Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-490 page (history compiled from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive page 10/15/150490 (ship entry, campaign table, photo captions, and specifications block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity, construction, and wartime record for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-490 on 1 November 1943; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and credited with the Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944; one battle star for WWII service; ribbons listed - American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal; international radio call sign NQTL. Transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease Act 20 November 1944; returned to US Navy custody 19 June 1946; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold 12 November 1947; fate unknown. Page also carries two National Archives photo captions placing this hull at Weymouth, England on 6 June 1944 and approaching Omaha Beach with USS LCI(L)-496 on 6 June 1944 (US Army Signal Corps photo SC 189987).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Crew (4 officers, 24 enlisted per class specification) and embarked troops (up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted), 1943-1944
- 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. Laid-down and launch are given as '1943' only; decommissioning and striking dates are not given. The photo captions identify the hull at Normandy via NARA/Signal Corps photo numbers but do not document her task-unit assignment. Contains no asbestos information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-01
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[2]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-490 (LCI(L)-490) warship record (compiled from wartime records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21535 (identity block: ordered, laid down, launched, commissioned, end service, history lines)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled warship record for this hull giving precise construction and custody dates: LCI 351 class; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 23 September 1943; launched 23 October 1943; commissioned 1 November 1943; end service 20 November 1944; 'Transferred to the Royal Navy on 20 November 1944. Returned to the USN by the RN on 19 June 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Crew during 1943-44 US service; RN crew during 1944-46 Lend-Lease custody
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable privately compiled database drawing on wartime records; it is secondary, not a primary source. The ordered/laid-down/launched dates come from this source alone - NavSource gives only '1943' for laying down and launch. The transfer is described as to the Royal Navy; no RN pennant, flotilla assignment, or operations between November 1944 and June 1946 are given. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-02
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[3]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.15 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p.15, row 'LC1(L)-490 | 11/1/1943 | 11/20/1944' (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 15) lists Navy deck logs for LC1(L)-490 covering 1 November 1943 through 20 November 1944 - a span beginning on her commissioning date and ending on her Lend-Lease transfer date, i.e., her complete US-custody wartime window. These logs are held in Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel logs) and are retrievable for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- The entry is an inventory record only - it establishes that NARA holds logbooks for this hull for the stated span, not their contents; the deck logs themselves were not opened for this record. Log-coverage dates are not commissioning or decommissioning dates - here they coincide with the documented commission (1 Nov 1943) and UK transfer (20 Nov 1944) per NavSource/uboat.net. Post-transfer (Royal Navy custody) logs are not US Navy records and fall outside this listing. No asbestos or condition information is contained in the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-03
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[4]shipbuildinghistory (Colton) LCI(L) production table and Naval Marine Archive New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory LCI(L) table row 'LCI(L)-490'; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html (yard history paragraph + table row '490'); GovInfo GOVPUB-P32_4800-1226d01b08d0c7bf2f8de2cbd75b80cc, New Jersey Shipbuilding Co entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Two compiled production records corroborate builder and disposition for this hull: Colton's LCI(L) production table reads 'LCI(L)-490 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 1 Nov 1943 | to Britain 1944, returned 1946, sold 1947'; the Naval Marine Archive's New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page (same compiled data) gives hull 490 delivered Oct-43 'To Britain 1944, struck 1946' and documents that the Barber yard was 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill' whose 'management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942, at the Navy's request, and was closed after the war' - i.e., the yard was Todd-managed during this hull's 1943 construction. A federal facilities listing (GovInfo, War Industrial Facilities Authorized July 1940-August 1945) separately lists 'New Jersey Shipbuilding Co, Perth Amboy NJ'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard workforce, 1942-45 (yard assembly line)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary production data, consistent with but not independent of the Navy records underlying NavSource. The yard table's 'struck 1946' is the only located striking-date statement (NavSource records the date as unknown) - carried in gaps, not asserted. Delivery month differs by one row convention (Oct-43 delivery vs 1 Nov 1943 commissioning in the main table). The GovInfo listing documents the yard's existence in the federal war-facilities register, not this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-04
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[5]Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record HAER AK-52, M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) - LCI(L) 351-class written history and documentation [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written history, 'LCIs in World War II' section (pp. 8-10) and principal-dimensions/propulsion block (p. 1); NavSource specifications block for this hull's engine fit
- 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; 158.5 ft, twin-screw); this hull is of the later LCI-351 production class documented by HAER AK-52 (which records sister craft LCI(L) 653). This hull's propulsion was two banks of four General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, four 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.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Barber NJ yard, 1943); USN crew 1943-44 and RN crew 1944-46 in confined engine-room and accommodation spaces
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - HAER AK-52 documents a sister craft (LCI(L) 653) and the LCI(L) design generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself assert asbestos content. 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 the 1947 sale).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-05
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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 construction (1943) and entire service era (1943-47).
- 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 larger Navy vessels and shipyards). 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-490-lcil490-06
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[7]Batch-5210 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44; NHHC/DANFS candidate URLs; CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches; uboat.net warship record; shipbuildinghistory (Colton) LCI(L) production table and Naval Marine Archive yard page; Library of Congress catalog search; GovInfo war-facilities listing; banned-source web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-11
- 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-490 / LCI(L)-490 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for '"LCI(L)-490"', '"LCI-490"', and '"LCI" asbestos landing craft' each returned zero results; the docket search returned a single unrelated name collision (United States v. Aslanidow, E.D. Pa. 2:17-cv-02254, a defaulted-student-loan action); an opinion search for the builder '"New Jersey Shipbuilding"' returned 37 hits, all name collisions with the unrelated New Jersey Shipbuilding & Dredging Co. or other parties - no asbestos case naming the builder located. No individual DANFS entry exists for this numbered landing craft.
- 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 1943 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 was sold in 1947 with fate unknown, so no modern survey can exist unless the hull is identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-490-lcil490-07