USS LCI(L)-729

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

1. [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-729-lcil729-pkt-464-packet-md

2. [2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS LCI(G)-729 ex USS LCI(L)-729, navsource.net/archives/10/15/150729.htm (history per USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995; page last updated 8 November 2024) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150729.htm - header chronology, campaign table, specifications block, photo table (incl. USS Black Hawk AD-9 repair availability caption), commanding-officer table, awards ribbon display

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page 'USS LCI(G)-729 ex USS LCI(L)-729 (1944)', history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995): laid down 6 December 1943 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 7 January 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-729, 21 January 1944, LTjg. M. H. Fisher USNR in command; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-729, 15 June 1944; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Six (CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN), LCI Group Eighteen (LCDR. E.L. Yates), LCI Division Thirty-Six; campaign credit: Western Caroline Islands operation - capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944; decommissioned 1 May 1946 at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C.; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 September 1947; one battle star for World War II service (awards display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one star, World War II Victory Medal); registered in 1947 as the freighter Miss Celery City in Brunswick, GA; operated in 1951 under the Honduran flag; final disposition, fate unknown. Photo captions document: the gunboat underway (date/place unknown); CO LTjg. Fisher and XO LTjg. Miller; alongside USS Black Hawk (AD-9) 26-31 October 1945 'for repairs' at Buckner Bay, Okinawa - the same photo caption records sister LCI(G)-728's grounding on a reef during the 9 October 1945 typhoon, but does not state that 729's repairs were typhoon-related; and CO LT. Miller circa late 1945-early 1946. CO table: LTjg. M. H. Fisher USNR (21 Jan 1944 - 1945); LT. Miller USNR (1945 - 1946?). Spec block: 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5"; 23'3" beam; 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; LCI(L) complement 4+24, LCI(G) complement 5+65; troop capacity 6+182; LCI(G) armament two 40mm AA, four 20mm AA, six .50cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers; two sets of four GM 6051-71 diesels, 2,320 shp.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-1951 (documented span); fate unknown thereafter

   Population

   Construction trades (Commercial Iron Works, Dec 1943-Jan 1944); LCI(L) crew (~28) then LCI(G) gunboat crew (~70); embarked troops as configured; Navy Yard Charleston inactivation workers (1946)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not an official record - corroborated against uboat.net and Colton's tables on builder and all three construction dates and the 15 Jun 1944 reclassification. Sole source for the flotilla/group/division assignments, the campaign credit line, the decommissioned place/date, 'struck, date unknown', the 1 Sep 1947 Maritime Commission transfer, the Miss Celery City registration and the Honduran-flag note, the CO table, and the Buckner Bay repair-availability caption. Spec block is class boilerplate printed across sister pages - not hull-verified. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-01

3. [3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - USS LCI(L)-729 (LCI(L)-729), ship 21794; class 690 (LCI 351 class, 689 built / 10 lost) [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21794.html data table; class summary at uboat.net/allies/warships/class/690.html

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS LCI(L)-729 (ship 21794): 'Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class'; built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; laid down 6 Dec 1943; launched 7 Jan 1944; commissioned 21 Jan 1944; history line 'Reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns on 15 June 1944'; 'End service' field empty; no commands listed. Class block (class 690): 246 BRT, 159 ft, 16 knots, diesel engines two shafts 1,600 bhp; 689 hulls of the LCI 351 class built, 10 lost.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-1944

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - independently corroborates builder, all three construction dates, and the 15 Jun 1944 LCI(G) reclassification against NavSource. Silent on decommissioning, striking, disposal, and the post-Navy chain ('End service' empty); its class-level power figure (1,600 bhp) conflicts with NavSource's spec block (2,320 shp) - flagged in the correction row. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-02

4. [4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), LCI(L) construction table - LCI(L) 729 row; Commercial Iron Works yard block (hulls 725-781 plus cancellations); class program totals and variant definitions (Naval Marine Archive mirror of shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm, updated 4 May 2015) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html - 729 row; Commercial IW (Portland OR) block rows 725-781; program-notes paragraph

