Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 479-packet.md (6 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-pkt-479-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-83 (archive 10/15/150083) - construction, Coast Guard crewing, campaign list, mine damage, Pacific transfer, command history, specifications, disposal; construction milestones corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships record ship/20912 (ordered 3 June 1942; laid down 12 Oct 1942; launched 13 Dec 1942; commissioned 23 Jan 1943; decommissioned 9 Apr 1946) and by the shipbuildinghistory (Colton) LCI(L) production table ('to NDRF 1947') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 150083.htm - header block, campaign table, service narrative, commanding-officer list, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 12 October 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 13 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-83 on 23 January 1943 with a Coast Guard crew, LT. George F. Hutchinson Jr., USCGR, in command. Campaigns: North African occupation (1 June - 9 July 1943), Sicilian occupation (9-15 July 1943), Salerno landings (9-21 September 1943), Invasion of Normandy (6-25 June 1944) - Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater under Coast Guard Flotilla 4 (redesignated Flotilla 10 at Normandy); Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation (29 May - 30 June 1945) and Tsushima Straits mine-destruction operations (25 October - 1 November 1945) in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LCI Flotilla 35 / Group 103 / Division 205. Damaged striking a mine off the Normandy beaches 17 June 1944; departed the UK 5 October 1944 for Charleston Navy Yard, remaining until 1 December 1944; reached Okinawa 28 May 1945 via Key West, Canal Zone, San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, and Ulithi, and performed smoke-screen duty for ships bombarding Naha; post-war mine destruction at Wakayama (Kii Suido, 11 September 1945) and in the Korean Straits, ending with a broken propeller shaft and repairs at Sasebo 1-25 November 1945. Decommissioned 9 April 1946 at Galveston, TX; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 20 August 1947. Six battle stars for WWII service; Coast Guard Unit Commendation; Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive). Spec block: 216 t. light / 389 t. loaded; 158'5.5" x 23'3"; two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 BHP; twin variable-pitch propellers; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted, troops 6 officers + 182 enlisted. Commanding officers: LT Hutchinson (23 Jan 1943 - 4 Dec 1944), LTjg Lester Brauser (4 Dec 1944 - 2 Feb 1946), ENS George W. Miller (2 Feb - 9 Mar 1946), LTjg Warren D. Ayres (9 Mar - 9 Apr 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942-43); Coast Guard crew (1943-46); embarked troops (up to ~188); Charleston Navy Yard workers (Oct-Dec 1944); Sasebo repair workers (Nov 1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track official records but are not themselves primary documents (underlying attribution to USS LCI National Association material and USCG/NARA photo captions). Contains no asbestos content. The page explicitly notes 'There is no DANFS history for USS LCI(L)-83.' The 17 June 1944 mine-strike date appears in both the text block and a US Army Signal Corps caption (SC 189935); the CO's Silver Star citation describes a separate mining during the 6 June landing - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' - program history and 28-hull roster including LCI(L)-83 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office, 'USCG-Manned LCI(L)s' page - program narrative and 'List of LCI(L)s' roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's Office documents that under a Commandant/CNO agreement beginning 1943 the Coast Guard supplied officers and crews for 28 Navy LCI(L)s, that 'even though these vessels had Coast Guard crews all LCI(L)s remained commissioned US Navy vessels,' and lists LCI(L)-83 among them. It documents the flotilla structure this hull served in: 24 CG-manned LCI(L)s grouped as Flotilla 4 (Sicily, Salerno), redesignated Flotilla 10 for Operation Overlord (36 craft including 12 Navy-manned), with grievous Omaha Beach losses (four LCI(L)s destroyed, others damaged); then return across the Atlantic, replacement of losses, Chesapeake training, redesignation Flotilla 35, and Pacific service including smoke screens, minesweeping, escort, harbor-control, and salvage duties, plus Operation Klondike mine-clearing in the East China Sea.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Coast Guard crews of 28 LCI(L)s; embarked troops at four invasions
- Limitations
- Establishes this hull's Coast Guard crewing and commissioned-Navy status and flotilla assignment - it does not itself carry hull-by-hull action detail for No. 83. No asbestos or material content. This hull's eligibility for the registry rests on the documented USS commission; Coast Guard crewing does not change the vessel's Navy status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Coast Guard Heroes at Normandy' - Silver Star citation for LTjg George F. Hutchinson, CO of USS LCI(L)-83 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian 'Coast Guard Heroes at Normandy' page - Hutchinson citation paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official award documentation names this hull: 'Lieutenant, junior grade George F. Hutchinson was awarded the Silver Star: "For gallantry in action against the enemy as Commanding Officer of the USS LCI (L) 83 while landing assault troops in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Lieutenant Hutchinson directed his ship to the beach through heavily mined obstacle while under heavy enemy fire that caused numerous Army casualties, successfully unloaded troops after the ship was mined and remained with the ship effecting repairs that enabled it to come off the beach on the next tide."' This places LCI(L)-83 landing troops at Normandy on D-Day and mined during the operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06
