USS LCI(L)-321

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

1. [1]research packet 405-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-321 — 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-321-lcil321-pkt-405-packet-md

2. [2]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'USS LCI(L) 321 - Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/5-17/44', NAID 633382769 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries and Other Operational Records, Roll A1174) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Catalog file-unit NAID 633382769; digitized images 0010-0013 of Roll A1174 (NARA-Fold3 partnership images) read at image level

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own after-action report survives at NARA (NAID 633382769, RG 38, Roll A1174, 4 digitized images, read at image level): USS LCI(L) 321 Report of Operations in the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/5-17/44, signed by J. E. Hollis Jr., Lt., USCGR. The report records departure from Salcombe, England 5 June 1944 (1540) carrying 13 officers and 187 men of the 4th Infantry Division, First Army, plus Commander LCI(L) Group 30 as Deputy Commander Green Beach; laying off UTAH Beach transport area at 0730 on 6 June 1944; troops discharged into LCMs 0950-1008 under moderate 88mm fire; subsequent duties guiding LCMs to the beach, towing Rhino ferry, towing the mined LST-499 with LCI(L)-219 on 8 June, and buoy/port-direction duties off Star Point through 17 June 1944, when she was relieved by LCI(L)-8 and departed for Weymouth/Portland. Endorsements forward through Commander Task Group 125.4, Commander U.S. Ports and Bases France (10 September 1944), and 11th Amphibious Force (19 September 1944) to COMINCH.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-06-05 to 1944-06-17

   Population

   Ship's company and embarked 4th Infantry Division troops, 5-17 June 1944

   Limitations

   Primary contemporaneous record produced by the ship. The endorsement block's subject line references the 'COLLEVILLE-VIERVILLE Sector' (an Omaha Beach sector designation) while the report body describes Green Beach, UTAH Beach operations - the vessel's actual station was UTAH/Green per the report's own narrative and official USCG history; treated as endorsement boilerplate, not a conflicting placement. Contains no asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-01

3. [3]National Archives Catalog, war-diary file units for USS LCI(L)-321, RG 38 series 4697018 - NAIDs 140075278, 139898645, 139943824, 140044942, 140060328, 101758932, 77489913, 77517192, 633454808 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Catalog file-unit pages (NAIDs listed); NAID 140075278 digitized images 0288-0297 of microfilm roll A1692 read at image level (letterhead 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 321', submission signed W. P. Swift, Commanding)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA holds nine WWII war-diary file units for this hull in RG 38 (series NAID 4697018): December 1944-January 1945 (NAID 140075278), February 1945 (139898645), March (139943824), April (140044942), May (140060328), June (101758932), July-August (77489913), September (77517192), and November 1945 (633454808, catalog-mistitled 'LCT(L)-321' - see correction row). The December 1944-January 1945 unit was read at image level: it records the vessel 'of Division 208, Group 104, Flotilla 35' moored at Gibbs Gas Engine Company Shipyard, Jacksonville, Florida 'undergoing overhaul and repair' through 10 December 1944; a trial run down the St. Johns River 10 December; moored Naval Section Base Mayport 12 December; Navy Yard Charleston SC 14-18 December 'undergoing repairs'; Naval Frontier Base Charleston to 22 December; Amphibious Training Base Little Creek VA 25 December-4 January 1945 'undergoing repair'; Naval Operating Base Key West 8-15 January 'undergoing repairs'; Panama Canal transit 23 January; and departure Balboa 24 January for San Diego. It also records Lt. W. P. Swift, USCGR assuming command from Lt.(jg) W. W. Allen on 2 December 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-12-01 to 1945-11-30

   Population

   Ship's company, December 1944-November 1945

   Limitations

   Primary contemporaneous ship records. Only the Dec 1944-Jan 1945 unit (NAID 140075278) and the Nov 1945 cover sheet (NAID 633454808) were opened at image level this session; the other seven units are cataloged but unread. The diary documents mooring and repair periods at named yards/bases; it does not describe work performed, materials disturbed, or any asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-02

