Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 851-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (allocation)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-pkt-851-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Motor Mine Sweeper Photo Archive index, Inshore Minesweepers (MSI) section - identity mapping MSI-3 -> 'Ablas (M 868)' built in The Netherlands (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/05idx.htm, 'Inshore Minesweepers (MSI)' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull number: the NavSource MSI index lists 'MSI-3 built in The Netherlands as Ablas (M 868)' - i.e., U.S. accounting hull number MSI-3 corresponds to the Dutch inshore minesweeper Alblas, pennant M 868. The same index maps MSI-4 through MSI-10 to the Dutch M 869 through M 875, and shows MSI-3 has no linked detail page (index-only listing; live detail URL 11/0503.htm returned HTTP 500 on 2026-10-04 and no Wayback capture exists).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1958-1986
- Population
- Construction trades, De Noord Alblasserdam (1958-60); RNLN crew (1960-84)
- Limitations
- Identity/history mapping only; no asbestos or material content. NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry, and it misspells the Dutch name ('Ablas' - all Dutch sources spell 'Alblas'; see ev-10). No detail page exists for this hull, so the index line is the entire NavSource coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-01
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[3]U.S. Shipbuilding History (Colton), 'Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War' - MSI program design figures and build table (verified live 2026-10-04, HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- minesweepers3.htm, 'Inshore Minesweepers (MSI)' narrative and build table rows MSI 1 - MSI 15
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Program context for the MSI series: in the late 1950s the U.S. Navy initiated a program to build Inshore Minesweepers (MSI) of 120 tons light displacement and 112 feet; 55 were built, all but the first two for allied navies, and only the first eight were built in U.S. yards - 'the remainder being built by yards in the recipient countries.' The build table collapses 'MSI 3-10' into a single row marked 'Netherlands', consistent with the NavSource mapping of MSI-3..MSI-10 to Dutch M 868..M 875. MSI 11-12 went to Denmark (built Copenhagen), MSI 13-14 to Iran, MSI 15-18 to Turkey.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1958-1967 (MSI build window)
- Population
- Yard trades in recipient countries (Netherlands, Denmark, Iran, Turkey)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Tim Colton's shipbuildinghistory.com), not a primary registry; the Dutch block is a single collapsed table row with no per-ship dates. The US-program design figures (120 t light / 112 ft) do not match the Dutch class figures (151 t standard / 171 t loaded, 33.1 m - see gaps); treat them as program-design context, not as-built values for this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-02
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[4]Netherlands Ministry of Defence, Materieelgezien (official MoD magazine), Evert Brouwer, 'Materieel van toen: Hr.Ms. Lacomble' (photos: NIMH collection) - official class-level documentation via sister ship (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Materieelgezien 2025/10, 'Materieel van toen: Hr.Ms. Lacomble' (full text)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Dutch MoD documentation of the class this hull belongs to: sixteen shallow-water minesweepers served the Royal Netherlands Navy, 'internationaal bekend als mine sweeper inshore (MSI)', nicknamed the 'Dinky Toy-klasse'; built at the former De Noord yard in Alblasserdam, the Arnhemse Scheepswerf, and G. de Vries Lentsch jr. in 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); they served the RNLN until 1984. A former commanding officer (KTZ b.d. Huibert van Eijsden, CO of Lacomble 1980) gives: crew of thirteen (two officers, three petty officers, eight sailors); armament a single 20 mm machine gun plus mine-destruction equipment; two propellers and a special sweep diesel; the diesels were mounted on air bags because of vibration and noise. Ships operated in shallow inland and coastal waters (IJsselmeer, Ketelmeer, canals) with folding masts to pass under bridges.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1960-1984
- Population
- RNLN crews of the sixteen-ship class (1960-84)
- Limitations
- Class-level only: the article profiles sister ship Lacomble (M 870), not Alblas; figures (crew 13, 20 mm gun, air-bag-mounted diesels) are class characteristics, not documented for M 868 individually. Crew figure conflicts with the 14 in encyclopedia infoboxes (see gaps). No asbestos, insulation, or material content anywhere in the article.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-03
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[5]Archieven.nl (Dutch archival portal), Stadsarchief Rotterdam photo collection, record minr 39984374 - launch photograph of this hull (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archieven.nl record, archive 4121 (Stadsarchief Rotterdam), minr 39984374
