USS LCI(L)-663

Name: USS LCI(L)-663
Hull designation: LCI(L)-663
Vessel class: LCI(L)-351
Evidence tier: Tier 2
Evidence entries: 15
Record ID: uss-lci-l-663-lcil663
Dataset version: 2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL: https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-lci-l-663-lcil663

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

[1]Department of the Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels (1945), printed page 206, row LCI(L)663 (live third-party mirror of the original Navy scan; read at image level, PDF page 7) [other_primary]

Locator
PDF page 7, printed page 206, row LCI(L)663; LCI(L)351-1098 class machinery block on printed pages 200-201

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
The 1945 Navy Ships' Data table (official contemporary publication) lists LCI(L)663, built by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts; keel laid 1 March 1944; launched 8 March 1944; date of first commission 15 March 1944. The same volume's LCI(L)351-1098 class machinery block lists 2 propellers, G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines, 2,320 shaft horsepower, single G.M. reduction gears, and 2 diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC generators.

Verification
verified

Role
supporting

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944

Population
Lawley & Sons construction trades (Feb-Mar 1944)

Limitations
The mirror hosts the Navy's own scanned table - read at image level (row confirmed). It documents construction and first commission only: no decommissioning, striking, final disposition, crew complement, material inventory, or asbestos finding. Its 1 Mar/8 Mar build dates conflict with NavSource's 20 Feb/6 Mar for this hull - see ev-10.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-01
[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-663 - construction, commissioning, campaigns, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry') [other_primary]

Locator
NavSource 10/15/150663.htm header block, campaign table, disposition block, specifications block

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
NavSource documents for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 20 February 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 6 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-663, 15 March 1944; international radio call sign NGBI. Campaigns per NavSource: Western New Guinea operation - Morotai landings 15 September 1944; Leyte operation - Leyte landings 19 to 29 November 1944; Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines - Visayan Island landings 18 March to 1 April 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 April 1947 for disposal; registered in 1947 as the fishing boat Sandy Point; final disposition scrapped in 1953. Three battle stars for WWII service; ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3), WWII Victory Medal, Philippines Liberation Medal (1). Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; 5 x single 20mm guns; diesel fuel 800 Bbls, lube oil 200 gal; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC diesel-drive ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-1953

Population
Lawley & Sons construction trades (Feb-Mar 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-46); embarked troops up to ~188

Limitations
NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - the page is not a primary registry. Its laid-down/launched dates (20 Feb/6 Mar) conflict with the official Ships' Data 1945 table and uboat.net (1 Mar/8 Mar) - see ev-10. Its 3-star campaign claim is corroborated only for Morotai and Leyte by the awards-table reproduction; the Visayan credit is not listed there though the Panay landing is documented by her own action report (ev-05) - see ev-10. Contains no asbestos or material content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-02
[3]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-663 row; shipbuildinghistory.com George S. Lawley & Sons yard table, hull #1464 row [other_primary]

Locator
navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html row '663 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 15-Mar-44 | To NDRF 1947'; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtsmall/lawley.htm row '1464 | 252989 | LCI(L) 663 | US Navy | Landing Craft | 216d | 158 | 12-Mar-44 | Sold 1947 as Sandy Point' (both live-verified 2026-09-30)

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
Two shipbuilding-history reference tables corroborate the build and disposal. The LCI(L) class build table lists: LCI(L) | hull 663 | Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA | 15-Mar-44 | 'To NDRF 1947'. The George S. Lawley & Sons yard table lists hull #1464, official number 252989, type Landing Craft, 216 GT, 158 ft, delivered 12-Mar-44, disposition 'Sold 1947 as Sandy Point' - corroborating the builder, the 1947 sale into merchant service as Sandy Point, and her registry number.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-1953

Population
Lawley & Sons Neponset yard trades (1944)

