USS AFDL-2

Name
USS AFDL-2
Hull designation
AFDL-2
Vessel class
AFDL
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
18
Record ID
uss-afdl-2-afdl2
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-afdl-2-afdl2

Evidence

18 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-18).

  1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS AFDL-2' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener opinion search 'USS AFDL-2' 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-2-afdl2-cl-name-opinion
  2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS AFDL-2' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener docket search 'USS AFDL-2' 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-2-afdl2-cl-name-docket
  3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-2' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-2' returned 10 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-2-afdl2-cl-hull-opinion
  4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'AFDL-2' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener docket search 'AFDL-2' returned 60 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-2-afdl2-cl-hull-docket
  5. [5]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL page for (NO NAME) AFDL 2, NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office, page last updated 2000-08-17; NVR QUICKFIND inactive list capture of 2016-09-27 [other_primary]
    Locator
    Wayback capture 2024-09-09 of nvr.navy.mil SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_2.HTML (vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, program characteristics blocks); web.archive.org/web/20160927035925/http:/www.nvr.navy.mil/QUICKFIND/SHIPSDETAIL_INACTIVE_N.HTML
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Naval Vessel Register record: NO NAME (AFDL 2), ex-AFD 2, SMALL AUXILIARY FLOATING DRY DOCK (N-S-P), class 'AFDL 1', UIC 14802. Builder: Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. Status: 'Disposed of by transfer to other Government Agencies, States. Schools, Sea Scouts, etc.', status changed 1986-08-26; custodian 'SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES'. Hull material: steel hull, steel superstructure. All milestone dates (keel, launch, commission, delivery, in-service, out-of-service, stricken) blank. The 2016-captured NVR QUICKFIND inactive-vessels list independently repeats 'NO NAME | AFDL 2 | 08/26/1986 | Disposed of by transfer to other Government Agencies, States. Schools, Sea Scouts, etc.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943-2000
    Limitations
    Authoritative U.S. Navy registry record retrieved via Wayback captures (live NVR detail page no longer serves this disposed craft). Establishes identity, disposal mechanism/date, and builder company. Contains no asbestos, materials, or environmental information; every milestone field blank for this service craft, so dates rest on NavSource.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-01
  6. [6]NavSource Naval History, 'AFDL-2 ex USS AFD-2 (1943-1946)' Service Ship Photo Archive page (contributed NARA RG 71 construction-photo series) [other_primary]
    Locator
    Page header chronology block; image table (Eureka construction photos, NARA RG 71); commanding officers table; awards block; footnote 1 (builder-location correction)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive (photo-documented): AFD-2 built by Chicago Bridge and Iron at Eureka, CA under contract NOy 5325 - laid down May 1943, launched July 1943, commissioned 26 October 1943; served at Attu, Aleutian Islands, October 1943 - September 1945; placed out of service 15 January 1946; loaned to the Army 1946-1948 (at Juneau); redesignated AFDL-2 1946-08-01; towed from Juneau to Seattle by Army tug LT-156, September 1948; delivered to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for deactivation 10 October 1949; placed out of service December 1949; struck from the Naval Register 15 November 1981; registered to Port of Coos Bay, OR, as AFDL-2 (ON 653419), 1986; final disposition 'still in serivce in Seattle area' [sic]. Awards: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Officers-in-charge: LT(JG) Clarence Earl Wilson (March 1945); LT(JG) Horace Greeley Mims (July 1945 - January 1946). Build documentation is a NARA RG 71 construction-photo series ('Photographs of the Construction and Launching of Floating Dry Docks, 1942-1943', images 09285201-09285210 dated 20 May - 29 June 1943, NARA II College Park).
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943-2026
    Population
    Attu dock crews and officers-in-charge (1943-1945); Army crews at Juneau (1946-1948); Port of Coos Bay/commercial crews (1986-present)
    Limitations
    Secondary compilation, but the strongest located service-history source for this hull: its build record rests on primary photographic evidence (NARA RG 71 series) and its 1986 disposition independently matches the authoritative NVR status record. The Attu deployment, the Army loan/Juneau station, the LT-156 tow, the struck date, and the current Seattle-area status rest on this source alone - not separately verified against a Navy document. No DANFS entry exists ('There is no DANFS history available for USS AFD-2 / AFDL-2'). No asbestos information.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-02
  7. [7]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Chapter IX Floating Drydocks (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription), pp. 218-219 and type-classification section; NVR '(ex - AFD 2)' line [other_primary]
    Locator
    Chapter IX 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' and 'Types of Floating Drydocks' sections; NVR SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_2 header line; navsource.net/archives/09/28/2852.htm (redesignation 1946-08-01)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Built as AFD-2, 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, 'fully self-contained, with diesel electric power plants' and limited repair facilities, intended for docking minesweepers, patrol craft, and similar vessels; construction distributed among five contractors at six plants (three East Coast, one Gulf Coast, one West Coast, one upper Mississippi). Under the 1946 floating-drydock nomenclature revision 'the AFD's became AFDL's' (Auxiliary Floating Drydock Little, under 10,000 tons); NVR confirms this hull as 'ex - AFD 2' and NavSource dates its redesignation 1946-08-01.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943-1946
