Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]NARA Catalog NAID 101733055: 'COM LCI(L) GR 111 - War Diary, 2/26/45 to 6/30/45' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; Roll A1739) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/101733055; Roll A1739 images 0283-0292 - 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 1-30 April, and 1-30 June 1945 entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The digitized war diary of Commander, LCI(L) Group 111 (NARA NAID 101733055, RG 38) names USS LCI(L) 417 directly: on 26 February 1945 the group - Commander Lt. Theo W. Pinson Jr., USNR, aboard flagship USS LCI(L) 420 - comprised LCI(L) 417, 418, and 421, moored at Pier One, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, attached to the Pacific Fleet under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Seven; on 27 February 1945 'USS LCI(L) 417 joined group during night' as the group transited the Panama Canal; on 1 April 1945 LCI(L) 417 was present with the group at Naval Repair Base, San Diego under operational control of Commander, Ship Training Group, Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet; and on 22 June 1945 the diary records USS LCI(L) 417 among the ships 'moored to Pier Five NRB, San Diego, Calif. to be converted to LCI(G)'s' - a primary-documented conversion location.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-02-26 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company, LCI(L) Group 111, Feb-Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Primary wartime record authored by the group commander; names this hull repeatedly and documents her Pacific assignment, Panama Canal transit, San Diego training availability, and the order to convert at NRB San Diego. Contains no asbestos, materials, or casualty information; does not establish exposure to any hazard. The diary is signed by group commander Lt. Theo W. Pinson Jr. - NavSource's secondary compilation lists Lt. J. W. R. Winson, USNR, for the same group; the discrepancy (or later relief) is unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive: USS LCI(G)-417 ex USS LCI(L)-417 page (secondary compilation citing Turner Publishing USS LCI vol. II) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/15/150417.htm - history text, awards block, commanding officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation (NavSource, citing Turner Publishing's 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, 1995) records: LCI-351 class; laid down 1944-02-01 at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset MA; launched 1944-02-09; commissioned USS LCI(L)-417 1944-02-16, Ens. Robert J. Ericson, USNR, in command; Europe-Africa-Middle East theater, Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944 (photo caption: beached on Omaha Beach 7 June 1944); then Asiatic-Pacific theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven, Group One Hundred Eleven, Division Two Hundred Twenty-Two; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-417 effective 1945-07-15; occupation and China service 1945-10-24 to 1946-06-25 (photo: with LCI(L)-632 at Taku, China, April 1946); decommissioned 1946-05-25; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Republic of China 1948-02-07; one battle star for WWII service; final disposition unknown. Commanding-officer roster lists five USNR officers 1944-02-16 through 1946-05-25.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (3-5 officers, 21-65 enlisted by configuration); embarked troops (up to ~200)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; its milestones are corroborated where primary records overlap (commissioning date matches the SL44 deck-log coverage start; Flotilla 37/Group 111 assignment matches the group's own war diary; LCI(G) conversion matches the June 1945 diary entry and the LCI(G) muster-roll series). Not independently verified: struck date, awards list, exact decommissioning date (conflicts with a museum source - see gaps). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44 (1978), printed page 338, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' table - row 'LCI(L)-417 | Feb. 16, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 2'; cataloged at NARA NAID 178406296 ('Special Lists 43 - 44,' RG 64, M248 roll 40); scan verified at ACPL Genealogy Center SL44 mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/178406296 (file unit); ACPL scan display image 364 = SL44 printed page 338 (http://genealogycenter.net/nara/images/narasl44/364.jpg); Logbooks series is RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (NAID 594258)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947) inventories two logbooks for LCI(L)-417 covering 16 February 1944 through 30 June 1945 - a coverage start coincident with the reported commissioning date and an end coincident with the documented LCI(G) conversion period at Naval Repair Base San Diego. Sibling hulls converted earlier (e.g., LCI(L)(G)-412, -414, -415) are listed under the combined 'LCI(L)(G)' designation with log coverage running through July-September 1945; this hull's entry reads plain 'LCI(L)-417,' consistent with its logs ending before the 15 July 1945 reclassification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-16 to 1945-06-30 (index published 1978)
- Population
- Ship's company, Feb 1944-Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Index-level verification of deck-log existence and coverage only - the logbooks themselves were not retrieved and their contents are unread here. Coverage endpoints are logbook accession dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates (though the 16 Feb 1944 start coincides with the reported commissioning). Logs for this hull after 30 June 1945 (the LCI(G) period, July 1945-May 1946) do not appear in the SL44-inventoried run - a custody gap, not proof none exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-03
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[4]HyperWar (ibiblio.org) transcription of BuShips 'Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels' - 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945,' Landing Ships & Craft section, LCI(L)-351 class block and roster [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html - 'LCI(L)-351 Class' spec block; roster rows 'LCI(L)-417-443'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Bureau of Ships 'Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels' (HyperWar transcription) LCI(L)-351 class block: displacement 385 tons full load; length 160'4"; beam 23'3"; draft 5'8"; speed 15.5 knots; armament five 20mm; complement 4 officers, 25 enlisted; troop capacity 9 officers, 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; propulsion two sets GM diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 bhp - i.e., diesel propulsion, no boilers or steam distribution. Roster row places LCI(L)-417 in the undifferentiated block 'LCI(L)-417-443 ... 1942-44' with no loss or conversion note.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 (data vintage); class design
