Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 405-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-32 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_Landing_Craft_Infantry
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-pkt-405-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, 'Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Ships' - WWII loss list (sunk or damaged beyond repair) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC casualties page, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' section, LCI(L)-32 line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy loss entry for this hull: 'USS LCI(L)-32 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 26 January 1944' (listed under Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company at loss (Jan 1944)
- Limitations
- Official loss record only: gives date, place, and fact of sinking - no cause (mine), casualty count, or material content. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-01
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[3]NHHC, 'Operation Shingle: Landing at Anzio, Italy' (WWII topic overview, footnoted to Morison, Sicily-Salerno-Anzio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Anzio page, narrative paragraph on 25-26 January losses (footnote [13])
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC names this hull in the loss narrative: 'The following day [26 January 1944], HMS LST-422 hit a mine and began to burn; a few minutes later, while attempting to help the crew of the stricken vessel, LCI-32 also hit a mine and sank, losing 30 crew members.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company at loss (Jan 1944); 30 crew killed
- Limitations
- Ship-specific loss narrative with cause (mine) and casualty figure (30 crew lost); no construction, material, or asbestos content. Confirms the assisting-LST-422 rescue context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-02
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[4]NHHC H-Gram 035-2, 'Mediterranean Theater Catch-up' (Director's Corner, RAdm. Samuel J. Cox USN Ret.) [other_primary]
- Locator
- H-Gram 035-2, 'Operation Shingle' section, 26 January 1944 paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Director's account: on 26 January 1944 the British LST-422 (carrying U.S. troops and equipment) was blown into a known minefield by gale-force winds, struck a mine, caught fire, broke in two, and sank with the loss of 454 U.S. soldiers (mostly of the U.S. 83rd Chemical Battalion) and 29 British crewmen. 'As U.S. LCI-32 came to the rescue, she too struck a mine and sank in three minutes, with 30 of her crew killed and 11 wounded. A total of 150 survivors were rescued from the two ships.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company at loss: 30 killed, 11 wounded; rescue forces; LST-422 embarked troops (454 killed, mostly 83rd Chemical Battalion)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific loss narrative; casualty figures (30 killed, 11 wounded) are NHHC-published but differ from secondary counts (see gaps). '150 survivors' covers both ships combined - LCI-32 survivor count alone not stated. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-32 - milestones, campaigns, spec block, awards (history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II,' Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150032.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block; 'no images' notice
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-32, 14 January 1943. Assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns: North African occupation - Tunisian operations, 27 March to 9 July 1943; Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943; West Coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 22 to 26 January 1944. 'Lost to enemy action, 26 January 1944.' 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.' Three battle stars; ribbons: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3), WWII Victory Medal. Specs: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four GM Series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM reduction gears, two 30kW diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; 16 kts max. NavSource holds no images of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- NYSB construction trades (Oct 1942-Jan 1943); ship's company (1943-44); embarked troops per landing
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates conflict with uboat.net on laid-down/launched/commissioned (see gaps). 'Struck, date unknown' leaves the stricken date undocumented. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-04
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[6]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'Combat Awards' - transcribed Navy and Marine Corps Medal citations for LCI(L)-32 crewmembers [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org/combat-awards, 'Navy and Marine Corps Medal' section - entries for Cox. Joseph T. Marcey and Lt.(jg) Marcus Wilson Arthur
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two Navy and Marine Corps Medal citations name this hull and document the loss mechanics. Coxswain Joseph T. Marcey, USN: 'the ship in which he was serving, the LCI(L) 32, was struck and sank in less than three minutes on 26 January 1944 near Anzio, Italy' - he assisted injured and dazed men with life jackets, kept searching the ship after the abandon-ship order, and twice left his raft to recover survivors. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Marcus Wilson Arthur, USN: 'while the U.S.S. LCI(L)-32 was approaching a bombed and burning landing ship in heavy weather in order to rescue survivors, the ship struck an enemy mine and sank in less than three minutes' - though crippled by a leg injury, he helped men into life rafts, was among the last to leave, and his signaling efforts in the water contributed to quick rescue.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Named individuals: Cox. Joseph T. Marcey; Lt.(jg) Marcus Wilson Arthur; ship's company at loss
- Limitations
- Award-citation texts transcribed on a veterans-association site - the underlying Navy citations are primary documents, but this hosting is secondary and not the archival document itself. The Arthur citation says 'bombed and burning landing ship' while NHHC describes LST-422 as mined and burned - wording discrepancy carried in gaps, not harmonized. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-05
