Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet pn-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-493-lcil493-pkt-pn-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (Washington, DC, 1978), 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section, book page 341 - entry for LCI(L)-493; scanned volume mirrored by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, book page 341, 'SHIPS WITH SYMBOL AND NUMBER DESIGNATIONS' table, row 'LCI(L)-493 | Nov. 6, 1943-Nov. 30, 1944 | 2'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA logbook inventory lists two deck logbooks for LCI(L)-493 spanning 6 November 1943 - 30 November 1944 - the full U.S. commissioned period, from commissioning to the day she was decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom. Establishes in-scope wartime service for this hull and that hull-level logs exist in NARA custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-11-06 to 1944-11-30 (log span); inventory compiled 1978
- Population
- crew (Nov 1943 - Nov 1944)
- Limitations
- Log-inventory entry only: confirms the existence and date span of the logs, not their content - no asbestos or material information is present in an inventory listing. Verified by reading the scanned page directly (book p. 341; ACPL display 367). Digitization status of the two logbooks in the National Archives Catalog is unverified (catalog search is JS-rendered / API-gated).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-493 (page 10/15/150493) - identity, timeline, awards, specifications, captioned photographs; history text from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150493.htm - header block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.; launched 1943; commissioned as USS LCI(L)-493 (page prints '30 November 1943' - conflict, see ev-09); assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944; decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 30 November 1944; returned to U.S. custody 24 September 1946; struck from the Naval Register 13 December 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; sold 28 October 1947, fate unknown. One battle star for World War II service; awards: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1 star), World War II Victory Medal. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158' 5.5" x 23' 3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; five single 20 mm guns; two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Page verified live at navsource.net 2026-09-30.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- construction trades (Barber NJ, 1943); crew (1943-44); embarked troops (up to ~188); Royal Navy crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its printed commissioning date (30 Nov 1943) conflicts with uboat.net (6 Nov 1943) and with the NARA deck-log span opening 6 Nov 1943 - the NARA-consistent date is carried and the conflict is logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-493 (LCI(L)-493) - milestone table (Gudmundur Helgason's database) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21541 - construction/commissioning table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Milestone table for this hull: built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 29 September 1943; launched 30 October 1943; commissioned 6 November 1943; end service 30 November 1944; transferred to the Royal Navy 30 November 1944; returned to the USN by the RN 24 September 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (volunteer-edited warship database), not an official registry; no asbestos content. Its 6 Nov 1943 commissioning date matches the opening of the NARA deck-log span (ev-01) and is carried over NavSource's printed 30 Nov 1943.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-03
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[5]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'The Story of the LCI(L) 93 and LCI(L) 487 at Normandy' - Flotilla Ten formation narrative and Omaha Beach first-wave account (association published history) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org article, Flotilla Ten formation and Omaha Beach paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Association history names this hull specifically: LCI(L)-493 crossed the Atlantic in January 1944 in the second group of Navy-manned 'Round Conn' LCIs (493-498); the twelve Navy LCIs merged with twenty-four Coast Guard-manned 'Square Conn' LCIs of Flotilla Four to form Flotilla Ten, headquartered at Greenway House on the River Dart; and 'the first LCI(L)s to land troops on Omaha Beach were Navy LCI(L) 493 and Coast Guard LCI(L) 88 from Flotilla Ten at 0735 hours' on 6 June 1944. All crewmen of the 493-498 group survived the campaign; sister LCI(L)-497 was destroyed by German teller mines at Omaha.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- crew and embarked Army troops, D-Day (6 June 1944)
- Limitations
- Veterans' association publication (Turner Publishing companion material / first-person accounts), not an official Navy action report - the 0735 first-landing detail rests on this source alone; participation in the Normandy campaign itself is independently corroborated by NavSource's campaign listing. No asbestos content. Page fetched via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (direct fetch returned no content).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-04
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[6]NavSource photo caption quoting the USS LCI National Association newsletter The Elsie Item (January 2005), 'About Our Cover' section, on Dwight C. Shepler's watercolor 'The Battered Amphibian'; Navy-caption transcription for the painting (Navy Art Collection 88-199-EI) via eucmh.com compilation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150493.htm image captions (Shepler painting); eucmh.com D-Day art compilation, Shepler #136 / 88-199-EI entry; heritagegateway.org.uk monument record MDV56263 (Waddeton slipway)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- This hull is the subject of a documented U.S. Navy combat painting: per the LCI association's account, in April 1944 during an early practice landing at Paignton Sands on the Devon coast LCI(L)-493 'ended up broached against the rocks with another LCI pounding up against her from the other side all night long,' then made her way up the River Dart to a marine railway where combat artist Dwight C. Shepler painted her under repair - the watercolor 'The Battered Amphibian' (Dartmouth amphibious base / Waddeton slipway). The Navy-caption transcription describes 'an LCI... broached in attempting to rescue a sister ship from the rocks during a practice operation... wounds dressed at the Waddleton Shipway in the sequestered estuary of the Dart' with Navy ship fitters welding in new plates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- crew; Navy repair ship fitters at Waddeton slipway (spring 1944)