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton) LCI(L) construction table, live Naval Marine Archive mirror: row 'LCI(L) | G | 729 | Commercial IW | Portland OR | 7-Jan-44 | To NDRF 1947' - corroborating builder, yard location, early-January 1944 delivery, the LCI(G) conversion variant, and MARAD/NDRF custody in 1947. The table's 'Delivery' column prints 7-Jan-44 - matching NavSource's LAUNCH date (commissioned 21 Jan) - so the column denotes delivery/launch inconsistently across rows; flagged in the correction row. Program framing printed on the same page: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards; the first 350 boats were 158.5 ft / 216 t light, the remainder six inches longer and 30 tons heavier (729 is in the latter series); variants LC(FF), LCI(G) (two 40mm, ten Mk 7 rocket launchers, plus standard 20mm/.50cal battery), LCI(M), LCI(R); 'many LCI(G)s later became LCI(M)s or LCI(R)s' (729 did not - she remained a gunboat through disposal); 'few records of who bought them or what they were used for' post-war; 'to NDRF' means MARAD took charge and disposed of the boat.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-1947

   Population

   Commercial Iron Works construction workforce (1943-44)

   Limitations

   Compiler's build table, secondary - corroborates builder/yard/variant/disposal-year against NavSource and uboat.net. 'To NDRF 1947' is consistent with NavSource's 1 Sep 1947 Maritime Commission transfer (NDRF custody). The 'Delivery' date prints the launch date for this hull rather than a Navy-acceptance date - treated as approximate, not a conflict with NavSource/uboat. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-03

5. [5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR' yard history and build table - LCI(L) 729 row / yard hull 104 (shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/commercial.htm, last update 5 October 2020; verified live 200 OK) [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory.com Commercial Iron Works page - builder history paragraph; build-table row for LCI(L) 729 (hull #104, O.N. 254008 column)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton) Commercial Iron Works yard page (live): yard history - Commercial Iron Works was started November 1916 by William T. Casey, Otto J. Hoak and Robert Boogs on a 30-acre site just south of the Ross Island Bridge, Portland; closed in 1946 after building 188 boats during WWII; the site was sold to Zidell Marine as a ship dismantling facility, later becoming a barge builder. Yard table row for this hull: yard hull #104 | LCI(L) 729 | US Navy | Landing Craft | 246 LDT | 159 ft | delivered Jan-44 | 'Struck 1946, sold 1949 as Miss Celery City (ON 254008), sold 1958 as Jolly Roger (Honduras)'. The CIW block shows this hull within a consecutive run of LCI(L)s (yard hulls ~100-180, Navy hulls 725-781) plus cancelled orders - 729 was the fifth LCI delivered by the yard.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1916-1958 (yard and hull spans)

   Population

   Commercial Iron Works workforce (1916-1946); Zidell Marine dismantling workforce (1946-forward, different era)

   Limitations

   Compiler's yard table - sole source locating this hull's U.S. Official Number 254008, the 1949 sale date, and the Jolly Roger (Honduras) 1958 sale; all three conflict or extend NavSource's 'registered in 1947' and 'fate unknown' prints - carried as unresolved discrepancies in the correction row and gaps, not reconciled. 'Struck 1946' likewise carries no date. Whether CIW kept hull-specific materials records is unknown (yard closed 1946; site to Zidell ship dismantling). Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-04

6. [6]NARA, Special List #44 by ship number (sl-44-ship-number.pdf), LCI(L)(G) block line for -729 [other_primary]

   Locator

   SL-44 ship-number list, LCI(L)(G) block line 'LCI(L)(G)-729 1/21/1944 - 6/30/1945' (PDF full text extracted this session)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Special List #44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by ship number) indexes ONE deck-log run for this hull: 'LCI(L)(G)-729 1/21/1944 - 6/30/1945' - commissioning day through 30 June 1945. Adjacent index lines carry the other CIW-built gunboat sisters (LCI(L)(G)-725 through -730, all with runs ending 6/30/1945 except -728 to 11/30/1945), and unrelated same-number hulls LST-729 and SC-729 - hull-type resolution required on the bare number. Whether logs for July 1945 - May 1946 (the post-war repair, occupation-era and inactivation period) exist unindexed or did not survive is unknown.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-01-21 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)

