Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet pw-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-557 (no name assigned)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-557-lcil557-pkt-pw-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-557 - construction, commissioning, EAME campaigns, Project Hula transfer, Soviet service, 1955 return, specifications (history per USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150557.htm header block, campaign table, history paragraph, specifications block, and photo captions (live fetch verified 2026-09-30; 406 to bare curl, full content via webfetch)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large); laid down 18 January 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 17 February 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-557, 21 February 1944; radio call sign NFVR. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaigns: Convoy UGS-38, 20 April 1944; Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944; Invasion of Southern France, 15 August - 25 September 1944; three battle stars (awards bar: American Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal x3, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal). 'Decommissioned and transferred as part of Project Hula to the Soviet Union at Cold Bay, AK., 29 July 1945, designated Soviet Landing Ship DS-10'; ex-557 (Soviet Navy DS-10) 'participated in the Soviet invasion of the Japanese Kuril Islands between 18 August and 1 September 1945'; 'Returned to US Naval custody in 1955 and struck from the Naval Register'; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Spec block: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; draft 3'1.5" mean; 16 kts max (14 continuous); complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 t.; armament five single 20mm guns; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers; fuel 130 tons diesel. Photo captions: USS LCI(L)-557 loading troops at Weymouth, England, 5 June 1944 for the Normandy invasion (NARA photo 80-G-252126; Coxswain Walter Phillips identified his ship); drydocked 1945, location unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Jan-Feb 1944); crew 4 officers + 24 enlisted (1944-45); embarked troops (Company I, 115th Inf., 29th Div. at Normandy; Company G, 179th Inf., 45th Div. at Southern France); Soviet crew (1945-55)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its history is drawn from Turner Publishing's USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II (1995), credited on the page. Milestones corroborated independently here: commissioning/builder/disposition by the navalmarinearchive build table and NARA SL44 log dates; transfer/return by the NHC Russell appendix; Normandy and Southern France detail by the ship's own digitized action reports (ev-04, ev-05). Kuril-operations participation is stated for this hull only by NavSource/Turner; the NHC source confirms it at cohort level only (see ev-09). The stricken date is not given. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-01
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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 list PDF (linked from archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 25, row 'LCI(L)-557 | 2/21/1944 | 7/28/1945' (verbatim, pdftotext-verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Navy deck logs under LCI(L)-557 covering 2/21/1944 - 7/28/1945 (entry verbatim on PDF page 25 of the ship-number list: 'LCI(L)-557 2/21/1944 7/28/1945'). The 2/21/1944 start matches the documented commissioning date; the 7/28/1945 end is the last full day of U.S. Navy custody before the 29 July 1945 Project Hula transfer. These are log-coverage dates in the finding aid, not commissioning/decommissioning findings. Logs are RG 24-era material; no digitized deck-log file unit titled for this hull was located in the NARA catalog this session.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew, 21 Feb 1944 - 28 Jul 1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: confirms deck logs exist in NARA holdings and their date span; does not establish log content, physical condition, or digitization status. Coverage end date consistent with - but does not itself prove - the 29 July 1945 transfer date. A deck log is an operational record, not a material survey; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-02
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[4]Russell, Richard A., 'Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan', Naval Historical Center, 1997 (Navy in the Modern World series no. 4, ISBN 0-945274-35-1) - official NHC publication; ibiblio HyperWar transcription verified live (HTTP 206) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997), appendix table row 'LCI(L) 557 | DS-10 | " | 1955-returned' (pdftotext-verified); LCI(L) second-group training narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHC history documents this hull's transfer and return: the appendix 'U.S. Navy Combatant Ships Transferred ... May-September 1945' lists 'LCI(L) 557 - DS-10 - 29 Jul. - 1955-returned' (DS-10 printed WITHOUT the '(?)' uncertainty flag the appendix attaches to some other DS numbers, e.g., DS-7(?) for LCI(L)-527). LCI(L)-557 transferred in the second fifteen-ship LCI(L) group whose Soviet crews completed a nine-day shakedown 'one week ahead of schedule' and 'headed home at the end of July 1945.' Thirty LCI(L)s were transferred at Cold Bay in total; the program's administrative unit was Navy Detachment 3294 at Cold Bay, AK.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1955
