Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-583 (10/15/150583) - construction/milestone timeline, unit assignments, campaign table, commanding-officer table, specifications, disposal; page history credited to 'The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II' (1949); verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150583.htm header block, awards/ribbon line, unit-assignment lines, campaign table, commanding-officer table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 28 February 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 28 March 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-583, 3 April 1944, LTjg. W. J. Sharpe USNR in command. Manned by the Navy for the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and by the Coast Guard for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Campaign credit: Invasion of southern France, 15 August - 16 September 1944, one battle star. Returned to US early December 1944 for repairs and overhaul prior to Asiatic-Pacific assignment; assigned LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five (CDR H. J. Wuensch USCG), 'LCT Group One Hundred Four' (LCDR W. B. Harbeson USCG), 'LCT Division Two Hundred Eight'; crew replaced by an all Coast Guard crew 16 January 1945, LTjg. Miles Warner USCGR in command. Departed Norfolk 17 January 1945 for San Diego via Key West and Canal Zone; attached to Commander, Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet with final availability at Naval Repair Base San Diego. Departed San Diego 20 April 1945 for Guam via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok; escort pool at Guam until early August 1945; then Eniwetok ferry service and Commander Marshall-Gilbert Area at Kwajalein. Departed Kwajalein November 1945 via Pearl Harbor and San Diego, arrived Long Beach 1 February 1946; decommissioned 25 March 1946 at San Pedro, CA; struck 17 April 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 February 1948; sold to Argentina 1948 as ARA BDI No.1 (Q-54), disposed of by the Argentine Navy 1991. Spec block: displacement 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kts max / 14 kts continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; 2-inch plastic splinter protection; endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts; armament five single 20mm; fuel diesel 860 bbl; propulsion two sets of four GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 2,320 shp, twin variable-pitch propellers, two 30 kW generators. Commanding-officer table: Sharpe (3 Apr - 3 Jul 1944), Woodruff (3 Jul - 12 Sep 1944), Neal Jr. (12 Sep 1944 - 16 Jan 1945), Warner USCGR (16 Jan 1945 - 25 Mar 1946). Four photographs carried: moored at Bizerte May 1944 (two views), maneuvering off St. Tropez Bay during the southern France landings, and ex-hull in Argentine service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (US service); 1948-1991 (Argentine service)
- Population
- Construction trades, New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber NJ (1944); ship's company - Navy crew (Apr 1944 - Jan 1945) and USCG crew (Jan 1945 - Mar 1946); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - the history section is credited to the 1949 USCG official history (verified independently at ev-03). Milestone dates track official records but carry transcription risk; 'LCT' unit labels conflict with the LCI(L) designations in the NHHC fleet-organization document and the 1949 volume (see gaps). The spec block is the class-generic LCI-351 block and conflicts in places with the USCG Historian's Office vessel-file figures for this hull (see gaps). No asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-01
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, official vessel page 'USS LCI(L)-583' (history.uscg.mil, published 2019-05-03; sources: LCI(L) file, Coast Guard Historian's Office; The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Vol. 2, 1949, pp. 117-130) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office article 1834879 - header block, spec block, 'Coast Guard Commanding Officers', 'History: Flotilla 35, Group 104, Division 208' narrative, Sources note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office record for this hull: builder New Jersey Shipbuilding Company, Barber, New Jersey; commissioned 3 April 1944; decommissioned 25 March 1946; disposition 'Unknown'. Vessel-file spec block (differing from the NavSource class block): length 158' 6"; beam 23' 3"; draft 2' 8" fwd / 5' 3" aft beaching; displacement 216 t light / 234 t beaching / 389 t full load; propulsion 8 GM diesels, twin shafts (4 per shaft), 1,600 hp, twin variable-pitch propellers; range 4,000 at 12 knots; top speed 15.5 knots; complement 3 officers, 21 enlisted; troops 188; cargo 75 tons; initial armament four single 20mm plus two .50 cal; 2-inch plastic splinter armor on gun shields, conning tower, pilot house. Coast Guard commanding officer: LTJG Miles Warner, USCGR. Unit line: Flotilla 35, Group 104, Division 208. Narrative: commissioned 3 April 1944 with Navy crew; shakedown and amphibious training at Solomon's Island, Maryland; departed Norfolk 3 May 1944 for Bizerte, Tunisia, reporting to LCI(L) Flotilla 4, Group 10, later transferred to Flotilla 28, Group 19; troop-ferrying between Anzio, Pizzuoli [Pozzuoli], Salerno, Nisidia [Nisida] and Civitavecchia; 15 August 1944 landed troops at 'Cavaliers Bay' on the