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 (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-428
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-428-lcil428-pkt-pc-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-428 ex USS LCI(L)-428 (page 150428) - construction/service timeline, specification block, campaign ribbons, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150428.htm header timeline block, specifications block, and photo caption table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 7 April 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 12 June 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-428, 5 July 1943; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-428, 15 July 1945; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during WWII; decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 April 1947; final disposition, fate unknown. Spec block: displacement 246 t. light / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. Captions document a crew photo taken in the Mediterranean area circa May-July 1945 and a series of interior/exterior photographs dated 1 October 1945. Page history credit: USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted as LCI(L); 5 officers, 65 enlisted as LCI(G)); embarked troops (up to 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates concur with uboat.net, the Naval Marine Archive build table, and HyperWar's landing-craft listing. Contains no asbestos content. Does not document decommissioning date, conversion yard, or final disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number edition, 'LCI(L)-428' entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 23, LCI(L) run: 'LCI(L)-428 7/5/1943 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 ship-number inventory lists deck logs for LCI(L)-428 covering 7/5/1943 to 6/30/1945 - log coverage beginning the day of her commissioning (5 July 1943) through the end of the inventory's quarterly reporting window. The entry establishes that wartime deck logs for this hull exist in NARA custody (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, Entry 118, National Archives Identifier 581208, held at Archives II, College Park).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07-05 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- crew and embarked troops, 1943-1945 (deck-log coverage window)
- Limitations
- Coverage dates are log-inventory dates, not asserted decommissioning or disposal dates - the 6/30/1945 endpoint is the inventory's standard cutoff for many wartime logs, not evidence of end of service. The logs are inventoried but are not in NARA's online digitized deck-log list; contents (operations, ports, availabilities) were not examined. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-02
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[4]HyperWar, 'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' (ibiblio transcription of USN compilation) - LCI(G) table row and type block [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, 'LCI(G) -- Landing Craft, Infantry (Gunboat)' section, table row 'LCI(G)-428' and preceding type block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The HyperWar landing-craft compilation lists 'LCI(G)-428' with a 1944-45 commission window, corroborating the NavSource reclassification of this hull to Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat). The type block documents the LCI(G) conversion type generally: converted from LCI(L) for close-in fire support of landing operations; armament 2-3 40mm, 3-4 20mm, 6 .50 cal, 10 Mk 7 and 2 Mk 22 rocket launchers; complement 5 officers, 65 enlisted; 8 GM diesels, twin screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(G) conversion-era crew (5 officers, 65 enlisted)
- Limitations
- List row only - no unit-specific narrative or operation record. The '1944-45' window is the table's coarse commission bracket; NavSource supplies the precise reclassification date (15 July 1945). Type-block figures are class-level, not this hull's measured values. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-03
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[5]Naval Marine Archive, 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard history and build table [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard narrative and build-table row for hull 428
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The yard that built this hull is documented as an LCI assembly line on the Arthur Kill at Barber, N.J. (a community immediately east of Perth Amboy, later absorbed and now called Maurer); management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, and the yard closed after the war. The page's build table lists 'LCI(L) 428, US Navy, Landing Craft, Jul-43; Later LCI(G) 428, Struck 1946, to USMC 1947' - consistent with NavSource.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard workforce (1943)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled yard history (community-maintained archive hosting shipbuilding-history data) - corroborates builder and milestones but is not itself a primary record. The Todd Shipyards management-takeover claim was not verified against primary corporate or Navy sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-04
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[6]George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photographs of USS LCI(G)-428, 1 October 1945, in U.S. National Archives collections (via NavSource photo captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150428.htm photo caption table (eight caption rows and the crew photo)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource captions document a series of photographs of this hull taken 1 October 1945 - main deck forward from the bridge (with LCI(G)-414 moored ahead), conning tower lookout and conning station, pilot house, radio shack, commanding officer's stateroom, and wardroom - credited as 'George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.' A separate caption documents a crew photograph taken while the ship was deployed in the Mediterranean area circa May-July 1945, and a crew-signed drawing by crewmember R.B. Stone.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- crew, October 1945 (post-conversion configuration)
- Limitations
- Photo credits establish provenance of the images in NARA collections, not the reason Lawley photographed the ship - whether Lawley performed the LCI(G) conversion, a repair availability, or documentation work is unconfirmed. NARA identifiers for the images were not located in public metadata from this session. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (8 GM diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam plant); 1943 construction inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2, ev-07); era-standard small-combatant asbestos applications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-era asbestos use) per ev-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A landing craft built April-July 1943 for the U.S. Navy sits inside the era when asbestos was standard in naval construction and reserved for the war effort. For a small diesel landing craft of this type and period, era-consistent asbestos applications were: diesel exhaust and muffler lagging in the engine spaces; thermal insulation on hot machinery and piping; flange and joint gaskets; valve packing; electrical cable insulation; and insulation products in accommodation and galley spaces. The 1945 LCI(G) conversion (gunboat armament: 40mm and 20mm guns, .50 cal machine guns, Mk 7 rocket launchers, increased complement) represents a wartime-yard alteration - the disturbance/refit pathway - though no conversion work package was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); conversion-yard trades at the unlocated LCI(G) conversion site (1945)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, builder specification, or work package was located for LCI(L)-428. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Diesel propulsion means the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Asbestos aboard this specific hull is not ship-proven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-06
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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 (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 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) - content via product-page description, same treatment as Batch-98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-07
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[9]Batch-5142 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA digitized deck-log list; NHHC/DANFS; HyperWar; uboat.net; Naval Marine Archive; usslci.org; CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-428-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-428-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-428 / LCI(G)-428 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search across spelling variants ('LCI(L)-428', 'LCI-428', 'LCI(G)-428', 'LCI 428', 'LCI(L) 428', 'USS LCI-428', 'Landing Craft Infantry 428') and the RECAP docket index all returned zero results on 2026-09-30 - a genuine negative, not a throttle-blocked query. The only 'asbestos aboard LCI' material found is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos for LCIs generally without 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 - deck logs exist for the full wartime period but are not digitized, and no builder specification or conversion work package was located. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-428-08