Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet pj-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-47 | hull: 47 | designation: LCI(L) — Landing Craft Infantry (Large) | type: large landing craft, infantry
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-pkt-pj-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-47 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150047 (ship entry, campaign table, specifications block, and postwar disposition lines)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, and wartime record for this hull: laid down 4 November 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; launched 10 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-47 on 9 February 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; credited campaigns - Sicilian occupation (9-15 July 1943); Salerno landings (9-21 September 1943); West Coast of Italy operations (Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22-23 January and 29 January-4 February 1944; Elba and Pianosa landings 17 June 1944); Invasion of Southern France (15 August-16 September 1944). Earned four battle stars for WWII service; ribbons listed include the American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4), and World War II Victory Medal. Decommissioned 24 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 22 January 1948; registered 1949 at Oyster Bay, N.Y. as fishing boat Iron Oyster; registered 1961 at Salisbury, Md. as freighter Marylander (homeported Cambridge, Md.); out of documentation 1986; fate unknown. Specifications: 236 t light / 419 t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; five single 20mm guns; complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers, 182 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1986
- Population
- Crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted) and embarked troops (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted), 1943-1946; merchant crews 1949-1986
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled secondary reference (transcribing Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume and Navy records), not a contemporaneous log or Navy action report. Campaign credits and dates are official-list summaries. Struck date is year-only ('in 1946'). The postwar merchant registrations (Iron Oyster, Marylander) are stated without registration numbers. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-47 (LCI(L)-47) warship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/20875 data table (Built by / Ordered / Laid down / Launched / Commissioned rows)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled warship record corroborates construction data for this hull: ordered 3 June 1942; built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey); laid down 4 November 1942; launched 10 December 1942; commissioned 9 February 1943; class LCI 1, US Navy. No commanding officers or notable events are listed for this hull on the site.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable privately compiled database drawing on wartime records; it is secondary, not a primary source. The 3 June 1942 order date rests on this source alone and is not carried as a hard record fact. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), 'Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L)' production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm production table, New York SB block, row 'LCI(L) 47 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 9-Feb-43 | To NDRF 1948'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Colton's LCI(L) production table lists LCI(L)-47 as built by New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, delivered/commissioned 9-Feb-43, disposition 'To NDRF 1948' - consistent with NavSource's Maritime Commission transfer of 22 January 1948. Class context from the same page: 923 LCI(L)s were built by ten U.S. shipyards; the first 350 used the 158.5 ft / 216-ton light basic design (this hull is within the first 350).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation; the table's dated column is delivery - NavSource records the same date (9 February 1943) as commissioning. 'To NDRF' is Colton's shorthand for MARAD custody/disposal and does not by itself document the transaction instrument. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-03
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), p.31 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p.31, rows 'LCI-47 | 2/9/1943 | 12/31/1943' and 'LCI-47 | 9/1/1944 | 6/30/1945' (verified by pdftotext extraction of the live NARA PDF, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventory (by ship number, PDF page 31) lists Navy deck logs for LCI-47 in two volumes covering 9 February 1943 through 31 December 1943 and 1 September 1944 through 30 June 1945 - in-scope wartime service documentation held in Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel logs), retrievable for this hull. These are log-coverage dates, not service dates: the first volume begins on the 9 February 1943 commissioning date, and the second ends while the vessel remained in service (decommissioned 24 April 1946). The inventory lists no LCI-47 logs for 1 January - 31 August 1944, the window containing the Anzio-Nettuno, Elba/Pianosa, and opening days of the Southern France operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- The entry is an inventory record only - it establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated spans, not their contents. The deck logs themselves were not opened for this record and are not among the logs NARA lists as digitized in the National Archives Catalog. The Jan-Aug 1944 gap and post-June-1945 logs (through the 24 April 1946 decommissioning) are outside this inventory listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-04