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[7]DANFS, LST-422 entry (live NHHC page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-422 entry, single paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The vessel LCI(L)-32 went to assist is identified: LST-422 was laid down 12 November 1942 at Baltimore, Md., by Bethlehem Fairfield Co.; launched 10 December 1942; transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned 4 February 1943; 'saw no active service in the United States Navy'; 'lost in action while in Royal Navy service in January 1944'; stricken from the Navy list 16 May 1944. This establishes that the burning ship LCI(L)-32 approached was British-manned HM LST-422 - consistent with the 'burning British LST' phrasing in veteran accounts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- HM LST-422 crew and embarked U.S. troops (context)
- Limitations
- Context for the loss event only - the DANFS LST-422 entry does not name LCI(L)-32, give the date 26 January, or describe the rescue attempt; it establishes the other vessel's identity, flag, and Navy-list striking. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-06
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[8]NavSource LST-422 page photo caption citing 'USS Pilot War Diary, 1 January-31 January 1944 (Action Report)' for the 26 January minefield event; NARA RG 24/RG 38 records for this hull (deck log, loss report, flotilla records) not located in digitized public sources [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160422.htm LST-422 caption (Pilot war-diary attribution); NARA RG 38/RG 24 series (undigitized for this hull)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for the loss event and hull records: (1) the USS Pilot (AM-104) war diary / action report for January 1944 documents the LST-422 minefield sinking and the rescue environment in which LCI(L)-32 was lost - quoted in NavSource's LST-422 caption; (2) NARA holds WWII-era war diaries, action reports, and amphibious-force records (RG 38) that should include LCI Flotilla reporting of this loss; (3) an LCI(L)-32 loss report / BuShips war-damage record is the primary candidate for crew and material detail. None located in digitized public sources this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company and rescue-force personnel (1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - nothing quoted was verified against the archival original this session; the Pilot war-diary reference is transcribed via a NavSource photo caption. No asbestos content; the loss report may contain hull-construction detail useful for future research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block for this hull (diesel plant, no steam); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json record for new-york-shipbuilding (era products and cohort findings); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use program context [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150032.htm propulsion/spec block; shipyards.json new-york-shipbuilding product list; gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2 (program context)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1942-built landing craft constructed at a major asbestos-era yard sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use period (GAO: the Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s). Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, thermal insulation around machinery and galley spaces, gaskets, valve and pump packing, and electrical cable insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- NYSB construction trades (Oct 1942-Jan 1943); ship's company (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction drawing, or work record was located for LCI(L)-32. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The ship sank 13 months after commissioning - any era materials present went down with the ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-08
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[10]shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json record for new-york-shipbuilding (era product list incl. Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Johns-Manville Transite panels, asbestos gaskets, packing, wire insulation, felt insulation; underlying refs: U.S. Maritime Commission 1944 report to Congress; PMID 7342758 'Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers,' Am J Ind Med 1980; PMC6280925 TIPS study) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json yard_id new-york-shipbuilding (asbestos_products_documented, evidence array); FMC REPORT_TO_CONGRESS_1944.pdf (HTTP 200 verified 2026-09-29)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation for this hull's builder: the shipyard-exposure-map registry records New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ, as a documented WWII-era asbestos-use yard, with era products including magnesia block insulation, asbestos-cement (Transite) panels, gaskets, packing, and wire/felt insulation, and published findings of asbestos disease among shipyard and ship-repair worker cohorts. This hull was under construction at that yard October 1942 - January 1943.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (build window); studies 1980-2018
- Population
- NYSB construction trades, WWII era
- Limitations
- Yard-level, not hull-level: establishes asbestos use and disease risk at the builder's yard in the era, not materials installed in this specific hull. The underlying references are occupation/population-level (ship repair workers generally; a Britain-wide cohort study) - not NYSB-hull specific and in part not NYSB-yard specific. Registry URLs verified live; underlying study texts not re-read this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-09
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[11]Batch-5040 search ledger (this record): NHHC casualties list; NHHC Operation Shingle overview; NHHC H-Gram 035-2; DANFS (no entry for this hull); NavSource hull and sister pages; usslci.org award citations and loss comments; DANFS LST-422; CourtListener (blocked - fleet pacing); NVR (n/a); NARA (undigitized); wrecksite.eu (captcha-blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-32 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index returned zero hits on '"LCI(L)-32"', '"LCI-32"', and '"USS LCI"' (authenticated API, 2026-09-29); the RECAP docket index returned 6 hits on '"LCI 32"', all name collisions (Legal Concierge Inc., Lee Correctional Institution context, contract/agency matters) - none vessel-related or asbestos. Two docket-variant queries remained fleet-pacing-blocked at session end - partial coverage only. No DANFS entry exists for this hull; NVR holds none (disposed 1944, pre-1987 scope). A vessel sunk in action in 1944 has no postwar service, conversion, museum, or disposal phase in which asbestos documentation typically arises.
- 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 construction at a documented asbestos-era yard is consistent with era-standard materials. Litigation-repository coverage is partial: opinions fully searched clean, dockets partially searched (name-collision results only, two variants unsearched under fleet pacing) - a residual open gap, not a completed negative. Loss report and flotilla records at NARA are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-32-lcil32-10