French Riviera, followed by troop lifts from Pozzuoli to southern France; departed 'Oren' [Oran] 24 November 1944 for Norfolk, arriving 11 December 1944; overhaul at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; moved to Lambert's Point, Norfolk, where officers and crew were relieved by Coast Guard personnel on '16 January 1944' [sic - 1945 per the 1949 volume and all CO tables]; departed next day for San Diego, arriving 11 February 1945 via the Canal Zone; training maneuvers around San Nichols [San Nicolas] and San Clemente until 20 April 1945; departed San Diego with Group 104, Flotilla 35, reaching Guam 26 May 1945 via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok; departed for Saipan 30 May 1945 to C.T.U. 94.7.2 escort-pool duty; reported to the Harbor Director, Eniwetok, 12 August 1945, maintaining an inter-atoll ferry schedule to Roi, Kwajalein and Tarawa; assigned to Commander Marshall-Gilbert Area, Kwajalein, 1 November to late November 1945; reached Pearl Harbor 12 December 1945, then San Diego, arriving Long Beach 1 February 1946; decommissioned at San Pedro 25 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company - Navy crew (1944-45), USCG crew (1945-46); Portsmouth Navy Yard civilian and uniformed trades during the December 1944 - January 1945 overhaul
- Limitations
- Official .mil secondary record drawing on the Historian's Office LCI(L) file and the 1949 official history - authoritative for the Coast Guard period but a compiled summary. Contains transcription typos: 'relieved by Coast Guard personnel on 16 January 1944' (should be 1945), 'Oren' for Oran, 'Nisidia' for Nisida, 'Cavaliers Bay' spelling variant. Figures differ from the NavSource class spec block (displacement 216t vs 246t light; complement 3+21 vs 4+24; troops 188 vs 182; armament 4x20mm vs 5x20mm; 1,600 hp vs 2,320 shp) - see gaps. 'Disposition: Unknown' conflicts with the documented Argentine sale carried by NavSource and shipbuildinghistory.com. Direct curl fetch returns Akamai 403; full content verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30. No asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-02
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[3]United States Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War: Transports and Escorts, Vol. II (Historical Section, Public Information Division, USCG Headquarters, 1 May 1949), LCI(L)-583 entry at pp. 130-131 - HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar transcription, section 'LCI(L)-583 / FLOTILLA 35 - GROUP 104 - DIVISION 208', pp. 130-131 of the printed volume (volume index lists the entry at p. 130)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The 1949 official USCG history carries a dedicated LCI(L)-583 entry (headline 'FLOTILLA 35 - GROUP 104 - DIVISION 208'; section heads 'COMMISSIONED WITH NAVY CREW--AT INVASION SOUTHERN FRANCE', 'TO THE PACIFIC--COAST GUARD MANNED', 'RETURN TO U.S.A.', 'DECOMMISSIONED'). Commanding officers listed: Lt.(jg) W. J. Sharpe USNR (3 April 1944), Lt.(jg) Robert J. Woodruff USNR (3 July 1944), Ensign James B. Neel, Jr. USNR (12 September 1944), Lt.(jg) Miles Warner USCGR (16 January 1945). Narrative matches the USCG web article: Solomon's Island shakedown; Norfolk departure 3 May 1944 for Bizerte; Flotilla 4, Group 10, then Flotilla 28, Group 19; troop hauling between Anzio, Pizzuoli, Salerno, Nisidia and Civitavecchia; landed troops at 'Cavaliere Bay' on the French Riviera 15 August 1944, then troop lifts from Pozzuoli to southern France; departed Oran 24 November 1944, arrived Norfolk 11 December 1944; overhaul at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; Lambert's Point crew turnover to Coast Guard personnel 16 January 1945 (correctly dated in this source); San Diego arrival 11 February 1945; San Nichols/San Clemente training to 20 April 1945; Guam arrival 26 May 1945; Saipan escort pool under C.T.U. 94.7.2 from 30 May; Harbor Director Eniwetok from 12 August; ferry runs to Roi, Kwajalein, Tarawa; Commander Marshall-Gilbert Area 1 November - late November 1945; Pearl Harbor 12 December 1945; Long Beach 1 February 1946; decommissioned San Pedro 25 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Navy crew (Apr 1944 - Jan 1945); USCG crew (Jan 1945 - Mar 1946); embarked troops and ferry passengers
- Limitations
- Near-primary official postwar history (USCG Historical Section, 1949) - the underlying source for both the NavSource and USCG Historian's Office narratives; transcription hosted at ibiblio/HyperWar. CO surname 'Neel' here vs 'Neal' in the NavSource CO table - unresolved spelling variant (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material-content information; documents service only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-03
