Evidence
25 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-25).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail page - COMPETENT (AFDM 6), ex-YFD 62 (live NVR page still serves this stricken hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail table (vessel status, milestone dates, program characteristics), shipId=2366
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register record: Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock (N-S-P); class AFDM 3; UIC 13862; builder shown as 'Everett Marine Ways Inc.'; delivery date 06/01/1944; stricken date 08/21/1997; status 'sold through the general services administration (gsa) for reuse' effective 10/06/2005; custodian 'Schools, Organizations and Private Enterprises'; page last updated 10/07/2005.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2005
- Limitations
- NVR documents milestones, status, and builder only - no yard location, materials, or asbestos content. Commission and decommission dates are blank in the NVR record (delivery 06/01/1944 shown; commission June 1944 and decommission August 1997 rest on NavSource). The NVR builder name 'Everett Marine Ways Inc.' conflicts with HAER/NavSource/compiled records ('Everett Pacific Shipbuilding') - see correction row ev-25.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-01
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[2]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, AFDM-6 ex-YFD-62 USS Competent (09/28/2806 and ship-history page 2806h) - compiled record incl. NISMF Pearl Harbor photographs (2000) and ship-authored history narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/28/2806 data block and 2806h history narrative; NISMF 2000 photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled service record for this hull: built as YFD-62 by Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co., Everett WA; delivered and placed in commission June 1944; redesignated AFDM-6 in 1945; named USS Competent in 1979; decommissioned August 1997; struck from the Naval Register 21 August 1997; laid up at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor (photos dated 2000). Specifications: displacement 8,000 t; length 522 ft; beam 124 ft; draft 7-15 ft; complement 4 officers, 146 enlisted; callsign NBHD. Ship-history narrative: served in the Pacific theater from 1944; ~23 years at Pearl Harbor, then Subic Bay; overhaul at Guam, towed back to Pearl Harbor 1980 ('last at sea deployment'); gender-integrated crew by the 1970s-80s.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2000
- Population
- dock officers and crew 1944-1997
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive - no DANFS entry exists for this hull, so NavSource is the most complete single service record but is unverified against a ship-level official history. Station dates ('23 years' in Pearl Harbor, Pacific theater from 1944) come from a ship-authored narrative reproduced identically on GlobalSecurity - treated as reliable but secondary. Complement is class spec, not a verified crew count. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-02
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[3]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) report HI-35, December 1996, Library of Congress - Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard wharf/facility documentation naming AFDM-6 (present owner US Naval Submarine Base; Wharf S-20 berthing AFDM-6 and barge HANAHALE) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER HI-35 data pages (LOC PDF hi0466data.pdf), AFDM-6 passage and Facility S-20 discussion
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official federal engineering-record documentation of this dock: 'Another floating drydock that was stationed at Pearl Harbor for two periods between WWII and 1997 was the Auxiliary Floating Drydock, Medium, AFDM 6. During the early 1990s the AFDM 6 was moored at Facility No. S 20.' Built at Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co., Everett WA, June 1944 as YFD-62; redesignated AFDM-6 in 1945; named USS Competent in 1979; stationed at Pearl Harbor until about 1967, transferred to Subic Bay, overhauled in Guam ca. 1979-80, subsequently transferred back to Pearl Harbor; 522 ft length, 124 ft beam, 8,000 tons; staffed by 4 officers and 146 enlisted men (specs attributed by HAER to NavSource April 2005).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1996
- Population
- dock crew and Submarine Base Pearl Harbor workforce, early 1990s
- Limitations
- Authoritative for the Pearl Harbor mooring (Facility S-20) and the two-period station history; the station-date detail ('about 1967', 'ca. 1979-80') is approximate and the specification block is sourced by HAER itself to NavSource (secondary) - not an independent official spec sheet. Documents the dock's presence and station history only; no materials, hazmat, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-03
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[4]DANFS, Wandank II (ATA-204) entry - 1968 narrative (Wayback capture of official NHHC page; live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Wandank entry, 1968 narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- In 1968, after island survey duties in the Western Carolinas, USS Wandank 'helped to search for floating drydock AFDM-6 which had broken loose from her civilian tow vessel' - direct ship-specific evidence that AFDM-6 parted a commercial tow in the Western Pacific during the period of her transfer toward Subic Bay.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1968
