Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet 456-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-67. Hull: LCI(L)-67. Designation: LCI(L) (Landing Craft Infantry (Large)). Type: Landing Craft Infantry. Class: early-series LCI(L) (hull 67; mirror-sourced).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-pkt-456-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-67 ex USS LCI(L)-67 - construction, commissioning, redesignation, campaigns, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150067.htm header block, campaign table, disposition block, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 1 September 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 11 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-67, 17 December 1942; redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-67, 15 June 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Theater campaigns per NavSource: New Georgia Group operations - New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation 30 June 1943 and Vella Lavella occupation 15 August 1943; Treasury-Bougainville operation - Treasury Island landing 27 October 1943; Bismarck Archipelago operation - Green Islands landing 15-19 February 1944; Consolidation of Solomon Islands - consolidation of northern Solomon Islands 25-29 March and 28 April-15 June 1944; Consolidation and capture of southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April and 3 May 1945; Borneo operations - Balikpapan operation 26 June-7 July 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946; sold through the State Department November 1947, fate unknown. Six battle stars for WWII service; awards block shows American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6), WWII Victory Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (1). Spec block: 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; draft 3'1.5" mean light to 5'11" aft loaded; speed printed '6 kts (max.) / 14 kts maximum continuous' (probable typo for 16 kts - see gaps); LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; LCI(L) armament four single 20mm + two .50cal MG; LCI(G) armament two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50cal MG, ten MK7 rocket launchers; diesel fuel 130 tons; propulsion two sets of four GM diesels, four per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. Photo: 'high and dry at Okinawa, 15 October 1945, after being grounded by Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945' (photo Bill Brinkley, caption Robert Morrissey - see correction row ev-06 on storm attribution).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (Sep-Dec 1942); crew 3 officers + 21 enlisted as LCI(L) (1942-44), 5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G) (1944-45); embarked troops up to ~188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - dates generally track official records but the page is not a primary registry; builder, delivery date and 1947 sale are corroborated by the shipbuilding-history build table, Polloc/Santa Cruz/Balikpapan operations by this hull's own digitized NARA action reports, and the gunboat conversion timeline by Rielly. The printed '6 kts (max.)' speed is an evident typo (LCI-1 class standard 16 kts) carried as printed, not corrected. The 'grounded by Typhoon Louise 9 October 1945' caption conflicts with Rielly's detailed Typhoon Ida (16 September 1945) grounding narrative - see ev-06. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-01
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[3]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L) hull 67 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html, LCI(L) hull table row 67
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: LCI(L) | conversion flag 'G' | hull 67 | Consol. Steel, Orange TX | 17-Dec-42 | 'Sold 1947' - corroborating the builder, yard location, completion date, gunboat conversion, and 1947 sale on the NavSource page. Surrounding rows (61-96) show the same Consolidated Steel/Orange block; most Orange-built hulls of this block later carried the 'G' gunboat flag.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange yard trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference table - corroboration of builder/date/disposition, not a primary contract record. Yard contract or hull-number-level detail not carried. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-02
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[4]Robin L. Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (McFarland, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7864-7422-6), ch. 1 (text mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rielly ch. 1 'The Need for a New Weapon' - Noumea conversion paragraphs and Group Thirteen composition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Rielly documents this hull's gunboat conversion: 'Flotilla Five sent LCI(L)s 67 and 69 to Noumea for conversion on 10 November 1943 and LCI(L)s 24 and 68 followed them six days later. They were back with Flotilla Five on 17 December and 28 December respectively.' Conversion work was done at Noumea, New Caledonia, under LT E.F. Cowdrey, Flotilla Five maintenance officer. 'By mid-1944, Group Thirteen of Flotilla Five would consist solely of gunboats: LCI(G)s 21-24, 61, and 64-70' - placing this hull in LCI(G) Group 13, Flotilla Five. The 15 June 1944 redesignation (NavSource) post-dates the physical conversion by seven months.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Noumea repair/conversion personnel (Nov-Dec 1943); LCI(G) Group 13 crews
- Limitations
- Published secondary monograph accessed via an unauthorized text mirror (erenow.org); content quoted verbatim. Rielly's work is built on NARA war diaries/action reports but is not itself a primary record. The 'respectively' pairing assigns the 17 December 1943 return to LCI(L)s 67 and 69. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-03
