Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 471-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-774 — S2 archived line L1124 ("- USS *LCI(L)-774*")
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-pkt-471-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Naval History, USS LCI(L)-774 page (Amphibious Photo Archive); history credited to USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page body: class line, timeline, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large). Laid down 15 June 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 12 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-774 on 25 July 1944. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater; credited with the Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landings, Zamboanga, 8 March to 20 July 1945); one battle star. Decommissioned date unknown; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, March 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition listed as fate unknown. Page carries two photographs of the vessel beached and approaching at Zamboanga (10 March 1945 and 1 April 1945), the latter a U.S. Navy photo in National Archives collections (photo no. 359834).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company 4 officers / 24 enlisted; embarked troops up to 6 officers / 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive - authoritative for identity/timeline but not an official record; decommission and strike dates are absent from this source and the listed 'fate unknown' disposition conflicts with shipbuildinghistory.com's 'sunk as target 1956' (see ev-05). Contains no asbestos, material-condition, or crew-health information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (arranged by ship number); records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, page 28 (PDF pagination), line 'LCI(L)-774 ... 7/25/1944 ... 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds Navy logbooks for LCI(L)-774 covering 25 July 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07-25 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company of record in deck logs, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Coverage endpoints are the span of logbooks held in RG 24 Entry 118 - not commissioning or decommissioning evidence. The 25 July 1944 begin date coincides with NavSource's commissioning date; the 30 June 1945 end date falls well before the March 1946 reserve-fleet entry, so later logs are not covered by this listing. Logs are held physically at NARA (Washington, DC area for pre-1941 transfers; post-1941 logs are transferred 30 years after completion) - they do not appear in the National Archives Catalog digitized deck-log list as of this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-02
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[4]U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI-226: Allied Landing Craft and Ships (1944), LCI(L) sections for hulls 1-350 and 351-onward (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription host) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI-226 PDF, LCI(L) data table (hulls 1-350 and '351-' sections) and LCI(L) Numbers 351- description page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime U.S. Navy recognition manual documents the LCI(L) design as built: welded steel hull, 158'5.5" o.a. x 23'3", propulsion of two sets of GM diesels (max 1,600 BHP) on twin variable-pitch screws, five 20mm guns and '2 inch plastic' splinter protection on guns, conning and pilothouse sides for the 351-and-later production group; crew 4 officers and 24 men; troop capacity 9 officers and 196 enlisted; and notes that all production after 1 June 1944 incorporated the centerline bow ramp with 'boilers and troop spaces rearranged'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (publication); production period 1942-1944
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops, 1942-1945 (class context)
- Limitations
- Type-level design document - describes the LCI(L) class, not hull 774 individually. The manual does not discuss insulation materials or asbestos anywhere in the LCI(L) section; 'boilers' is stated without type or lagging detail; 'plastic' splinter armor is named without composition. Asbestos content aboard this hull is not established by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record HAER No. OR-180, 'LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, Multnomah County, OR' (data pages compiled by Justine Christianson, HAER Historian, 2012) + NPS NRHP nomination, NRIS 07000300 (listed 12 April 2007) [haer]
- Locator
- or0606data.pdf (data pages 1-3); NRHP nomination 07000300 Sections 7-8
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal documentation of sister ship LCI(L)-713 - the last LCI-351-class vessel surviving in original configuration - describes the Bureau of Ships standard design built at ten wartime shipyards (approximately 1,051 hulls): welded quarter-inch steel plate, two decks, engine room containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers, deckhouse accommodations, and the round-conning-tower/centerline-ramp configuration of post-June-1944 production - the same modified design group to which LCI(L)-774 belongs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2012 (HAER documentation); 2006-2007 (NRHP nomination); describes 1944 construction
- Population
- Museum/restoration volunteers on the surviving sister ship; class crew population
- Limitations
