Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 468-packet.md (1 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-755-lcil755-pkt-468-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-755 ex USS LCI(G)-755 (1945) USS LCI(L)-755 (1944-1945) - construction, designation timeline, campaign list, specifications, disposition, photo captions (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150755.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table, and photo captions (images 1015075501-1015075507)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 3 April 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 23 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-755 on 8 May 1944, LTjg. W. E. Bowser, USNR, in command (commissioning crew photo exists). Reclassified LCI(G)-755 on 1 March 1945 and LCI(M)-755 on 30 April 1945. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Fourteen (CAPT. T. W. Rimer), LCI Group Forty-Two (LCDR. A. H. Conners, USNR), LCI Division Eighty-Three. Campaigns listed: Leyte operations - 'Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 October 1944' (sic; official window is December - see ev-11) and Okinawa Gunto operation 'Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945'. Occupation duty in the Far East 18 November 1945 - 2 April 1946. Decommissioned 1 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown. Sold 13 March 1947, converted to fishing vessel Bonnie K; scrapped 1957. Earned two battle stars for World War II service; the awards display lists the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (two engagements), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, and Philippine Liberation Medal. Photo caption: 'Rear Admiral Forrest B. Royal USN Commanded Amphibious Group Six aboard LCI(M)-755, During the Leyte operation, circa October-November 1944' (she was still LCI(L)-755 at that date - the caption uses her final designation). Specs: disp. 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; call sign NQOT.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- CIW construction trades (Apr-May 1944); commissioned crew (1944-46) - LCI(L) 28, LCI(G) 70, LCI(M) 53 complement; embarked troops (up to 188); Amphibious Group Six staff during Leyte operation
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (history credited to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II) - milestone dates generally track official records but the page misprints the Ormoc Bay month as October (corrected to 7-8 December 1944 by NHHC award-table credit, ev-11). Struck date explicitly 'unknown'. RADM Royal's formal flagship during the Leyte approach was USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) per DANFS; the photo documents his presence/command aboard this hull during the operation, not a formal flag transfer. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-01
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[3]DANFS, Clay (APA-39) - attack transport service history naming LCI-755 at the Leyte landings, October 1944 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Clay (APA-39) service narrative, Leyte landings passage (A-Day, 20-24 October 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The DANFS history of attack transport Clay (APA-39) places this hull at the Leyte landings: during operations in the Leyte transport areas beginning A-Day (20 October 1944), Clay 'provided fresh water to infantry landing craft LCI-658 and LCI-755, along with fresh water and provisions to numerous small craft' that came alongside - an operational record naming LCI-755 present in the Leyte anchorage during the invasion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-10
- Population
- LCI-755 crew alongside APA-39 (October 1944)
- Limitations
- Incidental mention inside another ship's history: establishes presence of LCI-755 at the Leyte landings (October 1944), nothing more - no description of her activity, berth, or damage; no asbestos or material content. Consistent with the awards-manual 'LCI (Ammo) 755' Leyte-landings credit line (ev-03) and the RADM Royal photo caption (ev-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Pt. 4 - Campaign and Service Medals: Asiatic-Pacific campaign credit table and Navy Occupation Service Medal eligibility table (NHHC, Navy Department Library) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards manual Pt. 4, Asiatic-Pacific campaign section P31/P34 ship-credit tables (LCI(M) 755; LCI (Ammo) 755) and Navy Occupation Service Medal ship-eligibility table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official award-table entries for this hull: 'LCI(M) 755' is credited with Ormoc Bay landings (P31-7) for 7 Dec 44 - 8 Dec 44, and Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (P34-1) for 26 Mar 45 - 14 Jun 45 - the two battle stars NavSource reports. Separately, the same tables credit 'LCI (Ammo) 755' with Leyte landings (P31-1) on 20 Oct 44 - a designation this hull never formally held (documented sequence is LCI(L) -> LCI(G) -> LCI(M)), but consistent with the DANFS record of LCI-755 in the Leyte anchorage on A-Day. The Navy Occupation Service Medal table lists 'LCI (M) 755' eligible 18 Nov 45 - 2 Apr 46 with Asia clasp ('A'), matching NavSource's Far East occupation-duty dates exactly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew during credited operations (Dec 1944; Mar-Jun 1945; Nov 1945-Apr 1946)