    Limitations
    The class design description and the 1946 blanket AFD-to-AFDL reclassification are official Navy-history facts applied to this hull via the NVR 'ex-AFD 2' line and the NavSource-dated redesignation. NavSource's 200-ft dimensions and the standard design identify this dock as a standard 1,000-ton AFD, not one of the five 88-ft-lengthened 288-ft conversions - so the '1,900 tons' lifting capacity in NavSource's spec block is treated as a spec-block error, not asserted. No asbestos information in the source.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-03
  8. [8]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Chapter XXIII Bases in Alaska and the Aleutians, Attu Sector section (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
    Locator
    bases-23.html, 'Attu Sector' paragraphs (naval construction list; station establishment dates)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Attu station corroboration (station-level, not hull-level): the Bureau of Yards and Docks official history records that Attu's naval construction program included 'small-craft and submarine piers; a drydock and repair shops'; that Seabee battalions arrived from May 1943 (after U.S. forces landed 11 May 1943); and that 'Attu was established as a naval air station in September 1943 and as a submarine repair facility in February 1944' - a station whose documented facilities match the mission NavSource assigns this hull (served at Attu October 1943 - September 1945, i.e., arriving within weeks of commissioning).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943-1945
    Population
    Attu naval station personnel and Seabee construction battalions (1943-1945)
    Limitations
    Documents that a drydock existed at Attu and that the station's establishment dates bracket NavSource's claimed deployment window - but the source does not name the dock, so this is circumstantial corroboration, not independent verification of AFD-2's presence. Attu could in principle have hosted a different or additional dock; the hull-level claim still rests on NavSource alone. No asbestos information.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-04
  9. [9]shipbuildinghistory.com 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table and 'Chicago Bridge & Iron' yard profile (Tim Colton compilation); NavSource navsource.org older page version vs. navsource.net current page (correction footnote 1 + NARA RG 71 photos) [other_primary]
    Locator
    auxafd.htm AFDL table row 2 ('Morgan City LA'); shipyards/emergencylarge/chicagobridge.htm (AFD 2/AFDL 2, delivery 10/43); navsource.org/archives/09/28/2852.htm (older version, 'Morgan City, LA'); navsource.net/archives/09/28/2852.htm (Eureka + footnote 1)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Builder-location conflict across secondary sources: shipbuildinghistory's Navy floating-drydock table lists 'AFDL 2 | Chicago Bridge | Morgan City LA | 800 | 200 | Oct-43 | Sold 1986', and NavSource's own older page version (preserved on the navsource.org mirror) gave 'Laid down, date unknown, at Morgan City, LA.' The current NavSource page assigns the build to Eureka, CA under contract NOy 5325, carries an explicit correction footnote ('Older sources cite builder location as Morgan City, LA, which is obviously incorrect given construction photos and documentation'), and backs it with a dated NARA RG 71 construction-photo series taken at Eureka (20 May - 29 June 1943).
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943
    Population
    Construction trades, Chicago Bridge & Iron yard (Eureka CA or Morgan City LA), 1943
    Limitations
    The NVR (authoritative) names only 'Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.' with no city. Eureka, CA is the better-sourced assignment (dated NARA RG 71 construction photographs plus NavSource's explicit correction), but no contract document was retrieved - CB&I ran wartime yards at Seneca IL, Newburgh NY, Morgan City LA and Eureka CA, and the auxafd compiler warns drydock builder attribution is incomplete. The record carries Eureka with the conflict flagged rather than silently resolving it. No asbestos information in any of these sources.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-05
  10. [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 (starts 'AFD-15 3/16/1945'; no AFD-1 through AFD-14, and no AFD-2/AFDL-2 entries)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    NARA Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947) contains no deck-log entries for AFD-2 or AFDL-2: the by-number list's AFD block begins at AFD-15 (3/16/1945) and runs through AFDL-32. Sister docks such as AFD-25 do have listed logs (1944-07-01 to 1945-12-31), so the absence is specific to this hull - notable because AFD-2 served on an advance base (Attu) where a hull-level log might have been expected; the dock's logs may have been kept under Attu station administration or not retained.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943-1947 coverage
    Limitations
    SL-44 covers 1801-1947 only, so post-1947 logs would not appear here regardless; the absence means no hull-level wartime log series was indexed for this dock. Attu Naval Air Station/NOB station records (unsearched) remain the plausible holding. Absence from the list is a record-availability finding, not proof no logs were kept - and no asbestos content would be implied by any logbook in any case.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-06
  11. [11]National Archives and Records Administration, Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index) [other_primary]
    Locator
    Ship Plan Index AFDL-2 row: 'AFDL-2 | AFDL-2 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds a plan for AFDL-2: entry 'AFDL-2 | AFDL-2 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026' (RG 385, Naval Facilities Engineering Command records) - the same microfilm NAID cited for sister docks AFDL-1 and AFDL-25, i.e., a shared reel of AFDL-type plans and a potential machinery-layout/materials source.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943 design era records
    Limitations
    Record-holding mapping only - the microfilm was not retrieved or read (no reproduction spend authorized). Whether the plan set contains insulation or materials schedules is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-07
