USS AFDL-32

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]shipbuildinghistory.com 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table (auxafd.htm) and 'Foundation Company' yard table (Tim Colton compilation) [other_primary]

   Locator

   auxafd.htm AFDL table row 32; shipyards/emergencylarge/foundation.htm 'Built in Kearny/Newark NJ' section rows AFD 30-33

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Build record: the shipbuildinghistory.com U.S. Navy floating-drydock table lists 'AFDL 32' built by Foundation Co., 1,200 tons, 288 ft, delivered June 1944, disposition blank; the compiler's Foundation Company yard table lists 'AFD 32 | U.S. Navy | Dry-Dock | 800 | Jun-44' (800-ton standard-AFD displacement) at the end of the 'Built in Kearny/Newark NJ' section. The two compiler figures (800-ton AFD hull vs 1,200-ton/288-ft AFDL) are consistent with the documented lengthened-dock modification.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1944

   Population

   Construction trades, Foundation Co. yard, Kearny/Newark NJ 1943-44

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation, not a primary record - the compiler's own table header warns that drydock builder attribution is incomplete. The Kearny/Newark NJ build-site assignment rests on the yard-table section placement; no contract document was located, and a third compilation (uswarships.jounin.jp) leaves this hull's builder field blank while naming Foundation Co. for siblings AFD-30/31/33. Disposition field blank in both tables. No asbestos information in either source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-01

2. [2]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 section and 'Auxiliary Floating Dock, Lengthened' section [other_primary]

   Locator

   Chapter IX 'Types of Floating Drydocks' bullet list and 'Auxiliary Floating Dock, Lengthened' paragraph (p. ~219)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Type identity: the Bureau of Yards and Docks official history documents that the wartime 'AFDL - Auxiliary Floating Dock, Lengthened' was a mobile steel trough dock 'similar to AFD's, but lengthened and enlarged to provide 1,900 tons lifting capacity,' and that '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. These docks were also fully self-contained.' Compilation tables show exactly five 288-ft/1,200-ton hulls (AFDL-7, 22, 23, 32, 33); this hull is therefore one of the five lengthened docks, consistent with its carrying the 'AFDL' designation in wartime documents rather than acquiring it under the 1946 nomenclature revision (under which surviving AFD's became 'AFDL - Little').

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1946

   Limitations

   The class-design description and five-dock modification program are official Navy-history facts applied to this hull via the compiler tables showing it at 288 ft and its 'AFDL' designation in the 1 May 1945 fleet organization - the modification instrument for this specific hull was not retrieved. Whether the 88-ft insert was added in-build or post-delivery is not stated in the sources. No asbestos information in the source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-02

3. [3]Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official organization document, HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Service Squadron Two section, floating-dock block: 'AFDL 32' row (between 'AFDL 7' and the AG listings)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Wartime fleet assignment: the United States Pacific Fleet Organization of 1 May 1945 lists 'AFDL 32' under SERVICE SQUADRON TWO (Commander Service Squadron Two, V. Adm. W. W. Smith; flagship AG 31 Argonne) in the floating-dock block, alongside 'AFDL 7' and eleven standard 'AFD' docks - the only two entries already carrying the 'AFDL' designation. No commanding officer is listed for AFDL 32 (entry blank).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-05-01

   Limitations

   Confirms Pacific Fleet assignment under Service Squadron Two on 1 May 1945 and the wartime 'AFDL' designation; the left-column numeric codes beside each unit (this hull carries '10') are footnote/station codes whose definitions were not transcribed in the HyperWar HTML - their meaning is unresolved. Administrative assignment does not alone prove physical location on that date (the operational narrative places the dock at Ulithi). No asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-03

4. [4]Carter, RAdm Worrall R., USN, 'Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II' (official Navy history), Chapter XXIX 'Support Activities at Leyte-Samar' (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Chapter XXIX, Ulithi service-operations paragraph (~p. 370), floating-dock unit list

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Wartime station and work: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil (the official Service Force Pacific Fleet logistics history, RAdm W. R. Carter) Chapter XXIX, describing Ulithi operations in the first half of May 1945: 'The drydocks docked a never-ending stream of vessels, inspecting and overhauling sea valves, making rudder repairs, adjusting and repairing sound gear, and doing miscellaneous underwater work. The units included four 3,500-ton floating docks, ARDs-15-18-23 and 25, the 1,900-ton AFDL-32, and the 1,000-ton AFD-17.' - placing this dock at Ulithi Atoll performing underwater-hull maintenance on the fleet's small combatants in May 1945, and confirming its 1,900-ton lengthened-dock identity in operational text.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-05

