Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 464-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-73-lcil73-pkt-464-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-73 ex-USS LCI(G)-73 (1944-1945) ex-USS LCI(L)-73 (1943-1944) - designation timeline, campaign table, awards, specifications, disposal (page last updated 16 May 2014; history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II', Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header (designation timeline), Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table, Occupation/China service table, battle-star/NUC block, Specifications block, photo caption table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry, Large): laid down 28 September 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 8 November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-73 2 January 1943; redesignated LCI(G)-73 15 June 1944; redesignated LCI(R)-73 10 July 1945. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Eastern New Guinea (Lae 4-6 and 9-13 Sep 1943; Finschhafen 22 Sep 1943; Saidor 1-28 Feb 1944); Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester 26-27 Dec 1943); Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi 19 May 1944; Biak 27-28 May and 16 Jun 1944; Noemfoor 2-7 Jul 1944; Cape Sansapor 30 Jul-4 Aug 1944; Morotai 15 Sep 1944); Leyte (12 Oct-29 Nov 1944; Ormoc Bay 7 Dec 1944); Luzon (Lingayen Gulf 4-18 Jan 1945); Manila Bay-Bicol (Nasugbu 31 Jan-2 Feb 1945); Borneo (Balikpapan 26 Jun-7 Jul 1945). Occupation and China service 29 Sep-5 Dec 1945. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 6 March 1948; final disposition fate unknown. Seven battle stars plus Navy Unit Commendation. Specs: 216t light/389t loaded, 158'5.5" x 23'3", diesel plant (two banks of 4 GM 6051-series-71 engines, 4 per shaft, GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp), LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, LCI(R) 3 officers + 31 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); crew 24-34 (1943-46) plus embarked troops (up to 188); post-1948 disposal workforce unknown
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation whose milestone dates track NVR/official lists; page cites Turner Publishing's LCI association history as its source - not itself a primary registry. Contains no asbestos content. Photo captions apply later designations retroactively (the Saidor photo, February 1944, is captioned 'LCI(G)-73' though she was still LCI(L)-73 until 15 June 1944); the Morotai photo caption (15 Sep 1944) observes she 'has been reconfigured as an LCI(R)' - consistent with task-organization evidence that the rocket configuration preceded the formal 10 July 1945 redesignation. 'Fate unknown' leaves post-1948 disposal documentation open.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-01
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[3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part II - Unit Awards, Navy Unit Commendation listing for USS LCI(R) 73 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) Part II Unit Awards, LCI(R) 73 entry (alphabetical ship list under Navy Unit Commendation)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy Unit Commendation register credits USS LCI(R) 73 for: '22 Apr - 22 Sept 44 - Western New Guinea. 22-27 Oct 44 - Leyte Landing. 7 Dec 44 - Ormoc Landing. 9 Jan 45 - Lingayen Landing.' - four combat periods spanning her gunboat/rocket service in the Seventh Amphibious Force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew during the four cited periods (Apr 1944-Jan 1945)
- Limitations
- Award register confirms the ship's presence and meritorious service in the named operations; it does not describe conditions aboard, materials, or casualties. No asbestos content. The register uses her final designation (LCI(R) 73) for all four periods even though she was LCI(L)-73/LCI(G)-73 for most of the window - consistent with retroactive final-designation cataloging practice.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-02
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[4]Commander, Seventh Amphibious Force - Command History, 10 January 1943 - 23 December 1945 (CGGS 3184), task-organization annexes; scanned official document hosted by 727atb.com (7th Armored/727th Tank Battalion unit-history site; scan bears Command and General Staff College library form) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CGGS 3184 Task Organization sheets: Lae (POSTERN), Finschhafen, Cape Gloucester (BACKHANDER), Saidor (MICHAELMAS), Toem-Wakde (STRAIGHTLINE), Biak (HORLICKS), Sansapor (GLOBETROTTER), Morotai (TRADE WIND), Nasugbu (MIKE SIX), Balikpapan (OBOE TWO) annexes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Seventh Amphibious Force command history's task-organization sheets name this hull in at least ten operations: Lae (T.U. 76.3.2 - 'LCI 71, 72, 73, 74, 343, 344'); Finschhafen (T.U. 76.3.2 Group B - '71(F), 31, 34, 73, 74, 338, 340, 342, 343'); Cape Gloucester (T.U. 76.1.32 Second Section, Beach YELLOW TWO, Lt. N.M. Taylor USNR - 'LCI 343, 337, 344, 73'); Saidor (T.U. 76.1.31 First Section, BLUE Beach, Lt. N.M. Taylor USNR - 'LCI 338, LCI 73 (F), LCI 344, LCI 343' - flagship); Toem-Wakde staging (T.U. 77.4.1 Humboldt Bay Unit special service vessels - 'LCI 31, 34, 73'); Biak (T.U. 77.4.62 Rocket Unit, Cdr. D.H. Day USN - 'LCI 31, 34, 73'); Cape Sansapor (T.U. 77.2.72 Rocket Section, Lt.