Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-214-lcil214-pkt-809-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-214 (archive 10/15/150214) - identity, construction, campaign table, Royal Navy lease block, specifications, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150214.htm header block, campaign table, Royal Navy lease/service block, specifications block, photo captions (Cherbourg 1944; Stranraer April 1945), source credit line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down in 1942 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched October 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-214 on 31 October 1942. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater with credited campaigns: North African occupation - Tunisian operation, 27 March - 9 July 1943; Sicilian occupation, 28 July - 17 August 1943; West coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 22 January - 4 February 1944; Invasion of Normandy, 6 - 25 June 1944. Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 31 October 1944; commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-214 in March 1945 at Newcastle, UK; performed anti-submarine patrols from Stranraer, Scotland, as part of Flotilla 274 during March/April 1945; departed the UK 1 September 1945 in convoy bound for the US via Malta and the Suez Canal; returned to US Naval custody 13 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; sold 13 February 1948 by the US State Department; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Four battle stars for WWII service. Photo captions place her on the beach at Cherbourg, France, 1944, and (as HM LCI(L)-214) with crew at Stranraer, Scotland, April 1945. Specs: disp. 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; l. 158'5.5"; b. 23'3"; two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gear, two 30kW 120V DC diesel-drive ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; 16 kts max / 14 kts maximum continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; call sign NBNK. Page credits 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995) as the history source; the page carries no 'no DANFS' note but no DANFS entry exists (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- George Lawley & Sons construction trades (1942); USN crew (1942-1944); Royal Navy crew (1944/45-1946); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records and here are corroborated by the NAVPERS awards list and production tables, but it supplies no laid-down day and no post-sale fate. The Royal Navy commissioning month (March 1945, at Newcastle) conflicts with uboat.net's HMS entry (31 October 1944) - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-01
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), LCI(L) production table (smallships/lcil.htm) and George Lawley & Sons Neponset yard table (shipyards/yachtsmall/lawley.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm row 214 (column order: type / variant / number / builder / location / delivery / disposition); lawley.htm row 'LCI(L) 214' delivered 31-Oct-42
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LCI(L) production table files this hull as: 'LCI(L) | 214 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | delivered 31-Oct-42 | To Britain 1944, returned 1946, sold 1948'. The same row appears on the George Lawley & Sons Neponset yard table (O.N. column 'na', no yard hull number listed). The Lawley yard page documents the firm as a yacht builder founded 1866 (Scituate, then South Boston, then the former Putnam Nail Works at Point Norfolk, Neponset, from 1909) that closed in 1945; hull numbers reached 1677. Table context: Lawley built the LCI(L) 209-238+ run at Neponset; sisters 209-215 share the identical disposition line 'To Britain 1944, returned 1946, sold 1948'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- George Lawley & Sons Neponset trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation by a specialist shipbuilding-data site - used here for builder attribution, delivery date, and the Britain-returned-sold disposition sequence, all consistent with NavSource. No yard hull number is listed for this hull (column blank/'na'). Contains no asbestos content; the yard table documents production, not materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-02
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[4]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) 214' with four date/code rows (E1-3, E2, E4-1, E5)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists 'LCI(L) 214' by name among ships eligible for engagement stars, with operation codes and dates: E1-3 (North African occupation - Tunisian operation) 27 Mar - 9 Jul 43; E2 (Sicilian occupation) 28 Jul - 17 Aug 43; E4-1 (Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings) 22 Jan - 4 Feb 44; E5 (Invasion of Normandy) 6 - 25 Jun 44. Four operation-code entries - consistent with the four battle stars and the four campaign rows NavSource credits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew during 1943-44 EAME operations
- Limitations
- Official eligibility list, not an action report - it documents that the ship qualified for stars in named operations, not tactical detail. Date spans match NavSource exactly. NAVPERS is a 1953 revision transcribed by the HyperWar Foundation; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-03
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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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, LCI(L) block - sequence 213/213/215 (no 214 row); neighboring-lease-hull spans cited for pattern context
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook inventory carries NO entry for LCI(L)-214 - the ship-number sequence runs 213, 213, 215 with no 214 row (verified by pdftotext on the ship-number edition, 2026-09-29). Context pattern in the same list: British-lease sisters' USN log spans all terminate at the October-November 1944 lease window (LCI(L)-215: 11/4/1942-10/30/1944; LCI(L)-216: 10/1/1943-10/31/1944; LCI(L)-217: 11/14/1942-8/31/1944; LCI(L)-218: 11/18/1942-10/29/1944). The absence of even a pre-lease USN span for 214 (commissioned 31 Oct 1942, leased 31 Oct 1944) is unexplained by the list itself.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Inventory absence, not content review - SL-44 establishes that no logbook holdings for this hull were inventoried at compilation; it does not state why (never accessioned, separately held, or lost). Royal Navy-period records (post-lease) would be expected in UK National Archives series rather than US holdings - not searched this session. The digitized-log index (archives.gov navy-online) is name-indexed and lists no numbered landing craft; catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and was not directly queried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-04
