Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p. 27, row 'LCI(L)-688 5/26/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)-688 covering 5/26/1944 through 6/30/1945 (PDF page 27 of the by-ship-number list). The coverage start date equals her commissioning date (26 May 1944 per NavSource/uboat.net). Unlike flotilla-flagship conversions inventoried under composite designations, this hull is inventoried under the plain LCI(L) designation - consistent with never having been reclassified. This is the wartime Navy's own log inventory establishing in-scope service for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-26 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- wartime crew (1944-1945)
- Limitations
- Log coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates - they document that logs exist and the coverage window, not that service ended on 6/30/1945. The logs themselves are not digitized (NARA's digitized deck-log list contains no LCI hulls); they are RG 24 textual records at Archives II, College Park. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-688 - history credited on-page to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995' (USS LCI National Association volume); hosts NHHC photo NH 86190 (hull homeward-bound in San Francisco Bay, circa 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150688.htm - class line, milestone chronology, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, NH 86190 photo credit (page last updated 4 November 2022)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 11 May 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 20 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-688 on 26 May 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Two (CDR. Marion M. Byrd, USN). Campaign record: Luzon operation - Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 18 January 1945; Manila Bay-Bicol operations - Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 31 January 1945; consolidation and capture of southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 12 to 13 July 1945 and 20 July 1945. 'received the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 29 January to 10 June 1945, and earned three battle stars for World War II service.' Occupation service in the Far East 11 September to 9 December 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948 for disposal; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the government of Argentina, redesignated ARA BDI No.10 (Q-63) in 1948; 'disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1958, fate unknown.' Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), Navy Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (2). Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 t; armament five single 20mm; radio call sign NPWW; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors '6051 series 71' diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew 1944-48; embarked troops (campaign periods); Seventh Fleet salvage-unit crews (Jan-Jun 1945); Argentine Navy crew (1948-1958); disposal/scrapping workforce
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the cited underlying work is the USS LCI National Association's Turner Publishing history volume, not a Navy record; the flotilla attribution is not corroborated by the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document (see ev-05 and gaps), which is consistent with the documented Seventh Fleet Service Force assignment. The NUC entry is separately confirmed by the official NHHC awards manual (ev-04). Contains no asbestos content. 'Decommissioned, date unknown,' 'struck ... date unknown,' and 'fate unknown' are carried verbatim - service status between the end of occupation duty (9 December 1945) and the 18 February 1948 Maritime Commission transfer is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-688 ship page (ship/21753) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21753 - built-by line, date table, history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's ship page independently confirms this hull: built by George Lawley & Sons (Neponset, Massachusetts); laid down 11 May 1944; launched 20 May 1944; commissioned 26 May 1944; 'Transferred to Argentina in 1948.' The page lists no commanding officers and no notable events for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - the build dates and transfer corroborate NavSource but are not presented here as primary records. The absence of a commands/events listing is a coverage gap in the source, not evidence of inactivity. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-03
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[4]NHHC online reading room, Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual (Rev. 1953), Part 2 - Unit Awards, Navy Unit Commendation list [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- pt2-unit-awards.html - NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION section, 'Ship Salvage, Fire-Fighting and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet' block, row 'USS LCI-688, LCI-985, LCI-986, LCI-987 | 29 Jan - 10 Jun 45'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy awards manual names this hull in the Navy Unit Commendation list: 'Ship Salvage, Fire-Fighting and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet ... 17 Oct 44 - 10 Jun 45 - Philippine Islands Area' with the member entry 'USS LCI-688, LCI-985, LCI-986, LCI-987 | 29 Jan - 10 Jun 45.' An official Navy record places LCI-688 in the Seventh Fleet's ship-salvage/firefighting/rescue unit in the Philippine Islands area from 29 January through 10 June 1945 - spanning the Zambales-Subic Bay operation window carried in her campaign record and explaining her assignment inside a fleet service-force unit rather than a transport/landing group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-01-29 to 1945-06-10
- Population
