Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-512-lcil512-pkt-811-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-512 - construction milestones, specifications, Normandy campaign, UK lease, disposal (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150512.htm header block, LCI-351 class specifications block, campaign table, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down November 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, NJ; launched December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-512 on 6 December 1943. Assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944, earning one battle star for World War II service; awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1 star), World War II Victory Medal. Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom 5 December 1944; returned to US Navy custody, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1946; sold 10 December 1946; final disposition, fate unknown. 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; armament five single 20mm guns; armor 2-inch plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 6051-series 71 diesel engines (four per shaft), single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp. International radio call sign NQYI. Linked photo: offloading troops at the Normandy beachhead, date unknown (image PDF 150512a.pdf).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- 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 (1944-46); disposal handlers (1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - the history section is credited to the Turner Publishing LCI book, not a primary registry; milestone dates track official records (commissioning and UK-transfer dates corroborated exactly by NARA log coverage) but carry transcription risk. NavSource records 'returned to US Navy custody, date unknown' where navypedia gives September 1946 - see gaps. Contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-01
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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)-512 | 12/6/1943 | 12/5/1944'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull indexed as LCI(L)-512, coverage 12/6/1943 - 12/5/1944 (verified by direct text extraction, PDF p. 24: 'LCI(L)-512 | 12/6/1943 | 12/5/1944'). The coverage window begins on the documented commissioning date (6 December 1943) and ends on the documented decommissioning/UK-lease date (5 December 1944), independently corroborating both milestones and bounding the US Navy in-scope service period.
- 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)
- 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); no deck-log text was consulted for this record. These are log-coverage dates, not commissioning/decommissioning dates in themselves - the corroboration is that they coincide exactly with independently documented milestones. Royal Navy logkeeping after the 5 December 1944 transfer is outside this US index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual - 1953, Part IV, Section 2-16, 'List of Ships and Units eligible for Engagement Stars' (HyperWar transcription of official Navy publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, E5 engagement table, row 'LCI(L) 512'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists 'LCI(L) 512' under engagement code E5 - 'Invasion of Normandy (including bombardment of Cherbourg), 6-25 Jun 44' - the engagement-star eligibility list. This is official-document corroboration of the Normandy campaign participation and one battle star that NavSource records for this hull.
- 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 campaign (June 1944)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a volunteer transcription of an official document; the ship's presence-date column for a contiguous block of LCIs (500 through 512) renders as '6 Jan 44 - 25 Jan 44', which conflicts internally with the E5 campaign window the same table defines as 6-25 Jun 44 - read as a 'Jun'->'Jan' transcription artifact in the block, while the campaign assignment itself (E5, Invasion of Normandy) is unambiguous. Does not establish battle-star count independently of NavSource. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-03
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[5]Combined Operations memorial site, 'US Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 502; D Day' - account based on the writings and recollections of LCI(L)-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' and assault-formation paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A sister-craft D-Day account names this hull in the assault formation: 'the nine LCIs of Group 31 formed up for the assault, as directed in Group Commander Patrick's order... In the center column, Commander Patrick rode in 512, his flagship, with the 500 and the 499 astern.' LCI(L)-512 was thus the embarked-flagship of the LCI Group 31 commander for the Gold Beach assault; the account's narrator craft (502) carried 196 officers and men of the Durham Light Infantry, 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division to Gold Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944, taking station behind LCI(L)-512 after casting off at 2012 on 5 June.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company plus embarked LCI Group 31 command staff (as flagship) during the Normandy assault (June 1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary memorial-site account built on one crew member's recollections and a sister craft's deck log - not an official action report; the group-flagship detail and column positions come from the account, and 'Group Commander Patrick' is not further identified by rank or first name in the source. Corroborates Normandy participation (already official via the awards manual) and adds the flagship role. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-04
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[6]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (WWII), Section 18 - U.S. Navy Ships by Classes (HyperWar transcription of official Navy document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CallSigns-18.html, LCI(L) block, row 'LCI (L) 512 | NQYI'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The wartime Navy radio call-sign book assigns 'LCI (L) 512' the call sign NQYI - matching the call sign NavSource displays on this hull's page and corroborating hull identity in an official-document transcription.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- HyperWar transcription of an official wartime document; section 18 covers LCI(L) hulls by class. Confirms identity/call sign only - no service, casualty, or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI-351 class spec block (diesel propulsion, 1943 steel-hulled construction at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07) [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. As LCI Group 31's flagship she additionally carried an embarked group command staff - more occupied and wired volume, same era materials environment.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding (1943); engine-room crew and embarked group staff (1943-44); Royal Navy crew under Lend-Lease (1944-46); disposal/scrapping handlers after sale (1946+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-512. 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-06
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[8]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 US Navy service era (1943-1944), and the UK Lend-Lease period (1944-1946) during which the same wartime fabric remained in place.
- 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 US Navy 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); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-07
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[9]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-512 (LCI 351 class), ship ID 21575 - construction milestone table; corroborated for the Royal Navy period by navypedia.org's British LCI(L) list (to USA 9.1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship ID 21575 milestone table; navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_aws_lcil.htm row 'LCI(L)512'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation corroboration for this hull: ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 3 November 1943; launched 1 December 1943; commissioned 6 December 1943; end of US service 5 December 1944 - 'Transferred to the Royal Navy on 5 December 1944'; 'Returned to the USN by the RN in 1946.' navypedia's Royal Navy LCI(L) table gives the same build dates and RN commission in December 1944, with return 'to USA 9.1946' (NavSource: return date unknown). New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, NJ) as builder corroborated in both.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net and navypedia are secondary research compilations with no per-page sourcing displayed; treated as corroboration where they agree with NavSource/NARA and as refinement where they add precision (exact laid-down/launched dates vs NavSource's month-only; September 1946 return vs 'date unknown'). The 'ordered 22 Mar 1943' datum has no located primary anchor. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-08
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[10]Batch-5233 search ledger (this record): NavSource page and linked Normandy photo PDF; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF (direct text verification); NHHC DANFS candidate URLs; NVR; Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual 1953 (HyperWar); WWII call-sign book (HyperWar); uboat.net; navypedia; combinedops.com LCI-502 account; USNA MS 415 action-report finding aid; usslci.org site search; navysite.de crew list; Wikipedia; CourtListener API v4 (all designation variants, opinion and docket); secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-512 / HM LCI(L)-512 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener exact-phrase searches for all designation variants ('LCI(L)-512', 'LCI-512', 'LCI(L) 512') returned zero hits at opinion level; the sole docket-level exact-phrase hit ('LCI-512' in Norman v. Elkin, D. Del. 1:06-cv-00005, a 2006-2007 stockholders suit) is an exhibit/Bates-string collision inside an unrelated civil suit, not this hull. An unquoted 'LCI(L)-512' query returned 611 fuzzy matches, all acronym collisions on 'LCI' (telecom, chemical, insurance-fund, correctional-institution parties) with no ship-related hits on inspection of the top results. 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. The hull was sold out of service in December 1946 with fate unknown, leaving no post-service material record and no surviving hull to survey. CourtListener coverage caveat: designation-string searches cannot reach unindexed PACER filings, state-court complaints that never name the hull verbatim, or any UK-side legal records. Deck logs (NARA College Park, coverage verified) and any BuShips construction/work-package records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-512-lcil512-09