USS LCI(L)-673

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

1. [1]research packet 456-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LCI(L)-673. Hull: LCI(L)-673. Designation: LCI(L) (Landing Craft Infantry (Large)). Type: Landing Craft Infantry. Class: LCI(L)-351 class (351-series hull; mirror-sourced).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-pkt-456-packet-md

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945), LCI(M) build roster and index conversion lines (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v2: LCI(M) build roster (Lawley section, row 'LCI(M) 673 (ex-LCI(L) 673)'); index conversion line 'LCI(L)673 Now LCI(M)673'; LCI(L) 351-1098 and LCI(M) design tables pp.200-214

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The official BuShips roster carries the hull as 'LCI(M) 673 (ex-LCI(L) 673)' built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Mass.: keel laid 28 Mar 44, launched 6 Apr 44, first commission 13 Apr 44. The volume's index lists the conversion 'LCI(L)673 Now LCI(M)673'; no LCI(G) or LCI(R) intermediate stage appears for this hull (unlike sisters such as 658-660, whose roster lines read 'ex-LCI(L), ex-LCI(G)').

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   n/a

   Limitations

   Official April 1945 roster data - authoritative for builder, dates, and the designation chain as of that date; predates all post-war events. Does not address materials or asbestos.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(M)-673 ex USS LCI(L)-673 (page history sourced to 'USS LCI Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/15/150673.htm - full page (timeline, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions incl. San Diego Bay nest circa early 1946)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   LCI(L)-351 class; laid down 28 March 1944 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA; launched 6 April 1944; commissioned USS LCI(L)-673, 13 April 1944; reclassified LCI(M)-673, 5 May 1945; Europe-Africa-Middle East service: Invasion of southern France, 15 August-21 September 1944; post-war reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater for occupation duty in the Far East, 18 November 1945-15 April 1946; decommissioned date unknown; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission 2 March 1948; final disposition 'fate unknown'; one battle star for WWII service; call sign NPSW. Specifications: 246 t. light / 264 t. landing / 419 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3'; diesel propulsion (two sets of 4 GM 6051-series-71 diesels, 4 per shaft, GM main reduction gears, twin variable-pitch propellers, 2,320 shp; two 30 kW diesel-driven generators; diesel fuel 869 bbl); LCI(M) armament three 4.2-inch chemical mortars in well-deck sand-box mounts with No. 2 troop compartment converted to magazine; ribbon display: American Campaign Medal, EAME (1 star), Asiatic-Pacific, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation (Asia clasp).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Population

   Ship's company 4 officers + 24 enlisted (LCI(L)) / 49 enlisted (LCI(M)); embarked troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation (Turner Publishing 1995 LCI history) - the canonical per-hull amphibious reference but not itself a government source; build dates corroborated against the BuShips official roster (ev-01) and the ship's own war diary (ev-04). Omits the post-MARCOM Israeli disposition reported by secondary yard tables (see ev-13). Decommissioning and strike dates not recorded.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-02

4. [4]NARA, WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'USS LCI(L) 673 - Rep Of Ops, 8/9-15/44, invasion of Southern France' (NAID 78599942; Roll A1121; micro serial 84387; 1 image digitized; report dated 18 August 1944) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78599942, image 1 (report cover letter); micro serial 84387

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's own action report to Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (via CTG 84.1, CTF 84, Commander Western Naval Task Force), dated 18 August 1944, covering 9-17 August 1944: the ship executed her assignment under Commander Western Naval Task Force Operation Plan No. 4-44 and CTG 84.1 Operation Plan No. 8-44 with no casualties to materiel or personnel; 9 August - loaded 169 troops and 8 officers of B Co., 30th Infantry, 3rd Division, USA at Pozzuoli, Italy; 12 August - departed Salerno in convoy SF-2B under CTG 84.14.3; 13 August - anchored Bay of Ajaccio, Corsica; 15 August - arrived outer transport area 0600, beached Red Beach, Cavalaire, France 0923, retracted 0932 after troops unloaded via life line in four feet of water, returned to transport area 1012, departed in convoy for Naples 1750; no ammunition expended, no mechanical failures; copy to ComLCI(L) Gr. 12 (her group commander at the time of the operation). Signed by the commanding officer, Lt.(j.g.), USNR (signature reading uncertain - see gaps).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-08

