Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet pc-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-427
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-pkt-pc-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-427 ex USS LCI(L)-427 - construction, designation timeline, theater assignment, occupation service, disposal; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150427.htm - header block, class history bullets, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)): laid down 6 April 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 10 June 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-427, 1 July 1943, LT. E.W. Nicklaus in command. Redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-427, 31 December 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR. R. H. Brazeal), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Seven, LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Four. Post-war: occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 to 8 April 1946; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 9 March 1948; final disposition unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp) - no battle stars or named campaigns are listed for this hull. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. Call sign NKLA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); embarked troops in transit (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its source here is the Turner Publishing LCI history (Vol. II, 1995), which it credits on the page. No photographs of this hull exist even in the NavSource archive ('There are no images of LCI(L)-427/LC(FF)-427 available'). Contains no asbestos content. The absence of a listed campaign/battle-star section means no campaign is documented for this hull - it should not be read as proof of no combat presence; conversely, no campaign should be asserted for this hull on the basis of sister ships' records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-01
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[3]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units - 'by Ship Numbers' PDF (NARA publication; verified row on PDF page 15) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 'by Ship Numbers' PDF, page 15, row 'LCI(L)(FF)-427 | 7/1/1943 | 6/30/1945'; digitized-logs check via https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for 'LCI(L)(FF)-427' covering 7/1/1943 to 6/30/1945 - log coverage spanning her entire commissioned wartime service from commissioning day (1 July 1943) through V-J Day, including her LC(FF) flotilla-flagship period. The logs are textual holdings at NARA (College Park); they are not among the deck logs digitized on the National Archives 'Navy Deck Logs Available Online' page (checked 2026-09-30 - the list contains no entry for LCI(L)(FF)-427).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07-01 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew and embarked staff (1943-45) - the population the deck logs would document
- Limitations
- Special List 44 is an inventory of log coverage, not the logs themselves - it documents that NARA holds these logs, not their content. Coverage dates are not asserted commissioning/decommissioning dates (though the 7/1/1943 start coincides with her documented commissioning day). Nothing in the inventory entry concerns asbestos; the logs are an open archival lead for the LC(FF) conversion record, unit employment, and any documented work events.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) construction table + New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page; corroborated by HyperWar 'U.S. Naval Activities, World War II, by State: New Jersey' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/lcil/ table row 'LCI(L)-FF 427'; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/USN-Act/NJ.html 'Barber, New Jersey'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Colton's construction table lists 'LCI(L)-FF 427 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 1 Jul 1943 | to NDRF 1948' - the 1 July 1943 date matching the documented commissioning date and 'to NDRF 1948' matching the 9 March 1948 Maritime Commission transfer. The yard page documents that New Jersey Shipbuilding 'was an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber,' with management taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, closed after the war. HyperWar's official-compiled list of WWII U.S. naval activities in New Jersey records a 'Navy Cost Inspector, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.' - the Navy's on-site contract-audit presence at the builder yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- ShipbuildingHistory is a respected private shipbuilding-reference compilation (secondary), corroborating rather than primary-sourcing the milestones. A sister site rendering of the same yard table uses 'to USMC 1948' - the abbreviation there means the U.S. Maritime Commission, NOT the Marine Corps. The HyperWar naval-activities listing documents a Navy cost inspector at the yard, not hull-specific work or materials. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block for this hull (two sets of 4 GM diesels - diesel plant, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-05); class-standard wartime small-craft practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150427.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product-page description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built and commissioned in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery and piping thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in a compact, close-quarters hull. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. The LC(FF) conversion (December 1944) added flagship communications/plotting functions; no material scope for that conversion is documented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew and embarked staff/troops (1943-46); conversion-yard trades (Dec 1944, yard not identified); post-war disposition handlers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, plan, or work package located for LCI(L)-427/LC(FF)-427. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-04
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[6]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 (1943) and Navy service era (1943-46).
- 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 - same standing defect as BATCH-01/BATCH-98) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-05
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[7]Batch-5141 search ledger (this record): NavSource amphibious archive; NARA Special List 44 PDF (p.15 verified) + digitized-logs availability page; NHHC DANFS (no entry); NVR (not applicable - pre-NVR disposal); shipbuildinghistory LCI table + NJ yard page; HyperWar USN-Act NJ; CourtListener (partially searched - fleet pacing); BVA/vetapp and secondary web litigation sweeps; usslci.org USS LCI National Association [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-427 / LC(FF)-427 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was partially searched this session (fleet-wide pacing): opinion searches for 'LCI(L)-427', 'LC(FF)-427', and 'LCI-427' all returned zero hits, and the docket (RECAP) search for 'LC(FF)-427' returned zero; remaining variant spellings and docket queries were blocked by the shared request budget and are logged as blocked, not as negative results. Web and VA/BVA sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; 'asbestos aboard LCI' material found online is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos with no primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - this hull's undigitized deck logs (NARA, 7/1943-6/1945 coverage), any BuShips conversion file for the 1944 LC(FF) work, and Maritime Commission disposal records are open leads. The CourtListener gap is a genuine open gap (fleet pacing), not a cleared search. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-427-lcil427-06