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[4]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' - 'Ships With Symbol and Number Designations,' printed page 345; scanned page image via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center mirror (narasl44/371.jpg); ship-number ordering PDF p. 25 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed p. 345 (ACPL scan narasl44/371.jpg), 'LCI(L)-583' row between LCI(L)(M)-582 and LCI(L)-584; also sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 25 row 'LCI(L)-583 | 4/3/1944 | 6/30/1945' (PDF downloaded and text-verified 2026-09-30). Batch intake's 'PDF page(s) 25' corresponds to the ship-number ordering pagination.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for this hull as 'LCI(L)-583 | Apr. 3, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 3' - three logbooks covering 3 April 1944 through 30 June 1945 in NARA custody. Verified twice: the ship-number ordering PDF (sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 25: 'LCI(L)-583 | 4/3/1944 | 6/30/1945', text-extracted) and the printed-page scan (SL44 printed p. 345, ACPL mirror image narasl44/371.jpg, read directly: 'LCI(L)-583 | Apr. 3, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 3'). The hull is styled plain 'LCI(L)-583' - adjacent entries carry (G), (M), and (FF) suffixes (LCI(L)(G)-580, LCI(L)(M)-582, LCI(L)(M)-588, LCI(L)(FF)-575) while 583 does not, consistent with NavSource showing no reclassification. The coverage window opens on the documented commissioning date (3 April 1944), independently corroborating that milestone.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04-03 to 1945-06-30 (coverage); compiled 1978
- Population
- crew and officers generating the 1944-45 logbooks; NARA College Park holds the physical volumes
- Limitations
- The dates are logbook-coverage dates, not asserted commissioning or decommissioning dates: the span opens on the documented commissioning date but closes 30 June 1945 while the ship remained in service to March 1946 - SL44 records only what NARA held at compilation, so post-June-1945 logs (the Coast Guard-manned Pacific period) are outside this inventory, not absent from service. The inventory lists the logs' existence; it does not include their contents. Physical volume count (3) is a logbook count, not a completeness guarantee.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-04
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[5]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ' yard page - construction list naming LCI(L) 583; verified live 2026-09-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm - yard description paragraph and LCI(L) construction-list row '# 583'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard page describes New Jersey Shipbuilding as 'an assembly line for LCIs on Arthur Kill, in Barber, a community immediately to the east of Perth Amboy' (later absorbed into Perth Amboy, now called Maurer); management of the yard was taken over by Todd Shipyards in 1942 at the Navy's request, and the yard was closed after the war. Its construction list carries the row 'LCI(L) | 583 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | To Argentina 1948' - corroborating the builder, the April 1944 completion/commissioning month, and the 1948 Argentine transfer from an independent secondary compilation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Shipbuilding History is a respected secondary reference database, not a primary registry; the list gives delivery month (Apr-44) rather than the full milestone set and summarizes disposition as 'To Argentina 1948' only. The yard-history narrative is compiler text. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-05
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[6]NHHC online reading room, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - fleet organization chart listing 'LCI 583' under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Five [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC page, section 'LCI(L) FLOTILLA THIRTY-FIVE' > 'LCI(L) GROUP 103' > 'LCI(L) DIVISION 206', row 'LCI 583 | Lt. (jg) M. Warner (USCG)' (live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's own 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization document lists 'LCI 583' under LCI(L) Flotilla Thirty-Five, Group 103, Division 206, with 'Lt. (jg) M. Warner (USCG)' shown as commanding officer - consistent with the documented Coast Guard manning under Warner. At the document date the ship was mid-transit (departed San Diego 20 April 1945, arrived Guam 26 May 1945). Other hulls in the flotilla's divisions show USCG/USCGR officers, matching the documented all-Coast Guard crewing of the flotilla's hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- USCG ship's company (post-January 1945 crew)
- Limitations
- A fleet-organization snapshot as of 1 May 1945 - Group 103 / Division 206 conflicts with the Flotilla 35 / Group 104 / Division 208 assignment the 1949 USCG history records (and NavSource's 'LCT' Group 104 / 'LCT' Division 208 labels); the discrepancy is unresolved and may reflect a wartime reassignment or transcription error in one source - see gaps. Contains no asbestos or material-content information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-06
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS LCI(L)-583 (LCI 351 class), ship ID 21648 - milestone table plus convoy UGS-41 event record [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship ID 21648 milestone table; 'Notable events' entries '3 May 1944 - Convoy UGS 41' (LCI(L) list, detachment to Bizerte 24 May) and '24 May 1944' (escort/LCI list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation corroboration for this hull: builder New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, NJ); launched 28 March 1944; commissioned 3 April 1944; decommissioned 25 March 1946; 'To Argentina in 1948' - matching NavSource and the 1949 USCG history (laid-down date is the exception: uboat.net carries 26 February 1944 vs the 28 February carried elsewhere - see gaps). Convoy record: convoy UGS-41 departed Hampton Roads 3 May 1944 with USS LCI(L)-583 among the accompanying landing craft (commanding officer shown as 'Lt. W.J. Sharp, Jr., USNR' - spelling/rank variant against 'LTjg. W. J. Sharpe' in NavSource and the 1949 volume, see gaps), escorted by Task Force 62; on 24 May 1944 'all the LCI(L)'s' including this hull were detached to Bizerte - independently corroborating the USCG history's 'left Norfolk on May 3, 1944, for Bizerte, Tunisia'.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company during Atlantic crossing, May 1944
