Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 483-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-92-lcil92-pkt-483-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS LCI(L)-92 ship page (sources cited therein: LCI(L) file, CG Historian's Office; The Coast Guard At War V: Transports and Escorts vol. 2, 1949, pp. 117-130; quoted July 1952 Coast Guard Magazine p. 26 loss narrative) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page body: specification block, 'Commanding Officers', 'History: Flotilla 4 / 10, Group 29, Division 58' narrative, and quoted Coast Guard Magazine (July 1952, p. 26) passage
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; commissioned 15 February 1943, LT Robert M. Salmon, USCGR, in command - a Coast Guard-manned U.S. Navy vessel, Flotilla 4/10, Group 29, Division 58. Shakedown at Norfolk, then North Africa via Bermuda to Lake Bizerte with the 24 all-Coast Guard-manned ships of LCI(L) Flotilla 4; Licata, Sicily landing 9 July 1943; Salerno landings 9 September 1943; departed Italy December 1943 for England (Falmouth, then Dartmouth 15 January 1944); pre-invasion rehearsals including Slapton Sands 10 February 1944. On D-Day, as part of Task Force 124, she departed the rendezvous area at 0710 for Dog White Beach with 192 troops aboard, beached to the left of the burning LCI(L)-91 in the lee of her smoke, and at 0810 took a terrific port-side explosion that set the No. 1 troop compartment aflame and sprayed the forward deck with burning fuel, with a shell exploding close aboard to starboard; unable to move over the runnel, she unloaded troops under rifle and machine-gun fire while the crew fought the fire; abandon ship was ordered about 1400 with no casualties among the ship's crew. Specifications carried on the page: 158'6" oa x 23'3"; 216 t light / 389 t full load; 8 x GM diesels on twin shafts (4 per shaft), 1,600 hp; 3 officers + 21 enlisted; 188 troops; 4 x 20mm + 2 x .50 cal; 2" plastic splinter armor. Four battle stars; Flotilla 10 retroactively awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-11-09 - 1944-06-06
- Population
- USCG crew (~24) plus embarked troops (188-192 per sailing); Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Official service record and loss narrative; contains no asbestos or material content and does not establish exposure conditions aboard. The quoted D-Day narrative is the July 1952 Coast Guard Magazine account reproduced by the Historian's Office - an official-service secondary narrative, not the contemporaneous action report (which is the NARA file unit at ev-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-01
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[3]NHHC, 'Casualties Navy and Coast Guard Ships' - WWII loss list; and NHHC Operation NEPTUNE 'Sunk and Damaged Ships and Craft' table [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Casualties page, 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))' section; NEPTUNE 'Sunk and Damaged Ships and Craft' LCI(L) table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's WWII casualties list records 'USS LCI(L)-92 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944' (Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) section). The NHHC Operation NEPTUNE sunk-and-damaged table independently records 'LCI (L) 92 - LOST' alongside sisters 85, 88, 91, 93 and 553 lost the same day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06
- Population
- Ship's crew and embarked troops at time of loss
- Limitations
- Loss-event documentation only; 'sunk' is the register's loss category - the hull in fact stranded, burned out, and was abandoned on the beach rather than sinking in deep water (USCG narrative, ev-01). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-02
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[4]NHHC online reading room, 'Destroyers at Normandy' (D-Day operational history citing the Army's Omaha Beachhead monograph) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Destroyers at Normandy, Dog White sector chronology entry following the 0740 LCI(L)-91 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's published Normandy destroyer-operations history records: after LCI(L)-91 was hit by artillery fire approaching Dog White at 0740, 'Five minutes later LCI(L)-92, approaching the same beach area, had her fuel tanks set off by an underwater explosion. The two LCIs burned for hours.' (citing Omaha Beachhead, p. 56).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06
- Population
- Ship's crew and embarked troops at time of loss
- Limitations
- Secondary operational narrative, not the ship's action report; its sequence implies the explosion about 0745 versus the ~0810 time in the USCG/Coast Guard Magazine narrative and 'approximately 0800' in NavSource photo-caption sourcing - conflict carried in gaps. 'Underwater explosion' is consistent with the mine characterization in the NARA report title (ev-05). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-03
