Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 809-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-213-lcil213-pkt-809-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-213 (archive 10/15/150213) - unit history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995; campaign table, specifications, awards ribbons, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150213.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, awards ribbons, photo caption table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 1942 and launched 1942 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; commissioned USS LCI(L)-213 on 28 October 1942; trials photograph dated 30 October 1942. Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater campaigns: North African occupation - Tunisian operations 27 March - 9 July 1943; Sicilian occupation 9-15 July and 28 July - 17 August 1943; West coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January - 7 February 1944; Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944. Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 31 October 1944, commissioned HM LCI(L)-213; returned to U.S. Naval custody 13 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; transferred to the State Department for disposal; sold 13 February 1948, fate unknown. Four battle stars; awards ribbons American Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal (4), WWII Victory Medal. Specs: disp. 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; l. 158'5.5"; b. 23'3"; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gear, 2 diesel-drive 30kW 120V D.C. ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; call sign NBMR. Photo captions place her at Bizerte, Tunisia, 6 July 1943 (US Army Signal Corps photo #176486) loading troops for the Sicily invasion alongside LCI(L)-218, -35, -14, -326, -88, -91, -229, -2, -90, -320, -16, -3, -321, -4, -86, -212, -217, -8, -83, -94; at Pozzuoli Bay, Port of Nisida in February 1944 after Anzio with LCI(L)-218, -35, -231, -9, HM LCI(L)-104, LCI(L)-215 and LST-197; and at Penarth, Wales, circa 1945-46 with LCI(L)-229, -16, -12 and -33.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- George Lawley & Sons construction trades (1942); crew (1942-1944 USN; 1944-1946 RN); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (history credited to Turner Publishing unit-history volume), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. It supplies no laid-down/launch days and no detail of Royal Navy employment. Crew figures are class specifications, not hull rosters. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-01
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[3]National Archives Catalog: 'USS LCI(L) 213 - Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/5-12/44' (NAID 139746365), RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', micro serial 90650 - digitized, 3 images, read in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139746365, images 0104-0106 on Roll export_WWII_WarDiaries_1197_191260 (micro serial 90650); report pp. 1-2 + endorsement page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report, dated 8 August 1944 on 'United States Twelfth Fleet / Eleventh Amphib Force / LCI(L) Flotilla 18 / U.S.S. LCI(L) 213' letterhead, signed John J. Walsh, Lt(jg), USNR, Commanding. It records: underway from Plymouth 5 June 1944 at 1335 under Commander Force 'U' Western Naval Task Force Operation Order 3-44 (Bigot-Neptune), in column astern USS LCI(L) 212; anchored in the transport area 6 June at 0750 with 191 troops and naval personnel of the U.S. Army Fourth Division and U.S. Navy Beach Battalion aboard; underway 0920 to a position 2,000 yards off Red Beach in the Utah area, where four LCMs moored alongside and unloaded the troops and equipment; underway for the transport area 1140, anchored 1422; no ammunition expended, all observed air attacks and shore shelling out of range; 7 June to Portland; 8 June to Weymouth; 9 June anchored in the Solent off Portsmouth; no further movement until after D+6. First endorsement 12 September 1944 by Lt. Comdr. R. G. Newbegin, USNR, Commander LCI(L) Group Fifty-Three (file LCIF18/A16-3); second endorsement 19 September 1944 by E. W. Wilson, Commander Task Group 125.5.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-06-05 to 1944-09-19
- Population
- Ship's crew (4+24 class spec); embarked 191 troops/naval personnel (US Army Fourth Division + Navy Beach Battalion)
- Limitations
- Primary operational document, transcribed from the digitized scans: establishes the Utah Beach (Force 'U') landing evolution, embarked troop count, and the Flotilla 18 / Group 53 / TU 125.5.3 command chain - no material-condition or asbestos content. She did not beach at Normandy (troops unloaded to LCMs at 2,000 yards) - contrast the beaching pattern typical of LCI(L) assaults and the uboat.net secondary claim of a beaching at Anzio (unverified).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-02
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[4]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(L) 213 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120209633), RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' - digitized, 83 images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120209633; 83 images; first roll forwarding sheet (image 00002) 'From 10-31-42 to 9-30-44'; catalog muster-roll date 1942-11-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized muster-roll run exists for this hull - 83 images (Ancestry-provided scans; file #32860_244895-00002). The forwarding sheet of the first roll states coverage 'From 10-31-42 to 9-30-44'; the catalog's first muster date is 8 November 1942 - the run spans essentially her entire U.S. commission through the eve of the UK transfer. Muster rolls enumerate the crew by name, rate, and reporting dates - the authoritative source for this hull's actual complement vs. 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
- 1942-1944 (roll run)
