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)-480 - construction/milestone timeline, unit assignments, ribbon display, specifications, disposal; page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995); verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150480.htm header block, awards/ribbon line, unit assignment lines, specifications block (page states 'There are no images of USS LCI(L)-480 available at NavSource')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 4 September 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 8 October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-480, 15 October 1943, LTjg. J. P. Dordahl USNR. 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. Ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - the page shows no battle stars, no unit citations, and no campaign table. Decommissioned in 1946 (no month stated); struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; sold 3 December 1946; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Specifications: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts maximum continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts loaded; armament five single 20mm guns (one bow, two port/starboard forward of wheelhouse, two port/starboard aft of wheelhouse), on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns added. Propulsion: two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft; single GM main reduction gears; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. The page carries no images of the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); LCI(L) crew ~28 (1943-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its page attributes the history text to the Turner Publishing LCI volume. Milestone dates are unverified against DANFS (no DANFS entry exists for this numbered craft - see search_ledger) or NVR. No asbestos or material content. 'Decommissioned in 1946' carries no month; the stricken and sale dates are exact. The ribbon bar's three campaign medals with no battle stars leaves her operation-level service undocumented by this source - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - 'Ships With Symbol and Number Designations,' printed page 341; scanned page image via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center mirror (narasl44/367.jpg) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed p. 341 (ACPL scan narasl44/367.jpg), 'LCI(L)-480' row between LCI(L)-479 and LCI(L)-481
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- SL44 inventories Navy deck logs for this hull as 'LCI(L)-480 | Oct. 15, 1943-June 30, 1945 | 4' - i.e., four logbooks covering 15 October 1943 through 30 June 1945 in NARA custody. The hull is styled plain 'LCI(L)-480' - neighboring entries carry (G) gunboat and (FF) flotilla-flagship suffixes (e.g., LCI(L)(G)-473, LCI(L)(FF)-484) while 480 does not, consistent with NavSource showing no reclassification. The inventory documents that logs exist and their coverage; the underlying RG 24 logbooks are held at the National Archives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10-15 to 1945-06-30 (coverage); compiled 1978
- Population
- crew and officers generating the 1943-45 logbooks; NARA College Park holds the physical volumes
- Limitations
- The dates are logbook-coverage dates, not asserted commissioning or decommissioning dates: the span opens on the documented commissioning date (15 Oct 1943) but closes 30 June 1945 while the ship remained in service into 1946 - SL44 records only what NARA held at compilation, so post-June-1945 logs are simply outside this inventory, not absent from service. The inventory lists the logs' existence; it does not include their contents. Physical volume count (4) is a logbook count, not a completeness guarantee. Image verified by direct fetch and read 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard page - construction list naming LCI(L) 480; verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm - yard description paragraph and LCI(L) construction-list row '# 480'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard page describes New Jersey Shipbuilding as 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber, a community immediately to the east of Perth Amboy' (later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now called Maurer); management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, and the yard was closed after the war. Its construction list carries the row 'LCI(L) | 480 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-43 | Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder, the October 1943 completion/commissioning month, and the 1946 stricken year from an independent secondary compilation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Shipbuilding History is a respected secondary reference database, not a primary registry; the list gives delivery month (Oct-43) rather than the full milestone set and summarizes disposition as 'Struck 1946' only. The yard-history narrative is compiler text. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-03
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[4]NARA catalog records located via Digital Public Library of America mirror (provider: National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference): NAID 120191764 'LCI(L) 480 - Muster Rolls' (Bureau of Naval Personnel records, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships collection) and eleven war-diary installments in 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (Office of Naval Records and Library): NAID 135974727 (10/15-31/43), NAID 78357272 (12/1/43-3/31/44), NAID 78428312 (4/1-30/44), NAID 78557522 (7/1-31/44), NAID 78621469 (8/1-31/44), NAID 134366713 (9/1-30/44), NAID 78646178 (10/1-31/44), NAID 139841015 (1/1-31/45), NAID 139931667 (2/1-28/45), NAID 139943838 (3/1-31/45), NAID 139980567 (4/1-30/45) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPLA phrase search '"LCI(L) 480"' (12 results, all NARA College Park); item pages mapping to catalog.archives.gov/id/<NAID> as listed in citation_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Twelve ship-specific primary records exist in the NARA catalog for this hull: a near-continuous wartime war-diary series (eleven installments spanning the 15 October 1943 commissioning month through April 1945, with November 1943, May-June 1944, November-December 1944, and May 1945 onward not represented in the located set) plus the muster-roll series. These are the primary-source leads for any future hull-level movement, operation, damage, or repair documentation - the war diaries are the likeliest public source for where the ship actually served, given that NavSource carries no campaign table.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10 to 1945-04 (diary installments located); muster-roll span unverified