   Population

   Crew and officers-of-the-deck, January 1944 - June 1945

   Limitations

   Verifies a partial positive: one indexed log run covering commissioning to 30 June 1945 exists in RG 24 - a hull-level archival path that does NOT cover the post-June-1945 period including the October 1945 Buckner Bay repair availability and the May 1946 decommissioning. Log contents unreviewed; the run's boxes are an Archives II lead. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-05

7. [7]NARA Catalog, file units 'LCI(L) 729 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120295026) and 'LCI(G) 729 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120295031), RG 24; digitized via NARA-Ancestry partnership (object IDs 120295027-forward under catalog.archives.gov/medialz) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov records search 'LCI(L) 729' / 'LCI(G)-729' - file-unit records for both muster-roll sets (unrestricted; first visible rolls 1944 Jan 21 and 1944 Jun 30; medialz partnership scans)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Catalog file units 'LCI(L) 729 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120295026) and 'LCI(G) 729 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120295031), Record Group 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, National Archives at College Park: unrestricted textual records on microform plus digitized images from the NARA-Ancestry partnership scan program (86 digital objects on the LCI(G) file unit alone). First visible rolls are dated 21 January 1944 (commissioning day, LCI(L) file unit) and 30 June 1944 (LCI(G) file unit) - documenting the named crew population aboard roll by roll across the LCI(L)-to-LCI(G) conversion.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-01-21 (first visible roll) through file-unit span

   Population

   Commissioned-era crew of LCI(L)-729 / LCI(G)-729 (January 1944 forward)

   Limitations

   Archival lead: establishes that crew rosters exist and are viewable online; individual exposure claims cannot be derived from a roster - the rolls name who was aboard, not what they inhaled. Roll-by-roll enumeration not performed; the LCI(G) file unit shows 86 scanned objects with rolls beginning 30 Jun 1944. The catalog proxy intermittently returned its JS shell to automated fetches this session; both file units were captured on successful passes.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-06

8. [8]NARA Catalog file units, RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' - LCI(G)-729 war diaries (NAIDs 78512838, 78571686, 139757343, 139789482, 139852532) and action report (NAID 83524373); LCI(G)-396 action report (NAID 83524408); digitalpasifik.org item 387139 mirrors the 83524373 record via DPLA [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov records search 'LCI(G)-729' - war-diary and action-report file units; digitalpasifik.org/items/387139 (NAID 83524373 metadata: micro serial 137087, serial 77, date 3/1/1945)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Catalog file units in the series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (RG 38, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; digitized via the NARA-Fold3 partnership) document this hull's own contemporaneous reporting: War Diary 6/1-30/44 (NAID 78512838); War Diary 7/1-31/44 (NAID 78571686); War Diary 8/1/44 to 9/30/44 (NAID 139757343 - covering her documented Palau campaign window); War Diary 12/1-31/44 (NAID 139789482); War Diary 1/1-31/45 (NAID 139852532); and 'LCI(G)-729 - Rep of action off Urukthapel Island, Palau Islands, 1/18/45' (NAID 83524373, six pages; micro serial 137087, serial 77, document date listed 3/1/1945) - the hull's own action report for the 18 January 1945 incident. The companion file unit 'LCI(G)-396 - Rep of striking min[e] and subsequent opers in the Palau Islands Area, 1/18/45' (NAID 83524408) records the mined sister she towed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-06-01 to 1945-03-01 (located coverage)