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[5]Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats' (McFarland, 2013), ch. 6 'The Liberation of the Philippines' (text mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rielly ch. 6 - X Corps Mindanao landings (TU 78.2.12) paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Rielly names this hull in the Polloc Harbor covering force: 'Assigned to cover the landings were the gunboats of Task Unit 78.2.12 which consisted of LCI(FF) 778, LCS(L)s 28, 43, 50, LCI(R)s 71(GF), 72, 74, 226, 337, 338, 340-342, LCI(G)s 21, 22, 24, 61, 66, 67, and PGMs 4-6, and 8' - for the 17 April 1945 landings at Ibus Island/Malabang/Parang (Polloc Harbor), Mindanao. Consistent with this hull's own digitized action report for the Polloc Harbor assault landing (NAID 633445793) and the NavSource 'Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April' credit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Population
- LCI(G)-67 crew during the Mindanao landings
- Limitations
- Secondary monograph (text mirror); the task-unit composition is consistent with this hull's own digitized NARA action report but the NARA images themselves were not individually read this session. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-04
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[6]Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats' (McFarland, 2013), ch. 12 'War's End and Post-War' and photo caption (text mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rielly ch. 12 - Typhoon Ida paragraph on LCI(G) 67; photo caption 'hard aground at Baten Ko on Nakagusuku Bay'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Rielly gives a detailed grounding narrative for this hull: anchored in Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa, in seven fathoms on 15 September 1945 with CO LT(jg) G. L. Burris ashore; ENS Thomas F. Lerch (OOD) took heavy-weather precautions; at 0530 on 16 September the full force of Typhoon Ida struck, the anchor cable parted about six feet from the eye, and the ship was pushed onto a reef at 0540 taking a 15-degree starboard list (increasing to 25 degrees); salvage vessel Extricate (ARS-16) could not assist; swells at 0955 and 1015 lifted her off the reef and set her ashore at Baten Ko on an even keel with hull damage; the CO returned at 1120. 'LCI(G) 67 remained high and dry for the next several months. On 31 December 1945, her commissioning pennant was lowered and she was officially decommissioned from the United States Navy. She was eventually scrapped.' The book's photo caption reads 'driven ashore on 16 October 1945 when the area was hit by a typhoon.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09 to 1945-12
- Population
- LCI(G)-67 crew (CO LT(jg) G.L. Burris, OOD ENS T.F. Lerch) at grounding; salvage/survey personnel 1945-46
- Limitations
- Secondary monograph (text mirror). INTERNAL CONFLICT: the narrative dates the grounding 16 September 1945 under Typhoon Ida while the book's own photo caption says '16 October 1945'; the NavSource caption attributes it to Typhoon Louise on 9 October. The narrative's named officers and minute-by-minute sequence suggest a deck-log- or report-derived account; the conflict is unresolved and carried in gaps (see ev-06 correction). Decommissioning date (31 December 1945) rests on this source alone. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-05
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[7]Cross-source check: Rielly ch. 12 narrative (Typhoon Ida, grounded 16 September 1945); Rielly photo caption ('driven ashore on 16 October 1945'); NavSource photo caption ('grounded by Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945', photo dated 15 October 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Rielly ch. 12 text vs caption; NavSource 10/15/150067.htm photo block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CONFLICT FLAGGED, NOT RESOLVED: three published descriptions of this hull's Okinawa grounding disagree. Rielly's narrative places it at 0530-1015 on 16 September 1945 during Typhoon Ida; the book's own caption says '16 October 1945'; the NavSource caption says Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945. Two real typhoons struck Okinawa in that window (Ida mid-September; Louise 9 October). The most detailed account (Rielly narrative: reef at 0540, swells at 0955/1015, CO return 1120) is carried as the preferred description of the event; the October captions are treated as probable caption errors or as a possible second grounding, and the record states only that she was driven ashore at Baten Ko, Nakagusuku Bay, during the September-October 1945 typhoon period and never refloated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-09 to 1945-10
- Limitations
- The underlying deck log or salvage report that would resolve the date conflict was not located online (deck logs per SL44 are physical holdings; the Aug 1943-Dec 1945 log window would cover the event). A photo dated 15 October 1945 confirms she was high and dry by that date regardless of which storm grounded her. Not a material or asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-06
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[8]USS LCI National Association, 'An LCI Ace' (LeRoy Olson, USS LCI(L)-966 & LCI(L)-321) - history of sister gunboat LCI(G)-70 naming this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org/an-lci-ace/ - Green Island escort paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The veteran-association account of sister gunboat LCI(G)-70 states: 'From 2/25-17/44 [sic]. The 70 along with LCI(G) 67, escorted the 12 troop carrying LCIs involved in the Green Island landing which was, essentially, unopposed' - corroborating this hull's Green Islands operation (NavSource campaign credit 15-19 February 1944) as an escort alongside LCI(G)-70.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02
