Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet oh-packet.md (2 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-194-lcil194-pkt-oh-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-194 ex USS LCI(L)-194 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page for USS LCI(G)-194 ex LCI(L)-194 (10/15/150194.htm): history block, EAME campaign table, specifications block, awards/ribbon block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 15 December 1942 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.; launched 30 January 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-194, 11 February 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaign table credits Sicilian occupation (1943-07-09 to 07-11), Salerno landings (1943-09-09 to 09-21), Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing (1944-01-22 to 03-01), and invasion of Southern France (1944-08-15 to 09-05); four battle stars. Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-194, 15 July 1945; designation reverted to LCI(L)-194, 15 August 1947; decommissioned and struck - dates unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 15 August 1947; final disposition unknown. Class specifications: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted (LCI(L)) or 5 + 65 (LCI(G)); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; armament four single 20mm + two .50cal (LCI(L)) or two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50cal, ten Mk7 rocket launchers (LCI(G)); propulsion two sets of four GM diesels, four per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. International Radio Call Sign NQVP. Page photography: US Atlantic Fleet Command photo AGC-4-563 places the hull beached during resupply operations at Scoglitti, Sicily, 13 July 1943 with LCT(L)-452, -154, and -204; a second photo shows her in rough seas returning from the Southern France landings, August 1944 (USS LCI National Association newsletter 'The Elsie Item' #48, April 2004).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew (3+21 class spec as LCI(L); 5+65 as LCI(G)) plus embarked troops (up to ~188)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing unit history via NavSource), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. Crew and armament figures are class specifications, not hull-specific documentation. Page prints '6 kts (max.)' - a typographical slip; the class-standard maximum is ~16 kt (see gaps). Yard location printed as 'Newark, N.J.' while the physical yard was at Kearny/Port Newark (see gaps). Decommissioning and striking are undated. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-01
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[3]National Archives Catalog: 'USS LCI(L) 194 - Act Rep, Amphibious Ops During Landings, Cape D'Anzio, Italy, period 1/19/44 - 2/2/44' (NAID 78301345), RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', Roll A822, micro serial 65192 - digitized, 3 images, read in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78301345, images 0395-0397 on Roll A822 (letter + 3 pages); file micro serial 65192
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report, dated 6 February 1944, signed by Edwin C. Broderson, LT(JG) USNR, routed via Commander Task Group 81.3, Commander Task Force 81, and Commander Naval Forces Northwest African Waters, referencing Operation Plan 147-43. It records: docked bow-on at berth 25, Pozzuoli, 19 January; loaded 122 enlisted men and 7 officers of the Third Infantry Division, U.S. Army, on 20 January; underway 21 January in convoy position astern of LCI(L) 37, followed by LCI(L) 195; beached on Red Beach, Nettuno, at 0259 on 22 January; at 0307, while debarking troops, 'LCI(L) 37 rammed us on our port side, hitting us just aft of the deck house' - no serious damage; LCI(L) 37, having lost her stern anchor, tied up alongside and disembarked her troops over 194's ramps; starboard screw fouled (manila line) during beaching, confirmed by vibration on return; on 24 January she was sent to Naples 'to have our starboard screw inspected' (flotilla maintenance officer's orders) and a diver cleared the line on 25 January while under air-attack alerts (three bombs dropped in the port area, one hitting a liberty ship ~500 yards away); welding of life-line stanchions completed 29 January; on 30-31 January she ran smoke floats and lube oil from HMS DIDO to USS LST 348 in the Gulf of Anzio, leading LCIs 214 and 45; on 1 February she embarked 6 officers and 160 enlisted men of the Berkshire Regiment, British Army, sailing for Anzio at 0100 on 2 February.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-01-19 to 1944-02-06
- Population
- Ship's crew (~3 officers + 21 enlisted, class spec); embarked 122 enlisted + 7 officers (3rd Infantry Div.) on the assault run; 6 + 160 Berkshire Regiment on the follow-up lift; diver/repair personnel at Naples for the screw inspection
- Limitations
