Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-69 ex USS LCI(L)-69 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150069 (ship entry, campaign table, specifications block, and photo-caption series) - verified live HTTP 200
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, and wartime record for this hull: laid down 1 September 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 11 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-69 on 24 December 1942; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-69 on 15 June 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; credited campaigns - New Georgia (Rendova-Vangunu occupation 30 Jun 1943), Treasury-Bougainville (Treasury Island landing 27 Oct 1943), Consolidation of Northern Solomons (Jan-Jun 1944), Western New Guinea (Morotai landings 15 Sep 1944), Leyte landings (13 Oct-29 Nov 1944), and Luzon operation (Mindoro landings 12-18 Dec 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 4-18 Jan 1945); six battle stars for WWII service; ribbons listed include American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, and Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Postwar: Far East occupation service 9 September-13 November 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1946; sold 5 February 1947, fate unknown. The LCI-1 class specification block on the same page gives the LCI(G) gunboat fit (two 40mm and four 20mm guns, six .50-cal machine guns, ten Mk 7 rocket launchers; 5 officers, 65 enlisted) and the quad-diesel propulsion plant (two sets of four General Motors diesels, four per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers). Photo archive documents the hull at Leyte Gulf circa November 1944 and approaching Luzon 6 January 1945 (US National Archives photo 80-G-472034), with LTjg. Herman Roesti commanding and LCDR Archie Holmes embarked.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Crew (LCI(L): 3 officers, 21 enlisted; LCI(G): 5 officers, 65 enlisted) and embarked troops as configured, 1942-1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary reference (transcribing Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume and Navy records), not a contemporaneous log or Navy action report. Campaign credits and dates are official-list summaries; decommissioning date is not given. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-01
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[2]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-69 (LCI(L)-69) warship record and linked operation orders of battle (compiled from action reports) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page plus 'Notable events' operation narratives (Operation Tradewind 15 Sep 1944, TG 77.3.28; Operation Oboe VI 10 Jun 1945, TU 78.1.32 and TU 78.1.36)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled warship record confirms construction milestones (ordered 3 June 1942; Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas; laid down 1 Sep 1942; launched 11 Oct 1942; commissioned 24 Dec 1942; reclassified LCI(G) 15 June 1944; sold 5 February 1947) and places this hull in named task organizations: Operation Tradewind, the Morotai landing (15 Sep 1944) - Task Group 77.3.28 LCI(G) unit, LCI(G)-69 under Lt.(jg) H.R. Roesti, USNR, with Lt.Cdr. A.M. Holmes, USNR, embarked; and Operation Oboe VI, the Brunei Bay landings (10 Jun 1945) - Task Unit 78.1.32 LCI(G) Unit under Lt.Cdr. A.M. Holmes, USNR, plus assignment to the 'Brown' Support Unit (TU 78.1.36). The June 1945 Brunei operation is not among this hull's six credited campaigns on the NavSource table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel during 1944-45 operations
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable privately compiled database drawing on wartime action reports and task-force organization documents; it is secondary, not a primary source, and the Brunei placement rests on its compiled task-unit listings rather than the Navy's battle-star list. Officer names reflect point-in-time command, not full war tenure. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Colton), LCI(L) construction table and Consolidated Steel, Orange TX yard table (Naval Marine Archive / njscuba mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm row 'LCI(L) | G | 69 | Consol. Steel | Orange TX | 24-Dec-42 | Sold 1947'; consolidatedorange yard table row 'LCI(L)-69 | 260 | 3 Jun 1942 | Dec 1942 | struck 1946'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Production tables independently confirm the builder and milestones: LCI(L)-69, Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, commissioned/delivered 24 Dec 1942, later LCI(G) conversion, sold 1947; the Consolidated Orange yard table shows the hull in contract group 260, ordered 3 June 1942, delivered December 1942, struck 1946. Consistent with NavSource on every shared field.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled production table; 'ordered' and 'delivered' dates are yard-record compilations not contract documents. Confirms builder/milestones only - contains no asbestos information. njscuba.net mirror returned HTTP 500 to direct fetch at check time but rendered via Firecrawl; shipbuildinghistory.com canonical table fetched live.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-03