- Population
- Hull crew by name/rate (USN service period)
- Limitations
- Existence, extent, and the forwarding-sheet coverage statement verified; contents not transcribed - per-person service data unexamined. No material-condition or asbestos content. Royal Navy service musters (Oct 1944 - Apr 1946) are British records, not in this series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-03
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[5]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number edition), p. 22 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p. 22 - two adjacent 'LCI(L)-213' rows (verified by pdftotext)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook inventory lists two holdings spans for LCI(L)-213: 10/28/1942 - 12/20/1943 (commissioning through the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns) and 1/14/1944 - 8/31/1944 (covering the Anzio-Nettuno operation, the Normandy operation, and the weeks before her UK lease). The 21 December 1943 - 13 January 1944 interval - the Anzio run-up - and September-October 1944 are NOT in the inventoried holdings for this hull. These are physical logbook holdings (RG 24 lineage); the online digitized-log index is name-indexed and lists no numbered landing craft (only LCI-874, the later AMCU/MHC-26 conversion, appears).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Inventory confirms existence/span of holdings, not content - the logs themselves were not reviewed. Log-coverage endpoints are not commissioning/decommissioning dates; here the first span does coincide with commissioning day. Cause of the Dec 1943-Jan 1944 gap (lost, never transferred, or separately held) is not stated in the list. Note: the batch tasking described only the 10/28/1942-12/20/1943 span; the p.22 inventory carries a second span 1/14/1944-8/31/1944 which materially extends coverage over Anzio and Normandy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-04
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[6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), LCI(L) production table row 213; corroborated by the George S. Lawley & Sons yard table at shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtsmall/lawley.htm [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm row 213 (columns: type / variant / number / builder / location / delivery / disposition); lawley.htm WWII section row 'LCI(L) 213'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LCI(L) production table files this hull '213 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | Delivered 28-Oct-42 | To Britain 1944, returned 1946, sold 1948'. The Lawley yard table carries the same row (LCI(L) 213, US Navy, Landing Craft, GT column '216d', 158 ft, delivered 28-Oct-42, 'To Britain 1944, sold 1948'). Context: Lawley's wartime landing-craft block covered LCI(L) 209-238 and continued into the 351+ series; the Neponset yard (a yacht builder since 1866, hull numbers reaching 1677) closed in 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Lawley & Sons Neponset trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation by a specialist shipbuilding-data site (used here for builder, delivery date, and disposal summary - consistent with NavSource's UK-lease/return/sale timeline). The yard table omits the 'returned 1946' clause the class table carries - a trivial internal difference; both consistent with NavSource. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-05
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[7]Department of the Navy, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV Section 2 (Area Campaign Medals and Operation/Engagement Stars WWII) - 'List of Ships and Units eligible for Engagement Stars' (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, Part IV 'List of Ships and Units eligible for Engagement Stars' - entry 'LCI(L) 213' (five line items: E1-3, E2 x2, E4-1, E5)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists 'LCI(L) 213' by name among ships eligible for engagement stars, with operation codes and dates: E1-3 (North African occupation - Tunisian operations) 27 Mar - 9 Jul 43; E2 (Sicilian occupation) 9-15 Jul 43 and 28 Jul - 17 Aug 43; E4-1 (Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings) 22 Jan - 7 Feb 44; E5 (Invasion of Normandy) 6-25 Jun 44. Four operation groups (E1, E2, E4, E5) - consistent with the four battle stars NavSource credits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew during 1943-44 Mediterranean and Normandy operations
- Limitations
- Official eligibility list, not an action report - it documents that the ship qualified for stars in named operations, not tactical detail. Dates match the NavSource campaign table exactly (independent corroboration). NAVPERS is a 1953 revision transcribed by the HyperWar Foundation; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-06
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[8]National Archives Catalog: file unit 'LCI(L)-213' (NAID 175662686), 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 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 175662686; RG 19 series 559593 'Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings'; Not Yet Available Online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a hull-specific Bureau of Ships engineering-drawing microfilm file for LCI(L)-213 - the plan set that would depict the craft's insulation arrangements, machinery layout, and material callouts. 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 construction; 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-213-07
