Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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)-805 (hull 805)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-pkt-476-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-805 ex USS LCI(G)-805 ex USS LCI(L)-805 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150805 (ship entry, designation sequence, campaign and awards table, unit listing, commanding-officer table, and specifications block) - verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, conversions, and service record for this hull: laid down 31 July 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 30 August 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-805 on 6 September 1944 (commanding-officer table lists LTjg. Y. Davis, USNR, from 6 September 1944). Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-805 on 31 December 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-805 on 30 April 1945. Credited campaign (one battle star): Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945. Postwar assignment: Navy Occupation Service Medal 9-25 September 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 30 September 1945 to 12 January 1946. Wartime organization per this page: LCI Flotilla Five, LCI Group Forty-One, LCI Division Eighty-One. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 16 April 1947; fate unknown. Specification block (LCI-351 class): displacement 246 t. light / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; propulsion two sets of four GM Series 71 diesel engines, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; complements 4/24 (LCI(L)), 5/65 (LCI(G)), 4/49 (LCI(M)); troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (LCI(L): 4 officers, 24 enlisted; LCI(G): 5 officers, 65 enlisted; LCI(M): 4 officers, 49 enlisted) and embarked troops as configured (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted), 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary reference (transcribing Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume and Navy records), not a contemporaneous log or action report. Its flotilla/group/division listing conflicts with the contemporaneous NHHC fleet-organization document of 1 May 1945, which shows LCI Flotilla Nineteen / Group 55 / Division 109 (M) - NHHC version carried for that date, variance flagged in gaps. Decommissioning and striking dates not given. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (contemporaneous fleet organization listing) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, 'LCI FLOTILLA NINETEEN' section: LCI GROUP 55, LCI DIVISION 109 (M), row 'LCI 805 | Lt. (jg) Y. Davis (USNR)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own fleet-organization list of 1 May 1945 places 'LCI 805' in LCI Division 109 (M) - a mortar division, consistent with her 30 April 1945 reclassification to LCI(M)-805 - under LCI Group 55, LCI Flotilla Nineteen (Commander LCI Flotilla Nineteen: Lt. Cdr. E. C. Folger, Jr.), with Lt. (jg) Y. Davis (USNR) listed as her commanding officer. Division-mates LCI 801, 802, 803, 804 (FF), 806.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew, May 1945
- Limitations
- A point-in-time administrative listing (1 May 1945); it confirms unit assignment and commanding officer on that date, not before or after. No asbestos, material, or condition information. The document is a contemporaneous Navy record hosted by NHHC, not a DANFS narrative - no individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered craft (verified 2026-09-30, candidate URL lci-l-805.html returns 404).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-02
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, by-ship-number listing, row 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-805 | 9/6/1944 | 6/30/1945' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NARA PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)(G)(M)-805' covering 6 September 1944 through 30 June 1945 - log coverage beginning on her commissioning date and spanning her entire combat career including the Okinawa Gunto campaign. These are the primary daily records of this hull's service, held in Record Group 24.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- The entry is an inventory record only - it establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents. The deck logs themselves were not opened for this record; they are not among the digitized deck-log series (digitized coverage runs 1956-1978, after this hull left service). Whether NARA holds logs after 30 June 1945 is outside this inventory listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-03
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[5]U.S. Naval Academy, Nimitz Library Special Collections and Archives, MS 415 World War II Ship Action Reports, 1942-1945 - finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- MS 415 finding aid, Box 12, Folder 7 entry 'U.S.S. LCI (M)-805 ... May 1945. Okinawa Gunto operations.' - verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USNA Special Collections finding aid for World War II ship action reports lists 'U.S.S. LCI (M)-805 (Landing Craft - Infantry), May 1945. Okinawa Gunto operations.' at Box 12, Folder 7 - a ship-specific primary action report for this hull's Okinawa service exists in the collection.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Crew, May 1945 (report subject period)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid level documentation: the report's existence is confirmed but its contents were not reviewed for this record. An action report describes operations and casualties, not materials; no asbestos information expected or implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-04
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[6]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, Elsie Item No. 98 (September 2017), 'Where There's Smoke, There's Fire!' - firsthand narrative by Ralph I. Miller, LCI(M) 805 [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org, 'Where There's Smoke, There's Fire!' (Elsie Item No. 98, Sept 2017), by Ralph I. Miller, LCI(M) 805 - verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A firsthand crew narrative by signalman Ralph I. Miller, who served aboard LCI(M)-805, describes: smoke-screen generation in fleet anchorages under kamikaze threat; mortar fire support at Okinawa including destruction of enemy suicide boats and, in company with LCI(M)-806, detonation of 23 magnetic mines; the massed kamikaze attack of 6 April 1945; support of the Ie Shima landing on 17 April 1945; repairs at Leyte, Philippines, preparing for the planned November invasion of Japan; and postwar China service to 'Sintao' (Tsingtao) and Manchuria before his December 1945 return. Corroborates the Okinawa campaign and China-service dates in the official record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Individual crew member (Miller) and shipmates, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Veterans-association publication of a firsthand account - not an official record; operational color (counts of suicide boats, aircraft) is recollection and not independently verified; narrative asserts a Philippines call before Okinawa that does not correspond to any credited campaign for this hull. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-05
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[7]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) - LCI(L) 351-class written history and documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written history, 'LCIs in World War II' section (pp. 8-10) and principal-dimensions/propulsion block (p. 1); NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit - PDF verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)s were diesel-powered landing craft of a utilitarian wartime Bureau of Ships design (designed May 1942; over 900 built by ten yards; ~158 ft, twin-screw). This hull is an LCI(L)-351-class craft whose propulsion per the NavSource specification block was two sets of four General Motors Series 71 diesel engines, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers (2,320 shp) - an all-diesel plant with no boilers or steam system, so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard are the era-standard diesel-craft items: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation in the engine room and accommodations, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister 351-class craft (LCI(L) 653) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content (the insulation work it describes - spray-on/spray-foam insulation - dates to postwar fishing-tender conversions, not the wartime build). No ship-specific material list exists for this hull; asbestos presence aboard is era- and design-level inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, products installed, or present-day presence (hull fate unknown since 1947).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights text - verified live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal costs, and disability compensation; it records the Navy's 1975 policy of removing/replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - Navy-wide confirmation that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships of this era.
- 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 or this craft type (HRD-80-2 fieldwork concerned large Navy shipyards, and the report does not discuss landing craft). Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30; full 26-page PDF not reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-07
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[9]Batch-5538 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC fleet-organization document; NARA Special List 44; USNA MS 415 finding aid; HyperWar landing-craft list; usslci.org; NHHC/DANFS candidate URLs and site search; uboat.net warship record; Colton production and yard tables; LOC/HAER; NVR; MARAD vessel-history database; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and RECAP docket indexes); banned-source web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI-805 / LCI(L)-805 / LCI(G)-805 / LCI(M)-805 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-805', 'LCI-805', 'LCI(G)-805', 'LCI(M)-805', and 'LCI 805' + asbestos, and a RECAP docket-index query covering all four designations, each returned verified count 0. A live-web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming this hull returned no results. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft.
- 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 - as a 1944 combat-built Navy craft the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage is verified-nil across opinion and docket indexes for the four designations. The vessel was transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1947 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-805-lcil805-08