Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet pc-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-424
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-pkt-pc-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-424 ex USS LCI(L)-424 (history credited to Turner Publishing, USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page for USS LC(FF)-424 ex LCI(L)-424: unit history block, awards/ribbon block, specifications block, photo caption 1015042401
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 1943-03-27 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 1943-05-19; commissioned USS LCI(L)-424 on 1943-06-17 (LTjg. R. R. Post, USNR, in command per NavSource 'May 1945'); redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-424 on 1944-12-31; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR. R. H. Brazeal), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Seven, LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Four; occupation service in the Far East 1946-02-03 to 1946-04-01; decommissioned at an unrecorded date; stricken from the Naval Register 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 1948-04-07; final disposition unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp. Class specifications: 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kt max, 14 kt continuous; propulsion two sets of four GM diesels (1,600 BHP), twin variable-pitch propellers; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; armament five single 20mm guns. A captioned NARA RG-19 photograph shows the craft in the well deck of a Royal Navy LSD (either HMS Eastway or HMS Highway) in November 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Ship's crew (4+24 class spec) plus embarked troops (up to ~188); division/flotilla staff aboard an LC(FF) flagship
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing unit history via NavSource), not a primary Navy record - the canonical per-hull public reference for this craft type. No campaign table or battle stars are listed for this hull; decommissioning date unrecorded; final disposition unknown. Crew figures are class specifications, not hull rosters. The November-1943 LSD photo caption's context is unverified - the craft's own war diary places her on stateside Chesapeake duty that month. No asbestos or material-condition content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-01
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[3]National Archives Catalog: file units naming LCI(L)-424 / LC(FF)-424 - three muster-roll file units (NAIDs 120223427, 120223501, 120223700, digitized via Ancestry partnership), five ship war diaries (July-November 1943), LCI(L) Group 25 / Flotilla 9 war diaries (1943-44), and COM LC(FF) Flotilla 23 war diary, 1945-05 (NAID 140030346) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 78216851 (image 0366), 134351683 (images 0651-0680), 78324724 (image 0061), 120223427 (muster images incl. 00096 'Report of Changes' 1944-12), 140030346 (images 0897-0898), 120223501, 120223700
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA primary records document this hull's assignments and movements: (a) COM LCI(L) Group 25 war diary, October 1943 (NAID 78216851), lists the group - LCI(L)s 351-356 and 423-428 - under Sixth Amphibious Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and records LCI(L)s 424-428 on special duty with the U.S. Army Amphibious Training Program while the rest of the group trained in Chesapeake Bay out of A.T.B. Solomons, Maryland; (b) the craft's own November 1943 war diary (NAID 134351683, 30 digitized day sheets) places her moored at U.S. Naval Amphibious Training Base Little Creek, Virginia (1-10 Nov), conducting ship-handling exercises with trainee officers in the Chesapeake (22 Nov), and moored alongside LCI(L)-353 at A.T.B. Solomons (30 Nov); (c) the February 1944 Group 25 diary (NAID 78324724) records 'LCI(L) 424 was at Solomons, Maryland, undergoing Navy Yard availability' as of 1944-02-01; (d) her Report of Changes for the month ending 1944-12-31 records the date of sailing from Coco Solo, Canal Zone, to San Diego, California (NAID 120223427) - her Pacific transit at the moment of the LC(FF) redesignation; (e) the COM LC(FF) Flotilla 23 war diary, May 1945 (NAID 140030346), lists LC(FF) Division 134 of Group 67 as LC(FF)s 424, 425, 426, 427, 484, and 485 - 424 heading the division list - with the flotilla assigned to AdComPhibsPacSuborCom at Guam and its flagships 'serving as Flagships in the Forward Area.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07 to 1946-06 (documented record span)
- Population
- Ship's crew; division/flotilla staff (LC(FF) flagship role); trainee officers (1943 training duty)
- Limitations
- Operational records establish service, dates, unit assignments, and movements - they contain no material-condition or asbestos data. Diary and muster contents largely not transcribed beyond the pages examined. The December 1944 'Report of Changes' header records a sailing window, not the full itinerary. 1945 operations beyond the May flotilla diary are not detailed in the digitized records located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - by-ship-numbers section, PDF page 15 (digitized as NAID 178406296, 'Special Lists 43 - 44'); NARA Navy deck-log program description [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 by-ship-numbers section, PDF page 15, LCI(L)(FF)-424 row; NAID 178406296
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for LCI(L)(FF)-424 covering 1943-07-05 through 1945-06-30 - a dated operational record interval for this hull. Per the batch's PRIMARY note, log-coverage endpoints are not claimed as commissioning/decommissioning dates. The endpoint postdates her commissioning (1943-06-17) by about two weeks; the terminal date precedes her documented 1946 occupation service, so the log run does not bound her full service life.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07-05 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's crew (log entries include personnel, injuries, disciplinary actions)
- Limitations
