Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 806-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-pkt-806-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-14 (page 10/15/150014) - construction, designation, campaign list, awards, specifications, disposal; history text credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995); photo captions citing US National Archives Signal Corps imagery [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150014.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions (images 1015001401-1015001406, 1015000915)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down September 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-14, 3 November 1942; international radio call sign NXTZ. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla 2; credited campaigns: North African occupation (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 (6-25 June 1944). Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 20 October 1944; returned to US Naval custody 17 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; five battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the State Department 13 February 1948 for disposal; final fate unknown. Hull-page specifications: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6-71-series diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photo documentation includes: SC 182432 (Bizerte, 2 July 1943, embarking 3rd Division/15th Infantry troops); SC 176486 (Bizerte, 6 July 1943); III-SC 182820 and 182822 (Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 14 September 1943, loading Army Engineers for the Salerno reinforcement); arrival at Newhaven, Sussex, March 1944 alongside LCI(L)-13, -9, -16, -238; and LCI(L)-14 with LCI(L)-9 disembarking British troops onto 'Queen' beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); USN crew (3 Nov 1942 - 20 Oct 1944); embarked troops per campaign; RN crew (Oct 1944 - May 1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track official sources but 'launched October 1942' conflicts with uboat.net/navypedia's 28 September 1942 (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content. The Normandy 'Queen' beach landing attribution rests on a published photo caption (Going & Jones, 'Above The Battle D-Day'); the Termini-Imerese and Bizerte captions cite NARA-held Signal Corps imagery.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-01
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (1978; catalog scan NAID 178406296, RG 64) - vessel row verified on the scanned page; identical scan served by the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center viewer [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 printed page 332, LCI(L) block (ACPL Genealogy Center scan image 358; NARA catalog NAID 178406296, image index within the 837-image file unit)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories five Navy deck logbooks for LCI(L)-14 spanning 3 November 1942 to 20 October 1944 - the exact period of U.S. Navy commission, ending on the date of decommissioning and lease to the United Kingdom. Row as printed (p. 332, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section): 'LCI(L)-14 | Nov. 3, 1942-Oct. 20, 1944 | 5'. These logbooks are the primary day-by-day operational record of the hull's commissioned service; they are held at NARA but were not located in digitized form.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- USN ship's company of LCI(L)-14 (3 Nov 1942 - 20 Oct 1944)
- Limitations
- Deck-log coverage dates are custody/record spans, not asserted commissioning or decommissioning dates - here they coincide with the documented commission (3 Nov 1942) and lease/decommissioning (20 Oct 1944) within one day each. The logs are a research lead: they may contain port calls, availabilities, and repair entries with material detail, but their content was not reviewed (not digitized). Royal Navy-period logs (Oct 1944-May 1946) are not NARA holdings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-02
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[4]NARA Catalog NAID 77802352, 'USS LCI(L) 14 - Act Rep, Op "AVALANCHE"' - RG 38, WWII War Diaries and Other Operational Records; micro serial 57122, document date 1-2 October 1943, 4 scanned images (via Fold3 digitization) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77802352, all 4 images (cover slip; 1st endorsement, LCI(L) Group Four, 5 Oct 1943; 3rd endorsement, CTG 81.3, 8 Oct 1943; 4th endorsement, Com8thPhib serial 00313, 23 Oct 1943)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own Operation AVALANCHE (Salerno) action-report correspondence, naming USS LCI(L) 14 by hull number: the commanding officer's confidential letter of 1-2 October 1943 forwarded through Commander Group Four, LCI(L) Flotilla Two (first endorsement, 5 October 1943, E. W. Wilson), Commander Task Unit 81.3.2 (second endorsement, 8 October 1943, S. H. Pattie), and Commander Task Group 81.3 (third endorsement, 8 October 1943, F. M. Adams), to Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet via Commander Eighth Amphibious Force (fourth endorsement, 23 October 1943, J. L. Hall, Jr.). The fourth endorsement corrects the basic letter's paragraph 2: the LCI(L)s of Task Unit 81.3.4 'did not beach because of shell fire' is incorrect - they were 'ordered to return to the Transport Area because the 45th Division (floating reserve) troops were not supposed to be landed at that time.' Documents this hull operating within the TG 81.3 / LCI(L) Group Four organization at Salerno, September-October 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-09 to 1943-10
- Population
