Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-72-lcil72-pkt-463-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-72 ex USS LCI(L)-72 - timeline, campaign listing, awards, specifications, disposal; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150072.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI(L)-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 15 September 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 25 October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-72, 31 December 1942; call sign NDBD. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester, New Britain 26-27 Dec 1943); Eastern New Guinea (Saidor 2-3 Jan 1944); Hollandia (Aitape Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay 21-25 Apr 1944); Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi 17 May 1944; Biak 27-28 May and 29 May-1 Jun 1944; Morotai 15 Sep 1944); Leyte landings 12 Oct-29 Nov 1944; Luzon (Lingayen Gulf 4-18 Jan 1945); southern Philippines (Palawan 28 Feb-3 Mar 1945; Visayan 18-19 Mar 1945; Cotabato, Mindanao 17-23 Apr 1945); Borneo (Tarakan 27 Apr-5 May 1945). Redesignated LCI(R)-72, 10 July 1945; decommissioned 1946; struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946; sold 2 December 1946, fate unknown. Eight battle stars for WWII service plus Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8), WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Photo captions place the hull moored with LCI(L)-74 and LCI(L)-71 at Saidor, New Guinea in January 1944 (Life magazine, Myron Davis); beached at Aitape circa 16 May 1944 loading 1st Battalion 163rd Infantry for the Tor River operation; landing troops on a Japanese-built jetty at Biak 27 May 1944 (US Army Signal Corps 28744-FA); firing on Morotai 15 September 1944 (NARA SC 194499); damaged at Leyte 20 October 1944 (crewman Jock Lowery MOMM1/c surveying damage); assisting USS Sonoma (ATO-12) with fire fighting after a kamikaze hit in San Pedro Bay 24 October 1944, with USS Chickasaw (ATF-83) and LCI(L)-337 (NARA 80-G-325818); crew at the Panay D-Day landing 17 March 1945; and at Tarakan D-Day 1 May 1945. Specifications: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158' 5.5"; 23' 3" beam; 16 kts max; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch props, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW 120 V DC diesel-drive generators; armament four 20 mm + two .50 cal (LCI(L)); one 40 mm + four 20 mm + two .50 cal + six 5" rocket launchers (LCI(R)); 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house; 935 bbls diesel fuel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); LCI(L) crew 24 / LCI(R) crew 34; embarked troops up to 188
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its stated history source is the Turner Publishing LCI volume, and campaign data is consistent with the Navy battle-star annex as republished by officialmilitaryribbons.com. Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. The launch line renders '25 October3 1942' with a footnote-marker artifact - the footnote text itself was not located; 25 October 1942 is corroborated by uboat.net. Decommission date given only as 'in 1946' against a 26 Feb 1946 strike - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (Washington DC, 1978) - Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center digitization, scan narasl44/359.jpg [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed page 333, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section; ACPL image ../images/narasl44/359.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA custody listing: 'LCI(L)-72 - Date Span of Logbooks: Dec. 31, 1942-June 30, 1945 - Number of Logbooks: 5.' Entry appears on printed page 333 in the 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section (LCI(L) numeric sequence), verified directly on the ACPL scan image.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (coverage); 1978 (list compilation)
- Population
- Logbooks held at NARA; crew of record 1942-45
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: SL44 is a custody index compiled in 1978, not the logbooks themselves - it documents that five logbooks exist and their coverage span, not their contents. Coverage ends 30 June 1945, before the 10 July 1945 LCI(R) redesignation - any post-conversion logs are not in this listing. The coverage start coincides with the NavSource commissioning date but is a logbook span, not a commissioning record. 'PDF page 28' in the batch tasking refers to a different pagination of the same list; verified locator here is printed page 333 / ACPL scan 359.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-72 (LCI(L)-72) - ship data block and 'Notable events' order-of-battle compilations [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 20900: data block; 'Notable events' entries 26 Dec 1943, 22 Apr 1944, 17 May 1944, 15 Sep 1944, 1 May 1945, 10 Jun 1945, 20 Jun 1945
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Order-of-battle detail for this hull: ordered 3 June 1942 per data block; reclassified LCI(R) 10 July 1945; sold 2 December 1946. Commanding officers appear in the transcribed operation orders: Lt.(jg) S.Z. Kepner, USNR at Cape Gloucester (Operation Dexterity, 26 Dec 1943, Task Unit 76.1.31 Beach Yellow One LCI unit) and again in the 22 April 1944 Hollandia (TG 77.1 Western Attack Group) and 17 May 1944 Toem-Wakde-Sarmi (TU 77.2.3 LCI Group under T/Cdr. H.F. McGee, USN) listings; Lt.(jg) J.F. Dray, USNR in the Morotai (Operation Tradewind, 15 Sep 1944, TG 77.3.18) listing, where the craft is already labeled 'LCI(R)-72'; Ens. C.R. Weiner, USNR at Brunei Bay (10 Jun 1945, TU 78.1.33 LCI(R) Unit under Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sargent, USNR; also in the 'White' Support Unit 78.1.37) and at Lutong (20 Jun 1945, TU 76.20.55 Support Unit). At Tarakan (Operation Oboe I, 1 May 1945) she appears in TG 78.1.32 LCI(R) Unit; a 5 May 1945 movement entry lists LCI(R)-72 departing the Tarakan area for Morotai under CTG 78.1.93.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LCI flotilla personnel; officers named in OoB (Kepner, Dray, Weiner)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation reproducing official task-organization documents verbatim; assignment detail is drawn from action reports/operation orders as transcribed by the site, not independently verified against the originals. The September 1944 Morotai listing already styles the craft 'LCI(R)-72', while NavSource dates the official LCI(R) redesignation 10 July 1945 and captions the Morotai photo as 'LCI(L)-72' - whether rocket conversion preceded the formal redesignation or the transcriber applied the later pennant is unresolved (see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' construction/disposition table - row for hull 72 [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm hull table, row 72; class notes paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-list corroboration: hull 72 built by 'Consol. Steel, Orange TX,' delivered/commissioned 31-Dec-42, disposition 'Sold 1946' - consistent with NavSource's sale of 2 December 1946. The table's variant column flags hull 72 'G' (LCI(G), the gunboat conversion) while NavSource and uboat.net record only the LCI(R) rocket conversion - an unreconciled variant-history discrepancy (see gaps). Class context from the same table's notes: 923 LCI(L)s built by 10 shipyards; the basic design (first 350 hulls) was 158.5 ft and 216 t light, later boats six inches longer and 30 t heavier; variants LC(FF), LCI(G), LCI(M), LCI(R).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-list compilation (Tim Colton's shipbuilding history project), not a primary registry; the 'G' variant flag may reflect an intermediate LCI(G) conversion or a table convention - the table abbreviates and cannot resolve which conversion(s) this hull underwent. Corroborates NavSource on build and sale; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-04
