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)-775 — S2 archived line L1126 ("- USS *LCI(L)-775*")
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-775-lcil775-pkt-471-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-775 ex-USS LCI(L)-775 - milestones, campaign table, specifications, awards, commanding-officer table, and US Navy photographic record (page history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry" Vol. II,' Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150775.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block, awards block, CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class; laid down 19 June 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 9 July 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-775, 29 July 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-775, 20 January 1945. Asiatic-Pacific Theater: Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landings 9 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 1 April - 30 June 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 5 September - 16 November 1945. Laid up Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, March 1946; decommissioned and stricken on unknown dates; final disposition 'fate unknown.' One battle star as LCI(L)-775 and one as LC(FF)-775; awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 t. cargo; two sets of four GM diesels (four per shaft), 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers. Call sign NQTR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); crew 1944-46; embarked troops (up to 188); reserve-fleet layup trades (1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on official records and the cited Turner Publishing LCI history - milestone dates track NVR/DANFS-style records but the page is not itself a primary registry. Contains no asbestos content. Its header 'LT. D. W. Shields' conflicts with its own CO table 'LT. Shields, K. W. USNR' and with the NHHC primary source (see ev-02/ev-07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-01
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[3]NHHC, Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (contemporaneous fleet organization document) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Fleet-organization table, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three > LCI Group 67 > LCI Division 134, p. ~82 of the document
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Navy Department document lists 'LCI 775 ... Lt. K. W. Shields (USNR)' in LCI Division 134 under LCI Group 67 (ComLCIGrp 67 Lt. Cdr. A. H. Conners, USNR) of LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three, within the U.S. Pacific Fleet organization as of 1 May 1945 - mid-Okinawa-operation. Confirms the hull's flotilla assignment and names its commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew (1945); flotilla/group command staff embarked in an LC(FF)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific assignment record only; no asbestos content. This document lists the craft under Group 67 / Division 134 and styled plain 'LCI 775' (no (FF) suffix), while NavSource's campaign note places LC(FF)-775 under LC(FF) Group 69 / Division 137 for the same operation - the flotilla (Twenty-Three) agrees, the group/division assignments differ; unresolved (see gaps). history.navy.mil returns 404 to HEAD/bare-GET automated requests but serves 200 to a normal browser GET - verified live 2026-09-30 with browser User-Agent and via Firecrawl render.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-02
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[4]NARA catalog fileUnit 120259383, 'LCI(L) 775 - Muster Rolls' (National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference; microform custody; 17 digitized images via the NARA-Ancestry scanning partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120259383 - fileUnit 'LCI(L) 775 - Muster Rolls'; war-diary hits under catalog phrase search "LCI(L) 775"
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized muster rolls for this hull: 17 scanned images covering muster-roll dates 29 July 1944 (commissioning day), 31 August, 30 September, 31 October, 30 November, and 31 December 1944 - primary crew-population records for the fitting-out, shakedown, and West Coast training period (the same window as the Port Hueneme grounding photographs). Catalog phrase search also surfaced war diaries of the amphibious training commands referencing this hull during August-November 1944 (COMTRAINCOM PHIBFORPAC 8/44; COMTRCOMPHIBPAC 10/44 and 11/44; COM 11 9-10/44; COM 12 12/44 and 4/45; COM 13 6-8/44 series).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07-29 to 1944-12-31 (digitized coverage)
- Population
- Commissioning and shakedown crew, July-December 1944 (named individuals by rate)
- Limitations
- Personnel records, not material records: muster rolls establish who was aboard by name and rate on given dates - an exposure-population lead, not evidence of asbestos conditions. Located digitized coverage ends 31 December 1944; 1945 muster rolls and deck logs for this hull were not located in catalog hits and are the open archival lead. Muster-roll images were enumerated from the catalog record's digitalObjects list; individual images were not pulled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-03
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[5]U.S. Navy photographs 80-G-289847, 80-G-289849, 80-G-289852 (National Archives collections, credited via National Museum of the U.S. Navy), reproduced and captioned in the NavSource photographic record; fourth image credited to USS LCI National Association newsletter 'Elsie Item' (Dec 2012) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150775.htm image table; photo numbers 80-G-289847/289849/289852
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official U.S. Navy photographic series documents this hull grounded in heavy surf on MTA Beach, Port Hueneme, California, 11-21 November 1944, after a 'rapid landing operation of Lion 8' - the craft broached in approximate depth of keel in sand while crewmen and Port Hueneme personnel dug and bulldozed her free over ten days (13, 14, and 21 November caption dates).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-11 to 1944-11-21
- Population
- Crew; Port Hueneme personnel assisting recovery (November 1944)
- Limitations
- Photographs with official numbers confirm the grounding event and date window; they document physical presence and recovery work, not material conditions aboard. The underlying training exercise is documented only through the photo captions. No asbestos content. The NARA-held negatives (80-G series) were not separately pulled - captions transcribed via NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (two sets of four GM diesels, four per shaft, 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers - diesel plant, no steam); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era program documentation (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LCI(L)-351-class landing craft built June-July 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel landing craft of this type and period: engine and diesel-exhaust insulation in the machinery space, gaskets and flange packing, valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation-space insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or turbines - the steam-plant lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); reserve-fleet trades (1946); any disposal/shipbreaking workforce (date unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-775. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish exposure of any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-05
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[7]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 (June-July 1944) and commissioned life (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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description. Same standing limitation as Batch-01 and Batch-98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-06
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[8]NHHC, U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 ('LCI 775 - Lt. K. W. Shields (USNR)') vs NavSource header ('LT. D. W. Shields USNR in command (May 1945)') vs NavSource CO table ('LT. Shields, K. W. USNR, 29 July 1944 - ?') [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NavSource header line vs CO table; NHHC 1 May 1945 org doc, LCI Div. 134 line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the NavSource header block prints 'LT. D. W. Shields USNR in command (May 1945)' beside the commissioning line while its own commanding-officer table prints 'LT. Shields, K. W. USNR' from 29 July 1944. The contemporaneous NHHC fleet-organization document resolves the initial: 'LCI 775 - Lt. K. W. Shields (USNR)'. The CO's correct name is K. W. Shields; the 'D. W.' header variant is a transcription error.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Corrects a name-initial error, not a material claim. Assumes the table's single CO entry covers the war period - a second CO before May 1945 is possible but no source surfaced one. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-07
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[9]Batch-5505 search ledger (this record): NavSource amphibious archive; NHHC DANFS index (no entry for this hull); NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NARA catalog (muster rolls fileUnit 120259383 + training-command war diaries); NVR; USS LCI National Association site; Sons of Liberty Museum stub; secondary web asbestos/litigation sweeps; CourtListener via authenticated fleet helper (blocked - fleet pacing budget spent at session time) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-775-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-775 / LC(FF)-775 was found in the public sources searched. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only asbestos-adjacent material found was law-firm marketing content naming the LCI class generally, 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. Decommission, strike, and disposal records are themselves missing (decommissioned and stricken 'date unknown,' disposition 'fate unknown' per NavSource), so there is no disposal file in which an abatement record would even appear. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-775-08