USS LCI(L)-748

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [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)-748

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-pkt-467-packet-md

2. [2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, landing craft infantry (large) table, scanned mirror [other_primary]

   Locator

   Printed page 208, LCI(L)748 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Navy's LCI(L)-748 entry lists Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; keel laid 6 March 1944; launched 2 April 1944; first commissioned 10 April 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944

   Limitations

   The original Navy table establishes construction and first-commission data only. It does not state asbestos content, crew complement, decommissioning, striking, or disposition. The PDF is a live scanned mirror of a Navy publication, not a Navy-hosted page.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-01

3. [3]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, landing craft infantry (large) design-group table, scanned mirror [other_primary]

   Locator

   Printed page 200, LCI(L)351-1098 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Navy's LCI(L)-351 through LCI(L)-1098 design-group table specifies 2 propellers, G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines, and 2,320 shaft horsepower.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   Second World War design group

   Limitations

   This is a design-group specification, not an individual machinery inventory for LCI(L)-748. Diesel propulsion does not establish that asbestos was installed or that anyone was exposed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-02

4. [4]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]

   Locator

   PDF page 28, LCI(L)-748 row

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Special List #44 indexes LCI(L)-748 logbook coverage from 10 April 1944 through 30 June 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-04-10 to 1945-06-30 (indexed log coverage)

   Limitations

   These are index coverage endpoints, not decommissioning or other service dates. The index does not disclose log contents or asbestos materials; the underlying logs require separate examination.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-03

5. [5]Naval History and Heritage Command / National Museum of the U.S. Navy photo catalog record 19-LCM-Box-450-LCI-748-2 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Photo catalog record caption

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NHHC catalogs an official Bureau of Ships photograph showing USS LCI(L)-748 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, on 8 April 1944, two days before her recorded commissioning.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-04-08

   Limitations

   A dated official photograph corroborating builder and pre-commissioning presence; it documents nothing about materials, asbestos content, or service history.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-04

6. [6]Naval History and Heritage Command photo catalog record NH 89256 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Photo catalog record caption

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NHHC catalogs photograph NH 89256 showing USS LCI-748 in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   circa 1945-1946

   Limitations

   A dated photograph placing the craft in San Francisco Bay in the immediate postwar period; it documents nothing about materials, asbestos content, or decommissioning.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-05

7. [7]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-748 / USS LCI(L)-748 (live vessel page) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Vessel chronology, campaign table, and photo captions; page last updated 19 March 2021

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource identifies the vessel as an LCI-351-class landing craft, USS LCI(G)-748 ex-USS LCI(L)-748; lists Asiatic-Pacific campaigns (Morotai landings, 15 September 1944; Leyte landings, 19-29 November 1944; Ormoc Bay landings, 8-10 December 1944); records reclassification to LCI(G)-748 on an unknown date and reversion to LCI(L)-748 on 10 September 1945; credits two battle stars; and lists decommissioning and striking dates as unknown, transfer to the Maritime Commission on 18 February 1948, transfer to Argentina as ARA BDI No.7 (Q-60) in 1948, and disposal by the Argentine Navy in 1961 with fate unknown. A captioned U.S. Army Air Corps photograph (U.S. National Archives Identifier 193800569) shows LCI(L)-748 beached at Tolosa, Leyte, in November 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1961

   Limitations

   NavSource is an archival compilation, and its page credits a 1995 Turner Publishing LCI history for the narrative. Campaign-credit windows are not a continuous itinerary, and the class specification block is not used to verify this hull's complement or installed materials. Decommissioning and striking dates are absent from the source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-06

8. [8]U.S. Bureau of Ships, An Administrative History of the Bureau of Ships During World War II, volume IV, chapter XX, wartime Chemistry Sub-section (live transcription mirror) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Chapter XX, printed page 156, Asbestos-Glass Insulation Lagging Cloth paragraph

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   The Bureau of Ships wartime administrative history describes standard asbestos cloth and the development of a glass-asbestos yarn for insulation lagging cloth to conserve asbestos fiber.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   Second World War

   Population

   Navy wartime shipbuilding program generally

   Limitations

   The Navy document describes wartime material development and standard cloth, not a procurement, installation, or survey record for LCI(L)-748 or its class. The date of adoption aboard this hull, if any, is unknown; it establishes no ship-specific asbestos exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-07

9. [9]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, enclosure I (Navy letter of 5 January 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   PDF pages 11-12, enclosure I, Navy letter, especially printed page 1

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   In January 1979, the Navy reported asbestos-containing thermal insulation, piping gaskets and packing, deck materials, electrical cabling and galley ranges, and equipment brakes and clutches among Navy shipboard applications generally, and stated it was nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1979

   Population

   Navy fleet generally (1979 correspondence)

   Limitations

   This 1979 fleet-wide statement does not name LCI(L)-748, describe its 1944 build, or document any product aboard it. Its claim that ships then in service contained asbestos cannot be applied to a vessel transferred out of U.S. custody in 1948. No hull-specific exposure inference is made.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-08

10. [10]Batch 5475 search ledger and source-review record [other_primary]

    Locator

    Search-ledger rows sl-01 through sl-14; BATCH-5475-REPORT.md

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No public ship-specific asbestos survey, material list, abatement record, or product identification was located in the official and archival sources reviewed for USS LCI(L)-748. The completed CourtListener sweep - exact hull-number opinion search "LCI(L)-748", redesignated-hull opinion search "LCI(G)-748", and exact-name docket search "USS LCI(L)-748" - returned HTTP 200 with zero results on each query.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    Search performed 2026-09-30

    Limitations

    A bounded negative search result is not evidence that no asbestos was present aboard, and zero CourtListener hits do not prove no claim was ever filed - RECAP coverage is incomplete, the sweep covers indexed opinions and dockets only, and asbestos cases commonly plead dozens of vessels. Undigitized logs, builder specifications, conversion work packages, and disposal records may change the assessment.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-748-lcil748-09