Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 406-packet.md (4 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-33-lcil33-pkt-406-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-33 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' series) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page for USS LCI(L)-33: unit history block, EAME campaign table, specifications block, awards/ribbon block (4 battle stars), Penarth and Muscat photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; launched 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-33 early 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaign table credits North African occupation - Tunisian operations (1943-03-27 to 07-09), Sicilian occupation (1943-07-09 to 07-15 and 07-28 to 08-17, landed troops at Licata), West coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (22-23, 29-30 January, 1-2, 7-8, 12-13 February and 18 February-1 March 1944), and the invasion of Normandy (1944-06-06 to 06-25, landed British 50th Division troops at Gold Beach 0630 on 6 June 1944); four battle stars. Decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy at Muscat, Oman, 18 November 1944 (commissioned HM LCI(L)-33 the same day); struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on an unrecorded date; final disposition unknown. Class specifications: 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; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four GM series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch propellers. International Radio Call Sign NYVN. Page photography places the hull at Penarth, Wales, circa 1945-46 (moored with LCI(L)-213, -229, -16, and -12) and at Muscat outboard of HM LCI(L)-491 on 18 November 1944 - 'en-route to the Pacific war after serving in the European theater' (photo caption).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew (4+24 class spec) plus embarked troops (up to ~188); Royal Navy crew 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing unit history via NavSource), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. Crew figures are class specifications, not hull rosters. Launch given as year only; commissioning 'early 1943' conflicts with uboat.net's 3 December 1942 - see gaps. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-01
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[3]National Archives Catalog: USS LCI(L) 33 - Act Rep, Landings on Beach, SW of Rome, 1/22/44 (NAID 78286105), RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', Roll A804, micro serial 64237 - digitized, 1 image, read in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78286105, single scanned page (catalog.archives.gov/medialz .../A_0804/images/0657.jpg); file A16-3/LCI(L) 33 chain per reference 1CL-43
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report for Operation SHINGLE (Anzio), File No. 44-R-1, signed by commanding officer H. H. Deakyne, LT.(JG) USNR, addressed to Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet and routed via Commander Group 6, LCI(L) Flotilla Two; Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Two; and Commander Eighth Amphibious Force. It records: ship attached to Task Group 81.3 'the task assigned being to land 179 men and officers of Company I of the Thirtieth Infantry, Third Division of the Fifth Army, on Red Beach at "H" Hour plus Sixty Minutes, on "D" Day'; underway 21 January at 0505 in convoy astern LCI(L) No. 195; General Quarters 0130 and beaching stations manned 0230 on 22 January; 'We beached successfully at 0255. The troops were unloaded, via the ramps in less than waist deep water'; machine-gun fire heard to port; retracted at 0320; underway 0825 in return convoy to Pozzuoli; 'Our guns were not fired during this landing, there were no casualties, and the entire company was landed successfully.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-01-21 to 1944-01-22
- Population
- Ship's crew (~4 officers + 24 enlisted, class spec); embarked 179 men and officers, Company I, 30th Infantry, 3rd Division, Fifth Army
- Limitations
- Primary operational document, transcribed from the digitized scan: establishes the Anzio landing evolution, embarked unit (Company I, 30th Infantry, 3rd Division - not Rangers; a crew memoir calls them Rangers - see gaps), and the Group Six / Flotilla Two routing. No material-condition or asbestos content. The report's typed date line is obscured by routing stamps ('2-518' registry stamp, February 1944); SHINGLE D-Day was 22 January 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-02
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[4]National Archives Catalog: USS LCI (L) 33 - Rep Of Op 'AVALANCHE' (NAID 135947605), RG 38 'WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', Roll A548, micro serial 55570, serial L-102 - digitized, 2 images, read in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 135947605, images 0662-0663 on Roll A548 (report body, 2 pages); declassification/handling stamps dated 10/31/43
