Evidence
22 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-22).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS AFDL-3' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS AFDL-3' returned 2 result(s) (2026-10-08); 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-3-afdl3-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS AFDL-3' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS AFDL-3' returned 4 result(s) (2026-10-08); 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-3-afdl3-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-3' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-3' returned 12 result(s) (2026-10-08); 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-3-afdl3-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]NavSource Naval History, 'AFDL-3 ex USS AFD-3 (1943-1946)' Service Ship Photo Archive page (navsource.net/archives/09/28/2846.htm, last updated 1 May 2015) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header chronology block; image table (LSM-126 photo caption); commanding officer/officer-in-charge table; awards block; DANFS note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive chronology: AFD-3 laid down, date unknown, at Morgan City, LA by Chicago Bridge and Iron; delivered and commissioned USS AFD-3 in November 1943; 'Decommissioned, and placed in service, date unknown'; redesignated AFDL-3, 1 August 1946; 'Placed out of service, date unknown'; 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown'; 'Final Disposition, disposed of, date unknown'. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Photo-documented: 'USS LSM-126 docked in USS AFD-3, off Samar, Leyte Gulf, P.I., circa 13 August 1945' (contributor Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467, from the collection of Howard Zeller, USS LSM-126). Officer roster (Hechler/Reeves compilation): LCDR Ivan George Nelson (CO) '1959 - July 1951'; LCDR O. D. Drain (CO) July-August 1951; LCDR Murr Edward Arnold, ':RADM' (CO) August-October 1951; CDR H. C. Ferguson (acting CO) October-December 1951; LT Harry Walter Schmidt (O-in-Ch) December 1951-June 1952; LT Clarence Robert Koetsch (O-in-Ch) June 1952-1953. 'There is no DANFS history available for USS AFD-3 / AFDL-3.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1953; unknown thereafter
- Population
- Leyte Gulf dock crews (1945); officer complement ~1949-1953
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation and the strongest located service-history source for this hull: the Leyte service claim is photo-backed, the redesignation date independently matches the BuSandA-documented 1946 class-wide reclassification, and the Midway movement is corroborated by DANFS (ev-06). But the builder city, commissioning month, awards, officer roster, and all milestone fields rest on this source alone - no NVR registry page, no DANFS entry, and no contract document exists to check them against. Roster anomalies: Nelson's '1959' start year is impossible (likely 1949/1950); Arnold's 'RADM' annotation denotes final rank (promoted 1 July 1951), and a flag officer over a small drydock suggests possible station-command conflation. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-01
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[5]NavSource Naval History, USS LCI(L)-750 page, 'Summary of the Deck Log of the USS LCI(L) 750' (crew-compiled transcription of the ship's log held at NARA) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Deck-log summary, June 1945 entries (10-14 June 1945 drydocking entries)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent deck-log corroboration of wartime service: the transcribed deck log of USS LCI(L)-750 (compiled by crew member B. L. Pettit from the ship's log at the National Archives, Adelphi) records: '5 June 1945 - Underway to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, PI.'; '6 June 1945 - ... Arrived San Pedro Bay, Leyte.'; '10 June 1945 - Entered floating dry dock AFD 3 for hull repairs.'; '12 June, 1945 - Out of dry dock.'; '13 June 1945 - Back in dry dock.'; '14 June 1945 - Out of dry dock.' - placing AFD-3 at work in the Leyte Gulf fleet anchorage at least two months before the NavSource photo's date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 10-14 June 1945
- Population
- AFD-3 dock crew; LCI(L)-750 crew under repair (June 1945)
- Limitations
- A transcription of a primary record (the vessel's deck log), but retrieved only as a veteran-compiled NavSource summary - the underlying NARA log was not directly pulled. The log names 'AFD 3' plainly and is independent of the NavSource photo, making it strong hull-level corroboration of the Leyte station. It does not state where within the Leyte Gulf anchorage the dock was moored, does not establish an arrival date at Leyte, and contains no asbestos information. The same log's 3 December 1944 entry notes a kamikaze hit on an unidentified floating drydock near the 750 - that dock is not named and cannot be attributed to AFD-3.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-02
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[6]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; uswarships.jounin.jp AFDL list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' paragraph (design description) and 'Types of Floating Drydocks' section (1946 reclassification); uswarships.jounin.jp/afdl.htm AFDL-3 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built as AFD-3, a Bureau of Yards and Docks AFD-type 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' - 'the 1,000-ton one-piece steel docks designed by the Bureau, intended for docking minesweepers, patrol craft, and similar vessels' - 'of the trough type, 200 feet long and 64 feet wide, with a clear width inside the wing walls of 45 feet... entirely of welded steel construction... fully self-contained, with diesel electric power plants, and contained limited repair facilities'; 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); NavSource dates this hull's redesignation 1 August 1946, and the Japanese uswarships.jounin.jp compilation independently repeats '1946/8/1 reclassified small floating dock (non-self-propelled) AFDL-3'.