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[5]NHHC photo catalog SC 193919 (Army Signal Corps Collection, NARA) - broached landing craft in the Normandy storm, 21 June 1944; and NHHC photo catalog SC 175758 - Sicily Operation, July 1943 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog entries SC 193919 and SC 175758 (captions verbatim); second URL https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/SC-175000/SC-175758.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's catalog documents this hull photographically at both ends of her service: SC 175758 (July 1943) shows 'Landing craft infantry - LCI-L loading troops at North African Port, in preparation for the invasion of Sicily,' with LCI-92 among the vessels present; SC 193919 (21 June 1944 storm aftermath, Omaha Beach) shows 'USS LCI(L)-92 (reported lost on 6 June) ... at left, with USS LCT-199 alongside. Beyond them is USS LST-543. The British LCT-2337 is at right.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-07 / 1944-06
- Population
- Ship's crew, embarked troops, and post-storm beach working parties (June 1944)
- Limitations
- Physical-presence documentation: the photographs establish the hull loading troops for Sicily in July 1943 and the burned-out hulk still on Omaha Beach at least through 21 June 1944. No asbestos or material content; condition of the hulk's interior materials is not documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-04
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[6]NARA catalog file unit NAID 78636510: 'COM 11th PHIBFOR - USS LCI (L) 92, Rep of Ops During the Invasion of Normandy, France, 6/6/44, Including Mining & Abandoning of Ship' (microfilm Roll A1147, serial 0995, file A16-3, dated 8/15/1944; National Archives at College Park) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAID 78636510; microfilm Roll A1147, serial 0995, file A16-3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own report of operations for the Normandy invasion exists at NARA: a file unit whose catalog title documents the report's scope as covering the invasion of 6 June 1944 'Including Mining & Abandoning of Ship' - the contemporaneous official record of her loss, forwarded via Commander 11th Amphibious Force, dated 15 August 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 (report dated 1944-08-15)
- Population
- Ship's crew and embarked troops, 6 June 1944
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the catalog entry (title, microfilm roll, serial, file number, date, repository) is verified, but the report's page content is on microfilm only and was not individually examined - no interior material or machinery description can be quoted from it. The title's 'Mining' wording is the catalog-level characterization of the loss mechanism. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-05
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[7]NARA catalog file unit NAID 135991038: 'USS LCI(L) 92 - Operations report during Op AVALANCHE, 9/8-30/43' (microfilm Roll A669, micro serial 59323, dated 10/1/1943; National Archives at College Park) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAID 135991038; microfilm Roll A669, serial 59323
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's report of operations for Operation AVALANCHE (the Salerno landings, September 1943) exists at NARA as a microfilmed file unit dated 1 October 1943 - ship-specific contemporaneous documentation of her participation in the Salerno operation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-09-08 to 1943-09-30 (report dated 1943-10-01)
- Population
- Ship's crew and embarked troops, September 1943
- Limitations
- Archival lead: catalog metadata verified; report content is microfilm-only and was not individually examined. Confirms participation, nothing more. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-06
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[8]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(L)-92 (history credited to USS LCI 'Landing Craft Infantry' Vol. II, Turner Publishing, 1995) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/15/150092.htm header, history block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions (incl. image 1015009211 caption)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: laid down 9 November 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX; launched 3 January 1943; accepted by the Navy 12 February 1943; commissioned USS LCI(L)-92 15 February 1943, LT Robert M. Salmon, USCGR, in command; assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater with LCI Flotilla Four (CAPT Myles Imlay, USCG) / LCI Group Ten / LCI Division Twenty at Galveston, later LCI Flotilla Ten at Normandy. Campaign record: Tunisian operation 1 June-9 July 1943; Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 - four battle stars. Loss: 'At 0810 on D-Day, an explosion occurred in Troop Compartment #1 causing the compartment to catch on fire. The ship was consequently stranded on Normandy beach, holed and burned out.' Struck from the Naval Register 13 November 1944. Awards listed include the retroactive Combat Action Ribbon and Coast Guard Unit Commendation, and a Silver Star for LT Robert M. Salmon. Photo-caption sourcing references 'LCI-92 (and LCI-91) Rep. of Ops during D-Day, National Archives' and the LST-543 war diary, and notes that as of 10 July 1944 no inspection or survey of the hulk had been started.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- USCG crew; embarked troops; Consolidated Steel construction trades
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates track official sources here but several fields conflict with the USCG Historian's Office (complement 2 officers vs 3; length 158'5.5" vs 158'6"; Group Ten/Division Twenty vs Group 29/Division 58 - USCG's Normandy organization corroborated by action-report addressee lines). Caption sourcing mixes the NARA report of operations with secondary references. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-07
