Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, 'AFDL-44 ex USS ARDC-11 (1945 - 1946)' (archive page 09/28/7344) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block, specifications panel, commanding-officers table, and photo caption, NavSource archive page 09/28/7344
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Consolidated service record for this craft: built in 1944 by Tidewater Construction Corp., Wilmington, NC; christened by Tidewater 18 November 1944; delivered and placed in commission as USS ARDC-11 in December 1944; served at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC, December 1944 - July 1945; towed from Charleston through the Panama Canal to San Diego by Moreno (ATF-87), 9 July - 9 September 1945; placed out of service and struck on unknown dates; transferred on loan to the Philippines September 1969, redesignated YD-205; purchased outright August 1980; current disposition 'active.' Page displays campaign ribbons (American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal), a 13 June 2015 photograph of ex-AFDL-44 as YD-205 at the Philippine Navy Yard, Fort San Felipe, Cavite City, and a commanding-officer roster: 'CAPT. Burford, William Page, USN | 1951 - 1953 - in command AFDL-44 and AFDL-43 simultaneously.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2015
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled secondary source, not an official record. Core milestones corroborated independently: builder/site/delivery family by the shipbuildinghistory builder table and the BuSandA-documented Wilmington NC build program for the eight East Coast ARDCs; the Charleston-San Diego tow by the DANFS-derived Moreno text; Philippine transfer by the same builder table and Philippine Navy compilations. Out-of-service and stricken dates are 'unknown' in the source itself. The page's stated redesignation date '1 February 1945' is contradicted by other records (see correction row) and not adopted. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-01
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[2]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Floating Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, ARDM, YFD)' table (auxafd.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AFDL table, 'formerly Auxiliary Repair Docks, Concrete (ARDC)' section, AFDL 44 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder table entry: AFDL-44 - built by Tidewater Const. at Wilmington NC; 8,300 tons; 389 ft; delivered Mar-45; 'Ex-ARDC 11, to the Philippines 1969 as YD 205, active.' Confirms the ARDC-11 -> AFDL-44 consolidation (one dock only), the Wilmington NC construction site, and the Philippine transfer; the table's section header reads 'Auxiliary Floating Docks, Light (AFDL) (formerly Auxiliary Repair Docks, Concrete (ARDC)).'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1980
- Population
- Construction workers, Tidewater Construction Corp. excavated dry basin, Wilmington NC 1944
- Limitations
- Specialized secondary reference compiled from builder records - not an official Navy source; self-described as 'far from complete' for floating-dock construction records. Its 'Mar-45' delivery figure conflicts with NavSource's December 1944 commissioning of ARDC-11 - the compilation's month may track the AFDL designation rather than the ARDC delivery; neither is a primary instrument. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-02
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[3]Department of the Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II' (1947), Chapter IX 'Floating Drydocks' - HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX, 'Auxiliary Repair Docks, Concrete' section, construction/service paragraphs, and 1946 reclassification list (pp. 209-218 of the printed volume)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Bureau of Yards and Docks wartime history documents the ARDC class this craft belongs to: thirteen 2,800-ton reinforced-concrete docks designed and built starting 1943 in response to steel-plate shortage; monolithic open-trough structures 389 ft long, 84 ft wide, 40 ft deep overall; six militarized/self-contained docks carried three diesel engines with 200-kW AC generators, air compressors, refrigerating/heating/ventilating equipment, and water evaporators, with crews of five officers and 84 men; seven required shore power; each wing wall carried a 5-ton traveling crane (42-ft reach); eight docks built at Wilmington NC and five at San Pedro CA in excavated dry basins on pile-supported platforms (~3,300 cubic yards of concrete each); five of the self-contained docks were towed to Pacific advance bases or Pearl Harbor; the 1946 nomenclature revision redesignated the ARDCs as AFDL(C) - Auxiliary Floating Drydock, Little (Concrete).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- ARDC-class crews (5 officers + 84 enlisted on self-contained units); construction workers at Wilmington NC and San Pedro CA basins
- Limitations
- Official class-level design/construction/service history - describes the ARDC class, not this hull individually. Does not name ARDC-11 or give per-hull configuration (self-contained vs shore-powered) or station. Contains no asbestos or insulation-materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-03
