Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-529 (page 150529) - construction, campaign, unit-assignment, and disposition history from USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (Turner Publishing, 1995); page last updated 26 September 2014 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150529.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block; fetched live 2026-09-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline documented for this hull: laid down 29 November 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 23 December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-529, 6 January 1944 (call sign NQZT). Assigned initially to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, participating in the Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944, and the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August-16 September 1944; earned two battle stars. Later assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven (LCDR J. P. Moore), LCI Group One Hundred Nine (LCDR J. W. Detwiler USNR), LCI Division Two Hundred Eighteen; Far East occupation service 2 September-22 October 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown, at San Diego, CA; struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1946; sold private 10 November 1946; final disposition unknown. Specifications block: displacement 246 t light / 264 t landing / 419 t loaded; length 158 ft 5.5 in; beam 23 ft 3 in; speed 16 kts max, 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; five single 20mm guns; propulsion two sets of four General Motors 6051-series-71 diesel engines (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30kW 120V DC ship's-service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Nov 1943-Jan 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked infantry (campaign lifts)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation drawing on the Turner Publishing LCI history - not a primary registry; milestone dates corroborated where possible (see ev-02, ev-03, ev-04). Launch date conflicts with uboat.net (23 vs 30 December 1943 - see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Decommissioning date is given as unknown; post-June-1945 deck logs are absent from Special List 44 (see ev-03), so late-service detail rests on this compiled history alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-01
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[2]DANFS, LCI(L)-409 (NHHC, Jared D. Johnson, published 2025-06-12) - sister-craft service narrative naming LCI(L)-529 in company [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-409 entry, April 1944 passage (history.navy.mil, fetched live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC DANFS entry for LCI(L)-409 names this hull: 'Remaining at Falmouth until 16 April, LCI(L)-409 departed for Fowey, where she operated out of until 23 April--in company with LCI(L)-527, LCI(L)-528, and LCI(L)-529--to practice landing maneuvers for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Northern France.' This places LCI(L)-529 in the Fowey operating area in mid-to-late April 1944 conducting pre-invasion landing rehearsals for the Normandy operation. (LCI(L)-409 herself was assigned to LCI(L) Group 33, Western Naval Task Force/TF 122; the same entry describes Group 33's subsequent passage to the Mediterranean for Operation Dragoon staging.)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04
- Population
- LCI(L)-529 crew, Fowey pre-invasion rehearsal period (Apr 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific mention only for the 16-23 April 1944 Fowey window - the entry documents LCI(L)-409's own movements and does not state LCI(L)-529's formal group assignment for Normandy, her beach/sector, or her Dragoon movements; those rest on NavSource campaign credits (ev-01). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (comp. Claudia Bradley, Michael Kurtz, et al.; NARA 1978), p. 343, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' - LCI(L)-529 entry (ACPL Genealogy Center page-image mirror, image 369) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, printed p. 343 (ACPL mirror image 369, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations'); entry 'LCI(L)-529 | Jan. 6, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 3'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA logbook inventory lists three logbooks for LCI(L)-529 covering January 6, 1944-June 30, 1945. The span starts on the documented commissioning date and runs through the Normandy and Southern France campaigns and the first months of Pacific assignment; it establishes the hull's documented in-service record for that period and the existence of a specific archival record set (RG 24 deck logs) that a full research pass could pull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-01-06 to 1945-06-30 (log coverage)
- Population
- LCI(L)-529 crew, Jan 1944-Jun 1945 (log subject period)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates are record-holding dates, not service dates - the June 30, 1945 cutoff means post-June-1945 logs (occupation service, return, decommissioning) are not listed in Special List 44 and are an open archival lead. The inventory documents that the logs exist, not their contents; no asbestos, materials, or work detail is contained in or implied by this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-03
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[4]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (online reading room transcription of the official fleet organization) - LCI 529 under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Seven / Group 109 / Division 218 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC 'US Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945', Landing Craft Flotillas, Pacific Fleet section - LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Seven / Group 109 / Division 218 table (fetched live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 lists 'LCI 529' in LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCI(L) Group 109, LCI(L) Division 218, alongside LCI 402, LCI 400, LCI 409, LCI 410, and LCI 555. This is official documentation corroborating NavSource's Pacific unit assignment (Flotilla 37 / Group 109 / Division 218) and placing the hull in the Pacific Fleet order of battle by May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01 (document date)
- Population
- LCI(L)-529 crew, May 1945 fleet organization
- Limitations
- Order-of-battle placement only - no operations detail, commanding officer, or location beyond fleet organization is given for this hull (the division table shows no CO name beside LCI 529). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-04
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AK-52, 'M/V Husky II (USS LCI(L) 653) (USS Avocet)' - written historical and descriptive data by Michael R. Harrison, 2011, National Park Service / Library of Congress [haer]
- Locator
- HAER AK-52 written historical data, pp. 4-6 (builder history, spec footnotes 7-8, class design); LOC P&P data PDF (tile.loc.gov) fetched live; loc.gov item page returns 403 to automated fetch
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official federal documentation of the LCI(L)-351 class and of this hull's builder. The HAER report states that New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation, Barber, N.J. - incorporated in 1942 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Barber Asphalt Corporation, eventually managed by Todd Shipyards Corporation, employing about 2,500 workers - built LCI(L) hulls 239-318, 423-657, 782-821, and 866-884 (375 craft total), which places hull 529 inside the yard's documented production block. Class construction documented: welded steel throughout, Bureau of Ships design (working plans by George Lawley & Son Corp. Engineering Division, Boston), powered by eight six-cylinder GM Series-71 diesel truck engines, four per shaft, with variable-pitch propellers; complement four officers and twenty-four sailors. The report cites the surviving primary spec 'Detail and Special Specifications for Building Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L) 351-542' (a hull range that includes 529) and George Lawley & Son LCI(L) 351-class plans at NARA RG 19, microfilm roll 5899 - open archival leads for this hull's construction documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction era); 2011 (documentation)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades, incl. ~2,500 workers (1942-45)
