Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-42 ex USS LCI(L)-42 - construction milestones, campaign table, redesignation, postwar assignment, disposal, specifications (page source: USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150042.htm header block, campaign table, postwar table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 29 October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 4 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-42, 26 December 1942. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943; Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943; West Coast of Italy operations (Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings), 22 January to 1 March 1944; and the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944. Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-42, 15 July 1945. While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater she came under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven (LCDR J. P. Moore), LCI Group One Hundred Ten (LT G. A. Lyon), LCI Division Two Hundred Nineteen. Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended) 24 October to 1 December 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned four battle stars; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 13 November 1947; final disposition - fate unknown. Spec block: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in; beam 23 ft 3 in; two sets of four General Motors diesel engines, four per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted; LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (Oct-Dec 1942); crew (1942-47); embarked troops (war patrols); MARCOM disposal handlers (1947)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing here on the Turner Publishing LCI volume, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but Pacific unit designations conflict with the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet organization (see ev-02 and gaps). Campaign-table windows are campaign dates; the Awards Manual (ev-03) gives this hull's credited participation windows, which differ for E7. Contains no asbestos content. No hazmat or material record for the post-disposal breakup exists or was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-01
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[2]NHHC, U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (online reading room transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC org chart, LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Eight > LCI(L) Group 112 > LCI(L) Division 224 listing (LCI 42, 43, 46, 190, 563, 948); mirror transcription at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/OOB/PacFleet/Org-450501/
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy Pacific Fleet organization as of 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 42' in LCI(L) Division 224, LCI(L) Group 112, under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Eight - documenting this hull's transfer from the Mediterranean to Pacific service before her LCI(G) reclassification (still listed as LCI, not LCI(G)).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew (1945); flotilla staff
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot only: establishes fleet/group/division assignment on one date, not operations, condition, or materials aboard. Conflicts with NavSource's Pacific assignment (Flotilla 37 / Group 110 / Division 219) - plausible reorganization between snapshot dates, unresolved (see gaps). NHHC page verified live 2026-09-30 (plain curl returns 404 due to UA filtering; page renders normally). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-02
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[3]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, 1953, Part IV, Section 2-16 (HyperWar verbatim transcription) - Europe-Africa-Middle East Area engagement credits by ship [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual Part IV Section 2-16, LCI(L)-series vessel list, 'LCI(L) 42' entry; legend codes E2/E3/E4-1/E7 in the same section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards manual credits 'LCI(L) 42' verbatim: '9 Jul 43 - 15 Jul 43, E2. 9 Sep 43 - 21 Sep 43, E3. 22 Jan 44 - 1 Mar 44, E4-1. 15 Aug 44 - 23 Sep 44, E7.' Per the manual's legend: E2 = Sicilian occupation; E3 = Salerno landings; E4-1 = Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (under West Coast of Italy operations, 1944); E7 = Invasion of Southern France.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew (1943-44 campaigns)
- Limitations
- Documents credited campaign participation windows for this hull - the E7 window (ending 23 Sep 44) is ship-specific and differs from the 15 Aug-25 Sep campaign window shown in NavSource's campaign table. Engagement credit is a presence/combat record, not a materials or exposure record; contains no asbestos content. HyperWar transcription used; no NHHC-hosted copy of this manual section was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-03
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[4]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf page 23, line 'LCI(L)-42 12/26/1942 11/30/1943'; RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook inventory lists a single log segment for LCI(L)-42 covering 12/26/1942 to 11/30/1943 - the hull's commissioning through the Salerno-to-Anzio interval of her Mediterranean service. The logs are inventoried in Special List 44 (ship-number listing, PDF page 23) but are not among the deck logs digitized on the National Archives 'Navy Deck Logs Available Online' page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-12-26 to 1943-11-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew and commanding officer (log period); NARA researchers (current)
- Limitations
- Inventory entry only - establishes that NARA holds (or held at compilation) deck logs for this span; it is a lead to unexamined primary records, not itself a record of materials, maintenance, or exposure. Coverage ends 30 November 1943: the inventory lists no logs for this hull covering the Anzio, Southern France, Pacific, or LCI(G) periods, and their location is undocumented here (see gaps). Log dates are coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates (though the start coincides with her commission date).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (diesel plant, no steam); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for New York Shipbuilding, Camden (see ev-06); wartime-era government asbestos documentation (see ev-07, ev-08, ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json entry new-york-shipbuilding; ev-07 through ev-09
