID 594996) - 55 digitized images covering December 1942 through June 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAID 120159400; forwarding-sheet image 32860_244561-00001 (dated 11 December 1942, image-level verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Crew muster rolls for this hull digitized at NARA: 55 images covering rolls dated 11 December 1942 (commissioning-period forwarding sheet, N.Nav.5 form, certified by the Executive Officer and approved by the Commanding Officer, an Ensign USNR) through 30 June 1944. The forwarding sheet bears a hand annotation reading 'Comm 12-11-42 To 3-25-46 Decomm' - indicating the roll binder covered commissioning through a 25 March 1946 decommissioning, a date absent from NavSource ('date unknown'). The December 1942 rolls predate the 12 December commissioning date and document the assembling crew.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (digitized coverage); annotation references service span to 1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-64 crew Dec 1942 - Jun 1944 (rolls list every enlisted man attached)
- Limitations
- Muster rolls document crew membership by name - the aboard population relevant to any personnel-level exposure inquiry - but contain no material or asbestos content. The '3-25-46' decommissioning figure is a hand-written pencil annotation of uncertain authorship (archivist or ship personnel) on a forwarding sheet - carried as partial verification, not a confirmed milestone. Digitized coverage ends June 1944; LCI(G)-era rolls (post-conversion complement ~70) were not surfaced. Scanned via the NARA-Ancestry partnership.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-03
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[5]Commander, LCI(G) Group Forty-Five / Commander Task Unit 78.5.8, 'Action Report - SAN FABIAN Attack Force - BLUE Beach ONE and TWO, Close-in Fire Support Unit,' serial 003-C, 31 March 1945, with endorsements through CTF 78 (28 July 1945) - declassified NARA document (E.O. 13526, NDC NARA stamp 'Dec 31, 2012'), scanned original hosted on a private archival-collection site [other_primary]
- Locator
- 727atb.com scan, pp. 1-2 (group report naming LCI(G) 64), p. 13 (first endorsement listing), pp. 14-15 (second endorsement); 15 pp total
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A primary combat record naming this hull: 'Task Unit 78.5.8 was composed of the following vessels: LCI(G) 64 and 69 (Gunboats), LCI(G) 225,226,230,337,338 and 341 (Rocket ships)' [sic - the rocket ships are LCI(R)s]. For the 9 January 1945 Lingayen Gulf (San Fabian) assault, the unit 'was on station 500 yards shoreward of the line of departure to BLUE Beach TWO, ahead of the leading wave of LVT's'; 'The LCI(G) 64 gave the range by using their Radar' for the rocket ships; 'The LCI(G) 64,226 and 337 patroled [sic] the left flank of BLUE Beach ONE as far as the BUED River.' No enemy seen, no fire received from shore, no battle damage or personnel injury; ships anchored off Blue Beach at sunset 9 January and returned to San Pedro Bay commencing 10 January 1945. Enclosure (A) is 'Action Report LCI(G) 64' - marked 'previously photostated' and not physically present in this 15-page scan. First endorsement by Commander Amphibious Group EIGHT (16 July 1945); second by Commander Task Force 78 (28 July 1945, Ray Tarbuck, Chief of Staff).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-01 (action); report dated 1945-03-31, endorsements to 1945-07-28
- Population
- LCI(G)-64 crew (~5 officers + 65 enlisted); LCI(G) Group 45 / TU 78.5.8 personnel
- Limitations
- Operational record - documents the hull's role and position in the Lingayen assault; contains no asbestos or material content. The scan is hosted on 727atb.com (a private unit-history collection); the document itself is a NARA-declassified original (declassification stamp visible on each page) whose archival original is in the NARA action-reports series. The ship's own enclosure (A) is absent from the scan - it exists in the archive as a previously-photostated item (open lead).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-04
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[6]NHHC, Navy & Marine Corps Awards Manual (rev. 1953), Part II Section 2, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION - ships list (Group I) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- pt2-unit-awards.html, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION section, 'Landing ships and crafts' table row 'USS LCI (6) 64'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists 'USS LCI (6) 64' [sic - typographic rendering of LCI(G)] under the Navy Unit Commendation ships list for: '24-29 Oct 44 - Leyte Landings. 15 Dec 44 - Mindoro Assault. 3-9 Jan 45 - Lingayen Operation.' This is the unit-award basis for the NUC ribbon shown on the NavSource page and is consistent with the declassified Lingayen action-report packet naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (award engagements); manual revision 1953
- Population
- LCI(G)-64 crew present during the commended engagements
- Limitations
- Unit-award listing - the NUC attaches to the ship as a unit for the named engagements; it does not document materials or conditions aboard. The '(6)' for '(G)' is a typographic artifact of the manual/transcription; the three engagements (Leyte, Mindoro, Lingayen) match this hull's documented service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-05