Limitations
Secondary reference tables - corroboration of builder, completion date, and merchant disposition, not primary contract records. The two tables print different completion/delivery dates (15-Mar vs 12-Mar) - delivery to Navy vs completion could legitimately differ; unresolved against a contract record. 'To NDRF 1947' (class table) and 'Sold 1947 as Sandy Point' (yard table) are consistent with NavSource's MARCOM transfer + merchant registration. No asbestos or material content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-03
[4]NARA catalog, NAID 139773594 - 'LCI(L)-663 - Rep of Landing Ops on Morotai Is on 9/15/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries/Other Operational Records; micro serial 99387; 1 digitized image, read directly) [other_primary]

Locator
catalog.archives.gov/id/139773594 - single-page report, image 0007 on Roll A1310, dated 22 Sep 1944

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
The hull's own digitized action report for the Morotai operation: USS LCI(L) #663 report dated 22 September 1944, from the Commanding Officer to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander Task Unit 77.3.2, CTG 77.3, CTF 77, Commander SEVENTH Fleet - subject 'Action Report - MORATAI Operation.' It records: beached at Red Beach, Morotai Island at H+15 on 15 September 1944; 0846 let go stern anchor; 0848 on beach (on a sand bar approximately 20 yards from the beach); 0849 ramps out, commenced debarking troops; ramps retracted and off the beach about 0902; no casualties; no active enemy action. Signed Frederick B. Stimson, Jr., Commanding Officer.

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-09-15 to 1944-09-22

Population
LCI(L)-663 crew during the Morotai landing; embarked troops

Limitations
Primary operational record - the hull's own report, read at image level. Documents the Morotai landing directly; it is an operational document, not a material survey - no asbestos content. 'MORATAI' spelling as printed in the report subject line.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-04
[5]NARA catalog, NAID 139997739 - 'LCI(L)-663 - Rep of ops in the invasion of Panay Is, Philippines 3/18/45' (RG 38, same series; micro serial 120834; 3 digitized images, read directly) [other_primary]

Locator
catalog.archives.gov/id/139997739 - 3-page report, images 0485-0487 on Roll A1586, dated 20 Mar 1945

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
The hull's own digitized action report for the Iloilo, Panay operation: USS LCI(L) #663 CONFIDENTIAL report dated 20 March 1945, to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via CTU 78.3.44 (ComLCIFlot8), CTG 78.3 (ComPhibGroup9), CTF 78 (Com7thPhib), CTF 77 (Com7thFleet) - subject 'ILOILO, PANAY Operation; Action Report on' under Com7thPhib conf ltr FE 24-A16-3(3) serial 0212 and CTG 78.3 OpPlan 5-45. It records: 7 March - beached WHITE Beach, San Pedro Bay per orders of Lt.Cmdr. Ripley (LCI(L) SOPA); ordered by Army to retract and rebeach 0700 8 March to load troops; 8 March - loaded 3 officers + 109 enlisted of Company 'D', 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment for the V-1 operation with 109 'a' bags and 10 days' Army rations; 10 March - underway in convoy to San Jose, Mindoro; 12 March - detached, anchored off the beach at San Jose; 14-15 March - beached to disembark, exchange, and take aboard additional personnel, completing 8 officers + 112 enlisted (Hq Det 542nd EBSR, 184th Bomb Disposal Group, Medical Det 542nd EBSR, Hq Co 'C' 542nd EBSR) with 32 cases of rations; 16 March 2255 - underway to join convoy per TG 70.5 orders; 17 March - took station last ship in column #5 per CTU 78.3.1 for Iloilo, Panay; 18 March - 0731 Army Medical LCM took aboard a medical officer and 4 enlisted; 0942 prepared to beach starboard of LCI(L) 546 on RED Beach; 0945 LCI(L) 546 found approach unsuitable; 0955 ordered by CTU 78.3.4 to beach independently westward of wave #8 - approach made with caution due to an inoperative stern anchor winch; 1007 on the sloping beach ~30 yards from shore without using the stern anchor, all engines ahead one-third; 1008 troops disembarking; 1016 Army Buffaloes ordered alongside by CTG 78.3.1 to take the remaining 30 troops and bags because of chest-high water at the ramp ends; 1022 all troops disembarked; 1032 off the beach - no casualties among ship's company or troops, no ammunition expended; 1415 underway to unload Army rations on BLUE Beach; 1450-1525 on beach; 1541-1617 rebeached ~50 yards eastward per Navy Beachmaster completing ration unloading; 1632 standing by off BLUE Beach to assist LST retraction per CTU 78.3.2; 1950 anchored near BLUE Beach. Signed Frederick B. Stimson, Jr., Lt., USNR, Commanding Officer.

