Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 816-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-572-lcil572-pkt-816-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), 15 April 1945, Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagships (LC(FF)) table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data Vol. II, LC(FF) characteristics/build table, printed p.195 (PDF p.212)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own wartime data book lists 'LC(FF) 572 (ex-LCI(L)572)' built by New Jersey S.B. Corp., Barber, N.J. (ditto carried from the LC(FF)423 builder block): keel laid 15 February 1944, launched 9 March 1944, date of first commission 16 March 1944. Confirms builder, build dates, commissioning, and ex-LCI(L)-to-LC(FF) conversion status for this hull from a contemporaneous official source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944 (as published 1945-04-15)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (Feb-Mar 1944)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-specific documentation of construction and designation; contains no asbestos or material-content information - does not establish exposure, quantity, or present-day material. The builder attribution is by ditto-mark within the New Jersey S.B. Corp. block of the table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), 15 April 1945, LC(FF) generic characteristics line and index [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data Vol. II, LC(FF) generic characteristics line, printed p.194 (PDF p.211); index entry PDF p.30; general note 28 (steel hulls) in the volume's front-matter notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official LC(FF) type characteristics in the same BuShips volume: 159'0" overall, 23'8" extreme beam, 387 tons full load, 14.4 knots trial speed, accommodations 14 officers and 50 enlisted (flagship configuration), armament 5 x 20mm A.A., propulsion 2 propellers on G.M. Diesel 6051 Series 71 engines (1,320 bhp listed), single GM reduction gears, 2 diesel-driven 30kW 120V DC ship's service generators, 860 bbls diesel capacity. The volume's index already carries 'LCI(L) 572 - Now LC(FF) 572' at 15 April 1945. The volume's general note 28 states 'All vessels are steel hulls, except as otherwise indicated' - no exception is indicated for LCI(L)/LC(FF), supporting steel-hull construction for the type. Confirms diesel propulsion (no steam plant) and the flagship conversion's expanded accommodations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-04-15 (publication)
- Population
- LC(FF) crews and embarked flotilla staffs (type)
- Limitations
- Type-level data, not a hull record - documents the LC(FF) design our hull was converted to; no asbestos or material information. Power figure (1,320 bhp) conflicts with NavSource's 2,320 shp and Wikipedia's 1,600 bhp - BuShips figure carried as primary, conflict logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number inventory (RG 24 logbooks) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 ship-number PDF, p.16, line entry 'LCI(L)(FF)-572 3/16/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA logbook inventory lists deck logs for LCI(L)(FF)-572 covering 16 March 1944 through 30 June 1945 - the ship's log series begins on her commissioning date and runs through the end of June 1945. Establishes in-scope wartime service and the location of the hull's primary records (paper logbooks, Archives II).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-03-16 to 1945-06-30 (coverage window)
- Limitations
- Records inventory only - the logs themselves are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog (WWII-era logs mostly remain paper). Coverage ends 30 June 1945, before the 12-13 July 1945 Mindanao landings; July-December 1945 log coverage is not listed in SL44 and remains an open gap. Inventory does not establish any exposure fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-03
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[5]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LC(FF)-572 ex USS LCI(L)-572 (page maintained by Gary P. Priolo; history from Turner Publishing, USS LCI Vol. II, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/15/150572, full text incl. campaign table and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Full service record for this hull: laid down 15 February 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 9 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-572 16 March 1944; redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-572 on 31 December 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCI Flotilla Six (CDR A.R. Montgomery USN), LCI Group Sixteen (LCDR R.S. Richabaugh USNR), LCI Division Thirty-One. Campaign: Consolidation of the southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 12-13 July 1945; earned one battle star. Ribbon display includes Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; sold 1 October 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Radio call sign NPAH. Specs: 236t light / 264t landing / 419t loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; GM 6051-series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked flotilla staff (1944-46); troops carried for the Mindanao landings
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled source (Turner-derived), not a primary record - used as the standard reference for numbered landing craft that lack DANFS entries. The 2,320 shp figure conflicts with BuShips' 1,320 bhp (see gaps). Decommissioning date genuinely unknown in this source. No asbestos information - history/specs only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-04
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS LCI(L)-572 page (LCI 351 class) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 21637, specification/history table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration: LCI 351-class landing craft built by New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey); laid down 15 February 1944, launched 9 March 1944, commissioned 16 March 1944; reclassified LC(FF) Landing Craft Flotilla Flagship on 31 December 1944; sold 1 October 1946. All dates agree with BuShips Ships' Data and NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work; contains no asbestos or material information. No commanding officers listed for this hull. Decommissioning/struck dates not shown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-05