   Population

   Dock crew; repair parties; crews of docked vessels (DE, ATR, AMS types per the dock's 1,900-ton capacity)

   Limitations

   Names this hull at Ulithi in the first half of May 1945 among Service Squadron Ten's working units - while the 1 May fleet organization carries it administratively under Service Squadron Two; the two official sources are consistent (administrative squadron vs operating unit) but the precise attachment relationship is not spelled out. Documents the work type (sea valves, rudders, sound gear, underwater work) but not asbestos materials. No asbestos information in the source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-04

5. [5]Carter, RAdm Worrall R., USN, 'Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil,' Appendix 'List of Commanding Officers' (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Appendix, 'Floating Drydocks' (AFDL group) - 'AFDL-32 Lt H.W. Teague'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Commanding officer: the Beans, Bullets and Black Oil 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' during WWII - lists 'AFDL-32 | Lt H.W. Teague' in the Floating Drydocks section, grouped with the other lengthened docks (AFDL-7, -22, -23).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   Dock crew under Lt. Teague

   Limitations

   The roster is cumulative across the war and gives no date or tour span for Lt. Teague's command; the 1 May 1945 fleet organization lists no CO for this hull (blank entry) - the command period is not dated by these sources. Confirms the dock was crewed and officered as a Service Force Pacific unit. No asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-05

6. [6]Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, 'Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II' (December 1949), Section 9 'Steel Repairs to Wood Vessel' - VIBURNUM (AN 57) case study (HyperWar NHC transcription); corroborating DANFS Viburnum entry text (public domain) [other_primary]

   Locator

   VIBURNUM (AN 57) case study, paragraph 2 and Plate 38; NavSource 09/18/18057.htm photo captions quoting the same document ('USS ARDL-32')

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented docking operation: the Bureau of Ships war-damage repair manual 'Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II' (December 1949) records that the wooden-hulled net layer USS Viburnum (AN-57), mined at Ulithi on 28 October 1944, was salvaged sufficiently that 'This made it possible to drydock VIBURNUM in ARDL 32 (Plate 38)' - with official photographs (Plate 38) showing the ship being temporarily patched in the dock for the voyage back to San Francisco. The DANFS-derived Viburnum history renders the same event as 'docked in floating drydock AFDL-32 ... resume[d] active operations about 9 February 1945.' 'ARDL 32' is a designation transposition in the BuShips text - no ARDL dock type existed; the hull at Ulithi numbered 32 was AFDL-32.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-10 to 1945-02

   Population

   Dock crew and repair parties during the Viburnum docking (roughly January-February 1945); Viburnum's crew alongside

   Limitations

   The drydocking is documented by an official BuShips manual with photographs; the BuShips text prints 'ARDL 32' - a designation transposition (no ARDL type existed) resolved to AFDL-32 by the DANFS text reading 'AFDL-32' and by this dock's verified Ulithi presence. The live NHHC DANFS page currently 404s; the 'about 9 February 1945' return date rests on the DANFS-derived public-domain transcription, so that specific date is partial rather than fully verified. Documents the dock's repair function; no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-06

7. [7]Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Report, Serial 0395 of 11 February 1946, Appendix III 'Typhoon Damage at Okinawa' (World War II Command File, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center; full-text transcription at rpadden.com/216dispatch/typhoon.htm and ussyms425.com/typhoon.htm) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Appendix III damage table, row 'AFDL 32 | Damaged - salvage doubtful. Strip, abandonment.'; narrative paragraphs on salvage scope and the 14 November ComServPac salvage-value ruling

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Wartime loss: the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas report on Typhoon 'Louise' (the 9 October 1945 storm at Okinawa), Serial 0395 of 11 February 1946, Appendix III 'Typhoon Damage at Okinawa (Based Upon Progress Reports to 19 November)' lists 'AFDL 32 | Damaged - salvage doubtful. Strip, abandonment.' The same report records 12 ships sunk, 222 grounded, and 32 damaged beyond ships' force repair at the Okinawa anchorages; ComServPac inspected the wreckage on 14 November and judged only about 10 of roughly 90 damaged ships worth full salvage - most badly damaged hulks were decommissioned, stripped, and abandoned rather than repaired, with ComServDiv 104 conducting the salvage work. The dock's deck logs end 30 November 1945, consistent with abandonment.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-10-09 to 1946-02-11

