Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-43 ex USS LCI(L)-43 (page 10/15/150043) - construction, service, campaign, redesignation, and disposition record; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing (1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/150043, vessel history block, campaign tables, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 29 October 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 7 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-43, 26 December 1942. Europe-Africa-Middle East service under LCI Flotilla One / Group Three / Division Six: North African occupation (11 April - 13 May 1943), Sicilian occupation (9-15 July 1943), Salerno landings (9-21 September 1943), Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (22-23 January; 7-8, 17-18, 22-24, 28-29 February 1944), invasion of southern France (15 August - 22 September 1944). Asiatic-Pacific service under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven / Group One Hundred-Ten / Division Two Hundred-Twenty; reclassified LCI(G)-43, 15 July 1945. Occupation and China service 24 October - 1 December 1945. Decommissioned 18 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; five battle stars for WWII; transferred to the Maritime Commission at Suisun Bay, CA, for disposal (PDX-225, 27 September 1946; transfer recorded 17 January 1948); sold for scrapping to Raymond H. Clarke, 6 January 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- LCI(L) crew: 3 officers + 21 enlisted; embarked troops up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-edited archival site whose page history is credited to the USS LCI National Association's Turner Publishing volume; dates and campaign attributions are consistent with official campaign listings and the NARA logbook inventory but are not themselves a digitized official record. The two January 1948 disposition dates are printed in the order shown (sale dated 6 Jan 1948 before the 17 Jan 1948 transfer line) - sequence anomaly unresolved. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-01
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[2]National Archives Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (NARA, 1978), 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations', printed page 331 (Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center scan, display 357) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 printed page 331, 'LCI-43' row (ACPL display page 357, realpage 1705)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 inventories four logbooks for LCI-43 covering 19 January 1943 - 30 June 1945 (row reads: 'LCI-43 | Jan. 19, 1943-June 30, 1945 | 4'). Confirms in-scope wartime service and locates the hull's deck logs in NARA custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- Logbook coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates (commissioning was 26 Dec 1942 per NavSource; logs begin 19 Jan 1943). Coverage ends 30 June 1945 - before the 15 July 1945 LCI(G) reclassification and the April 1946 decommissioning - so later logs are outside this inventory. The logbooks themselves are not digitized; their contents are unexamined. ACPL scan is a public mirror of the NARA publication; NARA does not host the numbered-vessels list as a standalone page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-02
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[3]NARA Catalog file units: 'LCI(L) 43 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120162893, RG 24 Bureau of Naval Personnel, 157 images, digitized); 'USS LCI(L) 43 - War Diary, 12/1-31/43' (NAID 78311714, RG 38, microfilm roll A833); formation-level diaries 'COM LCI(L) FLOT1 - War Diary, 2/28/43-11/30/43' (NAID 78268797) and 'COM LCI(L) GR 110 - War Diary, 6/1-30/45' (NAID 101733048) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov file units NAID 120162893, 78311714, 78268797, 101733048
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized NARA records naming this hull exist: 157 muster-roll images beginning with the 31 March 1943 roll (personnel roster source) and the December 1943 ship war diary (RG 38 World War II War Diaries series). War diaries of her parent formations - LCI Flotilla One (Feb-Nov 1943, covering North Africa/Sicily/Salerno) and LCI Group 110 (June 1945, covering the Pacific assignment) - are also cataloged.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-43 ship's company (muster rolls)
- Limitations
- File-unit titles and catalog metadata verified live; document contents not examined page-by-page. Flotilla/group war diaries document the formation, not necessarily this hull's daily movements. Whether the logs, diaries, or muster rolls contain any asbestos-related content is unknown - no exposure claim is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-03
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[4]NavSource photo captions on the LCI(L)-43 page, contributed by former crew member Gordon Smith, QM/1c USS LCI(L)-43; corroborated by Smith's firsthand narrative in Elsie Item No. 96 (March 2017), newsletter of the USS LCI National Association (usslci.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150043 photo block (images 1015004301-02); Elsie Item No. 96, p.16, 'Operation Shingle' (Gordon Smith QM/1c)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- At Anzio on 22 January 1944, LCI(L)-43 landed 157 embarked paratroopers on Red Beach and was alongside USS LCI(L)-20 when LCI(L)-20 took a direct German bomb hit that destroyed her; a photo shows LCI(L)-43 departing the beachhead at flank speed with LCI(L)-20's smoke behind her. Smith's account adds: underway from Pozzuoli 21 January in convoy astern of LCI(L)-20 and LCI(L)-221 as senior ship of Task Force 81.5 (Flotilla One, Group III); witnessed USS Portent (AM-106) strike a mine and sink that morning; bombing/strafing by eight Focke-Wulf 190s during the landing.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-01
- Population
- LCI(L)-43 crew and embarked troops, 21-22 January 1944
- Limitations
- Crew-contributed photo caption plus a veteran's firsthand memoir published 73 years after the event in an association newsletter - recollection, not a Navy action report; consistent with the documented Anzio-Nettuno campaign participation. Establishes presence and events at Anzio, not any materials condition aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-04
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[5]'US Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945' (HyperWar transcription of official US Navy vessel listings): LCI(L)-1 class specifications and hull roster (LCI(L)-43 listed, commissioned 1942-44 block; LCI(G)-43 listed in the gunboat-conversion roster) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, 'LCI(L) -- Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)' spec block and hull roster; LCI(G) roster
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference built on: the official-derived LCI(L)-1 class spec block (diesel propulsion - 8 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch screws; no steam plant); 1942 construction date placing the build in the period when asbestos was the standard shipboard insulation/gasketing material across U.S. naval construction. Era-consistent asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft: thermal insulation and exhaust/muffler lagging in engine spaces; gaskets and packing; electrical insulation; asbestos-cement/fireproofing panels; brake linings on ramp winches and windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Construction trades (New York Shipbuilding, Camden, 1942); wartime crew
- Limitations
- Class/design-level documentation, not a hull record - no source names asbestos aboard LCI(L)-43 specifically; applications are era-consistent inference. Diesel craft carried materially less asbestos than steam vessels (no boiler/turbine lagging). Does not establish quantity, locations, or present-day condition (hull scrapped 1948).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-05
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[6]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (HRD-80-2, 18 October 1979) - program-level documentation that asbestos was extensively used in Navy ship construction and that WWII-era vessels and yards carried asbestos-containing insulation [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-wide use of asbestos insulation in ship construction and repair and the Navy's delayed program response - program-level context for WWII-built hulls of every type, including 1942 landing craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1939-1979
- Population
- Navy shipbuilders, shipyard and repair workers (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level report; does not name this hull, this class, or landing craft generally and establishes no hull-specific condition. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing block noted in earlier batches) - product page identity confirmed via the GAO catalog URL and prior-batch verification, full text not re-pulled this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-06
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[7]Batch-5144 search ledger (this record): NavSource vessel page; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL scan p.331); NARA Catalog (muster rolls, war diary, formation diaries); NHHC/DANFS (no entry exists for this numbered craft); Naval Vessel Register (no record - hull disposed 1948); CourtListener authenticated API v4 (opinion + docket queries); uboat.net (secondary cross-check) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-43/LCI(G)-43 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener quoted-hull queries returned zero opinions and zero dockets; unquoted 'LCI-43' docket hits are all token collisions (MDL and civil docket fragments), not vessel references; a broad 'USS LCI' asbestos opinion sweep returned zero opinions naming any USS LCI.
- 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 1942 construction era makes era-standard materials plausible, but asbestos presence aboard this hull is not ship-proven. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-43-lcil43-07