- Limitations
- Class- and yard-level documentation: the report's subject hull is LCI(L)-653, not 529 - the builder production block (423-657) contains this hull, but no statement in the report addresses hull 529 individually. Critically for this database: the report contains NO asbestos or insulation-material documentation for the class - the only insulation mentioned is spray-on/spray-foam material applied during the vessel's 1960s fishing-tender conversion. Wartime construction materials aboard 529 remain undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-05
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[6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - yard history and hull-by-hull production table, incl. row 'LCI(L) 529 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jan-44 | Struck 1946' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com New Jersey Shipbuilding page - yard narrative and LCI(L) production table, row for hull 529 (fetched live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard-production record corroborating this hull: New Jersey Shipbuilding's table lists 'LCI(L) 529 - US Navy - Landing Craft - Jan-44 - Struck 1946' (consistent with 6 January 1944 commissioning and 8 May 1946 striking). Yard history documented: the yard was 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber, a community immediately to the east of Perth Amboy which was later absorbed into Perth Amboy and is now called Maurer'; management was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, and the yard was closed after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled yard reference (not a primary registry) - corroborated against HAER AK-52 for yard ownership/management and production blocks. 'Jan-44' is a delivery month consistent with commissioning; the table gives no build-start or launch dates. Contains no asbestos content; no yard hazmat or materials record for the Barber site was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-06
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-529 (LCI(L)-529) - build/milestone table [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21593 - data table (fetched live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary milestone table for this hull: ordered 22 March 1943; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; laid down 29 November 1943; launched 30 December 1943; commissioned 6 January 1944; sold 10 November 1946. Laid-down, commissioning, and sale dates corroborate NavSource; the launch date (30 December) conflicts with NavSource's 23 December 1943 (carried in gaps); 'ordered 22 March 1943' is carried only by this source.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary reference (Guðmundur Helgason's Allied Warships) - not a primary registry; 'ordered' date and the 30 December launch variant are unverified against contract or launch records. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-07
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[8]NavSource photo record, 'LCIs moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, circa May 1944' - photo by Robert W. Van Keuren, CO USS LCI(L)-665, identifying USS LCI(L)-529 sixth from left among LCI(L)-952, -39, -592, -595, -943, -529, -47, -526 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150529.htm photo block (image 1015094302, also captioned on the LCI(L)-943/150526 pages)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A captioned photograph places this hull moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, circa May 1944 - physical-presence documentation bracketing her between the April 1944 Fowey rehearsals (ev-02) and the Normandy and Southern France assaults (ev-01). The image file is navsource.net/archives/10/15/1015094302.jpg, captioned on the LCI(L)-943 and adjacent pages.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-05 (approximate)
- Population
- LCI(L)-529 crew, Bizerte anchorage (circa May 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a moored-formation photograph establishes presence at Bizerte circa May 1944, not what work or staging the hull undertook there; caption date ('circa May 1944') is approximate and rests on the photographer's identification via NavSource. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-08
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (all-diesel GM Series-71 plant, no steam); HAER AK-52 class documentation (welded-steel LCI(L)-351 construction, Bureau of Ships design); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER AK-52 pp. 5-6 (class construction, engine-replacement stowage note); GAO HRD-80-2 product description (ev-10)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel diesel landing craft built 1943-44 inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era: era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type were thermal insulation and diesel-exhaust lagging in the engine room, exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and valve packing on fuel/cooling/hydraulic lines, electrical insulation and wiring board materials, and insulation of accommodation and galley spaces. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/main-steam lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and total asbestos quantities aboard landing craft were far below those of steam-driven fleet units. The confined engine-room volume and wartime pace of amphibious maintenance (engines 'commonly run to destruction' and replaced in the field, per the class's design documentation) define the plausible exposure pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44); enginemen and crew (1944-46); post-sale civilian operators (1946+, undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-529, and the HAER class study contains no asbestos content. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-09
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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, 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 (1943-44) and service era (1944-46).
- 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 or to the LCI(L) type. 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-529-10
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[11]Batch-5250 search ledger (this record): NavSource live page; NHHC DANFS LCI(L)-409 in-company entry; NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945; NARA Special List 44 (ACPL mirror); HAER AK-52; shipbuildinghistory.com; uboat.net; NHHC Neptune/casualty pages; CourtListener authenticated searches; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-529-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-529 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results for the canonical designation '"LCI(L)-529"' in both the opinion (type=o) and docket (type=r) indexes, and zero results for '"LCI-529"' in opinions - all authenticated API v4 requests. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case naming this hull; the only 'asbestos aboard' material for LCI-type hulls is law-firm marketing listicle content asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - 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. CourtListener coverage note: the spaced variant '"LCI 529"' could not be run this session (fleet pacing stand-down persisted) - canonical designation searches were clean; the spaced variant is a low-value residual since it would match non-vessel strings. NARA deck logs (3 logbooks, Jan 1944-Jun 1945), BuShips spec LCI(L) 351-542, and RG 19 microfilm roll 5899 (Lawley working plans) are undigitized leads that could hold material detail. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-529-11