Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-4 (page 10/15/150004) - build timeline, specifications, campaign credits, RN transfer, loss, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150004.htm header block, EAME campaigns table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) laid down July 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched September 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-4, 10 October 1942. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla 2; credited campaigns: North African occupation - Tunisian operations 27 March-9 July 1943; Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; West coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January-1 March 1944; Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom 19 October 1944; commissioned by the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-4 the same day, Lt. Elgar Rowling RNVR in command. Lost 29 March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; earned five battle stars. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM reduction gear, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW diesel-drive ship's service generators. Photographic record: NARA-held Army Signal Corps photo 176486 (LCIs massed at Bizerte 6 July 1943 loading for Sicily); pre-invasion exercises west of New Haven, England; troops awaiting Normandy orders circa 4-5 June 1944; NARA photo 26-G-2333 (D-Day convoy towing barrage balloons); approaching Utah Beach 6 June 1944; NARA photo 80-G-352691 (moored with LCI(L)-5 off the Normandy beachhead 10 June 1944); two British-credited photos of HM LCI(L)-4 en route from the UK to the Pacific after VE-Day. History source credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- NYSB construction trades (Jul-Oct 1942); crew and embarked troops (1942-44); RN crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track official records but conflicts exist (commissioning 10 Oct vs uboat.net's 9 Oct 1942; loss 29 Mar vs RN Loss List's 26 Mar 1946 - see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. A photo caption describing pre-invasion exercises says 'Sword Beach' preparation while the official action report title and the D-Day photo captions place her in the UTAH sector - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by Ship Number), PDF p.23 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 23, row 'LCI(L)-4 2/29/1944 9/30/1944'; RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List #44 by-ship-number inventory lists deck logs for 'LCI(L)-4' covering 2/29/1944 through 9/30/1944. These logbooks are part of Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Record Group 24, Entry 118, National Archives Identifier 581208), held at the National Archives at College Park, MD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (log coverage); inventory as compiled
- Population
- Crew of LCI(L)-4 (Feb-Sep 1944)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates are an inventory of physical logbook holdings, not commissioning or decommissioning dates - this hull commissioned October 1942 and served in the Mediterranean from early 1943, well before the covered window; coverage ends 30 September 1944, just before her 19 October 1944 transfer to the Royal Navy. The logs are physical records; a catalog search surfaced no digitized deck-log file unit for this hull. Log contents (weather, position, personnel, drills) have not been examined; deck logs rarely contain materiel information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-02
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[3]NARA Catalog: ship-titled digitized records for this hull - 'USS LCI(L) 4 - Action Report' (Sicily, 18 Jul 1943; NAID 135898028, roll A447); 'USS LCI(L) 4 - Rep Of Amphibious Ops During Landings near Cape D'Anzio, Italy, 1/21/44 to 2/4/44' (NAID 78442849, roll A975); 'COM 11th PHIBFOR - USSLCI (L) 4 Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/2-23/44' (NAID 139746323, roll A1197); 'LCI(L) 4 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120234612); parent-formation 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 2 - War Diary, 3/1-31/44' (NAID 78383252) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 135898028, 78442849, 139746323, 120234612, 78383252, 77609142 - catalog.archives.gov, RG 38 WWII War Diaries series and RG 24 Muster Rolls series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized, ship-titled wartime records for this hull, read directly during research. The Sicily action report (CO USS LCI(L) #4 to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet, 18 July 1943, micro serial 52429) records the ship sortying from Bizerte, Tunisia at 0425 on 6 July 1943 as part of the Red Unit of the Joss Landing Craft Group of the Joss Attack Force, anchoring off Sousse, and beaching under enemy fire to land troops 'in sixteen minutes' with no casualties - corroborating both the Bizerte photograph and the Sicilian campaign credit. The Anzio report (1 March 1944, serial 73943) documents amphibious operations during the landings near Cape D'Anzio 21 January-4 February 1944, including a 22 January beaching at 0324 under 'light and scattered enemy small arms fire,' troops unloaded and retracted at 0358. The Normandy file (serial 002019, dated 1 October 1944) is an Eleventh Amphibious Force transmittal titled 'Action Report of U.S. LCI(L) 4 in Assault on UTAH Sector, Coast of NORMANDY,' forwarding the CO's letter of 4 August 1944 and stating the ship 'performed very satisfactorily its task in the assault.' Muster-roll scans for this hull begin with the 28 October 1942 roll.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Crew of LCI(L)-4 (1943-44); embarked troops at each assault
