Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), "LCI(L)-513" [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, construction/commissioning paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-513 was laid down 5 November 1943 at Barber, N.J., by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 3 December 1943; and commissioned 9 December 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1943
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, builder, and construction/commissioning dates only. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim. Retrieved via search-tool excerpt of the DANFS page (direct fetch of history.navy.mil was blocked by this session's network policy) - recommend direct re-confirmation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, "LCI(L)-513" [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, post-Navy disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Following her 1948 strike, the former AMCU-10 was acquired by Alexander Shipyard, Inc., of New Orleans, La., and converted to a commercial tug renamed Mohawk. In 1950 the Indian Towing Co., also of New Orleans, purchased her for continued towing service. Mohawk was scrapped in 1952.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1948-1952
- Limitations
- Civilian chain-of-custody/fate information only, included for identity completeness; not asbestos evidence. No survey, abatement, or hazmat record for the vessel in either its AMCU-10 or Mohawk identity was located (see negative-finding row ev-09). Retrieved via search-tool excerpt; direct fetch of history.navy.mil was blocked by this session's network policy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-07
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Official U.S. Navy Photograph SC-192865 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC photograph SC-192865 and caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI(L)-513 received a second battle star for the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August-18 September 1944 (Operation Dragoon). An official NHHC photograph (SC-192865) captioned "Southern France Invasion, August 1944. USS LCI-513 and LCT-1143 unloading on a Southern France beach, on 'D-Day'" documents her presence at the landing, including use of steel fencing (Marston-type matting) to stabilize the beach for vehicle unloading.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1944-08
- Limitations
- Confirms operational presence at the Operation Dragoon landing; the caption describes beach-stabilization matting, not shipboard materials, and contains no asbestos information. Retrieved via search-tool excerpt; direct fetch of history.navy.mil was blocked by this session's network policy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-03
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, "LCI(L)-513"; cross-referenced against documented LCI(L)->LSIL fleet redesignation pattern (28 Feb 1949) for surviving sister hulls [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (striking date) cross-checked against sister-hull LCI(L)->LSIL redesignation dates
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The task brief's proposed consolidation alias "LSIL-513" could not be corroborated and is very likely incorrect for this hull. The Navy's fleet-wide LCI(L)-to-LSIL (Landing Ship, Infantry, Large) redesignation, which retained each hull's existing number (e.g., LCI(L)-1022 -> LSIL-1022), took effect 28 February 1949 and applied to hulls still on the Navy list at that time. AMCU-10 (ex-LCI(L)-513) had already been struck from the Navy list on 22 January 1948 - more than 13 months before that fleet-wide renaming - and was sold out of naval service. A hull already off the Navy list could not have received a 1949 fleet redesignation. No DANFS, NHHC, or other authoritative record naming an "LSIL-513" was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1948-1949
- Limitations
- This is a negative/corrective finding, not a positive citation to a document calling the hull "LSIL-513" - none exists in the sources searched. "LSIL-513" is excluded from the aliases field on this basis; see gaps. Does not affect the AMCU-10/LCI(L)-513 identity chain, which is independently well documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-06
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[5]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, "Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding," American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); PMID 3555021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material throughout U.S. Navy and merchant shipbuilding during World War II, the era in which this hull was built (1943) and converted (1945), and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard U.S.-built and -converted hulls of the period generally, including insulation, lagging, gaskets, and packing in engineering spaces.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article published 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard and conversion-yard workers; Navy engineering-space crew (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII-era U.S. shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, this vessel's class (LCI(L)-351/AMCU-7), or this vessel's diesel propulsion plant specifically, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. No LCI(L)-class-specific or AMCU-conversion-specific technical manual describing insulation materials was located in this research pass (see gaps) - unlike steam-plant Liberty-ship or capital-ship records in this dataset, this vessel's diesel propulsion means boiler/steam-line insulation claims do not apply; the plausible era-typical categories are engine exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, and insulation felt, not boiler lagging.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-08
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[6]Batch-1641 search ledger (this record): DANFS entry; NHHC photograph SC-192865; CourtListener API v4 opinion/RECAP/docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-01 through sl-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for this hull under any of its identities (LCI(L)-513, AMCU-10, or civilian tug Mohawk): no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or gov_survey/HHE-type record was found. A CourtListener API v4 litigation search across opinions, RECAP dockets, and docket records for "AMCU-10", "LCI(L)-513", "LSIL-513", and "AMCU 10" (including an asbestos-qualified query) returned zero results in every category searched - no qualifying asbestos litigation, no other litigation, and no name-collision hits requiring classification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard this hull during its service life - it is era-consistent with a 1943-built, 1945-converted vessel that a survey was simply never digitized or never conducted before the hull was scrapped in 1952. Does not establish presence or absence of asbestos; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-09
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[7]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, "LCI(L)-513" [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, 1944 training/Normandy paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- As LCI(L)-513, the ship conducted shakedown and amphibious-assault training at the Naval Amphibious Training Base, Solomons, Md. (into January 1944), staged through Norfolk and Little Creek, Va., and sailed as flagship of Task Group 64.9 with convoy UGS-31 to the European Theater. On 5-6 June 1944 she carried 203 U.S. Army officers and men (a medical detachment, Signal Corps, and engineer-brigade personnel) to the Normandy invasion, forming guide on LCI(L)-526 en route to Utah Beach, where the troops transferred to smaller landing craft to go ashore. She received a battle star for the Normandy invasion, 6-25 June 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1944-01/1944-06
- Limitations
- WWII operational/troop-transport history only; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information. Retrieved via search-tool excerpt of the DANFS page; direct fetch was blocked by this session's network policy - recommend direct re-confirmation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-02
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[8]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, "LCI(L)-513" [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, 1945 reclassification/conversion paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- On 10 March 1945, LCI(L)-513 was reclassified as a coastal minesweeper (underwater locator), AMCU-10, and was converted by George Lawley & Sons of Neponset, Mass. (a commercial yard, not a Navy yard). She remained at Boston until June 1945, then sailed to New London, Conn., for special duty; on completion she sailed for Norfolk, Va., where she was attached to Service Squadron 5 (SerRon 5), U.S. Atlantic Fleet. On 5 October 1945 she reported for additional training under Commander, Fleet Operational Training Command/Commander, Task Force 23 (COTCLant/CTF 23).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Documents the reclassification and conversion program/timeline, not the conversion's engineering content - no description of materials installed during the AMCU conversion was located. Retrieved via search-tool excerpt; direct fetch of history.navy.mil was blocked by this session's network policy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-04
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[9]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, "LCI(L)-513" [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, 1947 disposal/decommissioning paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- In November 1947, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations directed that AMCU-10 be assigned to the Fifth Naval District commandant (Norfolk) for disposal. AMCU-10 was decommissioned on 24 December 1947 at Portsmouth, Va., and was struck from the Navy List on 22 January 1948. This DANFS-documented sequence is adopted in place of the task brief's referenced NavSource decommissioning date of July 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1947-1948
- Limitations
- Corrects the batch brief's cited NavSource decommissioning date (July 1946) to DANFS's 24 December 1947 date, per house discipline (a primary NHHC source controls over a secondary aggregator). This session could not independently re-view the NavSource page to compare texts directly - navsource.org was unreachable under this session's network egress policy (see gaps). The DANFS date is internally consistent with the surrounding sequence (Nov 1947 disposal order -> 24 Dec 1947 decommissioning -> 22 Jan 1948 striking -> prompt sale/conversion to a civilian tug, documented separately in ev-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amcu-10-amcu10-05