  12. [12]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-2-afdl2-09) [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 in 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 two-year repair mission on era small combatants and submarines at Attu additionally placed its crews around hull-insulation suites that commonly contained asbestos.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943 construction era
    Population
    Construction trades (CB&I Eureka yard, 1943); dock operating crews at Attu (1943-1945); Army crews at Juneau (1946-1948); crews of vessels under repair; commercial crews (1986-present)
    Limitations
    Design-level inference, not a hull record - the BuSandA history does not mention asbestos and does not name this dock. Asbestos presence aboard AFDL-2 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, present-day presence aboard the commercial dock, individual exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-08
  13. [13]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-2-afdl2-09
  14. [14]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 (CourtListener API unavailable this session - see search_ledger)
    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; a direct CourtListener pull remains an open lead.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-10
  15. [15]Batch-579 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps (site:courtlistener.com, RECAP storage) [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-10 through sl-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-11
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Litigation and name-collision sweep: fresh CourtListener API v4 queries for 'AFDL-2'/'AFD-2' were blocked (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota, ~1.9h reset) and deferred per the backoff rule; web-indexed court-record sweeps returned no opinion or docket naming this dock - 'AFDL-2'/'AFD-2' collides with claim/exhibit numbering in the W.R. Grace asbestos bankruptcy dockets (unrelated documents). Any future name hit requires hull resolution before classification.
    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 any query ran, so no fresh docket-level search of this hull was possible; the web-indexed sweep is a weaker instrument. 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-2-afdl2-11
  16. [16]USCG National Vessel Documentation Center data as mirrored in the BoatInfoWorld documented-vessel database (extract dated ~2017); direct USCG NVDC/PSIX access unreachable this session [other_primary]
    Locator
    boatinfoworld.com Portland, OR documented-vessels list, row 'AFDL-2 | CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON | 1946 | Industrial Vessel | 1214 | 200.599'
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    U.S. Coast Guard merchant-vessel documentation data (mirrored extract): a documented vessel 'AFDL-2' exists - builder 'CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON', build year 1946 (documentation-record artifact, not the 1943 Navy build), type 'Industrial Vessel', ~1,214 gross tons, length 200.599 ft - consistent with NavSource's 'Registered to Port of Coos Bay, OR, as AFDL-2 (ON 653419), 1986' and confirming the hull remains a documented commercial craft rather than scrapped.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1986-2017
    Population
    Commercial crews (documentation era)
    Limitations
    Tertiary mirror of USCG documentation data, not a direct government pull - the official NVDC/PSIX endpoints were unreachable (connection failure / HTTP 403), so owner name, hailing port, and current documentation status are unverified. Confirms existence and dimensions of a documented industrial vessel matching this hull; does not establish current location, operator, condition, or any asbestos information. Build year '1946' in the extract is a documentation artifact inconsistent with the 1943 Navy build.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-12
  17. [17]Batch-579 search ledger (this record): NVR SHIPSDETAIL + QUICKFIND pages; NavSource 09/28/2852.htm (current and older versions); shipbuildinghistory auxafd/chicagobridge tables; NARA SL-44 and Ship Plan Index; BuSandA Ch. IX and Ch. XXIII; USCG documentation mirror; web-indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-01 through sl-uss-afdl-2-afdl2-15
    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-2/AFDL-2 was found in the public sources searched - the NVR record, the NavSource page, the shipbuildinghistory tables, the NARA indexes, the BuSandA type and station histories, and the USCG documentation extract 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 retained asbestos-containing materials, and like sister AFDL-1 this hull reportedly remains in active commercial service, so any retained material stayed in occupational use with no 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-2-afdl2-13
  18. [18]NARA Ship Plan Index entry 'AFDL-2 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'; NARA RG 24/RG 181 logbook scope per Special List 44 absence; NavSource contract NOy 5325, Army-loan, and ON 653419 references [other_primary]
    Locator
    Ship Plan Index AFDL-2 line; sl-44 index absence for AFD-2; navsource.net/archives/09/28/2852.htm contract/loan/registration references
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads (not retrieved): (a) NARA cartographic Ship Plan Index holds an AFDL-2 plan on microfilm, NAID 63531026 (RG 385) - a potential materials/machinery-layout source; (b) Attu Naval Air Station/Naval Operating Base records (RG 181 and successor RGs) may hold the dock's operational records given the absence of hull-level logs in Special List 44; (c) the BuSandA/BuShips contract file for NOy 5325 would settle the Eureka-vs-Morgan City builder question; (d) Army transportation records for the 1946-1948 Juneau loan and the LT-156 tow; (e) USCG NVDC case file for ON 653419 would document the 1986 registration chain, owner identity, and current documentation status; (f) Port of Coos Bay records for the 1986 acquisition and any subsequent sale to the Seattle-area operator.
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1943-2026 records
    Limitations
    Record-holding mapping only - no document-level retrieval performed (no reproduction spend authorized; none of these holdings are digitized in the located indexes). Whether any 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-2-afdl2-14

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned