Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-482 - construction/milestone timeline, unit assignments, ribbon display, specifications, disposal, Operation Penrod photo caption; page history credited to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry, Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995); verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150482.htm header block, awards/ribbon line, unit assignment lines, specifications block, photo captions 1015048201 (Operation Penrod) and 1015039401 (nested with LCI(L)-394)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 9 September 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; launched 13 October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-482, 19 October 1943, LTjg. E. S. Rubin 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-Eight; under the operational control of Atoll Commander Majuro, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal - no battle stars shown. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold 3 December 1946, 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. Photo caption documents the hull unloading evacuees during Operation Penrod (Jaluit Atoll, D-day 6 May 1945; caption states 580 natives evacuated by 5 LCIs) and shows 482 nested alongside LCI(L)-394 in the Marshalls.
- 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 and evacuated Marshallese civilians
- 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; the commissioning, stricken, and sale dates are corroborated by NARA SL44 coverage and the digitized war diaries. The NavSource commanding-officer attribution (Rubin from 19 Oct 1943) conflicts with war-diary signature blocks (see ev-10). No asbestos or material content. 'Decommissioned, date unknown' - no month or place stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - ships-by-number PDF, official archives.gov copy; verified by direct download and pdftotext 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf (archives.gov), PDF page 24, 'LCI(L)-482' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- SL44 inventories Navy deck logs for this hull as 'LCI(L)-482 | 10/19/1943 | 6/30/1945' (PDF page 24, between entries LCI(L)-481 and LCI(L)-483) - logbooks covering 19 October 1943 through 30 June 1945 in NARA custody (Record Group 24). The hull is styled plain 'LCI(L)-482' - no (G) gunboat, (M) mortar, (R) rocket, or (FF) flotilla-flagship suffix - consistent with NavSource showing no reclassification. The inventory documents that logs exist and their coverage; it does not include their contents.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10-19 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 (19 Oct 1943) but closes 30 June 1945 while the ship remained in service into 1946 (struck 12 Apr 1946) - SL44 records only what NARA held at compilation (1978), so post-June-1945 logs are outside this inventory, not absent from service. Wartime deck logs for this hull are not among NARA's digitized online deck-log series; the digitized war diaries (separate RG 38 series) are the accessible primary source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard page - construction list naming LCI(L) 482; verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm - yard description paragraph and LCI(L) construction-list row '# 482'
- 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) | 482 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-43 | Struck 1946' - corroborating the builder, the October 1943 completion 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-482-03
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[4]NARA catalog records for this hull (National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference): NAID 120191590 'LCI(L) 482 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities) plus twelve war-diary installments in 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (RG 38, series NAID 4697018): NAID 136028172 (10/19-11/30/43), NAID 78368604 (12/1/43-1/31/44), NAID 78530658 (2/1/44-4/30/44), NAID 78599467 (8/1-31/44), NAID 139736232 (9/1-30/44), NAID 78694847 (11/1-30/44), NAID 139805932 (12/1-31/44), NAID 139846798 (1/1-31/45), NAID 139891450 (2/1-28/45), NAID 139943840 (3/1-31/45), NAID 139980569 (4/1-30/45), NAID 633441694 (5/1-31/45) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/<NAID> for each listed unit; search 'LCI(L) 482' returns 58 results (57 file units available online incl. sister-hull entries sharing the number string)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Thirteen ship-specific primary record units exist in the NARA catalog for this hull: a wartime war-diary series of twelve installments spanning the 19 October 1943 commissioning through 31 May 1945 (with May-July 1944, October 1944, and June 1945 onward not represented in the located set) plus the muster-roll file unit. The installments are digitized and publicly readable in the NARA catalog (Fold3-scanned microfilm; the Oct-Nov 1943, Dec 1943-Jan 1944, Feb-Apr 1944, and May 1945 installments were opened and read page-level this session - see ev-05 through ev-08). These records, with the RG 24 deck logs inventoried in SL44, are the primary-source basis for the hull's movements, operations, and personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10 to 1945-05 (diary installments located); muster-roll span unverified