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[9]National Archives Catalog formation-level records matching the hull designation: 'COM LCI(L) GR 5, FLOT 2 - War Diary, 11/30/43 to 1/1/44' (NAID 78298841, 37 images, micro serial 65033); 'COM LCI (L) FLOT 2 - Action Reports on Operation HUSKY (Enc A-S)' (NAID 135946468); 'COM 8th FLEET - Fwding with comment action reports on the assault landings at Salerno, Italy, 9/9/43' (NAID 77609142); 'COMTASKFOR 81 - Forwarding of Anzio, Italy, Action Reports with Comments' (NAID 78460597); 'LCI(L) Flotilla 2 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120249473) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search "LCI(L)-213" - 34 results; formation file units as listed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog search on the hull designation returns 34 records; beyond the three hull-specific file units (muster rolls, Normandy action report, BuShips drawing file), the hits are formation-level operational records in which LCI(L)-213 appears in flotilla/order-of-battle context via extracted text: the Group 5 / Flotilla 2 war diary covering 30 Nov 1943 - 1 Jan 1944 (the Anzio run-up period, overlapping the SL-44 holdings gap of 21 Dec 1943 - 13 Jan 1944), Flotilla 2's HUSKY (Sicily) action reports, the Eighth Fleet's Salerno forwarding endorsements, COMTASKFOR 81's Anzio report forwarding, and Flotilla 2 muster rolls. The pattern of hits places the hull in LCI(L) Flotilla 2's orbit during the Mediterranean period, consistent with her own Flotilla 18 letterhead only after transfer to the Twelfth Fleet for Overlord. CAUTION on the Salerno hit: the hull's designation matching that forwarding file's extracted text does NOT mean she took part in Salerno - NAVPERS 15,790 credits her no E3 (Salerno) star, only E1-3, E2, E4-1, and E5 - so the text match reflects formation context, not Salerno participation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Flotilla 2 / Group 5 crews and staffs, 1943-1944
- Limitations
- Formation-level files name the hull as a unit of the formation via digitized-text matches - they establish organizational context and operations, not this craft's material condition, and her explicit flotilla assignment in the Mediterranean is not itself verified by a read document (the Flotilla 2 linkage is inferred from catalog text-matching). Contents largely unexamined microfilm.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-08
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[10]USCG Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' roster page (history.uscg.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG-Manned-LCI-L-s roster page - hull list (28 entries); absence of 213 verified by full-text check 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The USCG Historian's Office roster lists the 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s - hulls 83-96, 319-326, 349-350, 520, 562, 581, 583 (Flotillas 4/10/35). LCI(L)-213 does not appear - she was Navy-crewed, consistent with her USNR officer signatures on the Normandy action report (Lt(jg) Walsh; Lt. Comdr. Newbegin, Group 53).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- USN crew (USNR officers documented)
- Limitations
- Absence-from-list inference only: establishes the crew-service arm (Navy-manned, not CG-manned); the roster says nothing about this hull's assignments directly. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942) and U.S. service era (1942-1944, plus RN service through April 1946).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, confirmed 2026-09-29 - standing access gap also noted in batch-01 and batch-98 reports); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels, twin variable-pitch props, 2,320 shp - diesel plant, no steam); Lawley/LCI(L) production tables (Neponset MA, delivered 28-Oct-42); GAO HRD-80-2 era bracket (see ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipbuildinghistory lcil.htm/lawley.htm rows; GAO product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built 1942 at George Lawley & Sons sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation and deckhouse spaces, deck coverings, and brake linings on the ramp winch. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her insulating load was correspondingly lighter than a steam combatant's.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Lawley Neponset trades (1942); crew (1942-1946); disposal/yard trades (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-213, and no yard-level asbestos documentation exists for the builder (George Lawley & Sons is not an Atlas-documented asbestos yard; no industrial-health survey of the Neponset yard was located - contrast the Federal Shipbuilding and New York Shipbuilding sisters in this series). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-11
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[13]Batch-5002 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (404, no entry); NARA Special List 44 (two log spans); NARA catalog (34 records; Normandy action report + muster rolls + BuShips drawing file); NavSource; shipbuildinghistory (lcil + lawley tables); NAVPERS 15,790 engagement-star list; USCG Historian's CG-manned roster; CourtListener (partial - fleet throttle); NVR; navy-online digitized-log index; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-213-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-213-18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-213 / HM LCI(L)-213 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on all four designation variants - 'LCI(L)-213', 'LCI-213', 'LCI(L) 213', 'USS LCI(L)-213' - returned zero hits each; the RECAP docket search could not be completed this session - repeated spaced attempts returned the fleet-wide pacing stand-down (shared ~114/hr account budget); logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative result. A secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case and no asbestos content naming the hull. No law-firm or marketing source is cited in this record.
- 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 - and the docket-index search remains an open gap (opinion index fully clean across all variants; RECAP docket query throttled). The two NARA log spans, the digitized muster-roll run, and the BuShips drawing microfilm (NAID 175662686) are the next primary-source steps. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-213-12