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary research compilation with no sourcing displayed per page; treated as corroboration where it agrees with NavSource/USCG and as a documented conflict on the laid-down date (26 vs 28 Feb) and the commanding officer's name form (Lt. W.J. Sharp, Jr. vs LTjg. W. J. Sharpe). The UGS-41 listing establishes the Atlantic crossing on that convoy but not the Mediterranean itinerary detail. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-07
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[8]NARA catalog records located via Digital Public Library of America mirror (provider: National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference): NAID 120240172 'LCI(L) 583 - Muster Rolls' (Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships collection, Bureau of Naval Personnel records) + twelve war-diary installments: NAIDs 78530804, 78637791, 78483408, 78544313, 78595481, 78705905, 77542428, 101735649, 77504615, 77489955, 77532097, 77559672 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPLA phrase search '"LCI(L) 583"' (13 results, all NARA College Park); item pages mapping to catalog.archives.gov/id/<NAID> as listed in citation_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Thirteen ship-specific primary records exist in the NARA catalog for this hull: the muster-roll series (NAID 120240172, 'LCI(L) 583 - Muster Rolls', Bureau of Naval Personnel records) plus twelve war-diary installments in 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (Office of Naval Records and Library): NAID 78530804 (4/3-30/44), NAID 78637791 (5/1-31/44), NAID 78483408 (6/1-30/44), NAID 78544313 (7/1-31/44), NAID 78595481 (8/1-31/44), NAID 78705905 (11/1-30/44), NAID 77542428 (1/1-31/45), NAID 101735649 (2/1/45 to 5/31/45), NAID 77504615 (6/1/45 to 7/31/45), NAID 77489955 (8/1-31/45), NAID 77532097 (9/1-30/45), NAID 77559672 (10/1-31/45). These are the primary-source leads for hull-level movement, operation, damage, or repair documentation - the war diaries cover the southern France operation month (8/44) and the Portsmouth-overhaul turnover month (1/45) directly, and extend past the SL44 deck-log cutoff (June 1945) into October 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-04 to 1945-10 (diary installments located); muster-roll span unverified
- Population
- crew of LCI(L)-583 (muster rolls); ship's officers (war diaries)
- Limitations
- Records located via DPLA's mirror of NARA catalog metadata; catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and its public API did not return record text this session, so the NAID records' digitization status and full scope are unverified. Presence of a war diary does not indicate asbestos content; no asbestos term appears in the located metadata. Diary series gaps (Sep-Oct 1944, Dec 1944, and nothing located after Oct 1945) may reflect non-production, uncataloged holdings, or titling variants - not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-08
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[9]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 1944 construction and 1944-46 US service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered includes 1944-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews of the asbestos era
- 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, same standing limitation as batches 01/98/5200.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-09
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[10]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2), 2005, pp. 35-48, DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NEJ 117(2) 2005 article record + abstract, ingentaconnect art00012
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed Naval Engineers Journal article (American Society of Naval Engineers) documents that asbestos 'was once used in U.S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation and in many other shipboard products,' that crew aboard 'Navy ships built during and following WWII' were among those exposed, and that 'the most likely source of their Navy shipboard exposures was thermal insulation' because the materials were 'dry, friable, and easily accessible.' Covers this hull's construction and service era at the practice level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2005 (article); WWII-era practice documented
- Population
- WWII-and-later Navy ship crews; shipyard insulation workers
- Limitations
- Era/practice-level documentation - names no hull and no product list for this vessel; establishes the Navy-era practice, not installed materials aboard LCI(L)-583. Abstract-level read; article body not retrieved. No quantity, product, or individual exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-10
