Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 467-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-747
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-pkt-467-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-747 ex USS LCI(L)-747 - construction milestones, designations, campaign record, specifications, disposal; history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150747.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 1 March 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 25 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-747, 7 April 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-747, date unknown. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Morotai landings 15 September 1944; Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landings 7-8 December 1944; Nasugbu (Manila Bay-Bicol operations) 31 January 1945. Classification reverted to LCI(L)-747 on 10 September 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; earned three battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 May 1948; final disposition unknown. Specifications: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted as LCI(L), 5 officers + 65 enlisted as LCI(G); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Captioned photography places the hull at San Diego June-August 1944 (Training Command Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet; NARA ID 13007, local ID 80-MN-4308A) and beached at Tolosa, Leyte, November 1944 (NARA ID 193800569).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); LCI(L) crew ~28 and LCI(G) crew ~70 (1944-45); embarked troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track BuShips/NVR data but the page itself credits the Turner Publishing LCI history for narrative content. Reclassification and post-war dates are incomplete on the source itself ('date unknown'). Contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (Bradley, Kurtz, et al., 1978) - row for LCI(L)-747 (Allen County Public Library scan of the NARA volume) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations,' printed p. 351 (ACPL scan genealogycenter.net image narasl44/377.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists this hull as 'LCI(L)-747' with logbook coverage 7 April 1944 - 30 June 1945, 2 logbooks - i.e., the ship's deck logs exist in NARA textual custody (College Park). The coverage begins on the documented commissioning date; the 30 June 1945 endpoint is a logbook-span boundary, not a decommissioning record. Neighboring hulls on the same page carry variant suffixes (LCI(L)(M)(G)-740/741/742; LCI(L)(G)-751/752) while 747 is listed under the plain LCI(L) designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (logbook span); 1978 (publication)
- Limitations
- Establishes that deck logs exist and their span - NOT their content; the logs themselves are not digitized in the open catalog (LCI association guidance: written request to NARA College Park or paywalled Fold3 scans). The log-span end date must not be read as decommissioning. ACPL scan of the printed volume, printed page 351 (scan image 377); the batch tasking referenced 'PDF page 28' - the same row content verified on printed page 351 of the full-volume scan.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-02
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[4]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Landing Ships and Craft' (ibiblio.org transcription of the wartime Navy vessel listing) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(G) and LCI(L) tables, rows 'LCI(G)-747' and 'LCI(L)-747-757'; LCI(G) class spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime landing-craft listing carries this hull twice consistent with its conversion history: 'LCI(G)-747, comm. 1944-45' in the gunboat section and 'LCI(L)-747-757, comm. 1942-44' as a block in the LCI(L) section. The LCI(G) class block on the same page documents the gunboat conversion standard: 387 tons full load, 160'4", 15.5 kts, armament 2-3 40mm + 3-4 20mm + 6 .50-cal + 10 Mk 7 and 2 Mk 22 rocket launchers, complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted, 8 GM diesels on twin screws, 'converted from LCI(L) for close-in fire support of landing operations.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- crew (LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Official-derived tabulation hosted on HyperWar - corroborates the designation sequence and gunboat conversion standard but gives only year-window precision ('1944-45' as LCI(G)). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Colton), Commercial Iron Works yard production table, Portland OR - yard hull no. 122 = LCI(L)-747, delivered April 1944, 'struck 1946' [other_primary]
- Locator
- CIW yard table row 122 (LCI(L)-747); page intro paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's production table assigns LCI(L)-747 yard hull number 122 (246 LDT, 159 ft LOA, delivered April 1944 - matching NavSource's 7 April 1944 commissioning) among Commercial Iron Works' wartime output; the table notes 'struck 1946.' Yard context from the same source: Commercial Iron Works was founded November 1916 on a 30-acre site just south of Portland's Ross Island Bridge, built 188 small warships during WWII (LCI(L)s, LCS(L)s, PCs, AMs, YNs, ATs), closed in 1946, and the site was sold to Zidell Marine - later the nation's largest shipbreaking operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1943-44 LCI(L) blocks)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary reference (Tim Colton's shipbuilding database), not a primary registry; 'struck 1946' conflicts with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown' - carried as an unresolved conflict in gaps, not asserted as fact. Mirror domain shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net verified live 2026-09-30 via firecrawl (the shipbuildinghistory.com canonical path returned 404 and a direct fetch of the mirror returned HTTP 500 once, then 200). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-04
