Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 461-packet.md (1 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-700-lcil700-pkt-461-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-700 - timeline, campaign credits, awards, specifications, photograph captions (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150700.htm header block, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 14 June 1944 at George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 22 June 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-700, 26 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: campaign credit for Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings, Zamboanga, 8 March to 20 July 1945) and the Borneo operation (Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May and 26 June to 5 July 1945). Decommissioned March 1946; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; stricken from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned two battle stars for WWII service; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars), WWII Victory Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal. Specification block: 236 t. light / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photograph captions document: launching at the Lawley yard 22 June 1944 (NARA/1st Naval District); beached at Zamboanga 10 March 1945 alongside LCI(L)-702; approaching Zamboanga beach 1 April 1945 (NARA photo #359834); nested alongside LCI(L)-624 and LCI(L)-1025; and moored at Guam circa fall 1945-January/February 1946 alongside LCI(L)-654 and LCI(L)-653.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (June 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); reserve-fleet processing personnel (1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records and are corroborated here by NARA-digitized unit documents (see ev-03, ev-04). Contains no asbestos content. The Borneo campaign entry is labeled 'Tarakan Island operation' but lists a second window (26 June-5 July 1945) that coincides with the Balikpapan operation period - the hull's own action report (ev-04) confirms the Balikpapan landings; labeling ambiguity noted, campaign count (2 battle stars) carried as published. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-01
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[3]NARA Catalog, 'LCI(L) 700 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120244055 (microfilm scans via Ancestry partnership; unrestricted; National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference, RRAR) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 120244055 digitalObjects list (183 images; objectDescription 'Muster Roll Date' fields)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific personnel record: the National Archives Catalog holds digitized muster rolls for this hull - 183 page images with muster-roll dates running 26 June 1944 (commissioning day) through 27 May 1946 (quarterly rolls plus intervening change reports). The series documents the ship's company population across her entire active service, including the commissioning crew.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company, USS LCI(L)-700 (June 1944-May 1946)
- Limitations
- Archival lead and population documentation only: establishes that named-crew records exist and are digitized, not what any individual muster entry says - no crew names were transcribed for this record. Coverage endpoints are log/muster-roll endpoints, not milestone dates: the June 1944 start coincides with commissioning, but the May 1946 end postdates the reported March 1946 decommissioning and likely reflects reserve-fleet crew processing - neither endpoint is treated as a service-date finding. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, 'COM LCI(L) GR 71 - War Diary, 4/1/45 to 5/31/45', NAID 101753002 (WWII War Diaries microfilm A_1763, scans via Fold3 partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 101753002 digital objects: war diary Daily Operation rosters; Part III tables for April and May 1945; daily entry of 18 May 1945 (images 0063-0091 of the scanned unit)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Unit-level war diary naming this hull in the LCI(L) Group 71 roster ('LCI(L) Group 71 attached to 7th U.S. Fleet, 7th Amphibious Force, LCI(L) Flotilla 24'). Daily Operation sections carry the hull in the group roster across April-May 1945; Part III monthly troop-lift tables record: April 1945 - LCI(L) 700 carried 193 troops, 93rd U.S. Infantry Division, Finschhaven to Morotai, arrived 10 April 1945; May 1945 - LCI(L) 700 carried 188 troops, '61 O.B.U. RAAF' (Royal Australian Air Force base unit), Morotai to Tarakan, 1 May 1945 - the Tarakan assault landing (Operation Oboe I). The 18 May 1945 daily entry records 'Conducted Semi-annual Military Inspection of LCI(L) 700' at Morotai.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04 to 1945-05
- Population
- LCI(L) Group 71 ship's companies; embarked 93rd Division and RAAF personnel (Apr-May 1945)
- Limitations
- Unit-level document: names the hull in rosters and lift tables but is a group commander's record, not a hull record; individual hull movements within group operations are group-level entries. Lift-table unit designations carry OCR/typography ambiguity ('61 O.B.U. RAAF' read from scan). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, 'COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.6 - Rep of opers in the assault landings at Balikpapan, Borneo, 7/1-2/45', NAID 83557435 (WWII War Diaries microfilm A_1843, Serial 078, Commander LCI(L) Flotilla 24, USS LCI(L) 624 flagship) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83557435 digital objects: ComLCIFlot24 serial 078 report body and enclosure (A10), USS LCI(L) 700 CO action report of 3 July 1945 (scanned images 0036-0037 of the scanned unit)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary operational record naming this hull twice: the Commander LCI(L) Flotilla 24 report lists LCI(L) 700 among the 16 LCI(L)s of Task Unit 78.2.6 (the LCI Transport Unit) that sortied from Morotai 26 June 1945 under Operation Plan 6-45 of ComPhibGrp 8; and enclosure (A10) is the hull's own action report - 'Action Report, USS LCI(L) 700, Balikpapan Borneo, 1 July 1945,' dated 3 July 1945, signed by commanding officer J. E. Howe. Her report records: 25 June - embarked 7 officers and 171 enlisted personnel, 2/31 Battalion, Seventh Australian Division, at Nica Beach, Morotai; 26 June 1442 - stood out of anchorage in sortie formation; 1 July 0815 - anchored in assigned anchorage off Balikpapan; 2 July 0902 - 'Beached Green Beach, Wave 2. Unloaded all troops and three tons of provisions'; 0928 cleared beach; 1800 underway for Morotai on retirement orders. Part III: no ammunition expended; Part IV: no damage to the vessel by enemy action; Part VI: no personnel casualties.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-06-25 to 1945-07-02