- USN ship's company; embarked Army troops (45th Division floating-reserve context per endorsement)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary operational document; contains no asbestos or material content. The scanned unit comprises the endorsement chain and cover slip - the CO's basic confidential letter text is referenced but its full text is not within these four images. The 45th Division floating-reserve detail describes the task-unit context at Salerno; it does not by itself establish which specific troops (if any) were aboard LCI(L)-14 at that moment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-03
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[5]NARA Catalog NAID 78318274, 'USS LCI(L) 14 - Act Rep, 1/19/44 to 2/1/44, Anzio, Italy' - RG 38, WWII War Diaries and Other Operational Records; micro serial 66086, report dated 16 February 1944, 2 scanned images (via Fold3 digitization) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78318274, both images (report body paragraphs 1-10 and signature block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The commanding officer's own report of amphibious operations near Cape D'Anzio, Italy, signed C. M. Clark, Lt.(jg) USNR, CO of USS LCI(L) No. 14: on 19 January 1944 embarked 2 officers + 32 men of the 1st Navy Beach Battalion; on 20 January embarked 7 officers + 137 enlisted total (incl. 387th Engineers, 66th Ordnance, 504th Coast Artillery, 3rd Division regimental HQ); sailed from Torre Annunziata under operation plan 147-43; in the 4th wave to Green Beach (with LCI(L)s 9, 17, 46, 75, 220, 234; Lt. Comdr. Ayres in LCI(L)-9 as wave commander) beached 0252 on 22 January 1944, troops disembarked 0300 in ~3 feet of water, retracted 0305 with no casualties. Follow-on shuttle runs Pozzuoli-Anzio: 23-24 January carrying 7 officers + 179 men of the 179th RCT, 45th Division; 28-29 January carrying 8 officers + 182 men of Co. 'S', 157th Infantry, 45th Division; 1-2 February carrying 9 officers + 179 men of the 168th (London) Infantry Brigade, 1st Battalion London Scottish. Summary: 'this ship fired no guns, expended no ammunition, received no casualties to troops or ships company and received no material damage to ship.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-01-19 to 1944-02-02
- Population
- USN ship's company (Lt.(jg) C. M. Clark, USNR, commanding); embarked Army, Navy Beach Battalion, and British troops (1st Bn London Scottish, 168th Bde)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary operational document; contains no asbestos or material content. Embarked-unit rosters are as reported by the CO; individual exposure information is not present. Confirms the Anzio campaign credit at ship level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-04
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[6]NARA Catalog NAID 120233596, 'LCI(L) 14 - Muster Rolls' - RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities; 49 scanned images (Ancestry digitization, file 32860_245029) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120233596, image 1 (forwarding sheet, NAVPERS 605), remaining quarterly rolls and change reports to image 49
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized crew muster rolls for LCI(L) 14: the forwarding sheet covers the period 30 November 1942 to 20 October 1944 (marked 'Decom'), i.e., the full U.S. commissioned service - a name-by-name primary record of ship's company across the wartime service period. The file unit holds 49 images of quarterly rolls, change reports, and passenger lists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- USN enlisted crew of LCI(L)-14, Nov 1942 - Oct 1944
- Limitations
- Only the forwarding sheet and header images were reviewed this session; the full roster was not transcribed. Muster rolls document who served aboard, not materials aboard; they are a verification lead for any named-crew claim (e.g., a veterans'-museum memorial listing names a Chief Signalman Pikos aboard LCI(L) 14, 1942-1945). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships: 'HMS LCI(L)-14 (LCI(L)-14)' - Royal Navy vessel record, class LCI 1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20838.html vessel table and history line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Royal Navy record for the leased hull: pennant LCI(L)-14 retained in RN service; builder New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ; laid down 5 September 1942; launched 28 September 1942; commissioned (RN) 20 October 1944 - the same date as the USN decommissioning/lease; returned to the USN 17 May 1946. No RN commanding officers or operations are listed. navypedia's parallel compilation agrees (to Britain 10.1944; to USA 5.1946).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- RN crew, Oct 1944 - May 1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a well-regarded secondary compilation, not an official registry. Its laid-down (5 Sep) and launched (28 Sep) dates are more precise than NavSource's month-level entries and conflict on launch month (September vs October - see gaps). RN employment October 1944-May 1946 is undocumented in the sources consulted - no operations, stationing, or commanding officers found.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-06