- 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 NavSource-dated redesignation (corroborated by a second independent compilation). The 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 (AFD-7, -12, -22, -23, -26) - 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-3-afdl3-03
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[7]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Chapter XXIX Bases in the Philippines, Samar/Guiuan-Manicani sections (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription), pp. 381-383 [other_primary]
- Locator
- bases-29.html, 'Samar Island' / Guiuan / Manicani paragraphs (destroyer repair base, floating-drydock berths, 'at least six floating drydocks')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Leyte Gulf station corroboration (station-level, not hull-level): the Bureau of Yards and Docks official history records that 'a major destroyer repair base and a ship repair unit were built on Manicani Island, 8 miles west of Guiuan' at the southeastern tip of Samar - the naval base anchoring the Leyte Gulf complex - whose project 'included wharves, berths for several large floating drydocks, administration buildings, shops, water and steam lines, power system, and fire protection system,' and that 'at least six floating drydocks, including the giant sectional ABSD's, were brought to Manicani Island'; drydocking for PT boats was provided by three floating pontoon drydocks on a pontoon pier.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Samar/Guiuan-Manicani naval base personnel and Seabee battalions (1944-1945)
- Limitations
- Documents that the Samar/Guiuan-Manicani repair complex operated multiple floating drydocks and matches the mission profile and location NavSource assigns this hull ('off Samar, Leyte Gulf' August 1945; San Pedro Bay June 1945 per the LCI-750 log) - but the source does not name any individual dock, so this is circumstantial corroboration, not independent verification of AFD-3's assignment. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-04
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[8]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Tonkawa II' (ATA-176) entry, NHHC - text as transcribed verbatim in the Wikipedia 'USS Tonkawa (ATA-176)' article [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ATA-176 DANFS narrative, post-Philippines operations paragraph (Apra Harbor departure 2 May 1946; Midway delivery 15 May 1946)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-war tow and station delivery: the DANFS entry for the fleet tug USS Tonkawa (ATA-176) records that after operations in the Philippines she 'called at Guam in April 1946 and left Apra Harbor on 2 May towing AFD-3 to Midway Island. She delivered her charge there on the 15th and headed for the United States.' - a dated, named, hull-level movement: AFD-3 at Guam April-May 1946, delivered to Midway Island 15 May 1946, three months before her AFDL redesignation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- April-May 1946
- Population
- AFD-3 crew during tow; ATA-176 crew
- Limitations
- The underlying source is the official DANFS entry, but the text was retrieved via Wikipedia's transcription - the live NHHC DANFS page returned 404, the hazegray DANFS mirror was unreachable (connection failure), and no other transcription was located this session, so the primary page pull remains an open lead. The tow claim is specific (named tug, dates, ports) and consistent with the redesignation timeline. It does not state whether the tow began at Guam (vs. the dock merely being at Guam) - read as: dock taken in tow at Apra Harbor. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-05
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[9]Wikipedia 'Naval Air Facility Midway Island' and 'Midway Atoll'/'History of Midway Atoll' articles (tertiary compilations; station-status dates); NPS NRHP nomination NHLS 87001302 for Midway WWII facilities [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAF Midway article, site-history section (1941 establishment, 1 Aug 1950 disestablishment, Jul 1958 reestablishment); Midway Atoll history (1944 floating drydock joined submarine tender)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Midway station context bearing on the post-war record: Midway had operated 'a floating dry dock' alongside its permanently-stationed submarine tender from 1944 (predating AFD-3's May 1946 arrival - a different, unidentified dock); Naval Air Station Midway was disestablished 1 August 1950 and the base placed in caretaker status, then reestablished as Naval Air Facility Midway in July 1958. These station-status dates bracket NavSource's officer roster (commanding-officer billets through December 1951, then officer-in-charge billets to ~1953) and the undocumented end of this hull's record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- NAS/NAF Midway personnel (station context)