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1945-03-07 to 1945-03-20

Population
LCI(L)-663 crew during the Iloilo landing; 8 officers + 112 enlisted embarked troops, 542nd EBSR elements

Limitations
Primary operational record - the hull's own report, read at image level (all 3 pages). Documents the Panay assault landing in detail; an operational document, not a material survey - no asbestos content. The inoperative stern anchor winch is the only hull-material detail it records. The '184th Bomb Disposal Group' unit name is transcribed as printed.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-05
[6]NARA catalog - COM LCI(L) FLOT 8 war diaries Jul-Aug 1944 (NAID 134375834), Sep 1944 (NAID 139743971), Nov 1944 (NAID 78717842); COM LCI(L) GR 22 war diaries Oct 1944 (NAID 78671738), Nov 1944 (NAID 78717868), Dec 1944 (NAID 139804551) - RG 38 WWII war diaries, all read at image level [other_primary]

Locator
134375834 (images 0558-0565); 139743971 (images 0154-0157); 78717842 (images 0708-0712); 78671738 (images 1011-1012); 78717868 (images 0739-0741); 139804551 (images 0008-0009)

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
Digitized war diaries of her administrative units name this hull in rosters and movements (read at image level). COM LCI(L) FLOT 8 war diary 22 Jul-31 Aug 1944 (serial 219-44): 22 July - LCI(L) 663 at Humboldt Bay undergoing repairs and upkeep (absent from the TU 77.2.5 Cape Sansapor convoy); 31 July 1700 - 'LCI(L) 548 taken in tow by LCI(L) 663 due to main engine breakdown' while the Sansapor force was enroute back to Humboldt Bay; 2 Aug - 663 in Humboldt Bay; 7-10 Aug - 663 with LCI(L)s 579, 662, 958 Humboldt to Goodenough; 11 Aug - 547, 579, 662, 663, 958 departed Goodenough for Humboldt loaded with troops; 23 Aug - 663 conducted gunnery exercises outside Humboldt Bay. COM LCI(L) FLOT 8 war diary Sep 1944 (serial 261-44): 1 Sep - 663 at Humboldt Bay undergoing upkeep and repairs; 4 Sep 1900 - 663 among TU 77.3.23 ships departing Humboldt for Maffin Bay per CTF 77 OpPlan 8-44; 5 Sep - arrived Maffin; 11 Sep - departed on the Morotai operation; 22 Sep - TU 77.3.23 arrived Humboldt Bay from Sansapor. COM LCI(L) GR 22 war diary Oct 1944 (serial 05-44): Group 22 roster (543-548, 661, 662, 663, 744, 745, 753; Flotilla 8, Seventh Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet); 7 Oct - 663 expended 1,305 rounds in gunnery practice 7 miles NE of Hollandia. COM LCI(L) GR 22 war diary Nov 1944 (serial 07-44) and FLOT 8 war diary Nov 1944 (serial 361-44): 6 Nov 1700 - 663 departed Humboldt escorting LCTs 1024, 1034, 1035 to Maffin Bay, arrived 7 Nov 1000, departed 7 Nov 1600 escorting LCTs 716, 717, 718, arrived Humboldt 8 Nov 1200 (flotilla diary; the group diary gives return 9 Nov - minor source difference); 17 Nov 1600 - 663 departed Humboldt in echelon LOVE 14 for Leyte (33 LCI(L)s incl. 543-545, 547, 548, 661, 663, 744, 746-750, 577-579, 955-960, 962, 964, 1014, 1017, 1018, with Comdr LST Group 40 in LST-687 as OTC); 23 Nov 1815 - convoy attacked by four enemy torpedo planes, no damage to LCI(L)s; 24 Nov 0800 - arrived Leyte Gulf, anchored San Pedro Bay 1100; 28 Nov - Flotilla 8 took over the San Pedro Bay smoke detail; 24-30 Nov - harbor ops under repeated air raids. COM LCI(L) GR 22 war diary Dec 1944 (serial 01-45): 1-10 Dec - Leyte Bay upkeep, repair, smoke-screening; 10 Dec ~1700 - a Japanese suicide plane hit SS William S. Ladd in the Terraguna beach area, LCI(L)-663 proceeded to the burning ship with 543, 547, 744 and was directed to rescue survivors in the water; ~1940 the fire reached a hold carrying 500 tons of bombs and ammunition; the group was ordered to cast off; 1950 - the ship suffered a violent explosion and sank rapidly by the stern; Group ships suffered no damage or casualties; 18 Dec - 663 with LCI(L)s 363, 547, 744, 747, 748 and LSMs 38, 39, 51, 257, 316 plus three destroyer escorts departed for Ormoc Bay as Resupply Unit Fourth Echelon (Comdr LSM Flotilla 2 in LCI(L)-744); 19 Dec ~0445 - arrived Ormoc beach and commenced unloading, departed 1800; 20 Dec - returned to San Pedro Bay; 21-31 Dec - Leyte Bay upkeep, repair, smoke-screening.

