Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]research packet 810-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-506-lcil506-pkt-810-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-506 ex USS LCI(L)-506 - construction, commissioning, campaign, reclassification, striking, disposition, awards, specifications (page last updated 18 June 2021; history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150506.htm header block, campaign table, disposition line, specifications block, photo table (images 1015050601-0603)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 21 October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 20 November 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-506, 26 November 1943; assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-506, 15 July 1945; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946; 'Final Disposition, destroyed, 13 March 1948'; earned one battle star; call sign NQXA; awards American Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal. Specifications: displacement 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; 16 kts max, 14 kts maximum continuous; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts loaded; fuel 130 tons; LCI(L) armament four single 20mm + two .50cal; LCI(G) armament two 40mm, four 20mm, six .50cal, ten MK7 rocket launchers; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors diesel engines, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable-pitch propellers. Photo captions: underway during landing exercises at Slapton Sands, Devon, 11-13 March 1944 (TimeLife image by David Scherman); landing Allied troops 'during either a rehearsal for the Normandy invasion or actually on the beach at Normandy' June 1944; underway outside the artificial harbor at Normandy, date unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Navy crew (1943-45): LCI(L) 3 officers + 21 enlisted / LCI(G) 5 officers + 65 enlisted; embarked troops - capacity 188
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track NVR/official lists but rest on the credited Turner Publishing history; 'destroyed' disposition gives no method or location. No asbestos content. The spec block on this page differs from sister-hull pages (216/234/389 t and 3+21 complement vs 236/264/419 t and 4+24 on other 351-class pages) - figures are reproduced as published for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-506 - construction chronology and disposition summary [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21564 data table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction chronology carried for this hull: built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 21 October 1943; launched 20 November 1943; commissioned 26 November 1943. History line: 'Reclassified as LCI(G), Landing Craft Guns on 15 July 1944. Destroyed on 13 March 1948.' Class: LCI 351.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compiler (Helgason's Allied Warships database). The reclassification year '1944' conflicts with NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum, both of which give 15 July 1945 - and 1945 is corroborated as a batch reclassification: NavSource gives the same 15 July 1945 date for LCI(G)-514, -516, -517 and -538. uboat's 1944 is treated here as a one-digit typo; ordered/laid-down/launch/commission dates agree with NavSource. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (1953 revision), Part IV, Section 2-16, engagement-code eligibility list (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, 'LCI' section, LCI 506 row; E5 code = Invasion of Normandy 6 Jun-25 Jun 44 (section key)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual records, under code E5 (Invasion of Normandy, Europe-Africa-Middle East area): 'LCI 506: 6 Jun 44 - 25 Jun 44' - the Navy's own roster entry confirming this hull's participation credit for the Normandy invasion period, matching NavSource's campaign table and battle-star count. No other engagement codes are listed for LCI 506 in the manual - consistent with a Europe-only wartime record and no Asiatic-Pacific service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 to 1944-06-25
- Population
- Ship's company during the Normandy period (battle-star eligibility population)
- Limitations
- Establishes campaign participation credit (the basis of the battle star), not ship status at a date - the listing is keyed to the E5 engagement window only. Absence of Pacific (P-series) codes supports but does not alone prove she never deployed to the Pacific. No asbestos content. HyperWar is a faithful transcription of the official manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-03
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[5]U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945 - Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Appendix C, 'Losses of United States Naval Vessels From all Causes, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945' (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix C, LANDING CRAFT section - full LCI list checked 2026-09-30, no 506 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy loss list does not contain this hull: the Landing Craft section lists LCI losses 1, 20, 32, 82, 85, 91, 92, 93, 219, 232, 339, 365, 416, 459, 468, 474, 497, 553, 600, 684, 974, and 1065 - LCI(L)-506 is absent, the CNO-level documentary record consistent with her survival through the war (damaged but not lost at Normandy) and her 1948 disposal rather than a wartime loss.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (list coverage)
- Limitations
- A non-appearance in a loss list is absence evidence, not a positive record of service - it confirms she was not a wartime total loss but says nothing about damage, repairs, or activity. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-04
