Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 463-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-716-lcil716-pkt-463-packet-md
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[2]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. 28, row 'LCI(L)-716 10/31/1944 12/31/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)-716 covering 10/31/1944 through 12/31/1945 (PDF page 28 of the by-ship-number list). The coverage start date equals the commissioning date carried by NavSource and uboat.net (31 October 1944); the coverage end date (31 December 1945) is the latest wartime log cutoff in the list's standard quarter-year increments and is not a decommissioning date. 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
- 1944-10-31 to 1945-12-31
- 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 12/31/1945. 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-716-lcil716-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official organization document, NHHC online reading room) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room, 'Landing Craft Flotillas, Pacific Fleet' section - LCI FLOTILLA THREE / LCI GROUP 9 / LCI DIVISION 17 table, row 'LCI 716 | Lt. (jg) C. M. Blunt (USNR)' (p. ~77 of the underlying document); Division 17 block lines enumerate LCI 715, 716, 880-883
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 enumerates 'LCI 716' with commanding officer Lt. (jg) C. M. Blunt (USNR) - the same officer NavSource credits in command of USS LCI(L)-716 - under LCI DIVISION 17, LCI GROUP 9 (ComLCIGrp 9: Comdr. R. Eikel, Jr., USNR (D) / Lt. Cdr. E. S. Duncan, USNR (R)), LCI FLOTILLA THREE (Comdr. M. J. Malanaphy (D) / Comdr. R. Eikel, Jr., USNR (R)), within the Landing Craft Flotillas, Pacific Fleet. Division 17's enumerated hulls are LCI 715, 716, 880, 881, 882, 883; sister Division 18 lists LCI 1093-1098. Note: NavSource (via the Turner Publishing LCI history volume) attributes this hull to 'LCI Flotilla Five / Group Thirteen / Division Twenty-Six' - those units exist in the same document (Flotilla Five's Group 13 contains Divisions 25 (G) and 26 (G)) but their hull rosters are blank, while hull 716 is explicitly enumerated under Flotilla Three / Group 9 / Division 17 as of 1 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- crew under Lt. (jg) C. M. Blunt (USNR), May 1945
- Limitations
- A fleet-organization snapshot: it establishes unit assignment and commanding officer as of 1 May 1945, not the ship's location or operations on that date. The discrepancy with NavSource's Flotilla Five / Group Thirteen / Division Twenty-Six attribution is unresolved - assignments may have changed between periods - but as of this official document's date the hull is enumerated under Flotilla Three. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-716 page (history credited on-page to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II, Turner Publishing Co., 1995' - the USS LCI National Association volume) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150716.htm - class line, milestone chronology, flotilla assignment block, awards block, specifications block (page last updated 6 September 2019)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 25 September 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 3 October 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-716 on 31 October 1944 with LTjg. C. M. Blunt, USNR in command (May 1945). Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; NavSource's flotilla chain: LCI Flotilla Five (CDR. H. V. Milton), LCI Group Thirteen (LCDR. N. Nash Jr.), LCI Division Twenty-Six. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 12 January 1948; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal - no battle stars listed. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; drafts 3'1.5" light to 5'4" fwd/5'11" aft loaded; 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armament five single 20mm; endurance 4,000 mi at 12 kts; fuel 860 bbls diesel; radio call sign NQHF; propulsion 'two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft', GM main reduction gears, two 30kW 120V DC diesel-drive ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. NavSource hosts no photographs of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); wartime crew (1944-on); postwar caretaker/disposal population (1946-48)
- 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. Its flotilla attribution (Flotilla Five / Group Thirteen / Division Twenty-Six) conflicts with the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization, which enumerates this hull under Flotilla Three / Group 9 / Division 17 (see ev-02 and gaps). 'Decommissioned, date unknown', 'struck ... date unknown', and 'fate unknown' are carried verbatim. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships: USS LCI(L)-716 ship page (ship/21781) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21781 - built-by line, date table, history block ('We don't have any commands listed')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's ship page independently confirms this hull: 'Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class'; built by George Lawley & Sons (Neponset, Massachusetts); laid down 25 Sep 1944; launched 3 Oct 1944; commissioned 31 Oct 1944; 'End service' field blank. 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
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation of official operational records - the build dates 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-716-lcil716-04
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[6]Naval Marine Archive (shipbuildinghistory-derived), George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA - yard delivery table [other_primary]
- Locator
- lawley.html yard table, rows 'Contract Award 1-Oct-43' and '1517 | LCI(L) 716 | US Navy | Landing Craft | 216d | 158 | 31-Oct-44 | Sold 1948?'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Lawley yard delivery table lists hull number 1517 as 'LCI(L) 716 | US Navy | Landing Craft | 216d GT | 158 ft | 31-Oct-44 | Sold 1948?' - corroborating the builder, an October 1944 delivery consistent with the 31 October 1944 commissioning, and a 1948 disposal year consistent with the Maritime Commission transfer. Context rows document sister hulls: 1514 = LCI(L) 713 (sold 1948, later restored as a museum ship at Portland, OR); 1515 = LCI(L) 714 (sunk as target off Oahu 1949); 1516 = LCI(L) 715 (later LSIL-715, transferred to France 1951 as L 9030, mined and sunk 5 January 1954); hulls LCI(L) 717-724 cancelled; contract award 1-Oct-43.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1948
