Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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-94-lcil94-pkt-483-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-94 page (history drawn from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Paducah; NARA-captioned photography) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS LCI(L)-94 ship page: identity block, campaign tables, specifications, awards list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Complete documented timeline: laid down 21 December 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange TX; launched 17 January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-94 on 15 February 1943, LT Gene R. Gislason USCGR in command; manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII; assigned to LCI Flotillas Four and Ten (Normandy, CAPT M. E. Imlay USCG) and Flotilla Thirty-Five / Group 103 / Division 205; campaigns: Tunisian operation (1 Jun - 9 Jul 1943), Sicilian occupation (9-15 Jul 1943), Salerno (9-21 Sep 1943), Normandy (6-25 Jun 1944), Okinawa Gunto (29 May - 30 Jun 1945), minesweeping Wakanoura-Kii (8-19 Sep 1945) and Klondike (26 Oct - 1 Nov 1945); occupation service 2 Sep - 25 Nov 1945; departed Sasebo 25 Nov 1945 for Galveston TX; decommissioned 19 April 1946; struck from Naval Register, date unknown; six battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission 13 November 1947 for disposal. Specs: 216 t. light / 389 t. loaded, 158' 5.5", 23' 3" beam, 16 kts max, two sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP), twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-12-21 to 1947-11-13
- Population
- USCG crew (~4 officers, 26-30 enlisted wartime); embarked Army troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary archive transcribing official records and the LCI association history - not a primary source itself; individual milestone dates are corroborated by USCG Historian's Office pages and the Shipbuilding History compilation. Struck date is given as unknown. Establishes service history only - contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USCG-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian D-Day topic pages; LCI(L)-94 listed in the page's hull list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Establishes the commissioning status underlying eligibility: under a USCG-CNO agreement the Coast Guard manned 28 Navy LCI(L)s beginning 1943, and 'even though these vessels had Coast Guard crews all LCI(L)s remained commissioned US Navy vessels.' LCI(L)-94 is listed by name among the Coast Guard-manned hulls. Documents the Flotilla 4 to Flotilla 10 redesignation for Normandy, 24 CG-manned hulls reinforced by 12 Navy-manned LCIs split between Omaha and Utah, four LCI(L)s destroyed at Omaha, post-Normandy return under CDR Aden C. Unger USCG, Flotilla 35 Pacific reassignment, and Operation Klondike mine clearance.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Coast Guard-manned LCI(L) crews (fleet context)
- Limitations
- Official USCG history-office publication - authoritative for the Coast Guard manning arrangement and flotilla movements. Its generic statement that the CG-manned LCI(L)s 'were all decommissioned in March 1946' does not match this hull's documented 19 April 1946 decommissioning (NavSource) - ship-specific dates follow the ship page. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, '104th Medical Battalion, 29th Division Aboard LCI(L)-94 on D-Day' (Mark Johnson, COL, USA Ret., drawing on first-hand accounts of crewmen Charlie Giese, George Hopchak, and Charles Jarreau) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Article body, sections on Weymouth embarkation, Dog Red beaching, pilothouse casualties, post-D-Day service
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Detailed ship-specific D-Day account: crew of 4 officers and about 30 enlisted; troops embarked at Weymouth 3 June 1944 (B Co. 104th Medical Battalion plus MP and engineer elements, Army boat-team #532); beached ~0747 on the Dog Red/Easy Green border near Saint-Laurent and Colleville after LT Gislason turned east off the mined approach line; pilothouse hit by three artillery rounds killing three crewmen and wounding two; 50 minutes on the beach under fire; port ramp cut away; retracted on hand steering and one screw; repairs within four hours; served as harbor control vessel and evacuated wounded after D-Day; later returned for repainting and reassignment to Flotilla 35 / Okinawa; post-war docked near Lake Charles LA before decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 and surrounding weeks; post-war return
- Population
- USCG crew of LCI(L)-94; embarked B Co. 104th Medical Bn, 29th MPs, 112th Combat Engineers
- Limitations
