Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet pq-packet.md (6 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-513 — ibiblio HyperWar US Navy Landing Ships/Craft table lists "LCI(L)-513 … 1942-44" commissioned range (http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-pkt-pq-packet-md
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[2]NARA, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by Ship Numbers (PDF); parent page 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy) identifies the underlying holdings as RG 24, Entry 118 (NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p.24 (LCI(L)-513 row) and p.2 (AMC(U)-10 row); verified by pdftotext extraction 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory of wartime Navy logbooks lists deck logs for this hull under both designations with no coverage break: 'LCI(L)-513, 12/9/1943 - 3/31/1945' (ship-number PDF page 24) and 'AMC(U)-10, 4/1/1945 - 12/31/1945' (ship-number PDF page 2). Documented log coverage runs continuously from commissioning (9 December 1943) through 31 December 1945 - the entire European-service and AMCU-conversion period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage); 1978 (list publication)
- Population
- crew Dec 1943 - Dec 1945
- Limitations
- These are log-coverage dates from the official log inventory, not commissioning/decommissioning dates - the 12/9/1943 start happens to coincide with the NavSource-documented commissioning date, and the roll from LCI(L)-513 logs to AMC(U)-10 logs on 4/1/1945 follows the 10 March 1945 reclassification (log series roll over on a month boundary, about three weeks after the effective date). No logs listed after 12/31/1945 - coverage ends six-plus months before the July 1946 decommissioning. The logs themselves are not digitized; the listing establishes that logs exist in NARA custody, not their content. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, AMCU-10 ex-LCI(L)-513 (Joseph M. Radigan/David Wright) - full timeline, specifications, commanding officers, Southern France photo [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/0410.htm header block, specifications block, CO list; live page HTTP 200 via firecrawl and curl 2026-09-30 (citation-hygiene rule: navsource.net, not navsource.org)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 5 November 1943 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, NJ; launched 3 December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-513 9 December 1943; landed troops on Utah, Juno and Gold Beaches at Normandy in June 1944; ran aground on a sandbar 11 June 1944 damaging screws and skegs - towed by British tug Danube VI to Portsmouth, England, then by British tug Queen Cross to Dartmouth for repairs at Waddeton Slip, Dart River, Devon; landed troops at Southern France August 1944; reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-10, 10 March 1945; decommissioned July 1946; transferred to the War Shipping Administration July 1948; acquired 1948 by Alexander Shipyard Inc. of New Orleans, converted to a tug named Mohawk; acquired 1950 by the Indian Towing Co. of New Orleans as tug Mohawk; scrapped 1952. Specifications: 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded (LCI(L)); 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kt max, 14 kt continuous; complement 23 (LCI(L)) / 41 (AMCU) / 6 (tug); troop capacity 188; cargo 75 tons; armament four 20mm (later plus two .50 cal); propulsion - two sets of four 225-bhp General Motors diesels, GM single-reduction gear, two shafts, variable-pitch propellers. Commanding officers: LTJG Jacob Brouwer USNR (Dec 1943 - Mar 1945), LTJG Shearin Pleasant Teague USNR (Mar 1945 - Jul 1946). Call sign Nan-Queen-Yoke-King.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1952
- Population
- construction trades (Barber NJ, 1943); crew 1943-46; embarked troops and attached Army medical personnel; Dartmouth repair yard trades (Jun 1944); tug crews and Alexander Shipyard conversion workers (1948-50); shipbreakers (1952)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates and milestones generally track official records (here corroborated by SL44, BuShips Ships' Data, and the Navy awards manual) but the Juno/Gold beach attribution and the 11 June grounding detail are not independently confirmed by a primary source located this session. 'War Shipping Administration' for the July 1948 transfer conflicts with shipbuildinghistory's 'US Maritime Commission 1948' - WSA was abolished in 1946; see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV Section 2.17 - campaign and operation/engagement stars, WWII (HyperWar transcription of the official Navy manual) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, LCI(L) block: 'LCI(L) 513: 6 Jan 44 - 25 Jan 44 | E5 / 15 Aug 44 - 18 Sep 44 | E7'; E5/E7 campaign windows listed in section header table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual lists LCI(L) 513 for two engagement-star credits: E5 - Invasion of Normandy (including bombardment of Cherbourg), official campaign period 6-25 June 1944; and E7 - Invasion of Southern France, listed window 15 Aug - 18 Sep 1944. Two battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (operations); 1953 (manual)
- Population
- crew and embarked troops during E5/E7 operations
- Limitations
