Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet pa-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED. No phantom, no collision.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-413-lcil413-pkt-pa-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-413 ex USS LCI(L)-413 (1944-1945) - construction/milestone timeline, campaign table, specifications, disposal; page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995); verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150413.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and Lawley build photo caption (18 January 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 22 January 1944 at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 29 January 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-413, 7 February 1944; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaign 'Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944'; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-413, 15 July 1945; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; sold 19 April 1946, final disposition fate unknown. Earned one battle star for WWII service (ribbon bar: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal). International radio call sign NJXT. Specifications: displacement 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max. Page photograph documents the bow section of LCI(L)-413 being moved from its cradle to the building ways at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, 18 January 1944 - a George Lawley yard photo in US National Archives collections.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- George Lawley & Sons construction trades (1944); LCI(L) crew ~24 (1944-45); LCI(G) crew ~70 (1945-46); embarked troops (capacity 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its page attributes the history text to the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Milestone dates are consistent across the page but unverified against DANFS (no DANFS entry exists for this numbered craft - all candidate NHHC URLs returned 404 on 2026-09-30) or NVR. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' and 'struck... in 1946' are unspecific; the sale date (19 April 1946) is exact. Spec block figures (216/234/389 t.; 3+21 complement) differ from sister-ship pages on the same site (e.g., LCI(L)-412's page: 246/264/419 t.; 4+24) - see gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-01
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[3]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.23 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p.23, row 'LCI(L)-413 | 2/7/1944 | 9/30/1945' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NARA PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number, PDF page 23) lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-413 covering 7 February 1944 through 30 September 1945 - in-scope wartime service documentation held in Record Group 24, retrievable for this hull. These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning or decommissioning dates: the span opens on the documented 7 February 1944 commissioning date and ends while the vessel remained on the Naval Register into 1946. NARA files the run under 'LCI(L)-413' even though the reclassification to LCI(G)-413 occurred 15 July 1945, inside the coverage window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- The entry is an inventory record only - it establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents. The deck logs themselves were not opened for this record; post-September-1945 logs (through the 1946 striking and sale) are outside this inventory listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-413 (LCI(L)-413) warship record, LCI 351 class [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship 21455 data block (verified live 2026-09-30); companion landing table under allied reference material
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled warship record corroborating this hull's data: built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts; ordered 9 March 1943; laid down 22 January 1944; launched 29 January 1944; commissioned 7 February 1944; reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns, on 15 July 1945; sold 19 April 1946; classed as LCI 351 class. The site's own D-Day reference table corroborates the troop set: LCI(L)s 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 540, 541, 555, and 557 carrying the 115th Infantry Regiment to Easy Green and Dog Red sectors.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable privately compiled database drawn from Navy records and secondary literature; it is secondary, not a primary source. The 9 March 1943 order date appears only here among sources checked - carried in gaps, not asserted as a record fact. Page lists no commanding officers or wartime events for this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-03