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-482 (muster rolls); ship's officers (war diaries)
- Limitations
- Records verified live in the NARA catalog 2026-09-30 via rendered scrape (catalog is JS-rendered; the public API path returned the SPA shell only). Diary-series gaps (May-Jul 1944, Oct 1944, Jun 1945+) may reflect non-production, uncataloged holdings, or titling variants - not established. Presence of a war diary does not indicate asbestos content; no asbestos term appears in the metadata or in the diary pages read. catalog.archives.gov links are live record pages.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-04
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[5]NARA: 'USS LCI (L) 482 - War Diary, 10/19/43 to 11/30/43' (NAID 136028172, RG 38 series 4697018, microfilm roll A721, Fold3 scan, 53 images) - pages read directly 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 136028172, images 0002-0004 (19-20 Oct 1943 daily pages and signature blocks)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Commissioning-day and shakedown movements in the ship's own record: 19 October 1943 - got underway at 1418 leaving Barber, New Jersey, proceeding up Arthur Kill toward New York harbor, pilot conning, Statue of Liberty passed abeam to port at 1525; moored port side alongside LCI(L)-470 at the north side of Pier 42, New York City. 20 October 1943 - cast off 0802 with pilot aboard; the diary records 'the Prospective Commanding Officer Lt(jg) George Wilkinson, USNR took up the conn' once clear of the pier; the ship was moored port side to LCI(L)-481 at the Todd pier at Hoboken, New Jersey. Watch-section and month-end signature blocks on these October-December 1943 pages are signed 'George Wilkinson Lt.(j.g.) USNR' in both the 'Approved - Commanding Officer' and 'Examined - Navigator' lines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10-19 to 1943-11-30
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-482; officers Wilkinson, Vaskovsky, Vohman, Anthony (watch signers)
- Limitations
- Page-level reading of sampled images only (the installment is 53 images); not every page was read. The 'Prospective Commanding Officer' wording on 20 Oct 1943 indicates Wilkinson's formal assumption of command may have postdated the 19 Oct commissioning - see ev-10 for the NavSource attribution conflict. No asbestos or material content anywhere in the diary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-05
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[6]NARA: 'USS LCI(L) 482 - War Diary, 12/1/43 to 1/31/44' (NAID 78368604, RG 38 series 4697018, micro serial 69358, microfilm roll A899, Fold3 scan, 67 images) - pages read directly 2026-09-30; also indexed by DPLA [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78368604, images 0191-0257 (daily pages for 1-2 Dec, 9 Dec, 25 Dec 1943; 14 Jan, 31 Jan 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's Atlantic-to-Pacific transit in her own record: 1 December 1943 moored Pier 9, Solomons, Maryland; 2-3 December underway for and fueling at the Craney Island fuel dock, Norfolk, Va., anchored off Little Creek; 9 December steaming in column off the Carolinas (~33 N, 77 W) conforming to flagship courses (received replacement salt-water-pump impellers from the repair ship en route); 25 December 1943 moored alongside LCI(L)-471 at Pier 2, Coco Solo, Canal Zone. January 1944 - moored alongside LCI(L)-481 at Pier 4, Naval Repair Base, San Diego, Calif. (14 January); 31 January underway to Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island, Calif., practicing zigzag tactics en route. Officer watch-signers include Ens. John G. Vaskovsky and Ens. V. E. Vohman, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-01 to 1944-01-31
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-482 (transit complement ~28); repair-ship support personnel
- Limitations
- Page-level reading of sampled images (10 of 67); intermediate daily pages not all read. Watch-signer names are handwritten and partially uncertain (Vaskovsky/Vohman readings are best-effort). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-06
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[7]NARA: 'USS LCI(L) 482 - War Diary, 2/1/44 to 4/30/44' (NAID 78530658, RG 38 series 4697018, microfilm roll A1059, Fold3 scan, 110 images) - pages read directly 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78530658, images 0640 (4 Mar 1944), 0700 (26 Apr 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- California-coast amphibious work-up and onward movement to Hawaii in the ship's own record: 4 March 1944 anchored in San Luis Obispo Bay, California - beached at 1007 and stranded on a bar as the tide fell ('ship is dead... resting on a bar'), refloating on the rising tide; landing-craft beach work consistent with amphibious training. 26 April 1944 - moored port side to Pier 8, Pearl Harbor; shoved off 0735; moored alongside LCI(L)-82 to take bread aboard; then underway for Maui, T.H., anchoring in Maalaea Bay with 30 fathoms of bow-anchor cable.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-02-01 to 1944-04-30
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-482; LCI(L)-82 and -481 crews (nested alongside)
- Limitations