4. [4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), p.22 [other_primary]

   Locator

   sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p.22, row 'LCI(L)-321 | 2/6/1943 | 6/30/1945' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NARA PDF, 2026-09-29)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number, PDF page 22) lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-321 covering 6 February 1943 through 30 June 1945 - in-scope wartime service documentation held in Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel logs), retrievable for this hull. These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning or decommissioning dates: the start coincides with the 6 February 1943 commissioning and the coverage ends while the vessel remained in service (decommissioned 2 April 1946).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-1945 (log coverage)

   Limitations

   Inventory record only - establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents. The deck logs themselves were not opened; pre-February-1943 and post-June-1945 logs are outside this listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-03

5. [5]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'LCI(L)-321', NAID 175662806 (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Catalog search-result entry for NAID 175662806 (title, record group, series); detail page partially loaded - catalog is JS-rendered

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA catalog file unit 'LCI(L)-321' (NAID 175662806) records muster rolls for this hull in Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' - personnel rosters for the hull survive at NARA.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-1946 (roll span not enumerated)

   Population

   Ship's company on muster rolls

   Limitations

   Catalog-level record located via search results; the file-unit detail page did not fully render this session, so roll dates and image availability were not enumerated. Muster rolls are personnel rosters - no asbestos or materials content expected. Useful for verifying the class-spec complement figures carried in this record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-04

6. [6]National Archives Catalog, file unit 'LCI(L) 321', NAID 199928692 (RG 19, Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings, Box 50) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Catalog search-result entry for NAID 199928692 (title, container ID Box 50, record group, series); detail page partially loaded - catalog is JS-rendered

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA catalog file unit 'LCI(L) 321' (NAID 199928692, Container Box 50) sits in Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships), series 'Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings', Preliminary Design Branch - hull engineering drawings for this craft survive on NARA microfilm.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1943 (design/construction era)

   Limitations

   Catalog-level record; drawings not retrieved or read. Engineering drawings could potentially resolve ship-specific material/insulation specifications (the strongest remaining lead for hull-level material documentation) but no asbestos content is established by the catalog listing itself.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-05

7. [7]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II' (1949), LCI(L)-321 entry p.124 - HyperWar transcription at ibiblio.org [other_primary]

   Locator

   HyperWar transcription, USS LCI(L)-321 section (header 'FLOTILLA 35 - GROUP 104 - DIVISION 206'), pp.124 of the printed volume

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official U.S. Coast Guard history 'The Coast Guard at War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II' carries a dedicated LCI(L)-321 section (p.124): built by Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston; commissioned 6 February 1943, first commanding officer Lt.(jg) G. P. Hammond, USCG; succeeded by Lt.(jg) J. E. Hollis Jr. USCGR (14 Feb 1943), Lt.(jg) D. H. Davis USCGR (11 Sep 1944), Lt.(jg) W. W. Allen (22 Nov 1944), Lt. W. P. Swift USCGR (2 Dec 1944), Lt.(jg) J. J. Owens USCGR (1 Jan 1946), and Boatswain G. G. Neal USCG (17 Mar 1946). Shakedown/training at Little Creek and Solomons Island March 1943; Port Lyautey, French Morocco from 29 April 1943; North African logistics/beaching exercises through June 1943; Licata, Sicily landing 12 July 1943 (127 troops; the volume's 'July 11, 1945' is an evident typo for 1943); Palermo run August 1943; Castellammare/Salerno operations September 1943 (183 British troops embarked 5 September; casualties to hospital ship; two deceased buried at sea in Gulf of Salerno; return landings 11 and 21 September); departed Bizerte 16 October 1943 for Plymouth, arriving 29 October; drydocked at Saltash, Devon 7 November 1943 for overhaul; training along the South England coast through spring 1944; departed Salcombe 5 June 1944; off Green Beach UTAH 0730 6 June, troops into LCMs; beach duties through 17 June; seven further channel crossings carrying troops to Normandy on 30 June, 3 July, 10 July, 14 July, 2 August, 22 August, and 5 September 1944. Departed England 5 October 1944 for Charleston SC, then Mayport and Jacksonville FL for drydock repair and overhaul; back to Charleston 13 December; Little Creek/Solomons Island for new-crew beaching operations; sailed 4 January 1945 for San Diego via Key West and the Canal Zone, arriving 3 February 1945; amphibious training at San Nicholas Island, Coronado, San Clemente, Imperial Beach, and Oceanside to 20 April; departed 20 April for Pearl Harbor, arriving 29 April; departed 6 May for Guam via Eniwetok; ditching drills with the 315th Bomb Wing USAAF to 27 June; patrolled off Guam's north coast to 9 July; drydocked and restocked at Guam; Eniwetok atoll ferry run 7 August-25 October 1945; Guam 1 November; runs to Saipan (3 November) and Iwo Jima-Saipan (14 November) collecting personnel for transport home; departed Guam early December 1945; arrived Galveston, Texas 6 February 1946; decommissioned there 2 April 1946.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1943-02-06 to 1946-04-02