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own action report for Operation AVALANCHE (Salerno), File No. L-102 dated 11 September 1943, signed by commanding officer H. H. Deakyne, USNR. It records: ship 'attached to Task Group 85.1.3, the task assigned being to land men of the Third Ranger Battalion on Zebra Beach at H Hour plus 30 minutes on D Day'; eight officers and 167 men of the Third Ranger Battalion, Companies C, D, and F, landed at Maiori at 0400 on 9 September 1943; departed Palermo 0300 on 8 September in company with LCI(L)s 231, 232, 229, 216, and 35, joining convoy SS2 at 0630; two air attacks on the approach (three bombs ~1,000 yards astern, shrapnel fell on deck, No. 1 gun expended 60 rounds at a plane passing 500 yards off the port quarter; a second heavy attack at 2130); beached Maiori 0400, troops out by 0408, Army supplies unloaded by 0420; 'one of the links of the short chain joining the anchor to the cable parted, and the stern anchor was lost' on retraction; a land mine exploded 75 yards off the port bow during unloading; anchored Bay of Bizerta 1940 on 10 September. Copies to COMGR6 LCI(L) Flot. Two and COMTASKUNIT 85.1.3.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-09-08 to 1943-09-11
- Population
- Ship's crew; embarked 8 officers + 167 enlisted, Third Ranger Battalion (Cos. C, D, F)
- Limitations
- Primary operational document, transcribed from the digitized scan: establishes the Salerno (Maiori) landing evolution, embarked Ranger battalion, air-attack damage context, and the stern-anchor loss - a documented materiel casualty whose repair record is not described. Task Group numbering here (85.1.3) differs from Anzio (81.3) - different operation-level organizations; administrative routing (Group Six, Flotilla Two) is consistent between the two reports. No material-condition or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-03
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[5]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(L) 33 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120164323), RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' - digitized, 92 images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120164323; 92 images; image 2 (32860_244604-00002.jpg) = Q1-1943 forwarding sheet signed Randel/Deakyne
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized muster-roll run exists for this hull - 92 images (Ancestry-provided scans; file #32860_244604-00002). The catalog lists the first muster date as 1943-01-13, and the first-quarter forwarding sheet (read from the scan) covers '1-13-43 to 9-30-44', is dated 31 March 1943, and is signed by Ens. J. M. Randel, Jr., D-V(G), USNR (Executive Officer) and approved by Ens. H. H. Deakyne, D-V(S), USNR (Commanding Officer). Muster rolls enumerate the embarked 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. The recorded roll window exactly matches the deck-log coverage (13 January 1943 - 30 September 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (roll run)
- Population
- Hull crew by name/rate (USN service period)
- Limitations
- Existence and extent verified; the Q1-1943 forwarding sheet was read from the scan - the personnel lists themselves are not transcribed, and per-person service data is unexamined. No material-condition or asbestos content. Rolls after September 1944 are not in this run; Royal Navy service (Nov 1944 - 1946) produced British records, not US rolls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-04
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[6]National Archives Catalog: file unit 'LCI(L)-33' (NAID 175662815), 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 175662815; RG 19 series 559593 'Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings'; paper copy at College Park - Textual Reference
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a hull-specific Bureau of Ships engineering-drawing microfilm file for LCI(L)-33 - 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
- 2026-09-30
- 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-33-lcil33-05
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[7]NARA Navy deck-log inventory (1941-1959 series, Special List 44; catalog record NAID 178406296 'Special Lists 43-44'): 'LCI-33 Jan. 13, 1943-Sept. 30, 1944' - 2 logbooks, entry verified directly in the inventory PDF [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations,' printed p. 331 (PDF p. 603 of the combined SL43-44 scan, NAID 178406296); NARA deck-log program page (log content description); catalog search surfaced no online deck-log file units for the hull
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log inventory records two logbooks for LCI-33 spanning 13 January 1943 to 30 September 1944 - a dated operational record interval for this hull (batch PRIMARY record, independently verified this session in the combined Special Lists 43-44 scan: the LCI-33 line reads 'Jan. 13, 1943-Sept. 30, 1944' with '2' logbooks, printed p. 331 of Special List 44). Per the batch's PRIMARY note, log-coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates; here the window brackets most of her U.S. service (first muster also 13 January 1943) but ends about seven weeks short of her 18 November 1944 decommissioning/transfer. No digitized deck-log file unit for this hull surfaced in the catalog search - consistent with paper logbooks held at College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-01-13 to 1944-09-30
- Population