   Population

   Ship's company during the southern France operation (4 officers + 24 enlisted as LCI(L) per spec) plus embarked B Co., 30th Infantry troops

   Limitations

   The single digitized image is the report cover letter and was read in full for this record. Operational document - contains no materials or asbestos information. CO name is a signature only; transcription uncertain (see gaps).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-03

5. [5]NARA, WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'USS LCI(L) 673 - War Diary, 4/13-30/44' (NAID 78406781; Roll A934; micro serial 71270; 4 images digitized; submission letter dated 4 May 1944) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78406781, images 1-4 (cover letter + diary pages 2-4); micro serial 71270

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's first war diary (all 4 images read for this record) records: commissioned 0800 on 13 April 1944 while moored at George A. Lawley Yard, Neponset, Mass.; deperming at Castle Island, speed trials off Peddock's Island, fueling at East Boston Fuel Dock (15 April); outfitting at Commonwealth Pier One; sailed 18 April for Amphibious Training Base Solomons, Md.; Chesapeake Bay shakedown 22-27 April (bow anchor stock broken by LCT 502 at the Solomons fuel dock, 21 April); on 27 April the relieving CO 'assumed command of LCI(L) 673 after Lt. Comdr. Exton had exercised ship's company' in drills; 28-30 April operating under CTU 20.12.1 with Division Two commander aboard LCI(L)-672.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-04

   Population

   Ship's company, April 1944 (4 officers + 24 enlisted per spec)

   Limitations

   Primary operational record - documents commissioning at the builder's yard and a change of command on 27 April 1944. The outgoing CO's signature (pages covering 13-27 April) reads approximately 'Wm. ...' and the relieving CO's reads 'Richard J. Croadick', Lt.(j.g.) USNR - signature transcriptions uncertain (see gaps). Contains no materials or asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-04

6. [6]NARA, WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): six further digitized ship-specific war-diary file units for USS LCI(L) 673 - NAID 78480538 (5/1-31/44, Roll A1016), NAID 78503583 (6/1-30/44, Roll A1032), NAID 78557526 (7/1-31/44, Roll A1084), NAID 78622778 (8/1-31/44, Roll A1134), NAID 134377532 (9/1-30/44, Roll A1195), NAID 78664515 (10/1-31/44, Roll A1244) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/78480538 ; /id/78503583 ; /id/78557526 ; /id/78622778 ; /id/134377532 ; /id/78664515

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA holds a digitized run of the ship's own monthly war diaries covering May through October 1944 - the full documented EAME service window including the southern France campaign period (the August diary brackets the 15 August landing documented by ev-03).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-05 to 1944-10

   Population

   Ship's company, May-October 1944

   Limitations

   Catalog records verified; only the April diary (ev-04) and the Southern France report (ev-03) were read page-by-page this session; these six file units were not reviewed line-by-line. No hull diaries dated after October 1944 or under the LCI(M) designation were located in the catalog. Operational records - no asbestos content expected or found in the volumes read.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-05

7. [7]NARA, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel / Bureau of Navigation): 'LCI(L) 673 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120245599; 46 images digitized via Ancestry partnership; first roll dated 30 June 1944) and 'LCI(M) 673 - Muster Rolls' (NAID 120245646; 53 images; first roll dated 30 April 1945) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/120245599 (image 1, forwarding sheet dated 30 June 1944); catalog.archives.gov/id/120245646 (image 1, forwarding sheet dated 30 April 1945)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA holds two digitized muster-roll file units for this hull under both designations. The first roll of the LCI(L) set (dated 30 June 1944, forwarded 1 July 1944 from Pozzuoli, Italy) was read: it places the ship in the Mediterranean by mid-1944 and is signed by the Lt.(j.g.) USNR commanding officer. A handwritten annotation on the forwarding sheet records the hull's service span: 'Com. 4-13-44 to 7-9-46 Decom.' - i.e., commissioned 13 April 1944, decommissioned 9 July 1946 - a candidate decommissioning date that NavSource records as unknown.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   Crew of LCI(L)/LCI(M)-673, 1944-1946 (names and ratings)