- Primary operational document, transcribed from digitized scans: establishes the Anzio landing evolution, the LCI(L) 37 collision, a fouled-screw machinery casualty and its diver inspection/repair sequence at Naples - no material-condition or asbestos content. The collision and screw casualty are documented repair events but the report does not describe repair scope or what spaces/materials were disturbed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-02
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[4]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(L) 194 - Report of Operations, Period 8/9-26/44 - Invasion of Southern France' (NAID 78620432), RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', Roll A1131, micro serial 85296 - digitized, 1 image, read in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78620432, image 0800 on Roll A1131; file micro serial 85296
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's Southern France (DRAGOON) operations report, dated 26 August 1944, signed by John K. David, Lt(jg) USNR, Commanding Officer, routed via Commander Task Group 84.1, Commander Task Force 84, and Commander Western Naval Task Force. It records: mission to land troops of the 3rd United States Infantry Division, completed with no enemy resistance encountered by this ship; 9 August - loaded 8 officers and 161 enlisted men of the 72nd Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery at Pozzuoli, sailed to Salerno; 12 August - departed Salerno for Ajaccio, Corsica, in convoy SF-2B; 14 August - departed Ajaccio with the assault convoy; 15 August - 0700 arrived outer transport area, 1530 underway for Red Beach, 1640 'beached on right flank of Red Beach and disembarked troops', 1647 retracted; thereafter served as LCT Control Ship with Commander LCT Flotilla Twenty and the flotilla communications officer aboard until 25 August, then CTG 84.15 aboard through 26 August. No ammunition expended, no battle damage, no casualties; 'Of all amphibious operations engaged in by this ship, this one was the most clearly written and best planned.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-08-09 to 1944-08-26
- Population
- Ship's crew; embarked 8 officers + 161 enlisted (72nd AA Gun Battery); embarked staff (Comdr LCT Flotilla 20 + communications officer to 8/25; CTG 84.15 to 8/26)
- Limitations
- Primary operational document transcribed from the digitized scan: establishes DRAGOON participation, troop lift, beaching times, and post-assault LCT-control-ship duty - no material-condition or asbestos content. The Lt(jg) signing as Commanding Officer is normal for this craft type; the named CO differs from the February 1944 signer (Broderson) - a documented command turnover, dates not fixed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-03
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[5]National Archives Catalog: digitized monthly war-diary run for USS LCI(L)-194, RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' - twelve file units covering 1943-12-01 through 1945-01-31 (NAIDs 78313529, 78329629, 78367173, 78424589, 78486968, 78557512, 78596954, 134367668, 78646152, 78687900, 139796893, 139840992); January 1945 unit (NAID 139840992, Roll A1382, 13 images) partially read [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139840992 images 0860, 0861, 0872 (Roll A1382); sister file units on rolls A835, A853, A897, A955, A1023, A1084, A1118, A1175, A1226, A1267, A1335
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized monthly war-diary run exists for this hull covering December 1943 through January 1945 - the operational chronology of her EAME service between the Sicily/Salerno assaults and the end of the Mediterranean deployment. Pages read in the January 1945 diary identify her formation as 'Eighth Amphibious Force, LCI(L) Flotilla One', signed by J.H. Alexander, LT(JG) USNR, Commanding Officer. Entries read: 1-7 January - at Piombino, Italy, 'a program of progressive maintenance and extensive training of personnel' with four new men reporting aboard 1 January; 8 January - underway under CTU 81.19.19 in a sixteen-craft LCI(L) convoy (hulls 530, 18, 38, 40, 44, 45, 47, 48, 76, 188, 189, 191, 194, 221, 236, 37), arrived Bastia, Corsica, at 1509 'to load 319th Air Force personnel' (wording as printed); 31 January - arrived Palermo, Sicily. She remained Mediterranean-based through at least January 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-12-01 to 1945-01-31 (run coverage); 1945-01 (pages read)
- Population
- Ship's crew; four new crewmen named in 1 Jan 1945 entry (McKenna, Prentice, Carroll, Walkup - rates as printed)
- Limitations
- Existence of all twelve file units verified and the January 1945 unit partially read (cover, first and last pages); the other eleven months' contents were not transcribed - per-day detail for mid-1944 (including the DRAGOON period) exists but is unexamined here. War diaries are operational records - no material-condition or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-04
