Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
-
[1]NARA Catalog NAID 78533246: 'USS LCI(L) 10 - Rep of Ops During 6/5-23/44, Invasion of Normandy, France' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 79792; Roll A1061) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78533246; images 0997-1005 of Roll A1061 - letter paras 1-8 and Enclosure A chronological log
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (digitized at NARA, 9 images, dated 1944-07-05) documents USS LCI(L)-10 as headquarters ship for Commander Task Group 125.5 - the Red assault group - during the Normandy invasion June 5-23, 1944: she sailed from Dartmouth June 5, reached the transport area off the Utah beachhead early June 6, and for five days directed traffic, led transports and LSTs through swept channels, and monitored unloading as CTG 125.5's flagship (CDR Edward W. Wilson), continuing as headquarters when Wilson acted as Deputy NOIC. The report records the June 19-22 storm (both anchors lost), submerged-wreckage damage that bent a shaft, beaching on Uncle Red Beach June 22 with her stern resting on LCI(L)-218, and departure for Southampton repairs June 23. Signed by the commanding officer, Lt. (j.g.) W. A. Drisler Jr., USNR (name as signed; spelling uncertain).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-05 to 1944-06-23 (report dated 1944-07-05)
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked TG 125.5 assault-group staff, June 1944
- Limitations
- Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the craft's Normandy role and locations but contains no asbestos, materials, or casualty information; does not establish exposure to any hazard. Report header styles the ship 'LCI(L) 10' despite secondary claims of an LCH-10 redesignation during this period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-01
-
[2]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LCH-10 ex USS LCI(L)-10 page (drawing on Turner Publishing USS LCI vol. II) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page text: construction block, campaign table, Morison vol. XI p.334 quote, disposition lines, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation (NavSource, citing Turner Publishing's 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, 1995) records: laid down 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ; launched 1942; commissioned 1942-10-24; LCI Flotilla Two, Europe-Africa-Middle East theater; campaigns - Tunisian operation 3/27-7/9/1943, Sicilian occupation 7/9-15/1943, Salerno landings 9/9-21/1943, Anzio-Nettuno 1/22-2/4/1944, Invasion of Normandy 6/6-25/1944; redesignated LCH-10 during Normandy as flagship of CDR Edward Webster Wilson's Beach Red assault group (TG 125.5), citing Morison vol. XI p. 334; decommissioned and leased to UK 1944-10-30; RN service as HM LCH-10; returned to US custody 1946-04-13; struck 1946-06-05; transferred to State Department 1947-06-14; Navy Unit Commendation and five battle stars.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official document; its Normandy headquarters role, Utah location, and commission/decommission dates are independently corroborated by the ship's NARA action report (ev-01) and NARA deck-log coverage endpoints, but campaign dates, the LCH-10 redesignation date, awards, and the 1947 State Department disposal rest on this compilation alone - no DANFS entry exists for this hull to corroborate against.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-02
-
[3]HyperWar (ibiblio.org), Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945, 'Landing Ships & Craft - LCI(L)-1 Class' class block and LCI(L) roster [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html LCI(L) section: class characteristics block; roster row 'LCI(L)-10 ... 1942-44 ... Lend-Lease to UK'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- HyperWar's 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' (transcription of Bureau of Ships 'Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels' class tables) lists LCI(L)-10 in commission 1942-44, disposition 'Lend-Lease to UK,' and gives LCI(L)-1 class characteristics: displacement 387 tons full load; length 160 ft; beam 23 ft 3 in; draft 5 ft 4 in fwd / 5 ft 11 in aft; speed 15.5 knots; armament 4 x 20mm; complement 3 officers, 21 enlisted; capacity 6 officers and 182 troops or 75 tons cargo; 2 sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 bhp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Transcription of an official BuShips publication; the roster row is ship-specific while the characteristics block is class-standard (applied to this class, not individually measured for this hull). Complement figures conflict with secondary compilations (3/21 vs 4/24) - class standard adopted, discrepancy logged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-03
-
