Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 811-packet.md (3 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-507-lcil507-pkt-811-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LCI(L)-507 ex USS LCI(L)-507 (1943-1944) - construction milestones, specifications, Normandy campaign credit, Lend-Lease transfer, disposal (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150507.htm header block, campaign table, LCI-351 class specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, NJ; launched November 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-507, 29 November 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944. Leased under the terms of the Lend-Lease Program to the United Kingdom, 5 December 1944; returned to US Naval custody 11 September 1946; struck from the Naval Register 1946; sold by the Maritime Commission 26 September 1947, fate unknown. Earned one battle star for World War II service. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal. International radio call sign NQXS. Spec block: displacement 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; armor 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, pilot house; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts loaded; armament five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 6051 series 71 diesels (four per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. Photo captions document the hull moored pierside at Mers-El-Kebir, Algeria (date unknown, in background of an LCI(L)-582 crew photo), and as HM LCI(L)-507 alongside HM LCH-318 and HM LCI(L)-165.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ (1943); ship's company (4 officers + 24 enlisted) and embarked troops (1943-44); Royal Navy crew as HM LCI(L)-507 (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - the history section is credited to the Turner Publishing LCI book, not a primary registry; milestone dates generally track official records but carry transcription risk (month-only laid-down/launched dates here; uboat.net and navypedia give day-level dates - see gaps). No commanding-officer table is displayed for this hull. Contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-01
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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 ordering), PDF p. 24 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 24, row 'LCI(L)-507 | 11/29/1943 | 10/31/1944' (PDF downloaded and text-verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds U.S. Navy deck logs for this hull indexed as LCI(L)-507, coverage 11/29/1943 - 10/31/1944. The coverage window begins on the documented commissioning date (29 November 1943), independently corroborating that milestone. Coverage ends 31 October 1944, about five weeks before the documented Lend-Lease transfer to the Royal Navy (5 December 1944) - the index covers U.S. Navy logs only; any Royal Navy logs from the December 1944 - September 1946 HM LCI(L)-507 period are outside this inventory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (log coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company (1943-44 U.S. service)
- Limitations
- Index entry only - documents that logs exist and their date coverage, not their contents. The logs themselves are not digitized (RG 24, NARA College Park; the hull is absent from NARA's completely-digitized deck-log list); no deck-log text was consulted for this record. These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates in themselves; the indexed end date precedes the documented RN transfer by about five weeks and does not mark an event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, 1953 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Part IV, Section 2-16 - Europe-Africa-Middle East Area campaign operation list (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar Awards-IV-16.html, Europe-Africa-Middle East Area table, E5 'Invasion of Normandy' row list, entry 'LCI(L) 507'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1953 Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual lists this hull - 'LCI(L) 507:' - under operation code E5, 'Invasion of Normandy (including bombardment of Cherbourg),' qualifying period 6-25 June 1944. This is the awards-manual basis for the single battle star shown in the NavSource display.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops during the Normandy operation (June 1944)
- Limitations
- The HyperWar transcription prints the ship-level row dates as '6 Jan 44 - 25 Jan 44' against an operation defined on the same page as 6-25 Jun 44 - a systematic Jun/Jan transcription artifact across the LCI(L) entries in this block; the campaign credit itself (E5, Normandy) is the documented content. Establishes campaign participation qualifying for a star, not any specific day's action, losses, or individual exposure. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-03
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[5]Imperial War Museums film catalog, A70 14-5, 'EXERCISE FABIUS II: AMPHIBIOUS LANDING PRACTICE BY 50TH NORTHUMBRIAN DIVISION AT HAYLING ISLAND, HAMPSHIRE [Allocated Title]' (Army Film Unit; production date 1944-05-03) [museum_official]
- Locator
