Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet po-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-502 | Hull: LCI(L)-502 | Designation: Landing Craft Infantry (Large) | US-built landing craft
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-pkt-po-packet-md
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[2]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number ordering (official NARA finding-aid PDF, verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 24, line 'LCI(L)-502 11/20/1943 11/30/1944'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (ship-number ordering) lists Navy deck logs under LCI(L)-502 covering 11/20/1943-11/30/1944 (MM/DD/YYYY). The coverage window is consistent with the hull's U.S. Navy commission (20 Nov 1943) through its decommissioning and Lend-Lease transfer to the United Kingdom (26 Nov 1944), establishing in-scope wartime service in the official federal log inventory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Ship's company, LCI(L)-502 (1943-11-20 to 1944-11-30 coverage window)
- Limitations
- The finding aid establishes that deck logs for this hull exist in NARA custody (Record Group 24) and their date coverage; it does not establish log contents, and the coverage endpoints are log-inventory dates, not commissioning/decommissioning instruments - though here they align within days. The physical/digitized logs themselves were not examined for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-502 (10/15/150502) - class, build, timeline, campaign, specification, and disposal block (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150502.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo-caption block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down in 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; commissioned USS LCI(L)-502, 20 November 1943; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and, while under British operational control, participated in the Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944, landing elements of the Durham Light Infantry on Gold Beach on D-Day; decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 26 November 1944; returned to US custody 24 September 1946; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Bayonne Bay, N.J.; struck from the Naval Register in 1946; sold 20 December 1949; final disposition fate unknown. Earned one battle star for WWII service. Photo captions place the hull at Dartmouth Harbour and a practice landing at Paignton Sands in May 1944, at the Royal Docks, Southampton with LCI Group 31 in June 1944 (white-with-blue-stripe paint identifying US LCIs temporarily assigned to British Assault Force), and at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Bayonne, on 22 April 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops (1943-1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates corroborated here by uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory.com, and the NARA log-coverage window. Page verified live at navsource.net on 2026-09-30 (navsource.org is defunct; .net is the live domain). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-502 (LCI(L)-502), LCI-351 class - build and transfer milestone table [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21558.html milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net milestone table for this hull: ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 19 October 1943; launched 13 November 1943; commissioned 20 November 1943; end (US) service 26 November 1944 - transferred to the Royal Navy; returned to the USN by the RN on 24 September 1946. Builder listed as New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a volunteer secondary compilation; its ordered/laid-down/launched dates are the only located source for those values (NavSource lists only 'laid down in 1943, launched date unknown') and are carried as partial-verification values. Transfer and return dates corroborate NavSource. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-03
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[5]Combined Operations (combinedops.com), 'US Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 502; D Day' - veteran account by crewman John P. Cummer drawing on the craft's deck log [other_primary]
- Locator
- combinedops.com USS LCI 502 page, narrative sections 'D-Day Draws Near' and 'The Crossing'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Crew account (veteran memoir based on the craft's deck log) records that on 3 June 1944 the craft embarked 196 officers and men of the Durham Light Infantry, 151st Brigade, 50th Northumbrian Division, at the Royal Pier, Southampton; that she sailed with the nine LCIs of Group 31 on the evening of 5 June 1944 escorted by HMS Albrighton; and that on 6 June she beached at Jig Green sector, Gold Beach (Asnelles / Arromanches sector, per the engineering officer's log entries quoted in the account), running her bow onto the broached HM LCT 857 to disembark the troops, taking aboard 27 stranded British sailors, and retracting at 1141. Cummer is identified in USS LCI National Association records as a wartime crew member of LCI(L)-502 and later the association's board chairman.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- Ship's company + 196 embarked troops (June 1944)
- Limitations
- Published veteran-historical account on a private memorial site - not an official record; details trace to one crew member's recollection and the deck log he cites. Used as corroborating service detail consistent with NavSource's campaign line; not a load-bearing source for any material fact. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-04
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[6]Historic American Engineering Record, M/V Husky II (ex-USS LCI(L)-653), HAER No. AK-52 (National Park Service / Library of Congress) - design and construction documentation for a sister New Jersey Shipbuilding LCI(L) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 data pages (tile.loc.gov ak0557data.pdf), Part I Historical Information and Part II physical description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation for a sister hull built at the same yard establishes LCI(L) construction: Bureau of Ships design with working plans by George Lawley & Son Corp.; all-welded-steel hull subdivided into ten watertight compartments; powered by eight six-cylinder General Motors Series 71 diesel truck engines, four per shaft, driving twin variable-pitch propellers; 2-inch plastic splinter protection (crushed granite in bitumen) on gun tubs, conning tower, and pilot house. New Jersey Shipbuilding - the builder of this hull - was incorporated in 1942 as a subsidiary of Barber Asphalt Corporation, converted the idled Perth Amboy asphalt plant on Arthur Kill into an assembly-line LCI yard under Todd Shipyards management, employed about 2,500 workers, and produced 375 LCI(L)s during the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction); documentation written 2012
- Population
- LCI(L) construction workforce (New Jersey Shipbuilding, 1942-1945); LCI crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Documents the class and builder, not this hull - the report surveys LCI(L)-653 decades into its fishing-tender career. The report contains no asbestos finding for the class; its mention of insulation concerns post-service spray-foam conversion work, not wartime fit. Establishes the diesel (non-steam) propulsion that bounds era-inference about likely insulation applications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-05
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[7]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 era (1943) and US service (1943-1944) plus Royal Navy lease period (1944-1946).
- 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, consistent with prior batch handling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351-class specification block (eight GM diesel engines, no steam plant); HAER AK-52 sister-hull construction documentation; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-insulation finding (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150502.htm specifications block; HAER AK-52 propulsion description; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As a 1943-built diesel-powered landing craft, this hull carried no boilers or steam plant; the era-typical asbestos-relevant applications aboard craft of this type were diesel exhaust/muffler lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. This is materially narrower than the boiler, steam-line, and machinery insulation suite of larger Navy combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Ship's company (construction-era complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted); New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce
- Limitations
- Class/design-era inference, not a hull record - no builder specification, survey, or maintenance document naming this hull was located, and no source confirms whether any of these materials aboard contained asbestos. Small diesel craft carried far less insulation than steam ships; era inference here is weaker than for boiler-driven vessels. Does not establish presence, quantity, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-07
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[9]Batch-5223 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NHHC/DANFS hull and index lookup; NavSource; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; HAER AK-52 (LOC); CombinedOps veteran account; USS LCI National Association newsletter; CourtListener opinion + docket search; GAO product page; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-502 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search on the exact hull designation returned zero results. The only 'asbestos aboard landing craft' material surfaced in the wider web sweep is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos 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 craft was sold in 1949 with final disposition unrecorded, so no present-day survey could exist to locate. Deck logs (RG 24) and any British Ministry of Defence service records for the 1944-46 lease period are unexamined leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-502-lcil502-08