Evidence
21 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-21).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS AFDL-22' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS AFDL-22' 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-22-afdl22-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS AFDL-22' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS AFDL-22' 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-22-afdl22-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-22' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-22' returned 7 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-22-afdl22-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AFDL-22' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AFDL-22' returned 52 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-22-afdl22-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. III: Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-012, Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, 15 April 1945 (GPO, Washington 1946) - official BuShips register (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3.pdf - 'FLOATING DRY DOCK CHARACTERISTICS - Continued' table, book p. 608, row '7 AFDL22' (location cell 'USCG, Curtis Bay, Md.' spanning AFD31-AFDL23); footnotes at end of table (fn 1 advance-base location rule, fn 2 nominal-capacity basis, fn 7 military-dock note); vessel classification list, front matter
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy register row for this hull: dock designation 'AFDL22' in the 'FLOATING DRY DOCK CHARACTERISTICS' table - a footnote-7 'military dock' ('All other docks are non-military'), type '1-piece, steel' (ditto from AFD19), nominal lifted capacity 1,900 tons, 'suitable in general for docking DE, S, ATR, AM' (destroyer escorts, submarines, ocean rescue tugs, minesweepers); location 'USCG, Curtis Bay, Md.' (merged cell spanning AFD31, AFDL7, AFDL22, AFDL23); length overall 288 ft 0 in, on pontoon 288 ft 0 in, on blocks 273 ft 0 in; width overall molded 64 ft 0 in, clear inside 45 ft 0 in; draft over blocks 18 ft 3 in, maximum submerged 31 ft 4 in, light 3 ft 3 in; construction start 1943, finish 1944. The volume's vessel classification list carries 'MOBILE FLOATING DRYDOCKS (AFD): AFD1-6, AFDL7, AFD8-21, AFDL22-23, AFD24-31, AFDL32-33' - this hull officially designated in the wartime lengthened-AFDL subgroup as of April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1945 register data
- Population
- Dock crew (military dock per footnote 7); crews of docked DE/S/ATR/AM-type vessels at the Curtis Bay yard (population implied by design rating, not stated for this hull)
- Limitations
- Authoritative official register for designation, type, rated capacity, dimensions, station, and construction years as of April 1945 - read directly from the scanned page image (the OCR layer for this table is unusable). 'Location' column is dual-purpose (footnote 1: 'Docks for which location is not given are assigned to advance bases'); 'USCG, Curtis Bay, Md.' is read as the dock's assigned station, consistent with sister AFDL-23's documented Curtis Bay duty - not the builder, which the register does not give. Register carries no milestone dates beyond construction years, no crew figures, no service history, and no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-01
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[6]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL page for NO NAME (AFDL 22), NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office, page last updated 2000-09-08 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback captures 2017-02-16 (SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_22_3555.HTML) and 2016-11-06 (SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_22.HTML), identical content; vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, program characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record: NO NAME (AFDL 22), ex-AFD 22, SMALL AUXILIARY FLOATING DRY DOCK (N-S-P), class 'AFDL 7', UIC 14822. Status 'Disposed of, hull stricken, disposition unknown, data shown is stricken', date status changed 07/01/1985; builder 'Auchter, George D., Co.'; hull material steel hull/steel superstructure; propulsion 'none'; custodian 'VIETNAM'; page last updated 09/08/2000. All milestone dates (award, keel, launch, delivery, commission, in-service, out-of-service, stricken) and physical-characteristic fields blank.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2000
- Limitations
- Authoritative U.S. Navy registry record retrieved via Wayback capture (live NVR detail page no longer serves this pre-1987-disposal craft). Establishes identity, class assignment ('AFDL 7' - the lengthened-dock group), builder, custodian, and the register's own admission that post-transfer disposition is unknown. The 07/01/1985 'date status changed' is the register bookkeeping date, not necessarily the operational strike date (NavSource gives 1975 - see gaps). Contains no asbestos, materials, or environmental information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-02