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew to 29 Jul 1945; Soviet Navy trainees/crew (Navy Detachment 3294 training, Jul 1945; Soviet service 1945-55)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific for transfer date (ditto-marked under 29 Jul.), Soviet designation DS-10 (unflagged), and disposition '1955-returned'. Transfer 'date' in the appendix is the transfer ceremony date at Cold Bay; NARA log coverage ends 7/28/1945. Does not name this hull in the Kuril narrative (cohort level - see ev-09). No hull-specific post-return disposal record in this source. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, NAID 78599841, 'USS LCI(L) 557 - Rep Of Ops, 6/5-6/44, Invasion of Normandy, France' - RG 38, series 4697018 (World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories), microfilm roll A1121; 4 digitized images (Fold3/NARA partnership) read verbatim this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78599841; images A_1121/0390-0393.jpg (action report pp.1-2, XO personnel report, endorsements)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (serial LCI(L)557/A12-1/01, CONFIDENTIAL, dated 20 July 1944, signed by CO Lt.(jg) Charles Edman, Jr.; first endorsement Comdr. W. P. Beal, Commander LCI(L) Group Thirty Three, 5 Aug 1944; second endorsement A. L. Warburton, Commander LCI(L) Flotilla Eleven, 8 Aug 1944) documents verbatim: on 5 June 1944 the ship lay at anchor in Weymouth Bay with LCI(L)s 408(F), 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 540, 541, 553, 554 and 555 under Lt. Comdr. L. R. Henry USNR as the O2 follow-up of Convoy Group One, carrying Company 'I', 115th Infantry, 29th Division - 199 enlisted and 9 officers under Capt. William L. Spry; underway 1715 under Operation Order 6-44, Western Naval Task Force Assault Force 'O' (TF-124); maneuvered toward Dog Red sector, Omaha Beach, with LCI(L)s 540, 541, 555, arriving 1,000 yards offshore at 1120 under mortar fire from the Les Moulins direction; control vessel SC-1225 ordered the wave to Easy Red; held off on beach-master's orders until LCI(L)s 540, 555, and 408 unloaded; beached 1208; Schneider, George W., S2c, tested the beach forward and secured the safety guide line to shore; troops disembarked under mortar, sniper, and machine-gun fire; retracted 1237; returned to Weymouth under guide of LCI(L) 408; 'There were no casualties suffered among the troops or ship's complement.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-05 to 1944-06-07
- Population
- LCI(L)-557 crew (Lt.(jg) Charles Edman Jr.; Ens. Leroy M. Sunday; S2c George W. Schneider); embarked Company I, 115th Infantry, 29th Division (199 EM + 9 officers, Capt. William L. Spry)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record of the hull at Omaha Beach, D-Day: documents beaching, embarked unit, fire environment, and no casualties. It is an operational/personnel record - no material, insulation, or asbestos content. Crew names (Edman; Schneider; XO report by Ens. Leroy M. Sunday, D-V(S), USNR) document who served aboard, not any exposure event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, NAID 78634102, 'USS LCI(L) 557 - Report of Operations, Period 8/12-15/44 - Invasion of Southern France' - RG 38, series 4697018, microfilm roll A1144; 2 digitized images read verbatim this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78634102; images A_1144/1047-1048.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's second action report (serial LCI(L)557/A16-3/02, CONFIDENTIAL, dated 16 August 1944, signed by CO Charles Edman, Jr.) documents verbatim: assigned to Delta Attack Force, Division Reserve Assault Group, Operation Plans 3-44 and 4-44; embarked Company G, 179th Infantry, 45th Division - 188 enlisted and 7 officers under Lt. Col. W. P. Grace (battalion) and Capt. J. E. Goldoni (company); underway from Salerno Bay 0904, 12 Aug to Ajaccio, Corsica (moored portside to LCI(L) 528, anchorage 30, 2006, 13 Aug); underway 1708, 14 Aug for the assault area off the Baie de Bougnon, France, convoy position 24, convoy flag USS Currier (DE-700); 15 Aug, closed reference vessel 'Charlie' (PC 1593) at 1030 with LCI(L)s 552(F), 554, and 555 under Lt. Comdr. W. P. Beal; proceeded toward Green Beach 1210; beached by 1225 with no enemy resistance and no casualty; Schneider, now S1c, took the guide line ashore and troops waded through 3.5 feet of water; retracted 1305; sailed 2105 with LCI(L)s 552 and 554 for Naples. XO report notes 'an added complement of two crew members' by this operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-08-12 to 1944-08-15
- Population
- LCI(L)-557 crew (incl. S1c George W. Schneider); embarked Company G, 179th Infantry, 45th Division (188 EM + 7 officers)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record of the hull at Operation Dragoon (Green Beach, Delta area). Operational/personnel record - no material, insulation, or asbestos content. Names individuals aboard; not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-05
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[7]NARA Catalog digitized holdings naming or covering this hull: NAID 120194478 'LCI(L) 557 - Muster Rolls' (127 images, RG 24 series 594996); war diaries NAID 78477318 (6/5-7/44, 6 images), NAID 78599462 (7/1-31/44, 2 images), NAID 139748814 (9/1-30/44, 3 images), RG 38 series 4697018; command-level COM LCI(L) GR 33 war diaries NAIDs 78385012 (3/44), 78511573 (6/44), 139734982 (8/1-9/12/44), 78669266 (9/13-30/44), 78711805 (11/44); NAID 140050057 'COM 11 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45' (153 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/120194478; /id/78477318; /id/78599462; /id/139748814; /id/78385012; /id/78511573; /id/139734982; /id/78669266; /id/78711805; /id/140050057