- Population
- LCI(G)-67 and LCI(G)-70 crews; 12 troop-carrying LCIs under escort
- Limitations
- Veteran-organization newsletter article (The Elsie Item tradition) hosted on usslci.org - eyewitness-adjacent but informal; the printed date range '2/25-17/44' is garbled and does not square with the 15-19 February landing window (the escort claim itself is consistent with the official campaign credit). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-07
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[9]NARA catalog - three digitized action reports authored by this hull in RG 38 series 4697018 (World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories): NAID 633445793 'LCI(G)-67 - Report of operations in the assault landing in Polloc Harbor, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 4/17/45' (2 images); NAID 77514508 'LCI(G)-67 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in at Santa Cruz, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 5/3/45' (microfilm roll A1898, 6 images); NAID 101774595 'LCI(G)-67 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the Balikpapan Area, Borneo, 7/1/45' (serial 135851, dated 7/2/1945, 2 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/633445793; /id/77514508; /id/101774595
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Three digitized US Navy action reports authored by this hull directly document her gunboat service in the Mindanao landings (Polloc Harbor, 17 April 1945; Santa Cruz, 3 May 1945) and the Balikpapan, Borneo assault (1 July 1945 report dated 2 July 1945) - direct primary documentation consistent with the NavSource campaign credits and the TU 78.2.12 assignment in Rielly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04 to 1945-07
- Population
- LCI(G)-67 crew during the Mindanao and Balikpapan operations
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (titles, NAIDs, image counts, microfilm/serial data); page-image contents not individually reviewed. Operational/action reports - they document the operations, not material condition. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-08
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[10]NARA catalog - seven digitized war diaries filed by this hull, RG 38 series 4697018: NAID 134266597 'LCI(L) 67 - War Diary, 6/1-30/43' (serial 51552); NAID 134311643 'USS LCI (L) 67 - War Diary, 7/1-31/43' (serial 53391); NAID 135923298 'USS LCI (L) 67 - War Diary, and Action Report, 8/1-31/43' (serial 54275); NAID 78206135 'USS LCI(L) 67 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43' (serial 57227); NAID 135983663 'USS LCI(L) 67 - War Diary, 10/1-31/43' (serial 59104); NAID 136030848 'USS LCI(L) 67 - War Diary, 11/1-30/43' (serial 61006); NAID 78512834 'USS LCI(G) 67 - War Diary, 5/1-31/44' (serial 78525) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/134266597, /id/134311643, /id/135923298, /id/78206135, /id/135983663, /id/136030848, /id/78512834
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Seven monthly war diaries authored by this hull are digitized: six covering June-November 1943 as LCI(L)-67 (spanning the New Georgia-Rendova occupation, the Vella Lavella occupation - the August diary includes an action report - and the Treasury Island window plus the November Noumea conversion transit) and one covering May 1944 as LCI(G)-67 (Solomons consolidation window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-06 to 1944-05
- Population
- LCI(L)-67 crew (1943); LCI(G)-67 crew (1944)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (titles, NAIDs, serial numbers, image counts 3-7 each); page-image contents not individually reviewed. War diaries are operational records - location, movements, ordnance expended - not material surveys. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-09
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[11]NARA catalog - muster rolls: NAID 120159050 'LCI(L) 67 - Muster Rolls' (42 digitized images, Ancestry partnership, first image a 17 December 1942 muster roll - commissioning day); NAID 120159093 'LCI(G) 67 - Muster Rolls' (66 digitized images, first image dated 30 June 1944); related index block NAID 118967602 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (RG 24 Index to Muster Rolls); group-level 'LCI(G) Group 45 - Muster Rolls' NAID 120302908 (80 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120159050 (42 images); /id/120159093 (66 images); /id/118967602 (index block); /id/120302908 (Group 45 muster rolls)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel records naming this hull: 42 muster-roll images for LCI(L) 67 (from her 17 December 1942 commissioning-day muster) and 66 images for LCI(G) 67 (from 30 June 1944) are online - corroborating the commissioning date and the LCI(G) designation change - plus the ship's place in the RG 24 muster-roll index block covering hulls through LCI(R)-651.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-67 crew (1942-44); LCI(G)-67 crew (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live; page-image contents not individually reviewed. Muster rolls are personnel records - they build a crew roster and timeline, not a material record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-10