- Limitations
- Award-credit tables document participation windows, not hull condition or materials - no asbestos content. The 'LCI (Ammo) 755' line is printed under a designation variant the hull never held; treated as the same ship on corroborating evidence (DANFS presence, Royal photo) but flagged in gaps. This manual is documented by NHHC's own 1954 memo as containing hundreds of award errors; the ship-level credits here are consistent with each other and with NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-03
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[5]NHHC, Navy Department Library: memo Op-03 to Op-02, 19 Aug 1954, 'Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953); recommendations for changes to' - enclosures listing ships mis-credited or uncredited for Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf [other_primary]
- Locator
- Memo-changes page, enclosure headed 'Ships and UDT units reported by Commander, SEVENTH Fleet... Lingayen Gulf, 4-18 January 1945' (LCI(M) 755 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull appears in the enclosure headed 'Ships and UDT units reported by Commander, SEVENTH Fleet, as having participated in the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 4-18 January 1945, who did not receive battle stars' - listed as 'LCI(M) 755'. Seventh Fleet action-report review thus documents LCI-755 present during the Lingayen Gulf invasion of 4-18 January 1945 (as LCI(L)-755; the memo prints her final designation), a third amphibious operation beyond her two credited battle stars. The memo also records that 414 apparent award errors were found in the 1953 manual - the context for the 'LCI (Ammo) 755' designation anomaly in ev-03.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-01 (operation); 1954 (memo)
- Population
- Crew during Lingayen Gulf operation (January 1945)
- Limitations
- Documents reported participation (from Seventh Fleet action reports) without battle-star credit - the manual's credit table for LCI(M) 755 indeed carries no P32-2 Lingayen line (ev-03). Presence during the operation is fleet-report documentation; her specific role at Lingayen is not described. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-04
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[6]NHHC, Navy Department Library: United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - amphibious-force LCI listings [other_primary]
- Locator
- U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LCI Flotilla Six / LCI Group 17 / LCI Division 33 (M) table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- As of 1 May 1945 this hull is listed in LCI Flotilla Six, LCI Group 17, LCI Division 33 (M) - a mortar division consistent with her 30 April 1945 reclassification to LCI(M)-755 one day earlier - still under Lt. (jg) W. E. Bowser, USNR, her commissioning commanding officer. Division-mates listed: LCI 658, LCI 659, LCI 660 (GF), LCI 754.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew and flotilla staff (May 1945)
- Limitations
- A one-day organizational snapshot; earlier wartime assignments (NavSource: Flotilla 14, Group 42, Division 83) are not shown here and the two organizations likely reflect time-phased reassignment - not a conflict. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-05
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, OR - written historical and descriptive data (historian Justine Christianson, 2012); data PDF https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/or/or0600/or0606/data/or0606data.pdf [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (Type of Craft; Principal Measurements; Description; Historical Information)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Government documentation of this hull's class design: LCI(L)-713 is an LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) - the same class NavSource assigns to LCI(L)-755 - built to a standard U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships design; welded 1/4-inch steel plate; two decks with troop compartments forward and engine room housing four pairs (eight) of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; deckhouse containing officer accommodations, mess, wardroom and galley; troop capacity 182 enlisted + 6 officers; approximately 1,051 ships of the type constructed in ten shipyards during WWII. LCI(L)-713 survives as the last original-configuration example (NRHP-listed 12 April 2007).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 design era; HAER documentation 2012
- Population
- Class baseline - construction trades across ten yards; LCI crews classwide
- Limitations
