USS ARD-33

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [1]research packet az-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-ard-33-ard33-pkt-az-packet-md

2. [2]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive - Reliance (AFDL-47) ex AFDL-47 ex ARD-33 [other_primary]

   Locator

   ARD-33/AFDL-47 entry: chronology block, specifications block, awards display, commanding-officer list, photo table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource entry (filed under Reliance AFDL-47, ex AFDL-47, ex ARD-33): ARD-12-class auxiliary repair dry dock / AFDL-47-class small auxiliary floating dry dock; laid down February 1945 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; launched 9 August 1946 (contemporary press fixes the launch on 10 August - see gaps); delivered and placed in commission as ARD-33 in August 1946; redesignated AFDL-47, date unknown; named Reliance, date unknown; placed out of service, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 12 May 2007; sold in 2007 to Detyens, Charleston SC; current disposition 'fate unknown.' Specifications: 6,000 t (lt), length 489 ft, beam 97 ft, draft 5 ft (lt). Commanding officers listed: CAPT William Kilian Romoser USN (later RADM) 1950-Oct 1951; CAPT Orlin L. Livdahl USN (later RADM) Oct 1951-1953. Awards display lists American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. Page states 'There is no history available' for the hull.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-2007

   Population

   Naval crew manning the commissioned dock (design complement 7 officers + 130 enlisted per contemporary press)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary compilation of official records (NHHC/NVR/BuShips-derived data), not itself a primary source; no DANFS narrative exists to corroborate the chronology (the DANFS R-index carries no Reliance entry - the URL pattern 404s). Launch date prints 9 August while the contemporaneous Pittsburgh Press documents the launch on Saturday 10 August 1946 - variance carried in gaps. Awards display is auto-generated and unverified for a dock commissioned in August 1946, after WWII medal-eligibility windows closed. Establishes identity, construction, command, and disposition; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information and supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-01

3. [3]The Pittsburgh Press, 9 August 1946 (launch preview) and 11 August 1946 (p.21 'THE LAST OF THE LINE' launch report) - page scans hosted on NavSource (images 09734701.jpg, 09734702.jpg, contributed by Lawrence G. Lovejoy P.E.) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   NavSource ARD-33 photo table - two full-page Pittsburgh Press scans, 8 and 11 August 1946

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporary newspaper documentation of construction and launch (Pittsburgh Press page scans hosted on the NavSource page): (a) 9 August 1946 - 'Army Hunting Way to Take Huge Drydock Down River - Largest "Ship" Ever Made Here Leave Ways Tomorrow; River Raised Two Feet': the Navy's largest single unit to leave the upper Ohio; Army Engineers raised the river two feet by closing the Emsworth dam ports (channel 9 ft); beam 97 ft vs 110-ft locks (six feet of clearance each side); 488 ft long - 120 ft longer than the largest wartime LSTs built at Dravo; normal working draft 10 ft, 39 ft fully submerged, reduced to 5 ft under continuous pumping for the Ohio transit; seaworthy and self-contained but not self-propelled - tug tow required; designed to handle destroyers or light cruisers (10,000-ton cargo ships cited); christened at noon by Mrs. Ben Moreell, wife of Admiral Moreell (Seabee organizer, then Coal Mines Administrator); crew of 130 men and seven officers; machinery to be installed for the tow down the Ohio and Mississippi to the Gulf; 45 ft keel-to-topdeck height; (b) 11 August 1946 (Sunday, page 21, section 2) - 'THE LAST OF THE LINE': ARD-33, largest ship ever built on the Ohio River, slid down the ways at Dravo's Neville Island yards; the 6,000-ton ship-lifting dock cost three million dollars and was under construction for 18 months; last of the hundreds of Navy wartime-program craft built there; 'the launching occurred yesterday' (Saturday 10 August 1946).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-02 - 1946-08

   Population

   Dravo Neville Island construction workforce (1945-46); prospective Navy crew 7 officers + 130 enlisted

   Limitations

   Contemporary press reporting - strongest on the observable launch event (date, christening, dimensions, cost, crew, river-engineering detail) and weakest on contract-level data (delivery/fiscal dates). Establishes Neville Island, Pittsburgh as the build site beyond dispute and the launch as 10 August 1946. Contains no asbestos or materials content; 'self-contained' services and repair-dock machinery are described only functionally.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-02

