Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-587 (sourced to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry', Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) - build milestones, campaign record, specifications, transfer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150587.htm header block, campaign table, 'Specifications' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: LCI-351 class landing craft infantry (large); laid down 10 March 1944 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.; launched 3 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-587, 8 April 1944. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in the invasion of southern France, 15 August to 9 September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred as part of the Lend-Lease program to the Soviet Union at Cold Bay, Alaska, 14 June 1945. Struck from the Naval Register in 1955. Earned one battle star for World War II service; awards listed are American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1 star), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. Spec block: 236 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; length 158' 5.5"; beam 23' 3"; speed 16 kt max / 14 kt maximum continuous; complement 4 officers + 24 enlisted; troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 tons; propulsion - two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 diesel engines, 4 per shaft, single General Motors main reduction gears, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC ship's service generators, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- Construction trades (New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber NJ, Mar-Apr 1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-45); Soviet crew of DS-33 (1945-56)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation (here sourced to the Turner Publishing LCI volume), not a primary registry - milestone dates corroborated this session by NARA Special List 44 (commissioning window) and the NHHC-published Project Hula appendix (transfer date), but the printed Soviet designation DS-34 is contradicted by that appendix (see ev-05; carried here as reported, corrected there). No commanding officers or intermediate ports are given between commissioning and transfer. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-01
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[2]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947,' ship-number ordering - deck-log inventory entry for LCI(L)-587 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 26, LCI(L) run (line: 'LCI(L)-587 4/8/1944 6/13/1945'); series note at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NARA inventory lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-587 covering 4/8/1944 through 6/13/1945 - logs held in Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Record Group 24, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208). The coverage window corroborates this hull's commissioned U.S. Navy service exactly: beginning on its 8 April 1944 commissioning date and ending the day before its 14 June 1945 transfer to the Soviet Union.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops documented within the logs (1944-45)
- Limitations
- An inventory row, not the logs themselves - it establishes that logbooks for this hull exist at NARA for the stated dates, not their contents. The hull does not appear in NARA's digitized deck-log index (archives.gov navy-online list checked 2026-09-30), so the logs are undigitized physical holdings at Archives II, College Park; any operational detail inside them (transit route, ports, casualties, material notes) is unexamined here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-02
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[3]Richard A. Russell, 'Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan' (Naval Historical Center, Washington DC, 1997), Appendix: 'U.S. Navy Combatant Ships Transferred... May-September 1945' (transcription mirror; official U.S. Navy historical publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Project_HULA.htm, Appendix table, LCI(L) block (14 June 1945 group); LCI(L)-type description in main text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC-published transfer table lists this hull by number: 'LCI(L) 587 -> DS-33 | 14 June | 1956-stricken' - i.e., transferred at Cold Bay on 14 June 1945 in the second LCI(L) group (with LCI(L)-586 -> DS-37), and struck from the Soviet naval list in 1956 rather than returned to U.S. custody. The appendix assigns DS-34 to LCI(L)-590, transferred in the 10 June group. Russell's narrative documents that Navy Detachment 3294 trained roughly 12,000 Soviet personnel and transferred 149 ships and craft at Cold Bay, including 30 large infantry landing craft, and that five Project Hula ex-LCI(L)s - DS-1 (ex-LCI(L)-672), DS-5 (ex-LCI(L)-525), DS-9 (ex-LCI(L)-554), DS-43 (ex-LCI(L)-943), and DS-47 (ex-LCI(L)-671) - were sunk by Japanese coastal artillery on 18 August 1945 at Shumshu; DS-33 is not among them.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1956
- Population
- Soviet crew of DS-33 (1945-56); Navy Detachment 3294 transfer/training personnel at Cold Bay
- Limitations
- Cited via a faithful HTML transcription of the official 1997 Naval Historical Center monograph (the NHHC site does not host the text; live NHHC URL not located). The appendix row establishes transfer date, Soviet designation, and Soviet-list disposition - it does not detail DS-33's Soviet employment, and '1956-stricken' does not establish how the hull was disposed of afterward. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-03
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[4]U.S. Army Signal Corps photo III-SC-192675 (NARA, RG 111), captioned via NavSource: members of the 30th Infantry, 3rd Division, board LCI(L)s near Naples, Italy, 24 July 1944, for a practice landing ahead of the southern France invasion; USS LCI(L)-587 identifiable among the craft pictured [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150587.htm photo table (image 1015059101 caption); photo credit 'US National Archives photo # III-SC-192675'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph (US National Archives photo III-SC-192675, Box 222, by Cuca, 163rd Signal Photo Company) documents this hull near Naples on 24 July 1944 loading troops of the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, for a practice landing in anticipation of the August 1944 invasion of southern France - physical-presence documentation placing the craft in the Mediterranean staging for Operation Dragoon three weeks before the landing.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew; embarked 30th Infantry, 3rd Division troops (July 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the caption metadata is transcribed from NavSource's photo table; the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and the record could not be independently re-verified at NAID level this session. A single photo establishes presence at one place and date, not the craft's full employment. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-04