   Population

   Ship's company and embarked troops, 1943-1946

   Limitations

   Official compiled service history published post-war - secondary-level synthesis, not the contemporaneous record itself; spot-verified against the ship's own war diary (command change of 2 December 1944 and Pacific division assignment match). Contains an evident date typo ('July 11, 1945' introducing the July 1943 Licata embarkation - 1943 is used here, consistent with surrounding chronology and NavSource). Its 'Division 206' header conflicts with the ship's own diary ('Division 208'); diary value carried in the operator field. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-06

8. [8]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USCG-Manned LCI(L)s' and 'LCI(L) Flotilla 4/10 History' pages, D-Day June 6, 1944 Normandy topic [other_primary]

   Locator

   USCG Historian pages: USCG-Manned-LCI-L-s (LCI(L)-321 listed in UTAH Beach group); LCI-L-Flotilla-4-10-History (Group Eight, CDR Aden C. Unger USCG); Cutters-and-Vessels list

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official USCG Historian's Office D-Day materials corroborate the Normandy assignment: the 'USCG Manned LCI(L)s' page and 'Cutters and Vessels' list place LCI(L)-321 among the Coast Guard-manned landing craft in the UTAH Beach group on D-Day, and the 'LCI(L) Flotilla 4/10 History' page identifies LCI(L)-321 as Group Eight's vessel under Commander Aden C. Unger, USCG (Flotilla 10) - consistent with the ship's own after-action report carrying Commander LCI(L) Group 30 as Deputy Commander Green Beach aboard.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944

   Population

   Ship's company; flotilla/group staff embarked

   Limitations

   Official institutional-history pages; group/flagship structure corroborates but the 'flagship' label is this record's summary of 'Group Eight's vessel under Commander Unger' plus the embarked Group 30 commander noted in the after-action report - wording kept conservative. Pages returned HTTP 403 to plain curl; rendered and verified via firecrawl. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-07

9. [9]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-321 page (history credited to 'The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II') [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource archive page 10/15/150321 - ship entry, campaign table, awards block, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions (Bizerte 6 July 1943 USASC photo SC176486 in NARA collections; Normandy beachhead 6 June 1944; Guam May 1945)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource hull page (archive 10/15/150321, verified live) for USS LCI(L)-321: LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), international call sign NJOE; laid down 26 November 1942 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX; launched 21 January 1943; commissioned 6 February 1943 (LTjg G. P. Hammond USCG); manned by the US Coast Guard. Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater with LCI Flotilla Four (CAPT M. E. Imlay USCG) and LCI Flotilla Ten at Normandy; credited campaigns - North African occupation (Tunisian operation 1 June-9 July 1943), Sicilian occupation (9-15 July 1943), Salerno landings (9-21 September 1943), Invasion of Normandy (6-25 June 1944); off-loaded troops into LCMs off Green Beach, Utah Beach 6 June 1944; seven additional channel crossings; departed England 5 October 1944 for Charleston SC repairs/overhaul; reassigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five (CDR H. J. Wuensch USCG), Group One Hundred Four (LCDR W. B. Harbeson USCG), Division Two Hundred Eight (NavSource labels these 'LCT' group/division - an evident label error on an LCI record); departed San Diego 20 April 1945 for Guam and Eniwetok; ditching drills with the 315th Bomb Wing USAAF; runs to Saipan and Iwo Jima; departed Guam early December 1945; decommissioned 2 April 1946 at Galveston; struck from the Naval Register 20 March 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 9 October 1947 for disposal; earned four battle stars. Ribbons: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944 Normandy), Coast Guard Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Specifications: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers/24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers/182 enlisted; armament five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels, four per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V DC generators. Seven-commander roster consistent with the official USCG history.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1947