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[4]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Moreno' entry (public-domain text; verified via public-domain transcription - the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Moreno entry, 'Returning stateside'/'Transfer to the Pacific Fleet' paragraphs; NavSource Moreno page (09/39/39087.htm) links the same DANFS entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Tow corroboration at official-history level: the DANFS entry for fleet tug USS Moreno (ATF-87) records that after a Norfolk Navy Yard overhaul 'on 5 July, she got underway for Charleston, South Carolina, where she took ARDC-11 and an Army tug in tow,' and 'leaving the Army vessel in Panama, Moreno continued up the west coast to San Diego, California, arriving on 9 September,' remaining in operation with the U.S. Pacific Fleet. This both documents the dock's July-September 1945 Charleston-to-San Diego passage under the ARDC-11 designation and establishes that 'ARDC-11' remained her designation through at least September 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1945-07 to 1945-09
- Population
- Dock crew during the tow (if self-contained and crewed aboard); Moreno's crew
- Limitations
- The underlying document is the official DANFS entry (public domain), but the live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 this session (documented NHHC link rot) - the text was verified through the public-domain DANFS transcription reproduced in the USS Moreno Wikipedia article, which derives directly from DANFS. The 'ARDC-11' designation usage is load-bearing for the redesignation-date correction. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-04
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[5]NavSource pages for AFDL-44, AFDL-43, AFDL-37, AFDL-41, AFDL-6, AFDL-30 (conflicting stated dates) vs. DANFS Moreno entry (ARDC-11 usage, Sept 1945) and BuSandA 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II' ch. IX (1946 revision) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/28/7344.htm and 7343.htm ('1 February 1945') vs. 7337.htm and 7341.htm ('1 August 1946'); 2849.htm and 2880.htm ('1 August 1946'); DANFS Moreno; bases-9.html 1946 reclassification list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Designation-date correction: NavSource's AFDL-44 page states 'Redesignated AFDL-44, 1 February 1945' (and AFDL-43's page states the same date for ARDC-10), but three independent indicators contradict it - (a) the DANFS-derived Moreno text calls her ARDC-11 throughout the July-September 1945 tow; (b) NavSource's own sibling pages for AFDL-37 (ex-ARDC-4) and AFDL-41 (ex-ARDC-8) state 'Redesignated ... 1 August 1946,' matching NavSource's pages for the steel docks (AFDL-6, AFDL-30: '1 August 1946'); (c) the BuSandA official history documents the 1946 Navy-wide floating-drydock nomenclature revision under which 'the RDC's became AFDL(C)'s.' The redesignation is therefore carried as 1946 (consistent with 1 August 1946), and '1 February 1945' is treated as an unreconciled compilation anomaly - possibly a 1946 typo.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Resolves an intra-source conflict in the secondary record in favor of the 1946 reclassification documented by the official BuSandA history and consistent with DANFS usage. The precise effective date (1 February 1946 vs 1 August 1946) is not established - no redesignation directive was retrieved; carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-05
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[6]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, commanding-officers tables for AFDL-44 (09/28/7344), AFDL-43 (7343), AFDL-6 Dynamic (2849), and AFDL-30 (2880) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Commanding Officers tables, NavSource pages 7344, 7343, 2849, 2880
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Postwar command pattern: NavSource's commanding-officer roster for this craft lists 'CAPT. Burford, William Page, USN | 1951 - 1953' annotated 'in command AFDL-44 and AFDL-43 simultaneously.' The same Burford (alternating with CAPT., later RADM, Harold H. Tiemroth) appears on the NavSource officer rosters of AFDL-6 (Dynamic) and AFDL-30 for the 1950-1953 period - a pattern reading as successive officers-in-charge of a pooled floating-dock unit rather than hull-dedicated commanding officers. Establishes the dock remained in U.S. Navy service through at least 1951-1953.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1950-1953
- Population
- Dock crew(s) under the pooled command, 1951-1953
- Limitations
- Roster data from a secondary compilation - no primary personnel or station document located. The rosters name no station; San Diego (her documented 1945 delivery point into the Pacific Fleet) is the consistent inference but is not stated. Confirms continued commissioned/crewed status 1951-53, which is consistent with - but does not prove - self-contained (militarized) configuration. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-06
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[7]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/ARDC blocks: 'ARDC-1, ARDC-2, ARDC-3, ARDC-7, ARDC-8' present; ARDC-11 and AFDL-44 absent
- 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 ARDC-1, ARDC-2, ARDC-3, ARDC-7, and ARDC-8 only - no entry exists for ARDC-11 and none for AFDL-44 (the list's AFDL entries are AFDL-21, -29, -32). No federal deck-log holding was located for this dock's 1944-1947 service, including its Charleston Navy Yard period; a station-based log (Charleston Navy Yard) may exist outside the ship-number list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Absence from the ship-number list does not prove no logs exist - logs for yard/station-assigned craft can be filed under the station or under a different designation, and post-1947 logs fall outside SL-44's 1801-1947 scope entirely. The dock's daily activity at Charleston (Dec 1944-Jul 1945) and San Diego remains undocumented by any consulted primary source. No asbestos content is implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-07
