Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]research packet pn-packet.md (6 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-495-lcil495-pkt-pn-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-495 - construction milestones, wartime assignment, awards display, specifications, disposal; history per USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995); photo collection of LCDR John W. Boucher (wartime CO) including HM LCI(L)-495 image [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150495.htm - header block, campaign/assignment block, awards ribbons, specifications block; photo subpage 150495a.htm (Boucher collection); page verified live (HTTP 200) 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched October 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-495, 10 November 1943; assigned to the 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. Navy custody 13 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; transferred to the State Department and sold 13 February 1948; final disposition fate unknown. Awards display: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal - one battle star. Spec block: displacement 246 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; cargo 75 tons; armament five single 20mm mounts (some LCIs added two .50 cal machine guns); endurance 4,000 mi at 12 kts loaded; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two 30 kW 120 V DC diesel-drive generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-1944 U.S.; 1944-1946 RN); embarked troops (up to 188)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (history credited to Turner Publishing, 1995), not a primary registry - milestone dates track official records where checkable (commissioning matches the war-diary date and SL44 log-coverage start; UK transfer matches the BuShips lend-lease roster). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-01
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[3]NARA Special List #44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947,' ship-number list - LCI(L)-495 deck-log coverage entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, page 24, LCI(L)-495 line item (PDF fetched live and content-verified by extraction 2026-09-30); context page https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA logbook inventory lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-495 covering 11/10/1943 through 11/30/1944 - the commissioning date through the lend-lease transfer date, the full U.S. Navy custody period. The logs themselves are textual holdings (Record Group 24 deck logs) at the National Archives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-11-10 to 1944-11-30 (coverage)
- Population
- Crew (1943-1944 log-coverage window)
- Limitations
- Inventory entry only - establishes that deck logs exist and their coverage dates, not their contents. The 11/30/1944 end date matches the documented decommissioning/UK-lease date (US logs cease on transfer; Royal Navy deck logs would be UK records). Logs not reviewed; contents unverified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, WWII War Diaries - 'USS LCI (L) 495 - War Diary, 11/10-30/43' (NAID 136016607, 27 scanned images; micro serial 60581) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/136016607 - digitalObjects images 0663 (10 Nov 1943 commissioning entry) and 0665 (12 Nov berth shifts), read at image level 2026-09-30; object URL host catalog.archives.gov/medialz (WWII_WarDiaries roll)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary record of commissioning: the war diary's first page (10 November 1943) records 'LCI(L) 495 was placed in commission at the New Jersey Ship Building yard, Barber N.J. at 1230' by the U.S. Navy representative at the yard; Lt.(jg) John W. Boucher accepted command, with Ens. Roy Wood (executive officer) and the engineering and nucleus-crew officers present; engine order telegraph, steering gear and whistle tested (whistle defective, replaced); pilot aboard 1341, underway for Pier 42, North River, New York, moored alongside LCI(L)-492 at 1545. 12 November entries show berth shifts alongside LCI(L)-485 and LCI(L)-486 at Pier 42.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-11-10 to 1943-11-30
- Population
- Commissioning crew - Lt.(jg) John W. Boucher (CO), Ens. Roy Wood (XO), engineering/nucleus officers; NJ Shipbuilding yard trades present at ceremony
- Limitations
- Primary ship documentation of the commissioning month only - movements and personnel, no asbestos, insulation, or material content stated. Handwritten entries read at image level; some officer-name spellings uncertain (rendered as best-read). Only the November 1943 diary is cataloged for this hull - December 1943 through November 1944 monthly diaries were not located in the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, WWII War Diaries - 'USS LCI(L) 495 - Rep of Ops, Period 6/5-16/44 Invasion of Normandy, France' (NAID 78544923, 5 images, OCR read) and 'USS LCI(L) 495 - Rep Of Ops, 6/5/44 to 7/22/44 Invasion of Normandy, France' (NAID 78602152, 4 images, OCR read) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78544923 (images 0443-0447) and /id/78602152 (images 0448-0451) - extracted text read 2026-09-30; endorsement chain: ComLCI(L) Grp 28 (Wade), ComLCI(L) Flotilla Ten (Imlay), Commander Assault Force 'O' (J. L. Hall, Jr.)