Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS AFDL-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS AFDL-10' returned 2 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-afdl-10-afdl10-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS AFDL-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS AFDL-10' returned 4 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-afdl-10-afdl10-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-10' returned 9 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-afdl-10-afdl10-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AFDL-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AFDL-10' returned 57 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-afdl-10-afdl10-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL page for NO NAME (AFDL 10), NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office, page last updated 2004-09-01 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2017-01-26 of nvr.navy.mil SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_10.HTML; vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record: NO NAME (AFDL 10), ex-AFD 10, SMALL AUXILIARY FLOATING DRY DOCK (N-S-P), class 'AFDL 1', UIC 14810. Builder: Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. Status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise', status changed 1987-07-13; stricken 1987-07-13; custodian 'PHILIPPINES'. Physical characteristics: 800 tons light displacement, steel hull/steel superstructure, propulsion 'none'. Keel, launch, delivery, commission, in-service and decommission date fields all blank; page last updated 2004-09-01.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-2004
- Limitations
- Authoritative U.S. Navy registry record retrieved via Wayback capture (live NVR detail page no longer serves this disposed craft). Establishes identity, builder, disposition category, and stricken date. Contains no asbestos, materials, or environmental information; commission/in-service fields blank for this service craft; 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' does not itself document the sinking event or location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-01
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[6]NavSource Naval History, Service Ship Photo Archive, AFDL-10 page (09/28/2860.htm), last updated 2014-04-04 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AFDL-10 page, milestone list, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive dedicated page for AFDL-10 (ex-USS AFD-10): laid down date unknown at Morgan City, LA by Chicago Bridge and Iron; 'Delivered and commissioned USS AFD-10 in December 1943'; decommissioned and placed in service (date unknown); redesignated AFDL-10, 1 August 1946; placed out of service (date unknown); struck (date unknown); transferred to the Philippines in 1987; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Specifications block: 800 t displacement, 200 ft length, 64 ft beam, 45 ft inside width, draft 3 ft 3 in light / 31 ft 4 in flooded, lifting capacity 1,900 tons. Commanding officers: CAPT Leo George May, USN (1951-May 1952); CDR Charles William Frey, USNR (May 1952-?), each noted 'in command AFDL-10 and AFDL-11 simultaneously.' No images held; no DANFS history available. Awards block: American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1987
- Population
- Dock operating crew (commissioned officer plus crew, complement undocumented)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive (Hechler/Reeves contributions), not an official record - its milestones align with NVR where both exist (builder, Philippines 1987) but several dates are 'unknown' where NVR is authoritative (stricken 1987-07-13). The '1,900 tons' lifting-capacity figure conflicts with the official Bureau history caption of this hull as 'a 1,000-ton Lifting Capacity, Steel Dock' - the spec block appears to carry the lengthened-class generic figure. Station of the 1951-52 simultaneous command of AFDL-10 and AFDL-11 is unstated. Ribbon display is generic for the craft type and does not document a theater. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-02
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table and 'Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca IL' yard table (Tim Colton compilation; mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com/sbh and shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxafd.htm AFDL table row 10; shipyards/emergencylarge/chicagobridge.htm 'AFD 10/AFDL 10' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration of the build record with an internal conflict: the shipbuildinghistory.com U.S. Navy floating-drydock table lists 'AFDL 10 | Chicago Bridge | Morgan City LA | 800 | 200 | Dec-43 | To the Philippines 1987', while the compiler's own Chicago Bridge & Iron yard table (mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com and shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net) lists 'AFD 10/AFDL 10 | U.S. Navy | Floating Dock, Light | 6/44 | To the Philippines 1987' - the same hull assigned two different delivery months (Dec-43 vs 6/44) within one compilation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Construction trades, Chicago Bridge & Iron yard, Morgan City LA, 1943
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation corroborating NVR builder data and assigning the build site to Morgan City, LA; shipbuildinghistory is a reputable compiler but not a primary record, and the compiler's own table header warns that drydock builder attribution is incomplete. The Dec-43 vs 6/44 delivery conflict between the compiler's two tables is unresolved - December 1943 is carried because NavSource independently states 'delivered and commissioned ... December 1943'. The Seneca-titled yard table aggregates Chicago Bridge drydock output across multiple plant cities. No asbestos information in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-03
