Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 850-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: UNVERIFIABLE
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-pkt-850-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, MSI-10 (verified live at navsource.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/0510.htm header block, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'MSI-10 was built in The Netherlands' - Van Straelen Class Inshore Minesweeper; laid down 29 December 1959 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program by Arnhemsche scheepsbouwmaatschappij, Arnhem, The Netherlands; launched 1 October 1960; commissioned HNLMS Van Well Groenenveld (M 875), 28 April 1961; struck from the Navy Register 1 January 1984, sold to Delft Geophysical and renamed Delft Minerva; fate unknown. Call sign PAMP. Specifications: displacement 151 t.; length 108.2'; beam 21'8"; draft 5.9'; speed 13 kts; complement 13; armament one 20mm mount; propulsion two 500hp Stork Werkspoor diesel engines, two shafts. Photo captions document the namesake officer and the 1 October 1960 launching and 28 April 1961 commissioning. Page states 'There is no DANFS history available for MSI-10.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1988 (page coverage)
- Population
- Arnhemse Scheepsbouw trades (1959-61); RNLN crew ~13 (1961-83)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates are consistent across Dutch class sources but the yard name spelling ('Arnhemsche'), the namesake spelling ('Groenenveld' for 'Groeneveld'), and 'Navy Register' (the Dutch strength list, not the US NVR) are imprecise - see ev-10 and gaps. Contains no asbestos content. 'Struck ... 1 January 1984' aligns with RNLN 'uit de sterkte afgevoerd' 1 January 1984; class sources give operational withdrawal as 1983.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Index - Inshore Minesweepers (MSI) listing (verified live at navsource.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/05idx.htm, Inshore Minesweepers (MSI) index rows MSI-3 through MSI-10
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource MSI index maps USN hull-classification numbers MSI-3 through MSI-10 onto the eight MDAP-funded Van Straelen-class hulls M868 through M875 built in the Netherlands: MSI-3 'built in The Netherlands as Alblas (M 868)', MSI-4 Bussemaker (M 869), MSI-5 Lacomblé (M 870), MSI-6 Van Hamel (M 871), MSI-7 Van Straelen (M 872), MSI-8 Van Moppes (M 873), MSI-9 Chömpff (M 874), MSI-10 'built in The Netherlands as Van Well Groenenveld (M 875)'. The index cell text 'built in The Netherlands as ...' - not a ship name - is what the master hull list ingested as this record's name field.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- index reference
- Limitations
- Confirms the MSI hull-number-to-pennant-number mapping and the origin of the garbled source-list name. USN 'MSI-n' numbers for offshore-procurement hulls are accounting/classification entries; the vessels were never USN-commissioned. Volunteer compilation; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-02
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[4]Defensie.nl (Netherlands Ministry of Defence), Materieelgezien 10 (16 December 2025), Evert Brouwer, 'Materieel van toen: Hr.Ms. Lacomblé' - official MOD feature on sister ship M870 of the same class, built at the same Arnhem yard; NIMH collection photography [other_primary]
- Locator
- Defensie.nl Materieelgezien 2025/10, 'Materieel van toen: Hr.Ms. Lacomblé' (class overview paragraphs; NIMH launch photo caption)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Dutch MOD documentation of the class this hull belongs to: 16 inshore minesweepers (internationally 'mine sweeper inshore, MSI'; nicknamed the 'Dinky Toy class' in Dutch service) built in the 1960s at three yards - De Noord (Alblasserdam), the Arnhemse Scheepswerf, and G. de Vries Lentsch jr. (Amsterdam); 'Nederland en de Verenigde Staten hebben ieder acht schepen voor hun rekening genomen' (the Netherlands and the United States each paid for eight ships - the US share under MDAP). Ships served the Royal Netherlands Navy until 1984. Crew of 13: two officers, three petty officers, eight ratings. Single 20mm machine gun; collapsible mast for inland bridge clearance; engines mounted on air bags ('luchtbanden') to isolate vibration for magnetic-acoustic sweeping. NIMH photo documents sister Lacomblé (M 870) launched at the Arnhemse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij on 6 February 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1960-1984