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), PDF p.27 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 27, row 'LCI(L)-69 | 1/1/1944 | 6/30/1944' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NARA PDF, HTTP 200, 910,106 bytes, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number, PDF page 27) lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-69 covering 1 January 1944 through 30 June 1944 - wartime log coverage held in Record Group 24, retrievable for this hull. The entry appears under the LCI(L) designation; no separate LCI(G)-69 row exists. Coverage begins more than a year after the 24 December 1942 commissioning and ends while the vessel was in gunboat service in the Pacific.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- Inventory record only - establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents. The deck logs were not opened for this record; commissioning-era logs (Dec 1942-Dec 1943) and post-June-1944 logs fall outside this inventory listing. Contains no asbestos or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-04
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[5]NARA National Archives Catalog, 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (Record Group 38, series NAID 4697018) - digitized file units naming this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search-within/4697018 for "LCI(L)-69" and "LCI(G)-69" (rendered via Firecrawl; catalog API is JS-only and returned an SPA shell to direct queries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog lists at least six digitized file units for this hull's war diaries: 'LCI (L) 69 - War Diary, 7/29/43 to 8/2/43' (NAID 78140228); 'USS LCI(L) 69 - War Diary, 8/3-31/43' (NAID 135937315); 'USS LCI(L) 69 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43' (NAID 78206615); 'USS LCI(L) 69 - War Diary, 10/1-31/43' (NAID 135983671); 'USS LCI(L) 69 - War Diary, 12/1-31/1943' (NAID 78530439); and 'USS LCI(G) 69 - War Diary, 5/1-31/44' (NAID 78637720, microfilm roll A1148, micro serial 86807, 2 scanned images via Fold3, unrestricted access). Related group-level diaries (COM LCI(L) GR 13, COM LCI(L) FLOT 5) also surface in the hull's search results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Ship's company, July 1943-May 1944 coverage
- Limitations
- Archival lead, not content reviewed - the war diaries were located as digitized file units and NAID 78637720 was spot-verified (record page loads with 2 images), but the diary texts were not read. A war diary documents operations and movements, not materials; no asbestos content is expected or claimed. The May 1944 diary is cataloged under the LCI(G) designation though the formal reclassification is dated 15 June 1944. Additional file units may exist in the 21-result search set beyond those itemized here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-05
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[6]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) - LCI(L) written history and design documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written history, design section (pp. 6-8 of 23) and principal-dimensions/propulsion block; NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)s were diesel-powered ocean-going landing craft of a Bureau of Ships wartime design (over 900 built by ten U.S. yards; welded steel construction; ~159 ft). The propulsion documented for the type is eight General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines in 'quad' sets, four engines per shaft, with variable-pitch propellers - an all-diesel plant with no boilers or steam system, so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard are the era-standard diesel-craft items: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation in the engine room and accommodations, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, 1942); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister craft (LCI(L) 653, the later 351-class) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content. NavSource's LCI-1 class specification block for this hull gives the same quad-diesel arrangement (two sets of four GM diesels, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers). No ship-specific material list exists; asbestos presence aboard is era- and design-level inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, products installed, or present-day presence (hull fate unknown since 1947 sale).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-06
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (Highlights section; full report PDF blocked to automated fetch)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards), documenting the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing it, and compensation programs - the Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the 1970s, spanning this hull's 1942 construction and entire 1942-47 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 or this craft type (HRD-80-2 concerns Navy shipyard asbestos programs and larger vessels). Full-text PDF not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct automated fetch (confirmed 2026-09-30); content via the GAO product-page description rendered through Firecrawl.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-07
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[8]Batch-5419 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 and digitized war-diary file units; NHHC/DANFS; CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches; shipbuildinghistory production tables; uboat.net order of battle; USS LCI National Association site; banned-source web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI-69 / LCI(L)-69 / LCI(G)-69 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for '"LCI(L)-69"', '"LCI(G)-69"', and '"LCI-69"' each returned zero results, and the combined RECAP docket search returned zero results. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft.
- 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 - as a 1942 combat-built landing craft the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The vessel was sold in 1947 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-69-lcil69-08