Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-532 ex USS LCI(L)-532 - construction, designation timeline, theater assignment, campaign, awards, specifications, commanding officer, photographs (verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150532.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down December 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched December 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-532, 10 January 1944, ENS. J. C. Crecink USNR in command; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-532, 31 December 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three (LCDR. R. H. Brazeal), LC(FF) Group Sixty-Eight (LT. O. G. Howell), LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Five. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 April to 17 June 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 17 September 1945 to 15 April 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown; stricken from the Naval Register, date unknown; earned one battle star for WWII service; transferred to the Maritime Commission 30 January 1948; final disposition unknown. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp. Call sign NWAC. Specifications: displacement 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158'5.5"; beam 23'3"; speed 16 kts max; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; propulsion two sets of four General Motors diesel engines, four per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable-pitch propellers. Page attributes its history text to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II' (Turner Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-56311-262-0).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-46+); embarked staff of LCI Flotilla 23 / Group 68 / Division 135 after LC(FF) conversion
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records but conflicts exist (launch month vs uboat.net; Maritime Commission transfer year vs Naval Marine Archive - see gaps). Its stated source is the Turner Publishing LCI volume, itself a secondary compilation not directly inspected. Contains no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning, striking, and final disposition are undocumented here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-01
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[2]DANFS (NHHC), Lynx III (AK-100) - names LC(FF)-532 in the Ulithi-Okinawa convoy narrative (verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Lynx III (AK-100), paragraphs covering 13-26 April 1945 (Ulithi anchorage, convoy UOK 2 composition, arrival off Okinawa)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC/DANFS text names this hull: in the Lynx (AK-100) history, 'flotilla flagships LC(FF)-532 and LC(FF)-536' are listed among the vessels of Ulithi-Okinawa Convoy [UOK] 2, which got underway 20 April 1945 (commodore in Carina (AK-74); Capt. Glenn R. Hartwig in tactical command in Compton (DD-705)) and arrived off Okinawa at 1125 on 26 April 1945. Documents this hull physically operating as a flotilla flagship in the Okinawa campaign in April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-20 to 1945-04-26 (documented convoy leg)
- Population
- crew and embarked flotilla/group staff of LC(FF)-532, April 1945
- Limitations
- Ship-specific mention inside another vessel's DANFS entry - establishes presence and flagship role in convoy UOK 2 only; no detail of LC(FF)-532's own activity at Okinawa, and no asbestos or material content. There is no individual DANFS entry for LCI(L)-532 (DANFS covers named vessels; numbered amphibious craft are not individually covered).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - ship-number volume; PDF page 15 lists deck logs under LCI(L)(FF)-532 covering 1/10/1944 - 6/30/1945 (official NARA-hosted PDF verified live 2026-09-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 15, LCI(L)(FF) sequence - row 'LCI(L)(FF)-532 1/10/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds deck logs for this hull: Special List 44 (by ship number) lists 'LCI(L)(FF)-532' with log coverage 1/10/1944 - 6/30/1945 (MM/DD/YYYY). These are log-coverage dates in the listing - they coincide with, but are not stated to be, commissioning/decommissioning dates. Logs of this series are held at the National Archives at College Park (Archives II), RG 24 entry 118.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-01-10 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- crew and embarked staff, January 1944 - June 1945
- Limitations
- Coverage listing only - establishes that logbooks exist at NARA for the stated span, not their contents. No post-30 June 1945 logs for this hull appear in the SL44 listing even though the craft remained in service (occupation duty through April 1946); later-period logs are an open archival question. The SL44 PDF is a scanned finding aid; deck logs themselves are not digitized (see search_ledger). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-03
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[4]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - official wartime organization document; LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three / LCI Group 68 / LCI Division 135 section (verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, 'LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE' > 'LCI GROUP 68' > 'LCI DIVISION 135' table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Pacific Fleet organization at 1 May 1945 corroborates the command chain NavSource assigns to this hull: LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE exists and contains LCI GROUP 68 under ComLCIGrp 68 (Lt. Cdr. E. S. Dulean (USNR) (D); Lt. Cdr. O. G. Howell (USNR) (R) - the same O. G. Howell NavSource names) and LCI DIVISION 135. However, the hulls the document lists under Division 135 are LCI 782, 783, 786 (FF), 788, 1081, and 1082 - hull 532 does not appear in that roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 23 / Group 68 staffs and craft crews, May 1945
- Limitations