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[8]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Chapter IX Floating Drydocks (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription), pp. 209-219 incl. photo caption 'AFD-10, a 1,000-ton Lifting Capacity, Steel Dock' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' section and p. 219 photo caption (img/bases-p219.jpg); 'Types of Floating Drydocks' classification list and 1946 revision paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built as AFD-10, a Bureau of Yards and Docks AFD-type 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' - a mobile, military, one-piece welded-steel trough dock of 1,000 tons lifting capacity, 200 ft long and 64 ft wide with 45 ft clear width inside the wing walls and 14.5 ft draft over the blocks, 'fully self-contained, with diesel electric power plants' and limited repair facilities, intended for docking minesweepers, patrol craft, and similar vessels. The official Bureau history illustrates the AFD type with a photograph captioned 'AFD-10, a 1,000-ton Lifting Capacity, Steel Dock' (p. 219) - this hull is the type's official-history photo subject. Under the 1946 floating-drydock nomenclature revision 'the AFD's became AFDL's' (Auxiliary Floating Drydock Little, under 10,000 tons); NavSource gives this hull's redesignation as 1946-08-01 and NVR confirms 'ex-AFD 10'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- The photo caption naming AFD-10 and the 'ex-AFD 10' NVR line make this a ship-specific official record for type and designation; the design description itself is class-level text applied to this hull via the caption. Confirms this dock as a standard 1,000-ton AFD, not one of the five lengthened 288-ft 1,900-ton conversions - which in turn exposes the NavSource spec block's '1,900 tons' as a class-generic figure for this hull. No asbestos information in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-04
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[9]ozatwar.com (Peter Dunn, Australia @ War WWII research compilation), 'Floating Docks, Cairns Harbour, Queensland during WW2,' citing Townsville Daily Bulletin 26 Nov 1945 (Trove article 62870438) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ozatwar Cairns floating-docks page, paragraph on the two smaller docks; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Base_Cairns facilities list (echoes same source)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Wartime station (secondary, flagged): the Australia @ War research compilation (Peter Dunn, ozatwar.com) places 'Mobile Floating Drydock Number 10 (AFD-10)' among three floating docks in Cairns Harbour, Queensland - Trinity Inlet and the vicinity of Smith Creek - attached to the U.S. Navy 'Escort Base One' facility for destroyer repair, mine maintenance, patrol-craft repair, and supply after the PT Boat Engine Overhaul Base left Cairns in October 1943. The page cites the Townsville Daily Bulletin of 26 November 1945 as its reference. Wikipedia's Naval Base Cairns article lists 'Floating drydocks: AFD-10, ARD-7' citing the same ozatwar page.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Escort Base One repair crews; crews of vessels docked at Cairns
- Limitations
- Single secondary compilation as the sole source of the Cairns assignment; the underlying newspaper reference (Townsville Daily Bulletin, 26 Nov 1945) could not be retrieved - Trove is bot-protected this session. The same paragraph describes the two smaller docks as sectional craft 'towed in sections and then bolted together' of 100-ton and 400-ton capacity - inconsistent with this hull's verified 1,000-ton one-piece design - so 'Mobile Floating Drydock Number 10' may be a different numbered craft (a U.S. Army mobile floating drydock series existed in SWPA) rather than Navy AFD-10, or the capacity description may simply be wrong. Cairns is plausible for a December-1943-delivered AFD but not confirmed; treated as an open wartime-station lead, not a settled fact. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-05
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[10]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44 by Ship Numbers (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, AFD block (lines 22-36 of the ship-number list): AFD-10 absent between AFD-8-block hulls and AFD-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947), by ship number, holds NO deck-log entry for AFD-10 - the list contains AFD-15, AFD-18 (two spans), AFD-19, AFD-20, AFD-21, AFD-25, AFD-26, AFD-27, AFD-28, AFD-29, AFD-30, AFDL-21, AFDL-29 and AFDL-32, but no AFD-10 or AFDL-10 line. The primary deck-log source for this hull's wartime station and movements therefore does not exist in this holding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1947 records
- Limitations
- Absence from Special List 44 is a verified negative for this holding - whether logs were kept elsewhere (forward-area custody, unreturned records) or never retained is unresolved; it does not prove the dock had no logs. No asbestos content is implied either way.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-06
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[11]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Ch. IX (design description of the AFD type); era asbestos framing per Corn & Starr (see ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX, 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' paragraph (diesel-electric power plants, self-contained, limited repair facilities)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: the AFD design carried a diesel-electric power plant, ballast/pumping machinery, and limited repair facilities within a welded-steel trough dock built 1943 for the U.S. Navy - a period when Navy construction specifications and supply routinely included asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, millboard, and thermal insulation for machinery and piping. The dock's repair mission on era small combatants additionally placed its crew around hull-insulation suites that commonly contained asbestos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1946 construction era
- Population
- Construction trades (Morgan City, 1943); dock operating crew; crews of vessels under repair
- Limitations
- Design-level inference, not a hull record - the BuSandA history does not mention asbestos and names this hull only as a photo subject. Asbestos presence aboard AFDL-10 is inferred from era construction practice and onboard machinery, not proven; a non-propelled floating dock had a far smaller machinery and inhabited-space footprint than a steam vessel, and its asbestos loading would correspondingly be lower. Establishes nothing about quantity, condition, presence at disposal, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-07