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official municipal-archive record documenting this hull's construction: 'Mijnenveger de Hr.Ms. Alblas (M 868) glijdt in het water vanuit bouwloods op scheepswerf De Noord in Alblasserdam' - the minesweeper Hr.Ms. Alblas (M 868) slides into the water from the construction hall at the De Noord shipyard in Alblasserdam. Independently confirms builder (De Noord, Alblasserdam) and that the launch was photographed and is held in the Stadsarchief Rotterdam collection.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1959
- Population
- De Noord yard trades at launch (1959)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a launch photograph and its metadata - it documents the launch event and builder, not any material, insulation, or work content. The portal page rendered title-and-archive metadata only in this session's fetch; the underlying scan and full date fields were not independently inspected. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-04
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[6]Wikipedia, 'Van Straelen-class minesweeper', construction-data table citing van Amstel (1991) pp. 76-78, Raven (1988) p. 185, Schoonoord (2012) pp. 319-320 - ship-specific milestones (verified live 2026-10-04; tertiary compilation, see limitations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article 'Ships in class' table, row Alblas M 868; 'Design and construction' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Milestone table for this hull: Alblas, pennant M 868, builder De Noord; laid down 26 January 1958; launched 29 June 1959; commissioned 12 March 1960; decommissioned 1983; sold in 1986 to the firm Holland & Zn. Class context from the same article: sixteen ships built 1958-1962 for the RNLN at three Dutch yards; total cost f 64 million; the United States paid under MDAP for eight ships and the Netherlands for the other eight; displacement 171.3 t; length 33.08 m; 2 propellers, 1,100 hp Werkspoor diesels, 13 knots; crew 14; armament 1 x 20 mm; class served until 1 March 1983. Names were those of RNLN personnel posthumously awarded the Military Order of William or Bronze Cross.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1958-1986
- Population
- De Noord trades (1958-60); RNLN crew (1960-83/84); breakers Holland & Zn (1986)
- Limitations
- Tertiary compilation: Wikipedia is not an authoritative source under batch policy; the milestones are carried because they are the only consolidated ship-specific chronology located and are footnoted to Dutch reference literature (van Amstel 1991, Raven 1988, Schoonoord 2012) that could not be fetched directly. Decommission year here (1983) conflicts with defensie.nl ('tot 1984 gevaren') and the Onze Marine Vloot compilation ('1 januari 1984 uit de sterkte afgevoerd') - unresolved, see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-05
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[7]Oorlogsgravenstichting (Dutch War Graves Foundation, official), person record 'Aart Hendrik Alblas' - namesake documentation (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Oorlogsgravenstichting person record 2017, biography and MWO citation text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Namesake context: Aart Hendrik Alblas (born Middelharnis 20-09-1918, died Mauthausen 07-09-1944), luitenant ter zee 3e klasse Koninklijke Marine Reserve Speciale Diensten (Royal Decree 28-08-1941 no. 3), posthumously inscribed Ridder 4e klasse Militaire Willems-Orde (Royal Decree 04-12-1948 no. 16) for his service as the second Dutch agent parachuted into occupied Netherlands (4 July 1941), his radio traffic to England, capture 16 July 1942, and execution at Mauthausen. The class naming practice (ships named for posthumous MWO/Bronze Cross recipients) is documented at class level by the en.wiki article citing Woudstra (1982) p. 154.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1948 (person); 1960 (naming)
- Limitations
- Context only: the official record documents the person, not the ship. The specific ship-to-person link for M 868 currently rests on secondary compilations (the Onze Marine Vloot hobby site states 'Het schip werd vernoemd naar Ltz.3 KMR SD A.H. Alblas' - an excluded source; the class naming practice is Wikipedia citing Woudstra). No primary RNLN naming document located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Era context: GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction window (1958-60). The hull was U.S.-funded (MDAP) though Dutch-built and Dutch-operated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard workers (document scope); NOT this hull's population
- Limitations
- Context only: this is a U.S. Navy program-level document. It says nothing about Dutch shipyards, the Royal Netherlands Navy, MDAP construction abroad, or this hull - it anchors the general naval-construction asbestos era only. No equivalent Dutch government yard survey was located for De Noord or the RNLN. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, standing since batch-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-07