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[5]NARA NAID 78605337, 'COM LCI(L) GR 34 - Rep of Ops During the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/6/44' - RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (Office of Naval Records and Library), Roll A1125, micro serial 84847, report dated 26 July 1944; digitized (9 images) via Fold3 file 282681623 - all nine images read directly from the NARA scans this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78605337 images 1-2 (letterhead, mission, group roster naming 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 413 - Lieut.(jg), W.H. Horick, U.S.N., Commanding Officer' and the troop distribution), images 3-7 (operation narrative), images 8-9 (Flotilla Ten and Assault Force 'O' endorsements)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The unit's own after-action report names this hull and her commanding officer: 'U.S.S. LCI(L) 413 - Lieut.(jg), W.H. Horick, U.S.N., Commanding Officer' within LCI(L) Group 34 (Lieut.-Comdr. L.R. Henry, U.S.N.R., aboard flagship LCI(L) 408), composed of Divisions 66 and 67; this hull is listed in Division 67 with 408 (GF), 411, 412, 540, and 541. 'For the purpose of the Operation, Group 34 was temporarily detached from LCI(L) Flotilla Twelve and attached to LCI(L) Flotilla Ten under the Command of Captain I.M. Imlay, U.S.C.G.' The group's mission was to land the 115th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, at about 1030 on D-Day on Omaha Beach; the troop distribution placed troops of the 1st Battalion on U.S. Ships 412, 554, 411, and 413 - this hull carried 1st Battalion troops assigned to the 'Easy-Green' sector. Troops embarked at Saltash, Cornwall, 31 May 1944; the group anchored off Mount Batten, then Weymouth Roads 1-4 June, and got underway 1700 5 June as the left column of the Flotilla Ten formation. On 6 June the group reached the assault area about 0715, proceeded toward the beach about 0900, and assaulted at about 1010-1040 under enemy artillery (probably 88mm), machine gun, and mortar fire; all troops were ashore with equipment within the hour, some wading up to their armpits. The group retracted and re-assembled; only LCI(L) 553 was lost - stranded on beach obstacles, hit by direct shell fire, and abandoned (two of her ship's company wounded while abandoning). Flotilla Ten's first endorsement records that the group beached to the east of the designated sectors (the 553's stranding location indicating the eastern flank of Easy Red). The group got underway about 1335 6 June and reached Portland 0253 7 June. Commander Assault Force 'O' (J.L. Hall, Jr.), second endorsement 11 August 1944, commended the group commander's initiative in landing the regiment on Omaha Beach at the scheduled time and frames the assault as on the Colleville-Vierville sector.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05-31 to 1944-06-07 (report coverage)
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-413 (~24, Navy-manned under Lt.(jg) W.H. Horick, USN); embarked troops - elements of 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment, 6 June 1944
- Limitations
- Primary unit record naming this hull, her CO, and her troop assignment - it is the group's report, not this hull's own after-action report, so no hull-specific landing detail (beach station, individual casualties, damage) is asserted for 413 beyond her troop assignment and presence in the formation. Digitized microfilm read directly; occasional legibility limits. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-04
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[6]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual - 1953 (NAVPERS 15,790), Part IV Section 2-16, 'List of Ships and Units eligible for Engagement Stars' - HyperWar transcription; verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual 1953 Part IV, Section 2-16 - 'LCI(L) 413' entry in the ships/units eligible-for-engagement-stars list; operation code E5 in the Part III authorized-operations list on the same page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists 'LCI(L) 413: 6 Jun 44 - 25 Jun 44, E5' - i.e., this hull is named as eligible for the engagement star for operation E5, 'Invasion of Normandy (including bombardment of Cherbourg), 6-25 Jun 44.' This is the Navy's own adjudicated campaign-participation record: one engagement star, Europe-Africa-Middle East area - matching NavSource's one battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 to 1944-06-25
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-413 during the star window
- Limitations
- Establishes documented participation in the Normandy operation and the single battle star; the manual gives no beach, unit, or damage detail. No asbestos content. HyperWar is a transcription of the official manual - the underlying document is a Navy Department publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-05
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[7]NARA NAID 120224186, 'LCI(L) 413 - Muster Rolls' - RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (Bureau of Naval Personnel), digitized (82 images) via Ancestry file 32860_244970 - forwarding sheets and the February 1944 report of changes read directly from the NARA scans this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 120224186 image 2 (31 Mar 1944 forwarding sheet), image 4 (15 Feb 1944 forwarding sheet, Commonwealth Pier 1 Boston), image 9 (Report of Changes, month ending 7 Feb 1944, rows 16-23 incl. 'WOOD, Carroll E.')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's own muster-roll series is digitized at NARA. The forwarding sheet for the roll dated 15 February 1944 certifies the ship's officers: 'W. N. Horick, Ens., U.S.N., Commanding Officer' and 'S. D. Palay, Ens., U.S.N.R., Executive Officer,' the roll forwarded that month 'From: Commonwealth Pier 1, Boston, Mass.' - placing the newly commissioned craft at Boston a week after commissioning. The Report of Changes for the month ending 7 February 1944 ('COMMISSIONING') lists the enlisted crew received aboard that day from Receiving Station, Boston, Mass. - including 'WOOD, Carroll E.', service number 834-94-08, rating S1/c, enlisted 22 April 1943 at Roanoke - the plankowner seaman later identified in secondary accounts as the quartermaster who kept the ship's D-Day flag. An unattributed handwritten annotation on the 31 March 1944 forwarding sheet reads 'Com. 2-17-44 to 10-29-45 Decom.' - see gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02 to 1944-03 (images read); series spans wartime service
