Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-530 (10/15/150530) - construction, campaigns, LCH-530 flagship note, designations, disposal, commercial-service chain, specifications (page sourced to Turner Publishing, 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150530.htm - header timeline, campaign table, commercial-service block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 2 December 1943 at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 31 December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-530, 7 January 1944, at Barber. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns: Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944 and Invasion of Southern France 15 August-25 September 1944. During the Normandy invasion she was 'redesignated LCH-530' and served as flagship to CAPT. James E. Arnold, USNR, NOIC Utah Beach (TG 125.10 - Far Shore Service Group), also transporting Staff and Headquarters Company of VII Corps from Dartmouth to the invasion beaches. Earned two battle stars for WWII service. Decommissioned 1 February 1947; 'Struck from the Naval Register in 1946'; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 23 June 1947. Commercial chain: sold to Hyannis Steamship Line, Inc. 1953 (MV Siasconset); Nantucket Boat, Inc. 1954; Bob-Lo Co. 1974 (MV City of Wyandotte); Holiday Adventures, Inc. 1978 (MV City of Norfolk); Spirit of Miami 1979; Spirit 1980; Spirit of Pittsburgh 1981; Empress of New York 1988; World Yacht Empress 1993; current status unknown. Specs: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 GM 6051-series 71 diesels (4 per shaft), GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp, plus two diesel-driven 30 kW generators; armament five single 20mm guns; call sign NQZV.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1993+
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ (Dec 1943-Jan 1944); crew (1944-47); embarked troops incl. VII Corps Staff/HQ Co. (Jun 1944); postwar commercial crews and passengers (1953-1993+)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (here sourced to the Turner Publishing veterans-volume history), not a primary registry - milestone dates are corroborated where noted by uboat.net and the shipbuilding-history yard table. Contains no asbestos content. 'Struck 1946' precedes the stated decommissioning (Feb 1947) and transfer (Jun 1947) - internally inconsistent sequence flagged in gaps. The LCH-530 'redesignation' is NavSource-stated; the flagship role itself is independently confirmed by DANFS and by Arnold's own published account (see ev-02, ev-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-01
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[2]DANFS, LCI(L)-513 (NHHC, entry by Jared D. Johnson, published Feb 2025) - LCI(L) Flotilla 11 narrative naming this hull [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LCI(L)-513 narrative, paragraph covering the Fowey period (27 Mar-13 Apr 1944); entry published 10 Feb 2025, verified live
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry for sister craft LCI(L)-513 names this hull directly: while LCI(L)-513 was docked at Fowey, England (between her arrival 27 March 1944 and departure 13 April 1944), 'Commander, LCI(L) Flotilla 11 shifted his flag from LCI(L)-513 to LCI(L)-530.' This establishes LCI(L)-530 as the Flotilla 11 flagship in the weeks before Operation Neptune - consistent with her documented role as NOIC Utah Beach flagship at Normandy (ev-03). Flotilla 11 subsequently crossed to the Mediterranean with the July 1944 Gibraltar convoy (24 LCI(L)s, 24 LSTs, escorts) and took part in Operation Dragoon - matching this hull's Southern France campaign credit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commander, LCI(L) Flotilla 11 and staff (embarked from ~April 1944); craft crew
- Limitations
- Ship-specific to the extent that it names this hull and dates the flag shift to the Fowey window (27 Mar-13 Apr 1944); it is drawn from LCI(L)-513's own operational record - no independent log of LCI(L)-530 was read. Contains no asbestos or material content. Note the DANFS spec block for sister 513 lists complement 26 vs this hull's NavSource-listed 28 (4+24) - minor variance flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-02
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[3]Arnold, Commodore James E., USNR, 'NOIC UTAH,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 73/6/532 (June 1947) - first-person account by the embarked flag officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings June 1947 issue, article text - embarkation at Dartmouth, crossing, and Utah approach passages (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval Officer in Charge of Utah Beach's own published account names this hull: 'I embarked at Dartmouth on the LCI (L) 530. It was the evening of June 4, 1944.' Arnold describes sailing after the 24-hour postponement, the crossing in column, and the approach to Utah Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944 - including the sinking of LCT-707 by a mine a few hundred yards to starboard and the destruction of control vessel PC-1261 three cables off the bow. He records approximately 'two hundred infantry for the sixteenth wave' embarked on the craft's decks and describes taking position to quarterback the beach operation after H-hour. This is the primary-source anchor for the NavSource report that LCI(L)-530 served as NOIC Utah's flagship (TG 125.10, Far Shore Service Group).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 4-6 June 1944
- Population
- Commodore James E. Arnold and NOIC Utah party; LCI(L)-530 crew; ~200 embarked infantry (sixteenth wave)
- Limitations
- First-person retrospective published in a professional journal - a primary account of the hull's Normandy role, not an official action report; written 1947 from memory. Confirms Arnold and elements of his NOIC group aboard and the craft's D-Day presence at Utah; the formal 'LCH-530' redesignation is stated by NavSource (Turner volume), not by this article. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-03
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[4]NARA, Special List 44 - 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (list by ship number), entry LCI(L)-530; logs held in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 25, row 'LCI(L)-530 1/7/1944 6/30/1945' (live archives.gov download, 137 pp., pdftotext-verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA logbook inventory lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-530 covering 1/7/1944-6/30/1945 - a coverage window opening on her commissioning date (7 January 1944) and running through the first postwar year. These wartime logs exist at NARA (RG 24, Entry 118) but are not digitized; they are the primary archival lead for this hull's daily operations, availabilities, and any aboard-craft events relevant to materials or personnel exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel recorded in the logs, Jan 1944-Jun 1945
- Limitations
