Evidence
19 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-19).
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[1]research packet oh-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity exists)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-pkt-oh-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-192 ex USS LCI(L)-192 (1943-1945) - build/commissioning block, campaign table, conversion and disposal notes, specification block, photo captions (live page verified 2026-09-29) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150192.htm header block, campaign table, specification block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 7 December 1942 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 25 January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-192, 5 February 1943, at Port Newark, N.J.; international radio call sign NQSW. Assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla 1: Sicilian occupation 9-13 Jul 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 Sep 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 Jan-1 Mar 1944; Elba and Pianosa landings 16 Jun 1944; invasion of Southern France 15 Aug-25 Sep 1944. Reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater (date unknown); modified for gunfire support in 1945 at San Diego, CA, and reclassified LCI(G)-192; Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended) medals for 24 Oct-1 Dec 1945; decommissioned September 1946; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); transferred to the Maritime Commission ship disposal unit 31 March 1948, fate unknown. Four battle stars. Spec block: dp 216 t. light / 234 landing / 389 loaded; 158'5.5"; b. 23'3"; speed 16 kts max; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted, cargo 75 tons; LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. Photo captions: Elba landings 17 Jun 1944 (US Army Signal Corps); underway March 1945 after exiting Panama Canal en route San Diego (see gaps - May 1945 per war diary); drydocked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard during LCI(G) conversion with nine other LCIs, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) and USS Mustin (DD-413), circa Jun-Aug 1945; at San Diego after conversion readying for Pearl Harbor and Okinawa.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); embarked troops (capacity 6 off + 182 enl); yard trades at availabilities (1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its dates generally track official records but two captions conflict with the ship's own war diaries (March vs May 1945 Panama transit; 'conversion at San Diego' vs drydock photo at Long Beach NSY - see correction row and gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-01
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[3]Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny and Newark NJ - build list (Naval Marine Archive reproduction of the Colton shipbuilding-history yard table) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/large/federal.html, row '345 | N | LCI(L) 192 | U.S. Navy | Landing Craft | 5-Feb-43 | To NDRF 1948'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Federal yard table entry for this hull: yard hull number 345, marked 'N' (Newark - the company's second wartime yard at Port Newark, distinguishing it from the original Kearny ways marked 'K'), owner U.S. Navy, type Landing Craft, delivered 5-Feb-43, disposition 'To NDRF 1948' (National Defense Reserve Fleet). The 'N' marker reconciles the Kearny/Newark builder-location variants in secondary sources, and the NDRF note corroborates the Maritime Commission disposal transfer of 31 March 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding Newark-yard construction trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard compilation, not a primary registry - consistent with NavSource and uboat.net on build dates. 'Delivered' date tracks the commissioning date for these craft. The K/N yard marker is the list's own column convention; no primary yard record located for hull 345. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-02
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[4]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (comp. Claudia Bradley, Michael Kurtz, et al., 1978), printed p. 334 - entry 'LCI(L)-192 - Feb. 6, 1943-June 30, 1945 - 4 logbooks' (digitized scan via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center; scan image 360) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, printed p. 334, signal-number section, LCI(L) run (ACPL scan 360.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull covering 6 February 1943 through 30 June 1945 (4 logbooks). The coverage spans essentially her entire wartime commissioned service: commissioning was 5 February 1943 and the coverage begins the following day. The logs are physical/textual records at NARA; they are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog (no deck-log file units for this hull were located - the digitized hull records are muster rolls and war diaries, see ev-04/ev-05).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-02-06 to 1945-06-30 (coverage); 1978 (list compiled)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates - the 30 June 1945 cutoff reflects the list's wartime boundary, not the end of her service (she served until Sep 1946). Log contents not examined: deck logs document position, weather, personnel movements, and observations, and are not expected to state asbestos content. Physical logs at NARA College Park; digitization status may change.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-03
