Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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)-516 — Wikipedia USN LCI list (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-516-lcil516-pkt-pq-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 13, 1945) - List of Naval Vessels roster and LCI(L) design table (shipscribe.com scan of the official publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' roster section (LCI(L) 516 row, builder column 'New Jersey S. B. Corp., Barber, N.J.') and characteristics table for LCI(L) 351-1098; vessel list 'LCI(L) 516-530'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips roster entry for this hull: 'LCI(L) 516 ... New Jersey S.B. Corp., Barber, N.J. ... 9 Nov 43 [keel laid] ... 8 Dec 43 [launched] ... 11 Dec 43 [commissioned].' The same volume's LCI(L) design table for hulls 351-1098 (which includes 516) gives: length 159 ft oa / 153 ft wl, beam 23 ft 8 in, full-load displacement 387 t, trial speed 14.4 kn, armament 5 x 20 mm AA, propulsion GM Diesel 6051-series-71 engines, 2,320 bhp, two shafts, single GM main reduction gears. As of the edition's April 1945 data the hull still carried the LCI(L) designation - her reclassification to LCI(G) postdates it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (publication coverage)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (Nov-Dec 1943); commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Official design/roster publication, but the roster is a tabular record - build dates and builder only, no operational or material content. The design table is class-level data for the 351-1098 group, not a survey of this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-516 ex USS LCI(L)-516 - milestone timeline, campaigns, specifications (page's stated history source: USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150516.htm header block, campaign table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 9 November 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 8 December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-516, 11 December 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater: Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944; Invasion of Southern France, 15 August-18 September 1944. Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-516, 15 July 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register, 1946; earned two battle stars for WWII service; transferred to the Army, 26 February 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Radio call sign NQYQ. Spec block: 216 t light / 389 t loaded, 158'5.5" x 23'3", 16 kt max; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, LCI(G) 5 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft), 1,600 bhp per set, twin variable-pitch propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (1943); ship's company (1943-46); embarked troops (capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation whose stated source here is the Turner Publishing LCI history, not a primary registry - dates corroborated where they overlap the BuShips roster (laid/launch/commission match exactly) and the NARA action report (Southern France beaching 15 Aug 1944). Decommission date is genuinely absent ('date unknown'). Contains no asbestos content. Live .net page verified 2026-09-30 (navsource.org is dead; do not cite it).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (Bradley, Kurtz, et al., 1978), 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section (scan via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, printed page 342, 'LCI(L)-516' row (ACPL Genealogy Center scan, display image 368)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA logbook inventory lists this hull: 'LCI(L)-516 - Dec. 11, 1943-June 30, 1945 - 3 [logbooks].' The start date equals the BuShips/NavSource commissioning date (11 Dec 1943); the end date precedes the 15 July 1945 LCI(G) reclassification, so post-June-1945 logs either were not received/retained for this inventory or are filed under another listing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage); 1978 (inventory)
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked personnel recorded in the logs (Dec 1943-Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: it establishes that three logbooks covering Dec 1943-Jun 1945 existed in NARA custody as of the 1978 inventory - it does not describe their contents (locations, operations, personnel). Read directly from the scanned printed page 342 (ACPL mirror display page 368) on 2026-09-30; the batch tasking's 'PDF page 24' reference is to a different segmentation of the same publication - the entry itself is confirmed verbatim. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, 'LCI(L) 516 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120247257, RG 24, scanned via NARA-Ancestry partnership) and 'LCI(G) 516 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120247326) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 120247257 (LCI(L) 516 muster rolls, 68 objects; commissioning report dated 11 Dec 1943) and NAID 120247326 (LCI(G) 516 muster rolls, 42 objects)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel records for this hull: 68 muster-roll images under LCI(L) 516 running monthly 11 December 1943 through 1 July 1945, and 42 images under LCI(G) 516 running 1 April 1945 through 30 April 1946. The commissioning report (Report of Changes, NAVPERS 605-B) for the month ending 11 December 1943 shows the initial enlisted crew - rated seamen through motor machinist's mates - received aboard 12/11/43 from Receiving Station, New York, N.Y. The continued LCI(G) muster series into April 1946 documents the hull as a manned U.S. Navy unit well past V-J Day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company: ~24-man LCI(L) crew at commissioning (Dec 1943), expanded LCI(G) complement (5 officers/65 enlisted) 1945-46
- Limitations
- Muster rolls establish who served aboard and when - a population record, not an exposure or conditions record. They contain no material, insulation, or asbestos information and do not establish any individual's exposure. Catalog landing pages are JS-rendered; NAIDs and image inventory were verified via the catalog search API on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, 'LCI(L)-516 - Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Southern France, 8/12-25/44' (NAID 139740295; WWII War Diaries microfilm series, micro serial 88045; scanned via NARA-Fold3 partnership); signed Edward K. Schade, Lieut., USNR, commanding officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139740295 digital object (single-page action report image)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (CONFIDENTIAL, 516/A9-8, Serial 43-44, dated 12 September 1944) documents her Operation Dragoon role: underway from Salerno 12 Aug in convoy SF2A; Ajaccio, Corsica 13-14 Aug; on 15 Aug ordered to reference point 'O' in company with LCI(L)s 521, 515, 513, 522 and 523, beached at beach 263a at 1000 to discharge troops under sporadic enemy fire (no hits observed), made three beachings total that day including two troop lifts off-loaded from LSI(L) Dilwara and AP Marine Robin (~300 troops each); returned to Pozzuoli; then lifted French troops to St. Tropez Bay, beaching there 25 Aug. Report routing via Commander Task Group 85.4, TF 85, TF 81, and COMNAV NAW. Names the commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 12-25 August 1944
