Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-492 - timeline, specifications, campaign credit, photographic record (verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150492.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions (1015049201-206)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down circa September-October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-492 on 4 November 1943; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and credited with the Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944; decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 20 November 1944; returned to US Navy custody 4 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; transferred to the State Department and sold May 1946; final disposition 'fate unknown.' One battle star for World War II service; ribbons: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal; call sign NQUE. Photographs document the hull loading troops in a British port circa 4-5 June 1944 with LCI(L)-83, -85, and -89, and underway with USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) toward the Omaha beachhead on D-Day. Specifications: displacement 236 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; 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', single GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, two 30 kW diesel-drive 120V D.C. ship's-service generators; '2-inch plastic splinter protection' on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); USN crew (1943-44); embarked troops (1944); RN crew (1944-46); 1946 purchasers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records and the page credits 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995). Laid-down/launch dates are given circa by NavSource; precise dates come from uboat.net (ev-04). Contains no asbestos content. The May 1946 State Department sale predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (by ship number) - RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 24, line item 'LCI(L)-492 11/4/1943 10/31/1944' (verified by direct PDF text extraction 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (by ship number), PDF page 24, lists Navy deck logs under LCI(L)-492 covering 11/4/1943-10/31/1944 (MM/DD/YYYY) - the hull's US Navy commissioned period, ending just before the 20 November 1944 decommissioning and UK lease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (coverage); 2026-09-30 (verification)
- Population
- USN crew (1943-44) - log keepers and watch standers
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates only - the list documents that RG 24 deck logs exist for this period; it is not itself a commissioning certificate and does not describe log content. The logs are not located in digitized form (catalog.archives.gov search is JS-rendered and returned no discrete digitized logbook item for this hull) - physical records at NARA. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-02
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[3]NARA catalog, NAID 78975 / Local ID 428-NPC-10782, 'Invasion of Europe (Normandy)' moving image, RG 428 General Records of the Department of the Navy, produced June 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 78975, shot list item 21 (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own shot list for the June 1944 combat film 'Invasion of Europe (Normandy)' names this hull: shot 21 - 'MLS APA, with LCU along its starboard quarter, LCI-492 enters scene from left, moving at about 10 knots. Very good.' The same film's shot list also records LCI-94 and LCI-85. This is contemporaneous Navy footage placing LCI(L)-492 in the Normandy invasion transport area on/around D-Day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- USN crew and embarked troops at Normandy (June 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival film record of presence at Normandy - it documents the vessel's participation in the invasion but describes no conditions, materials, or exposures aboard. NavSource publishes a frame from this film captioned as LCI(L)-492 with USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) heading toward the Omaha beachhead on 6 June 1944. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, HMS LCI(L)-492 (LCI(L)-492), Landing Craft Infantry of the LCI 351 class - Royal Navy record [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21540, data table and history line (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Royal Navy record for this hull: pennant LCI(L)-492, LCI 351 class; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey, U.S.A.); laid down 29 September 1943; launched 28 October 1943; commissioned (Royal Navy) 20 November 1944; 'Returned to the USN on 4 May 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- RN crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a long-running private research compilation of Allied warship records - secondary, but the laid-down/launch dates are more precise than NavSource's circa figures and the RN commissioning/return dates match NavSource exactly. No RN commanding officers or wartime events are listed - the ship's RN employment (Nov 1944 - May 1946) is otherwise undocumented in sources searched. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-04
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[5]Naval Marine Archive, 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard production list - LCI builder documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com New Jersey Shipbuilding yard page, LCI(L) rows 238-1098; LCI(L) 492 row (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard's production list carries 'LCI(L) 492, US Navy, Landing Craft, Nov-43, To Britain 1944, sold 1946' (and in the detailed LCI table: 'New Jersey SB, Barber NJ, 4-Nov-43, To Britain 1944, returned 1946, sold 1946'). The yard is described as 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber, a community immediately to the east of Perth Amboy... Management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942, at the Navy's request, and was closed after the war.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-data compilation (Colton-tradition yard lists); corroborates builder identity, delivery date (4-Nov-43 matches the commissioning date), and the Britain-lease/return/sale sequence. Disposition detail varies internally between the yard's own tables ('sold 1946' vs 'sold 1947' for sister hulls - for 492 both tables say sold 1946). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-05
