Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 463-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-pkt-463-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-712 - construction timeline, campaign table, specifications, disposal (page live-verified 2026-09-30; history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150712.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 21 July 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 31 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-712, 15 August 1944. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater; Borneo operation - Tarakan Island operation 27 April-5 May 1945 and Balikpapan operation 26 June-6 July 1945; earned one battle star for World War II service. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 April 1947; final disposition - fate unknown. Specifications (LCI(L) block): displacement 246 t. light, 264 t. landing, 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts maximum continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armament five single 20mm mounts (some LCIs carried two added .50 cal machine guns); armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V D.C. generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photo record: beached in Borneo with PTRON-8's PT-142 alongside, June 1945; unloading Australian troops and equipment on Green Beach, Balikpapan-Manggar area, 1 July 1945, with USS LCI-1025.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades at Lawley's Neponset yard (1944); commissioned crew (4 officers + 24 enlisted) plus embarked troops (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted) 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official lists but are not themselves the register; the page's stated history source is the Turner Publishing USS LCI volume (not directly accessible). Contains no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning and striking dates are blank in the source - absence is a documented gap, not evidence of continued service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-01
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[3]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (1978), 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section - LCI(L) entries; verified via the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center full-scan mirror; NARA landing page https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/special-list-44-named [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' (F-LCI(L) section), printed p. 350; ACPL Genealogy Center scan images/narasl44/376.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's published logbook inventory lists this hull by name: 'LCI(L)-712 ... Aug. 15, 1944-June 30, 1945 ... 1' - one logbook covering commissioning (15 August 1944) through 30 June 1945, encompassing the Borneo campaign period (Tarakan, Balikpapan) documented in the service record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (logbook coverage); 1978 (publication)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops recorded in the logbook, Aug 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- A custody finding aid, not the logbook itself: establishes that NARA holds one logbook volume for this hull covering the stated span (per the 1978 inventory). Logbooks record ship movements, personnel, and events - they contain no asbestos or material documentation. The logs' end date (30 June 1945) does not mark decommissioning; post-1945 logbooks, if created, are outside the list's WWII-era compilation or were not located. Printed page 350 of the 1978 volume (ACPL scan display 376).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-02
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[4]NARA, COMTASKGROUP 78.2 'Report of the assault landings in the Balikpapan-Manggar Area, Borneo, 6/15/45-7/7/45' (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier 83523931) - referenced as the source for the 1 July 1945 photograph of this hull on Green Beach (citation transcribed via NavSource photo caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 83523931 (COMTASKGROUP 78.2 report, cited at p. 128 per NavSource caption); NavSource 10/15/150712.htm photo caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A NARA-held official after-action report places this hull in the Balikpapan assault force (Task Group 78.2): the credited photograph shows USS LCI(L)-712 and USS LCI-1025 unloading Australian troops and equipment on Green Beach, Balikpapan-Manggar area, 1 July 1945. A secondary order-of-battle compilation (uboat.net) additionally places LCI(L)-712 in TG 78.1.13, the LSI(L) unit of the Tarakan attack group, whose flagship LCI(L)-624 carried COMLCIFLOT 24 (Cdr. A.V. Jannotta) - consistent with sister hull LCI(L)-713's documented assignment to LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- June-July 1945
- Population
- Assault-force crew and embarked Australian troops, Balikpapan, 1 July 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the report exists at NARA but its text was not retrieved - the catalog is JS-rendered and unfetchable this session; the NAID and report title are transcribed from the NavSource photo caption. The photograph establishes physical presence at Balikpapan on 1 July 1945, not the full campaign narrative. The Tarakan task-unit placement rests on a secondary compilation (uboat.net OOB transcription) - treated as corroborating context, not a primary citation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-03
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[5]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 (July-August 1944) and entire commissioned 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 the LCI(L) class. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing defect noted in prior batches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L) specifications block (diesel propulsion, GM 6051-series engines); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-04); WWII 'plastic armour' composition (bitumen-aggregate, Admiralty Road Research Laboratory development - secondary literature) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; 'Plastic armour' composition per Wikipedia citing Admiralty/The Engineer (1945) accounts
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel naval landing craft built in mid-1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust insulation/lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the engine spaces. Her propulsion was diesel only (two banks of four GM 6051-series 6-71 diesels, twin shafts) - there is no steam plant, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The class's 2-inch 'plastic splinter protection' around the conning station, wheelhouse, and gun positions was plastic armour - a bitumen-aggregate (asphaltic) compound - and is NOT an asbestos product.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); commissioned crew (4 + 24) and embarked troops; any disposal-yard workers after the 1947 MARAD transfer
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or construction record was located for LCI(L)-712 or for the Lawley yard's LCI(L) outfitting. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; the asbestos load of a 246-ton landing craft was likely modest relative to steam combatants, but no documentation quantifies it. The plastic-armour composition rests on secondary literature (Wikipedia/Engineer 1945 account of the bitumen-aggregate compound) and is noted to prevent a false asbestos inference from the spec block. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-05
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[7]Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum (AFMM) - USS LCI(L)-713 restoration/museum site; corroborating registry listing: National Register of Historic Places NRHP 07000300 (listed 12 April 2007) [museum_official]
- Locator
- amphibiousforces.org home/About pages and 2026 'Elsie' newsletter; NRHP listing 07000300 (per Wikipedia/NPS record); NavSource 10/15/150713.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's immediate sister survives: USS LCI(L)-713 - built at the same George Lawley & Sons Neponset yard (laid down 27 July 1944, six days after this hull; commissioned 18 August 1944) - is preserved at Portland, Oregon, under restoration by the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP 07000300). It is the only substantially intact Lawley-built LCI(L) and the class's principal observable physical record; the museum site carries no asbestos, hazmat, or material disclosure.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2003-present (restoration); 1944 (parallel construction)
- Population
- AFMM restoration volunteers (contemporary, on the sister hull)
- Limitations
- Context for a different hull: nothing on the sister's record is attributable to LCI(L)-712. The AFMM restoration website and newsletter were checked for asbestos/hazmat disclosure - none located; that is a search result, not proof the sister hull's materials are asbestos-free (or asbestos-bearing). AFMM's commissioning date for 713 (September 1944 in its brochure) conflicts with NavSource (18 August 1944) - a sister-hull discrepancy noted here, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-06
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[8]Batch-5444 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 scan (ACPL mirror); NHHC/DANFS (no entry); Naval Vessel Register (not covered); CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (opinion + docket); NARA catalog (JS-blocked); MARAD PMARS (unreachable); Wikipedia/secondary sweep; AFMM museum site [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-01 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)-712 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session via the authenticated fleet helper: hull-designation queries returned zero hits in both the opinion (type=o) and docket (type=r) indexes; a broader '"landing craft" asbestos' opinion search returned two results that classify as non-qualifying - Butler v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, 89 F.3d 582 (9th Cir. 1996), a ladder-injury/third-party-liability appeal with incidental 'landing craft' mention, and South Bay Boiler Repair, Inc., ASBCA No. 59281 (2017), a contract appeal - neither names this hull or establishes any asbestos finding aboard any LCI. A yard-level check ('"George Lawley" asbestos', type=o) also returned zero hits. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (numbered LCIs are not individually covered).
- 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. CourtListener coverage is full-text opinion and docket indexing - state-court filings, unindexed dockets, and settled/undocketed claims are outside its reach. Deck logs (Special List 44 coverage), Lawley yard records, and any 1947 MARAD disposal file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-712-lcil712-07