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-07-22 to 1944-12-31

Population
LCI(L)-663 crew Jul 1944-Dec 1944; rescued SS William S. Ladd survivors; embarked troops on the Goodenough and Ormoc lifts

Limitations
Primary unit-level operational records naming this hull - they establish presence, movements, and the 10 Dec survivor-rescue tasking but are diaries of the group/flotilla commanders, not the hull's own logs. They document combat operations; operational documents, not material surveys - no asbestos content. The 18-19 Dec Ormoc run postdates the official Ormoc Bay award window (12-13 Dec per the awards-table reproduction) - see ev-10.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-06
[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-663 ship page (id 21728) - construction data and the Morotai order of battle [other_primary]

Locator
uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21728.html - ship data block and 'Notable events' entry for 15 Sep 1944 (Operation Tradewind, TG 77.3.23)

Finding type
vessel_history

Finding
uboat.net Allied Warships (Jurgen Rohwer's compiled reference) lists this hull: LCI 351 class; built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA; laid down 1 Mar 1944; launched 8 Mar 1944; commissioned 15 Mar 1944 - matching the official Ships' Data 1945 table, not NavSource's 20 Feb/6 Mar variant. Notable events: 15 Sep 1944 Operation Tradewind (Morotai) - Task Group 77.3.23 LCI(L) unit under TG 77.3.2, alongside LCI(L)-546 (with COMLCIFLOT 8 T/Cdr. F.B.C. Martin aboard), -543, -544, -545, -547, -577, -578, -579, -744, -746, -747, -748, -750, -958, -962, -964, -965, -967, -968 and others, with her commanding officer listed as Lt.(jg) F.B. Stimson, Jr., USNR.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944

Population
LCI(L)-663 crew under Lt.(jg) F.B. Stimson Jr.; embarked troops at Morotai

Limitations
Secondary compiled reference - corroboration of construction dates (1 Mar/8 Mar/15 Mar, matching the official Ships' Data table), CO, and the Morotai order of battle; not a primary registry. Lists only the Morotai operation for this hull - her Leyte and Panay service is documented by primary sources (ev-05, ev-06) regardless. No asbestos or material content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-07
[8]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number sequence, PDF page 27 [other_primary]

Locator
sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 27, row 'LCI(L)-663 | 3/15/1944 | 12/31/1945' (verified via pdftotext extraction)

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI(L)-663 covering 3/15/1944-12/31/1945 - i.e., logbook coverage running from her commissioning date through the end of 1945 (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence).

