Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 476-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS LCI(L)-804 (hull 804)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-pkt-476-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-804 page (hull timeline, designations, specifications, awards, commanding officer, crew photos; history text credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry"' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995; page last updated 11 August 2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150804 page - timeline block, campaign/awards blocks, specifications block, CO table, photo captions 1015080401-003
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Hull record: laid down 28 July 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 29 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-804, 4 September 1944 (CO listing: LTjg. W. M. Shumard USNR, 4 September 1944 - ?); reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-804, 31 December 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-804, 30 April 1945. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater as LCI Flotilla Five flagship (CAPT. T. W. Rimer USNR), LCI Group Forty-One (LCDR. R. F. Hunnicutt USNR), LCI Division Eighty-One. Campaign credit: 'Okinawa Gunto operation - Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945. Supported UDT operations at Zamami Jima and Kerama Retto, beginning on Love minus 7.' Postwar: Navy Occupation Service Medal 9-25 September 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 30 September 1945 - 12 January 1946 (partial crew photo at Tsingtao, China, 12 October 1945). Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; earned one battle star for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 7 April 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Call sign NWMH. Specifications: 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in; beam 23 ft 3 in; 16 kts max; complements LCI(L) 4+24, LCI(G) 5+65, LCI(M) 4+49; LCI(M) armament one 40mm, four 20mm, three 4.2-inch chemical mortars in well-deck sandboxes with No. 2 Troop Compartment converted to magazine.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ (Jul-Sep 1944); ship's company varying by variant (24-65 enlisted); embarked LCI Flotilla Five staff; UDT personnel supported at Kerama Retto/Zamami Jima
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained photographic archive recognized as the canonical per-hull reference for minor amphibious craft; its history text is credited to the Turner Publishing USS LCI volume, not a primary document. The '(May 1945)' qualifier beside the commissioning CO's name is ambiguous on the page (likely an as-of date); carried verbatim. Decommissioning, striking, and post-1947 disposition are explicitly unknown on this source. Contains no asbestos, materials, or environmental content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945 edition), LCI(M) construction roster (pp.213-215) + cross-index - shipscribe.com scan of the Navy Department Library copy [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LCI(M) design table p.213; LCI(M) roster row 'LCI(M) 804' pp.214-215 area; cross-index entries 'LCI(L) 801-810 Now LCI(M)801-810' / 'LCI(G) 801-810 Now LCI(M)801-810'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips roster row names this hull: 'LCI(M) 804 (ex-LCI(L) 804, ex-LCI(G)804)' in the New Jersey S. B. Corp., Barber, N.J. builder block (ditto chain from the named LCI(M) 801 row), keel laid 28 Jul 44, ship launched 29 Aug 44, date of first commission 4 Sep 44 - matching NavSource to the day. The hull does not appear in the volume's LCI(L) roster because it was already carried under its later designations; the cross-index prints 'LCI(L) 801-810 Now LCI(M)801-810' and 'LCI(G) 801-810 Now LCI(M)801-810', documenting both conversions for the whole block. The LCI(M) design table (p.213) gives: 159 ft 0 in overall / 153 ft waterline, 23 ft 8 in extreme beam; 381 t trial displacement; limiting draft 5 ft 8 in; 14.4 kt trial speed (estimate, Model Basin); accommodations 4 officers / 49 enlisted; armament 3 x 4.2-inch chemical mortars + 1 single 40-mm AA mount; propulsion 2 propellers, G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines, single G.M. main reduction gears; 2 diesel-driven 20-kW 120-V DC ship's service generators; diesel-oil capacity 860 bbls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding (1944); design complement 4 officers / 49 enlisted
- Limitations
- Official 1945 BuShips data - authoritative for design and build dates, but the volume predates the ship's striking/disposal and contains no materials or asbestos content. The design-table figures are class-level (LCI(M) type row); only the roster row is hull-specific. Scanned table's shaft-horsepower cell OCRs as '1320' (NavSource and the LCI(L) table carry 2,320 shp - probable OCR/print artifact, flagged in gaps). Conversion dates (G 31 Dec 44, M 30 Apr 45) come from NavSource; the roster documents the end state, not the conversion dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-02