- Class-level design documentation for a sister hull, not a record of LCI-755 - HAER contains no asbestos statement in either direction. The LCI-351 class had sub-variants (post-1-June-1944 ships like 713 carry a cylindrical pilothouse and centerline ramp; 755 was completed earlier, in April-May 1944), so 713's exact configuration is not automatically 755's. Establishes the diesel-only propulsion plant of the class - no boilers, no steam lagging pathway.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships administrative history, WWII, vol. IV (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror of NHHC official history) - builder photographs and production material [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips Admin Hist WWII vol. IV, builder photograph captions (LCI(L), 1 July 1944; USS Barnstable APA-93, 2 June 1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships wartime administrative history documents Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, as an LCI(L) and attack-transport builder: photo captions show 'LCI(L) 1 JULY 1944 COMMERCIAL IRON WORKS PORTLAND, OREGON' and 'U.S.S. BARNSTABLE APA-93 COMMERCIAL IRON WORKS PORTLAND, OREGON 2 JUNE 1944' - corroborating the yard's wartime Navy work at the period this hull was built there (April-May 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Program-level yard documentation - confirms CIW Portland built LCI(L)s and APA-93 in mid-1944 but does not name hull 755 and contains no material or asbestos content. Mirrored transcription of the official BuShips administrative history on HyperWar (ibiblio); not the NHHC domain.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (eight GM 6051-series-71 diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers, welded steel hull per class design); HAER OR-180 class design documentation (diesel-only plant, welded 1/4-inch steel plate, deckhouse accommodations); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era coverage (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications/propulsion block; HAER OR-180; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built April-May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel amphibious craft of this type were thermal and acoustic insulation in the deckhouse and accommodation spaces, diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and friction products (e.g., brake linings on the bow-ramp winch). She carried no steam plant at any point in her career - the boiler and steam-line lagging pathway characteristic of larger combatants does not apply; her asbestos-relevant systems are the diesel-plant and accommodation-space applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1957
- Population
- CIW construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); post-sale fishing-vessel crew and 1957 scrapping workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or crew account located for LCI-755. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. LCIs were austere small craft; asbestos scope aboard would have been materially smaller than aboard steam-powered hulls, but no source documents either presence or absence aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-08
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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 (April-May 1944) and service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-09
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[11]Batch-5483 search ledger (this record): NavSource page; NHHC DANFS entry attempts; NHHC awards manual Pt. 4 and 1954 correction memo; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; DANFS Clay (APA-39); NARA catalog; NVR; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket indexes); HAER/NPS via Library of Congress; GAO product page; BuShips admin history; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-755-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-755-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-755 / LCI(G)-755 / LCI(M)-755 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched this session - opinion index across all hyphenated and spaced designation variants returned 0 hits, and the RECAP docket index across all designation variants returned 0 hits; classified as no result, not blocked. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no ship-specific asbestos material at all - unlike larger named ships, this hull does not even appear in law-firm ship listicles.
- 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 - era-consistent material use is the reasonable inference. Deck logs, war diaries, BuShips work packages, the 1947 sale record, and any 1957 scrapping records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-10
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[12]Correction basis: Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual Pt. 4 - 'Ormoc Bay landings 7-13 Dec 44' (P31-7) campaign window and the 'LCI(M) 755 | 7 Dec 44 - 8 Dec 44 | P31-7' ship-credit line; vs NavSource's 'Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 October 1944' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards manual Pt. 4, campaign window P31-7 and ship-credit table 'LCI(M) 755'; NavSource 150755.htm campaign table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource prints this hull's Leyte-operation credit as 'Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 October 1944' - the month is wrong. The official campaign window for Ormoc Bay landings is 7-13 December 1944 (NHHC awards manual P31-7), and the manual's own ship-credit table gives this hull '7 Dec 44 - 8 Dec 44' under P31-7. The credited dates are 7-8 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- Crew during Ormoc Bay operation (7-8 Dec 1944)
- Limitations
- Corrects a NavSource transcription slip (October for December); the corrected dates come from the official Navy award table. Separately, the same manual's 'LCI (Ammo) 755' Leyte-landings (20 Oct 44) credit line shows a designation anomaly - that printed designation is itself an awards-manual artifact, not evidence the hull held an 'LCI(Ammo)' designation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-755-11