- crew embarked during salvage-unit service (Jan-Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- The award is a unit commendation - it documents the hull's assignment and the unit's period of cited service, not any individual action aboard. The manual prints 'LCI-688' (not 'LCI(L)-688'); unit rosters in this table use the bare designations. Does not corroborate the NavSource/Turner LCI Flotilla Twenty-Two chain of command, which may reflect an administrative (home) flotilla alongside the operational Seventh Fleet detachment - that reconciliation is not established by this source. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-04
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[5]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (NHHC online reading room document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar PacFleet Org 1 May 1945, 'Landing Craft Infantry' flotilla list and enumerated division rosters; 'DD 688', 'LST 688', 'YF 688' entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 does NOT enumerate this hull: no 'LCI 688' appears anywhere in the document's rosters, and the NavSource/Turner-attributed parent unit 'LCI Flotilla Twenty-Two' is itself absent from the document's LCI flotilla list (which enumerates Flotillas Three, Five, Six, Thirteen, Fourteen, Sixteen, Nineteen, Twenty-One, Twenty-Three, and Thirty-Five through Forty-One). The three sister LCIs sharing her salvage-unit commendation line (LCI-985, -986, -987) are likewise absent from the document. Same-number hulls DO appear: 'DD 688 REMEY' (DesDiv 107), 'LST 688' (Lt. H. A. Brock, USNR), and 'YF 688'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Non-appearance is documented, not unexplained: the document is the U.S. Pacific Fleet organization as of 1 May 1945, and the NHHC awards manual places this hull in Service Force, SEVENTH Fleet through 10 June 1945 - the Seventh Fleet was the Southwest Pacific force organizationally distinct from the Pacific Fleet rosters transcribed here, so absence is consistent with the documented Seventh Fleet detachment rather than evidence against the flotilla attribution. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-05
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[6]Naval Marine Archive (shipbuildinghistory-derived), George Lawley & Sons yard delivery table - builder hull no. 1489 [other_primary]
- Locator
- yachtsmall/lawley.html yard table, row 'LCI(L) 688 | US Navy | Landing Craft | 216d | 158 | 26-May-44 | To Argentina 1948 as BDI No 10/Q 63, later oiler Punta Lara (B 22), scrapped 1961'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The George Lawley & Sons delivery table lists 'LCI(L) 688 | US Navy | Landing Craft | 216d | 158 | 26-May-44 | To Argentina 1948 as BDI No 10/Q 63, later oiler Punta Lara (B 22), scrapped 1961' - corroborating a 26 May 1944 delivery (the commissioning date) and the 1948 Argentine transfer, and adding post-naval detail not in NavSource: service as oiler Punta Lara (B-22) and scrapping in 1961.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1948-1961
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); Argentine Navy and commercial-oiler crews (1948-1961); scrapping workforce (1961)
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-history compilation (Naval Marine Archive mirror of shipbuildinghistory-derived tables); a delivery-table row corroborates dates but is not a construction or material record. The 'oiler Punta Lara (B 22), scrapped 1961' continuation is uncorroborated by any other located source and conflicts in detail with NavSource's 'disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1958, fate unknown' - both are secondary compilations; tension carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-06
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[7]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(L)-351 class roster and specification block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - 'LCI(L)-351 Class' spec block and roster row 'LCI(L)-685-711'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft roster covers this hull inside the enumerated range 'LCI(L)-685-711, 1942-44' with no notes (no loss, conversion, or transfer annotation). Its LCI(L)-351 class block documents the type: 385 t. full load, 160'4", 23'3" beam, 15.5 kts, 5x20mm, complement 4 officers/25 enlisted, capacity 9 officers/200 enlisted or 75 t cargo, 2 sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- crew and embarked troops (LCI(L) baseline configuration, 1944-48)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; a range row confirms class membership and the absence of special annotation, nothing more. The class block describes the type, not this hull - its figures (385 t, 160'4", 15.5 kts, 1,600 BHP, 4+25 complement) diverge from NavSource's hull block (419 t loaded, 158'5.5", 16 kts, 2,320 shp, 4+24); spec variance noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch screws, 2,320 shp - diesel plant, no steam); uboat.net LCI-351 class table; HyperWar LCI(L)-351 class block; GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150688.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21753; HyperWar ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were diesel engine and exhaust lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch brake linings. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her transfer to Argentina in 1948 and reported later service as an oiler (scrapped 1961) added a second, foreign-flag maintenance era whose materials practices are undocumented in located sources.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops 1944-48; salvage-unit service population (Jan-Jun 1945); Argentine Navy crews (1948-1958); disposal/scrapping workforce (to 1961)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, overhaul record, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-688. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. Argentine-era materials and the 1958-61 disposal state are undocumented. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what (if anything) remained aboard at transfer or scrapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-08
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (abstract text; direct fetch blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships; its 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - spanning this hull's entire U.S. Navy construction (1944) and service era.
