Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 483-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-90-lcil90-pkt-483-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-90 - construction, commissioning, theater/flotilla assignments, campaign credits, awards, casualty roster, specifications, commanding officers (history credited to 'The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150090.htm - header timeline block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers block, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down October 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-90 on 6 February 1943 with a Coast Guard crew, LTjg. William E. Stevens, USCGR in command. Europe-Africa-Middle East service with LCI Flotilla Four (CAPT. M. E. Imlay, USCG) and LCI Flotilla Ten (at Normandy): Tunisian operation 1 Jun-9 Jul 1943, Sicilian occupation 9-15 Jul 1943, Salerno landings 9-21 Sep 1943, Invasion of Normandy 6-25 Jun 1944. Ferry and escort duty between England and France 7 Jun-4 Oct 1944; departed Falmouth 5 Oct for Charleston, S.C., arriving 24 Oct 1944 for availability and refit; departed Charleston 5 Dec 1944 for Little Creek, VA and Solomon Island, MD amphibious training; departed Norfolk 13 Dec 1944 for San Diego via Key West and the Canal Zone; attached to the Amphibious Training Group, San Diego; departed 20 Apr 1945 for Okinawa via Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi and Leyte, arriving off Okinawa 3 Jun 1945. Hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane 3 Jun 1945; departed for Saipan and Leyte for repairs. Departed Leyte early December 1945, arriving Galveston, TX 14 Feb 1946. Decommissioned 8 Apr 1946; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); transferred to the Maritime Commission 13 Nov 1947 for disposal. Five battle stars for WWII service; awards include the Coast Guard Unit Commendation and Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Pacific assignment under LTjg. W. H. Nadon, USCGR: LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five (CDR. H. J. Wuensch, USCG), LCI Group One Hundred Three (LCDR. B. A. Walliser, USCG), LCI Division Two Hundred Five. Specs: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 2 officers + 21 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft), 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; armor: 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; armament four single 20mm plus two .50 cal added later.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942-43); USCG crew (1943-46); embarked Army troops (6 officers + 182 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records and its stated history source is the official 'Coast Guard At War' series, but several fields remain unverified (struck date is expressly 'unknown'). A NavSource ribbon annotation lists the Combat Action Ribbon 'retroactive 14 June 1945' and the Okinawa Gunto campaign credit as 14-30 Jun 1945, while the documented kamikaze attack was 3 Jun 1945 (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-01
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[3]Commanding Officer, U.S.S. LCI(L) 90, Action Report of operations of 3 June 1945 (Serial 0001, 8 June 1945), to Chief of Naval Operations - with Battle Damage Report and Casualty Report; first endorsement by Commander LCS(L) Flotilla THREE (CTG 32.9), 28 June 1945. Declassified under E.O. 13526, NARA (Dec 31, 2012); scan hosted by NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action report Serial 0001 (8 Jun 1945), pp. 1-2 (attack narrative); Battle Damage Report (compartment-by-compartment list); Casualty Report (named roster); first endorsement 28 Jun 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous ship record: at approximately 1340, 3 June 1945, while at anchor 300 yards off the beach in Chimu Wan harbor, Okinawa, acting as harbor entrance control unit (PCS 1460 also present), the vessel was struck by a Japanese 'Val' aircraft that strafed, dropped a small bomb ~50 yards off the starboard quarter, and crashed a glancing blow on the after starboard side of the pilot house and conning station. Battle damage documented: hull skin caved in between frames 35 and 57; hole ~2 ft diameter in Troop Compartment #3 overhead (frames 42-43); broken fresh-water line and main fuel-oil transfer line at frame 42 W.T. bulkhead; conning station starboard side and after section destroyed; all electrical wiring in troop officers' quarters destroyed by fire; radio antenna leads broken; mast, yardarm, flag bags, starboard life raft and lifeboat destroyed; numerous small deck holes and bulges. Casualty report: SM3/c John P. Ross Jr. died of second- and third-degree burns 4 June 1945 aboard a receiving vessel (vessel name illegible in scan); seven wounded - LTjg. William H. Nadon (USCGR), Bosn Floyd O. Reams, GM3/c William V. Fries, SM3/c Richard J. Wagner, F1/c Kline W. Johnson, F1/c Chester J. Geveda, Stm2/c James F. Fillmore - mostly burns. Report signed by a lieutenant (jg) USCGR commanding (acting) - the CO was among the wounded. The vessel proceeded under her own power on a trick wheel; she was repaired and returned to service (repairs at Saipan and Leyte per NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 3-4 June 1945 (report coverage); endorsement 28 Jun 1945
- Population
- USCG crew aboard (~23-27 per spec; casualty roster names 8)
- Limitations
