Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-692 - construction, commissioning, flotilla assignments, Iwo Jima campaign, occupation service, 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 10/15/150692.htm header block, campaign table, disposition block, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 23 May 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Mass.; launched 29 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-692, 6 June 1944; radio call sign NPXR. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven (LCDR J. P. Moore), LCI Group One Hundred Nine (LCDR J. W. Detwiler USNR), LCI Division Two Hundred Seventeen. Campaign credit: Iwo Jima operation - assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 29 February 1945; a U.S. Navy photograph (by Wallace Page) on the page shows LCI(L)-692 preparing to beach at Iwo Jima on D-Day, 19 February 1945. Post-war Occupation service in the Far East 15 to 22 October 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 29 September 1947; final disposition fate unknown. One battle star for WWII service; displayed awards include Combat Action Ribbon (19-29 February 1945), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo; five single 20mm guns; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120V DC diesel-drive ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley & Sons construction trades (May-Jun 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-c.1946); 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, completion date, and NDRF disposition are corroborated independently here by the shipbuilding-history build table (ev-02), and log coverage by SL44 (ev-03). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-692-lcil692-01
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[2]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-692 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html, LCI(L) hull table row 692
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: LCI(L) | hull 692 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 6-Jun-44 | 'To NDRF 1947' - corroborating the builder, yard location, completion date, and the Maritime Commission/NDRF disposition on the NavSource page. Surrounding rows (690-699) show the same Lawley & Sons/Neponset block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley & Sons Neponset yard trades (1944)
- 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-692-lcil692-02
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[3]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number sequence, PDF page 27 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 27, row 'LCI(L)-692 | 6/6/1944 | 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI(L)-692 covering 6/6/1944-6/30/1945 - i.e., logbook coverage running from her commissioning date through mid-1945 (log-coverage dates, not commissioning evidence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LCI(L)-692 crew (1944-45 logging window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for that window. A catalog search for digitized records naming this hull returned muster rolls and flotilla/group war diaries but no deck-log file unit titled for LCI(L)-692, so these logs were not located online - physical-holdings lead only. A deck log is an operational record, not a material survey; it would document location/moorage and noteworthy events, not insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-692-lcil692-03
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[4]NARA catalog, NAID 120243122 - 'LCI(L) 692 - Muster Rolls' (digitized file unit, Ancestry partnership); plus digitized war diaries of her parent commands: NAID 101765046 'COM LCI(L) GR 109 - War Diary, 6/1-30/45', NAID 77486534 'COM LCI(L) GR 109 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45', NAID 77536783 'COM LCI(L) GR 109 - War Diary, 9/1-30/45', and NAID 77520590 'COM LCI(G) FLOT 37 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45' [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120243122; /id/101765046; /id/77486534; /id/77536783; /id/77520590
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel and command records naming this hull or her parent commands are online in the National Archives catalog: a muster-roll file unit for LCI(L) 692 (crew rosters by reporting period), three LCI(L) Group 109 war diaries covering June, August, and September 1945 (Group 109 was this hull's assigned group per NavSource), and a Flotilla 37 war diary for August 1945 (catalog title 'COM LCI(G) FLOT 37').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-692 crew (1944-46); Group 109 and Flotilla 37 staff
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata and /id/ page status verified live (all five cited NAIDs return 200); page-image contents not individually reviewed, and image counts not pulled (catalog JSON proxy throttled during this session). Muster rolls and war diaries are personnel/operational records - no material or asbestos content. The flotilla war diary is titled 'LCI(G)' (gunboat designation) while NavSource records this hull as an LCI(L) in Flotilla 37 - flotilla-level record, not hull-specific. They are leads for building a crew roster and timeline, which this record does not do.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-692-lcil692-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, diesel-drive generators - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-06); NARA physical logbook holdings (ev-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json yard list (no George Lawley & Sons entry); GAO HRD-80-2 context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built May-June 1944 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
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley & Sons construction trades (1944); crew 28 (1944-c.1946); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-692. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. George Lawley & Sons 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-692-lcil692-05
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[6]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 (1944) and US Navy 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. 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-692-lcil692-06
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[7]Batch-5422 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and sibling-hull pages; shipbuilding-history build table; NARA catalog (muster rolls, Group 109 and Flotilla 37 war diaries); NARA Special List 44 PDF; NHHC DANFS and NVR checks; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-692-lcil692-01 through -11
- 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)-692 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried when this record was drafted - the fleet pacing limiter returned 'budget momentarily spent' on each attempt (exit 2, paced ~114/hr shared across sessions); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. The hull's 1947 transfer to Maritime Commission/NDRF custody and unknown final fate leave only a thin US-side abatement/scrapping documentation trail.
- 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 the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (pacing-blocked, not run). Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 6/6/1944-6/30/1945), Lawley & Sons build records, and MARAD/NDRF disposal files are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-692-lcil692-07