Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet ay-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: ARD-27 (never named; served as USS ARD-27 while in USN service)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ard-27-ard27-pkt-ay-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. III: Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels, NAVSHIPS 250-012, 15 April 1945 (Google-scan PDF via shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. III, Floating Dry Docks (ARD) characteristics table, book pp. 605-607 (scan PDF pp. ~625-626), row 'ARD 27'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships' official Ships' Data volume dated 15 April 1945 lists ARD-27 on the register of U.S. naval vessels as a one-piece steel floating dry dock: nominal lifting capacity 3,500 tons; suitable for docking destroyers, landing ships (LST), and submarines; overall length 491 ft 8 in; construction finished 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Scanned tabular page is partially legible in OCR - row designation, dock type ('do' = one-piece steel), 3,500-ton nominal capacity, vessel types suited for docking (DD/SS/LST), 491 ft 8 in overall length, and 1944 finish year read consistently; individual cell values were cross-checked against NavSource and the Naval Vessel Register where possible. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-01
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[3]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 XXVII, 'Logistics at Kerama Retto for the Okinawa Operation' (HyperWar transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Chapter XXVII, pp. 348-349 (ARD-27 arrival at Kerama Retto, 22 May 1945)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy history of Service Force Pacific (Carter, 'Beans, Bullets and Black Oil,' 1953) documents ARD-27 at the Kerama Retto forward repair anchorage during the Okinawa operation: 'The ARD's 22 and 27 were towed by the fleet tugs Menominee and Tenino. ARD-27 reached Kerama 22 May; ARD-22 on the 26th.' Kerama Retto hosted salvage, repair, and drydocking support for kamikaze-damaged ships; four ARDs operated there once ARD-22 and ARD-27 arrived.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- ARD-27 crew; repair personnel and crews of docked/damaged vessels at Kerama Retto
- Limitations
- Official-history narrative names this hull directly. The text does not specify which of the two fleet tugs (Menominee or Tenino) towed ARD-27 versus ARD-22, and does not itemize the dock's subsequent assignment; it documents presence within the Okinawa Gunto campaign window, not a claim about materials or conditions aboard. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-02
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[4]Carter, 'Beans, Bullets and Black Oil,' Department of the Navy, 1953 - Appendix, Service Force Pacific officer assignments, Floating Drydocks (HyperWar transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Appendix, Floating Drydocks roster, 'ARD-27 | LtComdr F.J. Silvernail'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Service Force Pacific personnel roster appended to the same official history lists ARD-27 under 'Floating Drydocks' with commanding officer LtComdr F.J. Silvernail.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes commanding-officer identity for this hull in the Service Force Pacific organization; the roster does not give assignment dates, so Silvernail's period of command is not bounded by this source alone. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-03
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[5]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15790 (1953), Part IV, Section 2, paragraph 18 II(A) - Units Eligible, Navy Occupation Service Medal ship list (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Part IV, Section 2, sub-section 18, 'II. UNITS ELIGIBLE - (A) SHIPS' table, row 'ARD 27 | 2 Sep 45 - 9 Jan 46 | A'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15790, 1953 revision) Part IV lists ARD 27 among ships eligible for the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific ('A' clasp), for the period 2 September 1945 to 9 January 1946 - official confirmation of postwar occupation duty in the Far East.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- ARD-27 crew during occupation service
- Limitations
- Establishes the creditable occupation-service period and Asia clasp only; the table does not state the ship's station (Okinawa, Japan proper, or elsewhere in the Asiatic-Pacific area) during that period. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-04