- Population
- Commissioning crew of LCI(L)-413 - officers Horick (CO) and Palay (XO); ~21 enlisted incl. S1/c Carroll E. Wood
- Limitations
- Selective direct read: the 82-image roll series (1944-45 rolls and reports of changes) was not examined in full; only the forwarding sheets and the commissioning report of changes quoted were read. The 'Com. 2-17-44' annotation conflicts with the documented 7 February 1944 commissioning and its authorship/date of writing is unknown - carried in gaps, not asserted. The CO's middle initial renders differently across primary documents ('W. N. Horick' here; 'W.H. Horick' in the Group 34 action report) - see gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-06
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[8]USS LCI National Association, Elsie Item newsletter No. 95 (November 2016), 'Final Assault on Omaha Beach' and 2016 reunion memorial roll (http scheme; https fails TLS on this host; page verified live via direct PDF download 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ELSIEITEM-95-Nov-2016.pdf, 'Final Assault on Omaha Beach' feature (Flotilla 12 crossing narrative) and memorial roll table 'LCI 413 / John Kovanic' (verified by pdftotext of the live usslci.org PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The newsletter's unit reconstruction documents Flotilla 12's deployment: 'The LCIs of Flotilla 12 sailed from Little Creek, Virginia to England via the Azores in three different convoys,' arriving Falmouth, then Plymouth, then up the Tamar River to Saltash on 26 March, 13 April, and 26 April 1944; 'the first group was led by the temporary commander of Flotilla 12 - Lt. Commander Lindsey Henry onboard LCI 408, who would command Group 34 on D Day' - consistent with the Group 34 action report's Lt.-Comdr. L.R. Henry aboard flagship 408. The issue's 2016 reunion memorial roll lists, by hull number, 'LCI 413 - John Kovanic' among departed shipmates - corroborating a named crew member of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (crossing/service); 2016 (documentation)
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-413 (named member John Kovanic, dates unverified); Flotilla 12 crews on the Atlantic crossing
- Limitations
- Veterans-association newsletter (secondary, commemorative) built on Fold3 muster rolls, casualty lists, and veteran accounts; the memorial roll attests Kovanic's association with LCI 413 but not his dates aboard or the manner of service. The three convoy arrival dates are unit-level; which convoy carried this hull is not stated and is not asserted here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-07
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[9]Just Collecting News (antiques/collectibles trade press), 'American D-Day flag valued at up to $60,000' - reporting the Alexander Historical Auctions sale lot announced for 17 April (article undated in extraction); verified live 2026-09-30 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- news.justcollecting.com article text (auction lot description, Wood family letter of provenance, Gazette-Mail quote)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An American flag flown aboard USS LCI(L)-413 on D-Day, 6 June 1944, was consigned for auction (Alexander Historical Auctions, announced for 17 April, estimate $60,000) by the family of Navy quartermaster Carroll Key Wood, who kept it after the war; the ship 'carried soldiers from the 115th Infantry Regiment.' Wood's own account, originally given to the Charleston Gazette-Mail in 2004, describes the landing: 'We dropped our anchor and charged ahead at full speed plowing up sand as we went and touched dry land with the nose of the ship. ...we were able to get off the beach, return to England and make another 26 trips back to France, carrying troops to reinforce the beachhead and overall offensive.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (service account); 2004 (interview); auction announcement (17 April, year not stated in extracted article)
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-413 (named member S1/c Carroll E. Wood); embarked 115th Infantry Regiment troops
- Limitations
- Secondary press reporting of an auction-catalog provenance and a veteran's recollection, not a Navy record. The crewman's aboard-status is however primary-verified: the hull's muster roll lists 'WOOD, Carroll E., S1/c' among the commissioning crew received 7 February 1944 (NAID 120224186) - the middle name variant ('E.' vs 'Key') is carried in gaps. The '26 trips' figure is recollection, not a documented count; quartermaster rating comes from the secondary account (the roll shows S1/c). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-08
