Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 852-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-built-in-belgium-as-msi93-pkt-852-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, MSI-93 [museum_official]
- Locator
- MSI-93 page: service-history bullets and specifications section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies MSI-93 as an MSI-1 Class Inshore Minesweeper laid down by Mercantile Marine Yard at Kruibeke, Belgium; commissioned as RBNS Tournai (M 481); transferred to South Korea in 1970; and of unknown fate. Its listed specifications are 120 tons displacement, 112 feet length, 23 feet beam, 8 feet draft, 15 knots, and complement 21.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The page does not give launch or commissioning dates, does not document asbestos, and does not establish the post-1970 fate beyond stating that it is unknown. NavSource is an archival photo/history resource rather than a Navy personnel or engineering record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-belgium-as-msi93-01
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[3]De Plate, C759 PDF, Belgian maritime-heritage fleet table [museum_official]
- Locator
- Fleet table entry for Tournai, M. 481
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A Belgian maritime-heritage fleet table lists Tournai M 481 as a minesweeper, 160 tons standard/190 tons loaded, 15 knots, built at Kruibeke, with 1958 shown in the year field. This independently corroborates the Belgian designation, builder location, and broad specification profile; its tonnage differs from the 120-ton NavSource entry.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The accessible table corroborates identity and broad specifications but does not provide an asbestos statement or explain the displacement difference from NavSource; both figures are retained only in their source-specific evidence rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-belgium-as-msi93-02
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[4]Negative finding from review of the ship-specific NavSource record and corroborating Belgian maritime-heritage fleet table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Scope of review: complete MSI-93 page and Tournai M 481 fleet-table entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No asbestos-containing product, asbestos survey, abatement record, or hazmat disclosure is stated in the accessible ship-specific MSI-93 history/specification record or the corroborating Belgian fleet table. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is therefore unknown, not presumed absent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A source's silence is not proof that asbestos was absent. This negative finding only records that no asbestos documentation was found in the reviewed records; it does not address original materials, later removal, remaining material, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-belgium-as-msi93-03
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[5]Authenticated helper request: exact name "USS Built in Belgium", opinion and docket endpoints [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper response: DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED; wait approximately 5.2 hours
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion and docket request for "USS Built in Belgium" was blocked before a result set could be retrieved: the helper reported that the daily quota was exhausted and required a multi-hour stand-down. No litigation classification is assigned from the blocked request.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Blocked API access is an access gap, not a no-result finding. No asbestos-litigation conclusion, name-collision conclusion, or merits-stage conclusion may be drawn from this request.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-belgium-as-msi93-04
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[6]Authenticated helper request: exact hull "MSI-93", opinion and docket endpoints [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper response: DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED; wait approximately 5.2 hours
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener exact-hull opinion and docket request for "MSI-93" was blocked by the helper's daily-quota stand-down before a result set could be retrieved. No litigation classification is assigned from the blocked request.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Blocked API access is an access gap, not a no-result finding. No asbestos-litigation conclusion, name-collision conclusion, or merits-stage conclusion may be drawn from this request.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-belgium-as-msi93-05