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The commanding officer's own chronological reports (Lt. John W. Boucher, USNR): 5 June 1944 underway from Great Western Railway Pier, Weymouth, as part of Assault Force 'O', Task Force 124, with 201 officers and men of the 18th Infantry; 6 June - 0250 rendezvous Point King off Omaha Beach circling with LCI(L)-490 as guide, 0848 in column as third ship, 1000 line of departure held waiting, 1217 ordered in but unable to beach for obstructions/wreckage/mortar fire, 1301 anchored ~100 yards off Fox Green Beach and unloaded by LCVP/LCM, 1417 all troops unloaded; 7 June - stood by sinking transport Susan B. Anthony, then salvaged DUKW/LCVP off Port en Bessin on orders of CDR Unger USCG, took 185 troops from transport Diamond, unloaded off Dog White Beach (six soldiers rescued from drowning by three of the crew); 8-9 June - beached ammunition and supply barges at Fox Green, ferried 350 troops from MT 23.7 and 250 then 460 troops from transport Exchequer to Easy White Beach; night of D+2 a burning barrage balloon shot down onto the conning tower, ~2 hours to clear debris from mast, radio aerial and signal halyards; 10-12 June - Fox Red troop transfer for Utah, fuel/water from LST-529; 13-15 June - barge towing and convoy-direction duties under Ferry Control, then escorted a British LCT convoy to Portland/Southampton, arriving Weymouth 16 June; 19-20 June - drydocked at Plymouth for new propellers; 24 June - Southampton; 25 June - embarked troops at Lymington; 26 June - crossed to Omaha Beach in an LCT convoy, unloaded troops at midnight; Ferry Control duties through 22 July, then returned to Dartmouth.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-05 to 1944-07-22
- Population
- Crew; embarked troops of the 18th Infantry (201) and follow-on lifts (185, 350, 250, 460 troops documented); Plymouth drydock trades (19-20 June 1944)
- Limitations
- Primary ship documentation of operations, June-July 1944 - no asbestos, insulation, or material content stated. The Plymouth drydock (19-20 June, propeller replacement) is a documented yard availability but no work scope or material record is included. Text is NARA catalog OCR of the microfilm scans - minor transcription artifacts present (e.g., 'mortor', 'Freday'); times/dates quoted as read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, WWII War Diaries - 'COM LCI(L) GR 28 - Rep Of Ops, 6/5/44 to 7/23/44 Invasion of Normandy, France' (NAID 78599807, 7 images, OCR read) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78599807 - images 0350-0356 extracted text read 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The group commander's narrative report names this hull repeatedly: ships of the unit embarked ~212 troops each the night of 2 June and sailed from Weymouth ~1700 on 5 June in Convoy Group 1 under Captain M. H. Imlay, USCG; 'LCI(L)s 490, 495, and 496 unloaded their troops by small boats, with shells falling all around the craft'; on the night of D+2 'LCI(L) 495 had a wild experience' when antiaircraft fire shot down a barrage balloon that landed burning on her conning tower (about two hours to remove debris); 'LCI(L) S 494 and 495, and others on call, towed barges for days' under Ferry Control while sisters 487-489, 493, 498 went to Shuttle Control for UK repairs. Endorsed by ComLCI(L) Flotilla Ten (M. H. Imlay, 3 Aug 1944) and Commander Assault Force 'O' (J. L. Hall, Jr., 14 Aug 1944), who commended Group 28 craft for 'towing and salvage in water too shallow for tugs.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-05 to 1944-07-23
- Population
- LCI(L) Group 28 crews and embarked troops (avg ~212 per ship)
- Limitations
- Primary unit-level documentation naming this hull for D-Day unloading, the D+2 barrage-balloon casualty, and barge-towing duty - no asbestos, insulation, or material content stated. OCR transcription artifacts present. Does not document the ship's post-23-July movements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-05
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[7]Operation Plan CTF-122 No. 2-44 (ONWEST TWO), Allied Expeditionary Force Western Naval Task Force / Task Force 122, USS Augusta flagship, Plymouth, 21 April 1944 - Task Organization (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar OpPlan-2-44-1.html, Task Organization, part (b) TF 124 Assault Force 'O', OCEANWAY, LCI(L) Flotilla 10 / Group 28
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official April 1944 operation plan's task organization lists hull 495 in Assault Force 'O' (Rear Admiral Hall, USN), OCEANWAY convoy, LCI(L) Flotilla 10 - in the block '487, 488, 489, 490, 491, *492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498' marked 'Group 28' (with Groups 29 and 34 listing the other LCIs). Assault Force 'O' was the OMAHA force (V Corps landings, Vierville-Colleville sector).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04-21 (plan date); operation June 1944
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops assigned to Assault Force O (planned)
- Limitations
- The plan assigns the hull to the force/group for the invasion - it is a plan document, not an after-action record; actual conduct is documented by the ship's own reports (ev-04, ev-05). HyperWar is a transcription of the official plan - treated as the published text of a primary document. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-06