- Ship's crew (log entries include personnel, injuries, disciplinary actions)
- Limitations
- Coverage interval per the published NARA inventory; the endpoints bound the surviving/inventoried log run only. The October-November 1944 pre-transfer interval is not represented in this inventory entry - location unknown; British-service logs (Nov 1944-1946) are RN records. Deck logs are operational/disciplinary records, not hazmat records - they would document machinery casualties (e.g., the stern-anchor loss of 9 September 1943), not insulation materials. Unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-06
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[8]National Archives Catalog formation-level records naming LCI(L) Flotilla Two / its operations: 'COMTASKFOR 81 - Forwarding of Anzio, Italy, Act Reps with Comment' (NAID 78429393, Roll A961); 'COM LCI(L) GR 5, FLOT 2 - War Diary, 11/30/43 to 1/1/44' (NAID 78298841, Roll A819); 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 12 - War Diary, 9/1-30/44' (NAID 633387119, Roll A1182); 'NYd PHILADELPHIA - War Diary, 1/1-31/43 (Enc A)' (NAID 134065020, Roll A207); 'AATB, Nemours, Algeria - War Diary, 3/22/43 to 8/18/43' (NAID 633379442, Roll A546); 'Amphibious Training Base, Portsmouth, VA. 10/31/42 to 3/31/43' (NAID 127323487); 'Advanced Amphibious Base, Southampton, Hants, England, 5/11/44 to 7/12/45' (NAID 126839736); 'LCI(L) Flotilla 2 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120249473) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search "LCI(L)-33" - 44 results; formation file units as listed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog search on the hull designation returns 44 records; beyond the four hull-specific file units (muster rolls; AVALANCHE and Anzio action reports; BuShips drawing file), the hits are formation-level operational records in which LCI(L)-33 appears in flotilla/order-of-battle context: COMTASKFOR 81's Anzio report forwarding, a Group Five Flotilla Two war diary covering Dec 1943-Jan 1944, the Flotilla 12 war diary for September 1944 (her last month of US log coverage), the Philadelphia Navy Yard war diary for January 1943 (her delivery/commissioning window and place per the crew memoir), the Nemours Algeria amphibious-training-base diary covering her April 1943 arrival, Portsmouth and Southampton amphibious-base diaries, and the Flotilla Two muster rolls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Flotilla Two crews and staffs, 1943-1944
- Limitations
- Formation-level files name the hull as a unit of the formation - they establish organizational context and operations, not this craft's material condition. Contents largely unexamined microfilm. The Flotilla 12 hit is unexplained by her documented Group Six / Flotilla Two routing - it may index a mention rather than an assignment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-07
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[9]USS LCI National Association: 'The Story of the LCI(L) 33' - firsthand memoir by Elmer Manick, the ship's Chief Boatswain's Mate [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org 'The Story of the LCI(L) 33' (Elmer Manick); dates as printed in the memoir
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A plankowner crew memoir gives the hull's service narrative from the crew's side: 'LCI (L) 33 was built in November 1942'; crew formed at Little Creek, Virginia, training aboard LCI(L)-216 with a January 1943 shakedown; took over the new ship at Philadelphia; transatlantic convoy via Bermuda (7-knot pace; liberty canceled after an LCVP sank with 24 hands); through the Straits of Gibraltar 12 April 1943, landing at Nemours, Algeria, 13 April; Bizerte 14 May; 27 May carried 255 German prisoners toward Oran under repeated Luftwaffe attack; Licata, Sicily landing (July 1943, ~250 troops); 3 August carried wounded to a hospital ship at Palermo; Salerno (Maiori) landing 9 September; wounded transport 26 September and German prisoners to the Salerno beach ~30 September (Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox present); mined waters 23 November; collided with LCI(L)-14 on a dark rainy night 19 December (minimal damage); Anzio shuttle service Pozzuoli-Anzio through spring 1944 (22 February E-boat action - rescued survivors of a sunken British destroyer; 29 February heavy air raid while anchored, stern anchor already lost); sailed for England 18 April (Cardiff; Newhaven); 5 June loaded ~255 troops of the British 50th Division; beached Gold Beach ~0700 on 6 June 1944, ~15 minutes on the beach; 17 Newhaven-Normandy crossings in 20 days; at Weymouth 11 October awaiting US-crew dispersal and turnover to a British crew.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Ship's crew (named members incl. Manick, QM Sternett, Holloway, pharmacist's mate 'Doc' Nichols); embarked troops and POWs
- Limitations