   Population

   Crew of LCI(G)-729, June 1944 - January 1945 reporting period

   Limitations

   Archival leads: the catalog proves these hull-authored records exist and are viewable online; the page images themselves were not reviewed this session - contents (including whether the Peleliu-window diary details firing assignments or materials conditions) are unverified. War-diary coverage located spans June 1944 - January 1945 with the Aug-Sep 1944 unit covering the documented campaign; Feb-May 1944 and post-Jan-1945 units were not confirmed in the accessible index (proxy intermittently JS-gated). Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-07

9. [9]Elsie Item (USS LCI National Association newsletter) No. 96, March 2017, p. 13 - verbatim excerpt of LCI(G)-728 action report, Urukthapel Island action (usslci.org; PDF fetched and text-extracted this session) [other_primary]

   Locator

   ELSIEITEM-96-Mar-2017.pdf p. 13, 'Letters to the Editor' - quoted action-report passage naming 729, 730, 731, 732 and 396

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Ship-specific combat documentation: verbatim excerpt of LCI(G)-728's action report for the 18 January 1945 mine-strike off Urukthapel Island, Palaus, reproduced in the USS LCI National Association newsletter (Elsie Item #96, March 2017, p. 13, from survivor Earl M. Kile Jr.): after LCI(G)-396 struck an enemy mine and lost her bow forward of the deckhouse, 'LCI(G)'s 729 and 731 and LCI(L) 732 had come to render aid'; the other LCIs 'interposed themselves between us and the enemy held island'; 'it was agreed that the 728 would take all casualties and proceed to the hospital at Peleliu while the 729 would take the wreck in tow'; 'At 1339 we cast off lines from the 396 and the 729 took her in tow'; and when enemy shore batteries opened with two-gun salvos of five-or-six-inch guns, 'LCI 729 & 730 made smoke and laid down return fire.' The hull's own report of this action is the NARA-filed document at ev-07.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-01-18

   Population

   Crews of LCI(G)-729, -730, -731, -728, -396 and LCI(L)-732; 28+ rescued casualties

   Limitations

   Association newsletter reproducing a survivor's primary action report - the quoted text is treated as a faithful excerpt of a NARA-held record (the underlying report is a government document; the newsletter itself is not an official source). The newsletter misprints the action year as 1943 - the NARA catalog titles for both this hull's and LCI(G)-396's reports fix the action at 18 January 1945 (see correction row). Establishes 729's documented assistance/tow/return-fire role, not her material condition. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-08

10. [10]Hough, Maj. Frank O., USMCR, 'The Assault on Peleliu,' Historical Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 1950 (Marine Corps monograph series; official GPO scan GOVPUB-D214-PURL-gpo86677, 42 MB PDF fetched and text-extracted this session; HyperWar transcription mirror at ibiblio.org) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Monograph ch. II naval-gunfire planning passage ('Eighteen LCI gunboats...'); Angaur and northern-islets passages; HyperWar mirror USMC-M-Peleliu-2.html and -6.html

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Official U.S. Marine Corps operational monograph documents the LCI(G) type's role in the operation this hull is credited with: 'Eighteen LCI gunboats mounting rocket launchers were to blanket the beaches immediately ahead of the assault elements, while four other LCI's mounting 4.2" mortars were to concentrate on the rugged ground on the left flank and inland of the northern beaches... beaching on the reef if necessary to steady their aim.' The same volume records LCI rocket barrages in the Angaur landings and, late in the campaign, that Ngeregong island 'had been seized previously by personnel from the LCI gunboats operating in the region, but these had been chased out by an enemy counterlanding.'

