USS LCI(L)-193

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]research packet oh-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity exists; builder confirmed by yard row)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-pkt-oh-packet-md

2. [2]NARA Catalog NAID 78330417: 'USS LCI(L) 193 - Report of Amphibious Operations During Landing Near Cape D'Anzio, Italy, 1/21/44 to 2/1/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 66860; Roll A854) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78330417; Roll A854 images 0353-0354 (2-page report read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report (Commanding Officer to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet via CTG 81.3, CTF 81, and Commander Naval Forces Northwest African Waters; dated 5 February 1944, signed N. L. Claxton, Lieut., USNR) documents USS LCI(L)-193's Operation SHINGLE Anzio employment: (1) on 21 January 1944 at 0458, with 123 men and 5 officers of Company I, Third Infantry Division aboard, she proceeded in the LCI section of convoy NAM 1; on 22 January she left the Charlie area at 0225 in Red Beach Wave Four, twice grounded on a sand bar, beached on the true beach at 0325, and disembarked all troops through a maximum of 2.5 feet of water by 0335 with no casualties amid sporadic enemy machine-gun fire, then retracted and returned to Pozzuoli; (2) on 23 January she sailed with LCI(L)s 189, 190, 191, 195 and 37 to Naples, towed double sections of causeway pontoons toward the assault area under convoy commander LCI(L)-188, took over an adrift pontoon section when LCI(L)-191's tow parted, anchored off Green Beach, and returned to Pozzuoli 25 January; (3) after minor repairs at Nisida 26-28 January, she embarked six smoke pots, 177 troops and 5 officers of Headquarters Company, 180th Infantry, 45th Infantry Division on 29 January and landed them at Cape D'Anzio on 30 January; (4) on 31 January-1 February she loaded 40 tons of 90mm ammunition and two 1,000-pound anchors at Naples and delivered them to D'Anzio, unloading in port on 1 February. The report records no serious damage and no casualties among the ship's personnel.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-01-21 to 1944-02-01 (report dated 1944-02-05)

   Population

   Ship's company (~24-28 per class standard); embarked troops: 128 (21-22 Jan, Co. I 3rd Inf. Div.) and 182 plus smoke pots (29-30 Jan, Hq Co. 180th Inf., 45th Div.) per the report's own figures

   Limitations

   Primary wartime record authored by the ship's commanding officer. Establishes the Anzio lifts, troop counts, tow assignments and no-casualty outcome but contains no asbestos, materials, or hazardous-exposure information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-01

3. [3]NARA Catalog NAID 78512840: 'USS LCI(L) 193 - War Diary, 6/1-30/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 78527; Roll A1041) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78512840; Roll A1041 images 0875-0884 (cover plus daily sheets for 1-30 June 1944, all read at full resolution)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own June 1944 war diary (cover sheet: 'ELEVENTH AMPHIBIOUS FORCE / LCI(L) FLOTILLA TWO / USS LCI(L) 193'; daily sheets signed by A. C. Shea, LT(JG) USNR, COMMANDING) documents the Normandy invasion and shuttle service: moored at Newhaven alongside LCI(L)s 12 and 15 through 3 June; underway 2005 on 5 June with 189 officers and troops of the British 3rd Division via channel 10 for 'Sword' Beach, in US LCI(L) Group 4 with HMS LCI(L)s 111, 116, 174 and 175; on 6 June 'at 1122 after receiving orders from the convoy commander, Lt. Comdr. Willard W. Ayres aboard the USS LCI(L) 9, we beached with the 14th wave. The troops disembarked amidst enemy artillery and mortar fire. No casualties were suffered by either the ship's company or troops during disembarkation' - beaching/retraction difficulty over underwater obstructions left a 6-inch triangular hole in the bow; retracted 1136, anchored Newhaven 0015 on 7 June. Further June lifts: embarked 198 officers and men 8 June, beached at JUNO beach 1118 on 9 June; embarked 140 British officers and men 10 June, disembarked by LCMs off GOLD beach 11 June; a GOLD-beach pontoon-pier lift 14 June; a GOLD lift arriving 19 June (anchored off the beach overnight); and a final GOLD lift with troops off by 1522 on 27 June. Welders repaired the bow hole over the Gridiron at Newhaven 22-23 June; she otherwise moored at Newhaven and Portsmouth alongside LCI(L)s 238, 15, 13, 14, 514 and 552 and HMS LCI(L)-390 between lifts.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-06-01 to 1944-06-30

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops: 189 British 3rd Division personnel (5-6 June), 198 (8-9 June), 140 (10-11 June), plus unstated lifts 14, 19 and 27 June