- Population
- RNLN MSI crews (1960-84); Arnhem yard launch population (1960)
- Limitations
- Class-level and sister-ship documentation - the article is about Hr.Ms. Lacomblé (M 870), not M 875; it does not name this hull. Establishes class construction, funding split, crew size, and service era only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warship Commanders, 'C.A.J. van Well Groeneveld, DSO, RNN' command chronology; corroborated by onderzeeboot.org (Stichting Nederlandse Onderzeeboot 1940-1945) namesake entry and heraldry-wiki ship's-crest entry (badge approved 23 December 1963) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/commanders/6371.html (command table); onderzeeboot.org/well-groeneveld-c-a-j-van/; heraldry-wiki.com Hr.Ms. Van Well Groeneveld crest entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Namesake of this hull: Luitenant ter zee 1e klasse Carel Adrianus Johannes van Well Groeneveld, RNN (born 12 May 1906, Meester Cornelis, NEI; died 4 March 1942, Soerabaja). Commanded submarine Hr.Ms. K XVIII (21 Aug 1939 - 2 Dec 1941 and again 4 Jan - 2 Mar 1942); temporarily commanded Hr.Ms. K XIV (15 Dec 1941 - 4 Jan 1942), leading the 23 December 1941 attack off Kuching in which four Japanese transports were hit (Hie Maru, Katori Maru, Hokkai Maru, Tonan Maru No.3). Killed ashore at the Soerabaja naval base when demolition stores detonated during the Japanese invasion; posthumously made Knight 4th class of the Military Order of William. All sixteen class units were named for RNLN personnel decorated posthumously in WWII/the Indonesian War of Independence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1906-1942 (namesake); 1963 (crest approval)
- Limitations
- Vessel-history/namesake fact only - no asbestos or material content. uboat.net is a specialist secondary compilation; dates corroborated by onderzeeboot.org and the heraldry-wiki crest entry (which gives the officer's birth year 1906 and the K XIV action; NavSource's caption variant 'last command HNLMS K-XVIII' is consistent with the command chronology).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-04
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[6]Middle East Economic Survey (MEES), Vol. 32 No. 3, 'Dutch Firm Awarded Offshore Seismic Contract' (24 October 1988) - Delft Minerva documented as an active Delft Geophysical BV seismic survey vessel [reputable_press]
- Locator
- MEES archives, issue 1151, article 40947 (Vol. 32 No. 3, 24 October 1988)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-naval commercial career documented: after sale to Delft Geophysical BV and renaming to Delft Minerva, the vessel was an active seismic survey ship in October 1988 - NIOC (National Iranian Oil Company) awarded Delft Geophysical BV a contract for seismic surveys in Iranian territorial waters between Qatar and the Straits of Hormuz, with 'the company's survey ship, Delft Minerva' undertaking ~4,000 line-km of work. This extends the hull's documented operating life at least to October 1988, in survey (not minesweeping) configuration.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- Delft Geophysical conversion and survey crews (1986-1988+)
- Limitations
- Names the post-1986 survey identity, not the naval hull - linkage is NavSource's documented rename (M 875 -> Delft Minerva). The MEES page did not return content to direct fetch this session; text verified via search-index extract including bibliographic details (Vol. 32 No. 3, 24 Oct 1988). No asbestos content; the 1986 naval-to-survey conversion is a plausible material-disturbance event but is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource/Defensie.nl vessel data (diesel inshore minesweeper, wooden non-magnetic construction, built 1959-61 at a Dutch naval yard); Instituut Asbestslachtoffers shipbuilding and Netherlands-use documentation (see ev-06, ev-07); RIVM 2017-0194 (see ev-08); Rechtbank Rotterdam finding (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-01/ev-03 vessel data; ev-07 IAS shipbuilding page; ev-08 IAS Netherlands page; ev-09 court finding