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[6]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association (usslci.org): 'The Story of the LCI(L) 93 and LCI(L) 487 at Normandy' and 'LCI(L) 489 - The Engineering Officer's Point of View' (crew memoirs); 'The Elsie Item' newsletter photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org - 'The Story of the LCI(L) 93 and LCI(L) 487 at Normandy' (24 Dec 1943 crossing); 'LCI(L) 489 - The Engineering Officer's Point of View' (March exercises; 8 June 1944 orders); ElsieItem-109-Jun-2020.pdf caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific peer-crew accounts naming this hull: (a) 'Six US Navy Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) formed in columns off the Virginia coast on December 24th, 1943 for their journey to England - LCI(L)s 487, 488, 489, 490, 491 and 492,' with an Azores stopover; (b) LCI(L)-489's engineering officer records a transport group including LCI(L)-492 conducting beaching/firing exercises moored at Weymouth Bay, 2-11 March 1944, under Commander M. H. Imlay, USCG in LCI(L)-87, including the 11 March 'Fox' landing on Slapton Sands; and on 8 June 1944 off the beachhead operating 'pursuant to orders from LCI(L)492' in locating LCT-645 - indicating 492 in a group-control role on D+2. The association newsletter 'The Elsie Item' (June 2020) captions 'LCIs 83, 85, 89 and 492 loading in England during final preparations for D-Day landings.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12 to 1944-06
- Population
- USN crews of the 487-497 group; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Veterans' association publications and eyewitness memoirs - ship-specific and participant-sourced, but not official Navy records; dates and unit assignments are recollection-grade. Establishes presence in the 487-group crossing, Flotilla-10-area exercises, and post-D-Day beachhead operations; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-06
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'US Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' - Flotilla 10 composition for Operation Overlord [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned LCI(L)s page, Flotilla 4/10/35 narrative (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USCG historian documents that Flotilla 10 (Commander Miles Imlay, USCG) comprised 24 Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s 'reinforced with 12 Navy-manned LCIs, making the Flotilla's total number of landing craft 36, divided evenly between the invasion at Omaha and Utah beaches' for Operation Overlord. The peer-crew memoir (ev-06) places LCI(L)-492 in the transport group operating under Imlay's orders - consistent with Navy-manned status within the Overlord flotilla organization, though the memoir is the hull-level attribution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Flotilla 10 crews (1944) - USCG and USN
- Limitations
- Class/unit-level official history: names the flotilla structure but does not list individual Navy-manned hulls - LCI(L)-492's presence in Imlay's transport group rests on the veterans' memoir (ev-06), not this USCG page. All LCI(L)s remained commissioned US Navy vessels regardless of crew service. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-07
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[8]HAER OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland OR - NPS Historic American Engineering Record written data (sister hull, same LCI(L)-351 class) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 written data pp. 1-2 (Principal Measurements, Description, Historical Information); verified by direct PDF text extraction 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS HAER documentation of the class design as built: LCI(L)-713 'is built of welded 1/4" steel plate' to a standard Bureau of Ships design; approximately 1,051 ships of the type constructed in ten shipyards during WWII; engine room 'once containing four pairs of General Motors 6-71 diesel engines connected to two shafts and variable pitch propellers'; principal measurements 158'5.5" length, 23'3" beam, 387 tons loaded. Documents the class's austere welded-steel construction and diesel plant shared by this hull - and contains no insulation or asbestos material description at all.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (hull documented); class design 1942-45
- Population
- Class construction trades (1942-45); class crews
- Limitations
- Sister-hull documentation, not this vessel - and LCI(L)-713 is a post-June-1944 modified-design boat (cylindrical pilothouse, centerline ramp) while LCI(L)-492 is an earlier square-conning-tower, side-ramp configuration. The report documents structure and machinery only; silence on insulation means it neither establishes nor excludes asbestos materials for the class. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-08
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (diesel plant, splinter protection, accommodations); HAER OR-180 class construction data (welded 1/4-inch steel plate, GM 6-71 diesel sets, BuShips standard design); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER OR-180 written data; GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built in 1943 to a Bureau of Ships standard design sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard small-combatant applications aboard a craft of this type and period were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch brake linings. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Tight crew and troop accommodation volumes concentrate any installed insulation effects.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); USN crew (1943-44); embarked troops (1944); RN crew (1944-46); 1946 purchasers/scrappers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-492. 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-492-09
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[10]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 (1943-46).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-10
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[11]Batch-5212 search ledger (this record): NavSource verified live; NARA Special List 44 PDF verified (p. 24); NARA catalog NAID 78975 verified; uboat.net verified; Naval Marine Archive yard list verified; usslci.org memoirs verified; USCG historian page verified; HAER OR-180 verified; DANFS/NHHC negative; NVR negative; GAO product page (full text blocked); CourtListener searched (4 authenticated queries, all zero); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-492-01 through -14
- 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)-492 / HMS LCI(L)-492 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger) - CourtListener returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets across four authenticated variant queries. No DANFS entry exists for this hull. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos on Navy ships generally without primary sourcing - 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 hull's 1943 construction sits inside the Navy's asbestos era. RG 24 deck logs (coverage 11/4/1943-10/31/1944) and any NJ Shipbuilding build/transfer records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-492-11