Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-523 - construction, commissioning, campaigns, Soviet transfer, disposal, specifications (live page verified 2026-09-30; history credited to Turner Publishing 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150523.htm header block, campaign table, disposition block, specifications block, and photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 23 November 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 17 December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-523, 24 December 1943. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns per NavSource: Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944, and Invasion of Southern France 15 August-16 September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred under Project Hula to the Soviet Union at Cold Bay, AK, 29 July 1945, designated Soviet landing ship DS-3; as DS-3 she participated in the Soviet invasion of the Japanese Kuril Islands between 18 August and 1 September 1945. Returned to US Naval custody in 1955 and struck from the Naval Register; final disposition fate unknown. Two battle stars for WWII service. Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max (14 continuous); 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; 75 tons cargo; five single 20mm guns; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; two sets of 4 GM diesels (4 per shaft), 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers. One photo: 'USS LCI(L)-523 moored in the harbor at Possoli [sic - Pozzuoli], Italy, circa 1944.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1955
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (Nov-Dec 1943); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1943-45); embarked troops up to ~188; Soviet DS-3 crew (1945-55)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - dates generally track official records but the page is not a primary registry; its commissioned date (24 Dec) conflicts with uboat.net and the shipbuilding-history table (23 Dec) and the SL44 log start (23 Dec) - see gaps. The Kuril-operations sentence is Turner-sourced; Russell's official Hula history confirms the July-trained LCI(L) group led the Kuril assault but does not name DS-3 in the combat narrative (see ev-08). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-01
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[2]NARA catalog, NAID 78519039 - 'COM LCI(L) GR 32 - War Diary, 6/1-30/44' (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series; 40 digitized images, Fold3 microfilm roll A1048) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78519039; diary pages at roll A1048 images 1251-1258 (1-2 June roster/troop table; 5-6 June U-1B and assault entries; 30 June Poole Harbor entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The digitized war diary of Commander LCI(L) Group 32 (LCI(L) Flotilla 11, Amphibious Force) names this hull through June 1944: 1 June - Group 32 present at Dartmouth, England, moored at Trot 'G' in the Dart River (Division 63: LCI(L)s 513-517; Division 64: 521, 522, 523, 524); 2 June - troops embarked, 'LCI(L)523 - Co. I 12th Infantry'; 5 June 1729 - Dartmouth section of Convoy U-1B underway under Commander LCI(L) Group 32 (LCI(L)s 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 521, 522, 523, 524, escort SC-1330), joined convoy U-1B, arrived transport area 0736 on 6 June; 6 June 0915 - 'LCI(L)s of Group 32 proceed to Green beach in the nineteenth and twentieth waves. Troops were disembarked without casualty, light enemy fire observed on beach'; 2130 - convoy FPL formed for the return to Calshot, with 'LCI(L)s 522 and 523 still engaged in towing in assault area'; 2326 - enemy aircraft dropped two bombs near the convoy, no damage; 30 June - 'LCI(L)s 523 and 521 enter Poole Harbor and moor to buoy at Trot A.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-01 to 1944-06-30
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew; embarked Company I, 12th Infantry (2 June 1944 embarkation)
- Limitations
- Digitized diary pages OCR-verified against the page images (medialz/Fold3). The diary does not print 'Utah Beach' - it records Convoy U-1B and the 'Green' beach landing area; the sister-hull DANFS entry for LCI(L)-513, sailing the same convoy, describes U1B bound for Utah Beach. Operational record - no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-02
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[3]NARA catalog, NAID 83522364 - 'COM 8th FLEET - Fwding with comment reps of action on the invasion of Southern France, August, 1944' (RG 38; 10 digitized images, roll A1804) - package contains USS LCI(L)-523's own CO and XO action reports [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/83522364; roll A1804 image 0864 (8th Fleet forwarding endorsement listing 523 under TG 85.4), images 0868-0869 (CO report, 26 Sep 1944), images 0870-0871 (XO report, 11 Sep 1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's own digitized action reports for Operation Dragoon: (1) CO's report, USS LCI(L) 523 letterhead, serial LCI523/A9-8, dated 26 September 1944, Ens. Robert O. Barnes, USNR, Commanding - covers 14 August-19 September 1944: anchored at Ajaccio, Corsica, 14 August and proceeded in Convoy SF-2F; on 15 August assigned Task Unit 85.4.4 with LCI(L)s 513, 515, 516, 521, 522; 'Ship was beached on red beach at 1015 and troops were disembarked'; remainder of D-Day spent unloading USS Santa Rosa and HMS Ascania; shuttle and build-up periods 23-28 August, 2-7 September, 12-18 September; on the 2-7 September return the ship transported 100 German prisoners from the assault area to Pozzuoli under U.S. Army Military Police guard, disembarked to U.S. Army authorities; 'no casualties to