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered wooden-hulled inshore minesweeper built 1959-1961 at a Dutch naval yard sits inside the documented Dutch shipbuilding asbestos era - Dutch shipbuilding used asbestos on a large scale until the mid-1970s, and sprayed asbestos for ship and installation insulation was widely applied in the Netherlands in 1955-1965, covering this build. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and asbestos-paper-backed vinyl floor covering (vloerzeil, a major Dutch-era application). Non-magnetic minesweeper construction (wood/plywood hull, minimal steel) and the absence of a steam plant bound the plausible application set - no boiler or steam-line lagging pathway applies.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1988
- Population
- Arnhemse Scheepsbouw construction trades (1959-61); RNLN crew ~13 per sailing crew (1961-83); Delft Geophysical conversion/survey crews (1986-?)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, conversion spec, or work package located for M 875. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The vessel's small size (151-171 t), wooden construction, and diesel plant argue for a materially smaller asbestos footprint than a steam combatant of the era; absence of ship-specific documentation means presence is neither established nor disproven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-06
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[8]Instituut Asbestslachtoffers (Dutch Institute for Asbestos Victims, the state-established compensation institute), 'Scheepsbouw' sector page - asbestos-exposure occupations in shipbuilding 1950-1993 (verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- asbestslachtoffers.nl scheepsbouw sector page (1950-1993 occupations narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official-sector documentation of the era and sector this hull was built in: the IAS records that in Dutch shipbuilding asbestos was used on a large scale for a considerable time ('In de scheepsbouw is geruime tijd op grote schaal asbest gebruikt'), that asbestos mattresses (asbestos cloth filled with loose asbestos) were used on a limited scale as insulation aboard ships, that shipbuilding and repair workers were directly or indirectly exposed during ship fitting-out and in yard workshops, and that this continued until the mid-1970s ('Dit heeft geduurd tot halverwege de jaren zeventig'). Highest documented-exposure trades: machine erectors (machinebankwerkers), ship's ironworkers, shipwrights (scheepstimmerlieden), and welders - the trades that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1950-1993 (documentation window); 1959-61 (this build)
- Population
- Dutch shipbuilding/repair trades (1950-mid-1970s); scrapping/repair ongoing
- Limitations
- Sector-level documentation, not a hull or yard record - does not name Arnhemse Scheepsbouw or this vessel. Establishes that asbestos use was standard in the Dutch shipbuilding sector covering 1959-61 construction and 1961-83 service; establishes nothing about materials installed on this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-07
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[9]Instituut Asbestslachtoffers, 'Nederland' asbestos-use history page (verified live); corroborated by RIVM report 2017-0194 'Gezondheidseffecten van asbest' (rivm.nl PDF, HTTP 200 verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- asbestslachtoffers.nl 'Nederland' page (geschiedenis section); RIVM 2017-0194 summary
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- National-level era documentation: in the Netherlands sprayed asbestos was widely used for the insulation of ships and installations in the period 1955-1965 ('in de periode 1955-1965 veel spuitasbest gebruikt voor de isolatie van schepen en installaties') - exactly covering this hull's 1959-1961 construction; the 'golden years' of Dutch asbestos application ran 1955-1978; asbestos-paper-backed vinyl flooring (vloerzeil) was a major Dutch use; all asbestos processing/use was banned in the Netherlands in 1993. RIVM corroborates: asbestos was widely applied in the Netherlands after 1950, including in shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1955-1993 (documentation window); 1959-61 (this build)
- Population
- Dutch ship insulation/surfacing trades (1955-65 window)
- Limitations
- National use-history documentation - not a hull, yard, or fleet record. Establishes the era envelope for this vessel's construction and service country; does not establish that asbestos was sprayed aboard or installed on this specific wooden MSI hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-08
