Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 469-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED (wartime loss)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-pkt-469-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-763 ex USS LCI(L)-763 - class label, milestone timeline, flotilla assignment, campaign table, spec block, awards, disposal (page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150763.htm header block, timeline, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 8 May 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR; launched 28 May 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-763 8 June 1944, LTjg. H. H. Goff USNR in command; reclassified Landing Ship Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R)-763 15 March 1945. Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Sixteen (CDR C. E. Coffin USN), LCI Group Forty-Seven (LCDR G. T. McKnight USNR), LCI Division Ninety-Three. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 March-30 June 1945; one battle star. Occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 - 3 January 1946. Grounded during typhoon 'Louise' 9 October 1945 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register January 1946; transferred to the State Department November 1947 for disposal; sold November 1947. Spec block: disp. 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; l. 158'5.5"; b. 23'3"; s. 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; cpl. 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)) / 3 + 31 (LCI(R)); propulsion: two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; 2 diesel-drive 30kW 120V D.C. ship's-service generators. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Call sign NQQH. Photo captions document the 8 June 1944 commissioning at Portland (crew and officers incl. XO ENS William E. Stimmel) and the Buckner Bay grounding (incl. crew photo with a captured Japanese suicide-boat flag, October 1945, and a Flotilla Sixteen LCI(R) target chart for the L-Day landings, Task Group 52.20).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- CIW construction trades (1944); crew 1944-46 (24 as LCI(L), 34 as LCI(R)); embarked troops (up to 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its milestones track the ship-history record but are not a primary registry; underlying source credited as Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II (1995). Milestones cross-verified against NHHC photo NH 105657 and the ShipbuildingHistory yard list, which agree. Contains no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning date not given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-01
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[3]NHHC photo catalog, NH 105657 'USS LCI(R)-763' - official caption for grounding photograph, November 1945 (collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton, donated 2008); and NH 101691 'USS LCI(R)-763' - second catalog page, photographed circa late October 1945 (courtesy of Dr. Herbert F. Gabriel, DDS, 1987) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC NH-105657 and NH-101691 catalog pages, Description fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official catalog captions document this hull by name on two pages: NH 105657 - 'Beached in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. Photographed in November 1945. Considered not worth salvaging because of the end of World War II, this ship was stricken from the Navy List in January 1946 and sold in November 1947.' NH 101691 carries the same caption with the photo dated circa late October 1945 (NHHC NH-101691 catalog page also verified live 2026-09-30: https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-101000/NH-101691.html).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Crew at time of loss (Oct 1945); salvage/disposal crews 1945-47
- Limitations
- Official photographic-catalog documentation of the loss and disposal for this specific hull; corroborates NavSource independently across two catalog pages. No asbestos or material content; neither page gives the decommissioning date or the buyer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-02
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[4]NHHC Navy Department Library, 'Pacific Typhoon October 1945 - Okinawa' - extract from Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas report on the Surrender and Occupation of Japan [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Reading Room page, 'Extract on the Typhoon from CINCPAC report' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC-published extract of the CINCPAC report documents the storm that wrecked this hull: 'The storm center of typhoon "Louise" passed Buckner Bay at about 1600, from which time until 2000 it raged at peak strength,' with 80-knot winds and 30-35 foot waves battering ships and craft in the bay on 9 October 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-10
- Population
- All personnel aboard shipping in Buckner Bay, 9-10 October 1945
- Limitations
- Fleet-level event documentation - the CINCPAC extract does not name LCI(R)-763; it establishes the storm conditions that produced the grounding documented in NH 105657. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), Commercial Iron Works Portland OR yard list - hull 138, LCI(L) 763 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ShipbuildingHistory commercial.htm table row hull 138; page header paragraph on yard history
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's yard list records this hull as Commercial Iron Works yard hull 138, LCI(L) 763, delivered June 1944, disposition 'CTL 1945' (constructive total loss) - consistent with the October 1945 grounding documented by NHHC. The same page records that Commercial Iron Works was started November 1916 on a 30-acre site just south of the Ross Island Bridge, closed in 1946 after building 188 boats during WWII, and that the site was sold to Zidell Marine as a ship dismantling facility.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (build/delivery); 1945-1947 (loss/disposal)
- Population
- CIW construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official registry - used as an independent cross-check agreeing with NavSource and NHHC on build and loss. 'CTL 1945' compresses the October grounding and 1947 sale into one line. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-04
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[6]Oregon DEQ Northwest Region Cleanup Program, 'Zidell Waterfront Property Cleanup' fact sheet (2012) - site history and contaminants [other_primary]
- Locator
- DEQ ph-ZidellCAG.pdf, Background / Site Contaminants / 2010 Upland Remedial Action sections
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Oregon DEQ documents asbestos contamination at the site where this hull was built: the fact sheet describes the Zidell parcel (3121 SW Moody Ave, Portland - the former ironworks shipyard site sold to Zidell in 1946 per the yard-history record) as an 'ironworks shipyard before WWII' engaged in 'building, repair and salvage' during WWII, purchased by Zidell in 1946, with 336 ships dismantled over 30 years and waste used as site fill; lists asbestos among site contaminants; and records a 2010 upland-remediation asbestos-abatement project with certified workers, air monitoring, and bulk ACM disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-2010
- Population
- Zidell dismantling trades (1946-c.1976); remediation workers (2010)
- Limitations
- Site-level environmental record, not a hull record: the asbestos is associated primarily with Zidell's post-war ship-dismantling operation (1946 onward) and general site fill, and does not demonstrate asbestos use during Commercial Iron Works' 1944 construction of this hull. The DEQ sheet does not name Commercial Iron Works; the linkage is the shared site, corroborated by the yard list's address (3121 SW Moody Ave).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full text via gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (firecrawl extraction) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 digest and 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' chapter (PDF full text)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships - thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships - and that thermal-insulation specifications were not revised to specify asbestos-free materials until 1973, with asbestos materials still being installed as late as May 1978; spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-45).
- 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. GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. Full text retrieved via firecrawl extraction of gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (direct curl to gao.gov is blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (LCI-351 class, twin-screw GM diesel plant, no steam); ShipbuildingHistory yard list (CIW build 1944); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos era through early 1970s) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion section); GAO HRD-80-2; ShipbuildingHistory yard row
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel diesel-powered landing craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were engine exhaust lagging, machinery and pipe gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and the austere landing-craft fit implies less insulation than a fleet vessel, though confined engine-room volumes concentrate whatever insulation existed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- CIW construction trades (1944); crew (1944-45); conversion-yard trades (March 1945, yard undocumented); disposal shipbreakers (1947)
- Limitations
- Era/type inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for this hull, and no class-level materials schedule was located for the LCI-351 design. 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-763-lcil763-07
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[9]Batch-5492 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page; NHHC photo catalog NH 105657; NHHC Pacific Typhoon page; NHHC DANFS amphibious index; NVR; ShipbuildingHistory yard list; Oregon DEQ Zidell fact sheet; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener (paced); secondary web litigation sweep; NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-763-lcil763-01 through -12
- 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)-763 / LCI(R)-763 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinions (type=o) and zero RECAP dockets (type=r) for '"LCI-763" OR "LCI(L)-763" OR "LCI(R)-763"' on 2026-09-30 - a true negative on the primary identifiers; the looser variant query could not be run this session (fleet pacing budget spent; see search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard landing craft' material is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - 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 - negative litigation results cover only CourtListener's indexed opinion/docket corpora under the queried identifier forms; unhyphenated variant forms were not queried this session. Deck logs (RG 24) and any Commercial Iron Works build 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-763-lcil763-08