Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 375-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ix-525-ix525-pkt-375-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), Ship Details - NO NAME (IX 525), getHull shipId=1913 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page shipId=1913 - VESSEL STATUS and MILESTONE DATES blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register official entry: 'NO NAME (IX 525) (ex - ABSD 1C, AFDB 1C)', type UNCLASSIFIED MISCELLANEOUS, UIC 05001. Delivery date 1943-07-01; stricken 2009-06-22; status 'disposed of, sold by defense reutilization and marketing service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion' with date status changed 2010-03-17; custodian field 'SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES'; builder field 'Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor'; record last updated 2010-04-16.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Limitations
- Authoritative for register identity, strike, and disposal milestones. The record is thin: no reclassification date, no dimensions, no commission/decommission fields (typical for unclassified service craft). The builder field 'Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor' conflicts with secondary sources attributing 1943 construction to Everett-Pacific - treated here as a later-custody/conversion artifact, not original build. No asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-01
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[3]DANFS / NHHC, 'Artisan' entry (history.navy.mil), published 2015-06-18 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS A-listing, 'Artisan' full entry text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC) entry for Artisan documents the parent dock this section was part of: ABSD-1 constructed in sections 1942-1943 by Everett Shipbuilding Co. (Everett WA), Chicago Bridge & Iron (Eureka CA), Pollack-Stockton Shipbuilding (Stockton CA), and Chicago Bridge & Iron (Morgan City LA); commissioned 1943-05-10 at Everett, Capt. Andrew R. Mack; towed in two convoys to Espiritu Santo (one section sank during assembly 1943-11-02, 13 drowned); operated as an 8- then 10-section dock at Espiritu Santo through April 1945; disassembled and moved to Manicani Bay, Leyte Gulf, reassembled by mid-September 1945, working through February 1946; decommissioned 1946-05-31; redesignated AFDB-1 August 1946; laid up Pearl Harbor; recommissioned 1951-06-02, Capt. O.J. Stien USNR; at Guam by March 1952; inactive at Guam from January 1955 for ~15 years; five sections moved to Subic Bay, in service 1970-11-17; named Artisan 1979-06-07; out of service and stricken October 1986; reinstated March 1987.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1987
- Population
- Dock crew (complement 690 per DANFS spec block) and ship-repair workforce at Espiritu Santo, Manicani Bay, Guam, Subic Bay
- Limitations
- Entry documents the assembled 10-section dock of which IX-525 was Section C; it contains no section-level detail (does not identify which sections went to Subic, or Section C's individual stations) and no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement. Ends at the March 1987 reinstatement; the later IX reclassification is outside the entry's scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive - 'Artisan (AFDB-1) ex USS AFDB-1, USS ABSD-1 (Sections A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,K) IX-521 / IX-525' [other_primary]
- Locator
- AFDB-1 page - construction/service chronology and 'Final/Current Disposition' section bullet list; IX-521/IX-525 spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource AFDB-1 archive page gives the section-level disposition table for the dock: Section C redesignated IX-525, status reported 'Active, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kekaha, HI'; sibling dispositions - Section B to IX-534, Section D to IX-521 (struck 2006-04-26, laid up NISMF Pearl Harbor), Section E laid up NISMF Pearl Harbor 1987-03-01, Section F disposed of as target, Sections A/G/H/I sold for scrap by DRMS 1987-03-01. Single-section spec block for IX-521/IX-525: 3,500 t, 280 ft, 80 ft beam, 9 ft light draft.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-2009
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled archive, not an official record - used for section-level disposition detail the official sources lack; key facts corroborated by DANFS/NVR where they overlap. The 'Active at PMRF Kekaha' status is stale - superseded by NVR (stricken 2009-06-22, DRMS sale 2010-03-17). Per-section spec figures (3,500 t/280 ft) differ from BuDocks design values (~3,850 t/256 ft) - both logged, neither adjudicated. No asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-03
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[5]Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Building the Navy's Bases in World War II,' Vol. I, Chapter IX Floating Drydocks (Washington: GPO, 1947), via HyperWar/ibiblio [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter IX, 'Advance Base Sectional Dock' design and construction sections, pp. 208-215 region
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The official 1947 Bureau of Yards and Docks history documents the ABSD section design and equipment fit: each bottom pontoon (28 ft deep) was subdivided into twelve water ballast compartments plus a central buoyancy compartment (36 ft x 80 ft) with two decks - crew's quarters above, machinery compartment below; wing walls (20 ft x 55 ft) contained dry compartments used for shops and storage; each section carried two 525-hp diesel engines driving 350-kW generators plus pumps, evaporators, compressors, and heating/ventilating apparatus; each dock had two 15-ton portal jib cranes. Crew quarters and galleys were in the pontoon dry compartments.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1947 documented; source published 1947
- Population