- Coverage interval verified against the digitized inventory page (LCI(L)(FF)-424 row: 7/5/1943 - 6/30/1945). Deck logs are operational/disciplinary records, not hazmat records - they would document machinery work and casualties, not insulation materials. Unexamined; no digitized deck-log file unit surfaced for this hull - paper logs at College Park.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713 written historical and descriptive data (2012); NavSource LCI-351-class propulsion specification (corroborating) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages (propulsion, description sections); NavSource specifications block for LC(FF)-424
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LCI-351 class is diesel-powered - eight General Motors diesel engines (two banks of four), 1,600 bhp, twin variable-pitch propellers - with no boilers or steam plant. Asbestos-relevant applications for a small welded-steel diesel craft of this era concentrate in engine and exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation spaces and the deckhouse, deck coverings, and brake linings on the ramp winch. The December 1944 LC(FF) flotilla-flagship conversion (this hull) added command/communications fit-out scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (construction era and conversion)
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber, N.J., 1943); engine-room crew; LC(FF) conversion-yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/design-level inference only - no material schedule or asbestos survey for the LCI-351 class was located, and HAER OR-180 itself does not mention asbestos. Establishes no asbestos aboard this hull, no quantities, and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-04
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[6]Historic American Engineering Record (NPS) HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland, OR (Justine Christianson, HAER historian, 2012); companion documentation HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II ex LCI(L)-653 [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data, Description/Historical Information sections; HAER AK-52 (ak0557data.pdf)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS HAER documentation describes surviving LCI-351-class vessels in original configuration: welded 1/4-inch steel plate, two decks, engine room on the lower deck containing four pairs of GM diesels, deckhouse with mess/wardroom/galley; roughly 900+ vessels of the type built by ten shipyards during WWII. The surviving sisters (LCI(L)-713, restored by the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland; LCI(L)-653 as M/V Husky II, documented in HAER AK-52) are the class's physical-evidence track for interior material condition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 construction; 2006-present restoration
- Population
- Museum restoration volunteers (contemporary, sister vessels)
- Limitations
- Sister-vessel documentation - LCI(L)-713 was built at George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA, and LCI(L)-653 at a different yard; neither was built at New Jersey Shipbuilding. The HAER narratives contain no asbestos discussion and establish neither presence nor absence of era materials aboard this or any hull; the museums' restoration records are an unexamined lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-05
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[7]NHHC DANFS, LCI(L)-777 (sister LCI-351-class vessel, Portland-built) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-777 entry, 1945-1946 service narrative (drydock and overhaul passages)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The DANFS operational history of sister vessel LCI(L)-777 documents the maintenance events typical for this craft type in Pacific service: floating-drydock periods (ARD-12, 1945-07-04 to 06, with zincs replaced, rudder posts repacked, bottom scraped and painted; ARD-30, March-April 1946), main-engine and generator overhauls, machinery repairs, and recurring 'minor repairs' - the era's disturbance pathways for machinery insulation and packing materials aboard this vessel type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew and floating-drydock/repair crews (class pattern)
- Limitations
- Sister-vessel record - documents the class's maintenance pattern, not LC(FF)-424's materials. The DANFS entry contains no asbestos reference; disturbance events are an exposure-relevant pathway only insofar as era insulation materials were present. LCI(L)-777 is one of few LCIs with a DANFS entry (longer postwar career as LSIL/AMCU Dunlin). No DANFS entry exists for hull 424 itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-06
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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 (highlights section; full report PDF linked)
- 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 construction (1943) and entire service era (1943-46). The Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs; the policy was modified in 1979 to include selectively replacing asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- 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 or even this craft type (HRD-80-2's fieldwork concerned the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and larger Navy vessels). Product-page description verified live via firecrawl 2026-09-30; direct curl fetch returns HTTP 403 to automated requests.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-07
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[9]Batch-5138 search ledger (this record): NARA catalog (muster rolls, ship and flotilla war diaries, Special List 44); NavSource; NHHC/DANFS; NPS HAER OR-180 and AK-52; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket); shipbuildinghistory.com; USCG Historian's Office; usslci.org; live-web hull+asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum material documentation, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-424 / LC(FF)-424 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches on 'LCI(L)-424' and 'LC(FF)-424' returned zero hits.
- 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-consistent inference stands (see ev-04). The strongest unexamined leads are the deck-log run (1943-07 to 1945-06) and the digitized muster rolls and war diaries at NARA, none of which are hazmat records. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-424-lcil424-08