Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-number PDF, page 15, row 'LCI(L)(FF)-533'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official wartime Navy log inventory lists deck logs for this hull under the designation 'LCI(L)(FF)-533' covering 1/12/1944 - 6/30/1945. The log-coverage start coincides with the commissioning date given by secondary sourcing (12 January 1944). These are log-coverage dates in NARA custody (National Archives at College Park textual records), not commissioning/decommissioning dates; logs after 30 June 1945 are not itemized in the 1801-1947 list's wartime coverage shown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (log coverage); list compiled 1978
- Population
- crew and flotilla staff (Jan 1944 - Jun 1945 log window)
- Limitations
- Establishes that wartime deck logs exist for this hull and the coverage window - it does not disclose log contents (no material, maintenance, or asbestos information was extracted from the logs themselves; they are not in NARA's public digitized deck-log index). Coverage ending 6/30/1945 is the list's wartime cutoff for most craft, not evidence service ended then - occupation service through April 1946 is documented separately.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-533-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-533 ex USS LCI(L)-533 - construction/milestone timeline, theater assignment, specifications, awards, disposal (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150533.htm header block, specifications block, awards display, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 4 December 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 6 January 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-533 12 January 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-533 on 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; Occupation Service in the Far East 14 September 1945 - 2 April 1946; decommissioned (date unknown); struck from the Naval Register in 1946; sold 6 January 1947; final disposition fate unknown. Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp). Photo captions place LC(FF)-533 with LCT(6) Flotilla 39 in Japanese waters, late 1945 (photos by crewmember Ralph Griffin S1/c).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Dec 1943 - Jan 1944); crew and embarked flotilla staff (Jan 1944 - 1946); postwar purchasers unknown
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track wartime records but are unsourced at row level; its flotilla/group/division assignment is only partially corroborated by the official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization (see ev-03). Page verified live 2026-09-30 (navsource.net; the former navsource.org domain is dead). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-533-02
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[3]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three, LCI Group 68, LCI Division 135 entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- PacFleet org 1 May 1945, 'LCI FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE' section (LCI Group 68; LCI Division 135), p. 83 of the online transcription
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization for 1 May 1945 lists LCI Flotilla Twenty-Three with LCI Group 68 commanded by Lt. Cdr. E. S. Dulean (USNR) (D) and Lt. Cdr. O. G. Howell (USNR) (R), and LCI Division 135 comprising LCI 782, 783, 786 (GF), 788, 1081, and 1082. This corroborates the existence and command of the flotilla/group that NavSource assigns to LC(FF)-533 (Group 68's listed commander Howell matches), but hull 533 is not itemized among Division 135's members - consistent with a flotilla-flagship billet outside division listings, though not affirmatively shown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LCI Flotilla 23 / Group 68 / Division 135 crews and staffs, May 1945
- Limitations
- Does not name hull 533 anywhere in the document - it corroborates the flotilla/group/division structure and its commanders only. NavSource's specific assignment of LC(FF)-533 to Division 135 is unverified against this official organization list; the flagship (FF) hull may sit under the flotilla commander rather than in a numbered division.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-533-03
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[4]NHHC / National Museum of the U.S. Navy, LCI(L)-10 page - official description of the LCI(L) type [other_primary]
- Locator
- NMUSN photography page for LCI(L)-10, type description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official description of the type: 'Navy-designed (LCI) craft were launched by the hundreds. On the first version soldiers debarked by means of catwalks and ramps, but the later ones eliminated the ramps and used bow doors instead. The same hull was modified into mortar, gunboat and rocket versions to give direct fire support for amphibious assaults; others were altered for use as landing craft flotilla flagships. The 157 foot craft could make speeds up to 14 knots, had a crew of 24 officers and men, and four 20mm guns for armament.' This documents the flotilla-flagship (LC(FF)) conversion program this hull underwent on 31 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (type description)
- Limitations
- Class-level official description - it documents the type and the LC(FF) conversion role generally, not this specific hull or any material content aboard it. No asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-533-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (eight General Motors diesels, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use documentation (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion); GAO HRD-80-2 (era window)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious landing craft built December 1943 - January 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam system - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and total asbestos tonnage aboard an LCI(L) would have been modest relative to steam ships.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Dec 1943 - Jan 1944); crew and embarked flotilla staff (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-533/LC(FF)-533. 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-533-05
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[6]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 (1944-47).
- 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, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-533-06
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[7]Batch-5254 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44; NARA digitized deck-log index; NavSource; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NHHC NMUSN type page; DANFS index; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener opinion search; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-533-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying case naming LCI(L)-533 / LC(FF)-533 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener searches on 2026-09-30: opinion search for 'LCI(L)-533' OR 'LC(FF)-533' OR 'LCI-533' returned zero results; docket search on the designations plus 'LCI(L) 533' returned one name collision (AMD v. Intel, D. Del. antitrust - a docket-text match, not vessel-related and not asbestos litigation). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; asbestos references touching LCI-type hulls on the open web are law-firm marketing listicles 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. The NARA-held deck logs (Jan 1944 - Jun 1945) are undigitized and were not read; builder work packages for New Jersey Shipbuilding are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-533-07