Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 806-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-15-lcil15-pkt-806-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LCI(L)-15 ex USS LCI(L)-15 - construction, commissioning, LCI Flotilla 2 campaign record, UK transfer, disposal, specifications (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150015.htm header block, campaign table, timeline, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down September 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; launched October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-15, 5 November 1942. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater as a unit of LCI Flotilla 2; campaigns: Tunisian operations 27 Mar-9 Jul 1943; Sicilian occupation 9-15 Jul 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 Sep 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22-30 Jan 1944; Invasion of Normandy 6-25 Jun 1944. Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 18 October 1944, commissioned HM LCI(L)-15; returned to US Naval custody 4 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the State Department 13 February 1948 for disposal; final disposition fate unknown. Five battle stars for WWII service. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- NY Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); USN crew (1942-44); RN crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on official records (here credited to the Turner Publishing USS LCI history), not a primary registry - milestone dates are corroborated by uboat.net and the shipbuildinghistory delivery table in separate rows. Launch date is given only at month precision and conflicts with uboat.net's 29 Sep 1942 (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-15 (LCI(L)-15) record + HMS LCI(L)-15 record (ship/20840) - construction dates, RN commission, return to USN [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20839.html data table; ship/20840.html data table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull (USN entry): LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry, pennant LCI(L)-15; built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, NJ); ordered 3 June 1942; laid down 7 September 1942; launched 29 September 1942; commissioned 5 November 1942; end service 18 October 1944; transferred to the Royal Navy on 18 October 1944; returned to the USN by the RN on 4 May 1946. Companion RN record (ship/20840): commissioned HMS LCI(L)-15 18 October 1944, returned to the USN 4 May 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (1942); USN and RN crews
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a specialist secondary compilation, not a primary registry; dates corroborate NavSource on all points except launch precision (29 Sep 1942 vs NavSource's 'October 1942' - see gaps). RN-period operational detail is thin - no commands or events listed for HM LCI(L)-15. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-02
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[4]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' construction/disposition table - LCI(L)-15 row; corroborated by yorkship.org 'Landing Craft of New York Shipbuilding Corporation' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row for LCI(L)-15; yorkship.org/HTML/landing.htm LCI(L) section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The shipbuildinghistory.com delivery table records this hull: 'LCI(L)-15 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 5 Nov 1942 | to Britain 1944, returned 1946, to DoS 1948.' The yorkship.org yard history documents that New York Shipbuilding designed the LCI(L) type and built the first 48 boats (numbers 1 through 48) in covered shipway 'O' under an FY1940 contract, delivered October 1942 - February 1943, and that 14 of the Yorkship boats were later conveyed to Britain under Lend-Lease - this hull among them.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- NY Shipbuilding construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations (Colton's shipbuilding reference and the Yorkship memorial site); 'to DoS' (Department of State) matches NavSource's 'transferred to the State Department, 13 February 1948.' Delivery date shown equals the Navy commissioning date, consistent with emergency-program practice of commission-on-delivery. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-03
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[5]U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs III-SC 182820 and III-SC 182822 (Box 187), US National Archives - LCI(L)-14, LCI(L)-15 and LCI(L)-16 loading Army Engineers at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 14 September 1943 (metadata transcribed in NavSource captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150015.htm photo captions (III-SC 182820, III-SC 182822, Box 187)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held Signal Corps photographs place this hull at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, on 14 September 1943, loading Army Engineers to reinforce the 5th Army during the Salerno landings - contemporaneous physical-presence documentation of her Italy service, consistent with the NavSource campaign table.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-09-14
- Population
- USN crew and embarked Army Engineers, Termini-Imerese, September 1943
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and photo numbers III-SC 182820/182822 could not be independently resolved in the catalog this session; photo existence and captions transcribed via NavSource (credited to contributor Dave Kerr, citing US National Archives). Photographs establish presence, not work performed or materials aboard. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM diesel plant, no steam); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for New York Shipbuilding, Camden (magnesia block insulation, asbestos-cement panels, gaskets, packing, wire insulation, asbestos-coated welding rods, felt insulation); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-07); HAER OR-180 class documentation (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json product list for new-york-shipbuilding; HAER OR-180
