Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 808-packet.md (2 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-2-lcil2-pkt-808-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-2 (page sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) - construction, commissioning, theater assignments, campaign table, awards, specifications, disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150002.htm header block, campaign tables, awards block, specifications block, photo caption 1015021802
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 7 July 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; launched 5 September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-2, 9 October 1942. WWII assignment: Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla Two; later Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven (LCDR J. P. Moore), LCI Group One Hundred Ten (LT. G. A. Lyon), LCI Division Two Hundred Nineteen. 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 Jan-19 Feb 1944; invasion of southern France 15 Aug-10 Sep 1944. Occupation and China service 24 Oct-1 Dec 1945. Three Navy Unit Commendations (Sicily 10 Jul 1943; Salerno 10-22 Sep 1943; Anzio 22 Jan-19 Feb 1944); five battle stars. Decommissioned and struck: dates unknown; transferred to Maritime Commission for NDRF layup; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Spec block: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kt max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; eight GM diesels (two sets of 4, four per shaft), GM reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; five single 20mm guns. Photo caption documents the hull massed with seventeen sister LCI(L)s at Bizerte, Tunisia, 6 July 1943 loading troops for the Sicily invasion (US Army Signal Corps photo #176486, in NARA collections).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); Navy crew, 4 officers + 24 enlisted typical (1942-45); embarked troops (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; the page itself attributes its history text to Turner Publishing's USS LCI Vol. II. No asbestos or material content. Decommissioning, stricken, and final-disposition dates are absent from the record (listed 'unknown'). The page's engine-series text ('6051 series 71') is garbled - see ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-09.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-01
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[3]NARA Special List #44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (ship-number ordering), PDF page 21 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 21, LCI(L) entries (final line)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-2 covering a single window, 4 July 1944 to 30 June 1945 (line entry 'LCI(L)-2 7/4/1944 6/30/1945'). This documents in-scope wartime service during the southern France invasion and Pacific transfer period. These logs are NOT among the holdings digitized in the National Archives Catalog online deck-log collection (checked 2026-09-29); the paper logs at NARA are the open lead. No SL-44 entry covers her October 1942-July 1944 Mediterranean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company during 7/1944-6/1945 log window
- Limitations
- Log-coverage inventory only - the dates are holdings boundaries, not commissioning/decommissioning dates, and the logs' contents were not reviewed (undigitized). Deck logs record position, weather, operations, and personnel events, not material condition; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com (T. Colton), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' per-hull construction/disposition table and class notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm class notes and per-hull table, New York SB block, row for hull 2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Per-hull table row: 'LCI(L) | 2 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 9-Oct-42 | To NDRF 1946' - delivery date matching the commissioned date and a 1946 Maritime Commission/NDRF transfer. Class notes: 923 LCI(L)s built by ten shipyards; the first 350 boats (which include this hull) were the original 158.5 ft / 216 t light design; this hull carried no LCI(G)/(M)/(R) variant suffix.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary trade-historical reference, not a government registry - delivery/disposition entries are the compiler's tabulation ('To NDRF' is explicitly shorthand for 'MARAD took charge and disposed of it in some way'). Corroborates NavSource's NDRF-transfer line; the 1946 year is not independently verified against a primary record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-03
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[5]NHHC / National Museum of the U.S. Navy, LCI(L)-10 exhibit page - official type description of the LCI(L) class [museum_official]
- Locator
- NMUSN LCI(L)-10 page, type-description paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy class description: 'Navy-designed (LCI) craft were launched by the hundreds... The 157 foot craft could make speeds up to 14 knots, had a crew of 24 officers and men, and four 20mm guns for armament.' The page also documents the class's conversion variants (mortar, gunboat, rocket, flotilla-flagship). No DANFS or NHHC page exists for LCI(L)-2 itself - this sibling page is the nearest official NHHC type statement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (type)
- Population
- LCI(L) crews generally
- Limitations
- Class-level description on a sibling hull's page, not documentation of this hull; the 157 ft / 24-crew / four-20mm figures are generic class statements (this hull's page lists 158'5.5", five 20mm mounts). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (all-diesel GM plant, no boilers); shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) class notes (1942 first-series design); GAO HRD-80-2 era finding (see ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-06); shipyard-exposure-map documented product list for new-york-shipbuilding (see ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- synthesis across ev-01, ev-03, ev-06, ev-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A landing craft built July-October 1942 at a major Navy-contract yard sits inside the documented peak window of naval asbestos use. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, thermal and accommodation insulation, and deck coverings in the confined hull. Her all-diesel plant means the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of larger steam vessels does not apply; the relevant pathways are confined-space machinery insulation and construction materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades at Camden (1942); crew (1942-46); any repair-yard trades during availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or crew account located for LCI(L)-2. 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-2-lcil2-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, specifically including 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities' (product-page highlights). The Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships through this hull's entire construction (1942) and service era and was still routine in place as of 1979.
