Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-664 (page 10/15/150664) - build timeline, campaigns, specifications, disposition; history sourced to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing (1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150664.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 1 March 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA; launched 8 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-664 18 March 1944. Assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the Invasion of southern France 15 August - 25 September 1944. Reassigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater post-war; occupation service in the Far East 18 November 1945 - 2 April 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1951; sold 1 May 1951; final disposition - fate unknown. Earned one battle star for WWII service; awards include Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1 star) and Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp). Specifications: displacement 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines, four per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW diesel-drive ship's-service generators. Photographs (Russ Padden collection) place the craft at Bizerte, Mers-el-Kebir, Palermo, and Marseilles in 1944, carrying French troops to Marseilles and POWs (Polish conscripts) between Marseilles and Naples late 1944, and at Oran late 1944-early 1945 for return to the US.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); commissioned crew ~28 (4 officers + 24 enlisted); embarked troops up to 188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates corroborated independently by uboat.net, the Naval Marine Archive Lawley yard table, and the NHHC Pacific Fleet organization document, but laid-down/launch dates conflict with uboat.net (see gaps). Page history is attributed by NavSource to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-01
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[2]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Online Reading Room transcription of the wartime organization book) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Page section 'LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SIX' > 'LCI GROUP 107' > 'LCI DIVISION 214', row 'LCI 664 (M)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 664 (M)' in LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Six (Lt. Cdr. T. Gore, USNR), LCI Group 107, LCI Division 214 - placing this hull in the Pacific Fleet at that date, with the '(M)' parenthetical the document applies to mortar-configured craft (whole LCI divisions are captioned '(M)' and sister hulls so marked, e.g. 594, 669, are recorded by NavSource as formally reclassified LCI(M) on 5 May 1945). No commanding officer is listed for the craft in the document (entry shows '..........').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1 May 1945
- Population
- Crew (~28 per class spec) under LCI(L) Flotilla 36 / Group 107 / Division 214
- Limitations
- Establishes Pacific Fleet assignment and mortar-configuration notation as of 1 May 1945; the '(M)' marking in this document is organizational, and NavSource records no formal redesignation to LCI(M)-664 - conversion date and formal status unresolved (see gaps). Ship-specific presence, not an exposure or materials record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-664 (ship ID 21729) - build data, convoy UGS-41 entry, commanding officer, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page specification table; 'Notable events' convoy UGS-41 roster (3 May 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net records for this hull: built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA; laid down 3 March 1944; launched 11 March 1944; commissioned 18 March 1944; 'Sold on 1 May 1951'. Its convoy database (convoy UGS-41, departed Hampton Roads 3 May 1944) lists USS LCI(L)-664 under Lt. (jg) J. Kennedy, USNR, sailing with sister Lawley-built craft (LCI(L)-562/-563/-581/-582/-583/-584/-585/-586/-665/-666/-667/-668/-669/-670/-671) - the group detached through the Mediterranean in late May 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Crew under Lt. (jg) J. Kennedy, USNR (May 1944)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a respected specialist secondary compilation (Allied Warships editor Guethur Gudmundsson et al.), not a primary registry; its laid-down/launch dates conflict with NavSource (see gaps). Convoy roster documents Atlantic crossing to the Mediterranean. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-03
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[4]Naval Marine Archive (Canadian Collection) shipyard-build tables, 'George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA' - hull 1465 = LCI(L) 664 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com Lawley table, row '1465 | LCI(L) 664'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Lawley yard construction table lists hull number 1465 as 'LCI(L) 664', owner US Navy, type Landing Craft, delivered 18 March 1944, disposition 'Sold 1951' - corroborating the builder, the commissioning-dated delivery, and the 1951 sale. The table documents Lawley's mass production of the type (hulls 1461-1479 visible in sequence = LCI(L) 660-679).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Lawley construction trades, Neponset MA (1942-45)
- Limitations
- Maritime-archive compilation table - secondary, not a government registry; independently consistent with NavSource/uboat.net on builder and 18 March 1944. Documents the yard's LCI production run, which for this hull is identity confirmation only. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-04
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[5]Russ Padden LCI(L)-664 photo-album collection ('Combat Loaded Across the Pacific on the USS Tate'), 40 captioned pages from a crew member's wartime album; NavSource links this collection as the page's additional resource [other_primary]
- Locator
- rpadden.com/664/664.htm frameset title and captioned pages 01-40
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A veteran-family photo album documents this hull 'combat loaded across the Pacific on the USS Tate' (AKA-70) - i.e., carried as deck cargo to the Pacific theater - with photographs at Mediterranean ports (Bizerte, Mers-el-Kebir, Palermo, Marseilles) in 1944 and at Miami in 1945, consistent with return to the US before the Pacific transfer documented by the NHHC fleet organization (ev-02).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew during Pacific transport; USS Tate deck/transport crew
