Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 457-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-pkt-457-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-679 ex USS LCI(L)-679 (page history credited to 'USS LCI', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page sections: LCI-351 Class header (build/commission timeline), LC(FF) assignment block, Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table, Specifications block, awards ribbon array
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 17 April 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 29 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-679 the same day, LT. W. L. Emerson USNR in command (NavSource qualifies the listing 'May 1945'); redesignated LC(FF)-679 (Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagship) 31 December 1944; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater as flagship of LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR R. H. Brazeal), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine (LT T. T. Brooks), LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Seven; assault and occupation of Iwo Jima 19-26 February 1945 and Okinawa Gunto 24 March-14 June 1945; two battle stars; Combat Action Ribbon (Iwo Jima), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp); occupation service in the Far East 18 November 1945 to 15 April 1946; laid up Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, June 1946; decommissioned date unknown, struck date unknown, fate unknown. Class specifications on the same page: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers, 182 enlisted; two banks of four GM diesel engines (four per shaft), 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04-17 to 1946-06; 1945-02-19 to 1945-06-14 (combat operations)
- Population
- Ship's company (4 officers, 24 enlisted); embarked troops (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted); flotilla flag staff after LC(FF) conversion
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer transcription archive compiled from official records and the Turner LCI history, not itself a primary record; it lists decommissioning, striking, and fate as unknown, all three of which other sources in this record partially resolve. Launch date conflicts with uboat.net (24 vs 29 April 1944) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-01
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[3]NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), 'LCI(L) 679 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120244698, 36 scanned images [other_primary]
- Locator
- File unit cover sheet (image -00002, 'Comm. 4-29-44 to 9-25-46 (Decom)' annotation) and first Report of Changes roster page (image -00003)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The commissioning muster roll of U.S.S. LCI(L) 679 is dated 29 April 1944 (Commissioning Report, NAVPERS 605), certified by Ensign Samuel Friedman, USNR, Executive Officer, and approved by the commanding officer (Lt. (j.g.) signature consistent with W. L. Emerson); enlisted crew were received aboard 29 April 1944 from Receiving Station, Boston, Mass. The cover sheet carries a period annotation 'Comm. 4-29-44 to 9-25-46 (Decom)' - indicating decommissioning 25 September 1946, a date NavSource lists as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04-29 (and quarterly rolls thereafter in the file unit)
- Population
- Commissioning (plankowner) crew, received from Receiving Station Boston 1944-04-29
- Limitations
- Primary record verified by direct image review (cover sheet and first roster page). The decommissioning date rests on a handwritten annotation of unknown authorship - period ink, but informal; treat as strong indication, not a formal decommissioning certificate. The roll lists named crew members - this record makes no exposure claim for any individual. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-02
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[4]NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), 'LC(FF) 679 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120244735, 60 scanned images, first roll dated 1945-03-31 [other_primary]
- Locator
- File unit final image (-00099): Report of Changes for month ending 1 September 1946
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The post-redesignation muster rolls of U.S.S. LC(FF) 679 run through the Report of Changes for the month ending 1 September 1946 (Bureau stamp 23 September 1946): crewmen were transferred 'FFT Separation Center for Ultimate Discharge' on 12 August 1946 and replacement drafts were received aboard from NRB New Orleans on 16 August 1946 - the ship was still mustering a crew in late summer 1946, during her inactivation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03-31 to 1946-09-01
- Population
- Ship's company during inactivation (August-September 1946)
- Limitations
- Primary record verified by direct image review of the file unit's final image (-00099). It establishes the ship administratively active through at least early September 1946 - consistent with the 25 September 1946 decommissioning annotation on the LCI(L) roll - but says nothing about location or lay-up status versus the June 1946 Reserve Fleet note in NavSource. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-03
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[5]NARA RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), 'LCI-679', NAID 175663327, Series: Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings (compiled 1945-1955) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog file unit 'LCI-679', RG 19, Series: Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings (NAID 559593 series)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships preserved a microfilm file unit of ship engineering drawings titled 'LCI-679' - hull-specific construction drawings for this vessel. BuShips drawings of this type carry machinery, piping, insulation and lagging arrangements and are the strongest known lead for ship-specific materials documentation for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1955 (series compilation range)