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[10]Rechtbank Rotterdam, ECLI:NL:RBROT:2012:BX6621 (2012) - Dutch occupational-asbestos judgment (VNS merchant vessels, 1962-63) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECLI:NL:RBROT:2012:BX6621, consideration A (customary-use finding) and paragraph 3.2 (claimant's account)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A Dutch court accepted as established that in the early 1960s it was customary for ships to contain asbestos materials, including for insulating pipes: 'In het begin van de jaren zestig was het gebruikelijk dat op schepen asbesthoudend materiaal werd gebruikt, onder meer voor het isoleren van leidingen ... Er zal daarom vanuit gegaan worden dat ook in de schepen waar [eiser] op gevaren heeft asbesthoudend materiaal verwerkt was' - a judicial finding covering the era and country of this hull's construction (1961) and service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1962-1963 (exposure period adjudicated); 2012 (judgment)
- Population
- Dutch merchant/naval vessel crews and maintenance personnel (early 1960s)
- Limitations
- Class/era judicial context only - the case concerned VNS merchant vessels (Abbekerk, Ivoorkust) in 1962-63, not this naval hull, and the finding is a general presumption about ships of the period. rechtspraak.nl is JS-rendered and returned no content to direct fetch; judgment text verified via search-index extract. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-09
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[11]Batch-7581 search ledger (this record): NavSource vessel page + MSI index (live); Defensie.nl official class article; uboat.net/onderzeeboot.org namesake records; MEES archive (search index); Instituut Asbestslachtoffers sector and national pages (live); RIVM report (live); Rechtbank Rotterdam judgment (JS-rendered, search index); NVR (no entry); DANFS (none exists); CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming MSI-10, Hr.Ms. Van Well Groeneveld (M 875), or Delft Minerva was found in the public sources searched. As a foreign-navy vessel she sits outside every US documentation channel: there is no DANFS entry (NavSource states none exists), no NVR entry (never USN-commissioned; pre-1987 disposals are excluded regardless), and no US asbestos-survey program coverage. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper returned daily-quota-exhausted (~5.3 h to reset); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Dutch-language litigation/repository sweeps surfaced no vessel-specific case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the 1986 survey conversion would have disturbed any era materials, and era documentation for Dutch shipbuilding is consistent with some asbestos aboard, but nothing ship-specific was located. RNLN records (ship's books/logs) reside at the Dutch Nationaal Archief and are undigitized - the open archival lead. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-10
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[12]Correction sourcing: master-hull-list rows (primary: name 'USS built in The Netherlands as', hull MSI-10; verify: name 'USS MSI-10', hull MSI-10); NavSource MSI index cell text 'MSI-10 built in The Netherlands as Van Well Groenenveld (M 875)'; Defensie.nl and Dutch class sources (RNLN-only commission) [other_primary]
- Locator
- master-hull-list.json row {name: 'USS built in The Netherlands as', hull_number: 'MSI-10'}; NavSource 11/05idx.htm MSI-10 row; Defensie.nl class article
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (identity): the master-list name 'USS built in The Netherlands as' is not a ship name - it is the truncated NavSource index-cell note 'MSI-10 built in The Netherlands as Van Well Groenenveld (M 875)' ingested as a name field. The vessel's actual commissioned identity is Hr.Ms. (HNLMS) Van Well Groeneveld, pennant M 875, Royal Netherlands Navy. She was never commissioned into the US Navy and never carried 'USS': MSI-10 is the USN hull-classification number assigned to the MDAP-funded hull for accounting/indexing, one of eight (MSI-3 through MSI-10 = M868-M875) the United States paid for; the other eight of the sixteen-ship class (M876-M883) were Dutch-funded and carry no MSI number. Secondary correction: NavSource's 'Groenenveld' spelling - the officer's name and the ship's name are spelled 'van Well Groeneveld' in Dutch sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1961 (commissioning); 2026-10-03 (correction)
- Limitations
- Corrects a cataloging artifact, not a material claim. The 'USS MSI-10' framing survives in US-side indexes and the verification list; the authoritative operator is the Royal Netherlands Navy. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi10-11