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - Reliance (AFDL-47) detail 63, including scanned status cards 6E_01 (Form MA-199) and 63_116AF (Form MA-383) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 63 milestones block; status-card images /cards/6E_01.png and /cards/63_116AF.jpg

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory database record for Reliance (AFDL-47) plus its two scanned status cards establish the reserve-fleet custody trail: record shows year built 1946, shipyard Dravo Corporation, type 'AFDL Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock,' Naval Service Craft, LOA 450 ft x 125 ft beam, 8-ft draft, 6,000-ton lifting capacity, fate 'Returned - U.S.'; name history ARD-33 -> Reliance (AFDL-47); milestones: Acquisition 8/28/1978 'MARAD temporary custody' and Disposition 11/3/1983 'Withdrawn by Navy.' Form MA-199 vessel status card (AFDL-47, flag U.S. Navy, 'Auxiliary DD', date built 3/46, delivered from shipyard to Department of the Navy): operating-history rows show 'Department of the Navy -> Maritime Admin., James River, 10:00AM EDT 8/28/78, Lay-up, Temporary Custody' then 'Withdrawn by Navy, James River, 7:00PM EST 11/3/83.' Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet particulars card (AFDL-47, Small Auxiliary Floating Drydock, James River fleet, service prior to lay-up 'Navy'): entered 8-28-78 1000 EDT; withdrawn 1-18-81 0830 EST 'Withdrawn by Navy' (dashed/temporary line); entered 8-12-81 0830 EDT; withdrawn 11-3-83 1900 EST 'Withdrawn by Navy.' The January-August 1981 temporary withdrawal-and-return is documented on the card but unexplained (purpose - e.g., tow-out survey or lease staging - not recorded).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1946-1983

   Population

   James River Reserve Fleet caretaker crews (1978-1983 custody window)

   Limitations

   Authoritative for federal custody milestones and reserve-fleet particulars; the card's '3/46' build date conflicts with the documented August 1946 launch and is carried in gaps, as are the dimension variances (450x125 card vs 488/489x97 press/NavSource - different measurement bases plausible but unconfirmed). Purpose of the Jan-Aug 1981 temporary withdrawal is undocumented. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-03

5. [5]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Ships' Status Changes' compiled by Fred W. Cassady Jr. - May 1985 (Vol. 111/5/987) and June 1992 (Vol. 118/6/1072) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   May 1985 column 'SHIPS/CRAFT ACQUIRED/REACQUIRED BY THE U.S. NAVY FROM THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION' table; June 1992 column 'SHIPS/CRAFT TRANSFERRED TO THE GOVERNMENT/NONGOVERNMENT AGENCIES' table (usni.org live pages return 403 to automated fetch; verified via Wayback capture and search-index text)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   USNI Proceedings 'Ships' Status Changes' columns document the post-reserve-fleet custody chain: (a) May 1985 issue - '3 Nov. 83 Reliance (AFDL-47): Reacquired this date and transferred to the custody of the North Florida Shipyard, Jacksonville, which had leased the dock on 30 Sep. 83. Withdrawn from Reserve Fleet, James [River]'; (b) June 1992 issue - '15 May 1991 Reliance (AFDL-47): Leased to Detyens Shipyards, Inc.; Mt. Pleasant, SC.' The dock therefore passed from James River lay-up (1978-83) to a Navy lease at North Florida Shipyard, Jacksonville (1983-1991), then to a Navy lease at Detyens Shipyards (from 15 May 1991), culminating in the 2007 strike and sale to Detyens.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1983-1991

   Population

   North Florida Shipyard and Detyens Shipyards workforces using the leased dock (1983-2007) - occupancy context only

   Limitations

   USNI's compiled status-change tables reproduce Navy administrative announcements - reliable for dates and custody actions, but they record lease/custody events only; the lease documents themselves (terms, scope of work, condition at transfer) are not public. May 1985 snippet verified via search-index text of the usni.org page. Contains no asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-04