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[6]Wartime photography of this hull as captioned in the NavSource photo table: Bizerte May 1944 moored LCI group photo (credit Robert W. Van Keuren, CO USS LCI(L)-665); Army Radiotelephoto RW 734177 (Acme, 8/8/44) - Red Beach Alpha, Southern France, 15 August 1944, 1630; NARA film 'Invasion of Southern France: German Prisoners, Beachhead scenes, and PT Boats Refueling,' Naval Photographic Center, US National Archives Identifier 77348, Local Identifier 428-NPC-5103; undated Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co. photos [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150047 photo captions (Bizerte group photo; Red Beach radiotelephoto caption; 428-NPC-5103 frame; Jeffersonville series)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous photographs and film document this hull at named places and times: moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, circa May 1944 alongside LCI(L)-952, -39, -592, -595, -943, -529, and -526; beached on Red Beach (Alpha) off Southern France at 1630 on 15 August 1944, where she offloaded 126 Third Division replacement troops embarked at Pozzuoli six days earlier and then took aboard 152 German POWs plus seven U.S. Army guards for transport to Naples (delivered two days later); and beached in Southern France 16 August 1944 taking German prisoners aboard (frame from NARA film 428-NPC-5103 / NAID 77348). Undated photographs also show this hull moored and beached at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana, alongside LST-261, LSM-398, and two unidentified PT boats.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew, embarked Third Division troops (126), and POW handling detail, August 1944
- Limitations
- Archival leads: captions and NAID/local-ID metadata are transcribed in NavSource's photo table; catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and the film record could not be independently fetched (partial verification). The Jeffersonville, IN photos are undated and their occasion is undocumented - an inland Ohio River presence is unexplained by any source located. No asbestos or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-05
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[7]naval-history.net transcription of U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel casualty entries (WWII killed/died list, bp series, transcribed by Don Kindell) [other_primary]
- Locator
- WW2UScasaaDB-USNBPbyNameD.htm, surname block D-G, 'EKEY, Harry W' line (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Bureau of Naval Personnel casualty list, as transcribed, records: 'EKEY, Harry W, CMOMA, 6688952, USS LCI-47, West Italian Coast operations, April 1, 1944, (CasCode122) died of wounds, dd April 1, 1944 (bp1)' - a named crew member (Chief Motor Machinist's Mate) of this hull who died of wounds during West Coast of Italy operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew member Ekey, Harry W., CMoMM, USN service no. 6688952
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of the official BNP casualty entries, not the primary document; the list records death and circumstance category ('died of wounds,' operation name) but not the wounding event aboard the craft. Not an asbestos or materials record - documents a wartime crew fatality only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-06
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[8]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'Elsie Item' newsletter No. 95 (Nov 2016), 'The Name Game' (LCI-713 museum naming); association Officers page; Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum memorial-lifejacket list (2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ELSIEITEM-95-Nov-2016.pdf 'The Name Game' (Abe Laurenzo Radio Room paragraph); usslci.org/officers-and-board-of-directors; amphibiousforces.org/Donations/20241127WebList.pdf p. 'Laurenzo, Abe' line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Veteran-association records document a named crew member of this hull: 'Laurenzo was a Radioman first class in LCI (L) 47, which took part in World War II Landings at Anzio and Salerno, Italy, and in France at Normandy and Operation Dragoon' (Elsie Item 95). The association's officers page lists 'Chaplain Abe Laurenzo, Chaplain WW II Veteran, LCI(L) 409 & LCI(L) 47,' and the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum memorial list inscribes 'ABRAHAM LAURENZO RM 1/c LCI 409 & LCI 47 March 1944 thru March 4, 1946 Invasions of Normandy and So. France.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (memorial-listed service window)
- Population
- Crew member Laurenzo, Abe, RM1c (LCI(L) 409 & LCI(L) 47)
- Limitations
- Veteran recollection and memorial inscription - secondary/self-reported, not official records. The 'Normandy' attribution conflicts with the hull's official credited-campaign list (Sicily, Salerno, West Coast of Italy, Southern France - no Northern France star); whether the hull was present at Normandy without star credit is unresolved (see gaps). Laurenzo's March 1944 start per the memorial post-dates Salerno (Sept 1943) and the Anzio landings (Jan-Feb 1944), so the newsletter phrasing likely credits the hull's record rather than his personal participation. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-07
