Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 456-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-669. Hull: LCI(L)-669. Designation: LCI(L) (Landing Craft Infantry (Large)). Type: Landing Craft Infantry. Class: LCI(L)-351 class (351-series hull; mirror-sourced).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-pkt-456-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-669 ex USS LCI(L)-669 hull page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, history text and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 17 March 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 22 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-669, 1 April 1944. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the Invasion of southern France, 15 August-25 September 1944. Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-669, 5 May 1945. Post-war reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater (LCI Flotilla Twenty-One, Group Sixty-Two, Division One Hundred Twenty-Three); occupation service in the Far East 18 November 1945-1 March 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; final disposition destroyed 6 March 1946. Earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (4 officers / 24 enlisted as LCI(L); 4 / 49 as LCI(M)); embarked troops (up to 6 officers / 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary history (Turner Publishing) hosted by NavSource, not an official Navy record - no individual DANFS entry exists for this hull. Decommissioning date and the circumstances/location of 'destroyed' are not stated. Reclassification date conflicts with secondary compiler uboat.net (15 March 1945) - NavSource's 5 May 1945 retained. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-01
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[3]HyperWar (ibiblio) mirror, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft', LCI(L)-351 class and LCI(M) rosters [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L)-351 class roster line 'LCI(L)-669-670' and LCI(M) roster line 'LCI(M)-669-670'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-era ship list (HyperWar mirror) rosters LCI(L)-669 among the LCI(L)-351 class (commissioned 1942-44 block) and lists LCI(M)-669-670 under the 1945 Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar) conversions, corroborating the hull's existence in both designations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Limitations
- Transcription mirror of an official-era compilation; roster entry only - gives designation and year, no detail. Confirms the LCI(M) conversion listing but not the exact reclassification date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-02
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[4]U.S. National Archives photo III-SC 192677 (U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, Box 222), captioned on the NavSource hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource hull page, image table; NARA photo nos. III-SC 192677 and III-SC-192675, Box 222, RG 111-SC
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held Signal Corps photograph III-SC 192677 documents USS LCI(L)-669 alongside LCI(L)-670, -672, -673 and two unidentified LCIs disembarking 3rd Infantry Division troops during practice landing operations in the Formia area of Italy, 31 July 1944, ahead of the southern-France invasion. A second NARA photo (III-SC-192675, 24 July 1944 near Naples) documents the ship's embarked-troop practice-landing context with sister craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07
- Population
- Embarked 3rd Infantry Division troops; LCI crews
- Limitations
- Photographic record of operations, not an asbestos record - establishes where the hull was and what it did, nothing about materials aboard. Direct NARA catalog entry for the digital object was not located via catalog.archives.gov this session (JS-rendered catalog, no API hit); identifier is as captioned by NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS), HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713' written historical and descriptive data (2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages 1-3 (measurements, description, historical information)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documents the LCI-351 class design - Bureau of Ships standard design built of welded 1/4-inch steel plate, powered by eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines (four pairs driving two shafts with variable-pitch propellers), carrying 182 enlisted troops and 6 officers - using LCI(L)-713, a sister hull built at the same George Lawley & Son yard, Neponset, MA, as the recorded example. Approximately 1,051 ships of the type were built at ten shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (class)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull documentation: HAER OR-180 names LCI(L)-713, not this hull, and contains no asbestos information. It establishes class design (all-diesel propulsion, no steam plant or boilers) only - material composition aboard LCI(L)-669 specifically is not documented by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-04
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[6]Naval Sea Systems Command FOIA Reading Room, 'Asbestos Related Files' - Navy qualified-products lists (QPLs) for asbestos material categories [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room > Asbestos, QPL subject table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Navy's own posted asbestos reading room lists qualified-products specifications covering asbestos insulation felt (thermal, asbestos fiber), metallic-asbestos spiral-wound gaskets, asbestos rod packing (high pressure, symbol 1100), compressed asbestos gasket sheet, thermal-insulation pipe covering, insulation block, and deck covering materials - the Navy-specified asbestos product categories of the fleet era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1949-1980s (posted QPL dates)
- Population
- Navy-wide (context)
- Limitations
- Program-level document list: no hull is named and no product is tied to LCI(L)-669. Most listed QPLs postdate this hull's 1944-46 service (listings run c.1949-1980s), so the page demonstrates Navy-specified asbestos product categories across the period rather than installation aboard this craft. Page blocks direct automated fetch (HTTP 403); content retrieved via Firecrawl scrape 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (research guide to RG 19, Bureau of Ships records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topic page, RG 19 correspondence series listing (Entries A1 1266-A through -N, P; UD series 1947-61)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official guide for documenting asbestos aboard U.S. naval vessels (1941-1961) routes hull-level research to Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) correspondence filed by ship designation and hull number - for this hull, LCI(L) 669 / class correspondence - and to builder-yard files under the 'QM' private-contractor filing code (QM/George Lawley & Son).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1961
- Limitations
- Research pathway only: the guide identifies where hull-specific asbestos documentation would sit but contains no data on this vessel. The RG 19 hull-designation correspondence for LCI(L)-669 has not been examined - it is not digitized in public sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-06
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[8]Batch-5396 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and LCI index; NHHC/DANFS; HyperWar official-list mirror; NARA asbestos research guide and catalog; NAVSEA FOIA asbestos reading room; CourtListener opinion and docket search; shipyards.json yard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, crew exposure study, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-669 / LCI(M)-669 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was destroyed in 1946 and does not survive, so no extant-vessel survey or museum disclosure exists to draw on.
- 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 - era practice placed asbestos products (gaskets, packing, insulation) aboard Navy craft of the period including small diesel landing craft. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-669-lcil669-07