6. [6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table + 'Dravo Corporation - Barges, Pittsburgh PA' yard list (navalmarinearchive.com mirror) [other_primary]

   Locator

   auxafd.htm ARD-33 and AFDL-47 rows; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/large/dravobarges.html ARD 33 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipbuilding History (Colton) floating-drydock tables corroborate identity and disposition: ARD table row 'ARD 33 - Dravo Corp. - [Wilmington DE] - 5,200 t - 489 ft - Feb-46 - See AFDL 47' and post-WWII AFDL table row 'AFDL 47 - Reliance - Dravo Corp. - 6,000 t - 488 ft - Feb-46 - Ex-ARD 33, sold 2007 to Detyens, Charleston SC.' The separate Dravo Pittsburgh 'Barges' yard list (navalmarinearchive.com mirror of the same dataset) carries 'ARD 33 - U.S. Navy - repair dock - 1945 - later "Reliance" (AFDL 47), to Detyens' under the Neville Island, Pittsburgh yard - consistent with the Pittsburgh Press launch documentation and NavSource, and establishing that the auxafd table's 'Wilmington DE' builder column is a yard-attribution error (Dravo operated both Neville Island, Pittsburgh PA and Wilmington DE).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-2007

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation - corroborates builder, tonnage, length, and the 2007 Detyens sale. The 'Feb-46' figure in the delivery column conflicts with the documented August 1946 launch/commissioning (press-photo-dated) and is carried in gaps; the Wilmington DE yard attribution is an error - Neville Island, Pittsburgh is proven by contemporary press and the same dataset's Dravo-Pittsburgh table. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-05

7. [7]Marine Log, 'Detyens Shipyards take delivery of new floating dry dock' (2015-12-14); Post and Courier (Moultrie News), 'Detyens takes delivery of new drydock' (2015-12-11); Maritime Executive and Professional Mariner identical coverage [reputable_press]

   Locator

   marinelog.com 2015-12-14 article (dock dimensions, 'replace existing 448-foot' passage); postandcourier.com moultrie-news 2015-12-11; maritime-executive.com 2015-12-15

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporary trade press documents the craft's final years in commercial service: Detyens Shipyards took delivery of a newly built 400 ft x 108 ft floating drydock (built by Corn Island Shipyard, Grandview IN; towed down the Ohio and Mississippi by Excell Marine's Arthur E Snider, then by Eileen McAllister from New Orleans) at its Cooper River facility on 11 December 2015 - 'the new floating drydock will eventually replace Detyens' existing 448-foot long floating drydock.' Detyens' existing floating drydock was ex-AFDL-47/Reliance (sold to Detyens 2007; MARAD records the hull's LOA as 450 ft, press gives 448 ft - the same dock by measurement and ownership chain). No public record of the ex-AFDL-47 hull's disposition after the replacement dock's delivery was located.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   2007-2015

   Population

   Detyens Shipyards workforce (2007-~2015 use window)

   Limitations

   The 2015 delivery event is verified press coverage; the identification of the replaced 'existing 448-foot floating drydock' as ex-AFDL-47 is inference from the documented 2007 sale to Detyens, the MARAD 450-ft LOA, and the absence of any other Detyens floating drydock in the record - not stated by name in the coverage. Nothing in the sources addresses asbestos, dismantling, or disposal of the old dock; post-2015 fate undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-06

8. [8]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II' (official Navy history, 1947), Chapter 9 floating-drydock development section (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Chapter 9 - ARD development paragraphs (ARD-1 design description, diesel-electric power plant / pumping plant / repair shops / crew's accommodations enumeration)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ARD type's machinery and outfit envelope is defined by the official Bureau of Yards and Docks history: the prototype ARD-1 was 'a one-piece dock, ship-shaped in form... equipped with its own diesel-electric power plant, pumping plant, repair shops, and crew's accommodations... the first drydock in any navy which was sufficiently self-sustaining to accompany a fleet into remote waters,' and the follow-on ARD-2-class-plus docks 'incorporat[ed] many improvements adopted as a result of operational experience.' ARD-33 (ARD-12 class, the final wartime production series) shares this plant complement: diesel-electric generators, ballast pumps, workshops, and accommodations for a live-aboard crew - with no propulsion boilers, turbines, or main steam system. The asbestos-relevant plant aboard this craft type is therefore confined to habitability, utility, pumping, and shop systems plus construction materials.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1934-1946 design development