- Limitations
- Catalog-level verification only: the file unit exists and is named for this hull; the drawings themselves were not reviewed (microfilm, not digitized for online viewing). Whether they itemize asbestos-containing insulation is unknown until the film is pulled. Establishes availability of a lead, not any material fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-04
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[6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' builder table - hull 679 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table row for hull 679 (Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA, 29-Apr-44 delivery)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder table records LCI(L) hull 679, variant FF, built by Lawley & Sons at Neponset MA, delivered 29 April 1944, disposition 'laid up 1946, sunk as target 1956'. The same table records the class context: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Limitations
- Well-regarded private compilation of official building records, not itself a primary source; 'sunk as target 1956' appears in no other source reviewed (NavSource lists fate unknown) and is carried as unverified. 'Delivery' column corresponds to the commissioning date here, not a launch date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-05
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[7]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft list (compiled from Navy ship-data publications): LC(FF) flotilla-flagship section, plus type description on the LC(FF)-399 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- LC(FF) section of the landing-craft index (row 'LC(FF)-679'); https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/LCFF/LCFF-399.html type description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official-format Navy landing-craft list carries 'LC(FF)-679' among the Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagships delivered 1943-44, corroborating the 31 December 1944 redesignation; the type description for the class states LC(FF)s were LCI(L)s 'Converted from Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L) - to carry flag officers and crew', with 8 GM diesel engines (4 per shaft) on twin variable-pitch screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Flotilla flag officers and staff embarked on flagship conversions (class context)
- Limitations
- Type-level documentation: establishes the flotilla-flagship configuration and designation, not any material fact about this hull. The sister-hull type page (LC(FF)-399) gives class specs, not hull-specific data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-06
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[8]MARAD Vessel History Database documentation: TD-21 / DPC-21, 86-foot Defense Plant Corporation tug built October 1943 at the Lawley & Son shipyard, Neponset, Massachusetts [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Vessel History document, narrative section - 'Since 1945 ... Asbestos was removed in 1985'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- MARAD's vessel-history documentation of a wartime hull built at this ship's own builder yard - George Lawley & Son, Neponset, in October 1943, six months before this hull was laid down - records of that tug: 'Asbestos was removed in 1985.' A same-builder, same-era wartime hull contained asbestos insulation requiring removal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943 (construction) / 1985 (abatement record)
- Population
- Shipyard workers at Lawley Neponset (builder-era context); repair/abatement crews 1985
- Limitations
- Same-yard, same-era inference only: the document names a different hull (a small harbor tug, not an LCI), and says nothing about this vessel. It establishes that Lawley's wartime output used asbestos insulation, not that it was aboard hull 679. Does not establish quantity, location, or present-day presence aboard any hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-07
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[9]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy's Use of Asbestos Insulation on Ships' (published 18 Oct 1979, released 22 Oct 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page Highlights block
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships; 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 selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Program-level confirmation that asbestos insulation was standard Navy practice in the period this hull was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1970s construction era covered
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level GAO finding - fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; it does not name this hull, this builder, or this class, and establishes Navy-wide practice only. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to raw automated fetches; the product page was verified rendered via Firecrawl; full text not pulled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-08
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[10]Batch-5407 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS and Naval Vessel Register lookups; NARA catalog; NavSource; Shipbuilding History; HyperWar; uboat.net; MARAD Vessel History; GAO; USS LCI National Association site; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed litigation naming LCI(L)-679 or LC(FF)-679 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger, including CourtListener opinion queries returning zero hits).
- 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 materials of this period commonly contained asbestos and no survey was ever commissioned. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage limited to the queries logged; minor ships attract few opinions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-679-lcil679-09