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[5]NARA file units 'LCI(L) 192 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120158190, 269 images) and 'LCI(G) 192 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120158460, 37 images), RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (NAID 594996), digitized via Ancestry partnership [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120158190 (LCI(L) 192, first object 'Muster Roll Date: 1943 February 06'); catalog.archives.gov/id/120158460 (LCI(G) 192, first object 'Muster Roll Date: 1945 October 01')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized muster rolls exist for this hull under both designations: LCI(L) 192 - 269 images with first roll dated 6 February 1943 (the day after commissioning), and LCI(G) 192 - 37 images with first roll dated 1 October 1945 (the occupation/China-service period). Muster rolls name every officer and enlisted man aboard on each reporting date - the primary population document for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- All hands, LCI(L)-192 (1943-45) and LCI(G)-192 (1945-46), named individually on rolls
- Limitations
- Personnel-name documentation only: muster rolls establish who was aboard on roll dates, not what materials they worked with. They contain no asbestos content and establish no exposure for any individual. Rolls between June and September 1945 (conversion period) are not present in these units as located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-04
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[6]NARA, USS LCI(L)-192 monthly war diaries, RG 38 (18 file units covering Dec 1943-May 1945, WWII War Diaries microfilm series, NAID 4697018), plus ship reports of operations: 'Rep of Ops, Anzio, Italy, 1/20/44 to 2/3/44' (NAID 78306017) and 'Rep of Ops, Period 8/9-28/44, Invasion of Southern France' (NAID 139733210) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LCI(L) 192' - file units listed in search_ledger; diaries inspected: Dec 1944 (139805913), Feb 1945 (139881483), May 1945 (140012009); Anzio report (78306017) read in full (3 images)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own digitized monthly war diaries cover December 1943 through May 1945 as individual file units (examples: Dec 1943 NAID 78261245; Jan-Dec 1944 NAIDs 78296354, 78329601, 78379881, 78412004, 78458324, 78480509, 78544284, 78607025, 139736213, 78646142, 78694823, 139805913; Jan-May 1945 NAIDs 139866348, 139881483, 139941350, 139980557, 140012009). Together with the two reports of operations they form a continuous primary operational record for this hull across her combat and conversion-era service. No ship's war diary for June 1945 or later was located in the catalog; command-level diaries for LCI(G) Group 111 (Jul-Sep 1945: NAIDs 101764995, 77486538, 77578600) and LCI(G) Flotilla 37 (Aug 1945: NAID 77520590) are open leads covering her parent unit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-12 to 1945-05 (diaries located); 1945-06+ (gap)
- Population
- Crew (1943-45); embarked troops; yard/base trades during availabilities
- Limitations
- War diaries are operational logs (positions, drills, availabilities, voyages) - they do not state asbestos content and are not expected to. Post-May-1945 ship diaries not located as digitized file units (may exist under the LCI(G) designation, be undigitized, or be folded into group reporting). No January-February 1944 monthly diary unit was located in this search, though the Anzio report of operations covers that window.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-05
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[7]NARA, 'LCI(L)-192 - War Diary, 2/1-28/45' (NAID 139881483, RG 38, 7 images): Commanding Officer (Richard D. Jones Jr.) to Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1 March 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139881483, diary cover letter, items 1-2 (image 0841.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary record of a major stateside yard availability: 'Entire period from 1 February, 1945, to 1 March, 1945, was spent undergoing a period of availability at Lawley and Sons Shipyards, Neponset (Boston) Massachusetts. Approximately 350 alterations and repairs are contemplated for this ship during this period, which will extend until 21 March, 1945.' - a documented ~350-item alteration/repair program aboard this hull at George Lawley & Son Corp., Neponset, MA, immediately before her Pacific transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-02-01 to 1945-03-21
- Population
- Ship's crew during availability; Lawley & Sons yard trades (Feb-Mar 1945)
- Limitations
- Documents that a large alteration/repair availability occurred aboard this hull; the work-package content (which systems, materials, insulation) is not described in the diary and no Lawley work order was located - 'approximately 350 alterations and repairs' is 'contemplated' scope, not an itemized completion record. No asbestos content stated. Lawley & Sons, Neponset is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-06
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[8]NARA, 'USS LCI(L) 192 - Rep of Ops, Anzio, Italy, 1/20/44 to 2/3/44' (NAID 78306017, RG 38, 3 images): report of operations signed Ray D. Anderson, Commanding Officer, 5 February 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78306017, images 0745-0747.jpg (full 3-page report read)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report documents hull damage and field repairs at Anzio: a British LCT rammed her stern during the 22 January 1944 landing (hull punctured above the waterline, stern pushed in ~11 inches, deck plates buckled, stern anchor gear smashed); stern hole plugged by 23 January; on 26 January LCI(L)-221 struck her starboard bow (8-inch hole below deck, bow anchor ruined); 27-29 January she performed salvage duty pulling broached LCTs and pontoons off Red Beach and towed disabled LCT-203 for nine hours; 866 rounds of 20mm fired at aircraft during 19 alerts; no personnel casualties. Two collision-damage events and salvage work aboard damaged craft are documented physical-disturbance and repair events for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-01-20 to 1944-02-03
