USS Gallant (MSO-489)

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [1]DANFS, Gallant II (MSO-489) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, MinDiv 96/73 service, four WestPac deployments, Market Time, spec block (live NHHC page verified this session) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Gallant II service narrative and spec block; live page verified live 2026-10-03 (recent batches found NHHC DANFS URLs 404 - this one resolves)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: 'The second Gallant (AM-498[sic]) was laid down 21 May 1953 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash.; launched 4 June 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Meserole; reclassified (MSO-489) on 7 February 1955; and commissioned as Gallant (MSO-489) at Tacoma 14 September 1955, Lt. Dixon Lademan in command.' Based from Long Beach as a unit of Mine Division 96; rescued two crew of a Navy plane downed off Santa Catalina Island; joined Mine Division 73 January 1957; first 7th Fleet tour March-August 1957 (ROK Navy ops in Korean waters, Formosa ops with Chinese Nationalist Navy, Japan and Hong Kong ports); return Long Beach 20 August 1957; San Diego yard overhaul; combined minesweeping ops with Canadian Mine Squadron 2 off Vancouver October 1958; overhaul completed April 1959; Battle Efficiency 'E' and Minesweeping 'M' as outstanding minesweeper of the Pacific Mine Force FY1959; second 7th Fleet tour August 1959-March 1960 (ROK Navy, SEATO ops out of the Philippines); 1st Fleet mine-force training to Ketchikan, Alaska; third deployment August 1961-April 1962 (SE Asia readiness exercises, South Vietnam coast patrol, SVN Navy training), return 20 April 1962; fourth deployment departed Long Beach 12 August 1963 via Sasebo (23 September), departed WestPac spring 1964; blockade/coastal patrol off Vietnam, arrived off southern South Vietnam coast 1 October 1965 for Operation Market Time, boarding and searching boats until 9 March 1966; returned via Philippines/Guam/Pearl Harbor to Long Beach 28 April 1966. Spec block: dp. 780; l. 172'; b. 36'; dr. 10'; s. 15 k.; cpl. 74; a. 1 40mm.; cl. Aggressive.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1953-1966 (entry coverage)

   Population

   Martinac construction trades (1953-55); crew (1955-forward)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The entry's coverage ends in 1966 - the following 28 years of US service come from other rows. The published entry carries transcription typos: '(AM-498)' in the opening sentence and 'MSO^89' in the reclassification clause - flagged in ev-10; every other source confirms AM-489/MSO-489.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-01

2. [2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Gallant (MSO-489) ex-AM-489 - designation timeline, specifications, commanding-officer table, disposal, photo-caption service record (live) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02489.htm header block, specifications block, photo captions, CO table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down as AM-489, 21 May 1953, J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma; launched 4 June 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Meserole, 'daughter of J. M. Martinac'; reclassified Ocean Minesweeper MSO-489, 7 February 1955; commissioned USS Gallant (MSO-489) 14 September 1955; decommissioned 29 April 1994 and struck from the Navy Register; sold to Taiwan 8 September 1994 under the Security Assistance Program and renamed Yung Ku (M 1308); 'Fate unknown.' Spec block: 775 t.; 172'; beam 35'; draft 12'; 14 kts; complement 78; armament one 40mm and two .50 cal (final: twin 20mm replacing the 40mm, two .50 cal retained); four Packard ID1700 diesels later replaced by four Waukesha diesels, two shafts, two controllable-pitch propellers; call sign NEWK. Photo captions document: launch 4 June 1954 with Firm (AM-444) in the background and 'one of nine minesweepers that the company is building for the Navy' (Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios D83003-3); Mine Division 73 steaming 1965 with Illusive/Conquest/Esteem/Pledge (All Hands, Aug 1965); steaming with Pluck (MSO-464) 27 March 1971; Sacramento Deep Water Channel mine-threat search 10 January 1980 re: Soviet freighter Nikolay Karamzin (Sacramento Bee photo, 11 January 1980); NAS Alameda moored astern of Excel (MSO-439) c. July 1980; off Vancouver, B.C., c. 1987 and 6 June 1990; decommissioning ceremony at Treasure Island 29 April 1994 with same-day tow to Mare Island; 'The Masthead' (Naval Station Treasure Island newspaper, Vol. 53 No. 10, 29 April 1994) decommissioning article; Yung Ku (M 1308) alongside Yung Tzu (M 1307), ex-Conquest (MSO-488), in ROC service c. 1997. Commanding-officer table: 25 COs, LT Dixon Lademan (14 Sep 1955) through LCDR Robin Alexander Linn, USNR (May 1993 - 29 Apr 1994).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1953-1997