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[8]NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft listing (HyperWar transcription) - LCI(L) section row for LCI(L)-14 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, 'LCI(L) -- Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)' table, LCI(L)-1 class spec block and LCI(L)-14 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official-style NHNC vessel list records LCI(L)-14 in commission 1942-44 with note 'Lend-Lease to UK' - corroborating the hull-number identity, the two-year U.S. commission span, and the transfer mechanism (Lend-Lease rather than sale). Class-level spec block on the same page (LCI(L)-1 class): 387 tons full load, 160 ft, 23'3" beam, 4 x 20mm, complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, capacity 6 officers + 182 troops or 75 tons cargo, 2 sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- The year-range 'Comm.' column is summary-level (1942-44), not exact dates - exact dates come from NavSource/Special List 44/uboat.net. The class-level spec block differs from the NavSource hull page on complement (3+21 vs 4+24), loaded displacement (387 vs 419 t.), and power (1,600 BHP vs 2,320 shp) - see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (diesel LCI-1 class); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for New York Shipbuilding, Camden (Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block 15% chrysotile; Ehret 85% magnesia insulation; Johns-Manville Transite asbestos-cement panels; asbestos gaskets and packing; asbestos-coated welding rods; wire and felt insulation); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program context [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json entry 'new-york-shipbuilding' (asbestos_products_documented and evidence rows); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 158-foot diesel-driven infantry landing craft built September-October 1942 sits inside both the Navy asbestos era and its builder's documented asbestos-use era at New York Shipbuilding, Camden. Era-standard applications aboard a small amphibious diesel craft of 1942: engine and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and asbestos-cement or insulation board in fittings. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her small size bounds any installed quantity well below that of a steam combatant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); USN crew (1942-44); RN crew (1944-46); any postwar purchaser/handlers
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or crew account located for LCI(L)-14. Names era-standard application types, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The deck logs, muster rolls, and action reports located do not speak to materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-08
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[10]shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json entry 'new-york-shipbuilding' (yard_id verified against the 37-yard dataset): New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden NJ (1899-1967); documented products include Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp Block (15% chrysotile), Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Bakelite panels (30-40% asbestos), arc-chute chrysotile, Johns-Manville Transite panels (10-30%), asbestos gaskets/packing, asbestos-coated welding rods (5-15%), ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation (75-85% chrysotile), felt insulation (5-50%); evidence rows include occupational-medicine findings (PMID-cited) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json, yard_id new-york-shipbuilding
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The builder of this hull, New York Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden, is a documented asbestos-use shipyard: the Atlas yard record carries named asbestos products used in construction and occupational findings (ship repair workers ~86% asbestosis; cited studies). The hull was built there September-October 1942, inside the yard's asbestos era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1899-1967 (yard operation); 1942 (this hull's build)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding trades, 1942 construction window
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation only - it establishes asbestos use in the building yard's trades, not specific installation aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or later removal. Citation is to the Atlas yard dataset (sourced from PMIDs and a 1944 U.S. Maritime Commission report), not a hull record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-09
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[11]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 did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - covering this hull's entire construction (1942) and service era (1942-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-29) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-10
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[12]Batch-4981 search ledger (this record): NavSource 150014; NARA Special List 44 scan; NARA catalog ship search (63 records incl. muster rolls NAID 120233596, AVALANCHE action report NAID 77802352, Anzio action report NAID 78318274, Flotilla 2 war diaries); CourtListener opinion + docket searches (authenticated, this session); uboat.net; NHHC ship list (HyperWar); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS/HMS LCI(L)-14 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-29): 'LCI(L)-14' 0 opinions / 0 dockets; 'LCI(L) 14' 0; 'LCI(L)14' 0; 'USS LCI(L)' 0; 'LCI-14' 2 opinions, both name collisions (Fabiano v. Starnet Development, Mass. Super. 1996 - construction case; United States v. Cannistraro, D.N.J. 1992, 800 F. Supp. 30 - securities fraud, 'LCI' = Liquidation Control, Inc.). No DANFS entry exists for this hull. The secondary web sweep surfaced no ship-specific asbestos claims at all - the hull is essentially absent from law-firm listicle coverage.
- 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. One CourtListener variant ('LCI(L) No. 14') could not be completed - the shared request pacer throttled repeated attempts; it is logged pending, not as a negative result. The undigitized deck logs (5 logbooks, NARA) and RN-period records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-14-lcil14-11