Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 467-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-75
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-pkt-467-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LCH-75 ex-USS LCI(L)-75 page (compiled vessel record; underlying history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full page: specification block, campaign table, timeline entries, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1 class landing craft infantry (large). Laid down September 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-75, 5 January 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East theater; campaigns: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 21-22 January and 29 January-13 February 1944; Invasion of Normandy 6-15 June 1944. Transferred to the United Kingdom under lease 14 November 1944; decommissioned at Sheerness, UK, 15 November 1944; converted to a Landing Craft Headquarters and commissioned HM LCH-75. Returned to U.S. Naval custody 24 September 1946; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal and sold 12 December 1947, fate unknown. Earned four battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's complement: 4 officers, 24 enlisted; embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled archival-photo record, not a primary document; its history is credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II (1995), a secondary compilation. Day-level precision is absent for laying/launch (month only); the stricken date and Maritime Commission transfer date are unknown; the lease-transfer date (14 Nov 1944) precedes the decommission date (15 Nov 1944) by one day in the source - carried as printed, flagged in gaps. No asbestos content of any kind in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number ordering), Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) deck-log holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 28, row 'LCI(L)-75 12/1/1943 3/31/1944'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists deck-log coverage for LCI(L)-75 spanning 1 December 1943 through 31 March 1944 - the window covering the Anzio-Nettuno operations and the 17 February 1944 collision with LCI(L)-193 documented in NavSource photo captions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-01 to 1944-03-31
- Population
- Crew aboard during the covered log period
- Limitations
- Special List 44 documents surviving log coverage, not events: the 12/1/1943 start is eleven months after commissioning, so earlier logs either do not survive or are not itemized in this list - no inference is made from the coverage endpoints (per batch rule they are not commissioning/decommissioning markers). Whether these logs have been digitized in the National Archives Catalog was not verified (catalog is JS-rendered; legacy API retired). The logs are a primary-source lead for operational and any material-condition detail, not an asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'Sunk and Damaged Ships and Craft' - Operation Neptune (Normandy, June 1944) casualty table [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LCI (L) [Landing Craft Infantry, Large] section of the table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's Operation Neptune list of sunk and damaged LCI(L)s (83, 85, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 209, 212, 219, 232, 416, 497, 553) does not include LCI(L)-75 - consistent with the NavSource record that she completed the Normandy campaign and remained in U.S. service until the November 1944 transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Limitations
- Absence from a casualty list supports survival through the Normandy operation; it does not prove the craft suffered no damage at all (minor non-casualty damage may not be itemized) and says nothing about material condition or asbestos. The list covers Operation Neptune losses only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-03
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[5]NavSource LCI(L)-75 page, contributed photograph captions (Bruce Hunter RM3/c collection via Tom Hunter; Stan Galik collection; Keith Urch collection; Chad Montag) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Image table: entries 1015007501, 1015007502, 1015003503 (Sheerness group), 1015024601 (Azores), 1015007504
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Donor-captioned photographs document: (1) damage to LCI(L)-75 from a collision with USS LCI(L)-193 on 17 February 1944 near Pozzuoli while enroute from Pozzuoli to Capri (LCI(L)-75 photographed alongside LCI(L)-221 and LCI(L)-19); (2) LCI(L)-75 moored at Sheerness with LCI(L)-35, -193, -229, -231, and -238 ready for turnover to the Royal Navy, circa 14 November 1944; (3) HM LCH-75 in the Azores circa 1946, in company with HM LCI(L)-113 and LCI(L)-246 while returning to the United States under the UK/USA Lend-Lease return program.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-17; circa 1944-11-14; circa 1946
- Population
- Crew aboard during Anzio operations and the 1944 Sheerness turnover
- Limitations
- Photo captions are contributor-supplied metadata, not official action reports; dates and places rest on donor recollection and NavSource editorial work. The collision date (17 Feb 1944) falls inside the NARA log-coverage window, meaning the primary deck-log record of that period survives, but no official report was located. No material-condition or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-04
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[6]Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas: 'United States Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility' and 'Orange, TX' entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- ISMF entry paragraphs 1-2; Orange, TX entry (WWII shipbuilding paragraph)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- TSHA documents that the Navy established a supervisor-of-shipbuilding office at Orange, Texas on 24 August 1940 initially to oversee construction of twenty-four landing craft; that three Orange yards - Consolidated Western Steel Corporation, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, and Weaver Shipyards - produced more than 300 vessels for the Navy during WWII; and that shipyard employment at Orange peaked above 22,000 workers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- Orange, TX shipyard workforce (peak >22,000, wartime)
- Limitations
- Yard-level and city-level context only: TSHA does not name LCI(L)-75, does not identify which Orange yard built which craft beyond the general account, and contains no asbestos or material-content information. NavSource attributes this hull's construction to 'Consolidated Steel Corp.' at Orange - TSHA's 'Consolidated Western Steel Corporation' is the same wartime concern; the name variant is noted, not resolved. Does not establish exposure for any worker.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-05
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[7]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (HRD-80-2, 18 October 1979), product page and full report text [gao]
- Locator
- Product page highlights; report pp. cover letter and 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO reported that thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships; that Navy product specifications for thermal insulation were revised in 1973 to require asbestos-free materials while pre-purchased asbestos materials were still installed in ships under construction; and that the Navy's policy (1975, modified 1979) was to remove asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, a one-time removal program being estimated at $2 billion. Fieldwork covered the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); describes WWII-era-through-1970s Navy practice
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy documentation: the report does not name this hull, any LCI(L), or Consolidated Steel, and its 1979 vantage postdates this craft's 1947 disposal - it establishes the era policy environment for WWII-built naval craft generally, not conditions aboard this vessel. The 1973 specification change is decades after this hull's 1942 construction and does not describe what was installed in her.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-06
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[8]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'Elsie Item' No. 93 (April 2016) - new-member notice for Gregory R. Bierck regarding his father Richard C. 'Dick' Bierck's wartime service aboard LCI 75 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Elsie Item #93, 'New LCI Association Member - Gregory R. Bierck Writes Book About His Father' item
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The USS LCI National Association newsletter records that veteran Richard C. 'Dick' Bierck served aboard LCI 75 in the European theater during WWII, and announces a family-authored memoir ('A Boy, A Girl, and the LCI 75') - a veteran-association channel through which crew-level recollections of this hull are documented.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 service period; newsletter April 2016
- Population
- Individual crew member (Richard C. Bierck)
- Limitations
- Veteran-association newsletter content is family-contributed recollection, not an official record; it corroborates that named crew served aboard this hull in the European theater but documents no material conditions. Useful as a lead for oral history, not as evidence of any exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-07
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[9]Batch-5477 search ledger (this record): NavSource compiled page and LCI photo index; NHHC DANFS URL probes and Operation Neptune casualty list; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; TSHA Handbook entries; GAO HRD-80-2; USS LCI National Association newsletter; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket indexes); secondary-web asbestos-litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-75/LCH-75 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for the hull's designations returned zero results, and the single RECAP docket hit is a prisoner civil-rights name collision (Wilson v. Lake County Sheriff's Dept., N.D. Ind.) unrelated to the vessel. The only asbestos-related web content tying to the builder's yard (Consolidated Steel, Orange TX) is law-firm marketing material, 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: the hull's wartime construction in a major asbestos-era yard makes era-consistent materials plausible but unproven for this hull. The craft left U.S. custody in 1944 and was sold in 1947, so no modern-era survey would be expected. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-75-lcil75-08