   Population

   Dock crew during the storm and abandonment; ComServDiv 104 salvage/stripping crews (October-November 1945)

   Limitations

   The underlying document is a cited official CinCPac report (archival citation stated in the transcription), but the consulted text is a private-site transcription - the report itself was not pulled from the Operational Archives; wording should be re-verified against the archival original before any production use. The row says 'damaged - salvage doubtful' with strip/abandonment directed; whether and when the hulk was decommissioned and stricken is not stated (AFD-13's adjacent row gives its own decommissioning date; AFDL-32's does not). Which Okinawa anchorage held the dock is not stated in the row - the Kerama Retto repair-base association comes from secondary sources only. No asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-07

8. [8]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: 'AFDL-32 1/1/1945 11/30/1945' (adjacent entries AFDL-21, AFDL-29)

   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 'AFDL-32' covering 1945-01-01 through 1945-11-30 - the dock's final service year including its Ulithi period, the move to Okinawa, and the typhoon loss/abandonment. The listing under 'AFDL-32' (not 'AFD-32') corroborates the wartime lengthened-dock designation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-01-01 to 1945-11-30

   Population

   Dock crew (log keeper and CO, Lt. H.W. Teague period)

   Limitations

   The log listing is verified; the logbooks themselves were not retrieved or read - they are the primary unconsulted source for this dock's daily station, crew, towing movements (Ulithi to Okinawa), and the October-November 1945 storm/abandonment entries. The listing starts 1 January 1945 - no log coverage is listed for June-December 1944, leaving the dock's first six months undocumented by this list (possible earlier logs under an 'AFD-32' listing were not found in the PDF's ship-number sequence). No asbestos content is implied by the listing.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-08

9. [9]National Archives and Records Administration, Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Ship Plan Index entries 'AFDL-32 | AFDL-32 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds a plan for 'AFDL-32' on microfilm (list identifier 63531026, format Microfilm, reel/group 385) - a potential machinery-layout/materials source. The same microfilm identifier covers plans for multiple AFDL-type docks (the index carries the same 63531026 entry string for AFDL-25 and other hulls).

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1945 records

   Limitations

   Index-level holding only - the microfilm plan was not retrieved or read; whether it is a general-arrangement plan of this specific lengthened hull or a class design sheet is unknown, and whether it contains any materials/insulation callouts is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-09

10. [10]Internet Archive CDX index of nvr.navy.mil SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_* pages (queried 2026-09-20); NavSource Naval History, Service Craft Photo Archive AFD/ARDC/AFDL index (14/03idx.htm) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Wayback CDX urlkey list for SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_* (AFDL-32 absent); NavSource index row 'AFD-32' (unlinked)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Registry absence and naming status: no Naval Vessel Register SHIPSDETAIL page exists for AFDL-32 in the 2016-2017 Wayback captures of nvr.navy.mil (detail pages exist for most surviving/ex- Navy AFDLs but not for hulls that left the register before the database era - consistent with this dock's 1945 loss). NavSource Naval History's Service Craft Photo Archive index carries the hull as plain 'AFD-32' - an unlinked index-only entry with no dedicated page, no name, and no AFDL suffix, and no DANFS entry exists for this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-2026

    Limitations

    Absence of an NVR page is consistent with disposal before the online register era but is not itself proof of the disposal mechanism or date; NavSource's plain 'AFD-32' index form (no AFDL suffix) conflicts stylistically with the wartime 'AFDL 32' designation documented in the fleet organization and the SL-44 listing - the operational designation AFDL-32 controls. The dock never received a name (unlike AFDL-1 Endeavor, AFDL-6 Dynamic, AFDL-7 Ability, AFDL-23 Adept, named in later service). No asbestos information.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-10

11. [11]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Ch. IX (AFD/AFDL design description); 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

    bases-9.html AFD/AFDL sections; AJIM 11(3):359-373 (WWII shipbuilding asbestos program)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era asbestos inference (not ship-proven): the BuSandA-documented AFDL (Lengthened) design was a fully self-contained welded-steel trough dock with diesel-electric power plants, ballast/pumping machinery, winches, and limited repair facilities - machinery whose gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, millboard, and thermal insulation in 1943-44 Navy construction were era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials (per the WWII-era shipbuilding asbestos program documented in Corn & Starr, AJIM 1987). The occupational pathway is the larger inference: the dock's documented function was lifting era small combatants for underwater-hull work (sea valves, rudders, sound gear) - work performed in sustained contact with vessels whose own insulation suites commonly contained asbestos; the documented stripping/abandonment of the typhoon-damaged hull in October-November 1945 was a terminal material-disturbance episode for any onboard materials.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1945 era documented; article 1987