- The document does not name hull 532 anywhere in the fleet organization - it corroborates the flotilla/group/division structure and the Group 68 commander, but leaves this hull's precise organizational berth at 1 May 1945 undocumented (flotilla flagships may be carried under commanders' lines or attachments elsewhere in the document rather than inside division rosters). Treat as organizational context with an open discrepancy against NavSource's Division 135 assignment, not as proof of the hull's assignment on that date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-04
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[5]HAER No. OR-180, LCI(L)-713, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, Portland OR - Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service (historian Justine Christianson, 2012); official NPS class documentation (verified live 2026-09-30) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER OR-180 data pages, 'Type of Craft', 'Principal Measurements', 'Description', 'Historical Information' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS/HAER documentation of the LCI-351 class (via preserved sister ship LCI(L)-713): Bureau of Ships design; welded 1/4-inch steel plate; eight General Motors 6-71 diesel engines in four pairs on two shafts with variable-pitch propellers; length 158'5.5", beam 23'3", loaded draft 5'4" fwd / 5'11" aft; loaded displacement 387 tons; troop capacity 182 enlisted + 6 officers; approximately 1,051 ships of the type constructed in ten different shipyards during WWII. LCI(L)-713 herself is the modified post-1 June 1944 configuration (cylindrical pilothouse, centerline ramp).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (713 construction) / class era 1942-44
- Population
- LCI-351 class construction trades (1942-44); class crews and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class documentation, not a record of this hull: HAER describes preserved sister LCI(L)-713 (built later, at George Lawley & Son, Neoponset MA, to the post-June-1944 modified design; LCI(L)-532 is the earlier configuration). Establishes class design and construction materials context only. The document does not mention asbestos, insulation, or lagging - fiber content of class construction is not established by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-05
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LCI(L)-532 (ship/21596) - per-hull data page: ordered, laid down, launched, commissioned dates; LC(FF) reclassification (verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30); plus Naval Marine Archive yard history for New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21596.html data table; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.html (yard history text + hull table row 532)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary per-hull data: ordered 22 March 1943; laid down 7 December 1943; launched 5 January 1944; commissioned 10 January 1944; built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); reclassified LC(FF) 31 December 1944. Naval Marine Archive's yard history corroborates the builder and its table lists 'LCI(L) 532, US Navy, Landing Craft, Jan-44, To US Maritime Commission 1947'; it describes New Jersey Shipbuilding as an assembly-line LCI yard on Arthur Kill at Barber (later the Maurer section of Perth Amboy), managed by Todd Shipyards from 1942 at the Navy's request and closed after the war.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Both are secondary compilations, not primary registries - dates they supply beyond NavSource (order, exact keel/launch dates) rest on unverified sourcing, and uboat.net's 5 January 1944 launch conflicts with NavSource's December 1943 (see gaps); Naval Marine Archive's 1947 Maritime Commission year conflicts with NavSource's 30 January 1948. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (GM diesels, twin variable-pitch propellers - diesel plant, no steam); HAER OR-180 class documentation (welded 1/4" steel plate construction, GM 6-71 diesel machinery); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program era documentation (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; HAER OR-180 description; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A welded-steel, diesel-powered landing craft built in December 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type were exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and total insulation scope aboard a 158-foot LCI was materially smaller than aboard steam ships.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-46+); any repair-yard trades during availabilities; postwar handlers and 1948+ disposal workers (undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-532. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The confined-volume dynamic of larger vessels applies only partially to a small open-deck landing craft.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-07
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[8]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) and service era (1944-48).
- 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-532-lcil532-08
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[9]Batch-5253 search ledger (this record): NavSource page (live); NHHC DANFS Lynx III (AK-100) (live); NARA SL44 ship-number PDF (live, page 15 verified); NHHC Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945 (live); HAER OR-180 PDF (live); uboat.net + Naval Marine Archive (secondary); CourtListener opinions + dockets via authenticated helper (no result); GAO HRD-80-2 (blocked, 403); general web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LCI(L)-532 / LC(FF)-532 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4) returned zero opinion hits and zero docket hits for the hull-designation variants '"LCI-532" OR "LCI(L)-532" OR "LC(FF)-532"' on 2026-09-30. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - and unlike larger-hull batches, this hull does not even appear in law-firm marketing listicles.
- 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. One CourtListener variant query ('"LCI 532"' space-form, opinions) could not be completed within pacing-budget windows this session - logged as pending in search_ledger; the hyphenated/parenthesized variants that dominate legal citation forms were searched and clean. Deck logs (NARA College Park) and builder/Maritime Commission disposal files are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-532-lcil532-09