- The HyperWar transcription prints the E5 window for this hull (and a contiguous block of LCI(L) 493-514) as '6 Jan 44 - 25 Jan 44', which conflicts with the manual's own E5 campaign window of 6-25 Jun 44 and with the documented June 1944 Normandy service - read as a transcription/print anomaly for '6 Jun - 25 Jun 44', not a January operation. Battle stars certify campaign participation, not asbestos conditions. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, NAVSHIPS 250-011, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II - Mine Vessels (less CM & DM), Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft', 15 April 1945 (Google Books digitization hosted by shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011 Vol. II (15 Apr 1945): List of Naval Vessels, LCI(L) section - row 'LCI(L)513 ... Now AMC(U) 10'; AMC(U) characteristics table - row 'AMC(U) 10 (ex-LCI(L) 513)'. Hull is absent from the per-hull LCI(L) build table (sequence skips 513 and 515, the two AMCU conversions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Bureau of Ships data book lists this hull by both designations: the List of Naval Vessels carries 'LCI(L)513 - Now AMC(U) 10', and the Coastal Minesweepers (Underwater Locator) specification table carries the row 'AMC(U) 10 (ex-LCI(L) 513)' with the class data for the LCI(L)-conversion AMCUs (159'0" overall, 153'0" waterline, 23'8" beam, ~387-ton displacement, 14.4-knot trial speed). Documents the redesignation inside the wartime Bureau of Ships record set, one month after the 10 March 1945 reclassification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- crew; AMCU conversion trades (1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific listing in an official BuShips publication, but the row carries only designation, dimensions, and performance data - no material, insulation, or asbestos content. Table values extracted from a Google Books OCR scan; column alignment in the scan is imperfect, so the spec figures are corroborated against NavSource rather than asserted from this source alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-04
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[6]Elzie Kemp Moore D-Day questionnaire, Cornelius Ryan WWII Papers, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries (box 018, folder 34; FromThePage transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage transcript, ryan_box018-tld_f34 (questionnaire pages 03+)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A primary eyewitness account places this hull in the Utah Beach assault convoy on D-Day: Moore, operations officer of the First Special (Engineer) Brigade (Col. Eugene Caffey), recorded 'We crossed in LCI 513, immediately in rear of the mine sweeper leading the left column, with the USS Nevada on our port beam,' was aboard LCI 513 at midnight 5 June 1944, and landed in a hole in the sand near La Madeleine, about three hundred yards from the beach, on Utah Beach.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 5-6 June 1944
- Population
- First Special (Engineer) Brigade troops embarked aboard LCI 513; ship's company
- Limitations
- Eyewitness participant account identifying 'LCI 513' by number - a primary-source corroboration of the D-Day/Utah service that NavSource and the awards manual document, not a material record. No asbestos content; establishes only presence/operations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-05
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[7]WW2 US Medical Research Centre (med-dept.com), unit history of the 3d Auxiliary Surgical Group (compiled from official unit records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 3d Auxiliary Surgical Group unit-history page, D-Day disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent unit-history corroboration of the D-Day embarkation: 'Teams 1 and 6 were transferred from LCI 513 to smaller craft at about H+4 and landed at "Tare Green" Beach in order to support Co C, 261st Med Bn' - i.e., the hull carried 3d Auxiliary Surgical Group teams supporting the 261st Amphibious Medical Battalion to Utah Beach on 6 June 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 6 June 1944
- Population
- 3d ASG Teams 1 and 6 (embarked); 261st Medical Battalion support population
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of unit records (research-site transcription of the group's official history), not a digitized primary page - carried as corroborative context, verification partial on source authority though the detail is specific and consistent with the primary Moore account. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-06
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[8]U.S. Army Signal Corps photo III-SC-192865 - LCI(L)-513 and LCT-1143 beached unloading troops on D-Day, invasion of southern France, 15 August 1944; photographer credited 'Noah (163rd SPC)' in NavSource caption. Published from the August 2009 'Elsie Item' (USS LCI National Association newsletter); AFP/Euronews (14 Aug 2019) prints the same scene credited 'Cuca/US National Archives' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/18/181143.htm photo caption (SC 192865); Elsie Item issue 68, Aug 2009 'From the Archives'; Euronews 14 Aug 2019 (NARA-credited print)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A NARA-held U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph (III-SC-192865) documents this hull beached alongside LCT-1143 unloading troops on D-Day, 15 August 1944, invasion of southern France - photographic evidence of Dragoon participation on the day of the landings.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 15 August 1944
- Population
- crew; embarked troops (unit not identified in caption); beach party
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the photo is documented through its Signal Corps number and repeated NARA-attributed captions, but the NARA catalog item page is JS-rendered and could not be fetched this session - direct NAID verification is open. Photographer credit conflicts across captions (Noah per NavSource; Cuca per AFP/Euronews). No asbestos content; the image shows beaching/troop offloading only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-07