- Population
- Coast Guard crew (24) and embarked Army troops (up to ~188) during the assault
- Limitations
- Award citation documents combat damage (mining on 6 June 1944, refloated next tide) - it is a combat record, not a material or exposure record. The citation's 'ship was mined' on 6 June sits alongside NavSource's documented 17 June 1944 mine strike; either two mine contacts occurred or the dates conflict - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Coast Guard-Manned Landing Craft (Infantry), Large Flotilla 4 / 10 / 35' - memoir history by an anonymous flotilla member [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian Flotilla 4/10/35 history page - construction, roster, campaign, and overhaul paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USCG-hosted flotilla history documents: all Flotilla 4 craft (including No. 83) were built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., Shipbuilding Division, Orange, Texas, commissioned late 1942 - early 1943, and formed into Flotilla 4 at Galveston under Captain Miles Imlay, USCG; the flotilla roster included LCI(L)s 83-96, 319-326, 349-350; departed Galveston 20 February 1943 via Key West to Norfolk, Bermuda (4 April), Port Lyautey (29 April); Sicily landings near Licata/Gela 10 July 1943; Salerno landings near Paestum 9 September 1943; England late October 1943 with flotilla HQ at Greenway House, Dartmouth; D-Day split half to Omaha and half to Utah, with LCI(L)-85 sunk and 91/92/93 too damaged to retract; and that 'The LCI(L)s 83, 84, 86, 88, 90, 96, 320, 323, 325, 326, and 350 were overhauled, repaired and in some cases... refitted' after return from England in late 1944, followed by Chesapeake training and Pacific deployment as Flotilla 35.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Flotilla crews (24 CG-manned craft, ~24 men each plus troops); Charleston Navy Yard overhaul trades (late 1944)
- Limitations
- Officially hosted memoir - the author self-flags: 'Some of the information was recalled from memory so there may be a conflict concerning a date or a number.' It documents the Charleston overhaul period for this hull (corroborated by NavSource's Charleston Navy Yard dates) but the asbestos scope, if any, of that yard work is unrecorded - presence of the hull at a Navy yard is documented, any material disturbance is inference. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (13 April 1945), NAVSHIPS 250 - LCI(L) design table and vessel roster (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2.pdf - LCI(L) design table (characteristics + machinery sections) and vessel roster ('LCI(L) 83 (ex-APY83)' entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips design table for 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' covers the LCI(L) 1-350 block that includes hull 83: 158'6" length overall, 153'0" waterline, 23'8" extreme beam, ~387 tons full-load displacement, 14.4-knot trial speed, 4 x 20mm AA armament, GM 71-series diesel main engines on two propellers (~2,320 shp), GM diesel ship's-service generators. The volume's vessel roster explicitly lists 'LCI(L) 83 (ex-APY83)' - the hull was originally ordered under designation APY-83 before the LCI(L) type assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945 (publication); describes 1942-era design
- Population
- n/a (design/registry data)
- Limitations
- Official Navy design/registry data - the design table is block-level (LCI(L) 1-350), not hull-unique; the roster entry names this hull but carries only build/disposition dates. Machinery figures differ from NavSource's spec block (1,600 BHP vs ~2,320 shp in the design table) - both carried with attribution; see gaps. No asbestos or material schedule in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-05
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[7]NARA, 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (RG 38) - digitized action reports and war diaries naming LCI(L)-83; plus Special List 44 Navy deck-log inventory [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search-within series 4697018 query 'LCI(L)-83' (45 file units); SL44 by-ship-number listing 'LCI(L)-83 | 9/1/1944 | 12/31/1945' (https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/logbooks/sl-44-ship-number.pdf)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog holds digitized primary documents for this hull: 'USS LCI(L) 83 - Act Rep, Op AVALANCHE' (Salerno action report, dated 30 September 1943, NAID 77802357); 'LCI(L) 83 - Report of Operations, Period 6/5-26/44 - Invasion of Normandy, France' (NAID 78556512); war diaries for 6/45 (NAID 101735488), 7/45 (NAID 83528415), 8/45 (NAID 77489909), 9/45 (NAID 77542402), and 10-11/45 (NAID 77589990); and the flotilla-level 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 10 - War Diary, 10/29/43 to 12/31/43' (NAID 78311086). Separately, NARA Special List 44 (by-ship-number deck-log inventory) lists Navy deck logs for LCI(L)-83 covering 9/1/1944 - 12/31/1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (records)
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during logged periods
- Limitations