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built Sep-Nov 1942 at New York Shipbuilding sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period were engine and exhaust lagging in the machinery spaces, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and composition deck/cabin panels. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - but machinery-space insulation and gasketing aboard a 28-man-crew amphibious craft remains an era-consistent exposure dynamic for engine-room personnel and construction/repair trades.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- NY Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); engine-room crew (1942-46); disposal/handling trades (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or medical/litigation record located for LCI(L)-15. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. RN-period (1944-46) refit or repair records not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-05
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record, LCI(L)-713, HAER No. OR-180 (NPS; data compiled 2012, J. Christianson) - class design and construction documentation for the LCI(L) type via the last surviving original-configuration example [haer]
- Locator
- LOC PPOC item or0606; HAER data pages or0606data.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER OR-180 documents the class design for the type of which this hull is an early example: Bureau of Ships design, welded 1/4-inch steel plate construction, eight GM 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts, twin decks with troop compartments, ~182-enlisted capacity, 158'5.5" x 23'3". Note: LCI(L)-713 is the later LCI-351-class modified configuration (cylindrical pilothouse, centerline ramp, built after 1 June 1944); LCI(L)-15 is an early-configuration LCI-1-class boat - the underlying hull, propulsion, and arrangements carry over but fittings differ.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (class build era); 2012 (survey)
- Population
- LCI(L)-class crews and builders (type context)
- Limitations
- Class documentation of a sister boat, not this hull - and of the later 351-class configuration at that; carried for construction/materials context only. The HAER short form contains no asbestos content whatsoever and establishes nothing about materials aboard LCI(L)-15.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-06
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[8]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 - spanning 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-15-lcil15-07
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[9]Batch-4982 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net USN+RN records; shipbuildinghistory delivery table; yorkship.org yard history; NHHC DANFS and photo indexes; NVR; NARA photo lead; HAER OR-180; GAO product page; CourtListener (partial - see below); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS/HM LCI(L)-15 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull has no DANFS entry and no NVR record (disposed before 1987 - not in scope of the Register). CourtListener (2026-09-29): opinion search '"LCI(L)-15"' returned 0 hits; '"LCI-15" asbestos' opinions returned 0 hits; RECAP/docket search '"LCI(L)-15"' returned 2 hits, both OCR name collisions in unrelated civil dockets (Poston v. Massillon City Schools, N.D. Ohio ADA; Vidra-Miller v. Midland Credit Management, E.D. Pa. consumer credit) - neither names the vessel; '"landing craft" asbestos' opinions returned 2 hits (Butler v. Ingalls Shipbuilding; South Bay Boiler Repair), type-level mentions not naming this hull. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material found is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com landing-craft page and similar) asserting asbestos without 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. Litigation coverage is a searched-and-negative result for the exact designation and closest variants, not exhaustive: free-text opinion/docket search cannot reach cases that name the vessel only in unindexed filings or under variant punctuation ('LCI(L) 15', 'LCI 15'). Deck logs, BuShips work packages, RN-period maintenance records, and the 1948 State Department disposal paperwork are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-08
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[10]Date cross-check: NavSource launch 'October 1942' vs uboat.net '29 September 1942'; struck-from-Naval-Register date unrecorded in all sources; final disposition unknown after 13 Feb 1948 State Department transfer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource timeline vs uboat.net data table (ship/20839)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/CONFLICT NOTE: sources conflict on the launch date - NavSource gives 'October 1942' while uboat.net gives 29 September 1942; the 29 September date is carried in the record as the more precise value and the conflict is flagged rather than resolved. All sources agree on the rest of the milestone sequence; NavSource records 'struck from the Naval Register, date unknown' and 'final disposition, fate unknown' - no source located supplies either.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- A month-vs-day launch discrepancy only; neither source cites a primary document for the launch date, so 'partial.' The missing stricken date and unknown fate are documented absences, not defects of this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-15-lcil15-09