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[9]'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - Landing Ships and Craft (Navy vessel list; HyperWar transcription); corroborated class data from ONI 226 'Allied Landing Craft and Ships', Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 7 April 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html LCI(L) table, row LCI(L)-513; ONI 226 p. section 'LCI(L)-(351-)' row in U.S. and British Landing Craft table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's wartime vessel list carries 'LCI(L)-513' among the LCI(L)s with the note 'Converted to Underwater Locator Minesweeper AMc(U)' - the Navy list corroborating the redesignation. The ONI 226 class table supplies the design-era specifications for the hull's configuration group (LCI(L) 351-and-later): 158'5.5" x 23'3", 250 tons landing / 387 tons loaded displacement, propulsion two sets of GM diesels (max 1,600 bhp) driving twin variable-pitch screws (statistics same as early model), five 20mm guns, capacity 9 officers + 196 enlisted troops or 32 tons cargo, crew 4 officers + 24 men (28), endurance 8,000 miles at 12 knots.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- The vessel-list row is ship-specific for identity and disposition only; the ONI 226 figures are class-level design data, not a survey of this hull. ONI 226 lists five 20mm and crew 28 for the 351+ group, while NavSource's hull page lists four 20mm and complement 23 - conflict carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-08
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[10]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard list and yard history [reputable_press]
- Locator
- newjersey.htm yard-history paragraph + LCI(L) 513 table row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard list documents 'LCI(L) 513 - US Navy - Landing Craft - Dec-43 - Later AMCU 10, to US Maritime Commission 1948' and identifies the builder yard as the wartime LCI assembly-line yard on the Arthur Kill at Barber (a community absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer), NJ; yard management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request and the yard closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943; 1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce (1943)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary reference (Colton's shipbuildinghistory) corroborating builder, delivery month, and disposition - not a government registry. The 'US Maritime Commission 1948' disposition wording conflicts with NavSource's 'War Shipping Administration July 1948' (WSA was abolished in 1946; see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-09
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[11]Era inference built on: NavSource/ONI 226/SDB specifications (diesel propulsion - 8 x 225-bhp GM diesels, 2 shafts, no steam plant); construction dates at an emergency wartime yard; GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (see ev-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/0410.htm specifications; ONI 226 class table; GAO HRD-80-2 (program level)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built November-December 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were engine and exhaust lagging, thermal insulation in confined compartments, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined-space exposure dynamic of a 158-foot amphibious craft applies.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1952
- Population
- construction trades (1943); crew 1943-46; repair-yard trades, Dartmouth (Jun 1944); AMCU-10 conversion trades (1945); tug-conversion trades, Alexander Shipyard (1948); shipbreakers (1952)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or crew account located for this vessel. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The type's simple outfit (open vehicle deck, minimal accommodation) makes its insulation load lighter than a steam combatant's, not absent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-10
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[12]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 service era (1943-46), as well as her conversion and commercial life through 1952.
- 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; known standing defect since Batch 01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-11
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[13]Batch-5234 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 (ship-number PDF pp. 2 & 24); NARA digitized-deck-log lists; NHHC DANFS; NavSource (live); NAVPERS 15,790 via HyperWar; NAVSHIPS 250-011; 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' via HyperWar; Cornelius Ryan papers (Ohio U.); 3d ASG unit history; Signal Corps photo caption chain; shipbuildinghistory; NavalCoverMuseum; CourtListener (partial - see ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming LCI(L)-513 / AMCU-10 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: authenticated opinion searches for all four identifiers - 'LCI(L)-513', 'LCI-513', 'AMCU-10', 'AMC(U)-10' - each returned zero results (HTTP 200, count=0); the RECAP docket-index search could not be completed - the shared API budget was exhausted mid-session (helper-enforced fleet pacing); logged as partial, not as a clean negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; 'asbestos aboard' content exists only on law-firm marketing pages, 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 opinion index returned clean zero results on every identifier but the docket index is unsearched (blocked, one timeout + fleet pacing), and the undigitized deck logs, AMCU-conversion work packages, and 1952 scrapping records are open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-513-lcil513-12