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[7]U.S. Navy campaign/service medal requirements, Part IV Section 2 sub-section 16 - official list of ships eligible for engagement stars (Bureau of Naval Personnel awards manual, HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, engagement-star eligibility table, 'LCI(G) 64' rows (incl. 'LCI(G) 64 - cont.')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official engagement-star eligibility listing for LCI(G) 64: New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu 1 Jul 43 and 4 Jul 43 (P21-1); Vella Lavella 31 Aug 43 (P21-5); Cape Torokina 3-4 Dec 43 (P24-4); Northern Solomons consolidation 28 Apr - 15 Jun 44 (P19-2, including the 15 Jun 44 terminal date on which she was redesignated LCI(G)); Western New Guinea/Morotai 15 Sep 44 (P28-8); Leyte 13 Oct - 29 Nov 44 (P31-1); Mindoro 12-18 Dec 44 (P32-1); Lingayen Gulf 4-18 Jan 45 (P32-2). Confirms the six battle stars and matches NavSource's campaign table date-for-date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Crew present during listed engagement windows
- Limitations
- Awards-eligibility data - confirms campaign participation but contains no materials or asbestos content. HyperWar transcription of an official BuPers manual; verified against the NavSource campaign table (identical dates).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam plant); HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' LCI(L)-64 spec block (380 t. full load, 2 sets G.M. diesel engines); shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Steel Orange yard table (LCI(L)-64 among the yard's 1942-43 landing-craft contract run alongside destroyer-escort construction); USS LCI National Association type description (8 GM diesels, 158-ft steel hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/LCIL/LCIL-64.html; shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Orange yard table; usslci.org/facts
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built in 1942 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were: diesel engine and exhaust manifold/muffler lagging, gaskets and flange packing, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior thermal/acoustic insulation and deck coverings in crew spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The war diaries' documented engine-overhaul availability (Oct 1943) and dry-dockings are the kind of maintenance events in which era insulation and gasket materials would be disturbed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); crew 1942-46; repair/base personnel at Carter City availabilities and Subic Bay dry-dock
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-64/LCI(G)-64. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Small diesel craft carried less asbestos tonnage than steam combatants - do not extrapolate steam-ship quantities to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-07
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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 highlights (full PDF blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy asbestos-exposure protection at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships, with the 1975 policy being remove/replace only damaged insulation and a 1979 modification adding selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942) and service era (1942-46).
- 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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - neither touched this hull (builder Orange TX; availabilities in the Pacific). Full report PDF not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403/Access Denied confirmed 2026-09-30); content via product-page description fetched through Firecrawl.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-08
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[10]Batch-5364 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC DANFS (no entry); HyperWar Ships/Awards mirrors; NARA catalog (muster rolls, four war diaries, verified image-level); declassified LCI(G) Group 45 action-report packet; NHHC awards manual; CourtListener (opinions + dockets); uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; usslci.org; secondary litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS LCI(L)-64 / LCI(G)-64 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches returned zero for 'LCI(L)-64', 'LCI(G)-64', 'LCI-64', and 'LCI 64' + asbestos; the docket search returned a single name collision (Stephanie A Holt bankruptcy, N.D. Ill. 12-29018, 2012 - a personal bankruptcy, not asbestos litigation naming this hull). A supplementary yard-level CourtListener query on 'Consolidated Steel' asbestos could not be completed - fleet pacing budget exhausted on each attempt - logged as blocked/pending, not a negative result. Secondary sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only asbestos-ship content is generic law-firm listicle coverage (e.g., mesotheliomahope.com) - excluded by source policy. Searchers should note 'LCI 64' is also a pharmaceutical pill imprint (chlorpromazine 100mg) - a known collision class.
