USS LCI(L)-38

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]research packet ow-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-38-lcil38-pkt-ow-packet-md

2. [2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-38 (10/15/150038) - build milestones, campaign table, specifications, disposal, photo captions; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150038.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Timeline for this hull: LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 22 October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; launched 30 November 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-38 on 9 February 1943. Campaigns listed: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; West Coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22-23 and 26-28 January 1944, Elba and Pianosa landings 17 June 1944; Invasion of Southern France 15 August-10 September 1944. Earned four battle stars. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 6 June 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 19 January 1948 for disposal; final disposition unknown. Page photo captions document this hull disembarking 3rd Infantry Division troops on X-RAY Beach, Anzio (January 1944), French troops at Provence (August 1944), 1st Brazilian Expeditionary Infantry Division troops at Livorno, Italy (11 October 1944), moored in a nest with other LCIs at Pearl Harbor (July 1945), and beached at Parkersburg, West Virginia (circa late 1940s).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1948

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew and embarked troops (1943-45)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates and campaign table generally track official lists (see ev-uss-lci-l-38-02 for the official campaign-credit corroboration). Page verified live 2026-09-30. Contains no asbestos content. Decommissioning date and final disposition are unrecorded there.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-01

3. [3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790, rev. 1953), Part IV - campaign and engagement participation credit list (HyperWar transcription), entry 'LCI(L) 38' [other_primary]

   Locator

   Awards Manual Part IV, Section 2-16, 'LCI(L) 38' entry

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official awards manual lists this hull's engagement credits verbatim: 'LCI(L) 38: 9 Jul 43 - 15 Jul 43 E2; 31 Aug 43 P21-5; 9 Sep 43 - 21 Sep 43 E3; 22 Jan 44 - 23 Jan 44 E4-1; 28 Jan 44 - 28 Jan 44 E4-1; 17 Jun 44 E4-3; 15 Aug 44 - 10 Sep 44 E7' - Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign credits E2 (Sicilian occupation), E3 (Salerno landings), E4-1 (Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, two dates), E4-3 (Elba and Pianosa landings), and E7 (Invasion of Southern France), matching NavSource's four-battle-star campaign table.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-1944 (credits listed)

   Population

   crew (1943-44)

   Limitations

   Official manual entry transcribed by HyperWar; verified live 2026-09-30. The row also carries '31 Aug 43 | P21-5' - a Pacific-theater engagement code that conflicts with this hull's documented continuous Mediterranean service (Sicily July 1943, Salerno 9-21 September 1943); the same P21-5 code appears under Pacific-service hulls (e.g., LCI(L)-63, -222, -331). Treated here as a probable transcription/listing anomaly, not as a Pacific credit - see gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-02

4. [4]NARA Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (NARA, 1978) - 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations', printed page 331, entry 'LCI-38' (Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center digitization) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Special List 44, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations', p. 331, row 'LCI-38' (ACPL frame narasl44/357.jpg)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's published finding aid inventories three logbooks for LCI-38 covering 1 December 1943 through 30 June 1945 - contemporaneous deck-log coverage spanning the Anzio, Elba, Southern France, Livorno, and Pacific-transit periods of this hull's wartime service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-12-01 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage span)

   Limitations

   Finding-aid inventory only - establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in NARA custody for the stated span; it documents log coverage, not the logs' contents, and says nothing about asbestos. The logs themselves are not digitized in the NARA catalog (see search_ledger sl-uss-lci-l-38-07). Printed page 331 of the published volume; the ACPL digitization frame 357 verified live 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-03

5. [5]National WWII Museum Digital Collections, accession 2013.495.1377 - U.S. Army photograph: 'Troops land on Anzio beach from LCI, 1-22-44. US Army Photo 177-1' [museum_official]

   Locator

   Museum object page, accession 2013.495.1377 (donor: Thomas J. Hanlon)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Contemporaneous U.S. Army photograph in the museum's digital collections shows soldiers wading ashore as they disembark from USS LCI(L)-38 at Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944 - first-day documentary confirmation of this hull's participation in the Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-01-22

   Population

   embarked U.S. Army troops; crew (22 Jan 1944)

   Limitations

   Photographic record of a single documented event; corroborates the campaign-credit dates but carries no personnel, casualty, or material information. Verified live 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-04

6. [6]The Elsie Item, Issue 124 (Spring 2024), USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association - photo-feature spread reproducing U.S. Navy official photograph 80-G-87503 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Elsie Item 124, photo-feature section (~p. 10) and photo-source log