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[8]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 13 April 1945) - lend-lease transfer roster (scan hosted at shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2.pdf, printed page 275, lend-lease TRANSFERRED TO UNITED KINGDOM table, 'LCI(L) 495' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster section 'Vessels transferred to foreign governments under lend lease... TRANSFERRED TO UNITED KINGDOM' lists 'LCI(L) 495 - Landing Craft, Infantry (large)' with transfer date 'Do.' (ditto to the 30 November 1944 date carried by the block of LCIs 493-501) - primary Navy documentation that the hull transferred to the United Kingdom 30 November 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-11-30
- Population
- Royal Navy crew (post-transfer)
- Limitations
- Confirms the lend-lease transfer date only; construction-date columns are not carried for this hull in the main LCI(L) roster (only the transfer list). Contains no asbestos or material data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-07
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[9]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV - Area Campaign Medals ship listing (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar Awards-IV-16.html, E5 ship list, 'LCI(L) 495' entry; E5 definition at page head (6-25 Jun 44)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists 'LCI(L) 495' under operation E5 - 'Invasion of Normandy (including bombardment of Cherbourg)' - the basis for her one battle star. The printed participation window for this hull (and the whole block of LCIs 491-500+) reads '6 Jan 44 - 25 Jan 44,' which is inconsistent with E5's defined operation dates of 6-25 June 1944 - a misprint in the manual or its transcription; the June window is confirmed by the ship's own operation reports and NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06 (operation)
- Population
- Crew (award entitlement)
- Limitations
- Documents the award entitlement, not ship movements; the 'Jan' dates are carried as a documented source error in gaps, not asserted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-08
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[10]NARA Catalog, 'LCI(L) 495 - Muster Rolls' - 46 scanned images (Ancestry partnership scan set; NAVPERS 605-B forms) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120190928 - 46 digitalObjects; commissioning 'Report of Changes' image (32860_244758-00004.jpg) header text extracted 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized muster rolls for this hull (46 images) - the crew-level roster record, including the NAVPERS 605-B 'Report of Changes' commissioning roll stamped November 1943. The lead for any crew-list or population verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (commissioning-era rolls)
- Population
- Ship's crew, rostered
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - record located in the catalog with digital objects; the commissioning-roll page header was read but the roll images were not individually reviewed for crew names. Muster rolls establish who served aboard, not what materials were present. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-09
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[11]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s' - Flotilla 4/10/35 history [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned LCI(L)s page (verified via firecrawl 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USCG history of the flotilla this hull belonged to: twenty-four Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s of Flotilla 4 (commanded by CDR Miles Imlay, USCG) were reinforced by twelve Navy-manned LCIs to form Flotilla 10 for Operation Overlord - 36 craft divided evenly between Omaha and Utah beaches; the flotilla lost four LCI(L)s at Omaha. Confirms the unit structure within which this hull operated (Navy-manned Group 28 per the operation plan and group report).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Flotilla 10 crews (Navy and USCG)
- Limitations
- Unit-level context - the page does not name LCI(L)-495; hull assignment to Flotilla 10/Group 28 comes from the operation plan and group report. No asbestos content. Page returned 403 to plain fetches; read via firecrawl render.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-10
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[12]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association (usslci.org), 'The Story of the LCI(L) 93 and LCI(L) 487 at Normandy' - veteran-association history naming this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org story page (verified via firecrawl 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LCI veterans' association narrative states: the six Navy 'Round Conn' LCIs 493, 494, 495, 496, 497 and 498 followed sisters 487-492 to England in January 1944; the twelve Navy LCIs merged with the twenty-four Coast Guard 'Square Conn' LCIs of Flotilla Four to form Flotilla Ten (HQ at Greenway House, the Agatha Christie home); and during the pre-invasion 'Operation Tiger' exercise at Slapton Sands, LCI(L) 495 carried VIPs including General Eisenhower, Admiral Wiltz and British Air Marshal Tedder, whose autographs were collected by crewman MoMM2c Anthony Pelle - the exercise that ended with E-boats torpedoing LSTs and killing more than 700 American soldiers and sailors.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (January transit; April Exercise Tiger)
- Population
- Crew; embarked VIPs during Exercise Tiger
- Limitations