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[12]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the program and era under which this Navy-contracted floating dock was built - with wartime demand driving unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard government and contract hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and vessel crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this dock, does not address floating drydocks specifically, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-08
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[13]Keller v. Dravo Corp., 441 F.2d 1239 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied 404 U.S. 1017, 92 S.Ct. 679, 30 L.Ed.2d 665 (1972) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion at 441 F.2d 1243-44 (vessel-status holding); reporter citation cross-verified via multiple case-law databases this session (syfert, vLex, flexlaw carry the opinion text) - a direct CourtListener pull remains an open lead (API throttled)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation-posture context for the vessel type (not this hull, not asbestos): Fifth Circuit doctrine holds that 'as a matter of law, a floating dry dock is not a vessel when it is moored and in use as a dry dock' - Keller v. Dravo Corp., 441 F.2d 1239, 1244 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied 404 U.S. 1017 (1972), following Atkins v. Greenville Shipping Corp., 411 F.2d 279 (5th Cir. 1969) and Chahoc v. Hunt Shipyard, 431 F.2d 576 (5th Cir. 1970). Workers injured on moored floating drydocks were accordingly confined to Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act remedies rather than vessel-owner negligence/unseaworthiness theories.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1969-1972 (doctrine); applies to moored-dock operations
- Population
- Floating-drydock workers generally (type context)
- Limitations
- Doctrinal context for the vessel type only - an LHWCA/admiralty vessel-status ruling, not asbestos litigation, not naming this hull, and not an exposure finding. Relevant to how injury claims by drydock crews were channeled; the Keller court expressly declined an absolute rule that a floating drydock can never be a vessel. Citation verified against reporter text reproduced in case-law databases; CourtListener confirmation pending.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-09
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[14]Batch-569 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps for 'AFDL-10'/'AFD-10' + asbestos/litigation terms [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-10 through sl-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation and name-collision sweep: the CourtListener API v4 query for 'AFDL-10'/'AFD-10' was blocked (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota, ~2.9h reset) and deferred per the backoff rule; a web-indexed court-record sweep (site:courtlistener.com plus general web) returned only name collisions - 'AFD' resolves in case documents to Assistant Federal Defender, municipal fire departments, and forensics divisions, not this hull. No opinion or docket naming this dock was located by the instruments used.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- Sweep partially blocked - the live CourtListener API quota was exhausted before the query ran, so no fresh docket-level search of this hull was possible; the web-indexed sweep is a weaker instrument and short alphanumeric hull designators produce heavy acronym noise. Absence of a located pleading is not proof no claim ever existed. No asbestos opinion naming this dock was found by any instrument used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-10
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[15]Batch-569 search ledger (this record): NVR SHIPSDETAIL page; NavSource 09/28/2860.htm; shipbuildinghistory auxafd/chicagobridge tables; BuSandA Ch. IX; ozatwar Cairns page; NARA SL-44; NARA Ship Plan Index; web-indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-01 through sl-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming AFD-10/AFDL-10 was found in the public sources searched - the NVR record, the NavSource page, the shipbuildinghistory tables, the Bureau of Yards and Docks official history, and the ozatwar station account contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement, and no DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943 self-contained Navy dock with diesel-electric machinery and repair shops is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull's 1987 disposal 'in support of Fleet training exercise' (apparently sunk as a target) means any retained material went down with it without a located disclosure. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-11
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[16]NARA Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index), entry 'AFDL-10 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'; Trove nla.news-article62870438; USNI Proceedings May 1988 status-change list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-10 line; trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62870438 (Anubis-blocked); usni.org status-change article (member-walled, snippet only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): (a) NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds a plan for AFDL-10 on microfilm, identifier 63531026 - a potential materials/machinery-layout source; (b) Townsville Daily Bulletin, 26 Nov 1945 (Trove nla.news-article62870438) - the cited basis for the Cairns station claim, bot-blocked this session; (c) the Philippine lease instrument and the 1987 fleet-exercise/SINKEX documentation that would confirm the 'to be sunk as target' disposition and locate the sinking; (d) BuShips/BuSandA contract records for the Chicago Bridge & Iron Morgan City AFD contracts would document builder assignment and outfitting; (e) Escort Base One (Cairns) base records in NARA would corroborate or correct the wartime station.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1987 records
- Limitations
- Record-holding mapping only - no document-level retrieval performed (no reproduction spend authorized; Trove and the USNI full text were inaccessible this session). Whether any of these holdings contains asbestos-specific information for this dock is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-10-afdl10-12