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The association newsletter reproduces and captions U.S. Navy official photo 80-G-87503: 'LCI(L) 38 of the CENT Attack Force unloading men of the 45th Division on the Beach near Scoglitti' - placing this hull in the CENT Attack Force at the Scoglitti beaches during the July 1943 Sicilian occupation landings. The same issue's photo log gives the NARA identifier 80-G-87503 for the image.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-07

   Population

   embarked 45th Infantry Division troops; crew (July 1943)

   Limitations

   Veterans-association publication reproducing an official Navy photograph - the underlying primary artifact is the NARA-held image (80-G-87503); the newsletter is the locating source, not the artifact itself. Verified live 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-05

7. [7]Naval History and Heritage Command, UA 483.05 Richard Stanley Murach Collection - 'Collection Photo # UA 483.05.01 LCI 38 in port' [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC collection page, catalog UA 483.05

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NHHC holds a donated photograph collection of sailors aboard LCI 38 during World War II (collection photo UA 483.05.01, 'LCI 38 in port'), indicating crew-level documentary material for this hull exists in the command's photographic archives.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1943-1945

   Population

   crew (World War II)

   Limitations

   Collection-level catalog description only - establishes that NHHC holds crew photographs of this hull; does not itself provide service history or any material/exposure content. Verified live 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-06

8. [8]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-38 specification block (LCI-1 class; eight GM 6051-series 71 diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (documented asbestos product list and cohort findings for the builder) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150038.htm specifications block; shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (yard evidence rows ev-new-york-shipbuilding-01ff.)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   A diesel-powered LCI-1-class landing craft built October 1942 - February 1943 at New York Shipbuilding sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era. The Atlas yard dataset documents for this builder: magnesia block insulation (Ehret 85% Magnesia, Pabco Caltemp), Johns-Manville Transite panels, Bakelite panels, asbestos gaskets and packing, asbestos-coated welding rods, ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation, felt insulation, and arc-chute insulation. Era-typical applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type were machinery and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, and interior finish materials.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46)

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The yard dataset documents the builder's product era, not installation aboard this craft; diesel landing craft carried far less insulation than steam-powered ships, and no product list specific to LCI(L) construction was located. Does not quantify material, does not establish any individual's exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-07

9. [9]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P. 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels.' J Ind Hyg Toxicol. 1946 Jan;28:9-16. PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

   Locator

   J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28:9-16 (1946); PubMed record 21016030

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The contemporaneous government-connected health survey of pipe-covering work at two Government navy yards and two Navy contract yards documents that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' asbestos, with much asbestos cloth and asbestos cement likewise used; three of 1,074 X-rayed workers had asbestosis, each a pipe coverer for more than 20 years. This is the era's direct documentation of asbestos-insulating materials installed in U.S. Navy vessel construction during the period this hull was built.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   Navy-yard and contract-yard pipe coverers (surveyed 1944-45)

   Limitations

   Industry-wide 1940s survey across four yards (anonymized A-D) - establishes asbestos-material use in Navy vessel construction of the era, not aboard this craft; surveyed pipe covering specifically and says nothing about landing-craft outfitting, quantities, or any individual exposure. PMID verified live 2026-09-30.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-38-08

10. [10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2

    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 (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1942-1979 (Navy asbestos-use era documented)

    Population

    Navy shipyard workers (program scope)

    Limitations

    Program-level Navy-wide documentation, not a survey of this or any individual hull; establishes the era policy environment for Navy shipboard insulation. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; product-page description relied on, full text not pulled this session.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-38-09

11. [11]Batch-5100 search ledger (this record): NavSource; Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual Part IV; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL digitization); National WWII Museum digital collections; NHHC Murach collection page; Elsie Item 124; NARA digitized deck-logs list; DANFS index; CourtListener opinion and docket search; Atlas shipyards.json [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-38-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-38-10

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS LCI(L)-38 or LCI-38 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). A completed CourtListener opinion query for 'LCI(L)-38' returned 436 hits whose relevance-ranked top page was entirely name collisions (telecom 'LCI' cases, 'LCI Ltd.', 'Louisiana Construction and Industry') - no vessel- or asbestos-related result; refined phrase queries were fleet-paced before completion and remain pending.

    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 - the finding records what public documentation does not contain, not what the craft did not carry. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Litigation coverage is partial: one loose CourtListener opinion query completed (collisions only); phrase queries and the docket index are still pending (see search_ledger sl-uss-lci-l-38-09). State-court and pre-digital filings are not covered.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-38-10