- Population
- LCI(L)-516 ship's company Aug 1944; ~600 embarked troops carried across three beachings 15 Aug; French troops lifted 22-25 Aug
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record; establishes combat employment (three beachings at beach 263a, St. Tropez Bay follow-on) and command identity. Contains no material or asbestos content. Image read directly from the NARA-hosted Fold3 scan on 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-05
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[7]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard construction table [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey Shipbuilding table, LCI(L) 516 row; yard description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent construction-table corroboration: 'LCI(L) 516 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Dec-43 [delivery] | Struck 1946.' The yard page documents New Jersey Shipbuilding as an LCI assembly-line yard on Arthur Kill at Barber (now Maurer, Perth Amboy), taken over by Todd Shipyards management in 1942 at the Navy's request and closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction workforce (1942-45)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work (compiled from official registers) - corroborates, does not replace, the BuShips roster. Yard-history narrative is Colton's compilation, not a government document. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-06
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[8]Navypedia, 'SEOUL fire support landing ships' (ROK Navy Seoul-class LCI table); corroborating ROK Ministry of National Defense press history (kookbang.dema.mil.kr, 26 Apr 2018) on the Korean Coast Guard's first LCIs acquired Sept 1946 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org/ships/korea_south/kos_ls_seoul.htm ship table, Jinju row (verified live 2026-09-30); Kookbang Ilbo article 2018-04-26 (search-extracted)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-source identification of final disposition: Navypedia lists 'Jinju (ex-LCI(G)516, ex-LCI(L)516), pennant 102, New Jersey SB, Barber, laid 11.1943, launched/commissioned 12.1943 // 9.1946 [to Korea], stricken 1959.' ROK defense-ministry reporting describes the Korean Coast Guard taking over two 387-ton LCIs 14-15 September 1946 - named Seoul-jeong and Jinju-jeong (Jinju named 11 Nov 1946) - and records five of the six ex-US LCIs removed from the fleet list 20 January 1949 and converted to auxiliary service 1 December 1953. This is consistent with NavSource's 'transferred to the Army, 26 February 1947' - the U.S. Army administered surplus craft disposal in occupied Korea - but the dates (Sept 1946 Korean delivery vs Feb 1947 Army transfer) are unresolved between sources.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1946-1959
- Population
- Korean Coast Guard/ROKN crew (1946-49+)
- Limitations
- Both are secondary/derivative sources: Navypedia is an unofficial database and the ROK press article was read via search-index extraction (direct fetch returned HTTP 400). The Jinju=ex-516 identification is consistent across both but not confirmed by a US official transfer document this session; carry the Korea endpoint as probable, not proven. Stricken date conflicts (1949 fleet-list removal vs Navypedia '1959') are logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-07
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[9]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LCI(L) design table (diesel machinery spec); NavSource propulsion block (8 GM diesels, twin screws); WWII amphibious-craft construction practice; GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB1945v2 LCI(L) 351-1098 characteristics table; NavSource specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered infantry landing craft built Nov-Dec 1943 sits squarely inside the Navy's asbestos shipbuilding era. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard small diesel amphibious craft of this period were engine-exhaust and machinery lagging, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and accommodation-space insulation - installed in a confined steel hull carrying 24-70 crew plus up to 188 troops. The diesel plant means no boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway, but exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, and wiring insulation remain plausible pathways.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (1943); ship's company (1943-46); troops embarked for amphibious operations; Korean-era crew (1946+); any conversion yard workers (1945, location unverified)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for LCI(L)-516. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-08
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[10]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)
- 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 (1943-47).
- 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, consistent with prior-batch findings) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-09
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[11]Batch-5237 search ledger (this record): NARA SL44 scan + catalog NAIDs; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; NavSource (live .net); Shipbuilding History; Navypedia; HyperWar ship list; NHHC/DANFS; CourtListener opinion index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-516-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-516-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated/pleaded litigation naming USS LCI(L)-516 / LCI(G)-516 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener searches executed this session: exact-string opinion query '"LCI-516"' returned 0 hits; variant docket query ('"LCI-516" OR "LCI(L)-516" OR "LCI(G)-516"', type=r) returned 0 hits; the unquoted 'LCI(L)-516' opinion query returned 622 hits, all matching 'LCI' as a corporate or party name (LCI International Inc., LCI Workers Comp, etc.) - name collisions, not vessel references. One quoted-variant opinion query remains unrun (fleet pacing, see search_ledger).
- 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 Korea-era fate means any residual material history passed out of U.S. records entirely. Litigation coverage is good but not exhaustive: the parenthesized quoted variant ('"LCI(L)-516" OR "LCI(G)-516"', type=o) was blocked by fleet pacing; PACER/RECAP coverage of state-level complaints naming a hull this obscure is thin in any case. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-516-10