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[5]Designation cross-check: NavSource LCI(L)-587 page ('transferred to the Soviet Union, redesignated DS-34') vs. Russell, Project Hula (Naval Historical Center, 1997) appendix row 'LCI(L) 587 -> DS-33' and row 'LCI(L) 590 -> DS-34' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150587.htm designation line; Project_HULA.htm appendix table rows for LCI(L) 587 and LCI(L) 590
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource (sourced to Turner Publishing's USS LCI volume) prints DS-34 as this hull's Soviet designation. The NHHC-published Project Hula appendix - the official transfer table compiled from U.S. Navy transfer records - assigns DS-33 to LCI(L)-587 and DS-34 to LCI(L)-590 (10 June group). DS-33 is carried as the correct designation in this record; the NavSource DS-34 appears to be a one-off transposition of the adjacent table entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating designation error in a volunteer-compiled secondary source against the official published transfer table; not a material claim. Both sources agree on the 14 June 1945 transfer date itself. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-05
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[6]Civilian Production Administration, 'War Industrial Facilities Authorized, July 1940 - August 1945' (GPO/GovInfo digitized volume) - alphabetical company listing: 'New Jersey Shipbuilding Co, Perth Amboy, N.J.' [other_primary]
- Locator
- GOVPUB-P32_4800-1226d01b08d0c7bf2f8de2cbd75b80cc.htm, alphabetical facility list ('new Jersey shipbuilding co PERTH AMBOY N J')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A wartime government facilities-authorization listing independently corroborates the builder named by NavSource/Turner: 'New Jersey Shipbuilding Co.' appears among authorized war-industrial facilities at Perth Amboy, N.J. (the Barber yard), consistent with this hull's March-April 1944 construction there.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (wartime)
- Limitations
- Facility-level listing only: it names the company and city, not this hull or any individual contract, and contains no material or asbestos content. It corroborates builder identity and location only; 'Barber' is the Perth Amboy/Carteret waterfront neighborhood where the yard stood.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-06
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-587 specifications block (General Motors diesel plant, twin shafts); LCI(L)-351-class construction at a wartime New Jersey yard in March-April 1944; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/15/150587.htm specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing craft built March-April 1944 at a wartime commercial yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this type and period were engine, exhaust, and muffler insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in confined machinery spaces and compartments. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler and turbine lagging pathway of steam combatants does not apply, and the asbestos load aboard a 158-foot landing craft was materially smaller than aboard steam-driven fleet units, though the confined-space exposure dynamic applies.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- New Jersey Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-45); Soviet crew of DS-33 (1945-56); any post-strike disposal workers (1956+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LCI(L)-587. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, and no product/manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section; full report PDF linked at gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure and documented that asbestos was used in insulation throughout Navy ships - spanning this hull's entire construction and U.S. service era (1944-45) - with the 1975 policy being to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- 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. GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - neither is associated with this hull. Highlights text verified live via rendered page 2026-09-30; gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to plain curl fetches (firecrawl render used).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-08
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[9]Batch-5308 search ledger (this record): NavSource page (live navsource.net); NARA Special List 44 PDF (p.26 verified); NARA digitized deck-log index; NHHC DANFS (404 - no entry); NHHC ship-photography page (404); NVR scope check; Project Hula/Russell appendix; GovInfo war-facilities volume; CourtListener API v4 opinions + dockets (three query variants); secondary web litigation/marketing sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LCI(L)-587 (or Soviet designation DS-33) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session - opinions and RECAP dockets, query variants "LCI(L)-587", "LCI-587", "LCI(L) 587" - zero hits. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NHHC canonical URL pattern 404; DANFS carries entries for only selected notable LCIs). The Naval Vessel Register is out of scope: NVR excludes ships and craft disposed of before 1987. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is generic landing-craft marketing content (asbestos-ships.com listicle) that does not name 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 - the RG 24 deck logs (4/8/1944-6/13/1945, College Park) and any New Jersey Shipbuilding contract/work records are undigitized leads. Soviet-era documentation for DS-33 (1945-56) is outside U.S. public-record reach. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-587-lcil587-09