- Veteran-association secondary narrative, not an official record - used for the transit group, flotilla formation, and the Operation Tiger VIP detail; these are consistent with (but go beyond) the primary documents. Individual-name detail (Pelle) is anecdote-level. No asbestos content. Direct fetch failed; read via firecrawl render 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-11
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[13]WW2 US Medical Research Centre (med-dept.com), 12th Field Hospital unit history - France section naming 'LCI 495' [other_primary]
- Locator
- med-dept.com/unit-histories/12th-field-hospital, 'France' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The 12th Field Hospital unit history records that 'On 25 June 1944, the Officers and EM boarded LCI 495 ... arriving at Omaha Beach on 26 June 1944 at about 2400 hours' - an independent unit record corroborating the ship's own operation report (embarked troops at Lymington 25 June; crossed to Omaha in an LCT convoy 26 June; unloaded at midnight). The 12th Field was among the first ADSEC medical organizations ashore in Normandy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-25 to 1944-06-26
- Population
- Embarked 12th Field Hospital personnel (25-26 June 1944)
- Limitations
- A unit-history transcription site (secondary hosting of a primary-derived unit history) - corroborates one troop-ferrying episode; not an official source. No asbestos content. Direct fetch returned 403; read via firecrawl render 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-12
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[14]Naval Marine Archive (shipbuildinghistory dataset), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard production list - LCI(L) 495 line item and yard history [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com New Jersey Shipbuilding yard table, 'LCI(L) 495' row (verified live, HTTP 200, 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard production list records 'LCI(L) 495 - US Navy - Landing Craft - Nov-43 - To Britain 1944, struck 1946' - corroborating builder, delivery month, transfer, and striking. The yard history notes New Jersey Shipbuilding was an LCI assembly line on the Arthur Kill at Barber, N.J., whose management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request and which closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding/Todd construction workforce (1943)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of yard records - corroborates builder and timeline but is not an official registry. No asbestos content; no work-scope detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-13
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[15]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships and that its 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - the Navy's asbestos-use era covers this craft's entire 1943-1944 U.S. construction and service life.
- 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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; LCI(L)-495 is not named. Product page read via firecrawl (plain fetch returned HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-14
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[16]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block for this hull (all-diesel GM 6051-series-71 plant, twin screw, 2,320 shp - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-14); LCI(L)-351 class context (secondary class literature) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (ev-01); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-14)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered infantry landing craft built October-November 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period: engine exhaust and manifold lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, and electrical insulation in the small machinery space and austere accommodations. As an all-diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and her austere landing-craft construction implies materially less insulation scope than a steam combatant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding/Todd construction trades (1943); crew (1943-1944 U.S., 1944-1946 RN); Plymouth drydock trades (June 1944); unknown disposal-party trades (1948 sale)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-495. 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-495-lcil495-15
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[17]Batch-5215 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44; NARA catalog (war diary, two ship operation reports, group operation report, muster rolls - all digitized and read); CTF-122 OpPlan 2-44; BuShips Ships' Data 1945; NAVPERS 15,790; USCG Historian; usslci.org; med-dept.com; Naval Marine Archive yard list; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket searches); general web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LCI(L)-495 / HM LCI(L)-495 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated searches across name variants ('LCI(L)-495', 'LCI-495', 'LCI 495') returned zero hits on both the opinion index (type=o) and the docket index (type=r).
- 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 - era-standard diesel-craft materials may have been present without documentation. Deck logs, muster rolls, and any sale/disposal records are digitized-or-unreviewed leads; Royal Navy service records (ADM series) are unsearched. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-495-lcil495-16