- Primary source (ship's own action report, NARA declass) but covers combat damage and casualties only - no material or asbestos content; damaged 'electrical wiring destroyed by fire' and structural repair scope are documented facts, not asbestos findings. The receiving vessel name is illegible in the scan. The report describes one attacking aircraft; the later official Coast Guard history describes two suicide planes - noted in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office topic page - program narrative and linked list of 28 LCI(L)s including LCI(L)-90 (article stub at /Browse-by-Topic/Cutters/All/Article/1829679/ is an empty shell - no narrative content)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USCG history: under an agreement between the Coast Guard Commandant and the Chief of Naval Operations the Coast Guard supplied officers and crews for Navy LCI(L)s beginning in 1943; '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; 24 were grouped into a single flotilla commanded by CDR. Miles Imlay, USCG - 'first known as Flotilla 4 for the invasion of Sicily and Salerno, its designation was changed to Flotilla 10 for Operation Overlord' - reinforced by 12 Navy-manned LCIs to 36 craft split between Omaha and Utah beaches; four LCI(L)s were destroyed by enemy fire at Omaha Beach. The surviving vessels served in the English Channel for months, returned to the U.S., had their four lost LCIs replaced by LCI(L)s 520, 562, 581 and 583, and were redesignated Flotilla 35 for Pacific service. 'A kamikaze hit and damaged LCI(L)-90 while participating in the invasion of Okinawa. She was repaired and returned to service.' LCI(L)-90 appears in the official list of the 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- USCG LCI flotilla crews (28 craft; 84 officers + 661 men at inception per CG at War V.1)
- Limitations
- Official service-history page; the flotilla-level statement 'all were decommissioned in March 1946' is a generalization - NavSource carries this hull's decommissioning as 8 April 1946 (ship-specific date carried). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, Vol. VI: The Pacific Landings (1949), p. 227 - 'LCI(L)-90 Attacked' (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG at War VI-Pacific, USCG-VI-26.html, 'LCI(L)-90 Attacked' pp. 227-229 subsection (page marker 227)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Coast Guard wartime history documents this hull by name: 'On the afternoon of 3 June, 1945, while acting as harbor control vessel in Chinmu Bay the LCI(L)-90 was attacked by two Japanese suicide planes, one of which, a "Val" crashed into the starboard side of the conning station, rolling to the deck below and then over the side. General Quarters had been sounded and members of the crew were on their way to their stations at the time. Serious injuries were sustained by six men and two officers consisting of burns in various degrees. One of the men later died of his burns. The others were evacuated to shore hospitals for treatment. Although the conn and pilot house had all radio and navigating equipment destroyed, the LCI(L)-90 was able to proceed under her own power using a trick wheel.' The passage follows a description of Division 206 (TU 32.25.4) duties in Kerama Retto - harbor entrance control, making smoke, carrying guard mail and staff officers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 3 June 1945
- Population
- USCG crew aboard (1945)
- Limitations
- Official service history (secondary narrative) naming this hull; it reports 'two Japanese suicide planes' while the ship's contemporaneous action report describes one attacking aircraft - the contemporaneous report is carried for the aircraft count; discrepancy noted in gaps. 'Chinmu Bay' spelling per this source; the action report and NavSource use 'Chimu Wan' harbor. Division context: NHHC's 1 May 1945 fleet organization places LCI 90 in Division 205 (see ev-05). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-04
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[6]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Five, Group 103, Division 205 listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Five > Group 103 > Division 205 table row 'LCI 90'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document lists this hull by name with its commanding officer: 'LCI 90 - Lt. (jg) W. H. Nadon (USCG)' under LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-FIVE > LCI(L) GROUP 103 > LCI(L) DIVISION 205, alongside sister Coast Guard-manned craft LCI 83, 84, 86, 87 (F), and 88 (F). Confirms the ship-specific Pacific assignment (Flotilla 35 / Group 103 / Division 205) and CO that NavSource reports.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1 May 1945
- Population
- Crew (1945)
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot listing only - names the hull, unit, and CO but contains no service or material detail. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-05
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, Vol. V.1: Escorts (1946) - LCI(L) manning program narrative and commissioning list (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG at War V.1 Escorts index page, 'LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY, LARGE) LCI(L)' section and commissioning table ('90 2-6-13' [sic])
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Coast Guard history of the USCG-manned LCI(L) program: the Coast Guard was directed 14 January 1943 to man vessels of the LCI(L) type - initially 24 vessels plus a flotilla staff and two group staffs (84 officers and 661 men), with four more manned in January 1945. 'These ships were built at Orange and Houston, Texas, where they were manned by Coast Guard personnel upon commissioning.' Established as Flotilla U, Groups 10 and 11, later changed to Flotilla 10, Groups 29 and 30, under the 11th Amphibian Command, assigned to CINCLANT 8 February 1943; after Mediterranean and Normandy service and U.S. refit the flotilla went to the Pacific as Flotilla 35, Groups 103 and 104. The published commissioning list includes 'LCI(L)-90: 2-6-43' (OCR reads '2-6-13' - a transcription artifact).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Orange/Houston construction trades (1942-43); initial USCG manning (84 officers + 661 enlisted across the flotilla)
- Limitations
- Program-level history that does name this hull in its commissioning table. Confirms Orange/Houston, TX construction of the Coast Guard-manned group but does not distinguish the two Orange-area yards - NavSource attributes this hull specifically to Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; sister LCI(L)s in the USCG at War Appendix A were commissioned at Brown Shipbuilding Corp., Orange, TX, so both builders operated in Orange. OCR-level transcription includes date typos. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-06