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[6]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(L) 194 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120157636), RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' - digitized, 144 images (Ancestry-provided scans; file #32860_244549-00002), first muster dated 1943-03-31 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120157636; 144 images; muster-roll run beginning 1943-03-31
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized muster-roll run exists for this hull - 144 images beginning 31 March 1943, consistent with her 11 February 1943 commissioning. Muster rolls enumerate the embarked crew by name, rate, and reporting dates - the authoritative source for this hull's actual complement versus the class specification, and the personnel-level record for any later exposure attribution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-03 to (roll-run end not transcribed)
- Population
- Hull crew by name/rate (USN service period)
- Limitations
- Existence and extent verified; contents not transcribed - per-person service data unexamined. No material-condition or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-05
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[7]National Archives Catalog: file unit 'LCI(L)-194' (NAID 175662664), RG 19 'Records of the Bureau of Ships', series 'Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings' (1945-1955), creator Bureau of Ships Preliminary Design Branch - paper/microfilm, unrestricted, Not Yet Available Online, held at College Park - Cartographic [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 175662664; RG 19 series 559593 'Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings'; copy at National Archives at College Park - Cartographic
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a hull-specific Bureau of Ships engineering-drawing microfilm file for LCI(L)-194 - the plan set that would depict the craft's insulation arrangements, machinery layout, and material callouts, including (if the file is complete through 1945) the LCI(G) conversion changes. This is the strongest unexamined lead for ship-specific material condition for this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-43 construction and 1945 conversion; series coverage 1945-1955
- Limitations
- Unexamined microfilm - existence verified, contents unknown. Whether the drawings carry insulation or material schedules is undetermined; may contain no asbestos-relevant callouts. Requires a College Park pull or reproduction request to evaluate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-06
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[8]NARA Navy deck-log inventory (1941-1959 series, Special List 44; catalog record NAID 178406296 'Special Lists 43-44', surfaced in the hull's catalog search): deck logs recorded for LCI(L)-194 covering 1943-12-01 through 1945-06-30 (coverage per batch-provided PRIMARY record of the NARA deck-log inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log program page (log content description); Special List 44 p.21 per batch PRIMARY; catalog search surfaced no online deck-log file units for the hull
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA records Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-194 spanning 1943-12-01 to 1945-06-30 - a dated operational record interval for this hull that closely tracks her digitized war-diary run (Dec 1943 - Jan 1945) and extends five months past it, into the window preceding her 15 July 1945 reclassification to LCI(G)-194. Per the batch's PRIMARY note, log-coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates; here the recorded window is plainly a subset of her U.S. service (commissioned Feb 1943, to MARAD Aug 1947). No digitized deck-log file unit for this hull surfaced in the catalog search - consistent with paper logbooks held at College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-12-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's crew (log entries include personnel, injuries, disciplinary actions)
- Limitations
- Coverage interval per PRIMARY record of the NARA inventory; the endpoints bound the surviving/inventoried log run only. Logs before Dec 1943 (commissioning through Salerno) and after Jun 1945 (through the Aug 1947 MARAD transfer) are not represented in this inventory entry - location unknown. Deck logs are operational/disciplinary records, not hazmat records - they would document machinery casualties and repair availabilities (e.g., the Jan 1944 screw repair, the mid-1945 conversion transit), not insulation materials. Unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-07