- Page-level reading of sampled images (4 of 110); the February-May 1944 sequence between San Clemente and Pearl Harbor is not fully traced. The 4 March stranding is recorded as routine beaching/tidal, not a casualty event. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-07
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[8]NARA: 'LCI(L)-482 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45' (NAID 633441694, RG 38 series 4697018, microfilm roll A1627, Fold3 scan, 4 images) - all pages read 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633441694, images 0480-0483 (complete installment)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Jaluit evacuation raid (Operation Penrod) and May 1945 military-government runs in the ship's own record: 1 May - moored NOB Pier, Kwajalein Island, on receipt of orders for 'a surprise raid on Jaluit Atoll' to (1) rescue and evacuate Marshallese, (2) obtain prisoners, (3) destroy enemy installations, food supplies, and personnel; embarked military-government officer, medical officer, native scouts and interpreters at Ebeye Island. 2-3 May - proceeded with USS LCI(L)-394 to Majuro Atoll; beached on Rita Island; commanding officers briefed; five-man armed guard from NAB 3234 embarked. 5 May - underway for Jaluit with LCIs 479, 481, 392, 394 per 'operation plan of Atoll Commander, Majuro 4-45'; USS Wintle (DE-25) and YMS-354 fire support; VMSB air support from Majuro; after dark put armed native scouting parties ashore by outrigger canoe off Ai and Ooa islands. 6 May (D-day) - lay ten yards off the reef at Ooa Island, embarked 118 natives at the north end and 80 at the south end; while recovering five swimming natives encountered enemy rifle fire and returned it with 20mm and .50-caliber machine-gun fire (1,000 rounds 20mm and 500 rounds .50-cal. expended); 'Total natives evacuated 203.' Rendezvoused with Wintle and proceeded to Arno Atoll. 7 May - beached on Dodo Island, Arno Atoll, disembarking all Jaluit evacuees at the quarantine camp; returned via Majuro to Kwajalein by 9 May. 11-26 May - military-government supply runs from Kwajalein/Ebeye to Namu, Likiep (with a diverted 18-19 May search for plane-crash survivors off Wotje), Ailuk, Mejit, and Utirik atolls; month signed by Edward S. Rubin, Lt.(j.g.), U.S.N.R.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 to 1945-05-31
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-482; 203 Marshallese evacuees embarked (6-7 May 1945); military-government party; NAB 3234 armed guard
- Limitations
- All four images read. The diary's per-hull figure (203 natives embarked aboard 482) is the ship's own count and reconciles with the NavSource caption's force-level figure (580 across 5 LCIs). 'Operation Penrod' is NavSource's caption name for the raid; the diary and operation plan call it the Jaluit evacuation under Atoll Commander Majuro Op Plan 4-45. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-08
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[9]United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, Atoll Commander, Majuro, Marshall Islands - Operation Plan, Atoll Commander Majuro 4-45, serial 00145, SECRET, 30 April 1945 (scan hosted on NavSource, contributed by Sue Cosper) - verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/15/pdf/150481b.pdf, task-organization section and Annexes B/D/E (text extracted via pdftotext)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The contemporaneous operation order for the Jaluit evacuation names this hull: Task Organization lists 'LCI-482 (with 2 LCR); Lt.(jg) E. S. Rubin, USNR' as Evacuation Unit #1, with Evacuation Units #2-5 as LCI-394 (Lt. P. A. Wasemansdorf), LCI-392 (Lt. A. S. Field), LCI-479 (Lt. G. (n) Wilkinson), and LCI-481 (Lt.(jg) P. M. Cosper); Fire Support Units USS Wintle (DE-25) and YMS-354; air support of six two-plane VMSB sections plus three Dumbos. Intelligence section states ~1,200 natives on Jaluit Atoll suffering food shortage under enemy restriction, 'very desirous of being evacuated,' with enemy garrisons on Namoraru, Nalmedj, Pingelap/Bokayan (~300) and South Point (~100). The plan details night native rendezvous, scout signaling (blinking/steady white/red flashlight codes), and rules against alerting the enemy before evacuation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-30 (plan); executed 5-7 May 1945
- Population
- five LCI evacuation units (~140 crew) plus ~1,200 Jaluit natives; fire-support crews; VMSB aircrews
- Limitations
- Primary operation order hosted on a secondary site (NavSource PDF scan, contributor-provided); the document is the atoll commander's plan, not the ship's own report - actual execution is documented by 482's war diary (ev-08). Note the plan assigns 'Lt. G. (n) Wilkinson' to LCI-479: whether this is the same George Wilkinson who signed 482's Oct-Dec 1943 diary (a transfer would resolve the ev-10 discrepancy) is plausible but unproven - flagged, not asserted. '2 LCR' is rendered verbatim; the abbreviation is not expanded in the document. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-09