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[6]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Landing Ships and Craft' (Navy ship-list tabulation; LCI(L) and LCI(G) sections) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) number table row LCI(L)-506; LCI(G) gunboat table row LCI(G)-506
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's ship-list tabulation carries this hull twice, consistent with her reclassification: 'LCI(L)-506 ... 1942-44' in the LCI(L) table (with no loss or Lend-Lease annotation - unlike neighbors 502, 505 and 507-512, marked 'Lend-Lease to UK') and 'LCI(G)-506 ... 1944-45' in the LCI(G) gunboat table (no combat-loss dagger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945 (table coverage)
- Limitations
- Tabular entries only - the '1942-44' and '1944-45' spans are the generic service windows printed across each table, not hull-specific conversion dates; the reclassification date itself comes from NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum (15 July 1945). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-05
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[7]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'Elsie Item' newsletter #17 (June 1996), pp. 21-30: Phil G. Goulding, 'Address to LCI Association Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, April 13, 1996' (veteran memoir - Goulding served aboard LCI(L)-506 1943-45 and later was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 1967-69) [museum_official]
- Locator
- ELSIEITEM-17-Jun-1996.pdf, pp. 21-30 (convention address); PDF fetched and text-extracted for this record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-specific veteran memoir by a wartime officer of this hull. Goulding reported aboard in New York, late 1943, as fourth officer under skipper Lt.(jg) Herman Joseph Albers; the crew of four officers and 25 enlisted trained in the Chesapeake in late 1943. Early January 1944 the 506 left Norfolk in a convoy of 86 ships, was storm-separated with '84 of them [ships] ... lost' from sight, followed the SS Gideon Welles, rejoined via the Azores, then crossed from the Azores to England with sister LCI(L)-505. In England she 'practic[ed] in big mock invasions' - including one stormy rehearsal on an English beach in which many American lives were lost. 'Very early on the morning of the sixth of June, 1944, the amateur-manned 506 invaded Normandy ... We struck a small mine as we hit the beach, and one of our ramps was blown off, and a big hole was torn in the bow, but we unloaded our troops on schedule, according to orders, and backed off the beach ... and limped home to England.' She spent several weeks in dry dock; later collided in the mid-English Channel with another LCI and an LST (more dry dock), and a crane dropped an LCVP on her fantail (further repair). 'This was Division Two of Group 31 of Operation Neptune, and the LCI's with us were the 499, 500, 501, 502, 507, 508, 509 and 512.' 'That was our only invasion.' The crew 'signed off in Jacksonville nearly two years later.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-11 to 1945-12 (memoir coverage); address delivered 1996-04-13
- Population
- Ship's company (4 officers + 25 enlisted per memoir); embarked British troops at Gold Beach, 6 June 1944
- Limitations
- A convention address by a named veteran officer - eyewitness-grade for the ship's own story but delivered 52 years after the events, deliberately humorous ('a screwball ship'), and unverified against deck logs (the logs exist at NARA/Fold3 but were not read for this record). Crew figure 4 officers + 25 enlisted is the memoir's wartime fit, vs the 3+21 spec block. The 'tragic stormy rehearsal' line does not name the exercise. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-06
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[8]Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum / USS LCI National Association, 'Elsie Item - Deck Log' issue #113 (June 2021), pp. 23-25: Carl Batzkall, 'Flotilla 11 at Normandy, Gold Beach' [museum_official]
- Locator
- 2021JuneElsieDeckLog.pdf, pp. 23-25, 'Flotilla 11 at Normandy, Gold Beach'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Association unit history naming this hull's D-Day role: LCI Flotilla 11 (flagship LCI(L)-530), reinforced by twelve LCIs from Flotilla 2, landed troops on Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword and Juno beaches. 'Leading the way to Gold beach was Group 31 consisting of nine LCIs numbered 499, 500, 501, 502, 506, 507, 508, 509, and 512' formed in three columns - left: 501 leading 507 and 509; center: 512 leading 500 and 499; 'In the right-hand column, the 506 led the 502 with the 508 following.' At 0855 Group 31 arrived off Gold Beach; the beach signal came shortly after 0900. 'Following in the wake of 502 back to England was the LCI 506 ... In the process of putting her troops ashore she hit an explosive device and suffered a large hole in the port bow. The flooding was limited to the forward bow area. She successfully put her troops on the beach and then was able to retract.' The group 'made 30 trips back and forth across the channel' ferrying troops in the follow-up period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 and follow-up Channel runs June-July 1944
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked British Army troops (Gold Beach assault); Flotilla 11 / Group 31 crews
- Limitations
- Museum/association history compiled from member accounts and deck-log research (the article quotes LCI(L)-502's deck log but does not quote 506's); the port-bow hole and successful retraction corroborate Goulding's independent memoir account (ev-06). Troop identity for 506's embarked unit is not stated (sister 502 carried 196 officers and men of the Durham Light Infantry, 151st Brigade, 50th Northumbrian Division). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-07