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[8]U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index table: AFDL-40/-41/-42 rows 'RG 385, Microfilm, NAID 63531026'; no AFDL-44 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index carries no row for AFDL-44 - but does list plans for sibling ex-ARDC concrete docks AFDL-40, AFDL-41, and AFDL-42 (plus AFDL-34, -35, -37, -38, -47), all on the same microfilm series entry NAID 63531026 (RG 385, Naval Facilities Engineering Command / Bureau of Yards and Docks records). The shared reel is consistent with class-level ARDC plan coverage; whether AFDL-44 plans are on it unindexed is unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1945 records
- Limitations
- Index-level holding only - confirms plans exist for sibling hulls of the same concrete class on a shared microfilm entry; no AFDL-44-specific entry exists and the drawings were not retrieved. Whether they carry a materials schedule (insulation, asbestos-cement products) is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-08
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[9]NHHC/DANFS presence check; Naval Vessel Register (live site + Wayback CDX, unreachable); NavSource statement 'There is no DANFS history available for USS ARDC-11 / AFDL-44' [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.navy.mil site search for 'ARDC-11'/'AFDL-44'; nvr.navy.mil QUICKFIND/SHIPSDETAIL endpoints; Wayback CDX (offline 2026-09-20)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Registry and DANFS absence: no DANFS entry exists for ARDC-11/AFDL-44 (stated on the NavSource page and confirmed by NHHC site search); no NVR SHIPSDETAIL page was located, and the live register's legacy quickfind/non-active list URLs now return only the register's application shell while the Internet Archive (Wayback captures of the static lists used by sibling records) was offline this session - the disposal/stricken instrument could not be pulled.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- Absence of a DANFS entry is verified (NavSource statement plus failed NHHC search). NVR verification is incomplete: the register no longer exposes the legacy static pages, Wayback was offline, and her loan-transfer (1969) may predate detailed NVR tracking - stricken and disposal dates remain unlocated rather than proven absent. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-09
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[10]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places nomination, Charleston Navy Yard Historic District (NPS NRHP continuation sheet) [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP continuation sheet, general description opening paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Station-name corroboration: the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Charleston Navy Yard Historic District documents 'the Charleston Navy Yard (later the Charleston Naval Shipyard, and finally Naval Base Charleston), which served the United States Navy from 1903 to 1996' - corroborating that the installation's period-correct name during the dock's documented December 1944 - July 1945 service was Charleston Navy Yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1903-1996 (district); 1944-45 (dock's documented presence)
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard workforce (1944-45 era)
- Limitations
- Documents the installation and its name lineage, not this dock's presence - the dock's Charleston service rests on the NavSource record. The nomination contains no asbestos or insulation-materials information and supports no exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-10
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[11]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II' (1947), Chapter IX (ARDC equipment list); 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 ARDC equipment paragraph (printed p. 218); AJIM 11(3):359-373 (WWII shipbuilding asbestos program)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/design inference for asbestos-relevant equipment aboard the ARDC class: the six self-contained docks carried diesel engines driving 200-kW generators, air compressors, refrigerating/heating/ventilating equipment, water evaporators, ballast pumps, repair shops, and traveling cranes - machinery of the WWII era commonly fitted with asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, millboard, thermal insulation, and brake linings. The monolithic reinforced-concrete hull itself carried no boilers or steam plant. The occupational pathway is the larger inference: the dock's documented function was lifting era vessels for underwater-hull repair - work performed by its crew and repair parties in sustained contact with ships whose own insulation suites commonly contained asbestos - at Charleston Navy Yard (1944-45) and on the U.S. Pacific coast (1945-1969), followed by a Philippine service era extending to at least 2015 during which any retained era materials would have been maintained and disturbed without a located disclosure.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2015 era documented; article 1987
- Population
- ARDC crew and repair parties (Charleston NY 1944-45; Pacific coast 1945-1969); Philippine Navy dock crews (1969-present, materials undocumented)
- Limitations
- Era/design inference only - the cited official history lists the equipment but says nothing about asbestos content of any component; asbestos presence aboard this dock is unproven. Whether ARDC-11 was a self-contained unit carrying this machinery is itself undocumented. A concrete 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, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-11
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[12]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 era and federal construction program under which this Navy concrete auxiliary dock was designed and built (Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1943-1944).