- Sister-ship record, not this hull: HAER OR-180 and the NRHP nomination document LCI(L)-713 (built by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA). Neither document mentions asbestos or interior insulation materials. Class design commonality is a reasonable inference for hull 774 (same LCI-351 group), but this record establishes nothing about asbestos aboard any specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR - yard construction table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Commercial Iron Works yard table, row 149
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard's hull list records hull no. 149 as 'LCI(L) 774', built for the U.S. Navy, delivered/listed July 1944, with disposition 'Sunk as target 1956'. The same yard page records that Commercial Iron Works closed in 1946 after building 188 boats during World War II and that the site was sold to Zidell Marine as a ship dismantling facility.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944; 1956
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference work, not an official Navy or MARAD record - this is the only located source for the 1956 target-sinking disposition, and it conflicts with NavSource's 'fate unknown'. Treated as a corroborating yard-level table consistent with the builder attribution, but the disposition itself is unverified against a primary source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-05
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[7]Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Remedial Action Record of Decision - Zidell Waterfront Property, ECSI No. 689, June 2005 (DEQ Northwest Region Voluntary Cleanup Program) - archived copy; the live deq.state.or.us deep link now redirects to the DEQ home page [other_primary]
- Locator
- ROD Sections 2.2 (Site History), 3.2 ('Asbestos Materials' subsection), Section 7 (selected remedy); pp. 2-6 and 3-x
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder yard's documented environmental record: Oregon DEQ's ROD records that Commercial Iron Works was constructed at the site in 1942 and built and repaired ships there 1942-1947 (the period covering this hull's construction), and that Zidell Ship Dismantling leased the Commercial Iron Works dock in 1947 and dismantled surplus WWII ships there until the mid-1970s. DEQ confirmed asbestos-containing material in landfilled insulation materials several feet thick along the riverbank 'in the area where ship salvaging activities historically occurred,' and lists ACM excavation and management in the selected remedy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-mid-1970s (site operations); 2005 (ROD)
- Population
- CIW wartime shipyard workers (1942-1947); Zidell shipbreaking workers (1947-mid-1970s)
- Limitations
- Site-level regulatory record, not a hull record: the confirmed ACM is attributed to the landfilled insulation in the ship-salvage area - i.e., predominantly to post-war shipbreaking of surplus WWII vessels at the site, not documented to LCI(L)-774's 1944 construction. It establishes that ships of this hull's type and era were broken at this yard and carried asbestos insulation material, and that the builder site is a DEQ-regulated cleanup with confirmed ACM - nothing is established about material installed aboard hull 774 itself. Live DEQ URL dead; citation is the archived (Wayback) copy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-06
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[8]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, report on Navy asbestos exposure-control efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards (published 18 October 1979, released 22 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-wide use of asbestos insulation aboard ships and the Navy's asbestos-removal policies: the 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs; the 1979 modification added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Fieldwork covered the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy period reviewed)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and shipboard personnel (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation - describes Navy asbestos management decades after this hull's 1944-1946 commissioned service; fieldwork yards (Long Beach, Norfolk) are not the builder or reserve-fleet site for this vessel. Establishes the Navy's own acknowledgment of shipboard asbestos insulation in the fleet of this era, not conditions aboard hull 774. gao.gov product page fetched live this session; full 26-page PDF not extracted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-07
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[9]Batch-5504 search ledger (this record): NavSource vessel page; NARA Special List 44; NHHC DANFS index/site search; shipbuildinghistory.com yard tables; ONI-226; LOC HAER OR-180 and NPS NRHP 07000300 (sister ship LCI(L)-713); Oregon DEQ ROD ECSI 689; NARA digitized deck-log catalog; USS LCI National Association / Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum sites; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum/curatorial documentation naming LCI(L)-774 was found in the sources searched. No DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft. Litigation status is open rather than negative - CourtListener was unreachable (fleet pacing throttle) for the whole session and could not be searched for this hull.
- 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 - a 1944 welded-steel diesel landing craft of the LCI-351 group is consistent with era-standard insulation practices, but that is inference, not a ship-proven finding. The fate discrepancy (NavSource 'fate unknown' vs. shipbuildinghistory 'sunk as target 1956') and the unsearchable litigation index both leave open evidentiary avenues.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-774-lcil774-08