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[7]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, AFDL-22 page (navsource.net/archives/09/28/2822.htm, page maintainer Gary P. Priolo, last updated 27 February 2015) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class block, service-record lines, awards ribbons, specification block, DANFS notice, empty image table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record: 'Laid down by George D. Auchter Co., Jacksonville, FL. Delivered and Commissioned AFD-22 in November 1944. Redesignated AFDL-22, 1 August 1946. Decommissioned, date unknown. Placed in service at Naval Support Activity, Danang, date unknown. Placed out of service, date unknown. Struck from the Naval Register in 1975. Disposed of by transfer to South Vietnam, placed in service by South Vietnamese Navy as HQ-9604. Current Disposition, active.' Awards displayed: American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Page states 'There is no DANFS history available for AFD-22 / AFDL-22 at NavSource' and no images of the hull are held.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2015
- Population
- Dock crew (commissioned military craft); SCRF personnel at Da Nang
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not an official record. Commissioning (Nov 1944), the 1946-08-01 redesignation date, Da Nang service, 1975 strike, HQ-9604 transfer, and awards are adopted in part pending official corroboration (NVR milestone fields are all blank; the Vietnam service is corroborated by photo caption, veterans' roster, and USNI status-change entry - see other rows). The spec block (800 t displacement, 200 ft length) conflicts with the official 1945 register (288 ft, 1,900-ton lift) and internally contradicts its own 1,900-ton capacity figure - not adopted. No materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-03
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table (Tim Colton compilation, most recent update 11 June 2019); builder-yard site history corroborated by jaxsonmag.com 'The Auchter Company, Jacksonville's Forgotten WWII Shipyard' (local press, 2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxafd.htm - 'Auxiliary Floating Docks, Light (AFDL)' table, row AFDL 22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent secondary corroboration of the build and disposition record: the shipbuildinghistory.com U.S. Navy floating-drydock table lists 'AFDL 22 | George D. Auchter | Jacksonville FL | 1,200 | 288 | Nov-44 | To Vietnam 1975 as HQ 9604, active' - matching the official register's 288-ft lengthened dimensions (against NavSource's 200-ft block), the November 1944 delivery month, the builder, and the HQ-9604 South Vietnamese disposition.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Construction trades, George D. Auchter Co. yard, Jacksonville FL 1943-44
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation corroborating register/NVR/NavSource data; the compiler's own table header warns floating-dock builder attribution is incomplete. Its '1975' transfer year conflicts with USNI's documented 'loaned 1971' and NVR's 1985 bookkeeping date - carried as one of three unreconciled framings. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-04
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[9]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 sections [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' and 'Auxiliary Floating Dock, Lengthened' sections; 'Types of Floating Drydocks' list and 1946 reclassification paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy history of the type: the Bureau of Yards and Docks designed the AFD as a mobile, military, one-piece welded-steel trough dock - 200 ft long, 64 ft wide, 45 ft clear inside the wing walls, 1,000-ton lifting capacity, 'entirely of welded steel construction... fully self-contained, with diesel electric power plants, and contained limited repair facilities' - intended for minesweepers, patrol craft, and similar vessels. When the escort-destroyer program outgrew it, 'five of the AFD's were modified by adding an 88-foot section amidships, increasing their overall length to 288 feet and their lifting capacity to 1,900 tons' - the wartime 'AFDL - Auxiliary Floating Dock, Lengthened' type. The 1946 nomenclature revision then relettered the whole class: 'the AFD's became AFDL's' (Auxiliary Floating Drydock Little, under 10,000 tons).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Type-design history - names no individual hull. Application to this dock runs through the official register's 'AFDL22' row and NVR class field 'AFDL 7' (see ev-01, ev-02). Whether the five lengthened docks were built to 288 ft or lengthened after initial construction is not specified for this hull. No asbestos information in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-05