- 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. GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not her builder. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-29; direct curl returns HTTP 403 (standing). 26-page full report PDF not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-06
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[8]shipyard-exposure-map dataset, shipyards.json yard record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden NJ, 1899-1967, WWII peak employment 30,000) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json, yard_id 'new-york-shipbuilding', asbestos_products_documented field
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Atlas yard dataset documents era asbestos products in naval construction at this hull's builder: Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block (15% chrysotile), Ehret 85% Magnesia insulation, Bakelite panels (30-40% asbestos), Johns Manville Transite asbestos-cement panels (10-30%), asbestos gaskets, packing materials, asbestos-coated welding rods (5-15%), ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation (75-85% chrysotile), and felt insulation (5-50%). LCI(L)-2 was built in this yard July-October 1942.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding trades (1942 construction window)
- Limitations
- Yard-level aggregation, not a hull record - documents products in use at the yard across its era; does not establish that any specific product went aboard LCI(L)-2, nor quantity, nor exposure of any individual. Dataset row carries one unverified citation (a British TIPS study misattributed as a yard cohort finding - flagged in gaps; not relied on here).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-07
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[9]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'US Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' roster [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian USCG-manned LCI(L)s page, hull roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USCG Historian's roster of the 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s (LCI(L)-83 through -96 block, 319-326, 349, 350, 520, 562, 581, 583, and others) does not include hull 2 - consistent with Navy crewing throughout her career (complement per NavSource: 4 officers, 24 enlisted).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (Navy)
- Limitations
- A roster absence supporting crew-identity only; it is not an asbestos finding and does not characterize material aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-08
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[10]Cross-check: NavSource spec block ('two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines') vs. shipbuildinghistory class notes and standard class literature [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150002.htm specifications block, Propulsion line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the NavSource spec block's engine designation '6051 series 71' is garbled. The documented LCI(L) plant was eight General Motors Series 71 diesel engines (the GM 6-71 family) in two banks of four, four engines per shaft through GM reduction gears - total 2,320 shp on twin variable-pitch propellers. The '8 engines / 4 per shaft / 2,320 shp' portion of NavSource's block is consistent; only the engine-series string is corrupt.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- Corrects a transcription defect in a secondary source, not a material claim. The GM 6-71 attribution rests on class literature (the NavSource block itself is the source for count/arrangement). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-09
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[11]Batch-4996 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page; NARA Special List 44 PDF (verified entry); NARA online deck-log collection (not digitized); NHHC/DANFS (no entry for this hull); NHHC NMUSN class page; USCG Historian roster; shipbuildinghistory class table; CourtListener opinion + docket queries via authenticated fleet helper; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or litigation naming LCI(L)-2 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions for every exact-hull query and zero for '"LCI(L)" asbestos'; all docket/opinion text hits were OCR-noise or corporate-name collisions on 'LCI'. A broad '"USS LCI"' opinion query was deferred by the fleet pacing budget - pending, not a negative result.
- 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 - a 1942 hull built at a documented asbestos-era yard and never abated under modern rules is era-consistent with retained materials. Undigitized deck logs, New York Shipbuilding work packages, and NDRF disposal records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-2-lcil2-10