   Population

   Martinac construction trades (1953-55); crew (1955-94); Treasure Island/Mare Island decommissioning and towing personnel (1994); ROC Navy crew (1994-ca. 2013)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS/NVR where they overlap (all match on this hull) but spec figures conflict with DANFS (see ev-10). Page verified live 2026-10-03 (navsource.net - never the dead .org). Contains no asbestos content. The 1994 transfer predates modern disclosure conventions for foreign-sale hazmat condition; no material record for the transfer or ROC service was located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-02

3. [3]Naval Vessel Register ship detail page, GALLANT (MSO 489) (ex-AM 489), MINESWEEPER,OCEAN (archived Wayback capture 2016-10-25; live nvr.navy.mil no longer serves the detail page - serves site boilerplate only) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR SHIPSDETAIL_MSO_489 milestone-dates and status blocks (Wayback capture 2016-10-25; CDX also lists SHIPSDETAIL_MSO_489_1710.HTML captured 2017-02-11)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NVR registry data for this hull (record last updated 29 June 2000): UIC 08147; Class MSO 422; Status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned'; Date status changed 08/03/1994; Builder J M MARTINAC SB CORP; Award Date 12/29/1952; Keel Date 05/21/1953; Launch Date 06/04/1954; Delivery Date 09/02/1955; Commission Date 09/14/1955; Decommission Date 04/29/1994; Stricken Date 04/29/1994; Age at disposal 38.9 years since delivery / 39.0 years commission-to-decommission; Propulsion Type Diesel; Custodian TAIWAN.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1952-2000 (record window)

   Population

   Crew (1955-94); SAP transfer personnel (1994)

   Limitations

   Official registry data for the hull's lifecycle milestones - the stricken date (04/29/1994, same day as decommissioning) conflicts with Wikipedia's 8 September 1994 infobox date (see ev-10/gaps). Status-change date 08/03/1994 vs NavSource's 8 September 1994 sale date - likely FMS-case status vs delivery, unresolved. No physical characteristics populated in the record. Contains no asbestos or material content. Archived copy cited because the live detail page no longer resolves - labeled as archived.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-03

4. [4]Illinois Attorney General, 'Benefits for Illinois Veterans' guide (Nov 10, 2022 consumer-alert PDF, ~170 pp.) - Appendix E reproduces the VA Blue Water Navy ship list under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 (PL 116-23) [other_primary]

   Locator

   IL AG veterans guide, Appendix E ship list, entry under 'USS Gallant (MSO-489)'; Blue Water presumption discussion at guide section I.2

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   Ship-specific government listing: 'USS Gallant (MSO-489) docked to pier at Da Nang during November 5-6, 1969' - an entry on the VA ship list of vessels confirmed to have operated on Vietnam's inland waterways, docked on shore, or sent crew ashore, which carries a 'presumption of contact' to Agent Orange for veterans aboard under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 (PL 116-23). Documents this hull's in-country Vietnam presence on a documented government eligibility instrument - corroborating secondary accounts of a 1969 WestPac Market Time deployment under LCDR Robert L. Freehill (CO 25 Jul 1968 - 21 Aug 1970, NavSource CO table).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1969 (docking); 2019-2022 (statute/list)

   Population

   Crew aboard during the Da Nang docking, 5-6 November 1969 (LCDR Freehill's command)

   Limitations

   This is a HERBICIDE (Agent Orange) exposure-eligibility listing, not an asbestos record - it establishes Vietnam docking presence and the resulting presumption pathway only; it says nothing about asbestos aboard this hull and establishes no asbestos exposure or legal eligibility. The listing is a benefits-eligibility instrument, not a finding about shipboard materials. Cited via the Illinois AG's verbatim reproduction (live .gov PDF verified) because the VA's own list page is JS-rendered and its candidate PDF URLs soft-404 from this session; the VA list itself is compiled from official ship records.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-04