   Population

   ARD-type dock crews and repair workforces (type context)

   Limitations

   Type-level design description - defines the asbestos-relevant boundary, not presence: it says nothing about which materials were installed aboard ARD-33 specifically. The text describes ARD-1 (1934 prototype) and the type's wartime development; the ARD-12-class specifics (exact outfit list) are not itemized in this source. Supports no ship-specific asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-07

9. [9]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1987;11(3):359-373 (PMID 3555021, DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Abstract and article record (PubMed PMID 3555021; publisher DOI page)

   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, when wartime industrial expansion produced an unprecedented rise in asbestos utilization; shipyard workers and others exposed in the 1940s developed asbestos diseases from the 1960s onward. ARD-33 was under construction February 1945 to August 1946 at Dravo's Neville Island yard - a Navy wartime-program facility whose output straddled VJ-Day - squarely inside this documented use window.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1940s wartime shipbuilding

   Population

   Dravo Neville Island construction trades (1945-46); Navy dock crews 1946-out of service

   Limitations

   Program/era-level literature - does not name this hull, this class, or this yard; establishes that asbestos use was standard practice in WWII-era U.S. shipbuilding, not that it was present aboard ARD-33. A drydock's outfit (piping, habitability, machinery) is materially thinner than a combatant's; the era-window argument supports plausibility only. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation aboard this craft.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-08

10. [10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'ARD-33', '"ARD-33" asbestos', '"USS Reliance" asbestos', '"Reliance" "floating dry dock"', '"AFDL-47"' (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]

    Locator

    cl-auth-search.py results logged in search_ledger rows sl-uss-ard-33-ard33-10 through -15

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener authenticated sweeps completed 2026-09-26: 'ARD-33' opinions returned 1 hit - a name collision (Authority of USDA to Award Monetary Relief for Discrimination, DOJ Office of Legal Counsel 1994, incidental 'ARD-33' string); '"AFDL-47"' opinions returned 0; '"ARD-33" asbestos' returned 0; '"USS Reliance" asbestos' returned 0; '"Reliance" "floating dry dock"' opinions returned 24 hits - all screened, none naming the vessel (admiralty/employment/tax/patent matters incl. Koernschild v. W.H. Streit (D.N.J. 1993), Joe Keller v. Dravo Corporation (5th Cir. 1971 - a LHWCA summary-judgment appeal against the builder yard, not the hull), United States v. Moran Towing/Bethlehem Steel (4th Cir. 1967 - removal of an unrelated sunken drydock hulk), Berry v. American Commercial Barge Lines (Ill. App. 1983)); 'ARD-33' dockets returned 14 hits - all incidental (RICO, bankruptcy, labor, patent, insurance, civil-rights string matches; two BNSF v. Center for Asbestos Related Disease dockets match on unrelated in-document strings - Libby MT vermiculite litigation, no vessel nexus); '"AFDL-47"' dockets returned 0. No qualifying asbestos litigation - or any litigation - naming the hull, its designations, or its name 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, and dockets not captured in RECAP would not appear. 'Reliance' is a high-collision name - screened only in combination with 'floating dry dock', 'AFDL', 'USS', and 'asbestos'; a bare-'Reliance' sweep was not meaningful and was not run. Opinion-text-level inspection of two screened hits was truncated by fleet pacing windows; classification of all 24 name-level hits as non-qualifying rests on case names, parties, and courts - none reference a Navy hull designation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-09