- 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. GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - neither is this hull's builder. The hull's U.S. service ended in 1948, before the policies described took effect; the report frames the era of installation, not any abatement aboard this hull. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 (standing access defect, same as Batches 01, 98, 5290).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-09
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[10]Batch-5417 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NavSource; uboat.net; NHHC (DANFS absent; Operation Neptune sunk/damaged table; Navy-MC Awards Manual unit list; Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945); HyperWar roster + PacFleet org transcription; Naval Marine Archive yard table; U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; ODU special collections; CourtListener opinion + docket searches; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-688-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-688-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-688 / LCI-688 / ARA BDI No.10 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches for the exact hull designations returned zero hits on BOTH the opinion index and the docket/RECAP index on 2026-09-30. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content for the LCI/amphibious type generally (the mesotheliomahope.com / asbestos.com class) asserting asbestos on Navy ships without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 inference is consistent with retained era materials during service, and the undigitized RG 24 deck logs (5/26/1944-6/30/1945) plus the ODU Heflin & Williams ship-data collection (hull-range coverage including this hull) are open archival leads. Argentine-era service records were not located in English-language sources; histarmar.com.ar was unreachable at research time. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-10
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[11]Old Dominion University Libraries Special Collections, Heflin & Williams Naval Engineering Reference Collection (MG 138), Binder 23 - 'Volume 02: LCI(L)-351 - LCI(L)-1098 (Landing Craft Infantry, Large) - LCI(L)-453, undated', ship data files organized by hull number [other_primary]
- Locator
- archivesguides.lib.odu.edu archival object 88476 (Binder Case 23, Volume 02); NARA SL44 p.27 and navy-online digitization list (absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- ODU holds the Heflin & Williams ship-data file collection whose Volume 02 is cataloged for hulls LCI(L)-351 through LCI(L)-1098 - a range including this hull - with files organized by ship class, hull designation, and hull number. Together with the undigitized NARA RG 24 deck logs (coverage 5/26/1944-6/30/1945 per Special List 44), this is the located archival path most likely to hold a ship-specific file.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log window)
- Population
- N/A - record-location lead
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the volume is cataloged for the 351-1098 range but the item-level entry carries 'LCI(L)-453' as its terminating hull, suggesting the online listing may cover only a segment of the volume; whether an LCI(L)-688 file actually exists inside is unverified. Undigitized; open to researchers without restrictions per the finding aid. Deck logs likewise establish existence, not content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-11
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[12]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-688 (LST-542 class) page; NARA Special List 44 '688' rows; 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization entries - same-number collision documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160688.htm campaign table and awards block; SL44 '688' rows (LCI(L)-688, LST-688, SC-688); HyperWar PacFleet Org 1 May 1945 (DD 688 REMEY, LST 688, YF 688); NHHC Sunk and Damaged table (no 688 entries)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: '688' collisions are real and materially different hulls - and unusually close in theater. LST-688 (LST-542-class tank landing ship, Jeffersonville Boat and Machine, Jeffersonville, IN; commissioned 27 April 1944 under LT Harold A. Brock) was ALSO credited with the Lingayen Gulf landings (4 to 18 January 1945), plus Palau, Leyte, and Okinawa operations - overlapping this hull's Lingayen window almost exactly, so a bare '688' attribution to Lingayen is ambiguous between the two hulls. DD-688 (USS Remey, Fletcher-class destroyer) appears in the same 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (DesDiv 107); YF-688 (covered lighter) also appears; SC-688 (subchaser, logs 11/28/1942-11/28/1945) is a third wartime hull in the NARA index; and SSN-688 (USS Los Angeles, lead boat of the Los Angeles class) dominates modern '688' searches. Any campaign, casualty, or service attribution to '688' absent an LCI/LCI(L) qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Collision-disambiguation finding only. NHHC's Operation Neptune sunk/damaged table contains no '688' casualty of any type (checked 2026-09-30). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-688-12