   Limitations

   Primary wartime log sheets. Establish the D-Day Sword Beach landing (14th wave, 1122 on 6 June), five further June lifts to Juno and Gold beaches, the bow damage event, command identity (Lt.(jg) Arlond C. Shea, USNR) and force assignment (LCI(L) Flotilla Two, Eleventh Amphibious Force) within the covered window only. Contains no asbestos, materials, or casualty information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-02

4. [4]NARA Catalog NAID 78283637: 'USS LCI(L) 193 - War Diary, 12/1-31/43' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 64041; Roll A801) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78283637; Roll A801 images 0389-0398 (cover and early/late December daily sheets read at full resolution; not every intermediate day individually transcribed)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own December 1943 war diary (cover sheet: 'EIGHTH AMPHIBIOUS FORCE / LCI(L) FLOTILLA ONE / USS LCI(L) 193'; sheets signed by NORMAN L. CLAXTON, LIEUT USNR COMMANDING) establishes her Mediterranean employment at the start of surviving log coverage: anchored at the A.A.T.B. docks, Bizerte, Tunisia, pier 27 port side to LCI(L) 194 on 1 December, embarking fifteen U.S. Army officers and 159 troops at 1355, then operating in LCI convoy (LCI(L)s 188, 36, 189, 190, 191, 193, 195 and 196 with escorts AM 116 and YMSs 3, 62, 69) on the Bizerte-Naples shuttle under N.O.I.C. Naples dispatches through the month.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-12-01 to 1943-12-31

   Population

   Ship's company; 15 U.S. Army officers and 159 troops embarked 1 December 1943

   Limitations

   Primary wartime log sheets. Establish basing (A.A.T.B. Bizerte), flotilla/force assignment (LCI(L) Flotilla One, Eighth Amphibious Force), command identity (Lt. Norman L. Claxton, USNR) and Bizerte-Naples convoy employment within the covered window only. Contains no asbestos, materials, or casualty information; does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-03

5. [5]NARA Catalog NAID 78681103: 'USS LCI(L) 193 - War Diary, 11/1-15/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; micro serial 95252; Roll A1260); NAID 78664407: 'USS LCI(L) 193 - War Diary, 10/1-31/44' (micro serial 94085; Roll A1244) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78681103; Roll A1260 images 0502-0506 (all 5 images read at full resolution); catalog.archives.gov/id/78664407 Roll A1244 image 0502 (October daily sheets sampled)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own November 1944 war diary (cover sheet: 'ELEVENTH AMPHIBIOUS FORCE / LCI(L) FLOTILLA EIGHTEEN / USS LCI(L) 193'; signed A. C. SHEA, LT(JG) USNR COMMANDING) documents the end of U.S. service: moored at Weymouth docks, England, 1-9 November 'undergoing change of main propulsion engines' (all eight engines; completely installed 9 November); swung ship in Weymouth Bay 10 November; then sailed to Sheerness where the diary records on 15 November 1944: 'THE USS LCI(L) 193 WAS DECOMMISSIONED THIS DATE AT SHEERNESS, ENGLAND. GEOFFREY W. WELSH S/LIEUT RNVR, ACTING FOR THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY, ACCEPTED FROM ARLOND C. SHEA LT(JG) USNR, THE USS LCI(L) 193,' the vessel being leased to the Government of Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Act of 11 March 1941. The preceding October diary (NAID 78664407) shows the same flotilla, moored and under repair at Weymouth including a deliberate beaching in Weymouth Bay 4 October for screw repairs (retracted 5 October with two LCMs after two failed attempts).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-10-01 to 1944-11-15

   Population

   Ship's company through 15 November 1944

   Limitations

   Primary wartime log sheets. Establish the Weymouth main-engine replacement availability (1-9 November 1944), the 15 November 1944 decommissioning and Lend-Lease delivery at Sheerness, and command/flotilla identity (Lt.(jg) Arlond C. Shea, USNR; Flotilla Eighteen, Eleventh Amphibious Force). The diary places decommissioning and lease acceptance together on 15 November; NavSource separately dates the transfer/lease 14 November - discrepancy logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials information; the engine change is recorded without materials detail, so it does not establish exposure to any hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-04