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[11]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel propulsion: two sets of four GM 6051 series 71 diesels, 4 per shaft; GM main reduction gears; twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators); USCG 1949 history overhaul/availability periods (ev-03); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-09); Rushworth NEJ 2005 (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150583.htm specifications block; HyperWar USCG V2-Transports pp. 130-131 (overhaul and availability narrative); GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NEJ 117(2) 2005
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A geared-diesel landing craft built February-April 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J., sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel amphibious craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust thermal insulation/lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; exposure-relevant confined spaces were her engine room and machinery spaces. Her documented December 1944 - January 1945 overhaul at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, and the February-April 1945 'final availability' at Naval Repair Base San Diego are the kind of yard periods during which era insulation materials were worked or disturbed - no work package or material list for either period was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (US service); 1948-1991 (Argentine service)
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); Navy and USCG crew (1944-46), esp. engine-room personnel; Portsmouth Navy Yard and Naval Repair Base San Diego trades during the documented yard periods; Argentine Navy crew and eventual scrappers (1948-1991)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-583. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. Yard-period disturbance framing describes the documented overhaul/availability windows, not any located asbestos work order. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-11
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[12]CourtListener API v4 searches, type=o (two spelling sets, count=0 each) and type=r (count=0), authenticated helper, 2026-09-30 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-583-08, -09, -15
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 (authenticated helper) searches on 2026-09-30 located no qualifying litigation naming this vessel. Opinion search '"LCI(L)-583" OR "LCI-583" OR "LCI(L) 583" OR "LCI 583"' returned count=0; opinion search '"USS LCI(L)-583" OR "LCI(L)583" OR "LCIL-583"' returned count=0; the docket-level (type=r) search '"LCI(L)-583" OR "LCI-583" OR "LCI 583"' also completed with count=0. No asbestos opinion or docket naming USS LCI(L)-583 or this hull was found; secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying litigation naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- accessed 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A hull-name negative does not establish that crew members never filed claims - WWII small-craft asbestos suits name defendants (builders, manufacturers, operators), not hull numbers, and this craft's Navy-then-USCG-then-Argentina service disperses any plaintiff population across two services and three flag periods. RECAP/docket coverage of wartime-era litigation is inherently thin, and designation-string searches cannot reach unindexed PACER filings or state complaints that never name the hull verbatim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-12
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[13]Batch-5304 search ledger (this record): NavSource main page; USCG Historian's Office article 1834879; 1949 USCG official history (HyperWar); NARA SL44 (ship-number PDF p. 25 + ACPL printed-page scan 371 = printed p. 345); shipbuildinghistory.com yard page; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; uboat.net ship 21648; NARA catalog NAIDs via DPLA; usslci.org combat-awards page; DANFS/NVR checks; CourtListener API v4 (two opinion sweeps + one docket sweep, all completed count=0); secondary web litigation sweep; Argentine-service corroboration (es.wikipedia BDI annex, uswarships.jounin.jp); batch intake cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-583-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material list, or verified litigation naming USS LCI(L)-583 was found in the public sources searched. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC danfs/l/lci-l-583.html returns 404; numbered LCI landing craft are not covered by DANFS). NVR carries no entry (vessel disposed 1948, before NVR coverage). The completed CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps returned count=0. The only asbestos-adjacent web material is generic landing-craft marketing content that does not name this hull - excluded by source policy. Batch intake records no PRIMARY match at any tier under the checked spellings/conversions; NARA SL44 establishes in-scope service via log coverage 4/3/1944-6/30/1945.
- 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 hull was never surveyed for this record, the war diaries and deck logs are unexamined, and her post-1948 Argentine service history is undocumented in located sources. A negative finding is a documentation result, not evidence of absence of exposure or of eligibility/ineligibility for any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-583-lcil583-13