- Population
- Ship's crew (Jan-Feb 1944); embarked American 3rd Division troops; salvage-detail work on broached craft
- Limitations
- Operational record only: documents damage, repairs, and salvage activity - it does not state asbestos content, and wartime field repairs are not documented at material level. No exposure claim is made; the row documents the events, nothing more.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-07
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[9]NARA, 'LCI(L)-192 - War Diary, 12/1-31/44' (NAID 139805913, RG 38, 7 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139805913, diary pages 1 and 4 (1-6 Dec Bizerte; 16-23 Dec passage to and stay at Mers-el-Kebir)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Her December 1944 war diary places the ship still in the Mediterranean under LCI(L) Flotilla One: Bizerte (La Pecherie), Tunisia, 1-16 December (collision drill 2 Dec; Lake Bizerte tactical training 4 Dec with LCI(L)-195(F), -190, and -196; underway on ComLCI(L)FlotOne orders 6 Dec); then Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, from 17 December (62 passengers disembarked). Establishes she had not yet returned to the U.S. in December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- Ship's crew; 62 passengers carried to Mers-el-Kebir (17 Dec 1944)
- Limitations
- Location/status record only; no asbestos content. Confirms the Mediterranean departure postdates mid-December 1944 (see correction row re: the CO memoir's 'late December of 1943' return claim).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-08
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[10]NARA, 'LCI(L)-192 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45' (NAID 140012009, RG 38, 7 images): Commanding Officer (Richard D. Jones Jr.) to Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1 June 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140012009, diary pages 1-6 (1-5 May transit; 17 May arrival; 18-31 May Berth 12)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Her May 1945 war diary documents the transit to the Pacific conversion: underway from Key West, Florida, to Coco Solo, Canal Zone, 1-5 May; a 13-day voyage from Coco Solo; entered San Diego Harbor at 2005 on 17 May 1945 and moored port side to LCI(L)-43 at the South Quay Wall, Destroyer Base, San Diego; and 18-31 May at Berth 12, U.S. Destroyer Base, San Diego - 'during this period, voyage repairs were completed; training was undertaken, and routine upkeep, maintenance and repair was done.' A documented maintenance/repair period aboard this hull at the San Diego Destroyer Base.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Ship's crew (transit and upkeep); Destroyer Base trades
- Limitations
- Documents repairs and upkeep at the Destroyer Base berth but does not describe materials; no asbestos content. The San Diego Destroyer Base is a different facility from Long Beach Naval Shipyard (where she was photographed drydocked for conversion in Jun-Aug 1945) - the base is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-09
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[11]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official wartime fleet organization listing, transcribed) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC page 'LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SEVEN / LCI(L) GROUP 111 / LCI(L) DIVISION 221' listing 'LCI 192'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official U.S. Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 192' under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCI(L) Group 111, LCI(L) Division 221 - administratively assigning her to the Pacific LCI(L) structure on the date her own war diary shows her in the western Caribbean transiting toward the Canal Zone and San Diego conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- An organizational-assignment record: it fixes her flotilla/group/division assignment as of 1 May 1945, not her physical position (the diary shows her mid-transit that day). Contains no asbestos content. NHHC transcription pages render the hull as 'LCI 192' without the (L)/(G) suffix.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-10
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[12]uboat.net Allied Warships entry, USS LCI(L)-192 (LCI(L)-192), plus NavSource photo caption of her drydocked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard during LCI(G) conversion circa June-August 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net warship entry 'History' line; NavSource 150192.htm photo caption (LBNSY drydock image 1015019205.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Reclassification to Landing Craft Infantry (Guns): uboat.net dates reclassification as LCI(G) on 15 June 1945; NavSource photographic evidence places her drydocked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard during the conversion with nine other LCIs, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) and USS Mustin (DD-413), circa June-August 1945; NavSource narrative describes modification 'for gunfire support of amphibious operations in 1945 at San Diego, CA.' A documented conversion period at documented naval yards (San Diego Destroyer Base May upkeep per war diary; LBNSY drydock Jun-Aug per photo).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-05 to 1945-08