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-480 (muster rolls); ship's officers (war diaries)
- Limitations
- Records located via DPLA's mirror of NARA catalog metadata; catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and its public API was unreachable this session, so the NAID records' digitization status and full scope are unverified. Presence of a war diary does not indicate asbestos content; no asbestos term appears in the located metadata. Diary series gaps (Nov 1943, May-Jun 1944, Nov-Dec 1944, May 1945+) may reflect non-production, uncataloged holdings, or titling variants - not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-04
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-24 / LCI(G)-24 - same wartime unit chain (LCI Flotilla Five / LCI Group Fourteen) with a full campaign table; verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150024.htm unit-assignment block and Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns table (corroborated by LCI(L)-23, -63, -65 pages - same flotilla/group)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sister-ship pages document the operating envelope of the unit LCI(L)-480 was assigned to: LCI(L)-24's page (same Flotilla Five / Group Fourteen chain, also 'Landing Force Flotillas-SoPacFor') lists New Georgia Group operations (30 June, 4 July 1943), Treasury-Bougainville operations (27 October 1943), Consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands (14-15 April and 28 April-15 June 1944), Mindanao Island landings (17-25 April 1945), and the Balikpapan operation (26 June-7 July 1945), earning five battle stars; same-unit pages LCI(L)-63 and LCI(L)-65 additionally list Treasury Islands landings (6 November 1943), Morotai (15 September 1944), Leyte landings (13 October-29 November 1944), and the Lingayen Gulf landing (4-18 January 1945). This defines the documented South- and West-Pacific operational envelope of Group Fourteen across 480's service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LCI Flotilla Five / Group Fourteen crews (unit level)
- Limitations
- Unit-level context only - this row documents what LCI Flotilla Five / Group Fourteen did, not that hull 480 participated in any listed operation. LCI(L)-480 commissioned 15 October 1943 (after the New Georgia and most Treasury-Bougainville actions) and her own NavSource page carries no campaign table and no battle stars, so her presence in any specific operation is unverified. Sister-ship campaign tables differ among themselves; no group-level unit history was located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-05
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[6]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 entire 1943 construction and 1943-46 service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered includes 1943-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews of the asbestos era
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description, same standing limitation as batches 01/98/5069.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-06
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[7]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2), 2005, pp. 35-48, DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x; verified live 2026-09-30 (direct curl 403, full record via Firecrawl) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NEJ 117(2) 2005 article record + abstract, ingentaconnect art00012
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed Naval Engineers Journal article (American Society of Naval Engineers) documents that asbestos 'was once used in U.S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation and in many other shipboard products,' that crew aboard 'Navy ships built during and following WWII' were among those exposed, and that 'the most likely source of their Navy shipboard exposures was thermal insulation' because the materials were 'dry, friable, and easily accessible.' Covers this hull's construction and service era at the practice level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2005 (article); WWII-era practice documented
- Population
- WWII-and-later Navy ship crews; shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Era/practice-level documentation - names no hull and no product list for this vessel; establishes the Navy-era practice, not installed materials aboard LCI(L)-480. Abstract-level read; article body not retrieved. No quantity, product, or individual exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel propulsion: two sets of four GM 6051 series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft; GM main reduction gears; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-06); Rushworth NEJ 2005 (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150480.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NEJ 117(2) 2005
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A geared-diesel landing craft built September-October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J., sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust thermal insulation/lagging, 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; exposure-relevant confined spaces were her engine room and machinery spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46), esp. engine-room personnel; purchasers/scrappers post-1946
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-480. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-08
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[9]Batch-5200 search ledger (this record): NavSource main page; NARA SL44 printed p.341 via ACPL scan (image read directly); shipbuildinghistory.com yard page; NARA catalog war-diary/muster-roll NAIDs via DPLA; sister-ship NavSource pages for unit envelope; usslci.org combat-awards page; GAO HRD-80-2; NEJ 117(2); CourtListener API v4 (opinions x2, dockets x1 - all completed); secondary web litigation sweep; batch intake cross-check (no PRIMARY match at any tier under LCI/LSI spellings, same-number conversions, or documented renumberings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-480-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-480 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches returned zero results for both spelling sets ('LCI(L)-480' OR 'LCI-480' OR 'LCI(L) 480' OR 'LCI 480'; and 'USS LCI(L)-480' OR 'USS LCI-480' OR 'LCI(L)480' OR 'LCI480'), and the docket-level (type=r) search also completed with zero results, 2026-09-30. Batch intake records 'No PRIMARY match at any tier' under the checked spellings/conversions. The only asbestos-adjacent web material is generic landing-craft marketing content that does not name this hull - 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. NARA deck logs (SL44: 4 logbooks, 1943-10-15 to 1945-06-30), the eleven war-diary installments, and muster rolls are unexamined primary leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-480-09