- Population
- dock crew aboard during tow; Wandank crew (search)
- Limitations
- Confirms the 1968 tow casualty and Wandank's search role only; the tow's origin/destination and the recovery detail are not stated in this passage (HAER places the dock at Subic Bay from about 1967). No materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page 404 - Wayback capture of the official page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-04
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[5]DANFS, Carpenter (DD-825) entry - October-November 1971 narrative (Wayback capture of official NHHC page; live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Carpenter entry, 1971 Vietnam-deployment narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- October 1971: steaming toward Subic Bay, Carpenter's crew discovered several hull leaks; the ship 'mov[ed] immediately into dry dock AFDM-6 at Subic Bay,' where work crews repaired the rusted plating; Carpenter returned to Yankee Station on 5 November - direct evidence of operational wartime docking service at Subic Bay.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1971-10 - 1971-11
- Population
- SRF Subic Bay work crews; dock crew; Carpenter crew during docking
- Limitations
- Establishes that a fleet unit was docked in AFDM-6 at Subic Bay in Oct-Nov 1971 and that hull-plating repair was performed; does not describe the dock's own materials or condition, and ship repair aboard a docked vessel is not asbestos documentation for the dock itself. Live NHHC page 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-05
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[6]All Hands magazine (official U.S. Navy publication), October 1972, pp. 30-31: 'SRF, Subic gets USS Higbee back into action,' story and photos by PH2 D. Cunningham (Wayback capture of navy.mil archive PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- All Hands October 1972, pp. 30-31 (magazine pages; PDF pp. 32-33)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After a North Vietnamese MiG's 250-lb bomb destroyed USS Higbee's (DD-806) after gun mount, magazine, and adjacent berthing compartments (19 April 1972), 'Higbee was placed in Subic's AFDM-6 floating drydock and the work was begun.' Ship Repair Facility Subic pumped ~45,000 gallons of fuel oil from ruptured tanks, removed ~1,200 rounds of 5-inch projectiles and powder cases, and cut away the destroyed mount, warped bulkheads, and decks until 'the after portion of the ship was only an empty shell' - a rebuild completed in 35 days, with Higbee back in action in late spring 1972. Article photos show DD-806 on the blocks inside AFDM-6.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1972-05 - 1972-06
- Population
- SRF Subic repair workforce; AFDM-6 dock crew; Higbee crew
- Limitations
- Confirms AFDM-6's role hosting intensive repair - including hot work cutting away a battle-damaged destroyer's structure - at Subic Bay in May-June 1972. The work documented is aboard the docked vessel, not the dock's own structure; this is not asbestos documentation for AFDM-6 but does characterize the industrial environment inside the dock. Date 'May 1972' is derived from the article's 'thirty-five days earlier' framing and corroborating sources; the article itself gives no calendar dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-06
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[7]DANFS, Bronstein II (DE-1037/FF-1037) entry - August 1975 narrative (Wayback capture of official NHHC page; live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Bronstein entry, 1975 deployment narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 14-22 August 1975: USS Bronstein returned to Subic Bay 'to have a hole in her shaft repaired while on the blocks in non-self-propelled medium auxiliary floating dry dock AFDM-6' - direct evidence of continued Subic Bay docking service late in the Vietnam-war era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1975-08
- Population
- SRF Subic work crews; dock crew; Bronstein crew
- Limitations
- Establishes a specific docking event (shaft repair on the blocks, 14-22 Aug 1975) only; no dock materials, condition, or asbestos content. Live NHHC page 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-07
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[8]DANFS, Barbel II (SS-580) entry - February 1981 narrative (Wayback capture of official NHHC page; live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Barbel entry, 1981 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 16 February 1981: USS Barbel 'moved into AFDM-6 at Pearl Harbor for a two-week drydock period' - direct evidence of the dock back in service at Pearl Harbor after the Guam overhaul, now serving the submarine force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1981-02
- Population
- dock crew; Barbel crew; Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes a specific docking event at Pearl Harbor starting 16 Feb 1981 only; no dock materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-08
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[9]DANFS, Aspro II (SSN-648) entry - January 1984 narrative (Wayback capture of official NHHC page; live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Aspro entry, 1984 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- January 1984: 'the nuclear submarine entered the floating drydock Competent (AFDM-6) for a restricted availability' at Pearl Harbor - direct evidence of nuclear-submarine docking service in the dock's second Pearl Harbor period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1984-01
