Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS ARD-16 (page 09/67/6716) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/67/6716 - chronology block, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions (Melville RI 1952-56; salvage August 2010)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for USS ARD-16 supplies the full chronology: ARD-12 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock laid down circa 1943 at Pacific Bridge, Alameda, CA; delivered and commissioned USS ARD-16, 1 February 1944, LCDR Gerrard T. January in command; Asiatic-Pacific campaign credits - Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Saipan 24 July - 1 August 1944, Guam 2 - 15 August 1944) and Western Caroline Islands operation (capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands 6 September - 14 October 1944); decommissioned 1 July 1946 and placed in service; placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1972; sold for scrapping 1 March 1973 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service; resold to Bender Ship Building, Mobile, AL for commercial service; final disposition - while lying partially submerged in the Gulf of Mexico due west of Yankeetown, FL during salvage operations by Blacksmith Marine Corp. of Jacksonville, FL, a severe weather system knocked down both wing walls and the hulk was reported headed for cutting-up as scrap. Specifications: displacement 5,200 t, length 492 ft, beam 81 ft, draft 6 ft; call sign NJIB; awards American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), World War II Victory Medal - two battle stars. Photo captions document ARD-16 in service at Melville, RI with an unidentified destroyer in dock (1952-56, USS Yosemite crew contributor) and ex-ARD-16 partially submerged off Yankeetown during salvage, August 2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Population
- Dock crew (wartime complement unverified); repair and yard workforces at Melville and Boston Naval Shipyard
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources and official photographs; consistent with primary and official sources on every checkable point (commissioning date vs NARA SL-44 log start 2/1/1944; Kossol station vs BuShips Wadleigh record; Leyte presence vs BBBO; Guam vs USMC monograph; Boston NSY service vs NPS-cataloged photos). The stricken date and 1973 DRMS sale rest on the compilation alone (pre-1987 disposal, not in live NVR). The final-disposition narrative is a contributor note, not an official record. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-01
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[2]Department of the Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946,' Chapter IX (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947; HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of the NHHC-held text), pp. 209-216 [other_primary]
- Locator
- bases-9.html - 'Types of Floating Drydocks' definitions and 'Auxiliary Repair Dock' section (pp. 214-216), including the revised 59-ft clear-width sentence
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Bureau of Yards and Docks official WWII history (Chapter IX, 'Floating Drydocks') documents the class to which this hull belonged: the ARD type is defined as 'Mobile, military, steel unit dock, ship-form hull, with a normal lifting capacity of 3,500 tons, for destroyers, submarines, and small auxiliaries.' The original group (ARD-2, ARD-5, and six others of the same dimensions built 1942-43) measured 485 ft 8 in long, 71 ft wide, 413 ft usable length, 49 ft 4 in clear width, 21 ft depth over blocks. Because the rapid production of landing craft in 1942 dictated mobile drydocks capable of handling LSTs of greater beam, 'all subsequent docks of this class were built to revised designs providing a clear width of 59 feet between the wing walls' - the revised group into which ARD-12-class hulls including ARD-16 fall. Class design features: integral unit steel hull stressed for ocean towing; bottom pontoon divided into ballast tanks; watertight safety deck in wing walls and bow; two pumping plants of two 15,000-gpm vertical-shaft pumps each; two machinery decks in the wing walls carrying pump and valve motors, welding equipment, main diesel generators, and crew quarters and messing; hull repair shop in the bow; four railway-type diesel engines directly connected to electric generators; provision made for low-power propulsion but no dock was ever so equipped; bottom-hinged stern gate; two 10-ton jib cranes; trans-Pacific tows averaged 6-8 knots.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940-1946
- Population
- WWII floating-dock builders and operating crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Official program- and class-level history; does not name ARD-16 specifically (chapter photographs are of sister docks ARD-13 and ARD-14) and contains no asbestos or insulation-materials content. Membership of ARD-16 in the revised-width group is corroborated by its NavSource 'ARD-12 class' label and 81-ft beam (vs 71 ft for the original group) plus shipbuildinghistory's 5,200 t / 489 ft row matching the revised design. Establishes the class design and mission, not any ship-specific material claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-02