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[9]Combined Operations (combinedops.com), 'US Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 502; D Day' - account based on the writings of 502 crew member John P. Cummer and the craft's deck log [other_primary]
- Locator
- combinedops.com USS LCI 502 page, 'D-Day Draws Near' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A sister-hull memoir/deck-log account establishing Group 31's embarkation and beach context in which the 506 operated: the Group 31 LCIs berthed at New Docks, Southampton, embarking British troops (502 took 196 officers and men of the Durham Light Infantry, 151st Brigade, 50th Northumbrian Division, British 8th Army, embarking 3 June 1944 at Royal Pier, Southampton); the group sailed for Gold Beach on 6 June. Corroborates the Group-31-at-Gold framework in ev-06 and ev-07.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- Group 31 crews; embarked British troops (Durham Light Infantry and companion units)
- Limitations
- Written about sister hull LCI(L)-502, not 506 - used strictly for the shared group context (embarkation port, troop type, movement). Volunteer veterans' site - not an official record. The further detail that Group 31 was detached from US LCI Flotilla 11 on 13 April 1944 and attached to RN Assault Force George comes from published Gold Beach operations literature (Gooderson, 'The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach', 2016) as surfaced in search - secondary, flagged accordingly. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-08
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[10]NavalCoverMuseum, LCI(G) 506 - ship name and designation history [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org LCI(G) 506 page, 'Ship Name and Designation History' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent designation-history record agreeing with NavSource: 'LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) ... USS LCI(L)-506 Commissioned November 26 1943 ... USS LCI(G)-506 Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) (LCI(G)) July 15 1945 ... Decommissioned (date unknown) ... Struck from Naval Register January 8 1946 ... Destroyed March 13 1948.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Volunteer philatelic-history wiki - a secondary compilation, but it independently reproduces the same milestone chain (corroborating 15 July 1945 against uboat.net's 1944) and documents the 'destroyed' disposition without method or location. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-09
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[11]Naval Marine Archive, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' shipbuilder tabulation [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com lcil.html table, New Jersey Shipbuilding block, hull 506 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent disposition tabulation corroborating the fate chain: 'LCI(L) | 506 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 26-Nov-43 | Destroyed 1948' - the same builder, commissioning date, and 'destroyed 1948' outcome as NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum. Neighboring rows show the contrasting fates of her Group 31 sisters: 502/505/507/509/510 'to Britain 1944,' 508 'to Britain 1944, to France 1948 as L 9050, lost in Vietnam 3-Apr-53.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Canadian archival organization's compiled table - secondary; the 'destroyed 1948' cell carries no method, location, or authority citation. Confirms the disposition word only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-10
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[12]NHHC Navy Department Library, 'Disposition of Target Vessels' (Operation Crossroads target-fleet fates, official list) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC 'Disposition of Target Vessels' page, LCIs section - full list checked 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Checked the official Crossroads disposition list because several LCIs were scuttled off Kwajalein in 1947-48 (LCI-327 destroyed on Bascombe/Mek Island 30 Oct 1947; LCI-332 scuttled September 1947; LCI-329 scuttled off Kwajalein 16 March 1948) - a period overlapping this hull's 'destroyed 13 March 1948' disposition. LCI(G)-506 is NOT on the Crossroads target-vessel list, and her awards record shows no Asiatic-Pacific service - she was not a Bikini/Kwajalein target. Her 1948 destruction therefore belongs to a different disposal pathway whose record was not located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1948 (disposal era)
- Limitations
- Eliminates one plausible 'destroyed' mechanism (Crossroads/Kwajalein scuttling) without establishing the actual one. Absence from the target list is documentary (an official roster) but the inference that rules out a Pacific disposition also leans on the missing Pacific campaign credit. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-11
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[13]NARA, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' and Special List #44, ship-number volume (sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p.24): 'LCI(L)-506 11/26/1943 12/19/1945' (RG 24, Entry 118); plus digitized National Archives Catalog file units located this session: NAID 78473339 (COM LCI(L) GR 31 - War Diary, 12/9/43 to 5/31/44, 41 images), NAID 78507340 (COM LCI(L) FLOT 11 - War Diary, 6/1-30/44 - the Normandy month), NAID 139926503 (COM LCI(L) FLOT 11 - Comments on ops of assault convoys, invasion of Southern France), NAID 118967602 (muster-roll index spanning this hull), NAID 120301315 (LCI(L) Flotilla 12 - Muster Rolls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number PDF p.24 (row verified by direct PDF text extraction); catalog.archives.gov/id/78473339, /id/78507340, /id/139926503, /id/118967602, /id/120301315