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-09 to 1944-10 (operation window)

    Population

    LCI(G) crews and embarked Marines in the Palaus operation

    Limitations

    Type-level context only: the monograph documents what the eighteen LCI gunboats were assigned to do in the Palaus operation - it does not name LCI(G)-729 among them. NavSource credits this hull with participation in the same operation (southern Palaus, 6 Sep - 14 Oct 1944); whether she fired rockets at Peleliu is not established by either source - her own Aug-Sep 1944 war diary (NAID 139757343, unreviewed) is the lead. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-09

11. [11]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)/LCI(G) spec block (GM 6051-71 diesel plant, twin CPP shafts, 30 kW DC generators); uboat.net class 690 machinery block; Colton program notes; GAO HRD-80-2 and Corn & Starr 1987 as the era frame [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource spec block; uboat.net class block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; Corn & Starr AJIM 11(3)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era-level inference only: a steel-hulled diesel-powered landing craft built Dec 1943 - Jan 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2, ev-11) and inside the WWII shipbuilding asbestos-utilization era documented by peer-reviewed scholarship (Corn & Starr 1987, ev-12). Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were: engine-exhaust lagging and muffler insulation on the eight-engine diesel plant; machinery and compartment thermal/acoustic insulation; gaskets and valve packing on fuel, cooling, and hydraulic systems; electrical insulation; deck coverings/tile; and brake linings on winch/windlass machinery. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, bounding plausible material scope below that of steam-driven hulls.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1943-1958

    Population

    CIW construction trades (1943-44); wartime crew (1944-46); gunboat-conversion workforce (1944, location undocumented); Navy Yard Charleston inactivation trades (1946); commercial conversion and operating crews (1947-58); any breakers (undocumented)

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or plan was located for this hull. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish presence or absence aboard this hull, individual exposure, or causation. Her June 1944 gunboat conversion (added 40mm mounts and Mk 7 rocket launchers) and any inactivation work at Navy Yard Charleston carry undocumented material scope.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-10

12. [12]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO HRD-80-2 product page, Highlights section

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs: the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - establishing that the Navy's asbestos-insulation era covered this hull's construction (1943-44) and entire commissioned service (1944-46).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1979 (report); era reviewed 1940s-1979

    Population

    Navy shipyard workers; fleet maintenance populations

    Limitations

    Program-level documentation - supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull; the GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk, not Commercial Iron Works or Charleston. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch in prior batch sessions (bot-blocked, not dead); citation stands per the verified product description.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-11

13. [13]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this steel-hulled landing craft was mass-produced (wartime emergency construction at a small Portland ironworks yard that built 188 boats during the war).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, the LCI(L) type, or Commercial Iron Works and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. DOI link returned 403 to automated fetch in prior batch sessions (bot-blocked, not dead); article identity is stable per prior batch verification.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-12

14. [14]Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 'Zidell Waterfront Property Cleanup' (Scott Manzano, DEQ Northwest Region Cleanup Program, 2012), ph-ZidellCAG.pdf - site history, contaminants list, 2010 upland remedy [other_primary]

    Locator

    DEQ presentation slides: Background; Site Contaminants; Summer 2010 Upland Remedial Action (asbestos abatement line); Regulatory Milestones

    Finding type

    environmental_record

    Finding

    Government documentation of asbestos at this hull's builder site: Oregon DEQ's cleanup presentation for the Zidell Waterfront Property (3121 SW Moody Ave, Portland - the former Commercial Iron Works site per Colton's yard history and the map link on the same page) lists the site history as 'Ironworks shipyard before WWII; Building, repair and salvage of Victory Ships during WWII; Purchased by Zidell in 1946: 336 ships dismantled over 30 years - scrap sold, waste used as site fill,' and lists 'Asbestos' among documented site contaminants in groundwater, upland soil, and riverbed sediment. The 2010 upland remedial action included an asbestos abatement project with certified workers, air monitoring, and bulk ACM disposal; the 2005 Record of Decision and 2006 Consent Decree govern the capped remedy.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1946-2012 (site remediation era); construction era 1943-44

    Population

    Zidell dismantling and remediation workers (1946-c.2012); earlier CIW workforce (site-era context only)

    Limitations

    Yard-site-level documentation, not a hull record: DEQ documents asbestos contamination AT the former CIW site - predominantly a legacy of post-1946 Zidell ship dismantling (336 ships broken over ~30 years, waste used as fill) and general site operations - not asbestos aboard hulls constructed there in 1943-44. Does not name this vessel, does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-13