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[6]HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - LCI(L) -- Landing Craft, Infantry (Large), LCI(L)-1 class specification block and hull list [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) section, LCI(L)-1 class spec block; hull table row for LCI(L)-72
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class specification for the LCI(L)-1 design: displacement 387 tons full load; length 160'; beam 23'3"; draft 5'4" fwd / 5'11" aft full load; speed 15.5 kts; armament 4 x 20 mm; complement 3 officers, 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers and 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; '2 sets G.M. diesel engins; twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP.' The hull list carries LCI(L)-72 with commission span '1942-44.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-1 class crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level spec block, not a hull record. The 1,600 BHP figure conflicts with NavSource's 2,320 shp for the same plant - unresolved (see gaps). Compiled secondary transcription of wartime data; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (diesel LCI(L)-1 plant, electrical DC generators); HyperWar class spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07); builder-yard wartime employment context (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; HyperWar LCI(L)-1 spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07); BVA 9828426 (ev-08)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built September-December 1942 at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were engine exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical/cable insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply, but the confined engine-room and troop-berthing adjacency of a 158-foot landing craft applies with full force.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); crew and embarked troops (1942-46); any conversion-yard trades at the 1945 LCI(R) refit (yard unlocated); post-sale purchasers/scrappers (1946+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-72. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; the '2-inch plastic splinter protection' armor's composition is undocumented and no asbestos content is claimed for it. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-06
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[8]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 (1942) and service era (1942-46).
- 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 again this session 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-07
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[9]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 9828426 (decision 23 Sep 1998; docket 94-15 783, Houston RO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision text, Findings of Fact 1-2; Introduction (remand scope)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A veteran's service-connection claim for asbestos-related lung disease reached the Board of Veterans' Appeals after a July 1996 remand for development 'directed at determining the veteran's relative level of exposure to asbestos in service and during employment with Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, from 1942 to 1946' - this hull's builder and construction window. The Board found the claimant was NOT exposed to asbestos during his Consolidated Steel employment (driller in the boilermaker department), WAS exposed aboard Navy vessels in service, and granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease on the service exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (exposure period); 1993-1998 (claim)
- Population
- Wartime Consolidated Steel Orange yard workforce (claim-level context)
- Limitations
- Single-claimant administrative adjudication, non-precedential; neither the hull nor any specific ship is named, and the finding on the yard is negative for that claimant - it does not establish asbestos conditions at the Orange yard or aboard this vessel, nor does it defeat either. Documents the litigation landscape around this builder's wartime workforce.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-08
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[10]Batch-5449 search ledger (this record): NavSource LCI page; NARA SL44 (ACPL digitization); NHHC DANFS search; NVR; NARA online deck-logs catalog; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; HyperWar; VA BVA; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and dockets); usslci.org and AFMM restoration disclosures; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-72 / LCI(R)-72 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinion hits on exact and loose hull variants and zero qualifying docket hits (three docket rows were name collisions - 'LCI Industries' / docket-number strings) - a genuine negative, not a blocked search. No DANFS entry exists (numbered landing craft were not covered unless later named; a site search surfaced no LCI(L) entries). NVR carries no entry (pre-1987 disposal). WWII-era deck logs for this hull are not in the digitized catalog; five 1942-45 logbooks are in NARA custody per SL44 but undigitized. The LCI(L)-713 restoration project (same hull type, AFMM) publishes work narratives (metal repair, chipping, painting) with no asbestos or abatement disclosure located. Secondary sweeps surfaced no law-firm listicle specific to this hull.
- 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 - 1942 construction inside the Navy's documented asbestos era is itself consistent with era materials. The five SL44-listed logbooks (Dec 1942-Jun 1945) are an unexamined primary lead; builder work packages, conversion-yard records for the rocket refit, and the post-sale commercial record (buyer unnamed) are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-72-lcil72-09