   Limitations

   Forwarding-sheet image read for this record; the 99 total roll pages were not transcribed - the muster rolls are the primary source for identifying individuals who served aboard. The '7-9-46 Decom' date is an informal hand annotation (likely BuPers clerical notation), not a decommissioning order - carried as a candidate date only (see gaps). Muster rolls record names and ratings - no asbestos, materials, or exposure information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-06

8. [8]NARA, WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'COM LCI(M) GR 62 - War Diary, 5/15/45 to 6/30/45' (NAID 101741361; Roll A1747; micro serial 132383; 3 images digitized, all read) [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/101741361, images 1-3 (organization page; operations log incl. 28 June towing entry); micro serial 132383

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The Commander, LCI(M) Group Sixty-Two war diary (LCI(M) Flotilla Twenty-One, Amphibious Training Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet) lists LCI(M)-673 by name on the group organization page - Division One Two Four, alongside LCI(M)s 674 (division flagship), 595, 664, 670, and 951. The diary documents conversion and repair work on the group's ships at Naval Repair Base, San Diego (completed on all ships by 6 June 1945), training off San Clemente and San Nicholas, and the group's departure for Pearl Harbor on 22 June 1945 as Task Unit 06.11.19. On 28 June 1945 LCI(M)-673 was ordered to join the broken-down LCI(M)-588 and take her in tow.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1945-05 to 1945-06

   Population

   Ship's company, May-June 1945 (4 officers + 49 enlisted as LCI(M) per spec)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific in that hull 673 is named on the group roster and in the 28 June towing order, but the document is the group commander's diary, not the hull's own record - it documents the conversion/repair program for the group at NRB San Diego without separately itemizing work aboard 673. No materials or asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-07

9. [9]Naval History and Heritage Command, official photo record SC 192675 - 'Mediterranean Invasion Rehearsals, 1944' (U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, Naples area, 24 July 1944) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC SC-192675 page, title/caption/description fields

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The official NHHC photo caption records troops of the 30th Infantry, Third Division, boarding landing craft in the Naples area for a practice landing on 24 July 1944, with vessels present '(l-r): LST-141, LCI-592, LCI-593, LCI-595, LCI-594, LCI-670, HMS LCI-264, LCI-672, LCI-673, LCI-671 and LCI-591' - placing this hull in the Naples-area rehearsals immediately before the southern France invasion. A second NARA-held Signal Corps photo (III-SC-192677, via NavSource) shows LCI(L)-673 among the LCI(L)s in Formia-area practice landings 31 July 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1944-07

   Population

   Embarked 30th Infantry troops; LCI crews at rehearsal

   Limitations

   Photographic caption records presence only - no materials or asbestos information. The 30th Infantry linkage corroborates the troops embarked in the ship's own action report (ev-03).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-08

10. [10]Designation and call-sign cross-check: HyperWar/ibiblio 'U.S. Navy Landing Ships/Craft 1940-1945' listing (LCI(L)-673-674 row in the LCI(L) table, no Lend-Lease note; LCI(M)-673-674 row in the LCI(M) table, 1945) and HyperWar U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book section 18 ('LCI (L) 673 - NPSW') [other_primary]

    Locator

    hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-lc.html (LCI(L) and LCI(M) tables); hyperwar/USN/ref/CallSigns/CallSigns-18.html (LCI(L) section)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Three independent designation listings agree on a clean LCI(L) -> LCI(M) chain for this hull: the BuShips April 1945 roster/index, the HyperWar USN landing-craft listing, and the NavSource timeline - no LCI(G) or LCI(R) intermediate stage exists for 673 (unlike sister hulls such as 638 and 658-660). The WWII call-sign book corroborates call sign NPSW for LCI(L) 673.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-1945