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[10]Conflict between NavSource commanding-officer attribution and the war diaries' signature blocks: NavSource lists 'LTjg. Rubin, E. S., USNR - 19 October 1943 - ?' as first CO; war-diary pages Oct-Dec 1943 are signed 'George Wilkinson Lt.(j.g.) USNR' in both the 'Approved - Commanding Officer' and 'Examined - Navigator' blocks, and the 20 Oct 1943 entry calls Wilkinson 'the Prospective Commanding Officer'; the May 1945 installment is signed 'Edward S. Rubin Lt.(j.g.) U.S.N.R.' and the April 1945 operation plan assigns Rubin to the ship [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150482.htm CO table; NAID 136028172 images 0002-0004; NAID 78368604 signature blocks; NAID 633441694 image 0483 (Rubin signature); NavSource 150481b.pdf task organization
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION / DISCREPANCY: the primary records show Lt.(jg) George Wilkinson signing this hull's war diary as commanding officer (and described in-entry as 'Prospective Commanding Officer') through at least December 1943, while Lt.(jg) Edward S. Rubin signs the May 1945 diary and is assigned the ship in Operation Plan 4-45 - a mid-service change of command not reflected in NavSource's single-entry CO table, which attributes command to Rubin from the 19 October 1943 commissioning. The diary evidence indicates Wilkinson conned/commanded the ship during her transit and work-up period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-10 to 1945-05
- Limitations
- Resolves a record conflict, not a material claim: the war diaries are primary but the 'prospective' qualifier leaves formal commission-pennant command uncertain for Oct-Dec 1943; the CO table in NavSource is unsourced (attributed wholesale to the Turner Publishing volume). Whether command formally changed hands or Wilkinson signed while Rubin held title is not established - flag only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-10
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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 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, standing limitation from batches 01/98/5200) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-11
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[12]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 [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)-482. Abstract-level read; article body not retrieved. No quantity, product, or individual exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-12
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[13]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-11); Rushworth NEJ 2005 (ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150482.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; purchaser/scrappers post-1946 (fate unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-482. 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-482-13
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[14]Batch-5202 search ledger (this record): NavSource main page and Operation Plan 4-45 PDF; NARA SL44 official ship-number PDF (pdftotext, PDF p.24); NARA catalog war-diary/muster-roll NAIDs (4 installments read page-level); shipbuildinghistory.com yard page; usslci.org combat-awards page (no 482 awardee listed); NHHC DANFS (no entry for numbered LCIs); NVR (not covered - disposed pre-1987); CourtListener API v4 (opinions x2 and dockets x1 - all completed, zero hits); secondary web litigation sweep; batch intake cross-check (no PRIMARY match at any tier under LCI spellings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-482-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-482 was found in the public sources searched, and no asbestos term appears in the war-diary pages read or in NARA/NavSource metadata. CourtListener searches completed 2026-09-30: zero opinion results for both spelling sets ('LCI(L)-482' OR 'LCI-482' OR 'LCI(L) 482' OR 'LCI 482'; and 'USS LCI(L)-482' OR 'USS LCI-482' OR 'LCI(L)482' OR 'LCI482') and zero docket-level (type=r) results for 'LCI(L)-482' OR 'LCI-482' OR 'LCI 482'. 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. The NARA war diaries (12 installments) and RG 24 deck logs (SL44: 10/19/1943-6/30/1945) are only partially read page-level; muster rolls unexamined. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-14
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[15]U.S. Navy press report, 'Somewhere on Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, 21 March 1945' - rescue of 67 surviving Korean laborers after the uprising against the Japanese garrison on Mille Atoll (scan hosted on NavSource, contributed by Sue Cosper) - verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/15/pdf/150481a.pdf (text extracted via pdftotext)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Navy press report documents the evacuation-rescue environment of the Majuro atoll command during this hull's stationing there: 67 emaciated Korean survivors of an uprising on Mille Atoll were brought to the U.S. Naval Air Base at Majuro after 'the subsequent dispatch of U.S. Navy vessels to the scene.' It does not name LCI(L)-482 or any LCI - but it is contemporaneous primary evidence of the kind of evacuation/rescue tasking the Majuro LCIs (including 482) performed, six weeks before the documented Jaluit raid.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-03
- Population
- Majuro atoll command personnel; rescued Korean laborers (class context)
- Limitations
- Does not name this hull - context for the atoll command's operations only. The 'U.S. Navy vessels' dispatched to Mille are unidentified; whether LCI(L)-482 was among them is undocumented. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-482-15