material or personnel aboard this ship and no ammunition was expended.' (2) XO's report dated 11 September 1944 adds detail: on 12 August, while forming up, USS LCI(L)-946 'proceeded to cross our stern close aboard' and the collision tore a hole in 946's port side - this ship suffered no damage; in convoy she was sixth ship in the fourth column (522 ahead, 524 astern); on 15 August the convoy lay to at 0730 with Condition I set, she was underway for the beach about 0900, a first beaching attempt at 0955 was blocked by a sandbar and she retracted, beaching successfully at 1015 with disembarkation complete by 1030 and retracting at 1032 for the transport area; she made 'three trips to the beach in all putting ashore over eight hundred men,' retracted finally at 1630 and was underway from the assault area at 2045. The 8th Fleet forwarding endorsement lists LCI(L)s 513, 515, and 523 under TG 85.4 (Red Beach Assault Group).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08-12 to 1944-09-19 (coverage); reports dated 11 Sep and 26 Sep 1944
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew; embarked assault troops (~800+ put ashore 15 Aug); German POWs transported 2-7 Sep
- Limitations
- Typewritten reports OCR-verified against the digitized page images (roll A1804, images 0868-0870). The hull's own XO report attributes the 12 August collision to 946 crossing 523's stern; the Flotilla 11 comments document (ev-04) describes 523 backing into 946 - perspective conflict on the same confirmed event. Troop figure 'over eight hundred men' is the XO's contemporaneous count. Operational record - no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-03
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[4]NARA catalog, NAID 139926503 - 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 11 - Comments on ops of assault convoys in the invasion of Southern France' (RG 38; 4 digitized images, roll A1469) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/139926503; roll A1469 image 0287 (collision narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Flotilla 11 flotilla-level comments on the Dragoon assault convoys name this hull in the pre-sortie casualty: 'in getting underway the LCI(L) 523 backed into the LCI(L) 946 leaving a hole in the latter craft's #3 troop compartment, about a foot below the main deck, and about three feet long. Salvage craft assisted and a plywood shoring was used, until Ajaccio, where a welded plate was installed.' The convoy sections assembled at Salerno at D-4 and staged at Ajaccio en route to France.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 and LCI(L)-946 crews
- Limitations
- Flotilla-level report describing the same 523/946 collision that 523's own XO report frames differently (946 crossing 523's stern) - event confirmed, blame perspective differs. Digitized diary OCR-verified. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-04
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[5]NARA catalog, NAID 139812665 - 'COM LCI(L) GR 32 - War Diary, 12/1-31/44' (RG 38; 6 digitized images, Fold3 microfilm 1351) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/139812665; roll 1351 images 0556-0558 (8-18 December entries naming 523)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The December 1944 war diary of Commander LCI(L) Group 32 (Flotilla 11, U.S. Eighth Fleet) documents a grounding and drydock repair for this hull: 8 December - Group 32 arrived Pozzuoli from Leghorn and 'while proceeding to mooring, LCI(L)523 struck underwater sandbar and fouled starboard screw'; 10 December - 'LCI(L)523 underway from Pozzuoli, Italy, sailing for Palermo, Sicily'; 11 December - 'LCI(L)523 arrives at Palermo, Sicily, and proceeds into drydock and has starboard screw repaired'; 12 December - 'LCI(L)523, having completed repairs, remains moored at Palermo'; 14-15 December - Group 32 convoyed Palermo to Bizerte; on the entry printed 'Monday, 16 December' (an internal misprint - it falls between the 17 and 19 December entries, reading as the 18th) LCI(L)s 513, 517(GF), 522, 523, 524, and 525 of Group 32 plus 529 and 554 of Group 33 departed Bizerte for Oran, Algeria - the start of the homeward transit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew; Palermo drydock trades (11-12 Dec 1944)
- Limitations
- Digitized diary pages OCR-verified (images 0556-0558). A grounding and drydock repair event is documented, but the repair scope - what was disturbed or replaced in the way of materials - is not described; a repair availability is not an asbestos record. The diary's own date printing ('Monday, 16 December' between the 17th and 19th) is a misprint carried as-is with the sequence reading noted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-05
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[6]DANFS, LCI(L)-513 (NHHC, published 10 Feb 2025, Jared D. Johnson) - sister-hull entry naming LCI(L)-523 in a repair-ship availability [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-513 narrative, September 1944 paragraph (20 September entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry for sister hull LCI(L)-513 (same LCI(L) Group 32) names this hull once: 'on 20 September LCI(L)-513, in company with LCI(L)-515 and LCI(L)-523, sailed west for Naples for an availability alongside repair ship Delta (AR-9). The necessary work lasted eight days' - documenting an eight-day repair-ship availability alongside USS Delta (AR-9) at Naples in late September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-09-20 to 1944-09-28
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew; USS Delta (AR-9) repair trades
- Limitations
