Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NARA Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number list), entries 'LCI(L)-477 10/11/1943 10/31/1943' and 'LCI(L)-477 12/1/1943 6/30/1945' (PDF p. 24, verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 24, rows 'LCI(L)-477'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy deck-log inventory lists logbooks for LCI(L)-477 covering 10/11/1943-10/31/1943 and 12/1/1943-6/30/1945, establishing in-scope wartime service for this hull from commissioning through June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10-11 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company, 1943-1945 (log coverage period)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates. The listed coverage has a November 1943 gap - whether November 1943 logs were not received, not retained, or never created is not stated. The inventory establishes that logs exist in NARA custody, not their contents; no asbestos inference. Digitized copies were not located in NARA's online deck-log listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-477 - milestones, unit assignment, specifications, awards display (live .net mirror, verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150477.htm header block, unit-assignment lines, awards display, specifications block, photo caption (NARA ID 193837178)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource milestone data for this hull: laid down 31 August 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 4 October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-477 11 October 1943 (LTjg. F. W. Lyle USNR in command); assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - LCI Flotilla Five (CDR. H. V. Milton), LCI Group Fourteen (LT. H. M. Mattson USN), LCI Division Twenty-Seven. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 18 March 1946; sold 3 December 1946; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Awards display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars displayed. International radio call sign NQQP. Specifications: 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts maximum continuous; two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V D.C. ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (New Jersey Shipbuilding, 1943); crew and embarked troops (1943-c.1946); disposal/sale handlers (1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records and are corroborated here by NHHC fleet organization and uboat.net, but decommissioning and final fate are explicitly 'date unknown'/'fate unknown' on the source page, and its unit-assignment listing (Flotilla Five/Group 14/Division 27) conflicts with the official 1 May 1945 listing (Flotilla 13/Group 38/Division 75 - see gaps). Page text derives from the USS LCI Turner Publishing volume. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-02
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[3]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - LCI Flotilla THIRTEEN, LCI Group 38, LCI Division 75 (verified live 2026-09-30) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- us-pacific-fleet-organization-1may1945.html, LCI Flotilla THIRTEEN > LCI GROUP 38 > LCI DIVISION 75
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official fleet organization as of 1 May 1945 carries this hull as 'LCI 477, Lt. (jg) F. W. Lyle (USNR)' in LCI Division 75, LCI Group 38 (Lt. Cdr. N. Nash, Jr.), LCI Flotilla THIRTEEN (Comdr. M. B. Brown) - alongside division-mates LCI 476 (group flagship), 478, 479, 480, and 481. The listing confirms the hull remained in commissioned Pacific Fleet service as of 1 May 1945 and that her commissioning commanding officer (Lyle) was still in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew, Pacific Fleet amphibious establishment (1945-05-01 listing)
- Limitations
- Administrative order-of-battle listing only - establishes assignment and commanding officer as of 1 May 1945, not individual action or material condition. Conflicts with NavSource's unit listing (LCI Flotilla Five / Group Fourteen / Division Twenty-Seven); carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-03
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[4]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (WWII), Section 18 - U.S. Navy Ships by Classes, entry 'LCI (L) 477 NQQP' (verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio, verified 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CallSigns-18.html, LCI(L) block, row 'LCI (L) 477 NQQP'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official wartime call-sign register assigns this hull international radio call sign NQQP - corroborating the hull's identity (as LCI(L) 477, never redesignated) and matching the call-sign display on her NavSource page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's company (wartime)
- Limitations
- Identity corroboration only - a call-sign assignment establishes the hull's wartime register entry, not operations or material condition. Transcription via HyperWar. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-04
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[5]NavSource Online photo caption, USS LCI(L)-477 moored at the pier at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, July 1944 - 'US National Archives Identifier 193837178, US Army Air Corps B63809A.C.' (source credit David Upton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150477.htm photo table, image 1015047701; NARA NAID 193837178
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A NARA-held Army Air Corps photograph places this hull moored at the Kwajalein pier, Marshall Islands, in July 1944, while vehicles of the VII Bomber Command awaited loading aboard SS United States Victory for transport to Saipan - documenting a presence/logistics role at the advance base.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-07
- Population
- Crew and pier/load-handling personnel, Kwajalein (1944-07)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the photograph establishes presence at Kwajalein in July 1944, not what duties the craft performed or any work/material conditions aboard. NARA catalog is JS-rendered and the NAID could not be directly resolved in this session; identifier and caption transcribed via NavSource. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-05
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton), New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ yard page - builder profile and hull table, entry 'LCI(L) 477 US Navy Landing Craft Oct-43 Struck 1946' (verified live 2026-09-30); corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships ship/21519 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm, LCI(L) table row '477'; https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21519.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's yard table lists this hull: LCI(L) 477 for the US Navy, October 1943, struck 1946 - corroborating builder and milestones. Yard context: New Jersey Shipbuilding ran an LCI assembly line on the Arthur Kill at Barber (immediately east of Perth Amboy, now Maurer); management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades, Barber NJ (1943)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton yard tables) - corroborates builder/milestones recorded by NavSource and uboat.net but is not itself a primary registry. Yard-history notes are context for the construction-period population only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (two sets of 4 GM diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers, no steam plant); LCI-351-class all-welded steel diesel craft design; Navy-era insulation practice documented at program level by GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1943-built diesel landing craft sits inside the Navy's asbestos-use era, but its plant profile changes the pathway: with no boilers or steam lines, era-consistent asbestos applications aboard were limited to diesel exhaust/muffler lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and electrical/cable insulation - smaller-scale than the boiler/turbine systems of steam combatants but present throughout a confined 158-foot hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (New Jersey Shipbuilding, 1943); crew (1943-c.1946); post-sale commercial/scrapping handlers (1946-forward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-477. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution; does not establish that asbestos remained aboard after the hull's 1946 sale (fate unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-07
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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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- 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; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not this craft's builder or bases - and the policy period (1975-79) postdates this hull's 1946 disposal, so it bounds only the installation-era and persistence context, not anything specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-08
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[9]Batch-5196 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NavSource navsource.net hull page; NHHC online reading room (Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; Navy-MC Awards Manual Pt. 2); official U.S. Navy call-sign book via HyperWar; uboat.net Allied Warships; ShipbuildingHistory (Colton) yard table; NARA digitized deck-log listing; NARA catalog NAID; MARAD vessel-history database; The Amphibians Came to Conquer vol. II orders of battle; USS LCI National Association site; CourtListener API v4 (opinion + RECAP docket indexes) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-477-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-477-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, work package, museum record, or case naming LCI(L)-477 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Authenticated CourtListener searches returned zero hits on both the opinion index and the RECAP docket index (HTTP 200, count 0) - no opinion or docketed case names this hull.
- 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 - wartime small-craft construction and maintenance left few surviving material records, and the hull's 1946 sale predates ACM-handling disclosure regimes. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-477-09