- IWM object record 1060008441, film A70 14-5, 'Full description' Part 6; production date 1944-05-03; associated org 'British Army, Infantry Div, 50 (Northumbrian)' and 'United States Navy'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- IWM film A70 14-5 documents this hull by name at the Exercise Fabius II amphibious rehearsal at Hayling Island, Hampshire, filmed 3 May 1944 - a month before D-Day - working with the British 50th (Northumbrian) Division, the formation that assaulted Gold Beach: 'Part 6: US Navy Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) US 502 coming ashore. US LCI 507 dropping its gangway ramps and men disembarking. Men wading ashore from LCI 507. Men forming up on the beach. Men wade ashore from LCI 500 as a body of men march along the beach. Wide shot with beach LCA and LCI 503; men wade ashore with bicycles.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked 50th (Northumbrian) Division troops during the rehearsal (3 May 1944)
- Limitations
- Documents the hull's physical participation in the pre-invasion rehearsal with the 50th (Northumbrian) Division - it does not by itself establish the hull's D-Day beach (the combinedops Group 31 account and Awards Manual E5 credit cover the actual operation). The IWM page returned HTTP 403 to plain curl (bot protection) on 2026-09-30; full catalog text retrieved live via Firecrawl the same day. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-04
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[6]Combined Operations (LST and Landing Craft Association site), 'US Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 502; D Day' - account based on the writings of LCI(L)-502 crewman John P. Cummer, the craft's deck log, and the Admiralty 'Green List' disposition image [other_primary]
- Locator
- combinedops.com 'USS LCI 502' page, 'The Crossing' and 'The Landing' sections and Green List disposition image
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Crew-account documentation of the Gold Beach assault formation naming this hull: the nine U.S. Navy LCIs of Group 31 sailed from Southampton on the evening of 5 June 1944 under Group Commander Patrick (flagship LCI(L)-512, escort HMS Albrighton) and formed three assault columns on the morning of 6 June - the first column led by 501 with 507 and 509 in her trail, the center column 512 with 500 and 499 astern, the right column 506 leading 502 and 508. Group 31's craft carried troops of the Durham Light Infantry, 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, and stood in to the Jig Green sector of Gold Beach (Asnelles-sur-Mer / Arromanches) at about 1030-1040 on D-Day. A sister craft's deck-log entry quoted: 'Standing in to Jig Green sector of Gold Beach, Asnelles-Sur-Mer, Arromanches sector' (1040).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- Ship's company plus embarked British troops (Durham Light Infantry element, 151st Brigade, 50th Division) at Gold Beach, 6 June 1944
- Limitations
- Association-published crew memoir, not an official document - it is self-described as based on the writings of a crew member (John P. Cummer), the LCI(L)-502 deck log, and the Admiralty 'Green List' craft-disposition list (reproduced as an image). It names LCI(L)-507 inside the Group 31 assault columns, placing this hull in the Gold Beach assault group; the hull-level fact is consistent with the Awards Manual E5 credit and the IWM Fabius II film. The site currently serves an expired TLS certificate (verified 2026-09-30; content retrieved via Firecrawl). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-05
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[7]Carter, Thomas. Beachhead Normandy: An LCT's Odyssey (Potomac Books / University of Nebraska Press, 2012; ISBN 9781597977104) - text consulted via a Scribd-hosted copy [other_primary]
- Locator
- Carter, Beachhead Normandy (Potomac Books, 2012), Normandy-assault narrative; Scribd doc 264858762
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Published operational history naming this hull as a U.S. Navy group headquarters craft at Normandy: LCT Flotilla Twelve commander Lt. Cmdr. William Leide was charged in the operation order with taking charge of the craft of Flotillas Twelve and Twenty-six operating in the British sector; 'Once in the British area, Leide and the group commanders set up their headquarters aboard LCI(L) 507.' The same chapter documents the operation-order basis for the American LCT/LCI command element under British operational control in the Eastern Task Force area.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company plus embarked flotilla/group command staff (Leide's headquarters element), Normandy operation (June 1944)
- Limitations
- Published secondary history (university-press imprint) drawing on NARA deck logs, action reports, and the operation order - not an official document itself. The HQ role is stated for the group/flotilla command element during the Normandy operation; the precise dates aboard and embarkation detail are not given at hull level in the consulted excerpt. Scribd-hosted copy was the access path; the publisher page verifies the edition. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-06
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[8]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-507 (LCI 351 class), ship ID 21565 - construction milestone table and RN transfer dates [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship ID 21565, warship milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation corroboration for this hull: ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 27 October 1943; launched 23 November 1943; commissioned 29 November 1943; end of U.S. service 5 December 1944. History line: 'Transferred to the Royal Navy on 5 December 1944. Returned to the USN by the RN on 11 September 1946.' Builder corroborated 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 secondary research compilation with no sourcing displayed per page; treated as corroboration where it agrees with NavSource/NARA (commissioning date matches exactly) and as the day-level source for laid-down/launched dates NavSource gives only by month. The 'ordered 22 Mar 1943' datum has no located primary anchor. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-07