- Limitations
- Official-data transcription giving class-standard specifications; the roster row brackets this hull but provides no hull-specific fit. Class figures conflict with NavSource's (3/21 vs 4/25 complement; 1,600 bhp vs 2,320 shp) - both carried, neither merged. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-04
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[5]Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, 'The Flag Still Flies' by Dave McKay, Elsie Item newsletter issue 121 (June 2023) [museum_official]
- Locator
- amphibiousforces.org/News/2023JuneElsieDecklog121.pdf, pp. 4 and 9-10 (flag donation note; 'The Flag Still Flies' article)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Museum history (Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum 'Elsie Item' newsletter, June 2023, article by AFMM historian Dave McKay) records for USS LCI(L)-417: crew training at Amphibious Training Center, Solomons MD; assignment to newly created Flotilla Twelve (third LCI flotilla assigned to the Normandy invasion); departure Norfolk 24 March 1944 with nine other LCIs, reaching Falmouth, England in nineteen days; shift to Plymouth as part of Force Baker; on 1 June 1944 embarked approximately 200 troops of the 26th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) and 33rd Field Artillery at a Tamar River anchorage; departed Plymouth basin 0100 on 6 June 1944 in Task Group 126.3 with eleven other LCIs; ordered to land troops at Omaha Beach's Easy Red sector; photograph caption places the ship beached on Omaha Beach D-Day-plus-one, 7 June 1944. The article also records that the national flag flown by LCI(L)-417 at Normandy, retrieved by Signalman 3rd Class Francis Fleming, was donated to the AFMM and raised aboard museum ship LCI(L)-713. The same article states the ship later joined 'newly formed Flotilla 37 for occupation duty in the Far East,' spent six months in Operation Magic Carpet duty, and was 'decommissioned on June 25, 1946, and placed into caretaker status' - conflicting with NavSource's 25 May 1946 decommissioning date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946; article 2023
- Population
- Ship's company and ~200 embarked soldiers (26th Infantry, 1st Div.; 33rd Field Artillery), June 1944
- Limitations
- Museum-association newsletter by a named historian drawing on crew/family materials - credible but secondary; the Flotilla 12, TG 126.3, Force Baker, Easy Red, and embarked-unit details rest on this single source. Its decommissioning date (1946-06-25) conflicts with NavSource (1946-05-25); the discrepancy is carried in gaps and neither is treated as resolved. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-05
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[6]NARA Catalog NAIDs 120226286, 120226405, and 118967602 (RG 24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120226286 (118 images); catalog.archives.gov/id/120226405 (91 images); catalog.archives.gov/id/118967602 (index roll)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two ship-specific NARA muster-roll file units exist for this hull, digitized via the Ancestry partnership: 'LCI(L) 417 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120226286, RG 24, 118 images, earliest roll dated 1944-03-31) and 'LCI(G) 417 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120226405, RG 24, 91 images, earliest roll dated 1945-10-01) - the split between the two designations tracks the 15 July 1945 reclassification. A muster-roll index roll, 'USS K-1 (SSK-1) to USS LCI(R)-651' (NAID 118967602, series 'Index to Muster Rolls' NAID 27023012, 2,584 images), covers this hull's number range.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records
- Population
- Ship's company, 1944-1946 (crew names recoverable)
- Limitations
- Catalog-level verification of record existence and image counts; roll contents were not transcribed - individual crew names are recoverable from these images but were not extracted for this record. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-06
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[7]NARA Catalog NAIDs 101764995, 77486538, 77578600, 78608671, 633387119, 78659875, 120301315, 190212233 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries series; RG 24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov - file-unit records; Rolls A1777, A1866, A1967, A1128, A1182, A1239; S-2508
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Group- and flotilla-level war diaries covering this hull's chain of command are digitized at NARA: COM LCI(G) GR 111 war diaries for July, August, and September 1945 (NAIDs 101764995, 77486538, 77578600) document the period immediately after this hull's conversion within the same Group 111 / Flotilla 37 structure; COM LCI(L) FLOT 12 war diaries for August, September, and October 1944 (NAIDs 78608671, 633387119, 78659875) cover the flotilla this hull reportedly joined for the Normandy period and its aftermath; LCI(L) Flotilla 12 muster rolls exist at NAID 120301315. A Commander Task Unit 70.2.2 file unit covering 1946-02-07 to 1946-12-01 (NAID 190212233) coincides with this hull's documented China-service window.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records
- Limitations
- Unit-level records whose contents were not extracted - the August-October 1944 FLOT 12 diaries and July-September 1945 LCI(G) GR 111 diaries likely contain hull-level mentions but were not read; TU 70.2.2's relation to this hull is plausible (dates overlap its Taku, China service) but unverified. Naming a group/flotilla diary does not establish the hull is discussed inside. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-07