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[12]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number sequence, PDF page 31 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 31, rows 'LCI-67 | 1/1/1943 | 1/31/1943' and 'LCI-67 | 8/20/1943 | 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI-67 in two windows: 1/1/1943-1/31/1943 and 8/20/1943-12/31/1945 - i.e., logbook coverage from immediately after her 17 December 1942 commissioning through the end of 1945 (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence). The second window would cover the Noumea conversion transit, all 1944-45 campaigns, and the Okinawa grounding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-01 to 1945-12
- Population
- LCI(L)-67/LCI(G)-67 crew (1943-45 logging windows)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for those windows. Catalog searches for digitized deck-log file units titled for this hull under three name forms ('LCI(L) 67', 'LCI(G) 67', 'LCI 67') surfaced no online logbook - physical-holdings lead only; note also a coverage gap 2/1/1943-8/19/1943 in the SL44 listing itself. A deck log is an operational record - it would document the grounding timeline directly, not insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-11
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[13]NARA catalog - command-level war diaries surfaced in relevance searches for this hull, RG 38 series 4697018: COM LCI(L) GR 13 (10/43 NAID 135987097; 1/44 NAID 78294504; 3/1-18/44 NAID 78366571; 3/19-31/44 NAID 78416701); COM LCI(G) GR 13 (8/44 NAID 78712037); COM LCI(G) GR 45 (9/44 NAID 139848531; 11/44 NAID 77536773); COM LCI(L) FLOT 5 (9/43 NAID 78185445; 10/43 NAID 135983709; 1/44 NAID 78308907; 4/44 NAID 78438041); COM LCI(L) FLOT 15 (9/44-4/45 NAID 83533622) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/135987097, /id/78294504, /id/78366571, /id/78416701, /id/78712037, /id/139848531, /id/77536773, /id/78185445, /id/135983709, /id/78308907, /id/78438041, /id/83533622
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized war diaries of this hull's chain of command: LCI(L) Group 13 and LCI(L) Flotilla 5 during 1943-44 (consistent with Rielly's Group-Thirteen-of-Flotilla-Five gunboat assignment) and LCI(G) Group 45 plus LCI(L) Flotilla 15 diaries for the September 1944-April 1945 window (consistent with the Seventh Amphibious Force Philippines-Borneo phase documented in her own action reports).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LCI(L) Group 13 / LCI(G) Groups 13 and 45 / Flotillas 5 and 15 staffs and crews
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the catalog relevance hits place this hull's contemporaneous group/flotilla diaries in the result set, and Rielly confirms Group 13/Flotilla 5, but no pulled document explicitly lists 'LCI(G)-67 in Group 45' - the Group 45/Flotilla 15 assignment is inference from result clustering and campaign coverage, carried in gaps. Page images not individually reviewed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-12
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[14]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM diesel plant, two sets of four engines, 1,600 BHP, diesel-drive - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-14); NARA physical logbook holdings (ev-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json yard list (no Consolidated Steel/Orange entry); GAO HRD-80-2 context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built September-December 1942 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
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); crew 24 as LCI(L) then 70 as LCI(G) (1942-45); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188); salvage crews (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-67/LCI(G)-67. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Consolidated Steel Corp. (Orange, TX) is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset, so no yard-level product list was attached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-13
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[15]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942) and US Navy service era (1942-45).
- 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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-14
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[16]Batch-5397 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; shipbuilding-history build table; NARA catalog (war diaries x7, action reports x3, muster rolls x2, index block, group/flotilla war diaries); NARA Special List 44 PDF; Rielly monograph (conversion, Polloc Harbor task unit, grounding/decommissioning); USS LCI National Association site; NHHC DANFS checks; NVR check; CourtListener opinion searches (4 name forms, name collisions) and docket search on 'LCI(L)-67' (name collisions; two docket forms pacing-blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-01 through -12
- 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)-67 / LCI(G)-67 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion-level searches on four name forms returned 3-467 hits each, and a docket-level (type=r) search on 'LCI(L)-67' returned 6,918 hits - all name collisions (LCI International/Communications telecom litigation, LCI Construction, unrelated state cases); no opinion or docket naming this hull. CAVEAT: docket-level searches on the 'LCI(G)-67' and 'LCI-67' forms could not be completed when this record was drafted - the fleet pacing limiter returned 'budget momentarily spent' (exit 2, paced ~114/hr shared across sessions); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. The hull's terminal state (aground at Okinawa 1945, sold 1947, scrapped) forecloses the usual US-side abatement/museum/scrapping 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 - and docket coverage on two of three name forms is a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked, not run). Undigitized deck logs (SL44 windows 1/43 and 8/43-12/45), Consolidated Steel build records, and the hull's own war diaries/action reports are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-67-lcil67-15