6. [6]NARA Special List 44 (1978), hull-number section, p. 334: row 'LCI(L)-193 | Dec. 1, 1943-Oct. 31, 1944 | 2 logbooks' (verified against the page image via the ACPL Genealogy Center scan); logbook series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations,' NAID 594258, RG 24 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Special List 44 printed p. 334, LCI(L)-193 row (ACPL scan image 360, genealogycenter.net/nara/images/narasl44/360.jpg); digitized-logs list at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NARA's Special List 44 inventory (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947) records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-193 covering 'Dec. 1, 1943-Oct. 31, 1944' in 2 logbooks (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series NAID 594258, RG 24). The coverage end falls two weeks before the 15 November 1944 decommissioning and lease to the United Kingdom; the coverage start falls about ten months after the reported 9 February 1943 commissioning - the ship's first ten months of logs are not in this inventory line. The logbooks are not on NARA's list of fully digitized Navy deck logs; her digitized 'War Diary' daily sheets sit instead in the RG 38 war-diaries series (monthly file units December 1943 - 15 November 1944).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-12-01 to 1944-10-31

   Population

   Ship's company during covered period

   Limitations

   Index-level record only: coverage dates are logbook inventory dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates, and do not themselves establish events. The two logbooks are undigitized - physical retrieval at Archives II (College Park) would be required to read content. The absence of February-November 1943 logs from this inventory line is noted, not explained. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-05

7. [7]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-193 page (history partially taken from Turner Publishing USS LCI vol. II) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150193.htm: construction block, campaign table, 'crossed the English Channel 22 times' line, disposition lines, specifications block, photo captions (Normandy; Sword Beach D-Day; Newhaven exercises and hull-inspection beachings; Sheerness turnover group photo)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary compilation (NavSource, drawing on Turner Publishing's 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, 1995) records: laid down December 1942 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Newark NJ; launched January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-193 on 9 February 1943 at Newark; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns - Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943, Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943, Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January-8 February 1944, Invasion of Normandy (Sword Beach) 6-25 June 1944; crossed the English Channel 22 times in the weeks following D-Day delivering material and replacement personnel; decommissioned 15 November 1944 at Sheerness, UK; transferred to the United Kingdom (leased) 14 November 1944; returned to US Naval custody 27 February 1946; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; four battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, sold 12 February 1948, fate unknown. Page photographs show her on the beach at Normandy days after D-Day, landing British troops at Sword Beach 6 June 1944, exercising off Newhaven with LCI(L)-4 and HM LCI(L)-179 before D-Day, beached at Newhaven for hull inspection, and moored at Sheerness circa 14 November 1944 alongside LCI(L)s 75, 231, 229, 35 and 238 awaiting turnover.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1948

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation, not an official document. Its commissioning date (9 Feb 1943) is corroborated by uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory.com, and the March 1943 first muster-roll date; Anzio employment is corroborated by the ship's own action report (ev-01), and Normandy service and the November 1944 turnover by her own war diaries (ev-02, ev-04) and photo captions; but the Sicily and Salerno campaign credits, the '22 crossings' figure (the June diary verifies 6 lifts), the 14 November lease date (diary places lease acceptance 15 November), the four battle stars, and the 1948 Maritime Commission sale rest on this compilation - no DANFS entry exists for this hull to corroborate against.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-06

8. [8]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)-193 | 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)-193 in commission 1942-44 with 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). The roster's '1942-44' in-commission span predates the documented 9 February 1943 commissioning - treated as a rounding artifact. Complement figures conflict with secondary compilations (3/21 vs 4/24) - both variants carried, discrepancy logged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-07

9. [9]uboat.net allied-warship records USS LCI(L)-193 (ship/21097) and HMS LCI(L)-193 (ship/21098); shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table; NavSource page (ev-06) [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21097.html and /21098.html; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row 'LCI(L) 193 | Federal SB | Newark NJ | 9-Feb-43 | To Britain 1943, returned 1946, sold 1948'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Builder and milestone attribution: uboat.net's allied-warship record gives USS LCI(L)-193 as built by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark NJ), ordered 3 June 1943 [sic - after the laid-down date, likely a typo for 1942], laid down 15 December 1942, launched 30 January 1943, commissioned 9 February 1943, end service 15 November 1944, 'Transferred to the Royal Navy on 15 November 1944, Returned to the USN by the RN on 27 February 1946'; a parallel HMS LCI(L)-193 record exists (ship/21098). shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) construction table lists 'LCI(L) 193 | Federal SB | Newark NJ | 9-Feb-43 | To Britain 1943, returned 1946, sold 1948' - the 'To Britain 1943' date conflicts with the ship's own diaries showing U.S. Navy service through 15 November 1944 and is treated as a typo for 1944. The three compilations are otherwise consistent with NavSource (commissioned 9 February 1943; UK lease November 1944; return 27 February 1946; sold 12 February 1948).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1948

   Limitations

   Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with primary NARA records (lease handover recorded in the ship's own diary, commissioning-month muster roll exists), 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; NavSource gives only months. uboat's 'Ordered 3 Jun 1943' and shipbuildinghistory's 'To Britain 1943' are apparent internal inconsistencies - flagged, not adopted.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-08