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[9]Navypedia, 'type large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)3)' - Royal Navy LCI(L) transfer list, entry LCI(L)507 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org brit_aws_lcil.htm, LCI(L)3 table, row 'LCI(L)507'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Royal-Navy-side corroboration from the LCI(L)3 transfer list: 'LCI(L)507 | New Jersey SB, Barber, USA | laid down 10.1943 | launched 23.11.1943 | completed 11.1943 // commissioned by RN 12.1944 | fate: to USA 9.1946' - consistent with the NavSource/uboat.net Lend-Lease chain (5 December 1944 transfer, 11 September 1946 return). Sister-hull rows on the same list document the whole New Jersey Shipbuilding 499-509 group transferring to the RN in November-December 1944 and returning to U.S. custody May-September 1946.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Royal Navy crew as HM LCI(L)-507 (1944-12 - 1946-09)
- Limitations
- Navypedia is a secondary compilation with no sourcing displayed; used as corroboration only - it independently confirms the RN commission month and return window. It records RN-era status only ('completed // comm. by RN'), not the U.S. commissioning ceremony of 29 November 1943. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 class spec block (diesel propulsion, late-1943 steel-hulled construction at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion, armor); GAO HRD-80-2 product page (era context)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel-powered landing craft built in late 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, NJ sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period were engine-exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined hull volume. As a diesel-powered craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her '2-inch plastic splinter protection' armor is not an asbestos product. The group-headquarters role documented at Normandy (embarked command staff) adds command and communications occupancy to the same era materials environment.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding (1943); engine-room crew ('black gang') and embarked troops/command staff (1943-44); Royal Navy crew and any RN refit trades (1944-46); unknown disposal handlers (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-507 in either the U.S. or Royal Navy periods. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The builder yard (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ) has no located asbestos-specific documentation of its own - inference rests on era and Navy practice, not yard records. Any RN-period fit-out or refit records are an unsearched archival lead (UK National Archives).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-09
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[11]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. service era (1943-1944), plus the Royal Navy period.
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing defect since Batch-01, confirmed again 2026-09-30); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-10
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[12]Batch-5228 search ledger (this record): NavSource page and photo captions; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual 1953 (HyperWar); IWM film catalog A70 14-5; combinedops.com Group 31 crew account; Carter, Beachhead Normandy (Potomac 2012); uboat.net milestone table; navypedia RN LCI(L) list; USNA MS 415 action-report finding aid; usslci.org site search; NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; NHHC Operation Neptune monograph; NVR; NARA digitized-logs list; CourtListener API v4 (all designation variants, opinion and docket); secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-507-lcil507-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-507 / HM LCI(L)-507 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener exact-phrase searches for all designation variants ('LCI(L)-507', 'LCI-507', 'LCIL-507', 'HM LCI(L)-507') returned zero hits at both opinion (type=o) and docket (type=r) level; an unquoted 'LCI(L)-507' query returned 610 fuzzy matches, all acronym collisions on 'LCI' (LCI International telecom, Louisiana Construction & Industry Self Insurers Fund, etc.) with no ship-related hits on inspection. Secondary web sweep surfaced no asbestos claim of any kind for this hull - not even law-firm marketing listicles.
- 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 hull was built inside the Navy's asbestos era, served in both U.S. and Royal Navy hands, and was sold to an unknown fate in 1947, leaving no post-service material record and no surviving hull to survey. CourtListener coverage is complete for designation-string searches but cannot reach unindexed PACER filings or state-court complaints that never name the hull verbatim; UK-side litigation is outside CourtListener entirely. Deck logs (NARA College Park, coverage verified, undigitized), BuShips construction records, RN-period records at the UK National Archives, and the 1947 Maritime Commission sale 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-507-lcil507-11