Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Endeavor' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Endeavor' returned 107 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-endeavor-afdl1-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Endeavor' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Endeavor' returned 1893 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-endeavor-afdl1-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AFDL-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AFDL-1' returned 12 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-endeavor-afdl1-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AFDL-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AFDL-1' returned 62 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-endeavor-afdl1-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL page for ENDEAVOR (AFDL 1), NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office, page last updated 2000-08-07 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2024-09-09 of nvr.navy.mil SHIPSDETAIL_AFDL_1.HTML; vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, program characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record: ENDEAVOR (AFDL 1), ex-AFD 1, SMALL AUXILIARY FLOATING DRY DOCK (N-S-P), class 'AFDL 1', UIC 14801. Builder: Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; delivered 1943-09-01. Status: 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment', status changed 1997-06-10; custodian category 'DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'. Physical characteristics: 200 ft overall length, 64 ft extreme beam, 4 ft max navigational draft, 800 tons light displacement, steel hull/steel superstructure, propulsion 'none', accommodations 18 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-2000
- Limitations
- Authoritative U.S. Navy registry record retrieved via Wayback capture (live NVR detail page no longer serves this disposed craft). Establishes identity, milestones, disposal mechanism, and physical characteristics. Contains no asbestos, materials, or environmental information; keel/launch/commission/in-service/out-of-service/stricken fields all blank for this service craft.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-01
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[6]NavSource Naval History, 'Endeavor (AFDL-1) ex AFDL-1 (1946) ex AFD-1 (1943-1946)' Service Ship Photo Archive page (contributed construction-photo series and Las Calderas photographs) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header chronology block; image table (construction photos at Newburgh 1943-04-16 to 1943-06-25; Las Calderas 2014); commanding officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive (photo-documented): AFD-1 built by Chicago Bridge & Iron at Newburgh, NY under contract NOy 5317 - laid down April 1943, launched 25 June 1943, delivered September 1943; towed to Cuba by WSA tug Point Vincente; arrived at Guantanamo Bay for service November 1943 and 'served at Guantanamo entire career'; redesignated AFDL-1 1946-08-01; named Endeavor 1979-06-07; transferred to the Dominican Republic as Dique Flotante DF-1 in 1986; permanently transferred under SAP 1997-06-10 (matching the NVR status date); reported active as of 2026 at Las Calderas under ANABALCA (Astilleros Navales Bahia Las Calderas), with photographs from 2014. Awards: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Commanding officers listed as officers-in-charge (OinC).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-2026
- Population
- Guantanamo Bay dock crews and officers-in-charge (1943-1986); Dominican Navy/ANABALCA crews (1986-present)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, but the strongest located service-history source for this hull: it carries primary photographic evidence (keel-to-launch construction series) and its 1997-06-10 SAP transfer date independently matches the authoritative NVR record. The Guantanamo deployment, the Point Vincente tow, and the ANABALCA/DF-1 current status rest on this source alone - not separately verified against a Navy document. No DANFS entry exists ('There is no DANFS history available for USS AFD-1 / AFDL-1 / Endeavor'). No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-02
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[7]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Chapter IX Floating Drydocks (official Navy history, HyperWar transcription), pp. 218-219 and type-classification section; NVR '(ex - AFD 1)' line [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' and 'Types of Floating Drydocks' sections; navsource.net/archives/09/28/2851.htm (redesignation 1946-08-01)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built as AFD-1, a Bureau of Yards and Docks AFD-type 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' - a mobile, military, one-piece welded-steel trough dock of 1,000 tons lifting capacity, 200 ft long and 64 ft wide with 45 ft clear width inside the wing walls, 'fully self-contained, with diesel electric power plants' and limited repair facilities, intended for docking minesweepers, patrol craft, and similar vessels; construction distributed among five contractors at six plants. Under the 1946 floating-drydock nomenclature revision 'the AFD's became AFDL's' (Auxiliary Floating Drydock Little, under 10,000 tons); NVR confirms this hull as 'ex-AFD 1' and NavSource dates its redesignation 1946-08-01.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- The class design description and the 1946 blanket AFD-to-AFDL reclassification are official Navy-history facts applied to this hull via the NVR 'ex-AFD 1' line and the NavSource-dated redesignation. NVR dimensions (200 x 64 ft) identify this dock as a standard 1,000-ton AFD, not one of the five 88-ft-lengthened 288-ft conversions - so the '1,900-ton lifting capacity' printed by NavSource and Wikipedia is treated as a spec-block error, not asserted. No asbestos information in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-03