- 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 ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this craft, does not address floating drydocks or concrete docks specifically, and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this dock, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-12
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[13]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, does not name this hull, and is 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-44-afdl44-13
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[14]Batch-600 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-10 and sl-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation and name-collision sweep: fresh CourtListener API v4 queries for 'AFDL-44'/'ARDC-11' were blocked (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota) and deferred per the backoff rule; web-indexed court-record sweeps (site:courtlistener.com, RECAP storage) returned no opinion or docket naming this dock - the recurring 'ARDC' collision is the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, an attorney-discipline body unrelated to the dock. Name-collision risk is otherwise low: 'ARDC-11'/'AFDL-44' are unique Navy designations, no other Navy hull shares the numbers, and the craft never carried a name (only the Philippine designation YD-205).
- 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-44-afdl44-14
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[15]Batch-600 search ledger (this record): NavSource archive and index; BuSandA official history (HyperWar); shipbuildinghistory/njscuba tables; DANFS Moreno (transcription); NARA SL-44 and Ship Plan Index; NVR (live + Wayback); CourtListener (blocked); web-indexed litigation sweeps; BBBO sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-01 through sl-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for ARDC-11/AFDL-44/YD-205: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, condition report, or docketed case naming this dock was found in the public sources searched - the BuSandA design history, NavSource archive, shipbuildinghistory and njscuba compilation tables, the DANFS-derived Moreno text, the NARA listings, and the searched NVR surface 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 - era machinery aboard self-contained ARDCs is plausibly consistent with period asbestos-containing components, the dock's ~70-year combined U.S./Philippine service life gave any onboard materials an unusually long disturbance window, and the sibling-class NARA plans (NAID 63531026) may carry a materials schedule not yet examined. The litigation sweep is incomplete (CourtListener throttled). This finding does not establish presence or absence and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-afdl-44-afdl44-15
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[16]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments); NARA Ship Plan Index NAID 63531026; BuSandA contract-record holdings; Philippine Navy custody [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 181 description; Ship Plan Index sibling rows; sl-44 listing gap
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no reproduction spend authorized): (a) Charleston Navy Yard wartime records at NARA (RG 181, Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) - yard operating/docking records for 1944-45 may document the dock's work program and configuration; (b) BuSandA/BuShips contract records for the Tidewater Construction Corp. ARDC contracts (Wilmington NC) - potential per-hull configuration (self-contained vs shore-powered) and materials documentation; (c) NARA microfilm NAID 63531026 covering sibling ex-ARDC docks - possible unindexed AFDL-44 plans; (d) the 1969 loan-transfer and 1980 sale instruments and any stricken instrument (post-1947 Naval Vessel Register/Naval Directory era records); (e) Philippine Navy records for YD-205 at Cavite - maintenance history since 1969.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1980 records
- Limitations
- Record-holding mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed (no reproduction spend authorized; wartime yard records of this type 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-44-afdl44-16