Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 806-packet.md (2 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-11-lcil11-pkt-806-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-11 page (history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LCI(L)-11 page, history block, campaign table, specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down August 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched August 1942; commissioned 28 October 1942; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater as a unit of LCI Flotilla Two; campaigns credited: Tunisian operations 27 March-9 July 1943; Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January-1 March 1944; Invasion of Normandy, printed as two date ranges (6-25 June 1944 and 15 August-26 September 1944); five battle stars; decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 3 November 1944; returned to U.S. Naval custody 17 March 1947; struck from the Naval Register (no date stated); disposed of through the U.S. State Department 13 February 1948, fate unknown. Specifications: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20 mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), single GM main reduction gear, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; call sign NXQO.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Crew (28 officers+enlisted complement) and embarked troops (up to 188), 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Single-source history (NavSource citing Turner Publishing), consistent with the Shipbuilding History delivery table on delivery/commissioning and disposition. 'Invasion of Normandy' second date range (15 Aug-26 Sep 1944) coincides with the Southern France operation window and is transcribed verbatim, not reinterpreted. Contains no asbestos information. Does not establish exposure, quantity, or remaining material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-01
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[3]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' construction and disposition table [other_primary]
- Locator
- LCI(L) table, row LCI(L)-11; program-description paragraph above the table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent corroboration of build and disposition: the table row for LCI(L)-11 lists builder 'New York SB,' Camden NJ, delivered 28 October 1942, 'to Britain 1944, returned 1947, to DoS 1948.' Program context from the same page: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards; the first 350 boats were the 158.5-ft / 216-t-light basic design of which this hull is one; New York Shipbuilding built the first (lowest-numbered) block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Construction trades, New York Shipbuilding (1942)
- Limitations
- Delivery-table source corroborates NavSource but adds no asbestos or crew-exposure information; 'delivered' date coincides with NavSource's commissioning date and is treated as the same milestone. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (1978), page 332 - page-image scan hosted by the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 (1978), printed page 332 (scan display 358), 'SHIPS WITH SYMBOL AND NUMBER DESIGNATIONS,' LCI(L)-11 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-11 in two logbook spans: 'Dec. 28, 1942-Sept. 30, 1943' and 'June 1, 1943-Sept. 30, 1944,' 4 logbooks - log coverage approximating the vessel's entire U.S.-commissioned service (commissioned 1942-10-28; decommissioned/leased to the UK 1944-11-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (log coverage); inventory published 1978
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops, 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Logbook-coverage dates are an inventory of surviving logs, not commissioning or decommissioning dates. The two spans overlap (June-September 1943), consistent with separate logbook volumes; the logs are NOT among the Navy deck logs digitized in the National Archives Catalog (navy-online list checked 2026-09-29 - the only LCI entry there is Kestrel/LCI-874), so contents are unexamined. Deck logs document operations, personnel, and observations - whether they contain any material/asbestos information is unknown until pulled. Batch-compiler note cited only the first span; the page shows both.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-03
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[5]Era/builder-yard inference built on: NavSource propulsion specifications (GM 6051-series-71 diesels - no steam plant); shipyard-exposure-map Atlas registry documented asbestos product list for new-york-shipbuilding (Camden, NJ): Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp Block (15% chrysotile), Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Bakelite panels (30-40% asbestos), arc chutes in circuit breakers (36% chrysotile), Johns-Manville Transite panels (10-30% asbestos), asbestos gaskets, packing materials, asbestos-coated welding rods, ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation (75-85% chrysotile), felt insulation (5-50% asbestos) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block (propulsion); shipyards.json entry new-york-shipbuilding (asbestos_products_documented, product_normalized)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1942-built diesel amphibious landing craft constructed at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, sits inside that yard's documented wartime asbestos-product era; the Atlas yard registry records a broad asbestos product inventory in use there (thermal and block insulation, asbestos-cement and Bakelite-type panels, gaskets, packing, welding rods, wire and felt insulation). Era-standard small-craft applications aboard a diesel vessel of this period were machinery and diesel-exhaust insulation and lagging, gaskets, valve and pump packing, electrical wire and cable insulation, and panel/felt insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-44); Royal Navy crew under lease (1944-47)
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-11. Yard product list is registry documentation, not a bill of materials for this hull; the yard record's flagship evidence row is under internal review (evidence-gap flag in the v1.7 review register). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-04
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[6]Selikoff IJ, Nicholson WJ, Lilis R. 'Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers.' Am J Ind Med. 1980;1(1):9-22. PMID 7342758 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed abstract, PMID 7342758
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed cohort evidence for the shipyard-workforce exposure environment this hull was built in: 286 workers 30 or more years from onset of employment in ship repair work showed 86% radiological evidence of asbestosis, plus five previously undiagnosed lung cancers; the authors note significant asbestos use in vessels constructed before 1975.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- workers hired ~1920s-1950; study published 1980
- Population
- Ship repair workers (industry cohort)
- Limitations
- Industry-cohort evidence, not a hull record: the study population is ship-repair workers generally (abstract does not name New York Shipbuilding), and it does not address crew exposure aboard any vessel or this hull's materials. Used only to situate the WWII-built hull in a documented asbestos-exposure industry era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-05
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[7]Franke K, Paustenbach D. 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: a state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970).' Inhalation Toxicology, December 2011. PMID 22200078; DOI 10.3109/08958378.2011.643417 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record, PMID 22200078; Crossref DOI 10.3109/08958378.2011.643417
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Published state-of-the-science review of U.S. Government and Navy knowledge of asbestos health hazards across 1900-1970 - the period covering this hull's 1942 construction and wartime service; documents that asbestos hazards were known within the Navy's industrial environment in the WWII era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1900-1970 (review scope)
- Population
- Navy and shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level historical review, not a hull record: establishes the era knowledge environment, not this vessel's materials, exposure of any individual, or legal eligibility. Publisher page blocks automated fetch (403); bibliographic identity verified via Crossref and PubMed (PMID 22200078).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-06
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[8]Batch-4978 search ledger (this record): NavSource; Shipbuilding History LCI(L) table; NARA Special List 44 via ACPL scan; NARA navy-online digitized-log list; NHHC DANFS site search; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket types, authenticated helper); PubMed/Crossref; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-11 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched this session: '"LCI(L)-11"' opinions 0 results, dockets 0 results; '"LCI(L)" asbestos' opinions 0 results; '"LCI-11"' opinions 1 name collision (a 1958 Texas Attorney General opinion unrelated to the ship); unquoted 'LCI(L)-11' opinions 135 results, all LCI International Telecommunications name collisions - classified name collisions, not qualifying litigation. The only 'asbestos aboard' material found is law-firm marketing content (gorilaw.com landing-ships page and similar) asserting asbestos aboard wartime landing ships generally with no primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - the hull's wartime construction at a documented asbestos-era yard is consistent with era materials. Deck logs inventoried in SL44 are undigitized and unexamined; Royal Navy lease-period records and the 1948 State Department disposal record are unexamined leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-11-lcil11-07