- Population
- Crew; LBNSY and San Diego base trades during conversion
- Limitations
- The 15 June 1945 reclassification date rests on a secondary source (uboat.net); no official reclassification document was located. NavSource's 'at San Diego' narrative and the LBNSY drydock photograph bracket the conversion across two bases; the precise split of conversion work between San Diego Destroyer Base and LBNSY is unresolved (gaps). No asbestos content in either source; the LBNSY drydock does document physical presence at that yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-11
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[13]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-1-class specification block (GM diesel plant, no steam); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for federal-shipbuilding-kearny (Superex pipe covering, Kaylo insulation, Monokote fireproofing, Garlock gaskets, 1940-1948 window); Owens-Illinois industrial health survey of the Kearny yard Aug-Sep 1944 (ev-13); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-15) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specification block; shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny product list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built Dec 1942-Feb 1943 at a yard with documented wartime asbestos product use sits inside the era's shipbuilding-asbestos window; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were engine and exhaust thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation fireproofing. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - but the confined-hull exposure dynamic applies to the applications listed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Lawley Neponset, San Diego Destroyer Base, and LBNSY trades during availabilities/conversion (1945)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package was located for LCI(L)-192; the 350-item Lawley availability contents are undocumented. 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-192-lcil192-12
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[14]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990); plus shipyard-exposure-map product documentation for federal-shipbuilding-kearny (Superex, Kaylo, Monokote, Garlock) [other_primary]
- Locator
- toxicdocs.org document d/4ayjMMY2q6pqomB4eDk5Nq9op (live 200, 2026-09-29); shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny evidence row ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The builder yard's asbestos use is documented: the Owens-Illinois industrial health survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny (Aug 30-Sep 2, 1944) recorded insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting; the Atlas yard record documents Superex amosite pipe covering (~15% amosite), Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe/boiler insulation, W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofing, and Garlock gaskets at the yard for the 1940-1948 window that covers this hull's Dec 1942-Feb 1943 construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944 (survey); 1940-1948 (product window)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding insulators, pipefitters, and construction trades (1944 survey window; hull built 1942-43)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - the survey postdates this hull's February 1943 delivery by ~19 months, and documents insulator trades' work at the yard generally, not installation aboard LCI(L)-192. The survey was conducted by a manufacturer (Owens-Illinois) with commercial interest in the findings; dust counts are in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era). Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-13
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[15]Kilburn KH et al., chest x-ray survey of 6,640 Long Beach Naval Shipyard employees (1979), PMID 294186; plus shipyard-exposure-map product documentation for long-beach-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 294186 (x-ray survey); shipyards.json long-beach-naval-shipyard evidence rows; NavSource LBNSY drydock photo caption
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The conversion yard's asbestos record is documented: a 1979 chest x-ray survey of 6,640 Long Beach Naval Shipyard employees (88.6% of the workforce) found 1,061 (16.0%) with asbestos-related radiographic abnormalities, rising with age and service length; the Atlas yard record documents asbestos insulation, asbestos-cement pipe, asbestos cloth, floor/ceiling tile, wall insulation, and sprayed fireproofing at the yard. This hull was physically present - drydocked at LBNSY for LCI(G) conversion circa June-August 1945 (NavSource photo evidence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (survey); 1945 (hull presence)
- Population
- LBNSY workforce (1979 survey); hull's crew and yard trades during Jun-Aug 1945 drydock
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation from 1979, not a hull record: documents LBNSY workforce exposure decades after this hull's 1945 drydock presence; establishes the yard's asbestos era, not materials aboard this hull or exposure of her crew. No ACM-handling record for the conversion work itself was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-14
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[16]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 (1942-43) and service era (1943-48).