[4]NARA Catalog NAIDs 78304865 and 78468922 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series 4697018) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78304865 and catalog.archives.gov/id/78468922 - file-unit titles and descriptions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds two ship-specific action-report file units for USS LCI(L) 10 covering the Anzio landings: 'Rep of Ops during Landings near Cape D'Anzio, Italy, 1/21/44 to 2/3/44' (NAID 78304865, Roll A826) and 'Addenda to Act Rep of Ops During Landings Near Cape D'Anzio, Italy 1/21/44 to 2/3/44' (NAID 78468922, Roll A1004) - establishing the craft's participation in the Anzio-Nettuno operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-01-21 to 1944-02-03
- Population
- Ship's company, January-February 1944
- Limitations
- Catalog-level verification of the records' existence and titles; document contents were not extracted in this pass. Action reports document operations, not shipboard materials - no asbestos content expected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-04
-
[5]NARA Catalog NAIDs 135946468, 78298841, 78385008, 78383252, 78401429, 120249473 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries; RG 24 Muster Rolls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LCI(L)-10' results; file-unit titles
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds flotilla-level records for LCI Flotilla 2 (the unit to which LCI(L)-10 was assigned): 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 2 - Action Reports on Operation HUSKY (Enc A-S)' (NAID 135946468) covering the Sicily landings, Group 5/Flotilla 2 war diary 11/30/43-1/1/44 (NAID 78298841), Group 2 war diary 1/1-2/29/44 (NAID 78385008), and Flotilla 2 war diaries for March 1944 (NAID 78383252) and April 1944 (NAID 78401429), plus 'LCI(L) Flotilla 2 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120249473).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level records, not hull-specific; they corroborate Flotilla 2's Sicily/Mediterranean employment and would contain unit rosters and orders that likely name LCI(L)-10, but contents were not extracted. No asbestos content expected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-05
-
[6]NARA deck-log index entry 'LCI(L)-10 10/24/1942-10/31/1944' (series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations,' NAID 594258, RG 24); NARA digitized-logs listing checked 2026-09-29 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log index (per batch research note); digitized-logs page at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online; catalog search-within/594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log index records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-10 covering 10/24/1942-10/31/1944 (logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series NAID 594258, RG 24). The coverage start coincides with the reported commissioning date and the coverage end with the month of the UK transfer. The logs are not on NARA's list of fully digitized Navy deck logs and no catalog file unit was individually located by title search in this pass.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-10-24 to 1944-10-31
- Limitations
- Index-level record only: coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates and do not themselves establish events. The logs are undigitized/not listed online; physical retrieval at Archives II (College Park) would be required to read content. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-06
-
[7]Class propulsion per Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-03); shipyard asbestos documentation per Atlas shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (internal project dataset, evidence_tier 1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json yard_id new-york-shipbuilding (product_normalized and asbestos_products_documented fields)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era assessment: the LCI(L)-1 design was diesel-powered (two banks of GM series-71 engines, 4 per shaft) with no boilers and no steam distribution, so the steam-system insulation (boiler lagging, steam-line covering, turbine insulation) that dominated asbestos load on steam vessels of the era was absent from this class. Remaining era-typical applications possible aboard include gaskets, machinery packing, exhaust-system insulation, electrical and wire insulation, joiner and deck coverings, and brake linings. The hull was built in 1942 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden - a yard whose Atlas record documents extensive asbestos product use (Pabco block, Ehret magnesia insulation, Transite panels, asbestos gaskets and wire insulation) and heavy asbestos-related disease in its workforce.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Construction trades (New York Shipbuilding, Camden, 1942); ship's company
- Limitations
- Design- and era-level inference only - the class specification lists machinery type, not insulation materials, and no period spec sheet for LCI(L) insulation was located. Yard asbestos documentation concerns the builder's workforce, not this hull's fittings. Does not establish asbestos aboard this craft, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-07
-