(jg) Taylor USNR - 'LCI 31, 34, 73(F) (Rocket)' - flagship); Morotai (special service craft listing - 'LCI(R) 71, 73'); Nasugbu (T.U. 78.2.6 Support Unit, Cdr. D.H. Day USN - 'LCI(R) 73(F), 34, 74, 331' - flagship of the LCI(R) division); Balikpapan (T.U. 78.2.8 Close Support Unit, Cdr. D.H. Day USN - 'LCI(R) 31, 34, 73, 226, 250(F), 331, 337, 338'). The document places her in 'Rocket Unit'/'Rocket Section' rosters at Biak (May-June 1944) and Sansapor (July-August 1944), and lists her as 'LCI(R)' at Morotai (15 September 1944) - field rocket service months before the formal LCI(R) designation of 10 July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked assault troops across ten amphibious operations, Sep 1943-Jul 1945
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational presence documentation (task organizations), not a material or health record - contains no asbestos content. Accessed as a third-party-hosted scan of the official command history; OCR text used for extraction, page-image verification recommended for citation-critical reuse. 'LCI 73 (F)' notations mark section flagships (the section officer rode aboard); commanding officers of individual sections are named, the ship's own CO is not given in these tables.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-03
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[5]NARA, Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), entry for LCI(L)-73 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, page 28: 'LCI(L)-73 | 1/2/1943 | 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 lists deck-log coverage for LCI(L)-73 as 1/2/1943 through 6/30/1945 - spanning her commissioning date through the end of the Pacific war coverage window. Deck logs are the primary-day record of the ship's operations, movements, and personnel events; they exist at NARA as a researchable primary source for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (coverage window)
- Population
- Crew recorded in deck logs (1943-1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the list documents that logbooks exist and their coverage dates - it is NOT a digitized copy and contains no asbestos content. The 6/30/1945 end date is the list's coverage-window boundary (nearly all LCI entries end there), not a decommissioning or loss date; the ship remained in service through at least December 1945 occupation duty. Whether these specific logs are digitized in the National Archives Catalog could not be verified (catalog is JS-rendered, unfetchable this session).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-04
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[6]NHHC photograph 80-G-284971, catalog title 'USS LCI(R )-73', caption 'Underway, 28 May 1944' (National Archives copyright holder) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC 80-G-284971 page: Title 'USS LCI(R )-73', Caption 'Underway, 28 May 1944', Original Date Sun, May 28, 1944, Copyright Owner National Archives
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the official NHHC catalog metadata titles this photograph 'USS LCI(R )-73' and dates it 28 May 1944 - but on that date the ship was still LCI(L)-73 (redesignated LCI(G)-73 on 15 June 1944; formal LCI(R)-73 on 10 July 1945). The catalog title applies her final designation retroactively. The photo date nonetheless falls one day into the Biak operation (27-28 May 1944) in whose task organization she appears as a Rocket Unit member - corroborating that the rocket-craft configuration preceded the paperwork.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew photographed underway, 28 May 1944
- Limitations
- Corrects a cataloging anachronism, not a material claim; whether the original 80-G caption card carried 'LCI(R)' or a later cataloger normalized the designation is not determinable from the web metadata alone. No asbestos content. Useful as a caution for any researcher citing the catalog title literally.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-05
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[7]naval-history.net USN casualty database (transcription of official Bureau of Naval Personnel WWII casualty lists): 'TALLEY, Kenneth E, BM1, 3366313, USS LCI-73, Western New Guinea operations, May 18, 1944, (CasCode121) killed in combat, dd May 18, 1944'; corroborated by USS LCI National Association 'Elsie Item' no. 86 (May 2014) honor roll 'LCI CREW KILLED IN ACTION' listing 'LCI 73 (South Pacific, 7 campaigns) - Kenneth Talley' [other_primary]
- Locator
- naval-history.net WWII USN casualties by name, 'T' page, TALLEY entry; ELSIEITEM-86-May-2014.pdf honor-roll section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named combat fatality is documented aboard this hull: Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Kenneth E. Talley (service no. 3366313), killed in combat 18 May 1944 during Western New Guinea operations - the eve of the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi operation in whose task organization the ship appears. The LCI association's memorial honor roll corroborates Talley as LCI-73's war dead.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- BM1 Kenneth E. Talley (KIA 18 May 1944); LCI-73 crew
