Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet po-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-500 | Hull: LCI(L)-500 | Designation: Landing Craft Infantry (Large) | US-built landing craft
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-pkt-po-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LCI(L)-500 (archive 10/15/150500) - build timeline, specifications, campaign record, transfer and disposal chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, hull page 10/15/150500 - history block, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down in 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; launched (date unknown); commissioned USS LCI(L)-500, 17 November 1943; assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944; decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 30 November 1944; returned to U.S. custody 27 July 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); sold by the Maritime Commission 12 November 1947; earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Crew complement 4 officers / 24 enlisted; embarked troops up to 6 officers / 182 enlisted (specifications, not muster data)
- Limitations
- NavSource's stated history source for this page is USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995) - a secondary compilation, not a primary government record. Does not establish asbestos conditions aboard; dates are the archive's compiled timeline. 'Struck' date is given as unknown; secondary listings give 1946.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LCI(L)-500 - photo captions crediting Imperial War Museums images (IWM photo by Sgt. A.N. Midgley, No.5 Army Film and Photographic Unit; Royal Navy image FL 7017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource image table, images 1015050001 (D-Day POW interrogation) and 1015050002 (HM LCH-500, IWM FL 7017)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- D-Day detail: USS LCI(L)-500 landed British troops of the Durham Light Infantry on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944; unlike most landing craft she did not return to sea after disembarking - a British intelligence officer remained aboard and German POWs were brought to the ship for interrogation, photographed being marched to a POW pen on the beach. Under Royal Navy lease she served as HM LCH-500; NavSource notes twenty LCI(L)s were converted to 'Landing Craft Administration' craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06; 1944-12 to 1946-07 (RN lease)
- Population
- Embarked British troops; German POWs aboard briefly for interrogation; U.S. Navy crew
- Limitations
- Detail rests on IWM-attributed photo captions transcribed by NavSource; the IWM collection object record could not be opened in this session (iwm.org.uk returns 403 to automated requests). Royal Navy 'LCH' nomenclature and the 'Landing Craft Administration' gloss are per NavSource's caption; the conversion role and any refit details are not otherwise documented here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (Washington, DC: National Archives, 1978), p. 342 - scanned page image hosted by the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center NARA finding-aids collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 book page 342, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section, LCI(L)-500 entry (ACPL Genealogy Center display image 368, F-LCI(L) section)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 lists Navy deck logs in NARA custody under 'LCI(L)-500' covering 'Nov. 17, 1943-Nov. 30, 1944,' number of logbooks: 2. The coverage window spans exactly the U.S. Navy commission - from commissioning (17 November 1943) through decommissioning/lease to the United Kingdom (30 November 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (log coverage); 1978 (publication)
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew, 1943-11-17 to 1944-11-30
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates are custody spans of the logbooks in NARA holdings, not assertions of commissioning events; here they bracket the documented U.S. commission and corroborate it. Neighboring hulls (-498, -499, -501, -502, -505, -507 through -512) show similar November 30 / December 5, 1944 end dates consistent with the December 1944 UK lease group. The logs themselves are not digitized; SL44 is cited from the ACPL-hosted page image because NARA's own SL44 PDF URLs return 404 (verified 2026-09-30).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-03
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[5]NavSource specifications block for LCI(L)-500 - propulsion and plant details as the basis for era-consistent materials inference [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion section)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LCI(L)-351 class plant was all-diesel: two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines (four per shaft) through a single GM reduction gear, twin variable-pitch propellers (2,320 shp), plus two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's-service generators - no boilers or steam system. Period-standard asbestos applications for a 1943 Navy landing craft of this type are therefore the non-steam items: exhaust manifold and muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in the diesel plant and auxiliaries, electrical wiring insulation, and fireproof/insulating sheet (e.g., asbestos-cement board) around machinery and galley spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ, 1943); U.S. Navy engine-room ratings 1943-44; Royal Navy crew under lease 1944-46
- Limitations
- Era and type inference only - no source names LCI(L)-500 or the LCI(L)-351 class as carrying specific asbestos products, no bill of materials or shipyard work package was located, and no boiler/turbine-lagging pathway exists aboard this type. Smaller diesel landing craft carried materially less asbestos insulation than steam vessels. Does not establish quantity, individual exposure, or present-day presence; the hull was sold out of federal custody in 1947.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights section (product-page description; full report PDF blocked)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of asbestos removal, and compensation programs; the review documents that asbestos insulation was standard in Navy ships of the wartime construction era, with Navy removal/replacement policy formalized in 1975 and modified in 1979. Fieldwork was conducted at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-era construction through 1970s policy
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level government survey - does not name this hull, this class, or this builder, and addresses Navy-wide policy decades after this vessel left U.S. service (1944) and federal custody (1947). Product-page highlights used as the source of record: the full-text PDF on gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (verified 2026-09-30), a standing access defect noted in BATCH-01 and BATCH-98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-05
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[7]Batch-5221 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) opinion and docket searches; NHHC DANFS and NMUSN ship pages; NARA deck-log resources; NavSource; secondary compilations; asbestos web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: CourtListener returned zero results for 'LCI(L)-500', 'LCI(L) 500', 'LCI-500', and 'LCIL-500' in opinions and zero results for 'LCI(L)-500' in RECAP dockets; no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 construction makes asbestos-containing components plausible, and Royal Navy service records (1944-46 lease) were not searched beyond open-web sources. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-06
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[8]uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS LCI(L)-500 (ship/21554) and shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey Shipbuilding (Barber NJ) yard table - secondary compilations cross-checked against NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21554 table; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm hull row for LCI(L) 500
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilations corroborate the core timeline (commissioned 17 November 1943; transferred to the Royal Navy 30 November 1944; returned to USN 27 July 1946; New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ builder) but add or conflict on particulars: uboat.net gives ordered 22 March 1943, laid down 11 October 1943, launched 10 November 1943, 'end service 30 Nov 1944'; shipbuildinghistory.com gives delivery Nov-1943 and 'To Britain 1944, struck 1946', and describes the yard as a wartime 'assembly line for LCIs' on the Arthur Kill at Barber (a community later absorbed into Perth Amboy) whose management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request; NavSource gives launch date unknown and struck date unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Both are secondary compilations without primary sourcing; their precise build dates and 'struck 1946' are carried only as unverified cross-check detail in gaps, not as record facts. Neither source addresses asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-500-lcil500-07
