Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet pq-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-514 — Wikipedia List of United States Navy Landing Craft Infantry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_Landing_Craft_Infantry)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-pkt-pq-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-514 (ex USS LCI(L)-514) page - history transcribed from 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry,' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0), with awards/campaign ribbons table and specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full page: history block (build, campaigns, flotilla assignment, reclassification, transfer) and specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LCI(L)-514, an LCI(L)-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), was laid down 5 November 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 3 December 1943; commissioned 9 December 1943. In World War II she was assigned first to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater - Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944, and Invasion of Southern France, 15 August-21 September 1944 - and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven (LCDR J. P. Moore), LCI Group One Hundred-Ten (LT. G. A. Lyons), LCI Division Two Hundred-Twenty. She was reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-514 on 15 July 1945. Post-war she performed Navy Occupation service (23 October-15 November 1945 and 15 November 1945-12 June 1946) and China service (15 November 1945-12 June 1946). Decommissioning and striking dates are not recorded in the archive listing. She was transferred to the Republic of China 7 February 1948; final fate unknown. She earned two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-11-05 to 1948-02-07
- Population
- Ship's company (LCI(L): 3 officers + 21 enlisted; LCI(G): 5 officers + 65 enlisted) and embarked troops (capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource page content is a transcription of a veterans'-association secondary compilation (Turner 1995), not an official record; build/service facts corroborated by the official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 naval-vessel list and the shipbuildinghistory.com yard list, but campaign/award tables and the 1948-02-07 transfer date rest on the archive transcription alone. Contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II: Mine Vessels (less CM & DM), Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft,' NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945 (Google Books digitization hosted by shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- List of Naval Vessels, LCI(L) section (PDF p. 30, 'LCI(L) 514' in-service row); per-hull build table (PDF p. 221, 'LCI(L)514' row); LCI(L) characteristics table, group 'LCI(L) 351-1098' (PDF p. 217)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships' official Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945) provides three distinct records of this hull: (1) the List of Naval Vessels shows LCI(L) 514 among in-service craft with no loss, transfer, or conversion annotation - on the Navy List and in U.S. service as of 15 April 1945; (2) the per-hull build table records LCI(L) 514 built by 'New Jersey S.B. Corp., Barber, N.J.', keel laid 5 November 1943, ship launched 3 December 1943, date of first commission 9 December 1943 - official confirmation of builder and all three build milestones; (3) the LCI(L) characteristics table covers the group 'LCI(L) 351-1098' (the design group containing this hull): length overall 159 ft 0 in, waterline 153 ft 0 in, extreme beam 23 ft 8 in, full-load displacement 387 tons, trial displacement 381 tons, trial speed 14.4 knots (Model Basin estimate), maximum navigational draft 5 ft 8 in, total accommodations 8 officers + 32 enlisted, armament five 20mm A.A. machine guns; propulsion: 2 propellers, G.M. Diesel 6051 series 71 engines, 2,320 shaft horsepower, single GM main reduction gears, two diesel-driven 20 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators, diesel oil capacity 860 barrels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- as of 1945-04-15
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops (accommodations 8 officers + 32 enlisted for the 351-1098 group)
- Limitations
- Official BuShips publication. The in-service list entry and the build-table row name this hull specifically (as of 15 Apr 1945, before the July 1945 LCI(G) reclassification); the characteristics table covers the design group LCI(L) 351-1098, not this hull individually - group-level figures may differ from this craft's as-built state. Contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-02
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List #44 'by Ship Numbers' (logbooks coverage listing, RG 24 records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 24, LCI(L) section, row 'LCI(L)-514 12/9/1943 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947; ship-number listing) records deck logs for LCI(L)-514 covering 12/9/1943 through 6/30/1945 - the commissioning date through mid-1945, spanning the Normandy and Southern France assaults and the start of Pacific service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-09 to 1945-06-30 (coverage period)
- Population
- Ship's company recorded in the deck logs
- Limitations
- The listed dates are log-coverage bounds, not commissioning/decommissioning dates; the logbooks themselves were not retrieved and their contents (operations, casualties, materials mentions) are unexamined. Post-1941 Navy deck logs are held at the National Archives at College Park (Archives II); digitization status for this hull's logs was not verified (catalog search interface requires scripted access not completed in this session).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-03
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, National Museum of the U.S. Navy - 'Landing Craft Infantry (Large)-10 (USS LCI(L)-10)' photography and class-description page (archived Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-10; live page returns 404 as of 2026-09-30) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Page lead paragraphs (class description) beneath the LCI(L)-10 entry; archived capture
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's National Museum of the U.S. Navy describes the LCI(L) type on its LCI(L)-10 photography page: Navy-designed craft launched by the hundreds; approximately 157 feet long, speeds up to 14 knots, crew of 24 officers and men, four 20mm guns; the first version debarked troops by catwalks and ramps while later versions used bow doors; the same hull was modified into mortar, gunboat, and rocket versions and flotilla flagships. NavSource assigns this hull to the LCI(L)-351 class - the later variant group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- WWII (class description)
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level description published on a sister hull's page, not LCI(L)-514-specific. Rounded class figures (157 ft, 14 knots, crew of 24, four 20mm) differ from the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 group specification (159 ft, 14.4 knots trial, 8 officers + 32 enlisted accommodations, five 20mm for the 351-1098 group) - variants not reconciled. Contains no materials or asbestos information. Live URL 404s as of 2026-09-30; citation is to the archived capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-04
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[6]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 scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and program under which this 1943 naval landing craft was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction.