10. [10]NARA Catalog NAIDs 120158091, 78329609, 78371030, 78412018, 78459845, 78564732, 78621444, 134367657, 78664407, 78681103, 135949855, 139967888, 78429393, 301573779, 118967602 [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov/id/120158091 (muster rolls, 98 images, Ancestry 32860_244552, first roll 31 Mar 1943); war-diary NAIDs listed at catalog.archives.gov/id/<naid>; task-force files surfaced by catalog extracted-text match on 'LCI(L) 193'

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Additional ship-specific NARA file units exist for this hull: 'LCI(L) 193 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120158091, RG 24 muster-roll series 594996, 98 images digitized via Ancestry, first roll dated 31 March 1943 - crew names recoverable); ten further monthly war-diary file units in the RG 38 WWII War Diaries series covering 1 January-29 February 1944 (NAID 78329609, Roll A853), March 1944 (78371030, A901), April 1944 (78412018, A940), May 1944 (78459845, A995), July 1944 (78564732, A1090), August 1944 (78621444, A1132), September 1944 (134367657, A1175), October 1944 (78664407, A1244 - sampled), and 1-15 November 1944 (78681103, A1260 - read in full); and three task-force-level files whose extracted text mentions LCI(L) 193: COMTASK-UNIT 81.4 'Act Rep, Op HUSKY' (NAID 135949855, 87 images, Roll A550), COM 8th FLEET Salerno forwarding file (NAID 139967888, 51 images, Roll A1520), and COMTASKFOR 81 'Forwarding of Anzio, Italy, Act Reps with Comment' (NAID 78429393, 8 images, Roll A961). Index-level units: the World War II War Diary Index box 'USS Lakewood Victory THRU USS LST 53' (NAID 301573779, Box 12) should contain her index card, and the Index to Muster Rolls volume 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (NAID 118967602) covers her range.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1943-1946 records

    Population

    Ship's company (muster rolls)

    Limitations

    Catalog-level verification of record existence only; most contents not extracted (muster-roll images not transcribed; July-September and January-May diary months not read). The task-force files matched on extracted text - LCI(L)-193's name appears inside them (likely in ship lists or report annexes), which is consistent with but does not by itself prove she filed her own reports for Sicily/Salerno. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-09

11. [11]Class propulsion per Bureau of Ships Ships' Data transcription (HyperWar, ev-07); shipyard asbestos documentation per Atlas shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (internal project dataset, evidence_tier 2; Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey, Aug 30-Sep 2, 1944) [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships-lc.html LCI(L)-1 class block (propulsion); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json yard_id federal-shipbuilding-kearny (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 1942-43 at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock - the Atlas shipyard dataset's record for the Kearny NJ yard documents asbestos product use (Johns-Manville Superex pipe covering, Owens-Illinois Kaylo insulation, W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofing, Garlock gaskets), including an August-September 1944 industrial health survey recording insulators cutting and fitting asbestos pipe covering in confined spaces.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1943

    Population

    Construction trades (Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ, 1942-43); 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 and products, not this hull's fittings; the 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's 1942-43 build. Does not establish asbestos aboard this craft, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-10

12. [12]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 1942-43 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-193-lcil193-11

13. [13]Batch-4992 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog search '"LCI(L) 193"' (50 file units reviewed); NARA Special List 44 page image; NHHC DANFS L index and direct URLs; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory secondary pages; USCG-manned LCI(L) roster; NVR; CourtListener [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-193-lcil193-16

    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)-193 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 - 1942-43 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-193-lcil193-12

14. [14]CourtListener API v4 opinion search 'LCI(L)-193' (count 557, reviewed hits all collisions); docket and variant queries blocked by fleet pacing budget [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener v4 search results, type=o

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps: opinion search 'LCI(L)-193' returned 557 hits - the reviewed results are all name collisions (LCI International/LCI Communications telecom litigation such as Phillips v. LCI International, Inc., 190 F.3d 609 (4th Cir. 1999); businesses abbreviated 'LCI' such as Louisiana Construction and Industry Self Insurers Fund; and OCR noise - none referencing a vessel or asbestos). The verbatim docket search '"LCI(L)-193"' and the variant queries ('LCI-193'/'LCIL-193', 'LCI 193'/'LCI(L) 193') could not be completed before the fleet rate-limit stand-down; logged as gaps.

    Verification

    partial

    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; the opinion-index review covered returned hits, which were all collisions; docket and variant queries were not completed within the fleet rate-limit window, so the sweep is partial rather than exhaustive. 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-193-lcil193-13