Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 811-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-pkt-811-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(G)-541 ex USS LCI(L)-541 - construction milestones, campaign, reclassification, disposal, specifications (page verified live 2026-09-30; history credited to 'USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry",' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150541.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline for this hull: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 16 December 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 20 January 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-541, 22 January 1944. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944. Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-541, 15 July 1945. Decommissioned, date unknown. Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946. Earned one battle star for World War II service. Sold 10 December 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Spec block: 216 t. light / 234 t. landing / 389 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; 16 kts max; LCI(L) complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; LCI(G) complement 5 officers + 65 enlisted; propulsion two sets of 4 General Motors diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; armament four single 20mm + two .50 cal (as LCI(L)), two 40mm + four 20mm + six .50 cal + ten MK7 rocket launchers (as LCI(G)).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (1943-44); LCI(L) crew and embarked troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official records but are not themselves the record; the commissioning date conflicts with uboat.net (24 January 1944, matching the NARA deck-log start - see gaps). No asbestos or material content. Spec block values differ from sister-hull pages on the same site (see gaps). History credited to a 1995 veteran-association volume.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-01
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[3]NARA Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number view), Record Group 24 deck logs, Entry 118 (NAID 581208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, page 25 (LCI(L) block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy logbook inventory lists deck logs under LCI(L)-541 covering 1/24/1944 through 12/17/1945 - 'LCI(L)-541 1/24/1944 12/17/1945' (verified verbatim, PDF page 25). The logs document the hull's commissioned wartime service in RG 24 custody at Archives II, College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-01-24 to 1945-12-17
- Population
- Commissioned crew (1944-01-24 to 1945-12-17 window)
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: it establishes that Navy deck logs exist for this hull and their coverage window - it is NOT evidence of commissioning or decommissioning dates (log coverage can precede or lag milestones), and the logs' contents (movements, availabilities, any material references) are unexamined. Coverage ending 12/17/1945 is consistent with, but does not prove, a late-1945 decommissioning. Logs are not in the digitized public catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-02
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[4]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, Walter Berg Collection, AFC/2001/001/115519 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LOC VHP service summary, AFC/2001/001/115519
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A federal repository record names this hull for a documented crew member: Walter Berg, U.S. Navy enlisted 1943-1946, highest rank Signalman Third Class, service unit/ship 'USS LCI - 541 (Landing Craft Infantry)'; Battles & Campaigns: Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion); Locations of Service: Camp Bradford, Virginia (the Navy's LCI crew-training base) and England. One oral-history interview (CD), collected 2017-02-07.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service window); interview 2017
- Population
- SM3c Walter Berg and wartime crew of LCI-541
- Limitations
- Cataloged oral-history metadata, not an operational record: confirms a named signalman served aboard this hull and the collection's Overlord campaign tag - it does not name the landing beach, flotilla assignment, or post-Normandy service, and it is not an exposure record. Interview content itself is not digitized online.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-03
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[5]New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ - vessel production table (Shipbuilding History compilation, navalmarinearchive.com mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com NJSB table, LCI(L) hull-number rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-yard production table corroborates this hull: 'LCI(L) 541 US Navy Landing Craft Jan-44 Struck 1946' - New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, N.J.) delivered LCI(L)-541 in January 1944 within a multi-hundred-hull wartime run of landing craft (LCI(L) blocks from hull 238 onward, plus PC/PCE/AMc construction).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- NJSB Barber NJ construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (shipbuildinghistory format), not a government registry - corroborates builder and delivery month already established by NavSource; adds no asbestos information. 'Struck 1946' is consistent with the 8 January 1946 strike date on NavSource. Yard-level asbestos documentation for this builder was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource/uboat.net specifications (LCI-351 class, steel-hulled diesel amphibious craft); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-06); period small-combatant practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel amphibious craft built December 1943-January 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a small diesel-powered combatant of this type and period were engine-room thermal insulation, diesel exhaust-system lagging, machinery gaskets and valve/stem packing, and electrical insulation. With no boilers or steam propulsion, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply to this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (1943-44); crew and embarked troops (1944-45); any 1945 LCI(G) conversion-yard trades; 1946 disposal chain
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package was located for LCI(L)-541. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The craft's small size and diesel plant mean any asbestos inventory would have been modest relative to steam combatants.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-05
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[7]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 (1943-44), entire commissioned service (1944-45), and disposal (1946).
- 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 blocked automated fetch with HTTP 403 on 2026-09-30 (same standing defect as Batch 98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-06
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[8]Batch-5262 search ledger (this record): NavSource live page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; LOC VHP; uboat.net and shipbuilding-history cross-checks; CourtListener API v4 opinion search; secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep; NHHC DANFS; NARA digitized-logs list; USS LCI National Association site [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-01 through -16
- 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)-541 / LCI(G)-541 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion index returned zero results for 'LCI(L)-541', 'LCI-541', and 'LCI(G)-541' (authenticated API v4); the 'LCIL-541' variant and the docket (type=r) index could not be completed when the fleet-wide request budget engaged - logged per-variant in search_ledger, NOT treated as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no hull-specific asbestos claim; the only 'asbestos + ship' content was generic law-firm marketing (including a USS Yarnall DD-541 page - a name collision, different ship) 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 deck logs (RG 24, undigitized), the 1945 LCI(G) conversion work package, and any 1946 sale/disposal record are unexamined leads. Litigation status is partially open (docket index and one name variant unsearched - fleet pacing). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-541-lcil541-07