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[9]National Archives Catalog formation-level and sister-hull records surfaced by the hull-designation search: 'COM LCI(L) DIVISION 2 - Activities Report From 6/26/43' (NAID 78130382, Roll A450); 'COM 8th FLEET - Fwding with comment reps of act on the assault landing at Salerno' (NAID 139967888, Roll A1520); 'COMTASKFOR 85 - Landing Attack Plan #4-43 - Invasion of Sicily' (NAID 134358247, Roll A1153); 'COMTASKGROUP 84.3 - War Diary, 8/1-31/44' (NAID 139774370, Roll A1310); 'LCI(L) Flotilla 1 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120249775); sister-hull Anzio reports for LCI(L) 37 (NAID 78302385) and LCI(L) 195 'Rep of Ops & Damage' (NAID 78302391); 'Navy Detachment, Naples' muster rolls (NAID 190511510) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search "LCI(L)-194" - 101 results; formation and sister-hull file units as listed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog search on the hull designation returns 101 records; beyond the hull-specific file units (muster rolls; two action reports; twelve war diaries; the BuShips drawing file), the hits are formation-level operational records in which LCI(L)-194 appears in flotilla/order-of-battle context and sister-hull files documenting the same operations: the LCI(L) Division 2 activities report from June 1943, the Eighth Fleet Salerno endorsement file, Task Force 85's Sicily attack plan, the TG 84.3 war diary for August 1944 (her DRAGOON task-group chain), Flotilla One muster rolls, the LCI(L) 37 and LCI(L) 195 Anzio reports (the ship that rammed her and the ship astern of her in the same convoy), and the Naples Navy Detachment muster rolls (her repair-port host during the January 1944 screw repair).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Flotilla One / TG 81.3 / TF 84 crews and staffs, 1943-1944
- Limitations
- Formation-level files name the hull as a unit of the formation - they establish organizational context and operations, not this craft's material condition. Contents largely unexamined microfilm; the TG 84.3 diary and the LCI(L) 37/195 reports would corroborate the collision and DRAGOON details if pulled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-08
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[10]shipbuildinghistory.com (industrial-history reference, secondary), Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny NJ yard construction table - LCI(L) block [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Federal yard table, rows 343-349 (LCI(L) 190-196) + cancelled block note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Federal Shipbuilding (Kearny) yard table rows out this hull as yard number 347: 'LCI(L) 194', U.S. Navy landing craft, delivered/commissioned 11-Feb-43, disposition 'To NDRF 1947'. The yard's LCI(L) block ran hulls 161-196 (contract rows 314-349): hulls 161-184 went to Britain on delivery; the U.S.-retained block was 185-196 (of which 185-187 and 193 later went to Britain). Hulls 197-206 were cancelled 5 November 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Secondary industrial-history tabulation - corroborates builder, yard number, delivery date, and NDRF disposition; the 'delivered' column corresponds to the commissioning date here. NDRF transfer reconciles with NavSource's 15 Aug 1947 Maritime Commission transfer but the reserve-fleet berth site is not stated. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-09
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[11]Robin L. Rielly, 'American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific' (McFarland, 2013), Appendix II 'Building and Conversion Locations' (text mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- erenow.org mirror, Appendix II 'Building and Conversion Locations' - Federal builder line and 'San Diego, Naval Repair Base, CA' conversion line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Rielly's Appendix II tabulates LCI(L)-194 twice: under builders, 'Federal Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, Port Newark, NJ: LCI(L)s 191, 192, 194-196' (the Federal-built hulls later converted to gunboats); and under conversion locations, 'San Diego, Naval Repair Base, CA: LCI(G)s 81, 82, 191, 192, 194, 345, 346, 348...' - placing this hull's LCI(G) conversion at the Naval Repair Base, San Diego. This reconciles the record: she left the Mediterranean in spring/summer 1945 (deck logs end 30 June 1945), was redesignated LCI(G)-194 on 15 July 1945 during West Coast conversion, and never earned a Pacific campaign credit before the war ended.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Conversion-yard trades, Naval Repair Base San Diego (1945)
- Limitations
