Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-430 - construction timeline, commissioning, WWII campaign table, disposal line, LCI(L)-351-class specifications (history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150430.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: laid down 9 April 1943 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, NJ; launched 16 June 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-430, 13 July 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; campaigns: Hollandia operation 21-25 April 1944; Western New Guinea operations - Cape Sansapor 30 July-4 August 1944 and Morotai landings 15 September 1944; Leyte operation - Leyte landings 12 October-29 November 1944; Manila Bay-Bicol operation - Nasugbu 31 January 1945. Decommissioned and struck dates listed as unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 29 April 1948 for disposal; final disposition unknown. Four battle stars for WWII service. Photo captions place her landing 6th Division troops at Cape Sansapor, New Guinea, 30 July 1944 (with LCI(L)-335 and LCI(L)-544), nested with LCI(R)-73 and LCI(R)-34, and at anchor in the Philippines in 1945 (photographed by LTjg Clarke Brooke of LCI(L)-361).
- 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-c.1946 (complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted); embarked troops (up to 6 officers + 182 enlisted) during five amphibious landings
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official sources but uboat.net carries a conflicting launch date (21 June 1943; see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Photo captions are contributor-supplied (LCI National Association historian), not official records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-01
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[2]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV Section 2(16), Area Campaign Medals - Asiatic-Pacific Area, ship/unit star-code list (verbatim transcription hosted by HyperWar/ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, Asiatic-Pacific Area ship list, 'LCI(L) 430' entry (printed p. 89 of the manual section)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official star-credit list names this hull verbatim: 'LCI(L) 430:' - 21 Apr 44-25 Apr 44 (P40 Hollandia operation); 30 Jul 44 and 4 Aug 44 (P28-6 Cape Sansapor operation); 15 Sep 44 (P28-8 Morotai landings); 12 Oct 44-29 Nov 44 (P31-1 Leyte landings); 31 Jan 45 (P41-2 Nasugbu, Manila Bay-Bicol operation). This is the manual behind the four Asiatic-Pacific battle stars NavSource displays.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (engagement windows); manual published 1953
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during credited operations
- Limitations
- Documents campaign credit for this hull - a service record, not an asbestos or materials record. NAVPERS 15790 is a transcription on HyperWar; the manual's own 'Changes' file notes hundreds of tabulation errors found later against action reports, though none are listed for LCI(L)-430. Does not establish location day-by-day - only credited engagement windows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (Bradley, Kurtz et al., comp.) - numbered-vessels section, printed page 339; digitized scan hosted by ACPL Genealogy Center [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 printed page 339, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations', LCI(L)-430 row; ACPL display page 365
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds 3 logbooks (deck logs) for LCI(L)-430 covering 13 July 1943 through 30 June 1945 - verified directly on the scanned inventory page ('LCI(L)-430 | July 13, 1943-June 30, 1945 | 3'). The coverage start coincides with her 13 July 1943 commissioning date; the end is the Special List's inventory boundary for LCI logs (most LCI(L) entries terminate 30 June 1945), not a documented decommissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07-13 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew 1943-1945 (log-covered period)
- Limitations
- Inventory entry only - establishes that the logs exist in NARA custody and their coverage window, not their content. Log-coverage dates are not asserted as commissioning/decommissioning dates. The logs themselves (RG 24) are not digitized; they are the primary lead for decommissioning date, post-June-1945 movements, and any onboard conditions. NARA's own online Special List 44 page covers named vessels only - the numbered-vessel section was verified on the ACPL scan of the published NARA volume (printed p. 339; display image 365 in the ACPL sequence).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-03
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[4]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard history and hull table row for LCI(L) 430 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey Shipbuilding page, LCI(L) hull table, row for hull 430; yard description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Hull-table row: 'LCI(L) | 430 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jul-43 | Struck 1946. to USMC 1948' - corroborates builder, delivery month, a 1946 striking year, and 1948 transfer to the Maritime Commission (USMC = U.S. Maritime Commission). Yard context from the same page: New Jersey Shipbuilding was an assembly-line yard for LCIs on the Arthur Kill in Barber; management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard was closed after the war.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades, Barber NJ (1943 build)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation, not a registry - corroborates NavSource's 1948 transfer and supplies the only struck-year attribution found (1946), which NavSource lists as unknown. 'USMC' here means U.S. Maritime Commission, not the Marine Corps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-04