11. [11]Batch-2571 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (404/no entry), NVR, NARA digitized deck-log list, MARAD ShipHistory 63 + status cards + 12626, NavSource, Shipbuilding History, Pittsburgh Press 1946, USNI Proceedings status tables, CourtListener sweeps [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-ard-33-ard33-01 through -16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, plans-level materials statement, or litigation naming ARD-33, AFDL-47, or Reliance was found in the sources searched - no DANFS entry exists (the DANFS R-index carries no Reliance entry; the NHHC URL pattern 404s), the Naval Vessel Register serves only its shell page for this designation, no ARD-33/AFDL-47 deck logs appear on NARA's digitized deck-log list (the only ARD hulls digitized are Arco ARD-29 and Windsor ARD-22), the MARAD ShipHistory record carries no attached documents or plans, and the NavSource/ShipScribe/Shipbuilding History compilations, MARAD status cards, USNI status tables, and contemporary press contain no asbestos 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 welded-steel drydock built 1945-46 and worked commercially into the 2010s is era-consistent with retained or abated ACM, and both Navy-custody (1946-1978) and commercial-lease (1983-2015+) maintenance files may exist outside public view (NARA plans microfilm 63531026 and textual deck logs at Archives II are the open leads). Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-10

12. [12]Pittsburgh Press 9/11 Aug 1946 launch coverage (NavSource scans) vs Shipbuilding History auxafd table (Wilmington DE, Feb-46) vs navalmarinearchive Dravo-Pittsburgh barges list (Neville Island, 1945) vs MARAD status card (built 3/46) vs uswarships.jounin.jp ARD table (delivered 1946/2/1) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Pittsburgh Press 1946-08-11 scan 'THE LAST OF THE LINE' (Dravo Neville Island yards, launch 'yesterday'); auxafd.htm ARD-33 row; dravobarges.html ARD 33 row; MARAD card 6E_01.png field 8

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Correction - builder location and date variants: secondary tables (Shipbuilding History auxafd ARD/AFDL rows) attribute ARD-33 to 'Dravo Corp., Wilmington DE' and print a 'Feb-46' delivery; the same publisher's Dravo-Pittsburgh yard list carries ARD-33 under Neville Island, Pittsburgh PA ('1945... later Reliance (AFDL 47)'), the contemporaneous Pittsburgh Press photographed and reported the launch on the Ohio River at Neville Island, and the MARAD status card shows '3/46' build-date while a secondary Japanese compilation (uswarships.jounin.jp) prints a 1946-02-01 delivery. This record carries Neville Island, Pittsburgh PA as the build site (contemporary photo evidence + builder-yard list) and August 1946 launch/commissioning (press-dated); the Wilmington attribution and Feb/Mar 1946 date variants are compilation errors or contract-date artifacts, logged in gaps.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1945-1946

    Limitations

    Provenance correction only - no source disputes that Dravo built the hull; which Dravo yard (Neville Island PA vs Wilmington DE) and which 1946 date is what the sources conflict on. Pittsburgh Press is contemporaneous and photo-documented, so it controls on both points. Does not affect the asbestos analysis.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-11

13. [13]NARA cartographic Ship Plan Index (AFDL-47 roll 385 / ID 63531026); NARA Navy deck-log online list (no ARD-33/AFDL-47 coverage); NARA RG 19/24/71 record-group guidance; Detyens Shipyards private records channel [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov cartographic ship-index (AFDL-47 entry); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (ARD hulls present: Arco ARD-29, Windsor ARD-22 - no ARD-33/AFDL-47)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room visit, reproduction order, or FOIA; no spend authorized): (a) NARA cartographic Ship Plan Index lists 'AFDL-47' on microfilm roll 385 / identifier 63531026 - the hull's plans booklet may carry materials and insulation callouts; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs for ARD-33/AFDL-47 (commissioned auxiliary, 1946-out of service) are not on the digitized deck-log list - textual reference at Archives II College Park; the logs would also fix the undocumented 1946-1978 duty station; (c) BuShips/BuDocks contract and design records for the Dravo ARD contract (RG 19 / RG 71); (d) Navy lease files for the 1983 North Florida Shipyard and 1991 Detyens leases (NAVSEA/SECNAV real-estate and in-service-craft records) - lease conveyances sometimes carry condition surveys; (e) Detyens Shipyards' own records for the purchased dock (private; 2007-present) including any pre-sale survey or later demolition/scrapping documentation after the Dec 2015 replacement.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1945-present records

    Limitations

    Record-group and channel mapping only - no box-level retrieval or FOIA request performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ard-33-ard33-12