Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 464-packet.md (2 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-726-lcil726-pkt-464-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-726 ex USS LCI(L)-726 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page for USS LCI(G)-726 ex LCI(L)-726: unit history block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, specifications block, awards/ribbon and Purple Heart blocks, photo captions (Saipan fire support 1944-06-15; Okinawa transit late February 1945)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 1943-11-05 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 1943-12-17; commissioned USS LCI(L)-726 on 1943-12-31, LTjg. H. J. Barnum Jr. USNR in command (per May 1945); reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-726 on 1944-06-15; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Three (CDR R. Eikel USNR), LCI Group Seven (LCDR J. F. McFadden USN), LCI Division Fifteen (May 1945). Campaigns: Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Saipan 1944-06-15 to 07-28), Tinian capture and occupation (1944-07-24 to 28), Western Caroline Islands operation (southern Palau Islands 1944-09-06 to 10-14), consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines (Visayan Island landings - NavSource lists 1944-06-15 to 07-28, see gaps). Occupation duty in the Far East 1945-09-02 to 12-01. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 1948-05-03; final disposition unknown. Four battle stars plus Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (1944-01-31 to 07-28) for occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls and capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam and Tinian; Combat Action Ribbon (1944-06-15 Saipan); Purple Heart - 2 KIA, 7 WIA on 1944-06-15 at Saipan. Specifications: 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded, 158'5.5" x 23'3", 16 kt max, propulsion two sets of four GM diesels (1,600 BHP), twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(L) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; LCI(G) armament two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Ship's crew (4+24 as LCI(L); 5+65 as LCI(G)) plus embarked troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing unit history via NavSource), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. Decommissioning and strike dates unrecorded in the source; final disposition unknown. Crew figures are class specifications, not hull rosters. The campaign table's Visayan-landings line duplicates the Saipan dates (see gaps). No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-01
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[3]National Archives Catalog: USS LCI(L) 726 / USS LCI(G) 726 war-diary file units (RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories), digitized via Fold3 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search "LCI(L)-726" / "LCI(G)-726": war-diary file units listed by NAID above; COM LCI(G) FLOT 3 NAID 78596125; COM LCI(G) GR 7 NAID 134375814
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a continuous run of ship-submitted war diaries for this hull covering its entire documented active career: USS LCI(L) 726 for January, February and March 1944 (NAIDs 78465699, 78351833, 78530806) and USS LCI(G) 726 for April 1944 through October 1945 (NAIDs 78530280, 78637723, 78520132, 78571684, 139748796, 139778019, 139778021, 139796324, 139889311, 139913028, 633411466, 140002383, 633445346, 101758925, 77477691, 77489963, 77532107, 77570517) - 19 file units, all digitized on Fold3. The run spans the Saipan and Tinian assaults (June-July 1944), the Palau operation (September-October 1944), the 1945 Philippine and Okinawa-period operations, and the occupation-duty interval to October 1945. Unit-level diaries also cataloged: COM LCI(G) Flotilla 3 war diary 1944-05-25 to 08-24 (NAID 78596125) and COM LCI(G) Group 7 war diary 1944-04-01 to 09-30 (NAID 134375814) - the headquarters echelons this hull reported to during the Marianas operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-01 to 1945-10
- Population
- Ship's crew; embarked troops; LCI(G) Flotilla 3 / Group 7 staff
- Limitations
- Operational records documenting the vessel's wartime activity month by month - they establish service, movement, and action participation but contain no material-condition or asbestos data. Diary contents unexamined at page level; Fold3 scans are paywalled (NARA catalog metadata and object counts verified). File units for April-May 1944 are titled 'USS LCI(G) 726' although NavSource records the formal reclassification as 1944-06-15 - a cataloging artifact (final designation applied) or earlier informal use; noted in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-02
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[4]National Archives Catalog, item 219775740, still picture 80-G-231983 (RG 80, General Photographic Files of the Department of the Navy), photographed 1944-06-15 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 219775740; local identifier 80-G-231983; digitized image https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/stillpix/080-g/Batch0009/80-G-231983_001.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a digitized Navy photograph, original caption: 'First wounded brought from LCI 726, now being loaded aboard the USS ROCKY MOUNT (AGC 3) during the Saipan attack in the Marianas,' dated 1944-06-15. The image independently documents the casualty event NavSource records for this hull - two crew killed and seven wounded at Saipan on 15 June 1944, the day of the landing - and shows the wounded being transferred to the amphibious-force flagship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-15
- Population
- Wounded crew of LCI(G)-726; USS Rocky Mount receiving party, 1944-06-15
- Limitations
- Single image with its original caption - documents the casualty transfer, not conditions aboard the craft. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-03
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[5]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number ordering), PDF p. 18 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 18, row 'LCI(L)(G)-726 | 12/31/1943 | 6/30/1945' (PDF downloaded and text-verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull indexed as LCI(L)(G)-726, coverage 1943-12-31 to 1945-06-30. The coverage window opens on the documented commissioning date (31 December 1943), independently corroborating that milestone.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company and flotilla staff (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Index entry only - documents that logs exist and their date coverage, not their contents. The logs themselves are paper records at College Park (RG 24); no deck-log text was consulted. Log-coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning dates in themselves: the 1945-06-30 end of indexed coverage precedes the craft's documented service into 1946 (war diaries run to October 1945; occupation duty to December 1945).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-04
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[6]National Archives Catalog: muster-roll file units LCI(L) 726 (NAID 120295351) and LCI(G) 726 (NAID 120295380), RG 24 Muster Rolls series, digitized via NARA-Ancestry collaboration; bound index volume 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (NAID 118967602), RG 24 Index to Muster Rolls [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 120295351, 120295380 (muster rolls); 118967602 (index volume); catalog.archives.gov search results