- Population
- dock crew; Aspro crew; Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes the January 1984 restricted-availability docking only; no dock materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-09
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[10]USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) Command History 1986, submitted per OPNAVINST 5750.12C (NHHC Command Operations Report archive; Wayback capture - live dam URL 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1986 COR, 'Basic History' narrative and chronology enclosure
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official command history: 'LOS ANGELES then entered USS COMPETENT AFDM-6 in May 86 for a 6 week upkeep' at Pearl Harbor; the 1986 chronology records 'Inport in USS COMPETENT AFDM-6 Pearl Harbor, H.I.' - primary-source confirmation of a six-week submarine upkeep in the dock.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1986-05 - 1986-06
- Population
- dock crew; Los Angeles crew; Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes the May-June 1986 upkeep docking only; no dock materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC dam URL returned 404 - Wayback capture of the official PDF cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-10
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[11]USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) Command History 1988 (NHHC Command Operations Report archive; Wayback capture - live dam URL 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1988 COR, narrative and chronology enclosure
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official command history: 'USS LOS ANGELES drydocked aboard USS COMPETENT (AFDM-6) on 1 March [1988] for Selected Restricted Availability and undocked on 11 May' at Pearl Harbor - a ten-week SRA with an accompanying reactor-plant inspection.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1988-03 - 1988-05
- Population
- dock crew; Los Angeles crew; Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes the 1 Mar - 11 May 1988 SRA docking only; no dock materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC dam URL 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-11
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[12]USS Bremerton (SSN-698) Command History 1987 (NHHC Command Operations Report archive; Wayback capture - live dam URL 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1987 COR, narrative paragraph and chronology enclosure
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official command history: Bremerton underwent 'drydocking on 19 May [1987]' in AFDM-6 at Pearl Harbor - chronology 'Drydock: Start RAV2: Resin Discharge/UPK 702/AFDM-6 ... 24JUN: UNDOCK' - a restricted availability including a resin-discharge operation on a nuclear submarine inside the dock.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1987-05 - 1987-06
- Population
- dock crew; Bremerton crew; Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes the 19 May - 24 June 1987 docking and the nature of the work (restricted availability, resin discharge); resin discharge concerns reactor-coolant ion-exchange resin, not asbestos. No dock materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC dam URL 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-12
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[13]USS Bremerton (SSN-698) Command History 1995 (NHHC Command Operations Report archive; Wayback capture - live dam URL 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1995 COR, opening narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official command history: 'The USS BREMERTON started the year 1995 in drydock aboard the COMPETENT (AFDM-6)' for a Selected Restricted Availability at Pearl Harbor - evidence the dock remained in fleet service into its final Navy years.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1995-01
- Population
- dock crew; Bremerton crew; Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforce
- Limitations
- Establishes the early-1995 SRA docking only; no dock materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC dam URL 404 - Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-13
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[14]Pub. L. 105-261 (17 October 1998), Sec. 1235(b)(7)(C), FY1999 National Defense Authorization Act (United States Statutes at Large, govinfo - text verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 1235(b)(7)(C) (govinfo HTML); S. Rept. 105-333
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal statute authorizing this dock's foreign sale: the Secretary of the Navy was authorized to transfer to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (the Taiwan instrumentality) 'the floating dry dock COMPETENT (AFDM 6)' on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act. The accompanying Senate report (S. Rept. 105-333) priced the dock at $1,920,000. The sale never closed - subsequent records show the dock still in US custody and donated as surplus property in 2001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1998-10-17
- Limitations
- An authorization only - it did not convey title, and the Taiwan transfer demonstrably did not occur (NVR disposition and the 2001 GSA donation supersede it). No condition, materials, or hazmat terms. Senate report is legislative history, secondary to the statute text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-14