- Limitations
- Population/combat record only - says nothing about materials or asbestos. naval-history.net is a reputable secondary transcription of official USN casualty lists, not the primary document; the association newsletter is a veterans' organization publication. '(CasCode121)' is the transcriber's casualty-source code, unexplained in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-06
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[8]Mississippi House of Representatives, House Resolution 130 (2015 Regular Session), honoring Marvin Oswalt for WWII Navy service aboard LCI-73 [other_primary]
- Locator
- HR 130 (2015), WHEREAS clauses lines 13-18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official state legislative record documents a crew member of this hull: Marvin Oswalt, who attained the rank of Fireman 1st Class, 'a member of LCI-73, served in many different areas of combat, including Western New Guinea, Leyte, Ormoc Landing and the Lingayen Gulf,' and 'received The Purple Heart Medal for wounds he suffered in combat when he was only 17 years old while bravely taking part as a gunner in action he saw at Leyte.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (service period); 2015 (resolution)
- Population
- F1c Marvin Oswalt; LCI-73 gun crew at Leyte
- Limitations
- Ceremonial resolution - confirms a named veteran's ship assignment and wounding at Leyte, not materials or conditions aboard. No asbestos content. Award/commendation details in the resolution are recitals, not Navy record extracts.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel banks, no steam plant); LCI-1 class design era (mass-produced 1942-43 steel amphibious craft); wartime US naval construction material practices (see ev-uss-lci-l-73-09 GAO context) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150073.htm specifications block; class design context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel landing craft built September-November 1942 sits inside the documented wartime asbestos-use era of U.S. naval construction. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine exhaust lagging, machinery insulation in the engine compartment, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation within the confined hull. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and her austere mass-produced design with minimal accommodation spaces implies substantially lower insulation loading than a combatant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); crew (1943-46); conversion-yard trades for the LCI(G)/LCI(R) reconfigurations (yards undocumented); post-1948 disposal workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI-73. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The austere small-craft design means the era inference is weaker here than for a steam combatant - even direction of inference is uncertain without a class-level material specification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-08
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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 (1942) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); wartime construction era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-09
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[11]Batch-5455 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs and casualties list; NHHC Navy-MC Awards Manual 1953; Seventh Amphibious Force command history (CGGS 3184); NARA Special List 44; NHHC photo 80-G-284971; CourtListener opinion/docket searches; naval-history.net casualty transcription; Mississippi HR 130; usslci.org Elsie Item; uboat.net; NIOSH/CDC stacks; ShipScribe; secondary asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-73-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-73-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-73/LCI(G)-73/LCI(R)-73 was found in the public sources searched. Ship-specific documentation that does exist is operational only (task organizations, awards, deck-log coverage, photographs, casualties). DANFS has no entry for this hull (all candidate URLs 404; consistent with DANFS not covering most numbered landing craft). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-73', 'LCI(G)-73', and 'LCI(R)-73' each returned zero hits; the looser 'LCI-73' opinion query and docket-type searches could not be completed this session (fleet pacing limit) - logged as blocked, not negative results. The only asbestos content surfaced anywhere is law-firm marketing material asserting asbestos at the builder yard and on generic 'Navy ship' listicles - 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 - 1942 construction era and the undocumented LCI(G)/LCI(R) conversion work are consistent with era-standard materials. Post-1948 fate unknown means no disposal/survival documentation could settle the question either way. The uncompleted CourtListener variant/docket queries are open gaps, not negative results. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-73-10