- Limitations
- Tertiary station-level context only - the 1944 drydock predates this hull's arrival and is a different dock; the disestablishment/caretaker dates are used to interpret the officer roster (CO-to-OinC transition December 1951) and the undocumented fate, not to assert any fact about the hull itself. Whether AFDL-3 remained at Midway through the caretaker window is not established. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-06
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[10]Naval Vessel Register QUICKFIND inactive-vessels list ('N' page, 'NO NAME' entries), NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA - Internet Archive capture 2016-09-27 [other_primary]
- Locator
- QUICKFIND inactive list, 'NO NAME' AFDL block - AFDL 3 absent between AFDL 2 and AFDL 8; Wayback CDX search for SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_3* returned no captures
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Registry absence finding: the NVR QUICKFIND inactive-vessels list (1,503 records, captured 2016-09-27) contains NO entry for AFDL-3 - the 'NO NAME' AFDL block runs AFDL 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 28-30, 33, 35, 37-45 with named docks (Endeavor, Dynamic, Ability, Adept, Undaunted, Reliance) filed under their names. Sister AFDL-2 appears ('NO NAME | AFDL 2 | 08/26/1986 | Disposed of by transfer...'), and no SHIPSDETAIL page or other NVR capture for AFDL-3 was located - meaning whatever disposal occurred predates or escaped the digital register, consistent with NavSource's 'struck, date unknown; disposed of, date unknown.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- registry record through 2016
- Limitations
- The absence is itself the finding: the list carries entries back to 1923 and includes disposals by sale, foreign transfer, scrapping, reefing, and target sinking, so AFDL-3's total absence suggests her registry row was never digitized or was purged - it does not establish what her disposal was. A live-NVR check was not possible (the detail pages no longer serve disposed craft; no Wayback capture exists for her page). No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-07
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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 (starts 'AFD-15 3/16/1945'; no AFD-1 through AFD-14, and no AFD-3/AFDL-3 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-3 or AFDL-3: 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-3 served on an advance base (Leyte Gulf) where a hull-level log might have been expected; the dock's logs may have been kept under 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. Leyte Gulf/Samar base records and Midway station records (RG 181 and successor RGs, unsearched) remain the plausible holdings. 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-3-afdl3-08
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[12]National Archives and Records Administration, Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-3 row: 'AFDL-3 | AFDL-3 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds a plan for AFDL-3: entry 'AFDL-3 | AFDL-3 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026' (RG 385, Naval Facilities Engineering Command records) - the same microfilm NAID cited for sister docks AFDL-1, AFDL-2, 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-3-afdl3-09
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[13]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-3-afdl3-11) [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 documented mission - docking landing ships and patrol craft at the San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf anchorage in 1945, then station service at Midway - placed its crews in sustained contact with era vessels whose own hull-insulation suites 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 Morgan City yard, 1943); dock crews at Leyte Gulf (1945) and Midway (1946-~1953); crews of vessels under repair
- 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-3 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 aboard the hull, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-10
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[14]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-3-afdl3-11