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[15]H.R. 973, Security Assistance Act of 1999, Sec. 601(d)(2) - passed House 15 June 1999, received in Senate, never enacted (govinfo bill text); corroborated by Tanadgusix Corp. v. Huber, 404 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2005) ('The planned sale of the Ex-Competent to Greece was cancelled only after direct intervention by Alaska's senior senator') [other_primary]
- Locator
- BILLS-106hr973rfs, Title VI Sec. 601(d)(2) (govinfo); 404 F.3d 1201 opinion narrative
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- A House-passed (unenacted) bill would have authorized transfer of 'the medium auxiliary floating dry dock COMPETENT (AFDM 6)' to the Government of Greece on a sales basis under AECA section 21. The Greece plan was real - the Ninth Circuit records it was cancelled after Senate intervention - but no enacted statute authorizing it was located; secondary sources' 'In June 1999 the Secretary of the Navy was authorized' phrasing reflects the House passage date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1999-2000
- Limitations
- Bill text, not enacted law - the operative fact is that the Greece transfer was planned and abandoned. GlobalSecurity/NavSource restate the bill language as if authorized; this record carries it as context only. No condition, materials, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-15
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[16]Pub. L. 109-59 (10 August 2005), Sec. 4401 'Technical Adjustment,' SAFETEA-LU, 119 Stat. 1774-1775 (United States Statutes at Large, govinfo - text verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pub. L. 109-59, Sec. 4401(a)-(e), 119 Stat. 1774-1775 (govinfo HTML)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal statute unwinding the surplus donation and ordering resale, identifying this dock by Unit Identification number 13862 (not by name): the donee 'shall transfer all of the rights, title, and interest of the donee in and to the vessel to the Administrator [of General Services]' within 30 days of enactment; GSA must remove the vessel to a federal facility and sell it for fair market value within 60 days; any conveyance must prohibit use 'within the United States ... or within the territorial sea of the United States'; the section expressly preserves pending lawsuits; $4,000,000 authorized as a grant to the donee (treated as Alaska Native Fund revenues for ANCSA purposes).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2005-08-10 - 2005-10-06
- Limitations
- Identifies the vessel only by UIC 13862 - linkage to AFDM-6 rests on the NVR record carrying that UIC. Establishes the mandatory reconveyance, resale deadline, and no-US-use condition; contains no materials, condition-survey, or hazmat terms (none located). Consistent with NVR status 'sold through GSA for reuse' effective 10/06/2005.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-16
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[17]Tanadgusix Corp. and Bering Sea Eccotech, Inc. v. Huber (GSA), 404 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2005) - published opinion, disposition AFFIRMED (CourtListener opinion ID 3031410; opinion text via public-domain F.3d mirrors) [court_record]
- Locator
- 404 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2005), facts and disposition; CourtListener opinion 3031410
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Ninth Circuit opinion construing the federal surplus-property agreement covering this dock ('We construe a federal surplus property agreement to determine whether the government correctly treated a condition of a transfer as breached' - AFFIRMED). Documents the transfer mechanics: GSA's Vessel Conditional Transfer Document incorporating TDX's Letter of Intent, transfer through the Alaska State Agency for Surplus Property to TDX subsidiary Bering Sea Eccotech (Feb 2001), express conditions including 12-month use deadline, five-year restricted period, and no permanent removal outside Alaska without GSA consent; TDX's July 2001 admission that tow to Alaska 'may prove to be impossible physically without sinking or damaging the vessel'; and the cancelled planned sale to Greece. Classified OTHER LITIGATION - property/contract dispute over surplus transfer conditions; no asbestos or exposure issue anywhere in the case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2002-2005 (litigation); 2000-2001 (transfer events described)
- Limitations
- Affirmance on contract-construction grounds - a merits disposition about surplus-property conditions, not exposure evidence and not a finding about the dock's materials. CourtListener opinion-detail access required authentication in-session; the published opinion was verified through public-domain reporter mirrors (Justia/F.3d text).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-17
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[18]Pacific Shipyards International, LLC v. Tanadgusix Corp. and Marisco Ltd., Ninth Circuit unpublished memorandum disposition (August 2005) affirming dismissal (CourtListener opinion ID 8464271); district court dismissals by Judge Ezra (D. Haw., May 31 2002 and Jan 31 2003, amended Apr 4 2003) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 8464271 (metadata); msaj.com litigation summary for district-court dates; Star-Bulletin 2002-02-14 coverage
