Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 466-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-744-lcil744-pkt-466-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-744 ex USS LCI(L)-744 - construction timeline, campaign list, designation history, specifications, disposal (page credits its history text to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150744.htm - header block, campaign table, specification block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 19 February 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 13 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-744, 25 March 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-744, date unknown; reverted to LCI(L)-744, 10 September 1945. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns listed: Western New Guinea operations (Morotai landings, 15 September 1944); Leyte operations (Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landing 12-13 December 1944); Luzon operations (Lingayen Gulf landings, 4-18 January 1945); Borneo operation (Brunei Bay Operation, 7 June-15 July 1945). Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned four battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 26 March 1948; final disposition, fate unknown. Award ribbon block: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4); WWII Victory Medal; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (2). Spec block: displacement 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; 16 kts max; LCI(L) complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house; propulsion 'two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft', single GM main reduction gear, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photo captions document the hull as LCI(G)-744 landing Australian troops during the Labuan Island-Brunei operation, 10 June 1945 (US Navy photo #259714; USS LCI National Association 2006 calendar).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (Feb-Mar 1944); crew (1944-disposal); embarked troops (182-enlisted capacity figure) and Australian 24th Brigade troops landed at Labuan
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (not a primary registry) and is the sole source for the decommissioned/struck status ('date unknown' for both), the 10 September 1945 reversion date, the MARCOM transfer date of 26 March 1948, and the LCI(G) photo documentation - these carry no independent primary confirmation in this record. One photo caption dates the Labuan landing '10 June 1944' - internally inconsistent with the documented Brunei Bay operation dates (June-July 1945) and treated as a caption typo. The '6051 series 71' engine notation is verbatim NavSource text, likely a misprint for the GM 6-71 the class is documented with (see ev-08); carried as quoted, not corrected. Contains no asbestos content. No DANFS/NHHC entry exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-744 (LCI(L)-744), LCI 351 class - operation-level order-of-battle records naming this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21809 - vessel data table; 'Notable events' entries for Operation Tradewind (15 Sep 1944, TG 77.3.23) and Operation Oboe VI (10 Jun 1945, TU 78.1.13 and TU 78.1.16)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship record for this hull lists: built by Commercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon); laid down 19 Feb 1944; launched 13 Mar 1944; commissioned 25 Mar 1944 - all matching NavSource; and 'Reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns on 15 June 1944' - the only specific reclassification date located (NavSource lists the reclassification with no date; photographic evidence confirms LCI(G) markings by 10 June 1945). Its operation-event records name LCI(L)-744 under Lt.(jg) J.B. Vallely, USNR, in Task Group 77.3.23 (LCI(L)s of LCI Flotilla 8; COMLCIFLOT 8, T/Cdr. F.B.C. Martin, embarked in LCI(L)-546) for Operation Tradewind - the 15 September 1944 Morotai landings - and again under Vallely in Task Unit 78.1.13 (LCI Unit under T/Capt. F.B.C. Martin, COMLCI(L)FLOT 8) and the Task Unit 78.1.16 'Brown' Assault Unit (T/Capt. H.B. Hudson, USN) for Operation Oboe VI, the 10 June 1945 Allied landings at Brunei.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew under Lt.(jg) J.B. Vallely, USNR (1944-45); embarked assault troops at Tradewind and Oboe VI landings
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary database compiled from operational records - ship-specific and operation-specific, but not itself a primary document; commanding-officer and task-unit attributions are not independently verified here. The June 1945 Oboe VI order of battle still lists the hull as 'LCI(L)-744' although photo documentation shows her in LCI(G) configuration at that operation - common designation lag in OOB records, noted rather than resolved. The 15 June 1944 LCI(G) reclassification date, if correct, would place all four of her battle-star campaigns (Sep 1944-Jul 1945) in gunboat configuration; NavSource gives no date, so this rests on uboat alone. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-02
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[4]NARA, Special List #44 by Ship Numbers - 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (RG 24 Entry 118 context, Bureau of Naval Personnel records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 28, row 'LCI(L)744 | 3/25/1944 | 7/31/1944'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (ship-number sort, PDF p. 28) lists Navy deck logs under 'LCI(L)744' covering 3/25/1944-7/31/1944 - a documented physical archive of this hull's WWII deck logs beginning at commissioning. These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates. Notably the listed coverage ends 31 July 1944 - mid-war, during her active campaign period - unlike neighbor CIW-built hulls whose listings run to mid/late 1945; no LCI(G)-744 row exists in the listing, so whether her August 1944-onward logs are held under the gunboat designation, another entry, or are absent is unresolved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (log coverage window)
- Population
- crew (Mar-Jul 1944) - logs as personnel/activity records
- Limitations
- The listing establishes that logbooks exist in NARA holdings; the logs themselves were not read for this record - content, completeness, and any material references inside them are unexamined. Coverage ends 7/31/1944 although the ship remained in service for years afterward - post-July-1944 logs are unlocated in this listing. LCI(L)-744 is not among the vessels on NARA's digitized Navy deck-log list (checked 2026-09-30). NARA's asbestos research guide itself states deck logs 'provide no direct evidence of asbestos' - they are a dating/index tool, not material documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-03