- 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 yard-level litigation query is a genuine open gap (pacing-limited, not run to completion). Deck logs, BuShips plans/specs, the ship's own Lingayen action-report enclosure, and any 1947 sale/scrapping records are undigitized or unfetched leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-09
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[11]Decommissioning-date reconciliation: NavSource 'Decommissioned, date unknown' vs. muster-roll forwarding-sheet annotation 'Comm 12-11-42 To 3-25-46 Decomm' (NARA NAID 120159400); awards-manual typography 'LCI (6) 64' = LCI(G)-64 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 120159400 image 32860_244561-00001 (annotation); NavSource milestone block; NHHC pt2-unit-awards.html table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: (1) NavSource carries no decommissioning date; the commissioning muster-roll forwarding sheet bears a hand annotation indicating the roll ran 'Comm 12-11-42 To 3-25-46 Decomm' - i.e., decommissioned 25 March 1946, consistent with the 17 April 1946 stricking (decommission ~3 weeks before strike is the standard sequence). (2) The 1953 awards manual prints 'USS LCI (6) 64' - a typographic error for LCI(G)-64 (the parenthetical designator, not a numeral). (3) uboat.net lists 'End service' blank for this hull - the muster-roll annotation supplies the probable date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946 (decommission window)
- Limitations
- The decommissioning date rests on a hand annotation of uncertain authorship on a personnel form - carried as partial verification, not confirmed; no decommissioning ceremony/date document was located. The (6)/(G) typography point corrects a printed-manual artifact. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-10
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[12]Open archival leads: NARA still photo 80-G-181441 (LCI(G)-64 with LCI(G)-65 attacking between White and Red Beach, Morotai, 15 Sep 1944 - number transcribed from NavSource caption); USS LCI(G)-64 action report (enclosure A to LCI(G) Gr 45 serial 003-C, 'previously photostated' - exists in NARA action-report series); RG 24 deck logs (1942-46); war-diary months beyond Aug-Nov 1943 on microfilm roll A734 and related rolls; BuShips plans/specs for the LCI(G) conversion [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource photo caption (80-G-181441); 727atb.com scan p.1 enclosure list (item A); NARA catalog series NAID 594443 (logbooks) unchecked for this hull
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Additional ship-specific records exist but were not fetched this session: (1) NARA 80-G-181441, the still photograph of this hull at Morotai - NARA catalog API was throttled during verification attempts; the photo number and caption come via NavSource (partial verification). (2) The ship's own Lingayen action report, enclosure (A) to LCI(G) Group 45 serial 003-C, was 'previously photostated' and is absent from the scan - the original exists in the NARA action-report series. (3) RG 24 deck logs for 1942-46 were not surfaced in catalog queries. (4) War diaries for months other than Aug-Nov 1943 may exist on the WWII War Diaries microfilm publication. (5) The June 1944 LCI(G) conversion work package (which would show added equipment and any material changes) was not located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (lead content)
- Population
- Crew (Morotai photo period; Lingayen report period)
- Limitations
- Leads only - none fetched this session. NARA catalog API throttled mid-session (HTML responses instead of JSON); photo NAID and deck-log coverage unconfirmed. The conversion work package, if extant, would be the most directly asbestos-relevant document (newly installed insulation/equipment at conversion). No asbestos content in any located item.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-64-lcil64-11