15. [15]NavSource 10/15/150729.htm vs Colton LCI(L) program table and CIW yard table vs uboat.net ship 21794 vs Elsie Item #96 (1943 typo) vs NARA catalog titles NAID 83524373/83524408 (1/18/45) vs NARA SL-44 adjacent hull entries [other_primary]

    Locator

    Same citations as ev-01 through ev-08 plus SL-44 hull-number lists

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies documented, not reconciled: (a) striking - NavSource prints 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown' while both Colton tables print 'Struck 1946' without a date; no official striking date located. (b) Commercial disposal - NavSource 'Registered in 1947 as the freighter Miss Celery City in Brunswick, GA' vs Colton yard table 'sold 1949 as Miss Celery City (ON 254008)'; with the Maritime Commission transfer at 1 Sep 1947, the sequence plausibly runs custody-1947 then sale-1949, but no source reconciles the registration-vs-sale dates. (c) Post-1951 chain - NavSource prints Honduran-flag operation 1951 then 'fate unknown'; Colton alone prints 'sold 1958 as Jolly Roger (Honduras)'. (d) Date typo - the Elsie Item newsletter prints the Urukthapel action as 'Jan. 18, 1943'; both NARA action-report titles fix it at 1/18/45 (Peleliu was secured Oct 1944; patrol operations continued into 1945). (e) Power/complement - NavSource spec block prints 2,320 shp, uboat.net's class block prints 1,600 bhp for the same plant; complement 4+24 vs uboat class '28 men' - class boilerplate in both cases, unverified for the gunboat conversion's 70-man complement claim against a muster. (f) Colton's 'Delivery' column prints the launch date for this hull, not a Navy-acceptance date. (g) Bare-number collisions - NARA SL-44 indexes LST-729 and SC-729 adjacent to this hull's entry; 'LCI' is a heavily-litigated corporate acronym in CourtListener (LCI International/LCI Communications telecom cases) - any unqualified 'LCI' or '729' record must be hull-resolved before attribution. (h) NavSource photo caption ties the Oct 1945 Buckner Bay repair availability to the 9 October typhoon context (sister -728 grounded); whether 729 herself sustained typhoon damage is unstated - the caption says only 'for repairs.'

    Verification

    disputed

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1943-1958

    Limitations

    Resolves nothing - documents genuine multi-source conflicts so a future pass does not silently pick one figure or date. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-14

16. [16]Batch-5454 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net; Colton twin tables; NARA SL-44 / catalog muster rolls / war diaries / action reports; Oregon DEQ; govinfo USMC monograph; Elsie Item newsletter; hazegray DANFS index; CourtListener authenticated API; secondary web [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-01 through -15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material list, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-729 / LCI(G)-729 / Miss Celery City / Jolly Roger was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search 'LCI(L)-729' (unquoted, authenticated API v4) returned 643 results - every reviewed first-page hit is an 'LCI' corporate-acronym or docket-number collision (LCI International / LCI Communications telecom litigation, Lucier Chemical 'dba LCI Ltd', LCI Inc. Iowa, and unrelated dockets); no landing-craft or asbestos matter surfaced. CourtListener docket search 'LCI(L)-729' (type=r) returned ZERO results - a clean negative on the docket index - the quoted-phrase opinion searches 'LCI(G)-729' and 'Miss Celery City' (post-Navy name) both also returned zero. The 'LCI-729' opinion query remained pacing-blocked at session end (fleet-shared ~114/hr budget, four stand-downs amid heavy sibling-batch load) - logged in the search ledger; the completed sweep is consistent with no litigation record but is not exhaustive. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (e.g., gorilaw.com landing-ships page asserting asbestos aboard WWII landing craft 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 - it records that none was found in the searched public sources. Deck-log boxes (SL-44 indexed run to 30 Jun 1945), war diaries, and the hull's own Urukthapel action report exist at NARA but their contents are unreviewed. CourtListener coverage is partial (one completed query plus pacing-limited queued queries) - see search_ledger for the honest accounting. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-729-lcil729-15