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944)
- 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. 'Sold 1948?' carries the source's own question mark - disposal is a guess, not a record. A second Naval Marine Archive table (lcil.html) lists this hull's delivery as 31-Aug-44 and disposition 'To NDRF 1948' - the delivery-month variance is noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-05
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[7]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (LCI(L)-351 class block and roster) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html - 'LCI(L)-351 Class' spec bullets and roster row 'LCI(L)-714-716'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft roster lists 'LCI(L)-714-716' as a plain wartime entry (1942-44 commissionings) with no loss dagger, no lend-lease flag, and no conversion note - consistent with a hull that survived the war unconverted. The LCI(L)-351 class block documents the type: 385 tons full load; 160'4"; 23'3" beam; 5'8" draft; 15.5 knots; 5x 20mm; complement 4 officers + 25 enlisted; capacity 9 officers + 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; '2 sets G.M. diesel engins; twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription/compilation host; the roster line covers hulls 714-716 as a group and the class block describes the type, not this hull - its figures (385 t FL, 160'4", 15.5 kts, 4+25 complement, 1600 BHP) differ from NavSource's hull-specific figures (419 t loaded, 158'5.5", 16 kts, 4+24, 2,320 shp); spec variance noted in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch screws - 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-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150716.htm specifications block; uboat.net ship/21781; HyperWar ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 class block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built September-October 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.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew 1944-on; post-transfer commercial/disposal workforce (unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or underway-maintenance record located for LCI(L)-716. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no statement about what (if anything) remained aboard at the Maritime Commission transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-07
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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 (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 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. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing access defect, same as Batches 01 and 98).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-08
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[10]Batch-5448 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NavSource; uboat.net; Naval Marine Archive Lawley yard table; HyperWar roster + class block; NHHC DANFS slug sweep and photo-archive check; USCG Historian site; U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; Naval Vessel Register; NARA digitized deck-log list; CourtListener opinion + docket searches via authenticated helper; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-716 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 returned zero opinions on 2026-09-30 for the exact phrase "USS LCI(L)-716", for "LCI(L)-716", for "LCI-716" qualified with asbestos, and for the spaced variants "LCI 716" / "LCIL 716" / "LCI(L) 716"; the docket/RECAP index returned zero hits for "LCI(L)-716" OR "LCIL-716". The unquoted hull-number query returned 637 hits that are all LCI-company name collisions (LCI International telecom litigation, LCI workers' compensation captions, etc.) with no vessel reference. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content for the LCI/amphibious type generally (mesowatch.org and similar) asserting asbestos exposure at shipyards including George Lawley & Sons 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 (coverage 10/31/1944-12/31/1945) plus the ODU Heflin & Williams ship-data collection (hull-range coverage including this hull) are open archival leads. CourtListener coverage: completed exact-phrase opinion searches, spaced-variant opinion search, and docket/RECAP search all returned zero hits on 2026-09-30; litigation coverage is a completed negative for the queried forms, not exhaustive of unindexed or non-English-language filings. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-09
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[11]Same-number collision documentation: NavSource USS LST-716 page (10/16/160716.htm); NHHC 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (LST 716 entry); NHHC DANFS 'Wiltsie (DD-716)'; Wikipedia 'List of United States Navy losses in World War II' (YC-716 entry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160716.htm; NHHC PacFleet Org 1 May 1945, LST DIVISION 122 row 'LST 716 (FF) | Lt. P. H. Shea (USNR)'; history.navy.mil DANFS 'Wiltsie'; en.wikipedia.org Navy losses list, YC-716 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: '716' collisions are real and materially different hulls. LST-716 (LST-542-class tank landing ship) appears in the same 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document as this hull - under LST DIVISION 122, LST GROUP 61, flagged '(FF)', Lt. P. H. Shea (USNR) - and has its own NavSource page. DD-716 (USS Wiltsie, Gearing-class destroyer, laid down 13 March 1945 at Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark, NJ) has a live NHHC DANFS entry. YC-716 (open lighter) was lost in the Philippines in 1942 per the Navy losses list. Any campaign, casualty, or service attribution to a bare '716' absent an LCI qualifier is a hull-number collision, not this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Limitations
- Collision-disambiguation finding only. The YC-716 loss is documented at the Wikipedia Navy-losses list level (which republishes the official loss tables); not independently verified against a primary loss list. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-716-lcil716-10
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[12]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.28 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 10/31/1944-12/31/1945 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)-716 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-716-lcil716-11