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships - USS LCI(L)-214 (ship/21124) and HMS LCI(L)-214 (ship/21125) entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21124.html (USN entry, fields table) and ship/21125.html (HMS entry); class index class.html?ID=689 lists both
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The specialist Allied-warships database carries paired entries for this hull: the USN entry (George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA; laid down 15 Sep 1942; launched 8 Oct 1942; commissioned 31 Oct 1942; end service 31 Oct 1944; 'Transferred to the Royal Navy on 31 October 1944; Returned to the USN by the RN on 13 April 1946') and the RN entry (HMS LCI(L)-214, commissioned 31 Oct 1944, returned to the USN 13 Apr 1946). Provides the only located day-precision for laid-down (15 Sep 1942) and launched (8 Oct 1942) dates.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- USN and RN crews (1942-1946)
- Limitations
- Secondary specialist compilation, not a primary registry - corroborates NavSource on builder, commission date, lease date, and return date. Two field defects noted: the USN entry's 'Ordered 3 Jun 1943' post-dates delivery (internally impossible - value excluded from the record), and the RN entry's 'commissioned 31 Oct 1944' conflicts with NavSource's 'commissioned into the Royal Navy ... March 1945 at Newcastle' (carried in gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-05
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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 (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 USN/RN service era (1942-1946).
- 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 - standing access gap noted in batch-01, batch-98, and batch-4987 reports); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two sets of 4 GM diesels, twin variable-pitch props - diesel plant, no steam); shipbuildinghistory production tables (Lawley & Sons Neponset, delivered 31-Oct-42); GAO HRD-80-2 era bracket (see ev-06). No yard-specific asbestos document exists for Lawley in the Atlas shipyard dataset or located public sources. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipbuildinghistory lcil.htm row 214 and lawley.htm; GAO product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built in 1942 at a Massachusetts yard 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, and electrical insulation. 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. Both her construction window (1942) and her entire service life (USN 1942-44; RN lease 1944-46) fall inside the pre-substitution era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Lawley Neponset construction trades (1942); USN crew (1942-44); RN crew and UK yard trades at Newcastle commissioning (1944/45); disposal-era trades (1946-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-214, and unlike the LCI(L)-189 record there is no builder-yard industrial-health survey to anchor even yard-level products (Lawley Neponset is not in the Atlas shipyard dataset). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. RN-period maintenance/refit materials (1944-46) are undocumented and unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion search via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py: 'LCI(L)-214', 'LCI-214', 'LCI(L) 214' each returned count=0 on 2026-09-29; 'LCI 214' (opinion) and 'LCI(L)-214' (docket) blocked by fleet pacing throttle [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-214-02, sl-uss-lci-l-214-03, sl-uss-lci-l-214-04, sl-uss-lci-l-214-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation located: authenticated CourtListener opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-214', 'LCI-214', and 'LCI(L) 214' each returned zero results. The lower-specificity 'LCI 214' opinion variant and a RECAP docket search for 'LCI(L)-214' could not be run to completion - both hit the fleet-wide pacing stand-down on every spaced attempt (shared ~114/hr account budget); logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as negative results. A secondary web sweep surfaced no asbestos/mesothelioma case naming the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Zero opinion hits on the three completed queries support 'no published opinion located', not 'no litigation exists' - unreported trial-level matters and dockets would not surface in type=o. The two blocked queries leave partial coverage gaps (docket index unsearched; loosest name variant unsearched). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-08
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[10]Batch-5003 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (404, no entry); NARA Special List 44 (no holdings for this hull); NARA digitized-log index (no numbered landing craft); NavSource; shipbuildinghistory production tables; NAVPERS 15,790 engagement-star list; uboat.net paired entries; NVR (no entry - pre-1987 disposal); GAO (403-blocked); CourtListener (3 queries complete, 2 blocked); usslci.org (unreachable); hazegray.org (DNS dead); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-214-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-214-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-214 / HM LCI(L)-214 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Distinguishing feature vs sister-hull records: NARA's logbook inventory has no entry at all for this hull, and no yard-level asbestos document exists for the Lawley Neponset builder - the asbestos assessment rests entirely on era/design inference. 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. The litigation-repository search is partially open (two of five planned CourtListener queries blocked by fleet throttle). UK-side records (RN-period logs, MoD disposal files) were not searched. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-214-09