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[7]Shipbuilding History (Colton) production table, New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ (mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- New Jersey Shipbuilding table, LCI(L)-572 row; yard description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard's production table carries LCI(L)-FF 572: US Navy landing craft, delivered March 1944, sold 1946. The yard description documents that New Jersey Shipbuilding was an LCI assembly-line yard on Arthur Kill at Barber (now Maurer, Perth Amboy), managed by Todd Shipyards from 1942 at the Navy's request, and closed after the war. Corroborates the build site, era, and disposal year.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding yard workforce (1942-45 LCI production)
- Limitations
- Yard production table - names the hull but provides no materials or asbestos data. 'Struck 1946' in the table resolves against NavSource's 28 March 1946 striking; consistent. Todd management does not make this a Todd yard - the Todd Shipyards slug in the yard dataset refers to a different entity; see related_shipyards handling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-06
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[8]Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI 226: Allied Landing Craft and Ships (7 April 1944 with later changes), LCI(L) recognition plates [other_primary]
- Locator
- ONI 226 PDF, LCI(L) Nos. 351+ plate and characteristics table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's official wartime recognition manual describes the LCI(L) type for hulls 351 and later (our hull's series): an ocean-going steel infantry carrier for direct beach unloading; dimensions 158'5.5" o.a. x 23'3"; crew 4 officers, 24 men; troop capacity 9 officers and 196 enlisted troops or 32 tons cargo; endurance 8,000 miles at 12 knots; armament five 20mm; 2-inch plastic splinter protection on guns, conning tower and pilothouse sides; propulsion 2 sets of G.M. diesels, twin variable-pitch screws. Confirms diesel propulsion for the type - no boilers or steam plant in propulsion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LCI(L) crews and embarked troops (type)
- Limitations
- Type recognition document, not a hull record; predates/dates from her build period but names no individual hull. The note that post-1-June-1944 production rearranged 'boilers and troop spaces' refers to later hulls than 572 and uses 'boilers' in the small-craft sense (heating/galley service units) - ambiguous, logged as class note. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-07
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[9]HyperWar / ibiblio, U.S. Navy Landing Ships/Craft 1940-1945, LC(FF) type roster [reputable_press]
- Locator
- ships-lc.html, LC(FF) section, roster line 'LC(FF)-571-572'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy landing-craft type roster lists LC(FF)-571-572 among the LCI(L) hulls converted to Landing Craft, Flotilla Flagship - carrying flag officers and staff - with type characteristics 387 tons, 160', 4 x 20mm, 8 GM diesels (4 per shaft), twin variable-pitch screws. Corroborates the hull's LC(FF) conversion at type-roster level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Mirrored type roster (secondary compilation); roster names hull blocks by range, corroborating designation only - no service, material, or asbestos data. Roster block arithmetic yields 48 hulls while secondary sources put conversions at 49 - count not material, not asserted. Type-level 4 x 20mm armament line conflicts slightly with NavSource's five 20mm mounts for this hull - minor, not material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights (full text blocked to direct fetch, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-wide asbestos insulation use aboard ships and that the Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1944) and entire service era (1944-46). Fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - and with reduced force for a small diesel landing craft versus the steam-driven types that were the program's focus. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30; product-page description retrieved via Firecrawl).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-09
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[11]Batch-5293 search ledger (this record): NARA SL44 ship-number inventory; BuShips Ships' Data Vol. II; NavSource 10/15/150572; uboat.net 21637; shipbuilding-history NJ Shipbuilding table; ONI 226; HyperWar ships-lc LC(FF) roster; NHHC DANFS L-index (no LCI entries); GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener (partial - fleet throttled); usslci.org; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-572-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-572 / LC(FF)-572 was found in the public sources searched. No LCI-class-specific insulation or material schedule was located either - a weaker inference base than for steam-driven types. CourtListener opinion index fully searched: quoted 'LCI(L)-572', 'LC(FF)-572', 'LCI-572', and 'LCI 572' each returned zero opinions; the unquoted 'LCI(L)-572' search returned 621 name-collision hits (LCI International, Inc. securities litigation and similar), none naming this vessel. CAVEAT: the RECAP docket search could not be completed - blocked by fleet-wide API pacing - and is logged blocked, not negative. Law-firm listicles make generic landing-craft asbestos claims without naming this hull - 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 - small diesel-era craft still carried insulation, gasket, and electrical materials of their period. Zero opinion hits cover the opinion index only; the docket index (RECAP) remains a genuine open gap (blocked). Deck logs (SL44-listed, undigitized), BuShips work packages, and any disposal-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-572-10