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Competitor shipyard's civil RICO / qui tam action alleging that TDX and Marisco used wire and mail fraud to obtain the surplus dry dock purportedly for Alaska while intending commercial use in Hawaii. The district court dismissed the complaint (May 2002) and the amended complaint (Jan 2003); the Ninth Circuit AFFIRMED the dismissal in August 2005 (unpublished). Classified OTHER LITIGATION - a defense-favorable merits disposition of business-tort and False Claims Act allegations about the transfer; the complaint's characterization of the dock is allegation-level only, and no asbestos or exposure issue appears anywhere in the case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2002-2005
- Limitations
- Per batch discipline the complaint allegations are classified as allegations, not findings; the appellate affirmance was of a dismissal (defense win on legal sufficiency), not an adjudication of any exposure or property-condition fact. Opinion text verified via secondary case reporters (CourtListener opinion ID and metadata located; full text via public mirrors).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-18
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[19]U.S. Department of Justice press release 03-civ-538 (29 September 2003), 'U.S. Joins Suit Alleging Scheme to Defraud Government to Obtain Federal Surplus Dry Dock in Hawaii'; Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 'Shipyard settles fraud case' (4 February 2006) [other_primary]
- Locator
- justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2003/September/03_civ_538.htm; archives.starbulletin.com/2006/02/04/news/story06.html
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- DOJ announced intervention (26 September 2003) in the qui tam False Claims Act suit against TDX and Marisco, alleging false statements to obtain the surplus dock (misrepresenting intent to move it to Alaska and to retain operational control). The case resolved in February 2006: Marisco and TDX paid $450,000 with no admission of liability (court-approved settlement, per US Attorney Edward Kubo Jr.). Classified OTHER LITIGATION - a no-admission settlement of fraud allegations concerning the transfer; the allegations are allegation-level, and nothing in the matter concerns asbestos or exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003-09 - 2006-02
- Limitations
- The FCA claims remained allegations resolved by settlement without admission - classified down per batch discipline. Settlement coverage is reputable press (Star-Bulletin) reporting a DOJ statement; the settlement document itself was not retrieved. No asbestos or exposure content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-19
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[20]H.R. 5730, 107th Congress (introduced 2002), 'To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT' - unenacted bill text (govscent mirror of official bill) [other_primary]
- Locator
- H.R. 5730 (107th), full text sections (a)-(f)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Introduced (never enacted) bill that would have ratified the 2001 transfer 'free and clear of all conditions and restrictions,' required towing the dock out of Hawaii within 12 months, and created a Maritime Administration vessel-scrapping pilot project using the dock. Its failure, followed by the enacted opposite outcome in Pub. L. 109-59 Sec. 4401, documents the contested political course of the disposition.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2002
- Limitations
- Bill text only - never became law; carried for context on the disposition dispute, not as authority. No condition, materials, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-20
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[21]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Floating Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, ARDM, YFD)' builder table; NavSource/GlobalSecurity post-Navy notes; Wikipedia (lead only) - PT Arpeni Pratama, Batam [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxafd.htm table rows 'AFDM 6' and 'YFD 62'; NavSource 2806h; Wikipedia infobox (lead only)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-2005 disposition chain (secondary): compiled sources report the dock 'active (Indonesia)' and transferred to PT Arpeni Pratama, operating at Batam, Riau Islands - consistent with the Sec. 4401 no-US-use condition and the NVR 'sold through GSA for reuse' status. Colton's table also annotates 'To Todd Seattle 1944' for the dock's wartime employment and 'sold 1997' (the latter inconsistent with the documented 2001 donation and 2005 GSA sale - treated as loose shorthand for the post-service disposal).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944; 1997-present
- Population
- Marisco/Kalaeloa workforce 2002-2005; Indonesian operator workforce post-2005
- Limitations
- Indonesia operation and the Todd Seattle wartime annotation rest on compiled secondary sources only - no primary record of the GSA buyer, export paperwork, or current condition located. Colton's 'sold 1997' contradicts the verified donation/sale chain; carried only as evidence the dock left Navy control, with the dates governed by NVR and the statutes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-21
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[22]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 program under which this 1944 steel Navy floating drydock was built at Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding, Everett WA - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Navy and merchant-type construction.