- The Special List 44 entry establishes that logs exist and their coverage dates - it is a log-coverage record, not evidence of commissioning/decommissioning dates beyond the coverage window, and the logs themselves were not read. Coverage ends 30 June 1945 though the craft remained in service until February 1947 - post-June-1945 logs, if they survive, sit in later accessions not covered by this list. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-04
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[5]USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association, 'LCI Veterans Recall D-Day' (compiled by Jeff Veesenmeyer) - Gene Januzzi first-person crew account for LCI 530 [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslci.org 'LCI Veterans Recall D-Day' page, Gene Januzzi - LCI 530 excerpt (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Veterans'-association compilation carries a first-person recollection attributed to Gene Januzzi of LCI 530: at H-hour minus two hours 'the commander came up to the conn and told me to get underway slowly down the swept channel to Point Zebra, which was a ship standing just off Utah Beach'; on the 'PROCEED' semaphore from the control vessel, 'I got my ship underway and headed toward the beach. "All engines ahead full."' Corroborates the craft's Utah Beach run-in with the embarked commander - consistent with the Arnold/NOIC flagship record (ev-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 6 June 1944
- Population
- LCI(L)-530 crew (D-Day)
- Limitations
- Unedited veteran recollection republished by the USS LCI National Association - a personal account, not an official record; 'the commander' aboard is consistent with CAPT Arnold's NOIC party but the account does not itself name him or the LCH designation. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-05
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[6]Shipbuilding-history yard table (shipbuildinghistory.com data, mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com/sbh), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' - LCI(L) #530 row and merchant O.N. 265851 annotation [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html, LCI(L) #530 table rows; /sbh/smallships/lcil.html row 'LCI(L) | | 530 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 7-Jan-44 | To NDRF 1947'; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21594.html (verified live 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's yard table lists LCI(L) hull 530 delivered to the U.S. Navy January 1944 with disposition 'Struck 1946,' and carries the hull's merchant documentation row: U.S. Official Number 265851, passenger vessel (documented 1944-era hull), 'Later Empress of New York, World Yacht's Empress, now Temptress Tempesta.' The companion LCI(L) class table records '#530 ... 7-Jan-44 ... To NDRF 1947' - consistent with the Maritime Commission transfer of 23 June 1947. uboat.net's entry adds contract context: ordered 22 March 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1993+
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding trades (1943-44); post-Navy commercial crews, passengers
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations (shipbuilding-history yard tables; uboat.net warship entry) - consistent with NavSource on the key milestones but not primary registries; 'Struck 1946' repeats the sequence inconsistency flagged in gaps, and 'Temptress Tempesta' is an unverified late-name annotation. Merchant O.N. 265851 confirms the hull's post-Navy documentation but no Coast Guard/merchant conversion record was located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (all-diesel plant - two sets of 4 GM 6-71-series diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers; no steam plant); WWII shipbuilding asbestos program documentation (Corn & Starr 1987, ev-08); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; Corn & Starr 1987; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered infantry landing craft built December 1943-January 1944 at a wartime emergency shipyard sits inside the documented WWII shipbuilding asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type and period were thermal insulation in machinery spaces, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and deck compounds. As an all-diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and her small machinery spaces and Spartan outfitting narrow the candidate applications relative to larger combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947 (Navy era); 1953-1993+ (commercial conversion/maintenance era)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47); post-Navy conversion/maintenance workers at successive owners (1953-1993+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-530, and no LCI(L)-class material documentation was located in public sources. 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-530-07
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[8]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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, DOI page (abstract verified live)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the program and era under which this LCI(L)-351-class landing craft was mass-produced at an emergency yard in December 1943-January 1944.
- 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 scholarly 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 or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-08
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[9]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 (Dec 1943-Jan 1944) and entire Navy service era (1944-47).
- 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 - standing defect since Batch-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-09
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[10]Batch-5251 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive (live); NHHC DANFS LCI(L)-513 (live); USNI Proceedings 'NOIC UTAH' (live); NARA Special List 44 PDF (live); uboat.net and navalmarinearchive/sbh tables (live); USS LCI National Association (live); MARAD ShipHistory DB (no result); CourtListener API v4 (opinions 0/0/0; dockets partial - see ledger); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-530-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-530-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, conversion-scope record, or court record naming USS LCI(L)-530 / LCH-530 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion searches on all three designations returned zero results; the docket index returned zero for 'LCI(L)-530' and remained partially searched under fleet pacing (see search_ledger). The only 'asbestos aboard LCI' material encountered is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com landing-craft page and similar listicles) - excluded by source policy. The hull's survival into commercial passenger service through at least 1993 means any original-era materials were subject to undocumented conversion and maintenance scopes at successive owners.
- 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 an extant hull (if 'Temptress Tempesta' proves out) could still carry surviving or remediated fabric; nothing documents either condition. Deck logs (RG 24 Entry 118), New Jersey Shipbuilding records, and any MARAD status card are undigitized or unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-530-10