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[3]Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships, 'Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II' (December 1949), WADLEIGH (DD689) section, pp. 47-58 (NARA RG 181 source document; HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- WADLEIGH section, paragraphs 3-9 and photo/plate captions; direct quote: 'The caisson remained in place until WADLEIGH was drydocked in ARD 16 on 9 November 1944.'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships' official postwar engineering publication 'Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II' (Navy Department, December 1949) documents this hull performing battle-damage repair in the forward area: USS Wadleigh (DD-689), mined at Kossol Passage, Palau Islands (the report's damage table gives 16 September 1944; DANFS gives 23 September), was kept afloat under a 20-ton divers' caisson by USS Prometheus (AR-3) crews, and 'the caisson remained in place until WADLEIGH was drydocked in ARD 16 on 9 November 1944.' In the dock, repair crews cut away the wrecked bottom structure with oxy-acetylene torches, removed about half of boiler 3 and the auxiliary machinery in way of damage, and installed replacement structure restoring the section modulus to a 26-percent increase over original (Photos 35, 37, 48; Plates 19-23).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- September-November 1944
- Population
- ARD-16 dock crew and Prometheus (AR-3) repair workforce; Wadleigh ship's force
- Limitations
- Official Navy publication naming this hull and dating the drydocking - the strongest ship-specific operational record located. The report does not state the dock's mooring location on 9 November 1944; the narrative context places Wadleigh's repair sequence at Kossol Passage, Palau Islands. Mine-strike date differs between this report (16 September) and DANFS (23 September) - noted, not resolved; immaterial to the ARD-16 finding. Contains no asbestos or insulation-materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-03
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[4]Carter, Worrall Reed, Rear Admiral USN, 'Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II' (Department of the Navy, 1953), Chapter XXV 'Operation ICEBERG: The Okinawa Campaign' (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of the NHHC-held text) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BBBO Chapter XXV, Leyte staging section, pp. 316-317 - ARD-16/Renshaw passage; Renshaw torpedoing per DANFS (dd499)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy fleet-logistics history 'Beans, Bullets and Black Oil' (Rear Admiral Worrall Reed Carter, USN; Department of the Navy, 1953) documents ARD-16's position during Okinawa staging at Leyte: 'Of the floating drydocks, both brought forward from Kossol, ARD-16 was unavailable for the staging work because it contained a battle-damaged destroyer, the Renshaw. Consequently ARD-17 carried most of this type of work, with Seventh Fleet facilities used on several occasions.' The docked ship was USS Renshaw (DD-499), struck by an enemy submarine torpedo in the Mindanao Sea on 21 February 1945 while escorting an LST/LSM convoy (DANFS); the staging force serviced 432 ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- February-March 1945
- Population
- ARD-16 dock crew; Renshaw damage-repair workforce; ServRon 10 staging support personnel
- Limitations
- Official Navy history naming this hull twice in the operational record (Kossol departure and Leyte employment) - establishes that ARD-16 moved forward from Kossol to Leyte for ICEBERG staging and was occupied with the battle-damaged Renshaw rather than staging dockings. BBBO does not give exact dates for the tow or the Renshaw docking; Renshaw's damage date (21 February 1945) is from DANFS, not BBBO. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-04
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[5]Lodge, Major O. R., USMC, 'The Recapture of Guam' (Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 1954), Appendix V naval-unit list (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USMC-M-Guam-V.html - FLEET AUXILIARIES list: 'ARD-16' between Aloe (AN-6) and ARD-17
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Marine Corps historical monograph 'The Recapture of Guam' (Historical Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps) lists ARD-16 under FLEET AUXILIARIES in its appendix of naval units engaged in the Guam operation - official corroboration of the dock's Marianas station (capture and occupation of Guam, 2-15 August 1944, consistent with the NavSource campaign listing).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- August 1944
- Population
- Guam-operation fleet auxiliary crews (listing context)
- Limitations
- Official USMC unit-history appendix naming this hull among fleet auxiliaries of the Guam operation - corroborates presence, not a detailed station record; the monograph gives no dates or movements for the dock itself. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-05
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[6]U.S. Navy photographs, Boston National Historical Park Collection: NPS Cat. Nos. BOSTS-10725-2, BOSTS-10725-3, BOSTS-10726 (5 August 1955, Constellation docking/tow) and BOSTS-10111 (1 April 1960 aerial, Dry Dock 5) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS catalog numbers as captioned on NavSource 09/67/6716 (photos section) and the Wikimedia Commons copy of BOSTS-10111 with the same ship/craft presence table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- National Park Service-cataloged U.S. Navy photographs in the Boston National Historical Park Collection document this hull at the Boston Naval Shipyard: BOSTS-10725-2 and BOSTS-10725-3 show ex-USS Constellation (IX-20) maneuvered into floating dry dock ARD-16 on 5 August 1955 in preparation for transfer from the Boston Naval Shipyard to Baltimore; BOSTS-10726 shows Constellation in ARD-16's basin at Pier 6 and USS Nipmuc (ATF-157) towing the dock down Boston Harbor the same day; BOSTS-10111 (aerial survey of Boston Navy Yard, 1 April 1960) lists 'Dry Dock 5: ARD-16 - Floating Dry Dock' with companion craft YFND-23 in the basin, alongside USS Wasp (CVS-18) and other fleet units.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1955-1960