- Veteran memoir published by the crew association - firsthand but written decades after the events; where it conflicts with the hull's own action reports, the reports control: it calls the Anzio troops 'US Rangers' (the action report documents Company I, 30th Infantry, 3rd Division - though Rangers were her documented Salerno load), prints '46'th Division' for the Sicily lift and 'Toronto, Italy' (a wartime place-name error - context suggests Taranto-area operations), and calls the engines '8 Cummings Diesels' where the class specification is eight GM series-71 diesels. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-1-class specification block (eight GM series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch propellers - no boilers); shipyard-exposure-map Atlas record for new-york-shipbuilding (documented asbestos products: Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp Block 15% chrysotile, Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Johns Manville Transite panels, asbestos gaskets, packing, asbestos-coated welding rod 5-15%, ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation 75-85% chrysotile, felt insulation 5-50%; shipyard-worker cohort SMRs incl. 16x mesothelioma risk for electricians, PMC6280925, and asbestosis findings PMC6310930 / PMID 7342758) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json entry new-york-shipbuilding; NARA ev-03 anchor-casualty passage; memoir ev-08 collision passage
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered welded-steel landing craft built October-December 1942 at New York Shipbuilding sits inside both the Navy asbestos era and that specific yard's documented asbestos-use window. Asbestos-relevant applications for a small diesel craft of this type and period concentrate in engine and exhaust lagging in the engine room, machinery gaskets and packing, thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation spaces and the deckhouse, deck coverings, and brake linings on the ramp winch. The documented stern-anchor casualty of September 1943 (ev-03) and the December 1943 collision with LCI(L)-14 (ev-08) are the kinds of events that put repair hands into machinery and deck gear.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (NY Shipbuilding, 1942); engine-room crew; repair parties for the documented casualties; Royal Navy crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era/yard inference only - no material schedule or asbestos survey for the LCI-1 class or this hull was located, and the BuShips drawing file (ev-05) that might carry insulation callouts is unexamined. Establishes no asbestos aboard this hull, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual. Yard-product documentation is yard-level, not hull-level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-09
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[11]USCG Historian's Office 'USCG-Manned LCI(L)s' roster (history.uscg.mil); uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS LCI(L)-33 (ship 20859) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned LCI(L)s roster page (28-hull list); uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20859.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The USCG Historian's Office roster of the 28 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s (hulls 83-96, 319-326, 349, 350, 520, 562, 581, and 583 - Flotillas 4/10/35) does not include LCI(L)-33: she was Navy-crewed, consistent with her USNR officer signatures (Deakyne, Randel) on the NARA documents and her Flotilla Two assignment. uboat.net independently lists the hull under the LCI 1 class built by New York Shipbuilding (ordered 3 June 1942, laid down 10 October 1942, launched 2 November 1942, commissioned 3 December 1942, transferred to the Royal Navy ca. October 1944, returned to USN by the RN in 1946) - useful corroboration of builder and transfer chain, with date variants carried in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- USN crew (to Nov 1944); Royal Navy crew (Nov 1944 - 1946)
- Limitations
- The USCG roster establishes crew-service arm only. uboat.net is a secondary database; its commissioning (3 Dec 1942) and transfer ('ca. October 1944') dates conflict with NavSource's early-1943 commissioning and 18 November 1944 transfer - NavSource and the NARA records are carried, variants in gaps. No asbestos content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-10
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[12]Batch-5051 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (44 hull-designation records; 4 hull-specific file units + BuShips drawing file read/verified); NavSource; NHHC/DANFS; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket); shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; uboat.net; USCG Historian's roster; usslci.org crew memoir; NavalCoverMuseum; live-web hull+asbestos searches; NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum material documentation, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-33 / HM LCI(L)-33 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on "LCI(L)-33", "LCI-33", "LCI(L) 33", and "USS LCI(L)-33" returned zero hits; an unquoted control query's 378 hits were name collisions on unrelated 'LCI' litigants; the RECAP docket query stayed fleet-paced across repeated spaced retries - blocked, not a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era- and yard-level inference stands (see ev-09). The strongest unexamined leads are the BuShips engineering-drawing microfilm (NAID 175662815), the Jan 1943 - Sep 1944 deck-log run, and the digitized muster-roll contents. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-33-lcil33-11