Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-810 ex USS LCI(G)-810 ex USS LCI(L)-810 - build data, designation timeline, unit assignments, campaign record, awards, specifications (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150810.htm header designation line, history block, campaign table, awards display, specifications block, CO table, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific record for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large). Laid down 7 August 1944 at New Jersey Ship Building, Barber, N.J.; launched 7 September 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-810 on 15 September 1944, LT. Wilbur T. Osborne USNR in command. Reclassified LCI(G)-810 on 31 December 1944; reclassified LCI(M)-810 on 30 April 1945. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Five (CAPT. T. W. Rimer USNR), LCI Group Forty-One as group flagship (LCDR. R. F. Hunnicutt USNR), LCI Division Eighty-Two. Campaigns: Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 26 Mar-30 Jun 1945) and Minesweeping operations-Pacific at Wakanoura Kii, Honshu area (20-24 Sep 1945). Occupation service in the Far East 2 Sep-15 Nov 1945. Decommissioned March 1946 at Galveston, TX; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 March 1947 for disposal; final disposition unknown. Two battle stars for WWII service; awards display carries American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Photo caption places USS LCI(M)-810 under way in the shipping channel at Galveston, TX, January 1946, en route to decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Barber NJ, 1944); crew 4-5 officers + 24-65 enlisted by configuration; embarked troops up to ~188 as LCI(L); occupation-era crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - it transcribes official Navy data and published unit histories (credited to Turner Publishing Vol. II) but is not itself the official source. No asbestos or material content. Stricken date is not stated ('date unknown'); post-Mar-1947 fate undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-01
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[2]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ yard construction table - LCI production list and dispositions [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction table, LCI(L) 810 row; yard description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The New Jersey Shipbuilding yard table carries this hull as 'LCI(L) 810, US Navy, Landing Craft, delivered Sep-44, disposition: To US Maritime Commission 1947' - consistent with NavSource's build/commission sequence (laid down Aug-44, commissioned 15 Sep 1944) and corroborating builder, delivery window, and Maritime Commission transfer. The page describes New Jersey Shipbuilding as 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber,' with management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard was closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding Barber construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level construction table compiled by an independent shipbuilding historian, not the yard's primary ledger - consistent with official-list data but itself secondary. The table does not carry yard hull numbers for this yard's rows (compiler notes yard information gaps). 'To US Maritime Commission 1947' is a year-only note vs NavSource's precise 31 March 1947. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-02
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[3]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft tables (compiled from official U.S. Navy ship lists) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(G) table entry 'LCI(G)-810' and LCI(M) table range entry 'LCI(M)-801-810'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-list transcription places this hull in both conversion designation tables: LCI(G)-810 (commissioned 1944-45, annotated 'Converted to Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar)') and the LCI(M)-801-810 range entry (1945) - corroborating NavSource's LCI(L) -> LCI(G) -> LCI(M) designation sequence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Transcribed official ship list; the LCI(M) table carries hull 810 only inside the range entry 'LCI(M)-801-810 (1945)' - designation and commission-year only, no build dates, campaign detail, or material content. Year-range '1944-45' is coarse.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-03
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[4]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number order), Record Group 24 Entry 118 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI block, line 'LCI(L)(G)(M)810 9/15/1944 6/30/1945' (verified verbatim, layout extraction); digitized list checked at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull filed under the consolidated designation 'LCI(L)(G)(M)810', coverage 9/15/1944 through 6/30/1945, in RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208). The coverage window opens on her commissioning date (15 Sep 1944) and runs through the Okinawa campaign. They are not among the digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog (navy-online list contains no LCI-810 entry; LCI-874 is the only LCI listed).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-09-15 to 1945-06-30 (holdings coverage)
- Population
- Aboard crew Sep 1944 - Jun 1945 (log subjects)
- Limitations
- Holdings coverage only: the 9/15/1944 start coincides with commissioning, and the 6/30/1945 end is the standard accession boundary on this list - the window does not cover her Sep-Nov 1945 minesweeping/occupation service or her 1946 inactivation. Logs are undigitized - contents unreviewed; they may contain operational detail but are unlikely to address materials. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 class specification block (two sets of 4 GM '6051 series 71' diesels - the documented Detroit Diesel 6-71 'Quad' arrangement, 4 per shaft; reversible-pitch propellers; no boilers); HyperWar/NavSource designation record (1944-45 conversions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150810.htm specifications and armament/conversion notes; designation record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel amphibious craft built in 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type were diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve/flange packing, accommodation-space insulation, deck coverings, and brake linings on deck machinery. The LCI(G) conversion (Dec 1944) and LCI(M) conversion (Apr 1945) - the latter converting No. 2 troop compartment under the well deck to a magazine - represent interior rework aboard during the asbestos era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew; conversion-yard trades at the undocumented conversion locations (1944-45); any 1946-47 disposal trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or conversion order was located for this hull. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No steam plant, so no boiler/turbine lagging is claimed. Conversion asbestos scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full report text retrieved this session [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 full report, 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf via firecrawl; product page https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy asbestos use and policy change within this hull's service era: 'The Navy's policy to eliminate the use of asbestos and materials containing asbestos, where suitable alternate materials have been designated, was issued in October 1975 after specifications had been revised to eliminate asbestos as an acceptable material for thermal insulation.' The Navy advised GAO that 'although product specifications for thermal insulation had been changed in 1973 to specify the use of asbestos-free materials, asbestos materials had already been purchased and in some cases installed in ships under construction. Therefore, some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' Thermal insulation was 'the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' The report's fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy era 1973-79
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - LCI-810's 1944 build and 1944-46 service predate every dated policy in the report. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. Direct curl returns HTTP 403; full PDF text retrieved via firecrawl this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-06
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[7]Batch-5544 search ledger (this record): NavSource 10/15/150810; ShipbuildingHistory New Jersey Shipbuilding Barber; HyperWar official-list transcription; NARA Special List #44 + navy-online digitized list; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs and photo-page candidates; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener opinion and docket indexes; GAO product page and full report; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-810 / LCI(G)-810 / LCI(M)-810 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). NHHC carries no DANFS entry or photo page for this hull; its NARA-held deck logs are undigitized; NVR carries no entry (pre-1987 disposal). CourtListener opinion and docket searches on all designations returned zero hits. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - only generic asbestos-listicle content (non-citable class).
- 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 diesel amphibious craft is era-consistent for asbestos applications, and no hull material record exists either way. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-810-lcil810-07