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[9]Era inference built on: shipbuildinghistory MSI program description (diesel-era inshore sweeper program); defensie.nl class characteristics (diesel propulsion, small crew, shallow-water craft); en.wiki class table (Werkspoor diesel machinery); GAO HRD-80-2 era window (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-02, ev-03, ev-05, ev-07 source locators
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A small non-magnetic diesel inshore minesweeper built 1958-60 in a Dutch yard sits inside the general western naval-construction asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel craft of this type and period were engine and exhaust insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, and at 33 m with a crew of 13-14 the machinery volume at risk is small.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1958-1986
- Population
- De Noord construction trades (1958-60); RNLN crew (1960-84); breakers Holland & Zn (1986)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, build specification, or work package located for M 868 / MSI-3, and no Dutch yard-level asbestos documentation of any kind was located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The non-magnetic construction (aluminum-cast engines, non-magnetic materials) may have altered the material mix versus conventional steel construction - undocumented either way.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-08
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[10]Batch-7585 search ledger (this record): NavSource MSI index; shipbuildinghistory MSI table; defensie.nl Materieelgezien; Archieven.nl/Stadsarchief Rotterdam; Oorlogsgravenstichting; DANFS A-index (negative); NVR (negative); GAO product page; CourtListener (partial - asbestos opinion query 0 results, two name-collision sets reviewed, remainder blocked by fleet pacing); Dutch-language web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, government inspection, or litigation naming MSI-3 / Hr.Ms. Alblas (M 868) was found in the public sources searched, in English or Dutch. Specifics: (a) DANFS A-index checked live 2026-10-04 - no Alblas entry exists (no DANFS entry is possible: the hull was never named or commissioned in the U.S. Navy); (b) NVR has no entry (SHIPSDETAIL_MSI_3 returns a redirect; MDAP-transfer hulls disposed pre-1987 are outside NVR coverage); (c) CourtListener authenticated searches 2026-10-04: combined opinion query '"Alblas" OR "MSI-3" minesweeper asbestos' count 0 - NO QUALIFYING ASBESTOS LITIGATION; docket query '"MSI-3"' returned 89 hits, first 20 reviewed - all unrelated civil dockets (import, insurance, employment, mortgage; e.g. Byerly v. DeWeese 2019, Lee Memorial Health System v. Medical Savings Insurance Co. 2004), a docket-token collision on 'MSI-3', NAME COLLISION; opinion query '"Alblas"' returned 1 hit, Iravani Mottaghi v. Barkey Importing Co. (1955-09-07, import dispute predating this hull's 1958 construction), NAME COLLISION - opinion text not retrievable this session (pacing), classification rests on case name, date, and parties; (d) Dutch-language sweeps ('Alblas mijnenveger M868 asbest sloop') surfaced no asbestos, salvage, or exposure record - only name collisions (a footballer) and generic demolition content. Law-firm marketing listicles naming generic MSI/minesweeper asbestos were excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - it proves none is publicly documented for this hull. The litigation repository search is partially open: remaining per-term sweeps ('MSI-3' type=o; '"MSI-3" asbestos' types o and r; 'Alblas' type=r) were blocked by fleet-wide pacing and must be re-run before this negative finding is treated as complete; the 'Alblas' opinion name-collision hit was classified on metadata only, opinion text unfetched. RNLN archives, De Noord yard records, and the 1986 scrapping contract are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-09
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[11]Cross-check: NavSource MSI index ('Ablas (M 868)') vs Dutch official/archival sources (defensie.nl, Archieven.nl, Oorlogsgravenstichting - all spell 'Alblas') and batch-7585 list entry 'USS built in The Netherlands as (MSI-3)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/05idx.htm MSI section; defensie.nl Lacomble article; Archieven.nl record minr 39984374
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: (a) The batch-list vessel name 'USS built in The Netherlands as (MSI-3)' is a data artifact: it is the NavSource index phrasing ('MSI-3 built in The Netherlands as ...') mis-parsed as a ship name with a USS prefix. The hull was never a USS and never served the U.S. Navy - MSI-3 was a U.S. MDAP accounting hull number for a ship built for and operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy as Hr.Ms. Alblas (M 868). (b) NavSource spells the name 'Ablas'; every Dutch source - the official MoD magazine, the Stadsarchief Rotterdam archive record, and Dutch encyclopedias - spells 'Alblas'. The Dutch spelling is carried throughout this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 (identification window)
- Limitations
- Corrects identification artifacts, not a material claim. The 'USS' mislabeling originates upstream of this batch (the source list); this record uses the mandated slug/file name anyway so queue bookkeeping stays consistent. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-the-netherlands-as-msi3-10