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[15]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History magazine, 'NAF Midway: Guns to Gooneys' (August 1998) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, 'NAF Midway' article - infrastructure/environmental paragraph (asbestos-wrapped fuel piping figure)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Station-level asbestos environment (not the dock): U.S. Naval Institute's Naval History magazine documents that NAS Midway's petroleum infrastructure - the tank-farm complex of the station this hull served from May 1946 - comprised 'more than 15,000 linear feet of asbestos-wrapped fuel piping' connecting the island's fuel tanks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- installation-era (documented at 1998 closure); dock's tenure 1946-~1953
- Population
- NAS Midway station personnel (infrastructure context)
- Limitations
- Station infrastructure, not the vessel - documents an asbestos environment at the installation where this hull was moored (1946-~1953), not aboard it. A dock moored to a pier system does not share the shore tank farm's piping. Establishes nothing about material aboard the hull, exposure of dock crews, or causation; carried so the station's documented asbestos context is not silently dropped.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-12
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[16]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-3-afdl3-13
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[17]Batch-588 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps (site:courtlistener.com, RECAP storage, asbestos/mesothelioma terms) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-12 through sl-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation and name-collision sweep: fresh CourtListener API v4 queries for 'AFDL-3'/'AFD-3' were blocked (HTTP 429, shared daily quota, ~16h reset) and deferred per the backoff rule; web-indexed court-record sweeps returned no opinion or docket naming this dock - 'AFD-3'/'AFDL-3' collides with non-vessel strings (AFD abbreviations for fire departments and advocacy groups; claim/exhibit numbering). 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-3-afdl3-14
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[18]Batch-588 search ledger (this record): NavSource 09/28/2846.htm and 10/15/150750l.htm; shipbuildinghistory auxafd/chicagobridge tables; DANFS Tonkawa (via transcription); NARA SL-44 and Ship Plan Index; BuSandA Ch. IX and Ch. XXIX; NVR QUICKFIND; USCG/MARAD documentation checks; web-indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-01 through sl-uss-afdl-3-afdl3-17
- 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-3/AFDL-3 was found in the public sources searched - the NavSource page, the shipbuildinghistory tables, the LCI(L)-750 deck-log transcription, the DANFS tow record, the NARA indexes, and the BuSandA type and station histories 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 because her fate is undocumented there is no disposal-era survey or museum disclosure to consult either. 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-3-afdl3-15
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[19]NARA Ship Plan Index entry 'AFDL-3 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'; NARA RG 24/RG 181 logbook scope per Special List 44 absence; NavSource officer roster (Hechler/Reeves attribution); DANFS Tonkawa reference [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-3 line; sl-44 index absence for AFD-3; navsource.net/archives/09/28/2846.htm officer table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): (a) NARA cartographic Ship Plan Index holds an AFDL-3 plan on microfilm, NAID 63531026 (RG 385) - a potential materials/machinery-layout source; (b) Leyte Gulf/Samar base records and Midway Island station 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 the Chicago Bridge AFD order would settle the Morgan City build attribution; (d) Navy Registers (1949-1953) are the likely source of NavSource's officer roster and would resolve the '1959' anomaly; (e) Midway disposal/BRAC-era records (Navy-to-USFWS transfer 1996, NAF closure 1993) might document what became of the dock; (f) the DANFS 'Tonkawa II' primary page and the ATA-176 deck logs would verify the May 1946 tow firsthand.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1996 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-3-afdl3-16
-
[20]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS AFDL-3' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS AFDL-3' 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-3-afdl3-cl-name-opinion
-
[21]CourtListener docket search: 'USS AFDL-3' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS AFDL-3' 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-3-afdl3-cl-name-docket
-
[22]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-3' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-3' returned 12 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-3-afdl3-cl-hull-opinion