   Population

   Crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted per class spec) and embarked troops (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted), 1943-1946

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary reference (transcribing the official USCG volume plus Navy records) - consistent with the primary sources but not contemporaneous. Contains an unexplained chronology anomaly (struck 20 March 1946 recorded before the 2 April 1946 decommissioning) and labels the Pacific subordinate units 'LCT' rather than 'LCI'. Battle-star count not independently reconciled against the official Navy list. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-08

10. [10]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Colton), 'Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX' yard production table [other_primary]

    Locator

    Brown yard table, row 'Hull 100 | LCI(L) 321 | keel 4-Dec-42 | launched 21-Jan-43 | delivered 6-Feb-43 | To NDRF 1947'

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Shipbuildinghistory (Colton) Brown Shipbuilding yard table records this hull as Brown yard hull number 100: keel laid 4 December 1942, launched 21 January 1943, delivered 6 February 1943, disposition 'To NDRF 1947'. The yard table notes Brown built 32 LCI(L)s among 359 wartime vessels and was leased to Todd Shipyards as its Houston Division in 1949.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1947

    Limitations

    Privately compiled production table - secondary source consistent with official dates except the keel date (4 Dec 1942 vs NavSource's 26 Nov 1942; conflict logged in gaps). 'To NDRF 1947' is consistent with the 9 October 1947 Maritime Commission transfer. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-09

11. [11]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, Richard Ellis Davies Collection, AFC/2001/001/26318 [other_primary]

    Locator

    LOC item page AFC/2001/001/26318 - service unit, rank/rating, service dates, theater and campaign fields

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Library of Congress Veterans History Project holds the Richard Ellis Davies Collection (AFC/2001/001/26318): Coast Guard veteran, Machinist's Mate First Class, service dates 1942-1945, service unit listed as 'USS LCI-321 (Landing Craft Infantry), Landing Craft Group, Amphibious Forces', European Theater - a named, documented crew member of this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1945

    Population

    One named crew member (Richard Ellis Davies, MM1 USCGR)

    Limitations

    Self-reported veteran collection record; the listed campaigns include 'Anzio', which postdates this hull's October 1943 departure from the Mediterranean and cannot be attributed to LCI(L)-321 (logged in gaps). Establishes a crew member's presence aboard, not ship conditions; contains no asbestos information.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-10

12. [12]National Archives Catalog, file unit NAID 633454808 (catalog title 'LCT(L)-321 - War Diary, 11/1-30/45'; document letterhead 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 321', Roll A2008) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Catalog file-unit page NAID 633454808 vs. digitized image 0490 of Roll A2008 (letterhead and signature) read at image level

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NARA catalog correction: file unit NAID 633454808 is catalog-titled 'LCT(L)-321 - War Diary, 11/1-30/45', but the digitized document itself is the November 1945 war diary of USS LCI(L)321 - the cover-sheet letterhead reads 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 321' and the submission is signed by W. P. Swift, Commanding (the hull's commanding officer from 2 December 1944). The catalog title's 'LCT' is an indexing error; the document belongs to this hull and covers the November 1945 Saipan/Iwo Jima personnel-ferry period.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1945-11-01 to 1945-11-30