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[10]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' official history page; verified live 2026-09-30 (via Firecrawl) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-manned LCI(L)s article - Flotilla 4/10 history, Imlay command, 12 Navy-manned reinforcement, hull list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard's official history documents the flotilla this hull operated under at Normandy: Coast Guard-manned LCI(L) Flotilla 10 (first designated Flotilla 4 at Sicily/Salerno) was commanded by Coast Guard officer Commander Miles Imlay, USCG; for Operation Overlord it was 'reinforced with 12 Navy-manned LCIs, making the Flotilla's total number of landing craft 36, divided evenly between the invasion at Omaha and Utah beaches.' Group 34's twelve Navy-manned hulls (Divisions 66 and 67, including this hull) are the matching reinforcement set - the Group 34 action report records its temporary attachment to Flotilla Ten under 'Captain I.M. Imlay, U.S.C.G.' The official list of USCG-manned LCI(L)s (83-96, 319-326, 349-350, 520, 562, 581) does not include this hull - consistent with her Navy-manned status and her USN commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Flotilla 10 (CG-manned) and attached Navy-manned Group 34 crews, June 1944
- Limitations
- Official historian framing at flotilla level; the page does not name this hull or Group 34 - the attachment linkage rests on the Group 34 action report itself. 'Divided evenly between Omaha and Utah' is the historian's summary at flotilla level; the action report places Group 34 entirely at Omaha. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-09
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[11]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/construction sections and principal-dimensions/propulsion block; NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit and LCI(G) armament
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)s were diesel-powered landing craft of a utilitarian wartime Bureau of Ships design (designed May 1942; over 900 built by ten yards; ~158.5 ft, twin-screw). This hull is an LCI(L) 351-class craft - the same class HAER AK-52 documents through sister hull LCI(L) 653. This hull's propulsion was two sets of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines, four engines per shaft (2,320 shp) - 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. Her July 1945 reclassification as an LCI(G) gunboat (two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50-caliber machine guns, ten Mk7 rocket launchers per the class spec block) changed armament and complement, not the all-diesel plant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA, 1944); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister craft (LCI(L) 653, same 351 class, different builder) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content in WWII construction (its insulation mentions are a post-service commercial conversion). 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 sold 1946, fate unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-10
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[12]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (plain curl returns HTTP 403 on gao.gov) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (highlights section: asbestos use, removal policy, substitution timeline)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-era asbestos practice: thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems 'has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships; product specifications were not revised to asbestos-free materials until 1973, and some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978; 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' (1979). The Navy's October 1975 policy removed/replaced only damaged insulation or that requiring removal for repairs, modified January 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This hull's construction (January-February 1944) and entire service era (1944-46) precede the substitution era - squarely inside the documented asbestos period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered includes 1944-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews of the asbestos era
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not the builder. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity. Product page verified via Firecrawl; full report PDF at gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf is 403-blocked to plain fetch this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-11
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[13]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2), 1 April 2005, pp. 35-48, DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x; verified live 2026-09-30 (direct curl 403, full page via Firecrawl) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NEJ 117(2) 2005 article record + abstract, ingentaconnect art00012
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed Naval Engineers Journal article (American Society of Naval Engineers) documents that asbestos 'was once used in U. S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation and in many other shipboard products,' that plaintiffs in asbestos lawsuits 'include many who were exposed to asbestos while serving in Navy ships built during and following WWII,' and that 'the most likely source of their Navy shipboard exposures was thermal insulation' because the materials are 'dry, friable, and easily accessible.' Covers this hull's construction and service era at the practice level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2005 (article); WWII-era practice documented
- Population
