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-27' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS AFDL-27' 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-27-afdl27-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS AFDL-27' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS AFDL-27' 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-27-afdl27-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-27' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-27' 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-27-afdl27-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AFDL-27' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AFDL-27' returned 45 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-27-afdl27-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. III: Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-012 (15 Apr 1945), Floating Dry Dock Characteristics table, p. 608, row 7AFD27 (digitized scan mirrored at shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- p. 608 (PDF p. 627), Floating Dry Dock Characteristics table, 7AFD27 row; Location column merged cell 'Navrepbase, San Diego, Calif.' spanning AFD19-AFD30 - read from the rendered page image
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250-012, Bureau of Ships, 15 April 1945) lists 7AFD27 in the Floating Dry Dock Characteristics table: a one-piece steel mobile floating dry dock (AFD) of 1,000-ton nominal lifted capacity, suitable for docking YN and AM types, length 200'0" overall / 185'0" over blocks, 64'0" molded width overall, 45'0" clear inside width, draft 14'6" over blocks / 27'0" maximum submerged / 3'5" light, construction started 1943 and finished 1944. The table's merged Location column assigns the AFD19-AFD30 block, including this dock, to 'Navrepbase, San Diego, Calif.' - Naval Repair Base, San Diego.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - establishes design data and the April-1945 administrative location. The Location column is a merged cell covering the AFD19-AFD30 block, likely an administrative/basing assignment rather than a live operational station - it does not by itself place the dock physically in San Diego on a given date, and the ComServPac appendix plus the YMS-339 memoir document forward service by September 1945. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-01
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[6]Carter, Worrall Reed (RADM, USN Ret.), 'Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II,' Department of the Navy, Naval History Division (Washington: GPO, 1953), Appendix - 'List of Commanding Officers,' floating-drydock entries (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BBBO-A.html, appendix table, floating-drydock block: 'AFD-27 Lt M.W. Rosen'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy logistics history 'Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil' lists AFD-27 in its appendix 'List of Commanding Officers' - 'a list of commanding officers of the principal vessels which were engaged in logistic work under Commander Service Force Pacific' - with commanding officer 'AFD-27 | Lt M.W. Rosen' among the floating drydocks (adjacent entries AFD-25 Ens H.L. Berube / Lt(jg) L. Barger; AFD-26 Lt(jg) F.V. Watson; AFD-28 Lt(jg) C.D. Moore; AFD-29 Lt(jg) R.I. Fowler).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Dock crew under Lt M.W. Rosen (complement unverified)
- Limitations
- Official Navy historical publication establishing the dock's service under Commander Service Force Pacific and naming its commanding officer; the appendix groups vessels by type rather than by squadron, so it supports ComServPac service but not a specific Service Squadron Ten assignment - the squadron framing in the batch hint is not independently confirmed (the 1 May 1945 fleet roster does not list this hull at all - see ev-03). Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-02
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[7]United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (U.S. Navy document; NHHC Online Reading Room; HyperWar transcription mirror). Canonical NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-pacific-fleet-organization-1may1945.html returned 404 on 2026-09-20. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Org-450501/index.html - full-document text search for 'AFD 27'/'AFDL 27' returns nothing; Service Squadron Two floating-drydock roster approx. p. 100-101
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' does NOT list AFD-27 anywhere in the document. Its floating-drydock roster - under Service Squadron Two, Service Force, Pacific Fleet - lists AFD 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 29, AFDL 7 and AFDL 32 with named commanding officers; ARD 27 (a different dock type) appears in the ARD roster. AFD-27's absence indicates the hull was not yet on the Pacific Fleet's forward operating roster as of 1 May 1945, consistent with the April-1945 'Navrepbase, San Diego' assignment in Ships' Data.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- A roster absence is not proof the dock was outside the Pacific Fleet - it may have been stateside at Naval Repair Base San Diego (itself within the Pacific organization), in transit, or simply unlisted; absence constrains but does not fix the May-1945 position. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-03
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[8]USS YMS-339 unit memoir/history, Chapter 8 (veteran-authored ship history, PDF hosted by Navy League West Connecticut) [other_primary]
- Locator
- YMS-339 Chapter 8 PDF, September 1945 passage (Seeadler Harbor drydocking)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A veteran memoir/history of minesweeper YMS-339 records: 'In September 1945, YMS 339 went into a floating dry-dock (AFD 27) for maintenance, in Seeadler Harbor.' - placing AFD-27 in operational use at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, at war's end.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1945-09