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered infantry landing craft built at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, October-December 1942 sits inside that yard's and the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation felts - installed at far smaller scale than the boiler and turbine lagging of steam-driven combatants, because she carried no steam plant. Her 1942 construction predates by three decades the Navy's early-1970s substitution of alternative insulation materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (Oct-Dec 1942); crew (1942-47); any repair-yard trades at in-service availabilities; MARCOM disposal/shipbreaking trades (1947+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or log extract located for LCI(L)-42. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantity and no exposure for any individual. The craft's small size and diesel plant bounds - but does not eliminate - the inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-05
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[6]shipyard-exposure-map client dataset, shipyards.json entry 'new-york-shipbuilding' (New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json, yard_id 'new-york-shipbuilding', asbestos_products_documented field
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Atlas yard record for this hull's builder documents asbestos products at New York Shipbuilding, Camden: Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block (15% chrysotile); Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing 85% magnesia insulation; Bakelite panels (30-40% asbestos); Johns-Manville Transite asbestos-cement panels (10-30% asbestos); asbestos gaskets; packing materials; asbestos-coated welding rods (5-15% asbestos); ebonized asbestos lumber; wire insulation (75-85% chrysotile); felt insulation (5-50% asbestos). WWII peak employment ~30,000; the yard built this hull Oct-Dec 1942.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1899-1967 (yard operation); 1942 (this hull's build)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction and repair trades (through WWII peak ~30,000)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: establishes asbestos product use at the builder's facility, not aboard LCI(L)-42 specifically. The yard record's PMID-indexed cohort rows were checked against PubMed on 2026-09-30 and found partially misattributed (one cited PMID resolves to an unrelated gadolinium paper; two others are UK and Genoa cohorts, not Camden) - product-list content used; cohort/statistical rows excluded (see batch report). Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-06
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[7]U.S. Maritime Commission, Report to Congress (1944) - wartime report acknowledging known asbestos risks in shipbuilding (as cataloged in the Atlas yard record for New York Shipbuilding) [other_primary]
- Locator
- fmc.gov REPORT_TO_CONGRESS_1944.pdf (as cited in shipyards.json ev-new-york-shipbuilding-11)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- During the wartime period that includes this hull's construction, the U.S. Maritime Commission released a report to Congress addressing known asbestos risks in shipbuilding - contemporaneous federal documentation that asbestos hazards in American ship construction were recognized at the government level in 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- U.S. shipbuilding workers (wartime)
- Limitations
- Program/industry-level document; does not name this hull, this yard, or any vessel - establishes era-level federal awareness only. PDF verified live 2026-09-30; specific report sections not re-extracted this session - characterization follows the Atlas yard record's cataloging (see ev-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-07
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[8]Bartrip et al. / Inhalation Toxicology, 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970)' (2011) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Inhalation Toxicology, Dec 2011 issue; DOI 10.3109/08958378.2011.643417 (metadata via api.crossref.org)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed state-of-the-science evaluation documenting that the U.S. Navy issued 'Minimum Requirements for Safety' recognizing asbestos respiratory risks in 1943 - within this hull's first year of commissioned service - and tracking government/Navy knowledge of asbestos hazards across 1900-1970, a window covering her entire construction and service life.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1900-1970 (evaluation scope); 1943 (Navy requirements event)
- Population
- Navy and shipyard workers (era)
- Limitations
- Era-level knowledge documentation; does not name this hull or any vessel and establishes nothing about materials aboard. Citation metadata verified via Crossref 2026-09-30; full text not retrieved - the 1943 'Minimum Requirements' point is cataloged in the Atlas yard record (ev-new-york-shipbuilding-12) and cross-checked against the paper's title/scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-08
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 service era (1942-47).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, consistent with Batch-01/Batch-98 treatment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-09
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[10]Batch-5133 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC DANFS L-section (absent); NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; Navy & Marine Corps Awards Manual 1953 via HyperWar; NARA Special List 44; NARA digitized deck-logs listing; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for LCI(L)-42 / LCI(G)-42: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-42', 'LCI-42', 'LCI(G)-42', and 'LCI(L) 42' each returned zero hits on 2026-09-30; a RECAP docket search on the same variants returned one name collision - U.S. v. LaBrecque (D. Mass. criminal docket 1:03-cr-10381), an OCR artifact of handwritten text on a waiver-of-indictment form, not a case naming the vessel. A secondary web sweep for asbestos-specific mentions of this hull returned no results at all - unusually, not even the law-firm listicle claims common for other hulls.
- 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 hull's 1942 construction sits squarely inside the documented asbestos-use era and is consistent with era materials. Deck logs for 12/26/1942-11/30/1943 are inventoried at NARA but not digitized; New York Shipbuilding work packages and MARCOM disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-42-lcil42-10