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table; uboat.net USS LCI(L)-417 record (ship/21459); NavSource page (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm row '417 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA'; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21459.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder attribution is triangulated by three independent secondary compilations: shipbuildinghistory.com's LCI(L) construction table lists 'LCI(L) | G | 417 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 16-Feb-44 | To China 1948' (the G flag marking the gunboat conversion); uboat.net (ship 21459) gives built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA - laid down 1 Feb 1944, launched 9 Feb 1944, commissioned 16 Feb 1944, reclassified LCI(G) 15 July 1945, transferred to China 7 February 1948; NavSource (ev-02) agrees. No official construction source (DANFS entry or BuShips contract list) was located - no DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations consistent with each other and with primary records (NARA log coverage and muster-roll dates align), but no official construction document was located; precise laid-down/launched dates rest on secondary sourcing. George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA does not resolve to a shipyards.json yard_id - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-08
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[9]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' roster page [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned LCI(L)s page - complete hull list (28 craft)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office roster of Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s lists hulls 83-96, 319-326, 349-350, 520, 562, 581, and 583 (28 craft, Flotillas 4/10/35). LCI(L)-417 is not on the roster - this hull was Navy-manned, consistent with the USNR officers named in the NavSource commanding-officer table and the USN/USNR signatures in the Group 111 war diary.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (roster scope)
- Limitations
- Negative-by-omission check: the hull's absence from the official CG-manned roster establishes Navy manning only; it says nothing about materials or exposure. Useful to prevent misattribution of CG-crewed LCI narratives to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-09
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[10]BuShips Ships' Data LCI(L)-351 class block (HyperWar transcription, ev-04) and NavSource specifications block (ev-02) - diesel-only plant [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 class propulsion line; navsource.net/archives/10/15/150417.htm specifications
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)-351 class craft were diesel-powered - two sets of four GM series-71 diesels on twin shafts - with no boilers and no steam distribution (BuShips Ships' Data transcription; NavSource specifications). The highest-asbestos systems typical of steam-driven hulls (boiler lagging, steam-line insulation, turbine insulation) were therefore absent by design. Era-typical applications remain possible aboard a 1944 diesel craft - gaskets, machinery packing, exhaust-system insulation, electrical and wire insulation, joiner and deck coverings, brake linings - but nothing establishes their presence aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 design/era
- Limitations
- The propulsion spec is documented at class level; the list of possible asbestos applications is era inference, not a materials finding. 'No boilers' bounds the exposure model - it does not prove any material was or was not installed, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-10
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[11]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII, the era and program under which this 1944-built LCI(L)-351 class craft was produced, and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type and naval hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, and the study population centered on steam-driven tonnage - applicability to a small diesel landing craft is unquantified. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-11
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[12]Batch-5130 search ledger (this record): NARA Catalog searches 'LCI(L) 417' / 'LCI(G) 417' / 'LCI-417'; NHHC DANFS L index and direct URLs; NARA digitized-logs listing; NavSource/uboat.net/shipbuildinghistory secondary pages; MARAD vesselhistory [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials specification, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-417 / LCI(G)-417 was found in the public sources searched (NARA catalog and digitized file units, NHHC/DANFS, NPS, MARAD, USCG Historian, naval-history transcription sites). No DANFS entry exists for this hull at all.
- 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 - 1944 wartime construction is era-consistent with possible asbestos-containing materials in gaskets, electrical insulation, and joiner work. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-12
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[13]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated helper cl-auth-search.py): opinion search q='"LCI(L)-417"' count 0; docket q='"LCI(L)-417"' count 0; opinion/docket q='"LCI(G)-417"' count 0 each; opinion q='"LCI(L) 417" OR "LCI 417"' count 0; opinion q='LCI-417' count 101 (all reviewed hits collisions); opinion q='"LCI" AND "417" AND vessel' count 5 (all collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 search results, type=o and type=r, 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps by exact and variant designations returned no qualifying litigation naming this hull: opinion search '"LCI(L)-417"' returned 0; docket search '"LCI(L)-417"' returned 0; opinion and docket searches '"LCI(G)-417"' returned 0 each; opinion search '"LCI(L) 417" OR "LCI 417"' returned 0; loose opinion search 'LCI-417' returned 101 hits, all name collisions (LCI Communications/telecom matters, unrelated admiralty, consumer and employment cases, OCR noise - none referencing a vessel); a narrowed opinion search '"LCI" AND "417" AND vessel' returned 5 hits, all collisions - including Sauers v. Alaska Barge & Transport, 600 F.2d 238 (9th Cir. 1979), which mentions a generic converted 'Landing Craft, Infantry (LCI)' command vessel in 1960s Vietnam convoy duty, unrelated to this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive of PACER/state filings, and hit classification was by case name/metadata for collision sweeps - individual opinion texts were not read. Absence of litigation naming a hull does not establish absence of exposure; LCI-class claims would typically be pleaded by class name or not at all given the craft's size and diesel plant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-417-lcil417-13