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[5]NARA research guide, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official record-locator guidance for hull-level asbestos research [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topics/asbestos - Beginning Research; RG 19 correspondence panels; RG 19 P 10; RG 38 P 1-G; Cartographic/Special Media sections
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NARA's official guidance states 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961 is a frequently requested topic' and maps the record series where hull-level asbestos documentation sits: RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation and by shipyard under Navy Filing Manual codes (private yards under 'QM'), the RG 19 'Hull Series' ship engineering drawings arranged by hull number including Filing Codes S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging) and S48 (Piping), RG 19 Entry P 10 Amphibious Vessel General Information Books [Item S-68] 1940-1962, and RG 38 Board of Inspection and Survey 'Amphibious Vessel Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978' (Entry P 1-G) - the series covering this vessel type. For this hull the corresponding searches would be filed under hull designation 'LCI(L)744' / 'LCI(G)744' and yard file 'QM/Commercial Iron Works'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1978 (record series coverage)
- Population
- archival research pathway for construction trades (1944) and crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Research-pathway documentation only: identifies where ship-specific asbestos records would reside; none of these series were searched for this record (not digitized; on-site research required). The same guide cautions that RG 24 deck logs and muster rolls 'provide no direct evidence of asbestos.' Establishes the era context (1941-1961 asbestos in Navy materiel) and the archival path, nothing about this hull's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-04
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[6]Shipbuilding History (shipbuildinghistory.com content, hosted at njscuba.net), 'Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR' - yard history and production list [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/commercial/ - yard description paragraph; hull table row '119 | LCI(L)-744 | US Navy | landing craft | 246 | 159 | Mar 1944 | struck 1946'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent yard-record corroboration: the Shipbuilding History production list for Commercial Iron Works lists hull 'LCI(L)-744', US Navy, landing craft, 246 tons, 159 ft, delivered Mar 1944, disposition 'struck 1946' - consistent with NavSource's builder attribution and the 25 March 1944 commissioning. The page documents the yard itself: 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 OR; closed 1946 after building 188 boats during WWII; site sold to Zidell Marine as a ship dismantling facility.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard compilation (Tim Colton's shipbuildinghistory.com dataset, now hosted at njscuba.net), not a contract or delivery document; corroborates builder, delivery month, tonnage/length class figures, and 'struck 1946' - which itself conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' and is carried as an unresolved variance in gaps. Contains no asbestos, material, or work-scope content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-05
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[7]Naval Marine Archive, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' index - per-hull builder/commissioning/disposition table [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html - class notes; hull table row '744'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent index corroboration: the Naval Marine Archive LCI(L) table row for hull 744 reads 'LCI(L) | G | 744 | Commercial IW | Portland OR | 25-Mar-44 | To NDRF 1948' - confirming the builder (Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR), the 25 March 1944 commissioning, the gunboat (G) conversion, and a postwar disposition to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in 1948, consistent with NavSource's 26 March 1948 Maritime Commission transfer. The page's class notes document that 923 LCI(L)s were built by ten shipyards, and that the post-350 boats (this hull's LCI-351-class group) ran about six inches longer and roughly 30 tons heavier than the basic 158.5-ft / 216-ton design - consistent with the 246-ton figure NavSource and shipbuildinghistory carry for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1943-44); NDRF custody workers 1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Canadian volunteer maritime-history archive), not a transfer document; the 'To NDRF 1948' notation corroborates the MARCOM pathway but the exact NDRF disposition and any subsequent sale are not documented there - fate remains unknown. Contains no asbestos, material, or work-scope content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-06
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[8]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS LCI(L)-562' - official history of a sister LCI(L) (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ; commissioned 28 Feb 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil article 1834851 - specification block and history section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office record for sister ship LCI(L)-562 gives the class spec block: 8 x GM diesels, twin shafts (4 diesels per shaft), 1,600 hp, twin variable-pitch propellers; length 158'6"; beam 23'3"; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; troops 188; initial armament four single 20mm + two .50-cal, with '2-inch plastic splinter armor on gun shields, conning tower, and pilot house' - corroborating the diesel propulsion arrangement and the plastic splinter armor NavSource lists for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LCI(L)-351-class construction and crew populations (class)
- Limitations
- Names a different hull (LCI(L)-562, built by New Jersey Shipbuilding - a different yard): class/type corroboration only. Confirms the class diesel plant and armor spec; establishes nothing specific to hull 744 beyond class consistency. Complement figure (3+21) differs from NavSource's 744-specific block (4+24) - class-literature variance noted in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-07
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[9]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland OR - NPS/LOC written historical and descriptive data for an LCI-351-class survivor [nps]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (tile.loc.gov or0606data.pdf, 4 pp.)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation for LCI(L)-713, a preserved LCI-351-class sister hull: type 'LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)'; designer Bureau of Ships; propulsion 'Eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines'; length 158' 5.5", beam 23' 3" - officially corroborating the class design and diesel plant documented for this hull, and supporting the reading of NavSource's '6051 series 71' engine text as the GM 6-71.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 design / HAER documentation undated in extract