5. [5]NavSource Online, Minesweeper (AM/MSF/MSO/BAM) index - 1950s MSO program description (class construction, counts, sonar fit) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02idx.htm 'Minesweepers' program paragraph (live 2026-10-03)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource's program-level description of the 1950s ocean-minesweeper program: 'sixty-five new minesweepers were built' during the 1950s, 'designated Minesweeper, Ocean (MSO)' in 'three classes of ships: Agile/Aggressive, Hull numbers 421 to 507; Acme, hull numbers 508 to 518; and Ability, hull numbers 519 to 522.' The MSOs 'were smaller and built primarily of wood, with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic) steel fittings to minimize their magnetic signature,' and 'All of the 1950 era MSOs had UQS-1 mine-locating sonar, later updated with SQQ-14 sonar.' MSO-489 sits inside the 421-507 Agile/Aggressive hull range - the citable source for the wooden, non-magnetic construction and for the dual class name.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1950s

   Population

   1950s MSO program construction trades (class context)

   Limitations

   Class/program description, not a hull record - does not name this vessel. Documents the type's wooden/non-magnetic construction approach; contains no asbestos content and establishes nothing about materials aboard MSO-489 specifically.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-05

6. [6]HistoryLink.org (Washington state encyclopedia), 'J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation (Tacoma)' - yard history and MSO-program construction detail [other_primary]

   Locator

   historylink.org file 22440, 'World War II and the Cold War' section (live 2026-10-03)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Yard-level documentation of this hull's builder and build program: Martinac (1924-2014, east shore of the Thea Foss Waterway) announced contracts in August 1951 for four 172-foot minesweepers worth nearly $9 million with ~300 workers planned; work started January 1952 (first hull, Endurance AM-435, launched 8 August 1952); before the second launched in early 1953 Martinac received orders for five more minesweepers for $8 million - nine total, the last 'slid down the ways in the summer of 1955.' Construction detail: 'the firm leased additional space at the Baker dock where pieces of white oak were laminated together for the ship's ribs. They used fir and red oak for planks, and extensive efforts were made to use non-ferrous metals as much as possible throughout the sweepers to reduce their magnetic signatures' - corroborating the NavSource index's wooden/non-magnetic framing at the performing yard.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1951-1956

   Population

   Martinac construction trades (~300 workers planned, 1951-56)

   Limitations

   Yard-level history, not a hull record - names the program (nine sweepers) but not MSO-489 individually. The nine-hull count matches the Colton yard table (MSO-435/436/444/445/488/489/490/491/492) and the Tacoma Public Library launch caption. Contains no asbestos or material content; the yard's own industrial-hygiene record is undocumented (see gaps).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-06

7. [7]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), Martinac Shipbuilding Tacoma yard table - nine MSO hulls built incl. MSO-489 Gallant [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/martinac.htm, MSO rows of the yard table (live 2026-10-03)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The Colton yard table names this hull among nine Martinac-built MSOs: MSO 435 Endurance (scrapped 1973), MSO 436 Energy (to Philippines 1972 as Davao del Norte PM 91), MSO 444 Firm (to Philippines 1972 as Davao del Sur PM 92), MSO 445 Force (sunk 1973), MSO 488 Conquest (to Taiwan 1995 as Yung Tzu M 1307), MSO 489 Gallant ('To Taiwan 1995 as Yung Der (M 1308)'), MSO 490 Leader (scrapped 1994), MSO 491 Persistent (to Spain 1971 as Guadalquivir M 43), MSO 492 Pledge (to Taiwan 1995 as Yung Yang M 1309). Table entry for MSO-489: 780d tons, 172 ft, 'Delivery' 14-Sep-55 (a date matching commissioning, not the NVR delivery date 09/02/1955 - the column conflates delivery/commissioning for this block).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1954-1995

   Population

   Martinac construction trades (1951-56)

   Limitations

   Compiler table, not a primary registry - its ROC name 'Yung Der' conflicts with NavSource/Wikipedia 'Yung Ku' and its 'To Taiwan 1995' year conflicts with the documented 8 September 1994 sale (both conflicts carried in ev-10/gaps); its 'Delivery' column prints the commissioning date. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-07

8. [8]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

   AJIM 11(3):359-373 (abstract and article); era-applications framing per shipyards.json era-practice lists