- 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 (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the LCI(L) type and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships Ships' Data NAVSHIPS 250-011 Vol. II (1945), LCI(L) 351-1098 characteristics table + National Park Service NRHP nomination, USS LCI-713 (NRIS 07000300, listed 2007-04-12), vessel-description section [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data PDF p. 217 (propulsion rows for LCI(L) 351-1098); LCI-713 NRHP nomination 'LCI-713 As Built' description (engine room, exhaust systems, construction)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LCI(L) was a diesel-powered beaching craft: the official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 specification for the LCI(L) 351-1098 group records G.M. Diesel 6051-series-71 engines (2,320 shp, two propellers, GM main reduction gears, diesel-driven 20 kW service generators, diesel oil 860 barrels) - no boilers and no steam system. The National Register nomination for the surviving sister-type hull USS LCI-713 (NRIS 07000300, same LCI(L) 351+ design group) describes 1/4-inch steel-plate construction for rapid assembly-line production, eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in two banks of four, and dual above-water and underwater engine exhaust systems; the nomination contains no mention of asbestos, insulation, or abatement. The era's dominant shipboard asbestos applications (boiler and steam-line lagging) were therefore absent by design on this craft type; residual era-typical candidate materials (exhaust-system lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, joiner and deck materials, coatings) are not documented for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service); 1945 (spec); 2007 (nomination)
- Population
- Engine-room crew (LCI(G)-514 complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted after conversion); construction trades (New Jersey Shipbuilding, 1943)
- Limitations
- The diesel configuration is documented at class level (both sources); the asbestos-relevant material content aboard this hull is not. Absence of boilers/steam removes the largest era-typical asbestos mass, but era-typical smaller applications (exhaust lagging, gaskets, electrical insulation, coatings) are plausible and undocumented - this row bounds the inference, it does not establish presence or absence. The LCI-713 nomination describes a sister hull of the same design group; builder-latitude in construction is acknowledged in that document itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search, type=o, queries '"LCI(L)-514"' (0 hits), '"LCI(G)-514" OR "LCI-514" OR "LCIL-514"' (0 hits), '"landing craft" asbestos' (2 non-qualifying hits: Butler v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, 89 F.3d 582 (9th Cir. 1996); South Bay Boiler Repair, ASBCA No. 59281 (2017)), authenticated helper, 2026-09-30 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-10, -11, -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) searches on 2026-09-30 located no qualifying litigation naming this vessel. Opinion search '"LCI(L)-514"' returned 0 hits; opinion search '"LCI(G)-514" OR "LCI-514" OR "LCIL-514"' returned 0 hits. Opinion search '"landing craft" asbestos' returned 2 non-qualifying hits (a Navy accommodation-ladder personal-injury appeal naming no landing-craft hull; an ASBCA government-contract appeal). No asbestos opinion or docket naming USS LCI(L)-514, LCI(G)-514, or this hull was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- accessed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Any crew exposure claims would name defendants (builders, manufacturers, operators), not the hull number, so a hull-name negative does not establish that crew members never filed claims. RECAP/docket coverage of wartime-era and early asbestos litigation is inherently thin. A docket-type (type=r) query and a '"landing craft infantry" asbestos OR mesothelioma' opinion query were attempted but the fleet pacing budget blocked completion at session time; logged in ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-07
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[9]Batch-5235 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS index and URL-pattern check; HyperWar Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945 landing-craft section and DANFS mirror; NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; NARA Special List 44; NPS NRHP nomination for LCI-713; USS LCI National Association publications; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-06, -07, -08, -13, -14, -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (the NHHC DANFS URL pattern returns 404 for LCI(L)-514; the HyperWar DANFS mirror page returns 404; NavSource attributes the history to Turner Publishing Vol. II, not DANFS). No asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming the hull was found in the sources searched. The National Register nomination for the same-design-group survivor USS LCI-713 contains no asbestos, insulation, or abatement mention. The hull left U.S. custody by transfer to the Republic of China (1946 custody handover / 1948 formal transfer), foreclosing the U.S.-era survey and abatement documentation channels that generate most hull-level asbestos records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull was never surveyed for materials and its post-transfer fate is unknown. A negative finding is a documentation result, not evidence of absence of exposure or of eligibility/ineligibility for any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-08
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[10]National Archives and Records Administration record groups RG 24, RG 38, RG 19 (mapped via Special List 44 and record-group guides; holdings not retrieved) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-04; NARA 'Logbooks of the US Navy' page (post-1941 logs at Archives II)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival path for any deeper record: NARA RG 24 deck logs for LCI(L)-514 covering 12/9/1943-6/30/1945 (per Special List 44) - the contemporaneous operational record for the Normandy/Southern France assaults and Pacific transit; RG 38 (Chief of Naval Operations wartime records - LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven / Group 110 war diaries covering this craft's Pacific operations); RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records - LCI(L) design/construction correspondence and any materials specifications, including the July 1945 LCI(G) conversion scope). The BuShips Ships' Data 1945 group specification establishes the machinery plant but not insulation or materials lists.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping is a research path, not evidence about this hull; holdings' contents were not examined and their coverage of this specific craft's materials is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-514-lcil514-09