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[10]NavSource AFDL-22 page (09/28/2822.htm); Mobile Riverine Force Association 'Navy Support Activity - Danang List' (mrfa.org); NavSource YD Floating Derrick index, YD-195 photo captions (14/26idx.htm, photo by Rick Sherley) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MRFA NSA-Danang roster 'Detachments and Units' block (AFDL-22, AFDL-23 rows); navsource.net/archives/14/26idx.htm YD-195 caption block; navsource.net/archives/09/28/2822.htm service lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Da Nang service corroborated three ways: (a) NavSource records 'Placed in service at Naval Support Activity, Danang, date unknown'; (b) the Mobile Riverine Force Association's Naval Support Activity - Danang unit roster lists 'AFDL-22' (alongside AFDL-23) among the base's detachments and units; (c) a NavSource photo caption documents 'YD-195 lifting a sunken LCM near AFDL-22 at Danang, South Vietnam after divers attached lifting slings. Photo was taken from the Small Craft Repair Facility, Danang (SCRF) diving/salvage craft LCM8-912' - the companion caption dated 'circa 1969' - placing this hull at the SCRF drydock station during the Vietnam War.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- circa 1969-1971 documented window; service period undated in sources
- Population
- SCRF dock crew, divers, shipfitters, and repair parties at Da Nang; crews of docked small craft
- Limitations
- Three independent secondary/veteran-community sources agree on the Da Nang SCRF assignment, and the YD-195 photo caption is a primary eyewitness artifact - but no official document naming this hull at Da Nang was located (arrival/departure dates remain unknown; the 1970 SCRF drydock in the official cruisebook was sister AFDL-23). No asbestos information in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-06
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[11]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Maritime Support of the Campaign in I Corps,' May 1971 issue [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings May 1971 issue - 'Small Craft Repair Facility' paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI Proceedings documents the Small Craft Repair Facility environment at Da Nang: the engineering and repair division organized January 1966 'consisted of two officers and 22 men, one LCM work boat, and three sections of pontoon causeway. By that April, the repair section expanded to include a YR, an AFDL, and a YFND'; at peak the facility ran 'two floating drydocks capable of handling vessels up to the size of a destroyer escort'; 'during the month of March 1968, 68 small craft were drydocked' with engine shops 'work[ing] around the clock overhauling the propulsion units for the essential lighters.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1966-1971
- Population
- SCRF officers and men (2 officers, 22 men at Jan 1966 organization, growing); repair trades; docked-craft crews
- Limitations
- Professional naval journal account of the station, not a hull record - the article says 'an AFDL' (April 1966) and 'two floating drydocks' (peak) without naming hull numbers, so it cannot fix which dock was present at which date. It documents the mission tempo and repair scope of the facility where AFDL-22 served. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-07
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[12]'CHANGES: A History, Naval Support Activity / Naval Support Facility, Da Nang, 1970' - official NSA Danang command publication, NHHC Seabee Museum cruisebook collection (history.navy.mil PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SCRF section - 'The Floating Drydock (AFDL-23)' paragraphs; shop descriptions; ACTOV training paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's own 1970 NSA Danang command history documents the drydock mission this hull shared: 'The Floating Drydock (AFDL-23) is the drydocking facility at the Small Craft Repair Facility. The AFDL-23 is a 1,900-ton trough dock built in 1944... will accommodate vessels which do not exceed 1,900 tons in displacement and 288 feet in length 45 feet in breadth... The AFDL services over 40 craft per month. During the past year the AFDL-23 has docked 379 craft for a total of 54,229 dead weight tons... the drydock can handle up to 1,900 tons (the size of a destroyer escort).' The same section documents the SCRF work content - shipfitter, engine repair, electrical, carpenter shops; divers for underwater maintenance and salvage; painters 'for chipping, sandblasting and painting services' - and 120 Vietnamese Navy trainees aboard under the ACTOV turnover program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1970
- Population
- SCRF work force (messing/living facilities for over 50% aboard per text); 120 VNN trainees; docked-craft crews
- Limitations
- Official Navy publication, but it names sister dock AFDL-23 - NOT this hull - as the 1970 SCRF drydock. It bounds the two-dock arrangement (both hulls on the MRFA roster) and documents the facility's work content where AFDL-22 served, but nothing in it is attributable to AFDL-22 specifically and none of the described work should be assigned to her crews. No asbestos information in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-08