- Population
- AFD-27 dock crew; YMS-339 crew under maintenance
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational placement but a secondary veteran memoir, not an official Navy record - the docking event is consistent with the ComServPac assignment (ev-02) and Seeadler Harbor was a principal Service Squadron Ten base, but the memoir is the sole source for this hull at that location; official confirmation would require the AFD-27 deck logs or YMS-339's own log. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-04
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[9]shipbuildinghistory.com 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table and 'Doullut & Williams/Doullut & Ewin' yard table (Tim Colton compilation); U.S. Naval Activities World War II by State - Alabama (official directory, HyperWar transcription); Volkert Inc. centennial corporate history [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxafd.htm AFDL table row 27; shipyards/emergencylarge/doullut.htm 'Built by Doullut & Ewin' table; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/USN-Act/AL.html (Mobile contractor list); volkert.com/centennial (1944 'Engineering Navy Dry Docks' entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Build-record corroboration: the shipbuildinghistory.com U.S. Navy floating-drydock table lists 'AFDL 27 | [unnamed] | Doullot & Ewin | Mobile | 800 | 200 | Jul-44' (800 tons light displacement, 200 ft, delivered July 1944), and the compiler's Doullut yard table lists 'AFD 27 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | 1944 | Later AFDL 27' among the six AFD docks (24-29) built by the firm. The official WWII U.S. Naval Activities Alabama directory lists 'Doullut & Ewin. (Inspection Duty)' under Mobile, confirming a Navy-inspected Doullut & Ewin operation at Mobile; the successor firm's centennial history (Volkert, Inc.) records that Doullut & Ewin of New Orleans devoted WWII capacity to 'self-operating docks in both New Orleans and Mobile.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Construction trades, Doullut & Ewin yard, Gulf Coast 1943-44
- Limitations
- Builder, delivery month, and displacement rest on a reputable secondary compilation, not a located contract document - the compiler's own table header warns drydock builder attribution is incomplete; the Mobile assignment is corroborated by the Navy inspection-duty listing but the New Orleans-headquartered firm built docks in both cities. The '800' figure is light displacement, not the 1,000-ton lift rating. No asbestos information in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-05
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[10]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Chapter IX Floating Drydocks (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription), type-classification and AFD description sections [other_primary]
- Locator
- bases-9.html 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' paragraph and 'Types of Floating Drydocks' reclassification passage; shipbuildinghistory doullut.htm 'Later AFDL 27' row; navsource.net/archives/14/03idx.htm 'AFD-27 / AFDL-27' index line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built as AFD-27, a Bureau of Yards and Docks AFD-type 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' - the official BuDocks history describes the type as a mobile, military, one-piece steel trough dock of approximately 1,000 tons lifting capacity, 'fully self-contained, with diesel electric power plants' and limited repair facilities, intended for docking minesweepers, patrol craft, and similar small vessels. Under the 1946 floating-drydock nomenclature revision 'the AFD's became AFDL's' (Auxiliary Floating Drydock Little, under 10,000 tons); this hull is documented as 'Later AFDL 27' in the builder's yard table and 'AFD-27 / AFDL-27' in the NavSource index - the same hull under both designations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- The type design description and the blanket 1946 AFD-to-AFDL reclassification are official facts applied to this hull via the documented AFD-27/AFDL-27 identity chain (yard table + NavSource index); the specific reclassification effective date of 1946-08-01 is verified for sister docks but this hull's individual instrument was not retrieved. No asbestos information in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-06
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[11]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: 'AFD-27 7/21/1944 6/30/1945' (adjacent entries AFD-25 and AFD-26 each 7/1/1944-12/31/1945, AFD-28 8/18/1944-12/31/1945)
- 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, lists deck logs for 'AFD-27' covering 1944-07-21 through 1945-06-30 - the dock's first year of wartime service under its original designation, corroborating the July 1944 delivery date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-07-21 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Dock crew (unverified complement)
- Limitations
- The log listing is verified; the logbooks themselves were not retrieved or read - they are the primary unconsulted source for the dock's wartime station, tow movements, and crew. The listed span ends 30 June 1945 while the YMS-339 memoir places the dock at Seeadler Harbor in September 1945 - post-June-1945 logs are not in this list (coverage/batching gap). Presence in the list implies nothing about asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-07
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[12]Pringle (Trustee for the Estate of San Pedro Boat Works, Inc.) v. Water Quality Insurance Syndicate et al., 646 F. Supp. 2d 1161 (C.D. Cal. 2009), No. CV 04-08495 DDP (RCx), Order Granting Summary Judgment to WQIS and EPG, Dkt. No. 263, filed 6 Aug 2009 (Pregerson, J.); 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69478; 2009 WL 2460860 [court_record]