- Sister-hull DANFS entry - the availability is stated as a three-ship movement; the specific work performed on 523 alongside Delta is not itemized. A repair-ship availability is a maintenance event, not an asbestos record - any material disturbance is inference. NHHC carries no DANFS entry for LCI(L)-523 itself (candidate URLs returned 404). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-06
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[7]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Navy Department Library transcription of the official organization table) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC transcription, Landing Craft Flotillas section, 'LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-SEVEN / LCI(L) GROUP 110 / LCI(L) DIVISION 220' rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization as of 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 523' under LCI(L) Division 220, LCI(L) Group 110, within LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Seven - documenting this hull's post-European-service reassignment to the Pacific Fleet. The same listings carry her former Flotilla-11 mates (Division 219: LCI 513, 514, 515, 516, 521, 522; Division 220: LCI 517, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527) - the hulls that transferred to the Soviet Union under Project Hula on 29 July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew during Pacific assignment (spring 1945)
- Limitations
- Organization table lists assignment, not location or activity; hull printed as 'LCI 523' - identity consistent with LCI(L)-523 by contiguous hull sequence and corroborated by the Russell appendix transfer list. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-07
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[8]Richard A. Russell, 'Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan' (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1997; U.S. Navy in the Modern World Series No. 4 - full text mirrored at generalstaff.org) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- generalstaff.org mirror of Russell 1997 - Appendix transfer table ('LCI(L) 523 | DS-3 | 29 Jul. | 1955-returned'); narrative passages on LCI(L) training cycles, the Shumshu assault (18 Aug 1945), and 1955 returns
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy history of the transfer program is ship-specific in its appendix: 'LCI(L) 523 | DS-3 | 29 Jul. | 1955-returned' - one of 30 LCI(L)s transferred at Cold Bay, Alaska. Narrative context: the second LCI(L) group's shakedown training was cut to nine days and completed at the end of July 1945; 'in late August, Popov informed Maxwell that LCI(L)s trained by Navy Detachment 3294 in July had led the main attack in the Kuril Islands, just ten days after their arrival at Petropavlovsk'; sixteen American-built LCI(L)s spearheaded the second wave at Shumshu on 18 August 1945, where Japanese shore batteries destroyed five of the landing craft; of the 149 vessels transferred at Cold Bay, the Soviet navy returned 27 frigates and 15 LCI(L)s - this hull among them in 1955.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1955
- Population
- US Navy Detachment 3294 instructors; Soviet DS-3 crew (1945-55)
- Limitations
- Official Naval Historical Center publication; appendix row is ship-specific (transfer date and 1955 return). The combat narrative is group-level - DS-3 is not individually named in the Shumshu/Kuril account; her participation rests on the NavSource/Turner caption (ev-01). Mirrored text used - layout differs from the print edition but content is complete. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-08
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[9]NARA Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number sequence, PDF page 25 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 25, row 'LCI(L)-523 12/23/1943 7/28/1945' (verified via pdftotext extraction)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (by ship number) lists Navy deck logs held by NARA for LCI(L)-523 covering 12/23/1943-7/28/1945 - logbook coverage running from commissioning week through the eve of her 29 July 1945 transfer (log-coverage dates, not commissioning or transfer evidence).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-23 to 1945-07-28
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew (1943-45 logging window)
- Limitations
- Archival listing only: the list establishes that logs exist in NARA holdings for that window (RG 24, College Park). The NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page lists no digitized file unit for this hull - the only LCI-related digitized logs are for a postwar AMCU conversion; physical-holdings lead. A deck log is an operational record - location, moorage, and noteworthy events, not a material survey; it would not itemize insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-09
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[10]NARA catalog, NAID 120249026 - 'LCI(L) 523 - Muster Rolls' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities; 95 digitized images, Ancestry partnership, first image dated 31 December 1943) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120249026 - file-unit description and 95-image viewer
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel records naming this hull: 95 muster-roll images for LCI(L) 523 are online (crew rosters by reporting period beginning 31 December 1943) - a crew-roster lead covering her U.S. Navy service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-12-31 forward (muster-roll coverage)
- Population
- LCI(L)-523 crew (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (title, NAID, series, 95 images); page-image contents not individually reviewed. Muster rolls are personnel records - names, rates, reporting/discharge entries; no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-10
