Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 458-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity; particulars UNVERIFIABLE)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-pkt-458-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-682 page (chronology, specifications, awards, photo record); underlying source credited: USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LCI(L)-682 page, https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/15/150682.htm (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 24 April 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 2 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-682 on 9 May 1944; LTjg. G. W. Deneil, USNR, in command as of May 1945. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Nineteen (LCDR E. C. Folger), LCI Group Fifty-Seven (LCDR A. J. Ormstom), LCI Division One Hundred Thirteen. No named campaign participations or battle stars listed; awards shown are American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp. Occupation service in the Far East 23-28 December 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 June 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Specifications: displacement 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; crew 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted; five single 20 mm guns; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series 71 diesels, four per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers 2,320 shp, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators. Photo caption documents the ship in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, March 1946, en route San Diego to Charleston, SC.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted; embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted (capacity figures)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archive compiling official records and secondary literature (here, the Turner Publishing LCI history); it is the standard reference for number-designated amphibious craft but is not a Navy source. Decommission/stricken dates and final disposition are unrecorded. Specifications are class-standard figures presented on this hull's page. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - by ship numbers (log holdings of RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf page 27 (entry 'LCI(L)-682, 5/9/1944 - 6/30/1945'); NARA logbooks guidance https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Navy deck-log holdings for LCI(L)-682 covering 5/9/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 27, 'Special List #44, by Ship Numbers'). The begin date coincides with the documented commissioning date; the end date is a holdings-list cutoff shown identically for neighboring hulls and does not mark decommissioning. NARA's deck-log guidance identifies the holdings as Record Group 24, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-09 to 1945-06-30 (holdings coverage)
- Population
- Ship's crew, May 1944 - June 1945 (log coverage window)
- Limitations
- Documents the existence and date span of paper logbook holdings, not their content - the logs were not reviewed and no asbestos, materials, or exposure information can be inferred from a holdings listing. Endpoints are records-coverage bounds only. The hull does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' digitized list; access is via NARA textual reference (Archives II).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-02
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[4]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project - Leslie Wilson Bolon Collection, AFC/2001/001/76360 (service summary listing USS LCI(L)-682 among service units) [museum_official]
- Locator
- VHP service summary, 'Service Unit/Ship' and 'Battles & Campaigns' fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Library of Congress Veterans History Project holds the Leslie Wilson Bolon collection (Navy, dates of service 1942-1946 and 1947-1965, highest rank Commander), whose service units include USS LCI(L)-682 (Landing Craft Infantry Large), USS Prairie (AD-15), and USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) - documenting a veteran who served aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (period aboard this unit)
- Population
- Individual crewmember (Bolon)
- Limitations
- Personnel-record documentation: establishes that a veteran's service included this hull, not a vessel history. The record's battles list (Kiska, Kwajalein, Enewetak, Saipan, Tinian, Palau, Guadalcanal) spans the veteran's whole 1942-46 service - Kiska, Kwajalein, Enewetak, and Guadalcanal predate this hull's May 1944 commissioning and cannot be attributed to it; the record does not assign campaigns to specific units. Personal narrative content not reviewed. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-03
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[5]Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI 226, 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships' (U.S. Navy recognition manual, 1944), LCI(L) sections incl. 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) Nos. 351-' [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI 226 PDF, LCI(L) sections (craft-statistics table and 351+ description pages); HyperWar/ibiblio host copy verified live 2026-09-30 (35,890,998-byte PDF)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ONI 226 documents the LCI(L) design this hull belongs to: an ocean-going infantry carrier for direct beach unloading; the 351-series group is listed at crew 4 officers and 24 men, troop capacity 9 officers and 196 enlisted troops plus 32 tons cargo, five 20 mm guns, 2-inch plastic splinter protection on guns, conning and pilothouse sides, and GM diesel propulsion on twin variable-pitch screws. These are class figures; NavSource's hull-page specs differ slightly on troop capacity (6 officers, 182 enlisted).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops (class context)
- Limitations
- Official class-level recognition documentation, not a hull record - establishes the design characteristics of the type, not the fitted state of this hull. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material content. Propulsion figures for the 351 group carry forward from the early-model section ('statistics not mentioned below are the same as early model'); the max-BHP 1,600 figure there differs from NavSource's 2,320 shp class spec.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-04
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[6]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the program and era under which this 1944 landing craft was mass-produced at a civilian contract yard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, this class, or this yard, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. As a diesel landing craft with no steam plant, this hull would have carried materially less insulation scope than a steam vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-05
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[7]MIT Museum, organization record 'George Lawley & Son' (Organization ID 1754), shipyard description and related-objects collection [museum_official]
- Locator
- MIT Museum organization page, Description field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MIT Museum documents the builder named by NavSource for this hull: a Neponset, Massachusetts yard operated by three generations of the Lawley family from the 1860s to the 1940s, building both wood and steel vessels 'including dozens of World War II landing craft,' closing in 1946; the museum holds 178 related objects including LCI(L) material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1860s-1946
- Population
- Shipyard workforce (builder context)
- Limitations
- Yard-level corroboration only - the museum record does not name hull 682 and does not fix it within the yard's output; NavSource remains the hull-attribution source. Museum renders the firm 'George Lawley & Son' (singular); NavSource uses '& Sons' - name variant noted. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-06
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[8]Batch-5411 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA SL44 ship-numbers list + digitized deck-log list; MARAD ShipHistory; NHHC/DANFS; Library of Congress VHP; CourtListener ship-name searches; USS LCI National Association site [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-682-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-682-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, MARAD vessel status card, DANFS entry, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-682 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull is also absent from NARA's digitized deck-log list (SL44 lists paper holdings only). CourtListener opinion searches for the exact designation and name/hull-number variants all returned zero results.
- 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 - a 1944 landing craft of this type is era-consistent with asbestos-containing gaskets, lagging, and electrical materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-07
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[9]NARA deck-log research guidance - RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118, NAID 581208; paper log retrieval via Archives II textual reference [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208); Turner Publishing ISBN 1-56311-262-0; https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/organization/1754; NARA RG 178 guide https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): (1) The SL44-listed deck logs for this hull (5/9/1944-6/30/1945) are paper holdings in RG 24, Entry 118 at Archives II, College Park - not on the digitized-logs list; retrieval is via NARA textual reference. (2) NavSource's underlying history source, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0), is print-only and may contain narrative detail beyond the NavSource summary. (3) MIT Museum holds the George Lawley & Son collection (178 items incl. LCI(L) material) - potential builder-yard construction records. (4) Maritime Commission disposal records for the 19 June 1947 transfer (RG 178) may fix the hull's final disposition.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-location mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific content in these records is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-682-lcil682-08