- A narrative history-office article built on veteran first-hand accounts - rich ship detail but not itself a deck log or action report; where it conflicts with NavSource on location (Savannah GA repaint vs Charleston SC availability) and build site phrasing, the discrepancy is logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Coast Guard Heroes at Normandy' - verbatim Silver Star citation for LT Gene R. Gislason, CO USS LCI(L) 94 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Gene R. Gislason entry, Silver Star section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official award citation (verbatim): 'For outstanding heroism as Commanding Officer of the USS LCI (L) 94, while landing assault troops in Normandy June 6, 1944. He successfully directed his ship through numerous beach obstacles to the proper beach, discharged his troops and retracted while his ship was seriously damaged from heavy enemy fire. Ship's communications, engine telegraph and electric steering were disabled by direct hits on the pilothouse which killed three crewmen, and one screw and shaft were rendered inoperative by beach obstacles. By his coolness under fire and excellent seamanship, Lieutenant Gislason overcame these difficulties and brought his ship off the beach on hand steering and one screw. He later supervised repairs and in four hours enabled the LCI (L) to remain operative in the assault area for three weeks.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06
- Population
- LT Gislason and LCI(L)-94 crew
- Limitations
- Official USCG award citation naming the ship and commanding officer - high-authority vessel history. Documents combat damage and casualties only; contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-04
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard (MyCG official news), 'The Long Blue Line: Seaman First Class Fletch Burton - he went in harm's way so others might live free' [museum_official]
- Locator
- Article body, D-Day narrative and ship descriptions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG feature documenting ship-specific detail: Coast Guard crew of four officers and 26 enlisted men; ship was a 158-foot troop carrier in Flotilla 10 landing nearly 180 troops (42 of B Co. 104th Medical Bn, 36 of the 29th MPs, 101 of the 112th Combat Engineers) at Dog Red in the second wave; three 88mm rounds hit the pilothouse killing Seaman 1/c Fletcher Burton, Seaman 1/c Jack DeNunzio, and Seaman 1/c August Buncik and wounding three; Life photographer Robert Capa waded out and came aboard the crippled ship and photographed medics treating the wounded; crew beached her intentionally at low tide for below-waterline repairs during the Normandy weeks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06; June 1944 repair period
- Population
- USCG crew of LCI(L)-94
- Limitations
- Official USCG journalism, sourced to crew memoirs - ship-specific and credible but journalistic rather than a records transcription. Its phrase 'constructed in Galveston' conflicts with Consolidated Steel Orange TX (NavSource, Shipbuilding History) - Galveston was the flotilla's origin point; flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-05
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard KIA at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944' roster [museum_official]
- Locator
- KIA table, rows for Buncik / Burton / DeNunzio
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USCG casualty roster lists three killed in action aboard USS LCI(L)-94 on 6 June 1944: August B. Buncik (Seaman 1/c), Fletcher Burton Jr. (Seaman 1/c), Jack DeNunzio (Seaman 1/c) - corroborating the pilothouse-hit narrative in the D-Day account, MyCG feature, and Silver Star citation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06
- Population
- Three USCG KIA, USS LCI(L)-94
- Limitations
- Casualty roster only - corroborates names/unit/death date for three crewmen; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-06
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[8]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)' construction table [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L) table, row 94; also Wayback 2010-05-27 capture of shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction/disposition table row: 'LCI(L)-94 | Consol. Steel | Orange TX | 15 Feb 1943 | to NDRF 1947' - independently corroborates builder, commissioning date, and the National Defense Reserve Fleet disposition path consistent with the 13 November 1947 Maritime Commission transfer. A 2010 Wayback capture of the same compilation lists this hull 'Struck 1946' - NavSource records the strike date as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary data compilation of Maritime Commission/Navy construction records, not a primary source; its 'Struck 1946' (2010 capture) conflicts with NavSource's 'date unknown' - carried in gaps. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-07
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[9]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 9828426 (decision 23 September 1998), Docket 94-15 783, appeal from Houston RO [court_record]
- Locator