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[13]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Ships' Status Changes,' May 1986 issue - AFDL-22 entry [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Ships' Status Changes column - entry row '30 Jul. 85 | AFDL-22 | Loaned to South Vietnam in 1971.'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI Proceedings 'Ships' Status Changes' (May 1986 issue) records for AFDL-22, under the 30 July 1985 status-change date: 'Loaned to South Vietnam in 1971.' - establishing the conveyance as a 1971 loan (retaining U.S. title) and explaining why the register carried the hull until its 1985 stricken-status bookkeeping.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1971-1985
- Population
- RVN Navy dock crew and any U.S. advisors attached during turnover
- Limitations
- Entry text verified from the page's search-indexed content; the live usni.org page returned a fetch block (HTTP 403) this session and could not be re-read directly - a Wayback pull remains an open lead. The 1971 loan date conflicts with NavSource's 'struck 1975' and shipbuildinghistory's 'To Vietnam 1975' - all three framings carried unreconciled (the hull physically stayed at Da Nang regardless). A loan preserves U.S. title, consistent with NVR carrying the hull to 1985.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-09
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[14]Commanding Officer USS Molala (ATF-106), Command Operation Report for 1971 - NHHC archives (history.navy.mil PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Molala 1971 command operation report - April tow list, item 3 ('YFDL-23' OCR for AFDL-23)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC command operation report for USS Molala (ATF-106), 1971: '23 April: Towed YFDL-23 with YFNB docked inside from DaNang to Subic Bay' - documenting sister dock AFDL-23's departure from Da Nang in April 1971 during the Vietnamization drawdown, the same year this hull was loaned to South Vietnam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- April 1971
- Limitations
- Official command report, but it names AFDL-23 - not this hull. It documents the drawdown timeline (the U.S. sister dock leaving as the VNN took over), consistent with the 1971 loan of AFDL-22; it does not itself mention AFDL-22. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-10
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[15]RVN Navy hull-number appendix to 'A Brief History of the Republic of Vietnam Navy' (RVN Navy publication, 2012, pp. 351-443; reproduction hosted by the VN Navy veterans' association, vnnavydallas.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-number appendix - 'Thuy-Thanh AFDL - Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock' category, HQ 9600/HQ 9604 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Republic of Vietnam Navy hull-number list independently corroborates the post-transfer designation: under 'Thuy-Thanh AFDL - Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock' the list carries 'HQ 9600' and 'HQ 9604' - HQ-9604 being this hull's RVN Navy designation (NavSource and shipbuildinghistory agree on HQ-9604; HQ-9600 is a separate ex-U.S. AFDL transferred to the RVN).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1971-1975
- Population
- RVN Navy personnel manning HQ-9604
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association reproduction of an RVN Navy reference list - confirms the HQ-9604 designation existed in the RVN inventory as an AFDL-type dock but does not document the conveyance date or post-1975 fate. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-11
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[16]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Ch. IX (design description of the AFD/AFDL types); official register characteristics (ev-01); era asbestos framing per Corn & Starr (ev-13) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX, 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' and 'Auxiliary Floating Dock, Lengthened' paragraphs
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: the lengthened-AFDL design carried a diesel-electric power plant, ballast/pumping machinery, and limited repair facilities within a welded-steel trough dock built 1943-44 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 rated mission - lifting destroyer escorts, submarines, rescue tugs, and minesweepers at Curtis Bay, then era small combatants at Da Nang - placed its crew and repair parties adjacent to docked vessels' own insulation suites, which commonly contained asbestos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1975 era
- Population
- Construction trades (Auchter yard, Jacksonville, 1943-44); dock operating crew; Curtis Bay yard workforce; SCRF Da Nang repair parties and docked-craft crews
- Limitations
- Design-level inference, not a hull record - neither the BuSandA history nor the register mentions asbestos. Asbestos presence aboard AFDL-22 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 onboard asbestos loading would correspondingly be lower. Establishes nothing about quantity, condition, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-12
