Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-478 - construction, commissioning, unit assignment, awards, disposal, specifications (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150478.htm - full vessel page including specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 3 September 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 6 October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-478, 12 October 1943, LT. E. V. Catoe Jr., USNR in command; call sign NQQT. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Five (CDR. H. V. Milton), LCI Group Fourteen (LT. H. M. Mattson, USN), LCI Division Twenty-Seven. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars. Decommissioned in 1946; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; transferred to China (Republic of China), 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Specifications: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); embarked troops (transient)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone data generally tracks official sources but the underlying citation is the Turner Publishing LCI history, not DANFS (no DANFS entry exists for this unnamed numbered craft). Contains no asbestos or material content. No operation-level detail (specific landings/dates) is given for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44 by Ship Numbers - 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' ship-number listing (archives.gov PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 24, LCI(L) run
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official inventory of Navy logbooks lists deck logs for LCI(L)-478 covering 10/12/1943 - 6/30/1945 (PDF page 24: 'LCI(L)-478 10/12/1943 6/30/1945'). These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates - though coverage begins on the documented commissioning date (12 Oct 1943). The logs are physical records in National Archives custody (RG 24 logbooks, College Park) and are not digitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- crew (1943-45)
- Limitations
- An inventory of log coverage, not log contents - does not by itself establish the hull's locations, operations, or condition. Coverage ends 6/30/1945; the location of any July 1945 - 1946 logs (through decommissioning and China transfer) is not established by this entry. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-02
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[3]ONI 226, Allied Landing Craft and Ships, Navy Department, Office of Naval Intelligence, Washington, 7 April 1944 (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI-226.pdf, 'LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY (LARGE) Nos. 351-' plate (LCJ(L) section header, OCR heading variant)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Wartime Navy recognition manual carries a dedicated entry for this hull's production series: 'LANDING CRAFT, INFANTRY (LARGE) Nos. 351-' - crew 4 officers, 24 men; capacity 9 officers, 196 enlisted troops, 32 tons cargo (oceangoing); endurance 8,000 miles at 12 knots on 110 tons fuel; displacement 250 t. landing / 387 t. loaded; armament five 20 mm; armor 2-inch plastic on guns, conning and pilothouse sides; notes 'all production in this class after 1 June 1944 will incorporate centerline ramp.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (publication); 1943-45 (class service)
- Population
- class crews and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class specification for the Nos. 351- production revision - not hull-specific; LCI(L)-478 is not named. Spec figures differ in places from the NavSource block (ONI 387 t. loaded vs NavSource 419 t.; ONI troop capacity 9/196 vs NavSource 6/182) - ONI carried as the wartime-primary class reference, deltas unresolved. No material or fiber content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-03
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[4]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places nomination, USS LCI-713 (Landing Craft Infantry), NRIS 07000300 (listed 4/12/2007) - LCI class construction and builder documentation [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP nomination NRIS 07000300, construction narrative and LCI builder table; asset detail https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000300
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NPS documentation of LCI-351-class construction, prepared for preserved sister hull LCI-713: the type is a welded steel-plate hull designed for rapid assembly-line production; the engine room held eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in two banks of four (four per shaft); the exhaust system had both above-water and underwater runs, the underwater run used to lessen engine noise during landings. The nomination's builder table documents New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J., as producing 375 LCIs - the most of the ten yards engaged on the type - and describes it as a wartime emergency yard with little postwar activity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction context)
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-45); class crews
- Limitations
- Class documentation prepared for sister hull LCI-713 - not specific to LCI(L)-478. Confirms builder yard scale and type construction/machinery; contains no mention of asbestos or insulation materials anywhere in the nomination (verified full-text). Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-04
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[5]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 1943 construction and entire 1943-46 service era.
- 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 - same standing defect as BATCH-98) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (GM diesel plant, no steam); ONI 226 LCI(L) Nos. 351- class entry; NPS NRHP 07000300 class construction record (welded steel hull, 8 x GM 6-71 diesels, dual exhaust); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis of ev-01 (NavSource specs), ev-03 (ONI 226 class plate), ev-04 (NRHP class construction), ev-05 (GAO program era)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built in 1943 at a wartime emergency yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust lagging (including the underwater exhaust line), machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Crew and embarked troops (28 crew plus roughly 188-205 troops, per the NavSource and ONI 226 class figures) occupied a compact 158-foot hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); embarked troops (transient)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-478. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-06
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[7]National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum online collections, catalog 2001.0080.51 - B&W photo of LCI 478, dated 1943, within a collection tagged UDT-13 [museum_official]
- Locator
- pastperfectonline catalog 2001.0080.51 (blocked to automated fetch; indexed text only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum's online catalog holds a black-and-white photograph of this hull (catalog 2001.0080.51, 'B&W photo of LCI 478', dated 1943), filed in a collection tagged 'UDT-13' (Underwater Demolition Team 13). The record description repeats the standard Turner-derived history block for the hull. A physical photographic artifact of this hull exists in a museum collection.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- crew (1943, photo date)
- Limitations
- Page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (verified 2026-09-30); catalog content obtained via search-index extraction - direct page verification blocked. A photograph is presence documentation, not a work or material record; the UDT-13 tag reflects the collection grouping, not evidence this hull was a UDT support craft or carried the team. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-07
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[8]Batch-5197 search ledger (this record): NavSource page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NHHC DANFS index; CourtListener API v4 (opinions and RECAP dockets); NVR; NARA Catalog; NPS NRHP nomination; ONI 226; UDT-SEAL Museum catalog; ShipbuildingHistory yard list; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-478 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener exact-name searches returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets (2026-09-30); the broad unquoted-token query's 616 opinion hits are all name-collision noise (LCI International securities litigation, a Louisiana 'LCI' workers-compensation insurer, etc.) - no qualifying hit. No DANFS entry exists for this unnamed numbered craft. NVR has no entry (disposed 1946, before the NVR cutoff). NavSource pages for Division 27 sisters LCI(L)-476 (the Group 14 flagship) and LCI(L)-480 carry the same bare record - identical theater assignment, identical medal set without battle stars. USS LCI National Association unit histories cover the Group's mid-1943 Solomons operations (Rendova/New Georgia), which predate this hull's October 1943 commissioning, without naming LCI(L)-478. No 'asbestos aboard this hull' claim exists even in the law-firm marketing listicles - unlike larger ship types, unnamed LCI hulls are not individually listified.
- 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 hull was built inside the Navy's documented asbestos era. The NARA-listed deck logs (10/1943-6/1945), builder records, and China-transfer/post-transfer records are undigitized or unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-478-lcil478-08