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized personnel and command records naming or covering this hull: 127 muster-roll images for LCI(L) 557 are online (crew rosters by reporting period, RG 24); three monthly war diaries covering June-September 1944 (the EAME window through the Dragoon aftermath) are digitized; the war diaries of her group commander (COM LCI(L) GR 33) for March, June, August-September, and November 1944 are digitized - the command-level documentation trail for the same operations her own reports describe; and a 'COM 11' war diary for May 1945 (153 images) is digitized, plausibly the LCI(L) Flotilla Eleven command document covering the period up to the Cold Bay transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LCI(L)-557 crew (1944-45); COM LCI(L) GR 33 and Flotilla 11 staff
- Limitations
- Catalog metadata verified live (titles, NAIDs, image counts); page-image contents reviewed only for the two action reports (ev-04, ev-05) and the 5-7 June war diary cover letter. 'COM 11' title is truncated in the catalog - attribution to LCI(L) Flotilla Eleven is contextual, not confirmed. Muster rolls, war diaries, and action reports are personnel/operational records - no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-06
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[8]Shipbuilding-history LCI(L) build table (Naval Marine Archive mirror of the Colton shipbuilding data), LCI(L)-557 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html, LCI(L) hull table row 557 (HTTP 200 verified)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The build table lists: 'LCI(L) | 557 | New Jersey SB | Barber NJ | 21-Feb-44 | To the USSR 1945' - corroborating the builder, yard location, completion/delivery date (the commissioning date on NavSource), and the USSR disposition independently of the NavSource page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- NJSB Barber yard trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference table - corroboration of builder/date/disposition, not a primary contract record. Yard contract or hull-number-level detail not carried. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-07
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[9]ibiblio HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Landing Ships and Craft' - LCI(L) tables and LCI(L)-351 class spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LCI(L) table row 'LCI(L)-557 ... Lend-Lease to USSR' and LCI(L)-351 class spec block (HTTP 200 verified)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The landing-craft table carries an individual row 'LCI(L)-557 | 1942-44 | Lend-Lease to USSR' - hull-level corroboration of the Soviet transfer independent of NavSource. Its LCI(L)-351 class spec block: displacement 385 tons full load; length 160'4"; beam 23'3"; speed 15.5 kts; armament 5 x 20mm; complement 4 officers, 25 enlisted; capacity 9 officers, 200 enlisted or 75 tons cargo; 2 sets G.M. diesel engines, twin variable-pitch screws, 1,600 BHP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Hull-row corroboration of transfer only; the class spec block differs slightly from NavSource's per-ship block (25 vs 24 enlisted; 385 t full load vs 419 t loaded; 160'4" vs 158'5.5") - class-level figures, not ship-specific measurements. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-08
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[10]DANFS, Lansdale (DD-426) entry (verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror; live NHHC DANFS page not located) - convoy UGS-38 engagement of 20 April 1944 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hazegray/danfs/destroy/dd426txt.htm, UGS-38 attack narrative (HTTP 200 verified)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The first campaign credit on this hull's record was a combat convoy: convoy UGS-38, Bizerte-bound, was struck off Cape Bengut, Algeria, shortly after 2100 on 20 April 1944 by some 18-24 Luftwaffe Junkers and Heinkel bombers in three waves - SS Paul Hamilton was detonated with all 580 men aboard, SS Samite and two more merchantmen damaged, and escorting destroyer USS Lansdale (DD-426) was sunk by aerial torpedo. This hull's participation in UGS-38 is documented by the NavSource campaign table (ev-01); the convoy action itself is documented at convoy level by the DANFS Lansdale history.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04-20
- Population
- LCI(L)-557 crew and embarked troops during the UGS-38 transit (Apr 1944)
- Limitations
- Context-only framing: the NavSource campaign line places this hull in UGS-38 on 20 April 1944, but the DANFS account names the escorts and merchantmen - LCI(L)-557 is not named in the convoy-battle narrative. Her position, cargo, or damage status in the attack is not documented by these sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-09
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[11]Russell, 'Project Hula' (NHC 1997) - cohort-level Soviet-service and 1955-returns narrative [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997), Kuril-operations narrative and 1949-57 returns/settlement narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Cohort documentation for this hull's Soviet service: 'In late August, Popov informed Maxwell that LCI(L)s trained by Navy Detachment 3294 in July had led the main attack in the Kuril Islands, just ten days after their arrival at Petropavlovsk' - the July-trained second group that included this hull (transferred 29 July 1945). On returns: the Navy spent approximately $250,000 to recover 89 vessels from the Soviet navy in the summer of 1955, sold as scrap for $6,537; of the 149 vessels received at Cold Bay, the Soviet navy returned 27 frigates and 15 LCI(L)s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1955