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era-level inference only: peer-reviewed scholarship documents extensive asbestos use as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding of the era in which this minesweeper was designed and built. Aboard a ~780-ton wooden-hulled diesel ocean minesweeper the plausible applications, if any, were confined to machinery fittings - era-standard gaskets, valve packing, exhaust-system insulation, and electrical insulation - a materially narrower scope than steam-driven vessels carry; the Packard/Waukesha diesel plant has no boiler or steam-line insulation envelope. No construction-level material list for this hull or the MSO type was located.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1953-1994

   Population

   Martinac construction trades (1953-55); crew (1955-94); overhaul/availability yard personnel; SAP transfer personnel (1994); ROC Navy crew (1994-ca. 2013)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level scholarship only - does not name this vessel or the Agile/Aggressive class and establishes nothing aboard this hull: not presence, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. No class- or design-specific material documentation for MSO minesweepers was located; the machinery-fitting applications named are general era practice, not documented aboard this class. Martinac's own industrial-hygiene record is undocumented (see gaps).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-08

9. [9]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (B-163375, Oct 18, 1979) - full text retrieved this session via firecrawl render of gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (prior batches logged HTTP 403 on direct fetch) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 letter summary and conclusions (pp. i-ii, ~1-15 of the 26-page PDF)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos position in 1979: 'although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables, most ships delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation, which was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos'; 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; 'other Navy ships contain large quantities of asbestos'; 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos.' Thermal-insulation specifications changed in 1973 and a substitution-elimination policy issued October 1975; the Navy's removal policy replaced only damaged or work-required insulation, 'the 30 to 50 percent which normally remains untouched, except for minor maintenance, during the life of a ship' staying in place. This hull's construction (1953-55) and service era (1955-94) sit entirely inside the documented asbestos-use window.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1979 (report); documentation spans the ship's full 1953-94 era

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review

   Limitations

   Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - GAO fieldwork was the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, and no MSO-class or Martinac-hull data appears in the report. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-gallant-mso489-09

10. [10]Source discrepancies documented across DANFS (entry text + stats line), NavSource 11/02489 spec block and MSO index, NVR archived detail page, shipbuilding-history Colton table, and secondary sources [other_primary]

    Locator

    DANFS Gallant II raw HTML (AM-498, MSO^89 instances); NVR SHIPSDETAIL_MSO_489 archived page; NavSource 11/02489.htm and 11/02idx.htm; shipbuildinghistory.com martinac.htm; Wikipedia (secondary, not carried into fields)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CORRECTION/discrepancy record, documented not reconciled: (a) DANFS entry typo - the published Gallant II entry prints '(AM-498)' in the opening sentence and 'MSO^89' in the reclassification clause (raw-HTML verified); every other source (NVR, NavSource, Colton, master hull list) confirms AM-489/MSO-489. AM-498 is not a vacant number - it is a real MSO-program hull built for Norway (Lagen M 950, later Belgium's Dufour M 903, per the NavSource index) - so the DANFS typo risks attributing Gallant's keel to a different minesweeper and is flagged, not propagated. (b) class name - 'cl. Aggressive' (DANFS stats line), 'Aggressive Class' (NavSource page, master hull list) vs 'Agile-class' (Wikipedia class article) vs NavSource index 'Agile/Aggressive' (hulls 421-507) - documented dual class name. (c) complement - 74 (DANFS) vs 78 (NavSource) vs 70 (Wikipedia). (d) beam - 36' (DANFS/Wikipedia) vs 35' (NavSource). (e) draft - 10' (DANFS/Wikipedia) vs 12' (NavSource). (f) speed - 15 kts (DANFS) vs 14 kts (NavSource/Wikipedia). (g) displacement - 780 (DANFS/Colton) vs 775 (NavSource/Wikipedia). (h) stricken date - 29 April 1994 (NVR 'Stricken Date: 04/29/1994'; NavSource 'decommissioned 29 April 1994 and struck') vs Wikipedia infobox 'Stricken 8 September 1994' (the Taiwan-sale date). (i) Taiwan transfer - 'Sold to Taiwan 8 September 1994' (NavSource/Wikipedia) vs NVR status-change 08/03/1994 vs Colton 'To Taiwan 1995'. (j) ROC name - 'Yung Ku (M 1308)' (NavSource, Wikipedia, ROC-sourced photography) vs 'Yung Der (M 1308)' (Colton); pennant also styled 'MSO-1308' vs 'M 1308'. (k) ROC service end - 'decommissioned 28 June 2013' (Wikipedia, hobbyist sources) vs NavSource 'Fate unknown' - unverified.