- Limitations
- Operational records establish combat participation and ship-generated documentation - they contain no asbestos or materiel information. Three report first pages were read directly; the balance of each file unit (6 images at Anzio, 5 at Normandy, 27 muster images) was not exhaustively reviewed. The Salerno campaign is documented by the NavSource/NHHC credit; a COM 8th FLEET file unit (NAID 77609142) forwarding Salerno action reports surfaced in the catalog search for this hull but its contents were not page-verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-03
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[4]NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' landing-craft section (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) subsection, row for LCI(L)-4 ('Lend-Lease to UK')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's 1940-45 ship list (NHHC text transcribed by HyperWar) carries 'LCI(L)-4' with service dates '1942-44' and the annotation 'Lend-Lease to UK' - confirming both U.S. wartime service and the mechanism of her October 1944 transfer to the Royal Navy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Crew (wartime)
- Limitations
- Compilation-level list entry; no operational detail, no post-war detail, and no asbestos/material content. Secondary transcription of an official NHHC list page. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC candidate URLs return 404 - see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-04
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-4 (ship 20817) and HMS LCI(L)-4 (ship 20818) - data tables for both U.S. and Royal Navy service [other_primary]
- Locator
- ship/20817.html and ship/20818.html data tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net lists for this hull (USN page): ordered 3 June 1942; built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ; laid down 27 July 1942; launched 9 September 1942; commissioned 9 October 1942; end of service 19 October 1944 - 'Transferred to the Royal Navy on 19 October 1944. Lost while in service with the RN on 29 March 1946.' The companion Royal Navy page (HMS LCI(L)-4) states 'Lost in the Far East on 29 March 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- USN crew (1942-44); RN crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Privately compiled wartime-history database, not an official registry; it corroborates the build, transfer, and loss record but its commissioning date (9 Oct 1942) conflicts with NavSource and shipbuildinghistory (10 Oct) - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-05
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[6]Royal Navy Loss List complete database (Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust / thisismast.org compilation, Feb 2023), row 'LCI(L) 4' [other_primary]
- Locator
- rn-loss-list-2023-02-27.pdf, row 'LCI(L) 4 ... Lost in the Far East ... 1946-03-26'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Royal Navy Loss List database carries this hull's loss as 'LCI(L) 4, Landing Craft Infantry - Lost in the Far East - cause Unknown - location Unknown - 1946-03-26' - a date one to three days earlier than the 29 March 1946 carried by NavSource, uboat.net, and shipbuildinghistory.com. Wikipedia's 'List of shipwrecks in 1946' places the entry under 26 March, consistent with the loss-list date. Loss circumstances are undocumented in all located sources; 'Indo-China' appears only in shipbuildinghistory.com's disposition column.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- RN crew at loss (1946)
- Limitations
- A database compilation row, not a loss report - it documents the loss date disagreement and the absence of a recorded cause/location, nothing more. No asbestos content. The 29 March date is carried in the status fields because three independent secondary sources agree on it; the conflict is unresolved (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-06
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[7]Selikoff IJ, Nicholson WJ, Lilis R. 'Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers.' Am J Ind Med. 1980;1(1):9-22. PMID 7342758 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 7342758 abstract; shipyards.json yard_id new-york-shipbuilding product list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era-level documentation that asbestos was standard shipbuilding material in the period this hull was built: 'significant amounts [of asbestos] were used in vessels constructed before 1975,' and in a cohort of 286 ship-repair workers 86% had radiological evidence of asbestosis. For a 1942 diesel landing craft built at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, era-consistent asbestos applications were engine and exhaust lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical/wire insulation - matching the yard's documented product profile (Atlas yard record new-york-shipbuilding: Pabco Caltemp block, Ehret 85% magnesia, Transite panels, asbestos gaskets, packing, wire insulation, felt insulation, welding-rod coatings). Diesel plant - no boilers or steam turbines aboard, so no steam-plant lagging pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942 construction era; study published 1980
- Population