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-03-15 to 1945-12-31

Population
LCI(L)-663 crew (1944-45 logging window)

Limitations
Archival lead: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for that window. No deck-log file unit titled for this hull was located in the digitized catalog - physical-holdings lead only. A deck log is an operational record, not a material survey; it would document location/moorage and noteworthy events, not insulation content.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-08
[9]NARA catalog, NAID 120195387 - 'LCI(L) 663 - Muster Rolls' (86 digitized images, Ancestry partnership; first muster roll dated 1944 March 31) [other_primary]

Locator
catalog.archives.gov/id/120195387 - 86 images, first roll 1944-03-31 (Ancestry File 32860_244808-00005)

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
Digitized personnel records naming this hull: 86 muster-roll images for LCI(L) 663 are online in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Ancestry partnership series; the catalog's first item is dated 31 March 1944 - sixteen days after commissioning, consistent with the crew reporting and shakedown window. Crew rosters by reporting period.

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-1946

Population
LCI(L)-663 crew (1944-46)

Limitations
Catalog metadata verified live; the 86 page images were not individually reviewed - crew-roster lead only. Muster rolls are personnel records - no material or asbestos content. They can build a verified crew list, which this record does not do.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-09
[10]Cross-source check: Ships' Data 1945 (ev-01) vs NavSource 150663 (ev-02) vs uboat.net 21728 (ev-07); officialmilitaryribbons.com Navy WWII campaign/battle-star table row for LCI(L) 663 vs NavSource campaign table; NARA primary reports (ev-04, ev-05, ev-06) [other_primary]

Locator
Ships' Data printed p.206 row; NavSource campaign table vs officialmilitaryribbons.com row 'LCI(L) 663: 19 Nov 44-29 Nov 44 P31-1 Leyte landings; 15 Sep 44 P28-8 Morotai Landings'; GR22 Dec-44 diary para 6-7

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
CORRECTION and cross-source reconciliation. (a) Construction dates: the official 1945 Ships' Data table and uboat.net agree on laid 1 March 1944 / launched 8 March 1944; NavSource prints 20 February 1944 / 6 March 1944. The official-table values are carried with the NavSource variant disclosed. (b) Campaign credit: NavSource credits three battle stars with campaigns Morotai (15 Sep 44), Leyte landings (19-29 Nov 44), and Visayan Island landings (18 Mar-1 Apr 45); a commercial reproduction of the Navy WWII campaign-star award table lists only two credits for this hull - Leyte landings 19 Nov-29 Nov 44 (P31-1) and Morotai landings 15 Sep 44 (P28-8) - and no Southern Philippines/Visayan line, leaving the third star unresolved in that secondary table. The 18 March 1945 Panay landing itself is documented by the hull's own action report (ev-05) regardless of the award-window discrepancy. (c) Ormoc Bay: her documented 18-19 December Ormoc resupply run (ev-06) postdates the printed Ormoc Bay award window of 12-13 December - participation documented, campaign credit not located.

Verification
verified

Role
correction

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-1945

Limitations
Reconciles conflicts among secondary/official sources; the official Navy awards-table entry itself (OPNAV listing) was not independently pulled, so the Visayan-credit discrepancy and Ormoc window edge remain open. Construction-date conflict resolved toward the contemporary official table. Not a material or asbestos claim.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-10
[11]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published 18 Oct 1979, released 22 Oct 1979) [gao]

Locator
GAO product page - Highlights/description block (live-verified via rendered fetch 2026-09-30; gao.gov returns 403 to plain automated fetches - access noted)

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
The 1979 GAO review describes Navy policies for asbestos insulation in ships and shipyard worker protection: GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities; the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to include selectively replacing asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.