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-747 (ship 21812) - ship data block and transcribed Operation Tradewind (Morotai) order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21812 data block; 'Operation Tradewind' event, Task Group 77.3.23 listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary database corroboration: matches NavSource on builder (Commercial Iron Works, Portland), laid down 1 Mar 1944, launched 25 Mar 1944, commissioned 7 Apr 1944; dates the LCI(G) reclassification to 15 June 1944 (NavSource gives 'date unknown'). Its transcription of the Operation Tradewind (Morotai, 15 Sep 1944) order of battle places LCI(L)-747 in Task Group 77.3.23 under commanding officer Lt. R.M. Burnes, USNR, alongside LCI(L)-744, -746, -748, -750 and others - the craft is listed under her LCI(L) designation in the Sept 1944 task organization despite the June 1944 reclassification date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew under Lt. R.M. Burnes, USNR (Sept 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled database - used only for the reclassification date (which NavSource lacks) and the commanding-officer/TF detail from its transcribed wartime order of battle. The 15 June 1944 reclassification date is carried as a secondary-source claim in gaps; the Sept 1944 order of battle still designates her LCI(L). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-05
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[7]News-Herald (Lake County, OH), obituary of Richard W. Conrad, published 6 June 2000 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- News-Herald obituary text, paragraph 3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Named-officer documentation: the obituary records that Richard W. Conrad (1922-2000) 'was an officer and eventually skipper of the USS LCI 747 under General MacArthur' and compiled a photographic record of the landings he participated in - 'New Guinea, Moratai [sic], Philippines, Leyte, Ormoc, Mindoro, Lubang and Luzon' - consistent with the hull's documented Western New Guinea/Leyte/Manila Bay campaign record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (service); 2000 (publication)
- Population
- Officers/crew of LCI(L)-747 (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Obituary-level sourcing - a crew-identity and service corroboration, not a duty log; the landing list is the family's album description and is broader than the three battle-star list. Vessel-history fact only - this record makes no exposure claim for Conrad or any individual. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS/LOC), HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 - written historical and descriptive data for the LCI-351 class standard design [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data pages 1-3 (Description, Historical Information)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documents the surviving LCI-351 class sister LCI(L)-713 to the Bureau of Ships standard design used for this hull: welded 1/4-inch steel plate; 158'5.5" x 23'3", 387 tons loaded, 16 knots; engine room containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesels connected to two shafts and variable-pitch propellers; deckhouse with troop/ship-officer accommodations, mess, wardroom, galley; ~1,051 ships of the type built at ten yards. Confirms the class machinery baseline (GM diesel plant, no steam plant) that NavSource's per-hull spec block for 747 shows.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (class construction era); 2012 (HAER documentation)
- Population
- Construction trades at ten wartime yards (class-wide)
- Limitations
- Class-design documentation recorded on a sister hull (LCI(L)-713, Astoria OR) - it documents the shared BuShips design, not this hull's material content. The HAER report contains NO asbestos, insulation, or materials-schedule data - it neither establishes nor negates asbestos aboard this or any LCI hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource per-hull propulsion block (GM 6051-series-71 diesel plant, 2,320 shp, no boilers); HAER OR-180 class design record (GM 6-71 diesel plant, welded steel construction); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150747 propulsion block; HAER OR-180 class record; GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built March-April 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were diesel engine and exhaust lagging, machinery and pipe gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings/tile, and bulkhead/accommodation insulation - installed within a 158-foot hull whose complement lived and worked immediately adjacent to machinery spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the steam-lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948+
- Population
- CIW construction trades (1944); LCI(L)/LCI(G) crews (1944-45); any later operators after the 1948 Maritime Commission transfer
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for LCI(L)-747. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-08
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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 (1944) and U.S. Navy service era (1944-48).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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 returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description; the product page itself also returned 403 to scripted HEAD checks this session and was confirmed via indexed search-result content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-09
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[11]Batch-5474 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL scan); HyperWar wartime ship listing; Shipbuilding History CIW yard table; uboat.net Allied Warships; News-Herald obituary; HAER OR-180; NHHC DANFS (no entry); NVR (out of coverage window); MARAD vessel history site (search errored); CourtListener (see ledger status); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-747 / LCI(G)-747 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard LCI-class craft without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. CourtListener status per search_ledger (momentarily budget-limited during this session; re-run 'LCI(L)-747', 'LCI-747', 'LCI(G)-747' when the fleet quota recovers).
- 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 - the hull's 1944 construction falls squarely in the documented asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Deck logs (2 logbooks, Apr 1944-Jun 1945, SL44) and any Maritime Commission disposal file are undigitized leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-747-lcil747-10