- Full text decision: Findings of Fact 1-3; Factual Background (boilermaker-driller employment, asbestos-coated pipes allegation)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A BVA merits decision adjudicated asbestos-exposure service-connection claims for a veteran employed at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange TX, from 1942 to 1946 (the yard and window covering this hull's construction) who then served aboard Navy vessels 1944-46. Findings of fact: the veteran 'was not exposed to asbestos during his periods of employment with Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas' and 'was exposed to asbestos when serving aboard Navy vessels in service'; service connection for asbestos-related lung disease was granted, asbestosis denied. Documents that (a) the builder yard and era are part of the adjudicated asbestos-claims landscape and (b) the Board credited Navy-vessel asbestos exposure for this service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946 exposure window; 1998 decision
- Population
- Single claimant: Consolidated Steel Orange employee 1942-46 / Navy veteran 1944-46
- Limitations
- Administrative adjudication for one claimant - not a finding about this hull, which is not named; the decision credits exposure aboard Navy vessels generally and affirmatively found NO exposure at the Orange yard for this claimant, so it cannot support yard-level exposure here either. Class/era context only; a claimant-favorable service-connection finding is the least-final adjudication posture and does not establish conditions on any specific ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-08
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[10]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 in shipyard work and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- report issued 1979; covers WWII-1970s era
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (confirmed 2026-09-30, same standing defect as BATCH-01/98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-09
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[11]National Archives catalog: RG 38 WWII War Diaries and operational records (LCI(L) action reports in series, e.g., PHIBFOR USS LCI(L) 90 Normandy report); RG 24 Bureau of Naval Personnel muster rolls (LCI(L) hulls digitized via Ancestry partnership, e.g., LCI(L) 1010); NARA NAID 78975 / local ID 428-NPC-10782 color film 'Invasion of Europe (Normandy)' containing USS LCI(L)-94 footage; US Army Signal Corps photo 176486 (Bizerte, 6 Jul 1943) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov proxy search; NavSource photo captions citing NAID 78975 / 428-NPC-10782 and SC 176486
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary archival holdings exist: LCI(L)-94 appears in the NARA color film 'Invasion of Europe (Normandy)' (NAID 78975, frames captioned via NavSource as 1015009412 and 1015009409) and in Signal Corps photo 176486 massed at Bizerte 6 July 1943; the RG 38 war-diary/action-report series and RG 24 muster-roll series carry LCI(L) hull records, with sister-hull Normandy action reports located in the catalog.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 records
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the catalog series are confirmed to exist and to contain same-class hull records (some digitized via Fold3/Ancestry partnerships), but LCI(L)-94's own war diary, action report, muster rolls, and deck logs were not individually located/examined this session; NAID-level verification of a 94-specific file unit remains open.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-10
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[12]The National WWII Museum, 75th Anniversary of D-Day media resources - LCI 94 at Dog Red, Omaha Beach photographs (Gift of Mrs. Charles Jarreau, accession 1992.001) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Museum media-resources image list, 'Dog Red Omaha' entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum holding: photographs of LCI 94 nosing onto Dog Red, Omaha Beach, carrying the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division medical detachment ashore on 6 June 1944 - accessioned museum objects donated by a crew member's family.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06
- Limitations
- Photographic holding - documents the hull at Omaha Beach; contains no asbestos or engineering information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-11
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[13]Batch-5588 search ledger (this record): NavSource; USCG Historian's Office (three pages); MyCG; Shipbuilding History; NARA catalog; VA BVA full text; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (opinions + dockets); NVR; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, shipboard-materials record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI(L)-94 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero dockets across all name variants (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-30). No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft; NVR holds no record (pre-1987 disposal not backfilled).
- 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 - 1942-43 Navy construction was within the documented asbestos era, and unexamined NARA deck logs/muster rolls and MARCOM disposal records remain open leads. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-94-lcil94-12