- Population
- LCI-351-class design baseline (Bureau of Ships design)
- Limitations
- Documents a different hull (LCI(L)-713, built by George Lawley & Son, Neoponset MA - not the same builder) as the class exemplar; establishes the LCI-351 design standard only. The 4-page HAER data sheet contains no insulation, gasket, or asbestos material survey content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-08
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[10]NHHC H-Gram 086-2, 'Iwo Jima: The Battle of the LCI Gunboats' (Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC, January 2025) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- H-086-2 narrative - LCI(G) armament parenthetical; 17 Feb 1945 gunboat action; PUC note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's historical summary documents what the LCI(G) conversion meant for the type this hull belonged to: LCI gunboats were 'typically armed with two 40-mm guns, four 20-mm guns, six .50-caliber machine guns, and 10 Mark 7 4.5-inch rocket launchers' - matching NavSource's LCI(G) spec for this hull - and describes the 17 February 1945 Iwo Jima action in which 12 gunboats (LCI(G)s 409, 438, 441, 449, 457, 471, 473, 474 and others) supported UDT beach reconnaissance, all damaged, 52 killed and 148 wounded, earning a Presidential Unit Citation for the group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LCI(G) crews (type-level)
- Limitations
- Type-level context only: LCI(G)-744 is NOT among the gunboats named in the Iwo Jima action - her documented WWII employment was New Guinea, the Philippines, and Borneo with LCI Flotilla 8, not the Iwo Jima UDT operation. Cited to explain the gunboat designation this hull held and its armament standard, not to imply participation in that battle. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-09
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[11]HyperWar / ibiblio transcription, 'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' (ONI-type recognition compilation) - LCI(G) section listing and class specification [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html - LCI(G) specification block; LCI(G) table row 'LCI(G)-744 | 1944-45'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official-derived wartime recognition compilation names this hull under its gunboat designation: 'LCI(G)-744 ... 1944-45' in the LCI(G) table, with the section's class block giving the gunboat conversion standard - converted from LCI(L) for close-in fire support; 2-3 40mm, 3-4 20mm, 6 .50-cal, 10 Mk 7 & 2 Mk 22 rocket launchers; complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; 8 GM diesels, twin screws. Independent corroboration that the hull served under the LCI(G) designation in 1944-45, consistent with uboat.net's 15 June 1944 reclassification date and the June 1945 LCI(G)-marked photographs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew 1944-45 (gunboat configuration)
- Limitations
- ibiblio/HyperWar is a transcription host for official compilations; the underlying table is a wartime recognition/registration document, not a hull-level service record - it confirms the designation and years in class, not individual operations. Armament/complement figures are class-standard, not hull-specific measurements. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource and uboat.net spec blocks (LCI-351 class, GM diesels 4 per shaft); USCG Historian's Office sister-ship spec block (LCI(L)-562); NPS HAER OR-180 class documentation; NARA asbestos research guide establishing the 1941-1961 Navy asbestos-materiel era and record locations [other_primary]
- Locator
- spec blocks: NavSource 10/15/150744.htm; uboat.net 21809; USCG 1834851; HAER OR-180; archives.gov guided-topics/asbestos
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built February-March 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-materiel era (1941-1961 per NARA's research guidance). Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were engine and exhaust lagging in the machinery spaces, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical cable insulation. As a diesel craft with no steam plant, the boiler and steam-turbine lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply; the confined-space exposure dynamic below decks does. The documented 2-inch 'plastic splinter protection' (plastic armor) on gun positions, conning tower, and pilot house is a NavSource spec fact - no authoritative source located ties asbestos content to the Navy's wartime plastic-armor compound, so it is not claimed as an asbestos application.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); crew (1944-disposal); any 1948 MARCOM/NDRF disposal workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or drawing was located for LCI(L)-744. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The NARA pathway (RG 19 S39 'Insulation and Lagging' hull drawings; RG 38 P 1-G amphibious-vessel material inspection reports; QM/Commercial Iron Works yard correspondence) is the documented route to settle the question and is undigitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-11
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[13]Batch-5471 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net; NARA Special List 44 PDF; NARA asbestos research guide; NARA digitized Navy deck-log list; shipbuildinghistory yard list; Naval Marine Archive LCI table; USCG Historian's Office; NPS/LOC HAER; NHHC H-gram; HyperWar/ibiblio; CourtListener API v4 (opinions); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-744-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-744-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-744 / LCI(G)-744 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions for 'LCI(L)-744', 'LCI(G)-744', 'LCI-744', and 'LCI 744' and zero dockets for the combined hyphenated designations (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30). The only asbestos content naming landing craft generally is law-firm marketing material asserting exposure aboard LCIs with no primary sourcing - excluded by source policy; the prominent hull-number-744 asbestos-marketing pages target USS Blue (DD-744), a destroyer - a name collision, not 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 - it establishes that no ship-specific documentation is publicly retrievable through the repositories searched. The ship's small size and diesel plant narrow the plausible material scope relative to steam vessels but do not eliminate era-typical uses. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-744-12