- Locator
- Dkt. 263, Statement of Undisputed Facts / Background section (drydock identification, Berth 57 situs, sandblast-media and NOV facts, bankruptcy and abandonment facts); disposition at end of order; text cross-verified via ecases.us mirror of 646 F. Supp. 2d 1161
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A federal district-court order on insurance coverage documents that drydocks designated 'AFDL 19 and AFDL 27' were owned and operated by San Pedro Boat Works (SPBW), 'located and operated at SPBW's Berth 57 facility within the Port of Los Angeles' (insured under WQIS marine pollution liability policies from February 1992 through February 1994 renewals, and Environmental Pollution Group policies February 1994 - February 2002). The order records undisputed facts: SPBW 'used hazardous heavy metal sandblast media aboard the drydocks'; 'the marine sediment in the immediate area of the Drydocks was known or alleged to be contaminated with' that material; the Los Angeles County Department of Health 'issued several Notices of Violation relating to the drydocks' (e.g., 7 June 1990 NOV for 'waste paint/paint residue'); the City of Los Angeles sued SPBW in October 2002 over environmental contamination at Berths 44 and 57; SPBW filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December 2002; and 'the drydocks were among assets abandoned by the trustee.' The court granted rescission for WQIS and summary judgment for EPG and denied the trustee's duty-to-defend motion (6 August 2009).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1990-2009
- Population
- SPBW ship-repair workforce at Berth 57 (ca. 1990-2002 documented; yard presence from ~1984-1986); Port of Los Angeles waterfront
- Limitations
- Merits-level federal court record naming this hull - the strongest documentation of the commercial era. It is OTHER litigation (environmental insurance coverage/rescission), not asbestos litigation: the contamination findings concern heavy-metal sandblast media and paint residue, not asbestos or insulation material, and the ruling establishes nothing about the dock's materials, construction-era content, or any exposure. The 'abandoned by the trustee' fact fixes custody through the bankruptcy but leaves post-abandonment disposition undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-08
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[13]U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA establishment inspection records for San Pedro Boat Works, Berth 57 / Outer Harbor, Port of Los Angeles - inspections 100007772 (1986) and 110568615 (2002); records retrieved via safetyrecord.org mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSHA inspection detail pages for establishment 'San Pedro Boat Works' - inspection 100007772 (Mar 1986, dry-dock access citation) and 110568615 (Feb 2002); osha.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated access; mirror used
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- OSHA establishment-inspection records for San Pedro Boat Works at Berth 57, Port of Los Angeles, document floating-drydock operations at the facility: inspection 100007772 (opened 7 March 1986) includes a citation concerning access to the floating dry dock, and inspection 110568615 (opened 14 February 2002) records activity at the Berth 57 Outer Harbor facility - corroborating the drydock's operational situs before and through the coverage period documented in Pringle.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1986-2002
- Population
- SPBW workforce at Berth 57
- Limitations
- Site-level regulatory records - they name the facility and drydock operations but not this hull by designation; the hull situs linkage comes from the Pringle order (ev-08). Retrieved via a third-party mirror because osha.gov blocked automated access; figures should be re-verified against osha.gov before republication. No asbestos-related citation appears in the located inspection summaries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-09
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[14]Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Harbor Department, 'Berth 44 Boatyard Project' Initial Study / Notice of Preparation (2024); DTSC Notice of Determination / project filings for the former San Pedro Boat Works site [other_primary]
- Locator
- Berth-44-Boatyard-IS-NOP - project/site-history sections describing SPBW operations and contaminants; related DTSC NOD (ceqanet, SCH# 2019079033)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Port of Los Angeles environmental-review documents for the Berth 44 Boatyard project (LAHD Environmental Management Division Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, 2024) and the associated DTSC notice record the San Pedro Boat Works site history and the remediation of contamination (sandblast grit heavy metals, TPH, PCBs, PAHs) at the former Berth 44/57 boatyard complex; the Port regained control of the facility in 2003 after SPBW's collapse.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003-2024
- Population
- Port of Los Angeles remediation workforce; former SPBW site
- Limitations
- Site-level environmental record - it documents the boatyard complex and its contaminant profile (metals/organics) but does not name AFDL-27, contains no asbestos allegation relating to the drydocks, and does not establish any vessel-material content or individual exposure. The drydock-specific contamination facts remain those recorded in the Pringle order (ev-08).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-10