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holdings for this hull: deck logs covering 11/26/1943-12/19/1945 per Special List 44 - coverage beginning on her commissioning date and running to shortly before her striking (the logs are filed under LCI(L)-506, her pre-reclassification designation, and span the D-Day landing, the Channel ferrying period, and the July 1945 LCI(G) conversion). Digitized parent-unit records in the Catalog include the Group 31 war diary (Dec 1943-May 1944, ending just before the invasion), the Flotilla 11 war-diary series Jan-Dec 1944 including the June 1944 invasion month, and a Flotilla 11 Southern-France operations commentary - the archival set for any deeper crew-list, damage-report, or material inquiry. No ship-specific action report or muster-roll file unit for LCI(L)-506 was located in the catalog search.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-11-26 to 1945-12-19
- Population
- Ship's company (muster rolls); officers (deck logs/war diaries)
- Limitations
- Archival leads, not yet mined: deck logs and muster rolls establish crew identity and daily activity but none was reviewed for this record; the catalog hits for 'LCI(L) 506' are mostly group/flotilla diaries that mention the hull, not ship-level reports. None of these records is an asbestos or materials document. Log-coverage dates are not commissioning/decommissioning dates (though here the start coincides with both NavSource's and uboat's commissioning date).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-12
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[14]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 1943 construction era, 1943-45 service, 1945 gunboat conversion, and 1945-48 reserve/disposal period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); covers 1943 construction era
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, standing restriction confirmed in prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-13
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[15]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this LCI-351 class hull was mass-produced at a small New Jersey yard in October-November 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-14
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[16]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 spec block (diesel propulsion, welded-steel landing craft); uboat.net and NavSource build dates (Oct-Nov 1943, New Jersey Shipbuilding); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-13); Corn & Starr (ev-14) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; uboat.net data table; GAO/AJIM era anchors
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered welded-steel landing craft built in late 1943 at a Navy-contracted small shipyard sits inside the documented WWII asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel landing craft of this type: diesel exhaust lagging (hot exhaust runs through crew and troop spaces), machinery gaskets and valve packing, thermal and acoustic insulation, electrical insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. She carried no steam plant - the boiler and steam-line lagging pathway does not apply; the small confined hull volume concentrates whatever materials were installed around crew and embarked troops. The 1945 LCI(G) conversion added armament (40mm guns, MK7 rocket launchers) but no change of propulsion type; the additional gunboat crew of ~70 served in the same confined hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- NJ Shipbuilding construction trades (Oct-Nov 1943); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-45); gunboat crew (1945); reserve-fleet and disposal workers (1945-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific material list, insulation schedule, or construction spec was located for LCI(L)-506 or the LCI-351 design. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Whether such materials survived to her 1948 destruction - and whether destruction disturbed them - is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-15
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[17]Batch-5227 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 and Catalog; NavSource; uboat.net; NavalCoverMuseum; Naval Marine Archive; King loss list, ships-lc table and Awards Manual (HyperWar); NHHC target-vessel disposition list and DANFS index; usslci.org Elsie Item #17; AFMM Elsie Item #113; combinedops.com; Wikipedia list; CourtListener (opinions and RECAP, authenticated); NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-506-01 through -18
- 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)-506 / LCI(G)-506 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions for the exact phrases 'LCI(L)-506' and 'LCI(G)-506' and zero RECAP dockets for 'LCI(L)-506' (one companion RECAP variant remained pacing-limited - see sl-16). No DANFS entry exists (numbered landing craft not covered); no NVR entry exists (struck 1946, pre-1980s disposal); she is absent from the official loss list and from the Crossroads target-disposition list. No ship-specific deck log, muster roll, or action report was reviewed in full-text for this record - the located ship-adjacent records are archival leads.
- 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 era inference stands on its own. Deck logs (SL-44 coverage 11/26/1943-12/19/1945), the Group 31/Flotilla 11 war diaries, muster rolls, and builder records at NARA remain unmined. The method and site of the 1948 'destroyed' disposition are undocumented; whether any ACM was present at disposal is unknown. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-506-16