Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 481-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED as to identity and Normandy service (first-person accounts
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-88-lcil88-pkt-481-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-88 (page 150088) - construction milestones, theater/flotilla assignments, campaign table, commanding officers, specifications, disposition; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150088.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block, commanding-officers table, disposition line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 20 October 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX; launched 20 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-88, 2 February 1943, LT. William B. Cole USCGR in command; manned by the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII (call sign NDGZ). Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla Four (Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG) and Flotilla Ten at Normandy: Tunisian operation 1 June - 9 July 1943, Sicilian occupation 9 - 15 July 1943, Salerno landings 9 - 21 September 1943, Invasion of Normandy 6 - 23 June 1944. Damaged off the coast of France during the Normandy invasion. Departed England 24 October 1944 for availability and overhaul at US Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; departed Charleston 5 December 1944 for amphibious training (Little Creek, VA / Solomon Island, MD area) until 13 December; departed Norfolk 26 December 1944 for San Diego via Key West and the Canal Zone; attached to Ship Training Group, Naval Repair Base, San Diego. Reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five (CDR. H. J. Wuensch USCG), LCI Group One Hundred Three flagship (LCDR. B. A. Walliser USCGR), LCI Division Two Hundred Five, under LTjg. John R. Allums USCGR. Departed San Diego 3 April 1945, arriving Hagushi, Okinawa 29 May 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation 29 May - 30 June 1945 (smoke-screen duty for USS West Virginia, USS New Orleans, USS Portland at Tanabaru Wan; escorted kamikaze-damaged USS LCI(L)-90 to Kerama Retto 6 June); occupation service and minesweeping (Wakanoura-Kii, 11 - 27 September 1945; Operation Klondike, East China Sea-Ryukyus, 27 - 31 October 1945) 2 September - 26 November 1945. Departed Sasebo 25 November 1945 for Galveston, TX, arriving 19 February 1946. Decommissioned 9 April 1946 at Orange, TX. Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown. Earned six battle stars for WWII service. Final disposition: transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 March 1947 for disposal. Specifications: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; armament five single 20mm guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); USCG crew (1943-46); embarked Army troops (up to ~188); Charleston Navy Yard trades (1944 overhaul)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its history is credited to the USS LCI National Association's Turner Publishing volume and its milestone dates generally track official records; several spec figures conflict with the USCG Historian's Office cutter file (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' (history.uscg.mil) - program overview and roster naming LCI(L)-88 [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil 'USCG-Manned LCI(L)s' article body and LCI(L) roster link list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG documentation that under a Coast Guard Commandant / Chief of Naval Operations agreement beginning in 1943, the Coast Guard supplied officers and crew for Navy LCI(L)s; 'Even though these vessels had Coast Guard crews all LCI(L)s remained commissioned US Navy vessels.' The Coast Guard manned 28 LCI(L)s; twenty-four were grouped into a single flotilla under Commander Miles Imlay, USCG - Flotilla 4 for Sicily and Salerno, redesignated Flotilla 10 for Operation Overlord, reinforced with 12 Navy-manned LCIs (36 craft split between Omaha and Utah beaches); after Normandy losses the flotilla returned to the U.S., took replacement LCIs (520, 562, 581, 583), retrained in the Chesapeake, and deployed to the Pacific as Flotilla 35, where duties included minesweeping, smoke screens, escort, and harbor work; all were decommissioned in March 1946. The page's roster of Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s lists LCI(L)-88.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- USCG officers and crews manning Navy LCI(L)s (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Flotilla/program-level official source that names this hull in its roster; documents the USCG-crewing arrangement and confirms commissioned US Navy status, but narrates unit rather than hull movements (hull-level detail comes from ev-01 and ev-03). 'All were decommissioned in March 1946' conflicts with this hull's documented 9 April 1946 decommissioning - the generalization is not carried into this record's decommissioned field. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office cutter file, 'USS LCI(L)-88' (archived PDF of the official uscg.mil webcutters sheet, captured 2016-12-18; current history.uscg.mil article page is a stub). Includes the verbatim text of the vessel's Operation NEPTUNE action report signed by LT H. K. Rigg, USCGR [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI_88.pdf pp. 1-4 (spec block, CO list, 'History: Flotilla 4 / 10 / 35' narrative, verbatim action report)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Coast Guard cutter file for this hull: builder Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; commissioned 2 February 1943; decommissioned 9 April 1946; disposition - transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 March 1947 for disposal; length 158'6"; beam 23'3"; displacement 216 tons light / 234 tons beaching / 389 tons full load; propulsion 8 x GM diesels, twin shafts (4 per shaft), 1,600 hp, twin variable-pitch propellers; complement 3 officers, 21 enlisted; troops 188. Commanding officers: LT William B. Cole USCGR; LT Henry K. Rigg USCGR; ENS William G. Marohl; LTJG John R. Allumns; LTJG William G. Marohl. Narrative: Flotilla 4 shakedown and transatlantic passage; Tunisia 1 June - 9 July 1943; Sicily 9 July 1943; Salerno 9 September 1943; England with Flotilla 10 for Normandy. Verbatim action report (CO to CINC U.S. Fleet, via assault chain): attached to Task Unit 124.3.01, departed Weymouth 5 June 1944, 'this vessel beached on schedule at 0735B, 6 June, the first LCI(L) on EASY RED beach'; direct shell hit starboard forward destroyed the starboard ramp, killing one man, mortally wounding one, with one missing believed killed ashore on the lifeline; vessel retracted at 0739 and ferried casualties/survivors, later control ship for Roger White beach, Utah sector; 'This vessel did not fire its 20mm guns.' She was reported lost in the French invasion area 18 September 1944 - the report was later cancelled. Returned to Charleston, SC 24 October 1944; availability for overhaul and repair at Charleston Navy Yard until 5 December 1944; then Little Creek and Lambert's Point, Norfolk; San Diego; departed 3 April 1945 via Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, Leyte to Hagushi, Okinawa (arrived 29 May 1945). Flotilla 10 redesignated Flotilla 35 under LCDR Blair A. Walliser USCGR flying his flag in the 88 (LTJG John Allumns USCGR commanding). Smoke duty at Yanabaru Wan for USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS New Orleans (CA-32), USS Portland (CA-33) 31 May; escorted kamikaze-damaged LCI(L)-90 to Kerama Retto 6 June; Wakayama mine-destruction duty from 11 September; Operation Klondike East China Sea 25 October - 8 November; departed Sasebo 25 November for Guam, departed Guam 5 December, arrived Galveston 19 February 1946; decommissioned Orange, TX 9 April 1946. Six battle stars; Flotilla 10 vessels retroactively awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- USCG crew (3 officers + 21 enlisted per file); ~140-188 embarked troops incl. 6th Naval Beach Battalion platoon C-8; Charleston Navy Yard trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Archived official USCG source (Wayback capture of uscg.mil webcutters PDF) - the live history.uscg.mil article for this hull is a navigation shell without body content, so the archived file is cited as the substantive copy. Spec block conflicts with NavSource on displacement, complement, and horsepower, and spells two CO names differently (Marohl/Marchl, Allumns/Allums) - conflicts carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-03
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[5]NARA holdings referenced in NavSource photo captions: USS LCI(L) 88 Report of Operations, period 6/5-6/44, Invasion of Normandy (National Archives); motion picture 'LCIs Leave England for Invasion, Convoy At Anchor, Troops Land in France, LST Sinks, Unloading Activities,' National Archives ID 77077 / local ID 428-NPC-4359, filmed by PH3/c Gilbert J. DeStefano USCG aboard LCI(L)-88; still photo NAID 205585324 / local ID 26-G-02-13-46(1) (USCG photo 02-13-46(1)) of LCI(L)-88 crewmen engaging a floating mine, Kii Suido, September 1945; US Army Signal Corps photo 176486 (Bizerte, 6 July 1943) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150088.htm photo-caption blocks; NARA IDs 77077 / 428-NPC-4359 / 205585324 / 26-G-02-13-46(1)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds the hull's primary records: the Report of Operations for the Normandy landings (5-6 June 1944) quoted by both NavSource and the USCG cutter file; a USCG-filmed motion picture shot aboard LCI(L)-88 covering the Channel crossing and Omaha landing (National Archives ID 77077 / 428-NPC-4359); and photographs including NAID 205585324 (Kii Suido minesweeping, 11-27 September 1945) and Army Signal Corps 176486 (Flotillas Two and Four massed at Bizerte loading troops for Sicily, 6 July 1943). These are the documentary core for the hull's wartime record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- USCG crew and embarked troops during documented operations
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: identifiers are transcribed from NavSource photo captions; the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and the items were not independently pulled this session. Deck logs (RG 24) and any Charleston Navy Yard work package for the Oct-Dec 1944 availability are undigitized leads. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (8 x GM series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers); USCG cutter-file spec block (8 x GM diesels, twin shafts, 1,600 hp); wartime-construction context (Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX, October-December 1942); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era context (see ev-uss-lci-l-88-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; USCG cutter-file spec block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Landing Craft Infantry (Large) built in late 1942 at a wartime emergency-production yard sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were engine and exhaust lagging, thermal insulation on machinery and uptakes, gaskets, valve and flange packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on deck machinery, and fireproofing/splinter protection materials. As a diesel-powered craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - but the confined-volume engine-room exposure dynamic applies.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942); USCG engine-room and deck crew (1943-46); yard trades at Charleston availability (1944)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-88. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-05
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[7]NavSource timeline (documented yard visit) + shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json entry 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (project dataset: asbestos products documented at the yard incl. pipe insulation 5-50% asbestos, boiler external coatings 15% asbestos, gaskets, packing, fireproofing in living quarters, electrical insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150088.htm service narrative (Charleston availability, Oct-Dec 1944); shipyards.json charleston-naval-shipyard evidence rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- This hull underwent a documented availability/overhaul at the U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, SC (Charleston Naval Shipyard), from 24 October to 5 December 1944, following battle damage received off Normandy. Charleston Naval Shipyard is documented in the project shipyard dataset as an asbestos-era naval yard with asbestos pipe insulation, boiler coatings, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and electrical insulation in use; its WWII peak employment was 25,948 (1943).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard trades working the 1944 availability
- Limitations
- The yard visit is ship-specific and documented; the asbestos content is yard-level dataset documentation, not a hull work package - no record located describing what work was performed on LCI(L)-88 at Charleston or what materials were disturbed. Does not establish asbestos work aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-06
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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 (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 (1942) and service era (1943-46).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-07
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[9]Batch-5576 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; USCG Historian's Office overview and archived cutter file; NHHC DANFS; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener opinion and docket searches; NARA identifiers via NavSource captions; general web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-88-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-88-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed/opinion-level case naming USS LCI(L)-88 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30): exact-phrase opinion searches '"LCI(L)-88"', '"LCI-88"', '"LCI 88"', and '"USS LCI"' each returned 0 results; a docket search for '"LCI(L)-88" OR "LCI-88"' returned 0 results. No law-firm or marketing pages asserting asbestos aboard this hull were surfaced in the general web sweep - the hull's web footprint is historical (NavSource, USCG Historian, veterans' associations).
- 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 - the hull was built and operated squarely inside the Navy asbestos era. Deck logs (RG 24), the builder's material records, and any Charleston Navy Yard work package for the 1944 availability are undigitized leads. Maritime Commission disposal records may document materials condition at handover. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-88-08