- 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 service-craft crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-22
-
[23]Type/construction-era inference: non-self-propelled steel floating drydock (1944, Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Everett WA) - self-contained power station, ballast-pump plant, repair/machine shops, wing-wall cranes, crew accommodations (4 officers, 146 enlisted wartime spec) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Type description and class specifications (NavSource ev-02; HAER ev-03); documented repair workload (ev-06, ev-08 through ev-13); Corn & Starr era context (ev-22)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull type: with no propulsion plant, the asbestos-relevant spaces aboard a 1944 Navy floating dock are the dock's own machinery and habitability spaces - thermal insulation and lagging in the power station and ballast-pump spaces; gaskets and packing in ballast, bilge, and service piping; fireproofing; insulation in berthing, mess, and galley spaces; brake linings on wing-wall cranes and deck machinery. Disturbance contexts include decades of fleet repair duty hosting hot work on docked hulls (documented: the 1972 Higbee rebuild; submarine SRAs 1981-1995), the ca. 1979-80 Guam overhaul, inactive lay-up at NISMF Pearl Harbor (1997-2001), commercial operation at Kalaeloa (2002-2005), and any refits under GSA-sale and Indonesian ownership.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-present
- Population
- Everett-Pacific construction trades 1943-44; dock crew 1944-1997; SRF Subic and Pearl Harbor submarine-base workforces operating inside the dock; Marisco workforce 2002-2005; Indonesian operator workforce
- Limitations
- Type- and era-level inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (see negative finding ev-24); this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding. A floating dock's machinery plant is far smaller than a powered ship's; inference weight is correspondingly narrower. Repair work performed on docked vessels disturbed those hulls' materials, not necessarily the dock's. Does not establish that asbestos products were or remain aboard, nor quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-23
-
[24]Batch-613 search ledger (this record): NVR; NavSource; LOC HAER HI-35; NHHC DANFS consort entries + Command Operations Reports via Wayback; All Hands Oct 1972 (navy.mil archive via Wayback); Statutes at Large 112 Stat. (Pub. L. 105-261) and 119 Stat. 1774 (Pub. L. 109-59); H.R. 973/H.R. 5730 bill texts; DOJ release; CourtListener API + web-index litigation sweeps; EPA enforcement index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-competent-afdm6-01 through sl-uss-competent-afdm6-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat or donation-condition disclosure, museum record, or qualifying asbestos-litigation opinion was found for this dock in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener exact-name queries: 'YFD-62' zero results, 'Ex-Competent' zero results; 'Tanadgusix' returned 17 results - all classified other litigation (the surplus-transfer/FCA/RICO cluster, unrelated TDX matters, and name collisions) or non-qualifying. CourtListener opinion-detail endpoints required authentication and public opinion HTML was not retrievable in-session - classifications rest on search metadata plus secondary reporters, recorded as a limitation rather than a clean negative for opinion content.
- 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 - 1944 construction is era-consistent with retained asbestos materials, and the dock's post-2005 condition is undocumented. Asbestos-marketing coverage exists for yards and ship types generally but none names a docket involving this hull; excluded per batch rules. The EPA's 2009 Marisco Clean Water Act order covers the Kalaeloa yard's stormwater controls (sandblast grit, washdown) - facility-level, not asbestos, and not specific to this dock. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-24
-
[25]NVR builder field 'Everett Marine Ways Inc.' vs. HAER HI-35 'Everett Pacific Shipbuilding Co.'; shipbuildinghistory.com Everett-Pacific yard page; PCAD/HistoryLink Everett waterfront histories [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail (builder field) vs. HAER HI-35; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/everettpac.htm; pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/17682
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-name conflict flagged: the official NVR record lists 'Everett Marine Ways Inc.' as builder, while the official HAER report, NavSource, and Colton's compiled builder table all record Everett Pacific Shipbuilding (& Dry Dock) Co., Everett WA - a Navy-funded emergency yard established 1942 at Port Gardner Bay, absorbed by Pacific Car and Foundry 1944, closed 1949. 'Everett Marine Ways' was a real but earlier, unrelated Everett boatbuilding firm (HistoryLink/PCAD). The NVR entry is treated as a likely data-entry error; Everett-Pacific carried as builder.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Everett-Pacific construction trades, 1942-1949
- Limitations
- Correction rests on convergence of HAER (official) plus compiled sources against a single NVR field - the possibility of a corporate predecessor relationship between the two firms is not excluded by located sources but is not documented; Everett Marine Ways' wartime status is unestablished. Carried as a flagged correction, not silently merged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-competent-afdm6-25