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[4]USS LST-125 Action Report, serial LST125/A16-3 074, 4 April 1945 (CO to Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet; via LST Group 7 / LST Flotilla 3 / Amphibious Group 4 / Amphibious Forces Pacific / Fifth Fleet / CINCPOA) - full text reproduced on the NavSource LST-125 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160125a3.htm, LST-125 Action Report paragraph 21 (mortar ammunition unloading list) with chronology cross-check at paragraphs 1-4, 12, 20, 22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary operational document naming this hull: LST-125's own action report for 27 February - 4 April 1945 records that 'the naval mortar [ammunition]... was unloaded off shore of Okinawa Shima over the side of the ship to LCI(M)'s as listed below: USS LCI(M) 801 - 850 rounds; USS LCI(M) 808 - 700 rounds; USS LCI(M) 805 - 700 rounds; USS LCI(M) 804 - 500 rounds; USS LCI(M) 809 - 250 rounds.' The 4.2-inch mortar ammunition (2,800 rounds HE + 200 rounds white phosphorus) had been loaded at Tulagi, Florida Island, and was delivered at the Kerama/Okinawa anchorages during the assault phase - independently corroborating this hull's presence and combat role (receiving its bombardment ammunition) in the Okinawa Gunto operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Population
- LCI(M)-804 ship's company receiving ammunition (early April 1945); LST-125 ship's company performing the transfer
- Limitations
- Verbatim reproduced document on a secondary site (NavSource), not the NARA original; content is consistent with standard action-report format and distribution. The report paragraph dates the unloading 'on 3 March 1945' - internally inconsistent with the same report's own chronology (the ship was loading at Guadalcanal/Tulagi through 8 March and did not reach Okinawa Shima until 1 April; the correct date is almost certainly 3 April 1945) - carried verbatim and flagged. The report calls the recipients 'LCI(M)' before the formal 30 April 1945 redesignation date in NavSource - field usage predating the paper designation; also flagged in gaps. Documents ammunition transfer only - no conditions or materials aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-03
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[5]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - 'by Ship Number' PDF edition [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf - 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-804 9/4/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 lists Navy logbook coverage for the hull under its combined designation 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-804' spanning 9/4/1944 - 6/30/1945 (the run begins on the commissioning date). Deck logs for the hull's entire commissioned service period through mid-1945 exist in NARA RG 24 holdings - the primary documentary trail for daily operations, movements, conversions, and any recorded repair work aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-09-04 to 1945-06-30 (coverage window)
- Limitations
- Coverage endpoints are logbook inventory dates, not commissioning/decommissioning events - the 6/30/1945 end is a holdings boundary (many LCIs' listed coverage ends the same date), not evidence the ship left service then. The logs' content has not been examined for this record; whether the hull's logs are digitized in the NARA Catalog is unconfirmed (the NARA '1941 and later' online deck-log index covers named vessels - this unnamed hull does not appear; the only LCI entry is the unrelated postwar conversion Kestrel, AMCU/MHC-26/LCI-874).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard table - builder's production list [other_primary]
- Locator
- newjersey.htm yard table, row 'LCI(L) 804 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-44 | Struck 1946'; yard-history header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's production table lists 'LCI(L) 804', US Navy Landing Craft, delivered Sep-44, disposition 'Struck 1946' - independently corroborating the builder, delivery month, and striking year (NavSource prints striking 'date unknown'). Yard context from the same page: New Jersey Shipbuilding was an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill in Barber (a community absorbed into Perth Amboy, now called Maurer); management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard closed after the war and the site at the foot of Maurer Road is roughly the present Chevron asphalt plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (construction); yard history 1942-postwar
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce (1944)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary reference (Colton's yard compilations are the standard shipbuilding-history source) rather than an official record; consistent with the official BuShips roster and NavSource on every checkable point. The 'Struck 1946' disposition is the yard table's only post-service datum - it conflicts on precision, not substance, with NavSource's 'date unknown'; carried in gaps. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-05