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com 'US Navy Dry Docks AFDB AFDM AFDL ARDM ARD YFD' table, 'Newburgh Shipyards' yard history, and 'Chicago Bridge & Iron' profile (Tim Colton compilation); NavSource correction footnote; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Endeavor_(AFDL-1) (older claim) [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxafd.htm AFDL table row 1; shipyards/emergencylarge/newburgh.htm (CB&I reuse note); shipyards/emergencylarge/chicagobridge.htm (multi-yard note); NavSource footnote 1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-location conflict across secondary sources: shipbuildinghistory's Navy floating-drydock table lists 'AFDL 1 | Endeavor | Chicago Bridge | Morgan City LA | 800 | 200 | Sep-43 | To Dominican Republic 1986 as DF 1, active', and Wikipedia repeats 'Morgan City, Louisiana'. NavSource's photo-documented page assigns the build to Newburgh, NY under contract NOy 5317 and carries an explicit correction note: 'Older sources cite builder location as Morgan City, LA, which is obviously incorrect given construction photos.' shipbuildinghistory's own Newburgh yard history independently supports the Newburgh assignment: 'The facility was briefly reused in WWII by Chicago Bridge, who built some floating docks there,' and its CB&I profile notes the company operated wartime yards at Seneca IL, Newburgh NY, Morgan City LA and Eureka CA building the Navy's dry-docks.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Construction trades, Chicago Bridge & Iron yard (Newburgh NY or Morgan City LA), 1943
- Limitations
- The NVR (authoritative) names only 'Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.' with no city. Newburgh, NY is the better-sourced assignment (construction photographs plus two independent yard-history confirmations that CB&I built floating docks at Newburgh), but no contract document was retrieved - the company ran four wartime yards and the auxafd compiler warns drydock builder attribution is incomplete. The record carries Newburgh with the conflict flagged rather than silently resolving it. No asbestos information in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-04
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[9]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44 by Ship Numbers and by Ship Name (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, AFD block (starts 'AFD-15 3/16/1945'; no AFD-1 through AFD-14); special-list-44-named.html (no 'Endeavor' entry; Guantanamo station entries are 1918-1922 only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947) contains no deck-log entries for AFD-1, AFDL-1, or Endeavor in either index: the by-number list's AFD block begins at AFD-15 (1945) and runs through AFDL-32, and the by-name list has no Endeavor entry. Sister docks such as AFD-25 do have listed logs (1944-07-01 to 1945-12-31), so the absence is specific to this hull - consistent with the dock's logs having been kept under Guantanamo Bay station administration rather than as a hull-level series, or not retained.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1947 coverage
- Limitations
- SL-44 covers 1801-1947 only, so post-1947 logs would not appear here regardless; the absence means no hull-level wartime log series was indexed for this dock. Guantanamo Naval Operating Base station records (unsearched) remain the plausible holding. Absence from the list is a record-availability finding, not proof no logs were kept - and no asbestos content would be implied by any logbook in any case.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-05
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[10]National Archives and Records Administration, Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-1 rows: 'AFDL-1 | AFDL-1 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Cartographic Ship Plan Index holds a plan for AFDL-1: entry 'AFDL-1 | AFDL-1 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026' (RG 385, Naval Facilities Engineering Command records) - the same microfilm NAID cited for sister dock AFDL-25, i.e., a shared reel of AFDL-type plans and a potential machinery-layout/materials source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943 design era records
- Limitations
- Record-holding mapping only - the microfilm was not retrieved or read (no reproduction spend authorized). Whether the plan set contains insulation or materials schedules is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-06
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[11]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Ch. IX (design description of the AFD type); era asbestos framing per Corn & Starr (see ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX, 'Auxiliary Floating Dock' paragraph (diesel-electric power plants, self-contained, limited repair facilities)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: the AFD design carried a diesel-electric power plant, ballast/pumping machinery, and limited repair facilities within a welded-steel trough dock built in 1943 for the U.S. Navy - a period when Navy construction specifications and supply routinely included asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, millboard, and thermal insulation for machinery and piping. The dock's four-decade repair mission on era small combatants at Guantanamo additionally placed its crews around hull-insulation suites that commonly contained asbestos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943 construction era
- Population
- Construction trades (CB&I yard, 1943); dock operating crews at Guantanamo (1943-1986); crews of vessels under repair; ANABALCA crews (1986-present)
- Limitations
- Design-level inference, not a hull record - the BuSandA history does not mention asbestos and does not name this dock. Asbestos presence aboard AFDL-1 is inferred from era construction practice and onboard machinery, not proven; a non-propelled floating dock had a far smaller machinery and inhabited-space footprint than a steam vessel, and its asbestos loading would correspondingly be lower. Establishes nothing about quantity, condition, present-day presence aboard DF-1, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-07
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[12]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the program and era under which this Navy-contracted floating dock was built - with wartime demand driving unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard government and contract hulls.