    Verification

    disputed

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-03

    Study period

    1953-2013 (naming/milestones window)

    Limitations

    Resolves nothing - documents a genuine multi-source conflict surface so a future pass does not silently pick one figure. The AM-498 typo is in the primary source itself; the stricken-date and Taiwan-transfer conflicts pit NVR/NavSource against secondary compilations; the Agile-vs-Aggressive naming difference is terminological, not factual (same hull series). No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-gallant-mso489-10

11. [11]Name-collision surface: DANFS Gallant I (PYc-29) page; 'Gallant' as English word and litigant surname [other_primary]

    Locator

    DANFS Gallant I (PYc-29) entry (live 2026-10-03); NavSource ROC-service photo captions

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Name-collision record for future litigation/research sweeps: 'Gallant' is a common English word and a litigant surname, so unqualified docket searches will collide on parties named Gallant and on the adjective itself. Within the Navy the name had one prior bearer - Gallant I (PYc-29), the 1909 yacht North Star purchased 17 March 1942, converted to a coastal patrol yacht, commissioned 15 April 1942 (Lt. (j.g.) D. R. Stoneleigh), 3rd then 1st Naval District patrol/training duty out of New York and Boston, decommissioned 22 January 1945, returned to her former owner via WSA 28 June 1945 (DANFS Gallant I). Post-USN the hull sailed as ROCS Yung Ku/Yung Der (M 1308) - Taiwan-service references under those names are this same hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-03

    Study period

    1909-1994 (name window)

    Limitations

    Collision hygiene only - establishes the search-qualification requirement (hull number or minesweeper context), not any exposure or litigation fact about this hull. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-gallant-mso489-11

12. [12]NARA catalog, RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' - digitized Gallant (MSO-489) monthly deck-log file units [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov search 'Gallant MSO-489 deck logs' (278 results incl. other hulls); RG 24 monthly file units, container IDs ~1600-1630

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Ship-specific primary records are DIGITIZED and online for this hull: the NARA catalog returns monthly Gallant (MSO-489) deck-log file units in RG 24, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations - examples located: April 1956 (NAID 213676677), March 1961 (NAID 213024657), May 1964 (NAID 178660444), and January/September/October 1969 units (NAIDs 173728729, 173729259, 173729323) in the VA-funded digitization batch, the months bracketing the November 1969 Da Nang docking on the VA ship list. These are the underlying primary records for her operational history and any future availability/yard-period research.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-03

    Study period

    1956-1969 (located units; full span not inventoried)

    Population

    Crew (log coverage window); researchers into yard availabilities

    Limitations

    Archival lead only: digitized deck logs establish where the primary record lives - they were not line-read this session, and no specific log content is cited. November 1969 file unit not individually confirmed in the results returned (Jan/Sep/Oct 1969 located); log coverage for post-1969 years was not inventoried. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-gallant-mso489-12

13. [13]Batch-7603 search ledger (this record): DANFS Gallant II/I (live NHHC); NavSource ship page and MSO index; NVR (live + Wayback); shipbuilding-history Colton table; historylink.org; IL AG guide/VA ship-list reproduction; NARA catalog; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep; NIOSH/Martinac sweep; master-hull-list.json; shipyards.json; class-* worktrees [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-gallant-mso489-01 through sl-uss-gallant-mso489-17

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/yard material disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Gallant (AM-489/MSO-489) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated API reported the fleet daily quota exhausted (~4.6 h to reset); logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content listing 'USS Gallant' on ship-list pages (mesotheliomaveterans.org, simmonsfirm.com, sokolovelaw.com, elslaw.com, freeasbestostesting.com) - excluded by source policy, no primary sourcing.

    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 - a 1953-55-built naval vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing machinery fittings even accounting for the diesel/wooden-hull profile. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run); RECAP indexing caveats apply in any case. The hull may still exist in Taiwanese custody - a surveyable structure, but no survey was located. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-gallant-mso489-13