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[15]CourtListener opinion/docket records for Pringle v. WQIS (opinion 646 F. Supp. 2d 1161) and the City Action docket (PacerMonitor mirror, 2:02-cv-07986); batch-585 search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 5761649 (Pringle coverage action); pacermonitor.com/public/case/5407151 (City Action, terminated 12/19/2014); search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-11 through sl-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-14
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation classification for this hull: (a) Pringle v. WQIS, 646 F. Supp. 2d 1161 (C.D. Cal. 2009), CV 04-08495 DDP - classified OTHER LITIGATION: environmental marine-pollution insurance coverage/rescission; merits-level disposition - court granted rescission for WQIS and summary judgment for EPG, denied the bankruptcy trustee's cross-motion (6 Aug 2009). (b) City of Los Angeles v. San Pedro Boat Works et al., 2:02-cv-07986 (C.D. Cal., filed 15 Oct 2002) - classified OTHER LITIGATION: CERCLA environmental cost-recovery action for Berths 44 and 57 contamination; terminated by stipulated dismissal with prejudice 19 Dec 2014; allegations remained pleading-stage as to the drydock. (c) NO QUALIFYING ASBESTOS LITIGATION naming AFD-27 or AFDL-27 located by any instrument used.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2002-2014 (dockets); 2026-09-20 (sweep)
- Limitations
- Both hull-naming matters are non-asbestos and were classified at the lowest supported stage per batch rules: Pringle is a merits-level coverage ruling for insurers (a negative for the claimant estate, not exposure evidence); the City Action's contamination allegations are pleading-stage. CourtListener API v4 was rate-limited all session (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota); the 'AFDL-27' sweep ran via the CourtListener website search interface (1 hit: Pringle) and the 'AFD-27' exact-variant query remained blocked - residual coverage rests on indexed-web checking. Absence of a located docket is not proof no claim ever existed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-11
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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 type); era asbestos framing per Fleischer et al. 1946 and Corn & Starr 1987 (ev-13, ev-14) [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 1943-44 under Navy contract - 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, and its 58-year service span (1944-2002+) includes undocumented maintenance/refit and commercial-shipyard disturbance phases.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1946 construction era
- Population
- Construction trades (Gulf Coast, 1943-44); dock operating crew; crews of vessels under repair; SPBW commercial workforce
- Limitations
- Design-level inference, not a hull record - the BuDocks history does not mention asbestos and does not name this dock. Asbestos presence aboard AFDL-27 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, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-12
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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-27-afdl27-13
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[18]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard (whether the Doullut & Ewin operation was among surveyed contract yards is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-14
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[19]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 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. A direct CourtListener pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-15
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[20]Batch-585 search ledger (this record): BuShips SDB 1945 v3; BBBO appendix; PacFleet Org 1 May 1945; NARA SL-44 and Ship Plan Index; shipbuildinghistory auxafd/doullut tables; USN-Act Alabama directory; CourtListener web/docket sweeps; OSHA mirror; Port of LA documents; BuSandA Ch. IX; indexed-web litigation checks [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-01 through sl-uss-afdl-27-afdl27-20
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming AFD-27 or AFDL-27 was found in the public sources searched - the BuShips Ships' Data row, the ComServPac appendix, the NARA logbook listing, the fleet organization document, the shipbuildinghistory tables, the NavSource index, the Pringle order, the OSHA inspection summaries, and the Port of Los Angeles remediation documents 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 asbestos-containing materials, and the undocumented Navy-to-commercial transfer plus ~58 years of service include unexamined maintenance phases. 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-27-afdl27-16
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[21]NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index), entry 'AFDL-27 | AFDL-27 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'; NARA Special List 44; NARA record-group guides RG 19/RG 24/RG 71 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-27 line; sl-44-ship-number.pdf AFD-27 line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds a plan for AFDL-27 on microfilm, identifier 63531026 (RG 385) - a potential machinery/materials-layout source; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs for AFD-27, 1944-07-21 to 1945-06-30 (Special List 44) - the primary source for the wartime station and crew; (c) BuShips/BuSandA contract records for the Doullut & Ewin AFD contracts (RG 19/RG 71) would document builder assignment and outfitting; (d) the SPBW acquisition instrument and Port of Los Angeles post-2003 disposition records for the abandoned drydocks would close the final-disposition gap.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-2003 records
- Limitations
- Record-holding mapping only - no document-level retrieval performed (no reproduction spend authorized; wartime deck logs of this hull not digitized). 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-27-afdl27-17