- 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 vessel crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-08
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[13]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 (vessel-status holding); reporter citation cross-verified via multiple case-law databases (CourtListener API unavailable this session - see search_ledger)
- 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
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1969-1972 (doctrine); applies to moored-dock operations
- Population
- Floating-drydock workers generally (type context)
- Limitations
- Doctrinal context for the vessel type only - an LHWCA/admiralty vessel-status ruling, not asbestos litigation, not naming this hull, and not an exposure finding. Relevant to how injury claims by drydock crews were channeled; the Keller court expressly declined an absolute rule that a floating drydock can never be a vessel. Citation verified against reporter text reproduced in case-law databases; a direct CourtListener pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-09
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[14]Batch-568 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 attempt (HTTP 429); web-indexed court-document sweeps (site:courtlistener.com, RECAP storage) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-endeavor-afdl1-08 through sl-uss-endeavor-afdl1-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation and name-collision sweep: fresh CourtListener API v4 queries for 'AFDL-1'/'AFD-1'/'Endeavor' were blocked (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota, ~2.9h reset) and deferred per the backoff rule; web-indexed court-record sweeps returned no opinion or docket naming this dock. 'AFDL-1' collides with claim/exhibit numbering in the W.R. Grace asbestos bankruptcy dockets (unrelated documents), and 'Endeavor' is a high-collision token (Endeavor Group Holdings corporate litigation, Endeavor Energy, HMS Endeavour, shuttle OV-105) - any future name hit requires hull resolution before classification.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- Sweep partially blocked - the live CourtListener API quota was exhausted before any query ran, so no fresh docket-level search of this hull was possible; the web-indexed sweep is a weaker instrument. Absence of a located pleading is not proof no claim ever existed. No asbestos opinion naming this dock was found by any instrument used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-10
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[15]Batch-568 search ledger (this record): NVR SHIPSDETAIL page; NavSource 09/28/2851.htm; shipbuildinghistory auxafd/chicagobridge/newburgh tables; NARA SL-44 and Ship Plan Index; BuSandA Ch. IX; web-indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-endeavor-afdl1-01 through sl-uss-endeavor-afdl1-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming AFD-1/AFDL-1/Endeavor/DF-1 was found in the public sources searched - the NVR record, the NavSource page, the shipbuildinghistory tables, the NARA indexes, and the BuSandA type history contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement, and no DANFS entry exists for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943 self-contained Navy dock with diesel-electric machinery and repair shops is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials, and unusually for a disposed hull this dock remains in active Dominican Navy service (DF-1 at ANABALCA), so any retained material stayed in occupational use under a foreign flag with no located disclosure. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-11
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[16]NARA Ship Plan Index entry 'AFDL-1 | 385 | Microfilm | 63531026'; NARA RG 24/RG 181 logbook scope per Special List 44 absence; NavSource contract NOy 5317 reference [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index AFDL-1 line; sl-44 index absence for AFD-1; navsource.net/archives/09/28/2851.htm contract reference
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): (a) NARA cartographic Ship Plan Index holds an AFDL-1 plan on microfilm, NAID 63531026 (RG 385) - a potential materials/machinery-layout source; (b) Guantanamo Bay Naval Operating Base/Station records (RG 181 and successor RGs) may hold the dock's operational logs given the absence of hull-level logs in Special List 44; (c) the BuSandA/BuShips contract file for NOy 5317 would settle the Newburgh-vs-Morgan City builder question; (d) Dominican Republic ANABALCA yard records for DF-1 would document current condition and any surviving original materials.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-2026 records
- Limitations
- Record-holding mapping only - no document-level retrieval performed (no reproduction spend authorized; none of these holdings are digitized in the located indexes). Whether any contains asbestos-specific information for this dock is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-endeavor-afdl1-12