- Section crews (quartered in pontoon compartments); construction trades at the six contract yards, 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Official class/design documentation of the ABSD type, not a hull record - describes equipment and spaces aboard sections of this design generally, does not name Section C or AFDB-1, and contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement. Supports only era-consistent inference about the categories of equipment (diesel machinery, pumps, cranes) around which period asbestos products were typically applied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-04
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[6]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 1943 steel sectional drydock was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type hulls and craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship/craft crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this hull, dock, or drydock sections, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard IX-525 - nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-05
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[7]Colton, Tim, 'Floating Dry-Docks (AFDB, AFDM, AFDL, ARD, ARDM, YFD),' shipbuildinghistory.com (updated 2019-06-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AFDB section table, AFDB-1 rows (1A-1J)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuilding-industry reference table (Tim Colton, shipbuildinghistory.com) lists the AFDB-1 section row: 'AFDB 1C, Artisan, Everett-Pacific, Everett WA, 3,850 t, 93 ft, Delivery May-43, Reclassified IX 525 1998' - attributing Section C's construction to Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Everett, Washington, and corroborating the 1998 reclassification year.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1998
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled reference - the author's own page notes WWII floating-dock builder records are incomplete. Conflicts with DANFS's four-contractor construction account for the dock's sections and with NVR's 'Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor' builder field for IX-525; the Section-C-to-Everett-Pacific attribution is plausible (Everett-Pacific was the Everett yard) but not conclusively documented. Gives the reclassification year (1998) but not the 1998-03-02 day date. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-06
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[8]Batch-4831 search ledger (this record): NVR getHull shipId=1913; NHHC DANFS Artisan; NavSource AFDB-1 archive; shipbuildinghistory.com auxafd table; MARAD ShipHistory keyword search; PMRF/CNIC installation pages; CourtListener name/hull searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ix-525-01 through sl-uss-ix-525-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/registry materials statement, or docketed case naming IX-525, ABSD-1 Section C, or AFDB-1 Section C was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The NVR record, DANFS Artisan entry, NavSource disposition page, and MARAD ShipHistory database (no record for the hull) contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. CourtListener opinion searches produced only name collisions (see ev-08).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-built steel section housing crew quarters and diesel machinery is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials having been present, and the section's 2010 disposal-for-reuse status means no abatement/scrapping record was expected in Navy channels. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (helper cl-auth-search.py); collision hits: University of Richmond v. Bell, https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1460882/university-of-richmond-v-bell/ ; Ellis v. Travelers Insurance Co., 123 So. 2d 780 (La. Ct. App. 1960), https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1612141/ellis-v-travelers-insurance-co/ [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ix-525-08 through sl-uss-ix-525-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener searches by hull number and parent-dock designations located no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this craft. Executed queries: 'IX-525' opinion search returned one name-collision hit - University of Richmond v. Bell (a Title IX education case; 'IX-525' matched non-vessel text); 'ABSD-1' opinion search returned zero results; '"Artisan" "floating drydock"' opinion search returned one non-vessel hit - Ellis v. Travelers Insurance Co. (La. Ct. App. 1960, 'artisan' used as a legal term for a craftsman). Two planned queries could not be executed because the fleet-wide CourtListener request budget was spent: 'IX-525' docket search and 'AFDB-1' opinion search - logged as blocked in the search ledger.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Litigation sweep is partially complete: three of five planned queries ran across ~70 minutes of fleet-budget contention (shared ~114 req/hr across all sessions); all produced zero results or name collisions - no qualifying asbestos litigation located. Unexecuted queries ('IX-525' docket-type; 'AFDB-1' opinion) remain open - treat the sweep as a partial negative, not exhaustive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-08
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 71 (Bureau of Yards and Docks), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments); NARA deck-log guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG-level mapping only; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/181.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 71 (Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks) - floating-dock design/contract records for the ABSD program and the Everett-Pacific contract; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) technical files; RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) - 14th Naval District/Pearl Harbor and PMRF industrial, maintenance, and hazmat files for the section's IX service period (1998-2009) and its 1987-1998 NISMF layup; ABSD-1 WWII deck logs. Any asbestos-specific documentation for Section C would most plausibly sit in PMRF/14th ND maintenance records or DRMS disposal files.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-2010 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this section is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ix-525-09