Verification
verified

Role
context

Documentation level
context_only

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1979

Limitations
Navy-wide program context: the review concerns 1970s shipyard-worker protection and insulation policy decades after this hull's 1944 construction; it does not name LCI(L)-663, any LCI, or its builder, and establishes no material aboard it. Product-page description used; full PDF not pulled (gao.gov 403 to direct fetch).

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-11
[12]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 (research guide) [other_primary]

Locator
NARA asbestos guided-topic page - Beginning Research; Cartographic Branch; Other Records sections

Finding type
historical_record

Finding
NARA identifies RG 19 hull-number correspondence and ship engineering drawings - including S39 insulation and lagging drawings when extant - as the research path for ship-specific asbestos questions, and states that deck logs and muster rolls provide no direct evidence of asbestos materials aboard ships.

Verification
verified

Role
archival_lead

Documentation level
context_only

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1941-1961 (guide scope)

Limitations
Research guide, not a located LCI(L)-663 drawing, inventory, or asbestos finding. Its explicit statement that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly evidence asbestos is why the SL-44 log window and muster rolls (ev-08, ev-09) are carried only as archival leads.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-12
[13]Era inference built on: Ships' Data 1945 LCI(L)351-1098 machinery block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, diesel-drive generators - no steam plant; ev-01); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use-era context (ev-11); NARA asbestos research guide (ev-12) [other_primary]

Locator
built on ev-01 machinery block + ev-11/ev-12 era context

Finding type
asbestos_application

Finding
A diesel-powered landing craft built February-March 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in engine and piping systems, electrical insulation on wiring and in control panels, and thermal insulation in the confined machinery spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.

Verification
inferred

Role
supporting

Documentation level
class_or_era

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
1944-1953

Population
Lawley yard trades (1944); crew 4+24 (1944-46); embarked troops ~188 max

Limitations
Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-663. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-13
[14]CourtListener v4 API via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]

Locator
CourtListener v4 search type=o q="LCI(L)-663" count=0 (2026-09-30); type=r and variant queries not run (paced)

Finding type
litigation_documented

Finding
No qualifying litigation located in the opinion index: an authenticated CourtListener search for the exact phrase "LCI(L)-663" returned zero opinions. The RECAP docket index (type=r) and the hull/ship-name variant queries could not be queried when this record was drafted - the fleet pacing limiter returned 'budget momentarily spent' on every attempt; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result.

Verification
verified

Role
negative_finding

Documentation level
ship_specific

Accessed
2026-09-30

Study period
2026-09-30

Limitations
Zero opinion hits is a real negative for published asbestos opinions naming this hull, but it does not cover the docket index (not yet searched), name variants, state-court filings, or MDL-875 sub-records not indexed by hull name. Absence of a located record does not prove absence of any claim. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-14
[15]Batch-5390 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; Ships' Data 1945 official table; shipbuilding-history class and Lawley yard tables; NARA catalog (two hull-authored action reports, muster rolls, six flotilla/group war diaries read at image level); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NARA asbestos research guide; NHHC DANFS and site search; NVR; CourtListener opinion index; uboat.net; officialmilitaryribbons.com; GAO HRD-80-2; secondary web sweep [other_primary]

Locator
search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-01 through -18

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)-663 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull's 1947 transfer to the Maritime Commission and 1953 scrapping as the fishing boat Sandy Point forecloses the usual US-side abatement/museum/documentation trail that produces ship-specific asbestos records.

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. Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 3/15/1944-12/31/1945), Lawley & Sons build records, RG 19 hull correspondence and S39 drawings, and MARAD/NDRF vessel-status cards are open leads; the CourtListener docket index and name variants are an open gap (pacing-blocked at drafting). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

Atlas source
true

Evidence ID
ev-uss-lci-l-663-lcil663-15

Attribution

Compiled by: Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher: Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License: CC-BY-4.0
Citation: Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version: asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI: not yet assigned