    Population

    Dock crew; repair parties; salvage/stripping crews (1944-1945)

    Limitations

    Design/era-level inference only - no source names this hull in connection with asbestos, and no materials schedule, survey, or abatement record exists in the located sources. A non-propelled dock had a smaller machinery and inhabited-space footprint than a steam combatant, so plausible onboard loading is correspondingly lower; the occupational pathway (work on and under era vessels) is correspondingly larger. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard, nor quantity, individual exposure, or causation. The hull was stripped and abandoned at Okinawa in 1945 - present-day material presence is moot for this hull itself.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-11

12. [12]Keller v. Dravo Corp., 441 F.2d 1239 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied 404 U.S. 1017 (1972) [court_record]

    Locator

    Opinion at 441 F.2d 1243-44 (vessel-status holding); reporter citation cross-verified via multiple case-law databases (live CourtListener API unavailable this session - see search_ledger)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Litigation-posture context for the vessel type (not this hull, not asbestos): the Fifth Circuit held 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, 1243-44 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied 404 U.S. 1017, 92 S.Ct. 679, 30 L.Ed.2d 665 (1972), following Atkins v. Greenville Shipbuilding (1969) - channeling injury claims by drydock crews toward LHWCA remedies rather than vessel-owner negligence or unseaworthiness theories; the Keller court expressly declined an absolute rule that a floating drydock can never be a vessel.

    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. Citation verified against reporter text reproduced in case-law databases; a direct CourtListener pull remains an open lead (API quota exhausted this session).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-12

13. [13]Batch-590 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-10 and sl-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-11

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Litigation and name-collision sweep: fresh CourtListener API v4 queries for 'AFDL-32'/'AFD-32' were blocked (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota, ~1.6h reset) and deferred per the backoff rule; web-indexed court-record sweeps (site:courtlistener.com, RECAP storage) returned no opinion or docket naming this dock - returned documents were unrelated 'AFD' collisions (fire departments, federal defender positions, petroleum company names). Name-collision risk is low: 'AFDL-32'/'AFD-32' are unique designations with no other Navy hull sharing the number; no named ship alias exists for this hull.

    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. A wartime hull lost in 1945 is also less likely to appear in the postwar asbestos-litigation corpus than surviving hulls.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-13

14. [14]Batch-590 search ledger (this record): CinCPac PacFleet Org 1 May 1945; BBBO Ch. XXIX and Appendix; BuShips Structural Repairs 1949; CinCPac Serial 0395 Appendix III; NARA SL-44 and Ship Plan Index; shipbuildinghistory tables; NavSource 14/03idx.htm; web-indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-01 through sl-uss-afdl-32-afdl32-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming AFD-32/AFDL-32 was found in the public sources searched - the fleet organization document, the Beans Bullets and Black Oil narrative and roster, the Bureau of Ships repair manual, the CinCPac Typhoon Louise report, the NARA listings, the shipbuildinghistory tables, and the NavSource index 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. The hull was stripped and abandoned at Okinawa in October-November 1945, so any onboard materials passed into the wartime salvage/abandonment stream 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-32-afdl32-14

15. [15]NARA Special List 44 by Ship Numbers; NARA Ship Plan Index (entry 63531026); CinCPac Serial 0395 (11 February 1946), Operational Archives Branch [other_primary]

    Locator

    Ship Plan Index AFDL-32 line; sl-44-ship-number.pdf AFDL-32 line; rpadden.com transcription source note (CinCPac Serial 0395)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - no reproduction spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs for AFDL-32, 1945-01-01 to 1945-11-30 (Special List 44) - the primary unconsulted source for daily station, the Ulithi-to-Okinawa transit, crew, and the typhoon/abandonment entries; possible earlier-1944 logs under an 'AFD-32' listing were not found in the ship-number sequence; (b) NARA cartographic Ship Plan Index microfilm 63531026 (plan for AFDL-32) - potential machinery-layout/materials source; (c) BuShips/BuSandA contract records for the Foundation Co. AFD contracts (AFD-30 through AFD-33) and the CinCPac Serial 0395 original report at the Naval History and Heritage Command Operational Archives - the authoritative text of the Appendix III damage table; (d) the stricken instrument for this hull (1945-46 Naval Vessel Register/Naval Directory) - not located in digitized sources.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1943-1946 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-32-afdl32-15