    Population

    n/a

    Limitations

    Corroboration rows: HyperWar is a transcription mirror of official listings; formal LCI(M) reclassification date is NavSource's 5 May 1945 - the BuShips roster (compiled 15 April 1945) already styles the hull LCI(M), indicating conversion work preceded the administrative date (group diary documents conversion work at NRB San Diego completing 6 June 1945 - see ev-07 and gaps).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-09

11. [11]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places nomination, USS LCI-713 (NRIS 07000300, listed 12 April 2007) - Section 8 LCI program history and construction description, including the ten-yard builder table and the George Lawley & Son yard profile [nps]

    Locator

    NRHP nomination continuation sheet, Section 8 pp.2-8 (program history, ten-yard table, Lawley yard paragraph, hull/systems description)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The official NRHP nomination for sister hull LCI-713 documents the LCI(L)-351 class: approximately 1,051 LCIs built 1942-1944 across ten contract yards; hulls of all-welded steel plate (~1/4 inch) built for rapid assembly-line production, powered by eight GM 6-71 diesels in two banks of four; the design originated with the Bureau of Ships in May 1942 and yards were deliberately small former yacht/fishing-boat/coastal-steamer builders. George Lawley & Son of Neponset, Mass. - this hull's builder - was the oldest of the ten (in business since 1866) and built 160 LCIs plus 47 LCS hulls before closing at war's end in 1945; the nomination's subject hull LCI-713 was itself Lawley-built. The nomination also records that a blueprint file for the LCI-351 class is maintained at the National Archives. The nomination contains no asbestos statement.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1942-2007

    Population

    LCI construction workforce (ten contract yards incl. Lawley Neponset, 1942-44); LCI crews

    Limitations

    Class-level official documentation describing the type and the builder's program, not this hull. Per-yard latitude in construction means material detail may differ between hulls. No asbestos information appears in the document; it does not establish the presence or absence of asbestos aboard any hull. Note: the NPS asset URL returns 404 to HEAD requests but serves the PDF normally on GET (verified 2026-09-30).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-10

12. [12]Era inference built on: BuShips SDB 1945 v2 LCI(L)/LCI(M) design tables (diesel plant - 8 x GM 6051-series-71, no steam plant); NPS NRHP documentation (all-welded steel construction; Lawley yard in the ten-yard LCI program); Navy/USMC 'Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards' (1943, asbestos-dust standards applied to contract yards - see ev-12); Owens-Illinois 1944 industrial health survey at sister LCI-program yard Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ (Johns-Manville Superex pipe covering, boiler insulation documented in use - shipyard-exposure-map dataset ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-13) [other_primary]

    Locator

    BuShips SDB1945v2 LCI design tables; NPS NRHP 07000300; shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny evidence; GAO HRD-80-2 product page

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    A diesel-powered landing craft built March-April 1944 at a wartime Navy contract yard sits inside the documented contract-shipyard asbestos-use era: Navy/USMC 1943 Minimum Requirements imposed asbestos-dust controls on contract yards, and a 1944 Owens-Illinois survey at a sister yard in the same ten-yard LCI program documented asbestos pipe covering and insulation products in use. As a diesel craft with no boilers or steam plant, the boiler/steam-lagging pathway does not apply; era-standard applications aboard a craft of this type were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, and electrical/accommodation insulation.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1944-1950s

    Population

    Lawley Neponset construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); MARCOM/Israeli custodians (1948-); shipbreakers

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or build specification located for LCI(L)-673. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The Federal Kearny survey documents a different yard than the builder (Neponset MA). Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-11

13. [13]Shuman v. United States, 765 F.2d 283 (1st Cir. 1985) - documenting the Navy/U.S. Maritime Commission 'Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards' (approved Navy 20 Jan 1943, USMC 9 Feb 1943) [court_record]