[8]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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II, the era and program under which this 1942 landing craft was mass-produced, and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, and the study population centered on steam-driven tonnage - applicability to a small diesel landing craft is unquantified. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-08
-
[9]Batch-4896 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog search 'LCI(L)-10' (93 file units reviewed); NHHC DANFS L index and direct URLs; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory secondary pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material specification naming USS LCI(L)-10 was found in the public sources searched (NARA catalog, NHHC/DANFS, NPS, MARAD, naval-history transcription sites). No DANFS entry exists for this hull at all.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - 1942 construction at an asbestos-documented yard is era-consistent with possible retained asbestos-containing materials in gaskets, electrical insulation, and joiner work. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-09
-
[10]NARA Catalog NAIDs 120233646, 472241046, 175662561, 6846737 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120233646 (digitized); /id/472241046; /id/175662561; /id/6846737 - file-unit records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Additional ship-specific NARA file units exist for this hull: 'LCI(L) 10 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120233646, RG 24, 73 images digitized via Ancestry - crew names recoverable); 'USS LCI(L)-10' casualty information report file unit (NAID 472241046, RG 24, not digitized); Bureau of Ships 'LCI(L)-10' engineering drawings on microfilm (NAID 175662561, RG 19, cartographic, College Park); and CNO wartime general correspondence file 'LCI(L)10 THRU LCI(L)29' (NAID 6846737, RG 38).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946 records
- Population
- Ship's company (muster rolls); casualties recorded in the casualty-report file
- Limitations
- Catalog-level verification of record existence only; contents not extracted (muster-roll images were not transcribed). The BuShips drawings file and CNO correspondence may contain outfitting/materials detail of asbestos relevance but were not retrieved. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-10
-
[11]shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table; uboat.net USS LCI(L)-10 (20829) and HMS LCI(L)-10 (20830) records; NavSource page (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 'LCI(L) 10 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 24-Oct-42 | To Britain 1944, returned 1946, to DoS 1948'; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20829.html and /20830.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder attribution: three independent secondary compilations - shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) builder table, uboat.net's allied-warship records, and NavSource - consistently list LCI(L)-10 as built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ; uboat.net gives ordered 1942-06-03, laid down 1942-08-04, launched 1942-09-21, commissioned 1942-10-24 (USN), transferred to the RN 1944-10-30, returned 1946-04-13.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with NARA record dates (log coverage starts on the reported commissioning date), but no official construction source (DANFS, BuShips contract list, NVR) was located - there is no DANFS entry for this hull. Precise laid-down/launched dates rest solely on uboat.net.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-11
-
[12]CourtListener API v4 opinion search 'LCI(L)-10' (count 114, reviewed hits all collisions) and docket search '"LCI(L)-10"' (count 1 - Badeaux v. Goodell, 2:19-cv-00566 E.D. La., non-asbestos contract case) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 search results, type=o and type=r; docket 14517730
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps by exact designation returned no qualifying asbestos litigation: opinion search 'LCI(L)-10' returned 114 hits, all name collisions (LCI Communications/LCI International telecom matters and OCR noise - none referencing a vessel); verbatim docket search '"LCI(L)-10"' returned exactly one hit, Badeaux v. Goodell, 2:19-cv-00566 (E.D. La., filed 2019-01-25, terminated 2019-03-01), classified 'Diversity - Other Contract' - an unrelated contract dispute, not asbestos litigation. Alias searches for 'LCH-10'/'HM LCH-10' could not be completed before the fleet rate-limit stand-down; logged as a gap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive of PACER/state filings, and the single verbatim docket match was classified at face value by its cause-of-action code (contract, terminated after 36 days) - its case text was not read. Absence of litigation naming a hull does not establish absence of exposure; LCI-class claims would typically be pleaded by class name or not at all given the craft's size and diesel plant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-10-lcil10-12