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[9]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) - LCI(L)-class written history and documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written history, 'LCIs in World War II' section and propulsion/complement paragraphs (pp. 5-6 of the written history); NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit; ELSIEITEM-98-Sep-2017.pdf 'Monster Seven-Seven' excerpt (asbestos gloves at the 20mm mount)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)s were diesel-powered landing craft of a utilitarian wartime Bureau of Ships design (designed May 1942; over 900 built by ten yards; first-series craft 158.5 ft, twin-screw). This hull's propulsion was two sets of four General Motors Series 71 diesel engines ('Quad' arrangement, four engines per shaft, 2,320 shp) - an all-diesel plant with no boilers or steam system, so the asbestos-relevant applications aboard are the era-standard diesel-craft items: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, thermal/acoustic insulation in the engine room and accommodations, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. A published association memoir excerpt additionally documents asbestos gloves kept at a 20mm gun mount aboard a sister LCI(G) gunboat in 1944 (Elsie Item 98).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Camden NJ, 1942-43); wartime crew in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a later sister craft (LCI(L) 653, 351-class) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content. The asbestos-gloves account is from LCI(G)-77, a rocket-gunboat conversion, not this hull. No ship-specific material list exists for this hull; asbestos presence aboard is era- and design-level inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, products installed, or present-day presence (hull fate unknown since 1986 documentation lapse).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-08
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[10]Ross v. Johns-Manville Corp., 766 F.2d 823 (3d Cir. 1985), No. 84-1528 (Public.Resource.Org mirror of the published reporter text) [court_record]
- Locator
- 766 F.2d 823 at 825-826 (paragraph I, 'essential facts are not in dispute')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A published Third Circuit opinion records as undisputed background that shipfitter Urban F. Ross 'worked as a shipfitter for the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, New Jersey, from 1942 to 1944 and from 1946 to 1947 ... [and] in each of these positions, Ross was exposed to asbestos products.' The 1942-44 window covers this hull's construction at the same Camden yard (laid down 4 November 1942 - delivered/commissioned 9 February 1943). The appeal itself resolved a statute-of-limitations/accrual issue, not product identification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947 (exposure window); 1985 (opinion)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding yard workforce (shipfitter trade), 1942-1947 window
- Limitations
- Yard-level, not hull-level: the opinion documents asbestos exposure of a New York Shipbuilding shipfitter in the yard during this hull's build window; it does not name LCI(L)-47, does not tie materials to any vessel, and its merits ruling concerns limitations accrual (summary-judgment posture). Mirrored reporter text verified live 2026-09-30; blocklisted aggregators not cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-09
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[11]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 construction (1942-43) and entire 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 or even this craft type (HRD-80-2 concerns Navy vessels and shipyards generally). Full text not retrieved - gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-10
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[12]Batch-5188 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 by-ship-number PDF; NHHC/DANFS index; CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches; shipbuildinghistory (Colton) LCI(L) production table; uboat.net warship record; naval-history.net BNP casualty transcription; USS LCI National Association publications; NARA deck-log digitization list; NVR; MARAD ShipHistory [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI-47 / LCI(L)-47 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for '"LCI(L)-47"', '"LCI-47"', and '"LCI" asbestos landing craft' each returned zero results; the RECAP docket search returned two unrelated name collisions (Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc. v. Lowe's Companies, Inc., N.D.N.Y. 8:10-cv-01377, copyright; Stormans Incorporated v. Selecky, W.D. Wash. 3:07-cv-05374, employment discrimination). No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft; no NVR entry exists (disposed 1948, decades before NVR coverage); no MARAD ShipHistory record was located (search endpoint errored; see ledger).
- 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 - as a 1942-43 combat-built landing craft the hull sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The vessel went out of documentation in 1986 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-47-lcil47-11