- Archival lead: these digitized records establish that contemporaneous first-party operational reporting exists for this hull's combat service - they were located by catalog metadata, not yet read page-by-page for machinery, repair, or material detail. The deck-log window begins September 1944, after D-Day; pre-September 1944 deck logs are not in the SL44 inventory. No asbestos content asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-06
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[8]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LCI(L) design data (all-diesel plant) + WWII Navy amphibious-craft construction practice; NavSource spec block for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LCI(L) design table (machinery); NavSource 150083 spec block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LCI(L)-83 is an all-diesel landing craft - no boilers, no steam plant - so the large boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1942-built naval auxiliary of this type were: diesel engine exhaust lagging and manifold insulation, thermal/acoustic insulation in machinery spaces, compressed-air and water-line gaskets, valve and pump packing, electrical cable insulation, deck coverings and interior finish materials, accommodation bulkhead/overhead insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass equipment.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942-43); Coast Guard crew (1943-46); Charleston Navy Yard overhaul trades (Oct-Dec 1944); Sasebo repair trades (Nov 1945); post-war disposal/scrapping workers (1947+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or litigation product-ID located for LCI(L)-83. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The craft's small size (158 ft, ~387 t loaded) implies materially less insulation scope than a steam combatant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-07
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[9]VA Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation No. 9828426 (decision dated 23 September 1998), Docket No. 94-15 783 - asbestos-exposure service-connection claim by a Consolidated Steel (Orange, TX) shipyard worker (driller, boilermaker department, 1942-1946) who then served aboard Navy vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision text, Findings of Fact 1-3 and veteran testimony summaries
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A fully adjudicated Board decision documents the exposure context around this hull's builder and era: the claimant worked at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX, 1942-1946 - the yard that built this hull, during the exact period it was built - drilling hull plates in the boilermaker department, then served in the Navy May 1944 - February 1946. The Board found the veteran was NOT exposed to asbestos during his Consolidated Steel employment but WAS exposed aboard Navy vessels (he described asbestos-coated pipes throughout ships, sleeping within one foot of asbestos pipe insulation, and dust shaken from pipes by gunfire on smaller ships), and granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease (pleural disease; asbestosis claim denied).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1998 decision; exposure period 1942-1946
- Population
- One veteran claimant (Consolidated Steel driller, then Navy gunner's mate/ammunition-room duties)
- Limitations
- One claimant's adjudicated outcome - names no vessel and does not establish asbestos aboard LCI(L)-83. The Board's finding of no asbestos exposure at the yard is claimant-specific and does not negate asbestos-era operations at Consolidated Steel generally; conversely, the shipboard-exposure finding documents era Navy ship insulation, not this hull. Classified at the adjudication stage actually reached (final Board decision for this veteran).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-08
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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 (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 (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-09
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[11]Batch-5557 search ledger (this record): NavSource; USCG Historian pages (3 pages verified live + dedicated article unextractable); NARA catalog and Special List 44; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; shipbuildinghistory/Colton; uboat.net; HyperWar; HAER AK-52; VA BVA; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-01 through -20
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming LCI(L)-83 / LCI-83 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated searches for the hull designations returned count 0 on both the opinion index (type=o) and the RECAP docket index (type=r); a broader generic LCI + asbestos opinion sweep could not be completed this session (fleet pacing budget spent - logged as blocked, not a negative result). The HAER AK-52 written history for sister hull LCI(L)-653 was checked for material content and contains no asbestos mention. 'Asbestos aboard' claims exist only on law-firm marketing listicles (mesotheliomaguide.com amphibious-ships page and similar) - 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 - era-consistent insulation aboard a 1942-built naval craft is a reasonable inference, not a ship-proven fact. The generic CourtListener sweep is a genuine open gap (blocked by shared pacing, not run to completion). Deck logs (9/44-12/45), war diaries, and any Charleston Navy Yard work packages are the documented archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-83-lcil83-10