- NYSB construction trades (Jul-Oct 1942); USN and RN crews (in-service period, inference only)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference, not a hull finding: no construction itemization, survey, or material sample for this specific hull exists in the public record. The LCI(L) was a small welded-steel craft with a diesel plant - its asbestos load was far lighter than a steam-powered ship's. The Selikoff cohort is ship-repair workers generally (not tied to this yard or hull in the abstract). Does not establish quantity, location, or individual exposure aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-07
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[8]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Asbestos: Control of the Hazard...' Navy program-level report on asbestos use in ship construction [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's program-level review documents that the U.S. Navy used asbestos insulation extensively in ship construction through the period covering this hull's 1942 build and documents the Navy's developing asbestos-control programs. Provides Navy-wide context for the era in which LCI(L)-4 was built and operated.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- report issued 1979-1980; coverage spans WWII-era construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workforce and crews, era-level
- Limitations
- Program-level document - does not name this hull, this class, or New York Shipbuilding in a way that establishes a hull-level finding. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-30 (same standing block noted in BATCH-98 and BATCH-5033); product-page metadata only, full text not re-verified this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-08
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[9]HAER No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713 (Historic American Engineering Record, NPS/LOC) - class-level design and construction description of the LCI(L) type [haer]
- Locator
- or0606data.pdf, HAER OR-180 description and historical-information sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation of the LCI(L) type (via surviving sister LCI(L)-713) describes the class as a Bureau of Ships design built of welded 1/4-inch steel plate, powered by eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers, carrying 6 officers + 182 enlisted troops, built at ten U.S. shipyards - matching this hull's documented type, plant, and builder program (LCI(L)-4 was hull number 4 of the 48 LCI(L)s New York Shipbuilding built under its FY1940 contract).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 construction program; HAER compiled 2012
- Population
- Class-wide construction trades and crews
- Limitations
- Class documentation written around LCI(L)-713, a later LCI-351-class hull with the modified June-1944 configuration (centerline ramp, cylindrical pilothouse); LCI(L)-4 is the earlier original configuration (bow side ramps, square conning station). HAER's '~1,051 ships of its type' conflicts with the commonly cited 923-hull build count (shipbuildinghistory) - production totals differ by source. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information whatsoever - it constrains the class design, nothing more.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-09
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[10]yorkship.org (New York Shipbuilding yard-history site), 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) LCI(L)' page [other_primary]
- Locator
- yorkship.org/HTML/landing.htm, LCI(L) section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The New York Shipbuilding yard-history site documents that New York Shipbuilding designed and built 48 LCI(L)s in the covered shipway 'O', commissioned as numbers 1 through 48 between October 1942 and February 1943, and that 'some 14 of the Yorkship LCI(L)s were later conveyed to Britain' - placing this hull (No. 4, commissioned 10 Oct 1942, transferred to Britain October 1944) inside that build group at Camden.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1943
- Population
- NYSB trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Community/heritage-site compilation, not an official record; used only to corroborate builder and build-group context. Its claim that NYSB 'designed' the class is yard-framing - HAER attributes the design to the Bureau of Ships. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-10
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[11]Batch-5110 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + RECAP docket indexes); NARA catalog and Special List 44; NavSource; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory; RN Loss List; NVR; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, medical record, or docketed/opinion-level case naming LCI(L)-4 / HM LCI(L)-4 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener (authenticated helper, 2026-09-30): exact-variant opinion query '"LCI(L)-4"' returned zero hits; the multi-variant opinion query returned four opinions, all name collisions on non-vessel tokens (Laymac v. Kushner, Ga. App. 2019; Moreno v. Entergy Corp., La. App. 2010; Ortiz v. Legal Concierge, Tex. App. 2008; Gavle v. Little Six, Minn. 1996). The RECAP docket index returned one docket on the exact variant - Quince & Co LLC v. Last Brand, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2023, trademark) - also a collision; broader spelling variants surface dozens of unrelated dockets (e.g., 'LSI' corporation litigation). No qualifying litigation naming this hull.
- 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 materials are expected in a 1942 hull, but no ship-specific source documents them. RECAP docket coverage reflects only collected filings, and post-war British service records (RN logs, disposal file) were not searched in UK archives. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-4-lcil4-11