- 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-192-lcil192-15
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[17]DANFS, USS LCI(L)-196 / LCI(G)-196 (Naval History Division transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio) - sister hull's official entry; LCI(L)-192/LCI(G)-192 has no DANFS entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- HyperWar DANFS LCIG volume, lcig196.html (live 200, 2026-09-29)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Flotilla/context record: sister LCI(L)-196 - same builder (Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock), commissioned February 1943, same Mediterranean arc (Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Elba, Southern France), same LCI(G) conversion (July 1945 per her entry), same occupation/China service, and Maritime Commission disposal (November 1947) - documents the shared career arc of this Federal-built flotilla cohort. LCI(L)-196 appears alongside LCI 192 in the same Division 221 listing of the 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- A sister ship's official history, not this hull's - used strictly to corroborate the flotilla-class service arc; no fact about LCI(L)-192 is asserted from it. No DANFS entry exists for LCI(L)-192 or LCI(G)-192 (candidate URLs in the LCIG volume return 404; logged in search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-16
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[18]Batch-4991 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 and digitized catalog records; NavSource; NHHC fleet organization; DANFS LCI(G) volume; Federal build list; CourtListener opinion index (4 query variants, zero hits); CourtListener docket index (combined variant query, count 0 - after fleet-pacer delays); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-01 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 LCI(L)-192 or USS LCI(G)-192 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero hits in BOTH the opinion index (variants 'LCI(L)-192', 'LCI-192', 'LCI(G)-192', 'LCI 192') and the docket/RECAP index (combined variant query, count 0) - a completed negative result, not a blocked search. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no ship-specific 'asbestos aboard' material of any kind (not even marketing listicles naming this hull).
- 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 sat squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-insulation era and was built, overhauled, and converted at documented asbestos yards. Undigitized deck logs (4 logbooks), the Lawley availability work package, and command-level group/flotilla war diaries are open archival leads. CourtListener coverage extends only to opinions and dockets in its index; settled/undocketed claims would not appear. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-17
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[19]Memoir of James E. Lynch, former CO of LCI-192 (NavSource history page 150192h.htm), cross-checked against the ship's own war diaries (NAIDs 139805913, 139881483, 140012009) and NavSource main-page dates [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150192h.htm memoir vs NAID 139805913 (Dec 44 diary), NAID 140012009 (May 45 diary), Federal build list row for LCI(L) 192
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTIONS to the Lynch memoir and a NavSource caption: (1) Lynch dates commissioning '3 Feb 1943' - NavSource, the Federal build list (delivered 5-Feb-43), and uboat.net all give 5 February 1943; the deck-log coverage also opens 6 Feb 1943. (2) Lynch says the ship 'returned from the Med in late December of 1943' - her own December 1944 war diary places her at Bizerte and Mers-el-Kebir still under LCI(L) Flotilla One through 23 December 1944, and she fought at Elba (June 1944) and Southern France (Aug-Sep 1944); the Med return was late December 1944/early 1945, a one-year slip. (3) A NavSource photo caption dates her Panama Canal transit 'March 1945' - her May 1945 war diary places her underway Key West to Coco Solo, C.Z., on 1-5 May 1945, arriving San Diego 17 May; the transit was May, not March. Lynch's memoir remains valuable for the unlogged details it supplies (Oran staging for Sicily; post-war itinerary Formosa, Subic Bay, Saipan, Eniwetok; decommissioning at San Francisco September 1946; Maritime Commission transfer 31 March 1948 confirmed).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Corrects a dated memoir against primary sources, not a material/asbestos claim. The corrected return window (late Dec 1944/early 1945) is bracketed by the Dec 1944 diary and the Feb 1945 Lawley availability, but the exact CONUS arrival date is not isolated (gaps). The 'March 1945' caption may refer to a different underway photo date interpretation; the diary governs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-192-lcil192-18