    Locator

    765 F.2d 283, background/findings section (Minimum Requirements paragraphs)

    Finding type

    regulatory

    Finding

    The First Circuit documented that in 1943 the Navy, jointly with the Maritime Commission, promulgated 'Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards' - which 'included standards for the safe use of asbestos and the measurable airborne levels ... which would mandate the use of respirators and ventilation equipment' - and that the Secretary of the Navy expected 'full and complete compliance' at shipyards operating under Navy contracts as well as Navy yards. The regime applied during this hull's 1944 construction at Lawley, a Navy contract yard.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1943-1945 (regime); 1985 (opinion)

    Population

    Contract-shipyard workers incl. Navy contract yards (1943-45)

    Limitations

    Regulatory context for the builder's environment during construction - does not name this hull or find asbestos conditions aboard any vessel. Litigation-stage note: the First Circuit REVERSED the district court's judgment for the plaintiff (discretionary-function analysis); the opinion is cited for its documented account of the wartime standards regime, not as plaintiff-favorable precedent. Cited via Justia mirror - verified live via Firecrawl 2026-09-30 (curl HEAD returns 403 to automated fetch).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-12

14. [14]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section (full text blocked, HTTP 403)

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos, and compensation programs - documenting Navy asbestos-insulation use spanning this hull's construction era (1944) and service life; the Navy's substitution of alternative insulation materials did not begin until the early 1970s.

    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 (GAO fieldwork centered on Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards); supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text blocked to direct fetch (HTTP 403 to curl, standing defect); content verified via product-page description retrieved through Firecrawl 2026-09-30.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-13

15. [15]Post-USN disposition: shipbuildinghistory.com LCI(L) construction table (Lawley & Sons section: 'LCI(L) | M | 673 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 13-Apr-44 | To Israel 1948'); navalmarinearchive.com George S. Lawley & Sons yard table (hull #1474, 'Later LCI(M)673, to Israel 1948'); warsailors.com Israeli Sea Corps thread ('P 53 NETSANIM, ex USN LCI(M) 673 ex LCI(L) 673 ... To Israel on March 2, 1948') [other_primary]

    Locator

    shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lcil.htm, Lawley section row 673; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/yachtsmall/lawley.html hull 1474; warsailors.com forum read.php-1,45809,45954

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Two independent secondary shipyard tables record this hull as 'To Israel 1948,' consistent with NavSource's documented 2 March 1948 transfer to the Maritime Commission - i.e., MARCOM sale to Israel on transfer. The warsailors Sea Corps compilation identifies her as Israeli P-53 NETSANIM, ex-LCI(M)-673, completed by Lawley April 1944, to Israel on 2 March 1948.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1948

    Population

    n/a

    Limitations

    Secondary compilations (Colton shipbuildinghistory yard table; navalmarinearchive mirror; warsailors forum thread) - not government records; the MARCOM custody transfer itself is documented by NavSource (Turner-sourced). Israeli service details (P-53 Netsanim, service span, disposal) rest on the forum compilation alone; final disposition after Israeli service is undocumented in located sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-14

16. [16]Batch-5401 search ledger (this record): NavSource (live); BuShips SDB 1945 v2 full scan; NARA catalog (two muster-roll units, eight hull war-diary/report units, LCI(M) Gr 62 diary); NHHC photo SC-192675; NPS NRHP nomination LCI-713; HyperWar listings + call-sign book; GAO product page; 1st Cir. Shuman opinion (Justia); shipbuildinghistory/navalmarinearchive/warsailors; CourtListener API v4 type=o (0 results), type=r (0 results), builder-level type=o (0 results); NHHC DANFS URL checks (no entry); secondary web sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-01 through -16

    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)-673 / LCI(M)-673 / LCI-673 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinions, zero dockets, and zero builder-level opinions - a verified negative for indexed litigation naming the hull, not proof no claim was ever filed.

    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. Open leads: the six unread 1944 war-diary volumes and full muster-roll sets (46+53 images); RG 24 deck logs (not located in digitized form); NARA-held LCI-351-class blueprint file (per NPS nomination); Israeli-service and disposal records; BuShips contract file for Lawley hulls (RG 19). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lci-l-673-lcil673-15