Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-40 (10/15/150040) - 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 10/15/150040.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 26 October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; launched 1 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-40 on 26 December 1942. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns listed: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; West Coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 25-30 January 1944; Invasion of Southern France 15 August-25 September 1944. Earned four battle stars. Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 8 January 1947 for disposal; sold in 1947 to the Dominican Republic at auction in Trinidad, named Beller (BDI-101); disposed of by the Dominican Republic Navy, scrapped 1957. International radio call sign NZJZ. Page photo captions further document this hull at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News VA, circa 1944 (Library of Virginia, U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection); troops boarding this hull alongside HM LCI(L)-251 at Pozzuoli, Italy, 6 August 1944 in a dress rehearsal for Operation Dragoon (US Army Signal Corps photo SC192679, NARA College Park); this hull underway in formation (NARA NAID 85714337); and ex-LCI(L)-40 underway in Dominican service as Beller (BDI-101) circa 1953.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1957
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew and embarked troops (1942-46); Dominican Republic crew (1947-57)
- 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-40-02 for the official campaign-credit corroboration). Page verified live 2026-09-30. Contains no asbestos content. Decommissioning and striking dates are unrecorded there.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-01
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[2]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790, rev. 1953), Part IV - campaign and engagement participation credit list (HyperWar transcription), entry 'LCI(L) 40' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual Part IV, Section 2-16, 'LCI(L) 40' entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists this hull's engagement credits verbatim: 'LCI(L) 40: 9 Jul 43 - 15 Jul 43 E2; 9 Sep 43 - 21 Sep 43 E3; 25 Jan 44 - 30 Jan 44 E4-1; 15 Aug 44 - 25 Sep 44 E7' - Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign credits E2 (Sicilian occupation), E3 (Salerno landings), E4-1 (Anzio-Nettuno advanced 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. Establishes participation credit dates only - no personnel, casualty, or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-02
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[3]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-40' (Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center digitization) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations', p. 331, row 'LCI-40' (ACPL frame narasl44/357.jpg): 'Dec. 27, 1942-Feb. 28, 1943 / Dec. 1, 1943-June 30, 1945, 4 logbooks'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's published finding aid inventories four logbooks for LCI-40 spanning two windows: 27 December 1942 - 28 February 1943 (the shakedown/organization period opening the day after commissioning) and 1 December 1943 - 30 June 1945 (covering the Anzio, Southern France, and return/disposal phase of wartime service). The Sicily and Salerno window (March-November 1943) falls between the two inventoried spans - logbooks covering it are not in this series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-12-27 to 1945-06-30 (two log-coverage spans)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid inventory only - establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in NARA custody for the stated spans; 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-40-07). Printed page 331 of the published volume; the ACPL digitization frame 357 verified live 2026-09-30 and read directly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-03
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[4]NARA Catalog item, NAID 85714337 / local ID 18-JC-33, 'Side view of two Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) vessels', series 'Photographs Relating to the 41st Service Group' (1941-45), Still Pictures, College Park; plus NavSource-captioned Army Signal Corps photo SC192679 (NARA collections) and Library of Virginia HRPE photograph [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 85714337 (18-JC-33); NavSource 10/15/150040.htm photo captions (SC192679; HRPE Newport News)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds a still-picture item cataloged 'Side view of two Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) vessels' (NAID 85714337, local ID 18-JC-33, 41st Service Group photographs, unrestricted); NavSource captions it as this hull underway in formation, and the hull identification also appears as a user tag on the catalog record. Separately, Army Signal Corps photo SC192679 (NARA College Park collections per NavSource caption) shows troops boarding USS LCI(L)-40 and HM LCI(L)-251 at Pozzuoli on 6 August 1944 during the Operation Dragoon rehearsal, and a Library of Virginia U.S. Army Signal Corps HRPE photo shows her at Newport News circa 1944. These are archival leads for her wartime movements - physical-presence documentation, not work or material records.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- circa 1944
- Population
- crew; embarked troops (1944)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: the NARA catalog title for NAID 85714337 names no hull number - the LCI-40 identification rests on NavSource contributor captioning (and a catalog user tag), not the catalog description itself. Photographs establish presence, not conditions or materials. No asbestos content. Catalog page verified live 2026-09-30; SC192679's own NAID not located in catalog search this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-04
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' - roster of the 28 USCG-manned LCI(L) hulls (Flotillas 4/10/35) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office USCG-manned LCI(L)s page, hull roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's Office enumerates the Coast Guard-manned LCI(L) hulls (LCI(L)-83 through -96, -319 through -326, -349, -350, plus replacements -520, -562, -581, -583) - this hull is not among them, and her Mediterranean-then-Southern-France campaign track (Anzio, Dragoon) differs from the CG flotilla's Normandy/Pacific path. LCI(L)-40 was a Navy-manned craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- crew (1942-46)
- Limitations
- Negative-roster inference: the page lists which hulls were CG-manned; absence from that roster plus her theater path supports Navy-manned status but no Navy muster/flotilla-assignment document for this hull was located. Verified live 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-40 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 10/15/150040.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-December 1942 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); crew (1942-46)
- 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-40-06
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[7]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 record verified live 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-07
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[8]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) and U.S. service era (1942-46).
- 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-40-08
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[9]Batch-5111 search ledger (this record): NavSource; Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual Part IV; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL digitization); NARA Catalog still-picture item; USCG Historian's Office CG-manned roster; NARA digitized deck-logs list; DANFS index; CourtListener opinion search; Atlas shipyards.json [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-40-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-40-09
- 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)-40 or LCI-40 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion queries for 'LCI-40' and 'LCI(L)-40' each returned zero hits; a completed CourtListener docket-index query for 'LCI-40' returned 2 hits, both name collisions (a Texas prisoner civil-rights complaint, Mitchell v. Collier; and an adversary filing naming 'LCI Helicopters (Ireland) Limited' in the Waypoint Leasing bankruptcy) - no vessel- or asbestos-related result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case.
- 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 at CourtListener is completed for these exact-name queries (opinion and docket indexes); state-court and pre-digital filings, and variant spellings such as 'LCI 40' unhyphenated, are not covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-40-09