- Limitations
- The identification of the painting's subject as this hull rests on the association newsletter quoted by NavSource; the Navy caption itself does not name the hull. Date conflict: the association says April 1944, the Navy-caption transcription says March 1944 - unresolved. Navy Art Collection accession cited as 88-199-EI (eucmh transcription) vs 88-199-FD (a UK heritage record for the Waddeton site) - unresolved; both collations are secondary transcriptions. The Elsie Item caption prints 'Paigton [sic] Sands, Cornwall' - Paignton is in Devon; a source slip. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-05
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' - Flotilla 10 composition and losses [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office article, Flotilla 4/10 narrative paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Coast Guard history of the flotilla this hull belonged to: the Coast Guard manned 28 Navy LCI(L)s; 24 were grouped under Commander Miles Imlay, USCG, as Flotilla 4 (Sicily/Salerno), redesignated Flotilla 10 for Operation Overlord and reinforced with 12 Navy-manned LCIs (this hull among them, per ev-04) - 36 craft divided evenly between Omaha and Utah beaches; four LCI(L)s were destroyed by enemy fire at Omaha and others damaged; surviving vessels worked the Channel for months before returning to the U.S.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Flotilla Ten crews (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level official history; does not name LCI(L)-493 - this hull's Navy-manned membership in Flotilla Ten is established by ev-04. No asbestos content. Page verified via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (direct fetch returned HTTP 403).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-06
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[8]NARA photograph 80-G-251871 (National Archives Identifier 12003998), captioned on NavSource LCI(L)-87 archive page - 'Army personnel delivering supplies to LCI(L)s waiting for D-Day... in an English port' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150087.htm caption block citing 'US National Archives National Archives Identifier 12003998 (photo # 80-G-251871)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A U.S. National Archives photograph (80-G-251871, NAID 12003998) of LCI(L)s awaiting D-Day in an English port shows USS LCI(L)-493 in the far distance alongside LCI(L)-96 and LCI(L)-87 - physical-presence documentation of this hull in the pre-invasion staging ports, spring 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- crew (spring 1944 staging)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the caption (transcribed on NavSource's LCI(L)-87 page) establishes presence in the photograph, nothing about work or material condition. NAID metadata transcribed via the NavSource caption; the NARA catalog page is JS-rendered and was not independently verified this session. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource class spec block for this hull's page (diesel propulsion: 2 x 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch screws; steel hull); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use documentation (ev-08); WWII-era naval practice for small steel diesel craft [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150493.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel landing craft built in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust insulation (lagging on diesel exhaust manifolds and piping), gaskets, valve and machinery packing, electrical insulation, and insulation in accommodation spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- construction trades (Barber NJ, 1943); crew (1943-44 USN; 1944-46 RN); unknown post-sale population (1947- )
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or logbook excerpt was located for LCI(L)-493. 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-493-08a
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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 entire construction (1943) and U.S./RN 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 - LCI(L)-493 is not named and landing-craft-specific findings are not stated. 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-493-08b
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[11]Batch-5213 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 scan (verified); NavSource (live); uboat.net (live); usslci.org (Firecrawl); USCG Historian (Firecrawl); NARA catalog (JS-gated); CourtListener authenticated searches; secondary web sweep; navalmarinearchive + shipbuildinghistory builder tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-493-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-493 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero opinion results for 'LCI(L)-493', 'LCI-493', and 'LCI(L) 493', and zero docket results for the combined hull variants; the loose variant 'LCI 493' could not be run before session end (fleet pacing budget spent - logged in search_ledger, not a negative result). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos at LCI-builder yards generally - 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 craft's 1943 construction era is consistent with era-standard asbestos use. The two NARA logbooks (ev-01), builder work packages (yard closed post-war; records disposition unknown), and Maritime Commission disposal file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-493-09