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized muster rolls for this hull under both designations - file units 'LCI(L) 726 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120295351) and 'LCI(G) 726 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120295380), each with 28 scanned sheets, unrestricted, sourced from the NARA-Ancestry digitization collaboration. The series is also covered by a digitized bound index volume ('USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651', NAID 118967602, 2,586 images) that indexes muster entries for hulls in this range. These are the hull-specific personnel rosters behind the class-spec complement figures.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew across both designations (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Existence and object counts verified in the catalog; contents unexamined (Ancestry-hosted scans are access-limited). Muster rolls are personnel/health records - entries can carry remarks on injuries and sickness but do not document construction materials. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-05
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[7]National Archives Catalog: RG 24 'Index of Purple Heart Award Recipients' file units '[Enlisted, Killed in Action] Peoples, John F. THRU Pruett, George' (NAID 491928980) and '[Officers] Hughes, Peter THRU Lewton, Glen' (NAID 491870502) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov searches "LCI(L)-726" and "LCI 726": matching file units NAIDs 491928980, 491870502 (Index of Purple Heart Award Recipients series, RG 24)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Catalog searches on the hull designations surface two file units of the Index of Purple Heart Award Recipients (RG 24) whose indexed card content references this hull: an enlisted KIA file unit covering surnames Peoples-Pruett (NAID 491928980, 1,003 digitized images) and an officers file unit covering surnames Hughes-Lewton (NAID 491870502). The hull-name match in indexed card content is consistent with the documented Purple Heart context - 2 KIA and 7 WIA at Saipan on 1944-06-15 - though the specific card or cards matching were not individually examined.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-15 (underlying event)
- Population
- Purple Heart recipients of the Saipan action (2 KIA, 7 WIA, 1944-06-15)
- Limitations
- Index-file existence and digitization verified; the catalog match locates hull references within the file units' indexed content but the individual cards (image position, recipient identity) were not isolated among ~1,000 images per file. Purple Heart index cards document the award recipient and vessel attribution - not conditions aboard the hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 written historical and descriptive data (2012); NavSource LCI-351-class propulsion specification (corroborating); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-09) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (propulsion, description sections); NavSource specifications block for LCI(G)-726
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel-powered landing craft built in late 1943 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period concentrate in engine and exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation spaces and the deckhouse, deck coverings, and brake linings on the ramp winch. The LCI-351 class carries no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and the class's '2-inch plastic splinter protection' armor is not an asbestos product. The LCI(G) gunboat conversion (this hull reclassified 1944-06-15, at forward-area timing documented only by date) added armament and interior rework scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (construction era and conversion)
- Population
- Construction trades (Commercial Iron Works, 1943); engine-room crew; LCI(G) conversion-workers
- Limitations
- Class/design-level inference only - no material schedule or asbestos survey for the LCI-351 class was located, and HAER OR-180 itself does not mention asbestos. Establishes no asbestos aboard this hull, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual. The builder yard (Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR) has no located asbestos-specific documentation of its own - inference rests on era and Navy practice, not yard records; law-firm marketing pages asserting yard exposure were excluded by source policy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-07
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[9]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, OR (Justine Christianson, HAER historian, 2012) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data, Description/Historical Information sections; museum: amphibiousforces.org
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS HAER documentation describes the last surviving LCI-351-class vessel in original configuration: welded steel plate, two decks, engine room containing four pairs of GM 6-71 diesels, deckhouse with mess/wardroom/galley, approximately 1,051 vessels of the type built in ten shipyards during WWII. The surviving sister (LCI(L)-713, restored by the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum in Portland) is the class's physical-evidence track for interior material condition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 construction; 2006-present restoration
- Population
- Museum restoration volunteers (contemporary, sister vessel)
- Limitations
- Sister-vessel documentation - LCI(L)-713 was built at George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA, not Commercial Iron Works. The HAER narrative contains no asbestos discussion and establishes neither presence nor absence of era materials aboard this or any hull; the museum's restoration records are an unexamined lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-08
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[10]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 (1943) and service era (1943-1945).
- 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 - standing defect since Batch-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-09
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[11]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-726 (LCI 351 class) - construction and reclassification milestones [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21791 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's Allied Warships entry for USS LCI(L)-726 records: built by Commercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon); laid down 5 Nov 1943; launched 17 Dec 1943; commissioned 31 Dec 1943; 'Reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns on 15 June 1944' - an exact match with the NavSource milestones for builder and all four dates.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (milestones)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation without named sources for this entry - corroboration only, no independent authority claimed. No campaign, casualty, disposition, or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-10
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[12]Batch-5451 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (~180 hull-related records across designation variants); NARA Special List 44; NavSource; NHHC/DANFS; NPS HAER OR-180; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket); uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; USCG Historian's Office CG-manned LCI(L) roster; usslci.org; NVR; live-web hull+asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-01 through -17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum material documentation, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-726 or LCI(G)-726 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion and docket searches on all hull-designation variants returned zero hits.
- 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-consistent inference stands (see ev-07). The strongest unexamined leads are the deck-log run (SL44 coverage to 1945-06-30, College Park), the digitized muster rolls and war diaries (paywalled scans, contents unexamined), and the Purple Heart index cards not individually isolated. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-726-lcil726-11