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[8]U.S. Coast Guard MyCG, 'The Long Blue Line: William Trump - Coast Guard hero of D-Day' (official USCG news feature) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MyCG Long Blue Line article body; Silver Star citation text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG article documenting this hull's Normandy service and a crewman's decoration: Motor Machinist's Mate 1/c William F. Trump served aboard LCI(L)-90 (commissioned 6 Feb 1943); crews of approximately 27 men carried some 200 troops per craft. Trump and crew participated in the occupation of Tunisia (1 Jun 1943), invasion of Sicily (9 Jul 1943), and Salerno landings (9 Sep 1943), then sailed for England with Flotilla 10. On 6 June 1944 at Omaha Beach, Trump volunteered to wade between heavily mined beach obstacles under severe enemy fire and dragged an anchor and anchor-line to shallow water, providing a safety line for troops to follow; he was awarded the Silver Star in October 1944 (citation reproduced verbatim: Commander 12th Fleet Serial 10336, 26 October 1944). 'After departing Operation Neptune, LCI(L)-90 was involved in other key naval battles and in June 1945 was hit by a Japanese suicide plane, forcing it to depart for repairs. On April 8, 1946, the landing craft was decommissioned.' Five battle stars; Flotilla 10 retroactively awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (article coverage); citation 26 Oct 1944
- Population
- USCG crew (~27 per article); MoMM1/c William F. Trump
- Limitations
- Official USCG news-feature article (secondary institutional publication); figures like 'approximately 27 men' and '200 troops' are rounded narrative values - the NavSource spec block (2 officers + 21 enlisted; 6 officers + 182 enlisted troops) is carried for the record. The article says the kamikaze hit occurred 'in June 1945' without a day; the action report fixes it at 3 June 1945. No asbestos content; the Silver Star is carried as vessel history, not exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource/HyperWar spec blocks (diesel propulsion: 2 sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, twin screws, 1,600 BHP; no steam plant); documented 1942-43 Gulf Coast construction; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-era program context (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150090.htm specifications; HyperWar USN Ships LCI(L)-90 spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 product context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel-powered landing craft built October-December 1942 at Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX, sits inside the WWII emergency shipbuilding period when the U.S. Navy and its yards used asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, packing, and electrical materials as standard practice. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type: diesel exhaust lagging and engine-room thermal insulation; machinery and pipe gaskets; valve packing; electrical cable/wiring insulation; interior joiner and insulation materials. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Documented battle damage (June 1945) and the Charleston availability/refit (Oct-Dec 1944) are repair events that disturbed structure and systems, relevant to era-material disturbance only at the inference level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942-43); USCG crew (1943-46); yard trades during Charleston availability/refit (Oct-Dec 1944); repair personnel at Saipan/Leyte (1945); MARCOM disposal/scrapping workers (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-90. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The NavSource-documented '2-inch plastic splinter protection' armor panels are noted but their material composition is not documented - no asbestos content is asserted for them.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program review documenting that the U.S. Navy used asbestos extensively in ship construction and overhaul through the early 1970s and that Navy efforts to identify and protect workers from asbestos exposure began only in the mid-1970s - fleet-level context for a 1942-43-built Navy vessel's construction and maintenance environment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-forward exposure window
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews, WWII-1970s (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy-wide report; does not name this hull or landing craft type and does not establish materials aboard any specific vessel. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the product-page description was used and the standing access defect is noted (same as prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-09
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[11]Batch-5584 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page and hosted declassified action report; USCG Historian's Office USCG-manned LCI(L) page and photo gallery; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; official USCG at War volumes (V.1 Escorts, VI Pacific Landings, X Sicily-Italy Appendix A) via HyperWar; HyperWar USN landing-ships index; NVR; NHHC DANFS index; shipyards.json; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-90-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-90-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-90 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener hull-designation search completed 2026-09-30: 424 index hits for the designation token, all reviewed top results are name collisions with 'LCI' telecommunications/corporate litigation - zero vessel or asbestos cases; quoted-name variants could not be completed before record cutoff (fleet pacing) and are logged as blocked, not negative.
- 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 disposed through the Maritime Commission in 1947, predating modern ACM-handling documentation, so no disposal hazmat record exists or is expected. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-90-10