- WWII-and-later Navy ship crews; shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Era/practice-level documentation - names no hull and no product list for this vessel; establishes the Navy-era practice, not installed materials aboard LCI(L)-413. Abstract-level read; article body not retrieved. No quantity, product, or individual exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-12
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[14]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (geared diesel: two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft; single GM main reduction gears; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators); HAER AK-52 (ev-10); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-11); Rushworth NEJ 2005 (ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150413.htm specifications block; HAER AK-52; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NEJ 117(2) 2005
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A geared-diesel landing craft built January-February 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust thermal insulation/lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; exposure-relevant confined spaces were her engine room and machinery spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Lawley construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46), esp. engine-room personnel; repair trades during Channel availabilities; purchaser/scrappers post-1946
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-413; nothing in the read muster-roll or action-report images bears on materials. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-13
-
[15]NARA catalog records located via catalog.archives.gov rendered search ('LCI(L) 413' phrase, 28 file-unit results, 2026-09-30): NAID 120224186 'LCI(L) 413 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel - hull-specific); COM LCI(L) FLOT 12 war diaries - NAID 633387119 (9/1-30/44, Roll A1182) and NAID 78659875 (10/1-31/44, Roll A1239); NAID 120301315 'LCI(L) Flotilla 12 - Muster Rolls'; NAID 78605337 'COM LCI(L) GR 34 - Rep of Ops During the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/6/44' (read directly - see ev-04); NAID 78455771 'NAAB FALMOUTH - War Diary, 4/30/44 to 5/27/44' (the staging base for this group); NAID 78385012 'COM LCI(L) GR 33 - War Diary, 3/1-31/44' [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov phrase search '"LCI(L) 413"' - item pages mapping to /id/120224186, /633387119, /78659875, /120301315, /78605337, /78455771, /78385012
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary records exist in the NARA catalog for this hull beyond the documents already read: the LCI(L) 413 muster-roll series (RG 24; partly read this session) and the parent Flotilla 12 command records (war diaries September and October 1944; flotilla muster rolls), plus the Naval Advanced Amphibious Base Falmouth war diary for the group's staging period before D-Day. These are the primary-source leads for her post-Normandy Channel service - the Group 34 action report's coverage ends 7 June 1944 and the awards manual lists no further campaigns.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-413 (muster rolls); Flotilla 12 and Group 34 staffs (war diaries)
- Limitations
- Records located via the rendered NARA catalog (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered; its public API endpoints returned only the SPA shell this session - search results obtained through a rendered fetch). Metadata verified; contents unexamined except where noted in ev-04 and ev-06 - presence of these records does not indicate asbestos content; no asbestos term appears in the located metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-14
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[16]Batch-5126 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 PDF (downloaded and text-extracted); NARA catalog rendered search (Group 34 action report NAID 78605337 read in full; muster rolls NAID 120224186 partially read); Navy/MC Awards Manual 1953 via HyperWar; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory (Colton) LCI(L) production table; USCG Historian's Office LCI(L) pages; USS LCI National Association Elsie Item 95; Just Collecting auction report; HAER AK-52; GAO HRD-80-2; NEJ 117(2); CourtListener API v4 (opinion and RECAP docket searches); secondary web litigation sweep; batch intake cross-check (no PRIMARY match at any tier under LCI/LSI spellings, same-number conversions, or documented renumberings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-413-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-413-20
- 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 USS LCI(L)-413 / LCI(G)-413 / LCI-413 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for '"LCI(L)-413" OR "LCI(G)-413" OR "LCI-413"' and '"LCI 413" OR "LCI(L) 413" OR "LCI(G) 413" OR "USS LCI-413"' each returned count 0, and the RECAP docket search across all four spellings returned count 0 / document_count 0 - a complete negative with no name collisions, authenticated via the fleet helper. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft (all candidate NHHC URLs returned 404). NVR holds no entry (pre-1987 disposal). The usslci.org Combat Awards page lists no entries for 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 - as a 1944 combat-built landing craft the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The hull was sold 19 April 1946, fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-413-15