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[11]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-523 row; companion yard page 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' (navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html hull table row 523; .../emergencysmall/newjersey.html yard history + output table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: 'LCI(L) | 523 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 23-Dec-43 | To the USSR 1945' - corroborating builder, yard, completion month, and Soviet transfer. The yard page documents New Jersey Shipbuilding as an LCI assembly-line operation on the Arthur Kill at Barber, NJ (a community later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now Maurer), whose management Todd Shipyards took over in 1942 at the Navy's request; the yard closed after the war. Its output table lists 'LCI(L) 523 - US Navy - Landing Craft - Dec-43 - To the USSR 1945, struck 1955' - consistent with the Russell appendix's '1955-returned' disposition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1955
- Population
- NJSB Barber yard trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Secondary maritime-history database - corroboration of builder/date/disposition, not a primary contract record; its 23-Dec-43 date aligns with the SL44 log start and uboat.net but differs from NavSource's commissioned 24-Dec (see gaps). No asbestos or material content; no yard-level asbestos documentation located for New Jersey Shipbuilding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-11
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[12]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-523 record (ship/21587) - LCI 351 class data sheet [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21587.html data table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary warship-reference entry corroborating: LCI 351 class; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 23 November 1943; launched 17 December 1943; commissioned 23 December 1943; end service 29 July 1945; 'Transferred to the USSR 29 July 1945.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Secondary reference site - corroboration only. Carries the 23-Dec commissioning variant (vs NavSource 24-Dec; see gaps); 'ordered 22 Mar 1943' not independently verified against a contract record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-12
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[13]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-use era, ev-14); NARA physical logbook holdings (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json yard list (no NJ Shipbuilding entry); GAO HRD-80-2 context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built November-December 1943 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in engine and piping systems, electrical insulation on wiring and in control panels, and thermal insulation in the confined machinery spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1955
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (1943); crew 28 (1943-45); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188); repair trades at Naples/Palermo; Soviet DS-3 crew (1945-55)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-523. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The documented Palermo drydock (Dec 1944) and Naples availability alongside USS Delta (Sep 1944) are repair events whose material scope is undescribed. New Jersey Shipbuilding is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset, so no yard-level product list was attached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-13
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[14]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 construction (1943), U.S. service era (1943-45), and Soviet custody era (1945-55).
- 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, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-14
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[15]Batch-5244 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA catalog (ship's own Dragoon action reports inside the 8th Fleet forwarding package, GR 32 June and December 1944 war diaries, FLOT 11 convoy comments, muster rolls); NARA SL44 PDF; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization and sister-hull DANFS; NHHC Project Hula publication (Russell 1997 via generalstaff.org mirror); shipbuilding-history build table and yard page; uboat.net; NVR check; CourtListener via authenticated fleet helper; GAO; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-01 through -19
- 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)-523 / Soviet DS-3 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4) returned zero hits for '"LCI(L)-523"' and '"LCI-523"' in opinions and '"LCI(L)-523"' in the docket/RECAP index; the spaced variant '"LCI(L) 523"' could not be run before drafting - the fleet pacing limiter returned 'budget momentarily spent' (exit 2) - logged as a partial gap, not a negative result for that form. No law-firm or marketing 'asbestos aboard' content for this hull was surfaced at all - secondary sweeps returned only history sources. The hull's 1945 Soviet transfer and undocumented post-1955 disposition foreclose the US-side museum/abatement/scrapping documentation trail that produces ship-specific 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 public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and one CourtListener query form remains unrun (pacing-blocked). Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 12/23/1943-7/28/1945), NJ Shipbuilding construction records, and Soviet-era records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-523-lcil523-15