- Population
- Ship's company plus embarked 2/31 Battalion AIF troops (7 officers + 171 enlisted) (25 Jun-2 Jul 1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational document - the strongest vessel-history record located for this hull. Establishes combat-operation participation, troop lift, and no damage/casualties for this action only; it is an operational narrative, not a material, maintenance, or exposure record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-04
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[6]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (1978) - Ships by Signal Number Designation, LCI(L) block (Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center scan, printed page 350, scan image 376) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 signal-designation section, LCI(L) block, printed p. 350 (ACPL scan images/narasl44/376.jpg): row 'LCI(L)-700 ... June 26, 1944-June 30, 1945 ... 1'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official logbook-coverage index for this hull: Special List 44 lists LCI(L)-700 with a logbook date span of June 26, 1944 - June 30, 1945, number of logbooks 1. This confirms NARA-held log coverage beginning with the hull's commissioning day and running through mid-1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (listed coverage)
- Limitations
- Coverage index only - lists logbooks held, not their contents. Log-coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning dates: the June 1945 cutoff reflects SL44's listing coverage, and deck logs for July 1945 onward (through the reported March 1946 decommissioning) sit in the regular RG 24 deck-log accession, not this index - an open undigitized lead. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-700 (LCI(L)-700), LCI 351 class - build data and operation-event records compiled from action reports [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21765 data table and 'Notable events' sections (Operation Oboe I, 1 May 1945; Balikpapan task organization)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation corroborating identity and operations: lists the hull built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA; laid down 14 June 1944; launched 22 June 1944; commissioned 26 June 1944; LCI 351 class. Notable events: Operation Oboe I (Allied landings at Tarakan, 1 May 1945) - task-organization detail; and records CTG 78.1.93 (including LCI(L)-700 among 12 LCI(L)s) departing the Tarakan area for Morotai at 1800I/5 May 1945, arriving ~1700I/8; and lists the hull in TG 78.2.6, the LCI Unit under Cdr. A.V. Jannotta of LCIFLOT24, for the Balikpapan operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Ship's company (Apr-Jul 1945 operations)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation built from official action reports - consistent with the NARA-digitized primary records here (ev-03, ev-04) but not itself a primary source; used for corroboration and the Tarakan departure movement only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (LCI-351 class, GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, 1944 construction); NARA records establishing 1944-46 service window (ev-02 through ev-05); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use era (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150700.htm specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A naval amphibious craft built June 1944 at a U.S. wartime yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era. Era-standard applications aboard a 1944 diesel-powered LCI(L) were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, thermal insulation in machinery spaces, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation and refrigeration insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the small-craft confined-space dynamic applies.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (June 1944); ship's company (1944-46); any repair/maintenance trades at Pacific bases; reserve-fleet and disposal-crews (1946+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-700. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-07
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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 (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 construction (1944) and entire commissioned service (1944-46).
- 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-700-08
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[10]Batch-5431 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Catalog muster rolls NAID 120244055; NARA WWII war diaries/action reports NAID 83557435 and 101753002; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL scan); NHHC DANFS; NVR; CourtListener (partial); uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-700-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-700-12
- 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)-700 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener's opinion index returned no result for the exact hull designation 'LCI(L)-700' (authenticated API, 2026-09-30); the docket index could not be queried this session - the fleet request pacer returned busy on repeated attempts, logged as blocked rather than a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case or ship-specific asbestos document; no law-firm marketing content naming this hull was located either.
- 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 CourtListener docket search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run). Post-1945 deck logs (RG 24), George Lawley yard work packages, and disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-700-09