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record HAER No. AK-52, M/V Husky II (ex-USS LCI(L)-653) data pages (NPS/LoC) - documentation of a same-builder sister hull and of the New Jersey Shipbuilding yard [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 data pages pp.2-8 (principal data, builder paragraph, design description, footnotes 9-12)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS/HAER documentation of the class and of this hull's builder: LCI(L)-653 (built at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ, delivered and commissioned July 1944 - a same-yard sister whose hulls 641-657 contract block immediately precedes this hull's 801-810 block) is documented as LCI(L) 351-class, built of welded steel throughout with 15-lb high-tensile steel in the pilot house/conning tower, armed with five 20mm guns, and powered by eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines, four per shaft, driving variable-pitch propellers - the same diesel plant as this hull. On the builder: New Jersey Shipbuilding was incorporated in 1942 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Barber Asphalt Corporation, converted the idled asphalt plant on Arthur Kill into an LCI shipyard, prefabricated sections at a factory 14 miles away for assembly-line construction, was eventually managed by Todd Shipyards, employed about 2,500 workers, produced 375 LCI(L)s during the war, and was dismantled after the war. HAER's footnote listing of the modified-design (center-gangway) hulls - 'LCIs 402, 641-657, 691-716, 762-780, 782-821, 866-884, 1024-1033, and 1068-1098' (citing Friedman) - includes this hull's number range.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (class/builder history); documentation 2012-era
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding workforce ~2,500 (1942-postwar); class crews
- Limitations
- Documents the class design and the builder's history through a sister hull - it does not name or measure LCI(L)-804 (the center-gangway hull list includes 804's number range but is class-level design attribution, not a hull record). The document's insulation references concern Husky II's postwar refrigerated-hold conversion, not wartime construction; it contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-06
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[8]Historic American Engineering Record HAER No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, OR (data pages, historian Justine Christianson, 2012) - documentation of the last surviving LCI-351-class hull [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages pp.1-3 (principal measurements, description, history)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS/HAER documentation of the LCI-351 class through the surviving example LCI(L)-713: the class was a Bureau of Ships standard design of welded 1/4-inch steel plate; hulls built after 1 June 1944 - which includes this hull (laid down 28 July 1944) - carried the modified design with cylindrical pilot house and centerline ramp rather than the early ships' square conning tower and two side ramps. Engine room held four pairs (eight total) of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers. Approximately 1,051 ships of the type were built at ten shipyards. The document describes spaces (troop compartments, crew space, engine room, deckhouse with mess/wardroom/galley) but records no insulation inventory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 design/build; documentation 2012
- Limitations
- Documents the class design and construction through a surviving sister hull - it does not name or measure LCI(L)-804, and its description contains no asbestos information whatsoever. Design-level layout only; establishes the configuration type this hull was built to, not its material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-07
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[9]U.S. Naval Activities, World War II, by State - New Jersey section (Navy Department compilation transcribed on HyperWar/ibiblio), Barber, N.J. entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- USN-Act NJ page, 'Barber, New Jersey' section, item 1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official wartime directory of U.S. naval activities lists under Barber, New Jersey: 'Navy Cost Inspector, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.' - documenting resident Navy contract oversight at the yard where this hull was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- circa 1943-1945 (directory publication era)
- Population
- Navy Cost Inspector staff; New Jersey Shipbuilding workforce
- Limitations
- Builder context only: a directory entry establishes a Navy cost-inspection presence at the yard, nothing about this hull specifically, its materials, or conditions aboard. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-08
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[10]U.S. Naval Transport Doctrine (Pacific), Chapter XXVII 'Gunfire Support', Section 7 'LCI(M)' - Amphibious Forces Pacific doctrine transcription on HyperWar/ibiblio [other_primary]
- Locator
- Transport doctrine ch.27, Section 7 (LCI(M)) - mission/tasks/armament/organization paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Pacific amphibious doctrine for the LCI(M) type this hull became: battle mission to 'support the LVT and boat group by anti-personnel and neutralization fires on the beachhead prior to and during the assault landing' and later 'supporting and harassing fire'; specified tasks include covering underwater demolition teams with supporting fire or smoke; armament '3 - 4.2 Chemical Mortars... 1 - 40MM. 4 - 20MM. 4 - .50 cal. MGs.'; organization 'Flotillas of 36 ships... 3 Groups of 12 ships each... 2 Divisions of 6 ships each,' with LCI(M)s usually operating in division strength on fire-support missions. Matches this hull's documented assignment (LCI Division Eighty-One of Group Forty-One, Flotilla Five) and UDT-support role at Kerama Retto.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (doctrine era)