- Limitations
- Private photo collection hosted on a personal site - provenance is a sailor's album bought in segments; the Tate transport claim rests on the album title/captions, not an official record, though the Pacific presence itself is corroborated by the NHHC 1 May 1945 organization. USS Tate's own DANFS entry does not itemize the craft as cargo. Archival lead, not a verified event. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-05
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[6]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS), HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713' (2012, historian Justine Christianson) + NPS National Register nomination for USS LCI-713, NRIS 07000300 (listed 2007-04-12, nomination by David McKay, Feb 2006) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data pages (Library of Congress tile.loc.gov, or0606data.pdf); NPS nomination text at npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/c6d7985f-5266-425c-a2a6-8ce6f13e2c21
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Government documentation of the class and this hull's builder: LCI(L)-713 - an LCI-351-class sister built at the same George Lawley & Son yard in Neponset - is documented as welded 1/4-inch steel plate designed by the Bureau of Ships for rapid wartime construction, with eight GM 6-71 diesels in the engine room, two decks, troop compartments below the main deck, deckhouse accommodations/mess/wardroom/galley; approximately 1,051 ships of the type built at ten shipyards. The NRHP nomination records that each shipyard was allowed some latitude in construction details.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (class construction); 2006-2012 (documentation)
- Population
- Lawley construction trades; LCI crews (class)
- Limitations
- Class/type documentation for a sister hull, not this craft: LCI-713 is a later 'center-ramp' modified build (post-1 June 1944 design); LCI(L)-664 is an earlier side-ramp variant. Neither the HAER data pages nor the NRHP nomination contains any asbestos or insulation-content statement - documents construction form and machinery only. No ship-specific material claim may be drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 2,320 shp, no steam plant); HAER OR-180 construction description for the same class and builder yard; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER OR-180 description (engine room, machinery spaces); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1944-built all-welded diesel landing craft sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were engine/exhaust thermal insulation and muffler lagging in the engine room, gaskets and valve/pump packing on machinery and piping, electrical insulation, and brake linings on winches (e.g., the well-deck ramp winch). The all-diesel plant means no boiler/steam-system lagging pathway; the craft's small enclosed volume concentrates any engine-room insulation disturbance on the engineering crew.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); engineering crew (1944-46); any conversion trades for the mortar fit; 1951 purchaser
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for LCI(L)-664. Names era-standard applications for the type, not confirmed installed materials aboard this hull. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution. Does not establish exposure to any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, 'Highlights' section (full report PDF blocked)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos problem program-wide: the review covered 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities,' recording the Navy's 1975 policy to remove/replace only damaged insulation and its 1979 modification to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - establishing that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships of this hull's construction era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (review); era coverage spans this hull's 1944 construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov serves HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, as in prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-08
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated case-name search (via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py), 2026-09-30 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-02 and -03
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated searches returned zero results across all name/hull variants: "LCI(L)-664", "LCI-664", "LCI(M)-664", and "LCI 664" in the opinion index (type=o), and "LCI(L)-664" in the docket index (type=r, count 0 / document_count 0). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in CourtListener or in secondary web sweeps; the only 'asbestos' material naming LCIs generally is law-firm marketing content, excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Negative result across queried indexes, not a merits finding: CourtListener covers published opinions and PACER-aggregated federal dockets; state-court, settled, and undocketed matters are outside the index. A numbered landing craft also has a low-collision, low-visibility name - absence here is expected, not probative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-09
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[10]Batch-5391 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; uboat.net Allied Warships + convoy database; Naval Marine Archive Lawley yard table; rpadden crew album; HAER OR-180 / NRHP 07000300 (sister LCI-713, same class and yard); GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; NVR coverage note; NARA catalog attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-664 / LCI(M)-664 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). This is consistent with the type's documentation profile - numbered amphibious landing craft largely lack individual DANFS entries, and the craft was sold out of service in 1951, decades before modern hazmat record-keeping.
- 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 1944 construction date sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-664-lcil664-10