- Secondary scholarly tabulation (McFarland monograph) accessed via a text mirror - the conversion-location assignment is not corroborated by a primary record located this session; deck logs through June 1945 and any conversion work orders are the unexamined primary leads. Does not establish the conversion's completeness or exact dates. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-1-class specification block (eight GM diesels, four per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers - no boilers); shipyard-exposure-map Atlas record for federal-shipbuilding-kearny (documented asbestos products: Johns-Manville Superex pipe covering ~15% amosite 1940-48, Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe/boiler insulation, W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofing, Garlock gaskets; Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of the yard, 30 Aug - 2 Sep 1944, documenting insulator work with asbestos pipe covering in confined shipyard spaces, introduced as interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning, Brazoria County TX 1990) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json entry federal-shipbuilding-kearny (product list + IHS record); NARA ev-02 screw-casualty passage; ev-10 conversion-location entry
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered welded-steel landing craft built December 1942 - February 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding sits inside both the Navy asbestos era and that specific yard's documented asbestos-use window (yard products documented 1940-48 span the build). Asbestos-relevant applications for a small diesel craft of this type and period concentrate in engine and exhaust lagging in the engine room, machinery gaskets and packing, thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation spaces and the deckhouse, deck coverings, and winch brake linings. The documented fouled-screw casualty of January 1944 (ev-02) and the 1945 LCI(G) conversion (ev-10) are the kinds of events that put repair and yard hands inside machinery and accommodation spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Federal Shipbuilding, 1942-43); engine-room crew; repair/diver personnel for the Jan 1944 screw casualty; conversion-yard trades (San Diego Naval Repair Base, 1945)
- Limitations
- Class/era/yard inference only - no material schedule or asbestos survey for the LCI-1 class or this hull was located, and the BuShips drawing file (ev-06) that might carry insulation callouts is unexamined. Establishes no asbestos aboard this hull, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual. Yard-product documentation is yard-level (and the 1944 survey postdates her construction), not hull-level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-11
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[13]USCG Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' roster (history.uscg.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned LCI(L)s page, 'List of LCI(L)s'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The USCG Historian's Office roster of the 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s (hulls 83-96, 319-326, 349, 350, 520, 562, 581, 583 - Flotillas 4/10/35) does not include LCI(L)-194: she was Navy-crewed, consistent with her documented LCI(L) Flotilla One / Eighth Amphibious Force assignment (ev-04) and officer signatures on her reports.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- USN crew (1943-1947)
- Limitations
- Roster establishes crew-service arm only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-12
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[14]Batch-4993 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (101 hull-designation records; hull-specific file units verified incl. two action reports read in full + war-diary run + muster rolls + BuShips drawing file); NavSource; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; Rielly Appendix II; NHHC/DANFS; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket); USCG Historian's roster; NavalCoverMuseum; usslci.org; live-web hull+asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum material disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-194 / LCI(G)-194 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated queries returned zero hits across all designation variants in both indexes - six opinion queries ('LCI(L)-194', 'LCI(L) 194', 'LCI-194', 'USS LCI(L)-194', 'LCI(G)-194', 'LCI(G) 194') and two RECAP docket queries ('LCI(L)-194', 'LCI(L) 194'), all count 0; the unquoted-collision control was not run for this hull (LCI litigant collisions documented in the batch-4980 sibling record). Live-web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case or asbestos content naming the hull - the only hit is a law-firm listicle (bellucklaw.com) naming the yard block 'LCI(L) 161-196' generally, 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 - era- and yard-level inference stands (see ev-11). The strongest unexamined leads are the BuShips engineering-drawing microfilm (NAID 175662664), the Dec 1943 - Jun 1945 deck-log run, and the untranscribed muster-roll and war-diary contents. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-194-lcil194-13