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[6]NavSource Naval History, USS ARD-27 service ship photo archive page (navsource.net/archives/09/67/6727.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ARD-27 page: chronology, campaign table, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's compiled ARD-27 page (secondary compilation drawing on Navy records): ARD-12-class auxiliary repair dock; laid down 194- (page text truncated) at Pacific Bridge Co., Alameda, CA; delivered June 1944; commissioned USS ARD-27, June 1944; Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 15 May to 30 June 1945; Navy Occupation service 2 September 1945 to 9 January 1946; decommissioned date unknown; struck date unknown; scrapped 1974; one battle star for WWII; characteristics 5,200 t displacement, 492 ft length, 81 ft beam, 6 ft draft; complement and armament listed 'unknown'; no DANFS entry exists and no photographs are cataloged.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record - retained because every checkable element agrees with official sources (commissioning window consistent with Ships' Data 1945 listing; Okinawa presence corroborated by the official fleet-logistics history arriving 22 May 1945; occupation dates match the 1953 awards manual exactly; disposal consistent with NVR and the 1974 DoD sale letter). Battle-star and 'scrapped 1974' statements rest on NavSource alone pending the official campaign-credit list. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-05
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[7]Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil), ship detail page 'NO NAME (ARD 27)', last updated 13 September 2000 (Internet Archive Wayback capture 26 January 2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail: UIC 05377; Stricken Date 04/01/1973; status 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale' dated 09/01/1974; type 'AUXILIARY REPAIR DRY DOCK (N-S-P)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval Vessel Register entry for this hull (archived official page): 'NO NAME (ARD 27), AUXILIARY REPAIR DRY DOCK (N-S-P)', UIC 05377, class ARD 12; stricken 1 April 1973; status changed 1 September 1974 to 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale'; hull material steel; propulsion type none.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1973-1974
- Limitations
- Official register record, terse: milestone fields for construction, delivery, commissioning, and decommissioning are blank, and the register does not distinguish administrative stricken date from physical disposal. Wayback capture of the live DoD page; no asbestos or materials statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-06
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[8]Defense Property Disposal Regional Office Columbus, letter DPDSSO-C of 27 August 1974, 'Sale of Floating Dry-dock, Salvage Ship, Fuel Oil, Gasoline and Water Barges' (verbatim reproduction hosted on the USS Current ARS-22 veterans' site - ARS-22 is item 2 on the same sale) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Documents page, DPDO Columbus letter to CO NISMF Pearl Harbor; sale 16-5011 award table, item 1 'ARD-27'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A reproduced Department of Defense disposal letter (Defense Property Disposal Regional Office Columbus, Newport Ship Sales Residency, Portsmouth RI, 27 August 1974) documents the sale of ARD-27: item 1 on sale 16-5011 (opened 21 August 1974), awarded to Ticonian Trading Corp., 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY, for $400,010.00 with removal date 27 September 1974; the letter is addressed to the Commanding Officer, Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor, establishing that the hull was in inactive custody at Pearl Harbor at disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1974
- Population
- scrapping-yard workforce (Ticonian Trading Corp. contract removal), 1974
- Limitations
- A verbatim reproduction of an official DoD disposal letter hosted on a private veterans' site rather than a government domain; corroborated by the Naval Vessel Register status line ('Disposed of, by Navy Sale', 09/01/1974) and by NavSource's 'scrapped 1974'. Sale for dismantling implies scrapping; the breaker's yard and location are not documented. No asbestos content - pre-CERCLA-era surplus sale documentation does not carry hazmat disclosures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-07
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[9]Building the Navy's Bases in World War II (Bureau of Yards and Docks official history), Chapter IX 'Floating Drydocks' (HyperWar); Corn & Starr, Am. J. Ind. Med. 11(3):359-373 (1987); Navy/DOE EIS-0524 (USS Enterprise reactor plants disposal) Section 3.2.2.1.1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Building Bases ch. IX, ARD design description; AJIM 11(3) doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700110311; energy.gov EIS-0524 final PDF (2023-06)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: this hull was built in 1943-44 to wartime Navy specifications as a self-sustaining auxiliary repair dock - the official Bureau of Yards and Docks design history describes the ARD type as carrying its own diesel-electric power plant, pumping plant, repair shops, and crew accommodations. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents extensive asbestos use as fireproofing and insulation in WWII-era U.S. shipbuilding, and the Navy's own ship-disposal environmental impact statement records that asbestos-containing material 'is found throughout Navy ships in insulating materials on piping systems, in electrical cables, and on ship structures.'