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[5]U.S. Navy Landing Ships/Craft, 1940-1945 (official USN landing-craft list, HyperWar transcription) - LCI(L)-351 class block and numbered-hull table [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, 'LCI(L)-351 Class' section - class specification block and hull table rows LCI(L)-417-443
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official landing-craft list: LCI(L)-430 falls in the 'LCI(L)-417-443' block, in commission 1942-44, with no loss dagger and no conversion notation - she was neither sunk nor converted to LCI(G)/(M)/(R)/(FF) variant, consistent with NARA Special List 44 carrying her as LCI(L)-430 to mid-1945. Class block: LCI(L)-351 class - displacement 385 tons full load; length 160'4"; beam 23'3"; draft 5'8"; speed 15.5 knots; armament 5 x 20mm; complement 4 officers, 25 enlisted; capacity 9 officers, 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; 2 sets G.M. diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-351 class crews and embarked troops (class context)
- Limitations
- The hull appears only as a range entry ('LCI(L)-417-443'), not an individual line - ship presence and non-conversion are documented, but nothing more. Specifications are class-level figures differing slightly from NavSource's spec block (158'5.5" vs 160'4"; 24 vs 25 enlisted; 182 vs 200 troops) - see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-05
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-430 (LCI(L)-430) - build table and Hollandia operation order of battle [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21472 - vessel data table and 'Operations Reckless and Persecution' order of battle entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation entry for this hull: ordered 22 March 1943; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ; laid down 9 April 1943; launched 21 June 1943; commissioned 13 July 1943. Its Hollandia (Operations Reckless and Persecution) order of battle places LCI(L)-430 in Task Group 77.3.14 on 22 April 1944, commanding officer Lt. P.C. Hill, Jr., USNR, in company with LCI(L)-28, -25, -29, -30, -224, -225, -226, -361 and -432; a separate echelon entry lists LCI(L)-430 among Echelon R-1 Group B departing Goodenough Island for the operations area.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew under Lt. P.C. Hill Jr., USNR (April 1944, per source)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (uboat.net/Allied Warships) - the CO attribution and 'ordered' date have no primary confirmation in this record; the NARA deck logs would settle them. Launch date conflicts with NavSource (21 vs 16 June 1943) - see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource/HyperWar LCI(L)-351-class spec block (GM diesel plant, no steam); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08); WWII-era Navy shipbuilding material practice for small diesel combatants [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HyperWar LCI(L)-351 class block; GAO HRD-80-2 era statement
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1943-built diesel landing craft sits inside the era when the Navy used asbestos extensively aboard ships. As a diesel craft she carried no boiler or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply - but era-standard applications aboard a small steel combatant of this type were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets and flange packing on machinery piping, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, and thermal/acoustic insulation in accommodation and machinery spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); ship's crew operating and maintaining machinery (1943-c.1946); any yard/base maintenance personnel during availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-430. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-07
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[8]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, highlights and 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section (pp. i-iii of report letter)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's era of asbestos use: 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables,' and thermal insulation 'was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' Thermal-insulation product specifications were changed in 1973 to asbestos-free materials, but pre-purchased material meant some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978; the October 1975 policy limited removal/replacement to damaged insulation or that removed for repairs. This hull's entire build and service life (1943-1948) predates all substitution-era milestones.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); asbestos-use era reviewed spans this hull's 1943-1948 service
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards); supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Direct download of the PDF was blocked by Akamai (403) from this network; full text was extracted via Firecrawl render.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-430-08
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[9]Batch-5145 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC DANFS (two URL variants, 404); NARA Special List 44 via ACPL scan; NAVPERS 15790 via HyperWar; HyperWar USN landing-craft list; shipbuildinghistory.com; uboat.net; GAO HRD-80-2; NVR; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-430-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-430 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated queries for the canonical spelling returned zero hits across both opinion and RECAP docket indexes (sl-10). No DANFS entry exists for this hull. No law-firm marketing page naming this hull was located either - even the excluded-source tier is silent on this specific craft (asbestos-ships.com carries a generic landing-craft page only, 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 - era-consistent inference stands on its own terms. A small expendable landing craft disposed in 1948 has a thin documentary trail; deck logs (3 logbooks at NARA) and builder work 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-430-09