    Population

    Ship's company, November 1945

    Limitations

    Correction is based on the document's own letterhead and the signature matching the documented commanding officer - not on inferring from hull-number sequence. A catalog-title error of this kind could route researchers to an LCT record that does not exist; this hull's diary is correctly identified here. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-11

13. [13]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) - LCI(L) 351-class written history and documentation [haer]

    Locator

    HAER AK-52 written history, LCI(L) design/World War II sections and principal-dimensions/propulsion data; NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    LCI(L)s were diesel-powered landing craft of a utilitarian wartime Bureau of Ships design (over 900 built by ten yards; 158.5 ft, twin-screw). This hull's propulsion was two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, four per shaft (2,320 shp) with diesel-drive 30 kW generators - an all-diesel plant with no boilers or steam system, so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard are the era-standard diesel-craft items: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation in the engine room and accommodations, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1942-1947

    Population

    Construction trades (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, 1942-43); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces; repair-period yard workers (Gibbs Gas Engine Co. Jacksonville; Navy Yard Charleston)

    Limitations

    Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister craft (LCI(L) 653, later 351-class) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content. No ship-specific material list exists for this hull; asbestos presence aboard is era- and design-level inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, products installed, or present-day presence (hull fate unknown since 1947 transfer). The surviving hull-level lead is the RG 19 engineering-drawings microfilm (NAID 199928692).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-12

14. [14]Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, FB Approved Site List v5.13.26, record 10020240 'Brown Shipyard | Houston | TX | 1941-01-01 to 1982-12-31' [other_primary]

    Locator

    FB Site List xlsx, record 10020240 (verified via firecrawl extraction of the live trust file, 2026-09-29)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    The builder's yard appears on an asbestos bankruptcy trust's published exposure-site list: the Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Trust 'FB Approved Site List' (v5.13.26) carries record 10020240 - 'Brown Shipyard, Houston, TX', covered date range 1 January 1941 through 31 December 1982, spanning this hull's 1942-43 construction window.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1941-1982

    Population

    Brown Shipbuilding yard workforce, 1941-1982 (includes this hull's 1942-43 construction crews)

    Limitations

    Yard-level claims-administration listing, not a judicial finding and not hull-specific: presence on the trust list means the trust compensates qualifying claims alleging asbestos exposure at that site during the stated range; it does not adjudicate that asbestos was present aboard this hull or that any particular worker was exposed. Does not establish exposure for this vessel, quantity, or individual causation. (A second trust list - the Fuller-Austin jobsite list - also carries 'Brown Shipyard, Houston TX' but with first-exposure 1/1/1965, postdating construction; noted in the batch report, not carried as a row.)

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-13

15. [15]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2 (title, publication dates, highlights section; verified via firecrawl - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to plain curl)

    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 construction (1942-43) and entire service era (1943-46). The 1979 review examined Navy efforts to protect shipyard workers at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and the Navy's asbestos-removal policies of 1975/1979.

    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 or craft type (HRD-80-2 concerns larger Navy vessels and naval shipyards). Full PDF not retrieved this session; content via product-page highlights. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-14

16. [16]Batch-5042 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 and catalog file units (war diaries, operation report, muster rolls, engineering drawings); USCG Historian pages; HyperWar official USCG history; shipbuildinghistory; uboat.net; LOC Veterans History Project; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches; NHHC/DANFS index; MARAD ShipHistory; asbestos web sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-18

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI-321 / LCI(L)-321 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches completed this session - opinion search '"LCI(L)-321"' returned 0, opinion searches '"LCI-321"' and '"LCI(L) 321"' returned 0, and docket searches '"LCI(L)-321"' and '"LCI-321"' each returned 0; litigation coverage is a completed negative, not a block. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft; MARAD ShipHistory returned no custody card; and a banned-source-aware web sweep surfaced only law-firm listicles naming LCI service generically - 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 - a 1942-43 combat-built Navy landing craft sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era, and its builder's yard appears on an asbestos trust exposure-site list. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The hull was transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1947 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-321-lcil321-15