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[9]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'U.S. Coast Guard-Manned LCI(L)s - Landing Craft Infantry (Large)' (program history and document index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office LCI(L) program page body and document index (Story-of-LCI-L-92-Invasion entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard manned 28 Navy LCI(L)s under a Commandant-CNO agreement beginning in 1943; all remained commissioned U.S. Navy vessels. Twenty-four formed a single Coast Guard-commanded flotilla - Flotilla 4 for Sicily and Salerno, redesignated Flotilla 10 for Normandy, reinforced by 12 Navy-manned LCIs - which suffered four LCI(L)s completely destroyed by enemy fire at Omaha Beach (the 85, 91, 92, and 93). The page also indexes the unit's documentary holdings, including 'Invasion: The Story of the LCI(L)-92 in the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944' by Photographer's Mate 3/c Seth Shepard, a first-hand crew account written 19 days after D-Day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- 28 USCG-manned LCI(L) crews (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level context: establishes that Coast Guard crewing does not negate the hull's USS commission (numbered landing craft were Navy vessels with USCG crews). The Shepard account page was located but its article body did not render to automated fetch (live page and Wayback capture both return the collections shell only) - logged in search_ledger as an open access gap. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-08
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[10]Era inference built on: USCG/NavSource construction record (Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange TX, laid down 1942-11-09, commissioned 1943-02-15); GAO HRD-80-2 program-level Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-10); LCI-1-class diesel propulsion block (8 x GM diesels, twin shafts - no steam plant) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG and NavSource specification blocks; GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LCI-1-class landing craft built November 1942 - February 1943 falls inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel craft of this period were engine and exhaust lagging in the machinery spaces, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation; her '2-inch plastic splinter armor' was a non-asbestos protection material. With no steam plant, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of larger steam vessels does not apply - the asbestos-relevant footprint of an LCI(L) was materially smaller than that of a steam combatant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1942-43); USCG engine-room and deck crew (1943-44); embarked troops in troop compartments
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package exists for this hull (she was lost after ~16 months in commission, and no survey of the hulk had begun as of 10 July 1944). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-09
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[11]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 the Navy's use of asbestos insulation in ships and its management posture: the 1975 policy was 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 - establishing that asbestos insulation was standard Navy ship material through and beyond this hull's 1942-43 construction.
- 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 supporting era context only - not a fact specific to this hull; the GAO review centered on post-war exposure management at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch, confirmed 2026-09-30); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-10
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[12]Batch-5586 search ledger (this record): USCG Historian's Office ship page + LCI(L) program page; NHHC casualties list, NEPTUNE sunk/damaged table, Destroyers at Normandy, and photo catalog (SC 175758, SC 193919); NARA catalog (NAIDs 78636510, 135991038); NavSource; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, opinion and docket indexes); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-92-01 through sl-uss-lci-l-92-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LCI(L)-92 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener: 0 opinion hits across all name variants ('LCI(L)-92', 'LCI-92', 'LCI(L) 92', 'LCI 92', 'LCI No. 92'); 0 hits for asbestos+LCI landing-craft queries; the sole docket hit (Software AG v. Consist Software Solutions, 1:08-cv-00389, S.D.N.Y. 2008) is a trademark name collision, not this vessel. The ship sank from combat damage in 1944 with no post-war service, overhaul, abatement, or scrapping-contract era in which such documentation typically arises. Secondary sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing pages asserting asbestos at the builder yard (Consolidated Steel) generically - 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 - a 1942-43 Navy-built hull is era-consistent with asbestos materials. A sunken-then-stranded wartime loss is unlikely to generate abatement-era records at all; the NARA reports of operations (ev-05, ev-06) and any builder construction records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-92-11