- Population
- Soviet Navy crews of transferred LCI(L)s; Petropavlovsk/Kuril operations (Aug-Sep 1945)
- Limitations
- Cohort-level, not hull-specific: establishes that July-trained LCI(L)s as a group led the Kuril attack and that 15 LCI(L)s were returned in 1955 - consistent with, but not independent proof of, NavSource's statement that ex-557/DS-10 took part in the 18 Aug - 1 Sep 1945 Kuril invasion. The scrap-sale figures are program-level; no hull-specific buyer, date, or breaking record for ex-557. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP, twin variable-pitch propellers - no steam plant); ibiblio LCI(L)-351 class block (same diesel plant); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-12); NARA physical logbook holdings (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150557.htm spec block; ibiblio ships-lc.html LCI(L)-351 class block; shipyards.json yard list (no NJ Shipbuilding entry); GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built January-February 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and valve packing in engine and piping systems, electrical insulation on wiring and in control panels, and thermal insulation in the confined machinery spaces. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- NJSB construction trades (Jan-Feb 1944); crew (1944-45); embarked troops (transient, up to ~188); Soviet crew 1945-55; 1955-return disposal workforce (unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, builder's spec sheet, or work package located for LCI(L)-557. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. New Jersey Shipbuilding is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset, so no yard-level product list was attached. A 158-foot diesel landing craft carries far less insulation scope than a steam combatant - the inference is proportionate to the vessel, not an exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-11
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[13]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 (Jan-Feb 1944) and U.S. service era (Feb 1944 - Jul 1945).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-12
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[14]Batch-5278 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NARA Special List 44 ship-number PDF; NARA catalog records search (muster rolls, war diaries, both action reports read verbatim, COM GR 33 and COM 11 diaries); NHC Russell 'Project Hula' (ibiblio); navalmarinearchive build table; ibiblio Ships of the US Navy 1940-45; DANFS Lansdale (hazegray); NHHC DANFS and NVR checks; CourtListener; GAO; usslci.org; Wikipedia; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lcil557-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-557 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener substantially searched (authenticated): 'LCI(L)-557' opinion count 0; 'USS LCI(L)-557' opinion count 0 and docket count 0; 'LCI-557' opinion count 0; 'LCI 557' opinion count 0; 'LCI(L) 557' docket count 0; 'LCI(L) No. 557' opinion count 0; 'LCI 557' and 'LCI-557' docket each returned a single hit that is a name collision - San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council v. Dallas, 1:21-cv-02994 (D. Colo., filed 2021), an APA review case involving Backcountry Discovery Routes, not this vessel. Two redundant variants remained blocked by fleet pacing ('LCI(L)-557' docket, 'LCI(L) 557' opinion) - logged as blocked, not negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case or ship-specific asbestos material naming this hull.
- 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 litigation screen is substantially complete - seven zero-count authenticated queries across both opinion and docket types plus two inspected name collisions; the two blocked variants are redundant with completed coverage. Undigitized deck logs (SL44 window 2/21/1944-7/28/1945), NJSB build records, Soviet-service maintenance records (1945-55), and any post-1955 disposal documentation are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-13
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[15]HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45' per-hull stub page for LCI(L)-557 (compiled P. Clancey, 2000) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/LCIL/LCIL-557.html (HTTP 200 verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the per-hull stub page presents generic LCI(L)-351 class figures as if ship-specific and prints 'Built at __________, and commissioned 1943' - a blank builder and a wrong commissioning year (the hull was built at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ, and commissioned 21 February 1944 per NavSource, the build table, and SL44 log coverage). The stub's generic figures (216 t light, 3 officers + 21 enlisted, 7 x 20mm + 2 x .50 cal, 32 tons cargo) conflict with the NavSource ship-page spec block carried in this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (error window)
- Limitations
- Corrects template-error content on a secondary stub page, not a material claim. The stub is a class-pattern page, not a researched hull entry; conflicts logged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcil557-14