- Population
- LCI(M) crews and supported UDT/beach-assault forces (class context)
- Limitations
- Type doctrine, not a hull record - establishes what an LCI(M) was organized and armed to do, not what this hull did or carried materially. Contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-09
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[11]USS LCI National Association, Elsie Item archive: 'Where There's Smoke, There's Fire!' by Ralph I. Miller, LCI(M) 805 (veteran memoir of a Division Eighty-One sister hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org Elsie Item archive, article text (Miller, LCI(M)-805)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- First-person veteran account of this hull's division at Okinawa: a crewman of LCI(M)-805 (sister hull in LCI Division Eighty-One alongside 804) describes smoke-making under kamikaze attack, mortar beach shelling, destroying enemy suicide boats, exploding magnetic mines at night patrol, supporting the Ie Shima landing on 17 April 1945, and postwar China service through a typhoon to Tsingtao and Manchuria - the documented operating pattern of the division this hull belonged to.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- LCI(M)-805 crew; Division Eighty-One crews generally (incl. this hull's)
- Limitations
- Sister-ship memoir, not a record of this hull: describes LCI(M)-805's service in the same division; establishes division-level operating context only. A recollection published by a veterans' association - no official status. Contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-10
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[12]Consolidated era inference - BuShips 1945 design data (diesel plant, no boilers) + HAER class documentation (welded steel, eight GM diesels) + wartime amphibious-craft construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data (ev-02 SDB LCI(M) table; ev-06 HAER AK-52; ev-07 HAER OR-180)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull type: LCI(L)-804 was a diesel-powered landing craft - eight GM 6-71 diesel engines, no boilers, no steam plant - so the dominant shipboard-asbestos pathway of WWII steam vessels (boiler and steam-line lagging) does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications standard to 1944 naval construction of this type would be confined to: diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, accommodation/mess-space insulation, and winch and windlass brake linings. The LCI(G)/LCI(M) conversions added weapons fit (rocket launchers, then three 4.2-inch mortars in well-deck sandboxes with a troop compartment converted to magazine) - ordnance alterations, not documented insulation changes.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); conversion-yard trades (late 1944); crew and embarked troops 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no design drawing, specification, survey, or physical record for this hull was located that names any insulation material. A small diesel landing craft carried materially less asbestos than a steam combatant of the era; nonetheless nothing here proves presence, quantity, or exposure for any individual aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-11
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[13]Batch-5537 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2; LST-125 action report reproduction; NARA Special List 44; ShipbuildingHistory yard table; HAER AK-52 and OR-180; HyperWar USN-Act NJ + transport doctrine; Seventh Amphibious Force Command History (searched - hull not named); USS LCI National Association site search; NHHC/DANFS hull page attempts; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener/PACER ship-name and hull-number searches (blocked - fleet pacing) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS LCI(L)-804 / LCI(G)-804 / LCI(M)-804: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming the hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits across ten queries - 'LCI(L)-804', 'LCI(G)-804', 'LCI(M)-804', 'LCI-804', and 'LCI 804' each in both the opinion and docket indexes; only the 'LCI(L) 804' variant and the class-level query could not be run - the fleet pacing budget was spent and the helper enforced stand-down - logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result for the unrun queries. No DANFS entry exists for the hull (all candidate NHHC URLs 404; the NavSource page credits only the Turner Publishing volume, not DANFS), and the Naval Vessel Register does not cover vessels disposed before 1987.
- 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 - 1944 naval construction of this type would have carried era-standard gasket/packing/insulation materials. The hull's short service life (Sep 1944 - c.1946) and 'fate unknown' post-1947 disposition leave no modern survey trail. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run to completion). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-804-lcil804-12