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Pacific Bridge construction trades 1943-44; ARD-27 crew 1944 through decommissioning; crews of vessels docked for repair; NISMF Pearl Harbor caretakers; 1974 scrapping workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era and design-level inference only - no source located names ARD-27 in connection with asbestos. The design description establishes the categories of spaces and machinery aboard (power plant, pumps, shops, accommodations), not the insulation content. Does not establish quantity, condition, present-day presence (hull was scrapped 1974), individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-08
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[10]The War Zone (twz.com) reporting verbatim the U.S. Coast Guard sale listing for ex-Oak Ridge (ARDM-1) at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore - 'WWII Vintage USS Oak Ridge Is Being Auctioned Off' (2019) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Article quoting the official sale listing: 'Hazardous materials such as asbestos containing material and lead paint have been either encapsulated or stabilized. All known PCB containing materials have been entirely removed.'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Sister-hull disclosure (class-level, closest available evidence): ex-USS Oak Ridge (ARD-19, later ARDM-1), an ARD-12-class dock built at the same Pacific Bridge Co. yard in 1943-44, was offered for sale by the U.S. Coast Guard/GSA with the disclosure that 'hazardous materials such as asbestos containing material and lead paint have been either encapsulated or stabilized' - official confirmation that asbestos-containing material was present aboard a same-class, same-builder hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2018-2019 disclosure; 1943-44 construction era
- Population
- ARD-12-class crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Documents ACM aboard a sister hull (ARD-19), not ARD-27 - supports the class-level inference but is not ship-specific evidence for this dock. Oak Ridge was rebuilt as ARDM-1 in 1962-63, so its material condition at 2018 sale is not identical to an unmodified WWII ARD. Does not establish presence, quantity, or condition aboard ARD-27, which was scrapped in 1974.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches via authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py), 2026-09-26 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ard-27-ard27-09 and sl-uss-ard-27-ard27-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated, 2026-09-26): opinion index for exact token 'ARD-27' returned one hit - In re Estate of Tanner, 295 S.W.3d 610 (Tenn. 2009), a Medicaid estate-recovery case in which the token is a claim identifier, classified as a name collision. RECAP docket searches for 'ARD-27' and spaced variant 'ARD 27' each returned 23 dockets, all name collisions (the token appears as internal exhibit/document identifiers; no asbestos suit nature, no vessel reference - sampled case names are antitrust, civil-rights, bankruptcy, and criminal dockets). A builder-name query ('Pacific Bridge' + asbestos) returned six dockets: the MDL-875 master docket and three W.D. Washington asbestos cases (Holck v. Carrier Corp. 3:13-cv-05905; Yoder v. CBS Corp. 2:14-cv-00006; McCrossin v. A.W. Chesterton Co. 3:14-cv-05382) - in each, 'Pacific Bridge' appears only inside master exhibit lists as corporate-document references (discovery-stage builder-level material naming no hull). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming ARD-27 was located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep is near-complete but not exhaustive: the post-disposal buyer query ('Ticonian Trading') remained fleet-paced at session end, and RECAP coverage is incomplete by nature - many state-court and unscraped federal dockets are not indexed, and filings that name the hull only inside un-OCR'd attachments would not surface. The Pacific Bridge exhibit-list hits are discovery-stage corporate-document references in other plaintiffs' cases; they establish that builder corporate records circulated in Washington asbestos litigation, not that ARD-27 was alleged as an exposure site. Absence of a located pleading is not proof no claim exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-10
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[12]Batch-2565 search ledger (this record): NVR detail page; DPDO sale letter reproduction; NAVSHIPS 250-012; BBBO ch. XXVII + appendix; NAVPERS 15790 Part IV; NavSource; CourtListener opinion query [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ard-27-ard27-01 through sl-uss-ard-27-ard27-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, condition report, or docketed case naming ARD-27 was found in the public sources searched - the Naval Vessel Register entry, the 1974 DoD sale documentation, the 1945 BuShips Ships' Data listing, the official fleet-logistics history, and the awards-manual eligibility table contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement (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 wartime Navy auxiliary with crew accommodations and a diesel-electric machinery plant is era-consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials, and a same-class sister hull (ARD-19) is officially documented with ACM. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-11
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[13]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck logs (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy and navy-online pages), RG 19 BuShips records, RG 181 naval-district records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log guidance page; catalog.archives.gov series 594258 (digitization status of ARD-27 logs not verified - catalog API requires a key not held by this session)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction work; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs, Entry 118 / National Archives Identifier 594258 digitized series, plus Special List 44 for pre-1947 logs) should hold this commissioned craft's deck logs documenting towing passages, Kerama/Okinawa stationing, and crew; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) construction/contract records and General Information Books for Pacific Bridge-built ARDs; RG 181 (14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor) records for Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility custody and inactivation files; NRO/DRMS case file for sale 16-5011 (1974).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether ARD-27 deck logs are digitized was not confirmed (NARA catalog API not accessible from this session). Existence of asbestos-specific documents is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ard-27-ard27-12