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard dock workforce; crews of docked vessels (1955-1960 window documented)
- Limitations
- NPS-cataloged official Navy imagery - authoritative for the dock's Boston Naval Shipyard service in 1955-1960; images hosted via NavSource/Wikimedia reproductions of the cataloged prints, catalog numbers given in the NPS-attributed captions. Establishes yard service, not duration; the pre-1955 Melville RI assignment rests on NavSource crew captions only. No asbestos or materials information in any caption.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-06
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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, ARD block: 'ARD-16 2/1/1944 6/30/1945' (adjacent ARD-15 and ARD-17 rows internally consistent with their known dates)
- 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 'ARD-16' covering 2/1/1944 through 6/30/1945 - spanning the commissioning date through her Palau and Leyte forward-area service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-02-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Dock crew (unverified complement period-by-period)
- 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 tow itinerary, docking tallies, station dates, and crew. The 2/1/1944 start corroborates the NavSource commissioning date of 1 February 1944. No asbestos content is implied by the listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-07
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com - 'Floating Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, ARDM, YFD)' table (Tim Colton compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxafd.htm, Auxiliary Repair Docks (ARD) table - ARD-16 row; adjacent ARD-11 and ARD-12+ rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipbuildinghistory.com floating-dock construction table lists: 'ARD | 16 | | Pacific Bridge | Alameda CA | 5,200 | 489 | Jan-44 | Operated by Bender SB in Mobile AL' - corroborating builder, tonnage, delivery month, and the Bender commercial disposition. The same table documents the class production split: ARD-6 through ARD-11 at 4,200 tons/483 ft (original dimensions) versus ARD-12 onward at 5,200 tons/489 ft (the revised wider-wingwall design), all Pacific Bridge, Alameda.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Limitations
- Independent compilation from yard and registry records - secondary in character but consistent with NavSource and NPS records on every checkable field, and corroborated for the builder by the official BuDocks program history. The compiler's table header warns floating-dock builder attribution is incomplete. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-08
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[9]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Ch. IX (ARD design description); BuShips 'Structural Repairs in Forward Areas' (Wadleigh repair scope); era asbestos framing per Corn & Starr (ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- bases-9.html, 'Auxiliary Repair Dock' section (machinery decks, diesel generators, repair shops, crew accommodations); BuShips report WADLEIGH paragraphs 4-9 (hot work and machinery removal)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: the revised-design ARD was a self-contained steel unit dock carrying a diesel-electric generating plant, pump and valve motors, welding equipment, a hull repair shop, crew quarters and messing facilities, and two 10-ton jib cranes - machinery, electrical plant, and habitability spaces for which 1943-44 U.S. Navy construction specifications and supply were era-consistent with asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, millboard, thermal insulation, and crane brake linings. Separately, the documented November 1944 Wadleigh repair in this dock involved oxy-acetylene cutting, welding, and removal of boiler and auxiliary machinery aboard a battle-damaged 1943-built destroyer - maintenance-disturbance work performed in the dock against the insulation suite of an era vessel.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1944 construction era; wartime repair operations 1944-45
- Population
- Construction trades (Pacific Bridge, Alameda, 1943-44); dock operating crew; forward-area repair workforces
- Limitations
- Design-level inference, not a hull record - the BuDocks history does not mention asbestos and does not name ARD-16, and neither official source states that any insulation disturbed aboard Wadleigh or aboard the dock contained asbestos. Asbestos presence aboard this hull is inferred from era construction practice and onboard machinery, not proven; a floating drydock has no steam propulsion plant, so its asbestos loading would be materially lower than a steam vessel's and confined to machinery/habitability materials. Establishes nothing about quantity, condition, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-09
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[10]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
- Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311
- 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 (1943-44) and within which it performed hull repair on era vessels in the forward area.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers, ship-repair trades, and vessel crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship; 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. As a non-propelled service craft the inference is weaker than for propelled vessels; its principal asbestos relevance is as a repair platform against era hulls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-10
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[11]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'ARD-16', 'USS ARD-16', '"ARD-16" asbestos', '"ARD-16" dock' (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py results logged in search_ledger rows sl-uss-ard-16-ard16-10 through sl-uss-ard-16-ard16-13
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated sweeps completed 2026-09-26: 'ARD-16' opinions returned 3 hits, all name collisions on individual screening (Cain v. Darby Borough, 3d Cir. 1993, civil-rights action; OLC memorandum on National Guard technician grooming regulations, 1979; Interstate Brands Corp. v. McKee Foods Corp., TTAB 2000, trademark opposition - none referencing any vessel); '"USS ARD-16"' opinions returned 0; '"ARD-16" asbestos' opinions returned 0; '"ARD-16" dock' opinions returned 0; 'ARD-16' dockets returned 56 hits with screened results all incidental matches (Ard surname and numeric-string collisions; the MDL-875 asbestos umbrella docket appears among results as a docket-level string match, not a case naming the vessel). No qualifying asbestos litigation - or any litigation - naming the hull was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- sweep 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A completed sweep negative is not proof that no case exists: unindexed state-court filings, settled pleading-stage matters, commercial-service litigation (Bender/Blacksmith eras), and dockets not captured in RECAP would not appear. 'ARD-16' is a collision-prone string (Ard surname + numeric token): all 3 opinion hits were individually screened as non-vessel matches, and the 56-hit docket result was screened by page - all examined hits non-qualifying incidental matches, including the MDL-875 umbrella docket (a docket-level string collision, not a vessel claim); deeper pagination would not change the classification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-11
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[12]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 (floating-drydock vessel-status holding); reporter citation cross-verified across case-law databases and prior-batch records
- 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
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1969-1972 (doctrine)
- Population
- Floating-drydock repair workers (type context)
- Limitations
- Type-level legal doctrine, not hull evidence - no party, vessel, or facts involving ARD-16. Establishes only the litigation posture historically applicable to moored floating drydocks; says nothing about asbestos aboard this or any hull and establishes or defeats no claim of exposure or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-12
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[13]Batch-2556 search ledger (this record): NavSource 6716; BuDocks Ch. IX; BuShips Structural Repairs in Forward Areas; BBBO Ch. XXV; USMC Recapture of Guam App. V; NARA SL-44; NPS BOSTS catalog; shipbuildinghistory auxafd; MARAD Vessel History; NVR; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ard-16-ard16-01 through sl-uss-ard-16-ard16-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, materials statement, or docketed case naming ARD-16 was found in the public sources searched - including the official BuShips forward-repair report documenting the Wadleigh drydocking, the BBBO Leyte staging record, the BuDocks class-design history, the NPS-cataloged Boston yard photographs, and the CourtListener sweep (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44-built Navy service craft with diesel-electric machinery is era-consistent with incidental asbestos-containing materials, but no ship-level documentation was located. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-13
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[14]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), RG 71 (Bureau of Yards and Docks), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); NPS Boston NHP museum collection; USCG merchant-vessel documentation guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov record-group guides; NARA SL-44 listing for ARD-16; NPS catalog numbers per NavSource photo attributions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for ARD-16, 2/1/1944-6/30/1945 (the primary source for tow itinerary, station dates, docking tallies, and wartime crew); NARA RG 71 (Bureau of Yards and Docks) for the ARD construction program and Pacific Bridge contract records; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) for revised-design class characteristics booklets and plans; Boston National Historical Park Collection catalog series BOSTS-10725/-10726/-10111 behind the cited captions; Navy property-disposal records for the 1 March 1973 DRMS sale; U.S. Coast Guard merchant-vessel documentation for any Bender-era official number; Florida DEP / Army Corps records for the Yankeetown offshore reef or salvage site.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-2010 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and repository mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-16-ard16-14