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[17]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-22-afdl22-13
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[18]Krstev S, Stewart PA, Rusiecki JA, Blair A, 'Mortality among shipyard Coast Guard workers: a retrospective cohort study,' Occupational and Environmental Medicine 64(10):651-658 (2007), PMID 17881470 [other_primary]
- Locator
- OEM 64(10):651-658 - abstract (SMR table, cohort definition)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Station-environment context: the dock's documented WWII station, the U.S. Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, is a peer-reviewed-documented asbestos-hazard shipyard - a retrospective cohort of 4,702 civilian yard workers employed 1950-1964 found mesothelioma SMR 5.07 (95% CI 1.85-11.03), with SMRs of 4.23 and 6.27 for <10 and >=10 years' employment respectively, and elevated lung-cancer mortality among shipfitters, welders, and cutters.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1950-1964 cohort employment; follow-up to 2001
- Population
- Curtis Bay yard civilian workforce 1950-1964 (cohort); dock crew and docked-vessel crews 1944-45 (different period)
- Limitations
- Documents the station yard's asbestos hazard, not this hull - the cohort covers civilian yard employees 1950-1964, after the dock's documented April 1945 presence, and measures the workers' mortality, not conditions aboard the dock. Establishes that the yard where AFDL-22 operated was a documented asbestos-exposure environment; it does not establish that any person aboard this dock was exposed. No causation or eligibility inference is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-14
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[19]Batch-582 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-12 and sl-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation and name-collision sweep: fresh CourtListener API v4 queries for 'AFDL-22'/'AFD-22' were blocked (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota, ~110 min reset) and deferred per the backoff rule; web-indexed court-record sweeps returned no opinion or docket naming this dock under any designation (AFD-22, AFDL-22, HQ-9604). Name-collision risk is low - the craft was never named and its designation strings are unique.
- 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-22-afdl22-15
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[20]Batch-582 search ledger (this record): NAVSHIPS 250-012 register; NVR SHIPSDETAIL via Wayback; NavSource 09/28/2822.htm and 14/26idx.htm; shipbuildinghistory auxafd table; USNI Proceedings 1971 article and 1986 status column; NHHC CHANGES-1970 cruisebook and Molala 1971 report; RVN hull list; BuSandA Ch. IX; web-indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-01 through sl-uss-afdl-22-afdl22-16
- 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-22/AFDL-22/HQ-9604 was found in the public sources searched - the official 1945 Ships' Data register row, the NVR record, NavSource, shipbuildinghistory, the USNI Proceedings entries, the NHHC NSA Danang cruisebook and Molala report, and the RVN hull list 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 1943-44 self-contained Navy dock with diesel-electric machinery and repair shops is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials, and the dock's passage to South Vietnamese custody means any retained material left U.S. control 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-22-afdl22-16
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[21]NARA Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index), entries 'AFDL-22 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026' (x2); NARA Special List 44 by Ship Numbers (sl-44-ship-number.pdf) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-22 lines; sl-44-ship-number.pdf AFD block (AFD-22 absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads and a notable archival negative: (a) the NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds microfilm plan entries for 'AFDL-22' (RG 385, NAID 63531026) - a potential machinery-layout/materials source; (b) NARA Special List 44 by ship number contains NO deck-log listing for AFD-22 (the AFD block lists AFD-15, -18, -19, -20, -21, -25, -26, -27, -28, -29, -30 and AFDL-21, -29, -32 only) - wartime logs for this hull are not in the standard listing; (c) post-1947 logs, NSA Danang/SCRF records, and the 1971 loan instrument are unsearched record groups.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1985 records
- Limitations
- Record-holding mapping only - no document-level retrieval performed (no reproduction spend authorized). The SL-44 absence is itself informative (many sister AFDs have wartime logs listed; this hull does not) but may reflect listing conventions rather than missing logs. Whether any holding 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-22-afdl22-17