Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 849-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-gannet-msc290-pkt-849-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Gannet II (MSC-290) - live NHHC page, entry updated 8 March 2023 by Robert J. Cressman [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Gannet II (MSC-290) entry - spec block and service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: the second Gannet (MSC-290) was laid down 1 May 1959 at Tacoma, Wash., by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Inc.; launched 26 May 1960; sponsored by Mrs. Frank P. Luongo, Jr.; commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 14 July 1961, Lt. Elvin L. Gaylor in command. Service narrative: departed Puget Sound 4 Aug 1961, Long Beach 9 Aug; Mine Division 92 southern California MCM exercises; first two weeks of June 1962 in Joint Task Force 8 nuclear tests off the California coast; departed Long Beach 2 July 1962 for Japan via Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guam; arrived Sasebo 13 Aug; Mine Division 32 type training; Chinhae, Korea ROKN mine exercises Oct 1962; Okinawa, Hong Kong, Taiwan; schoolship service out of Yokosuka; 1963-64 exercises to Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines; Jul-Aug 1964 special MCM ops in the South China Sea supporting US operations off Vietnam; Feb 1965 South China Sea, Thai Navy joint amphibious exercise, mid-April return to Vietnamese coast; return Sasebo 24 May 1965; Dec 1965 Operation Market Time coastal surveillance (inspected hundreds of Vietnamese fishing boats, medical aid to fishermen); departed Vietnam 14 Jan 1966; Apr 1966 return to Market Time, three patrol/surveillance deployments through 1966 plus SEATO minesweeping exercises in the Gulf of Thailand; decommissioned 1 April 1970 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register soon thereafter. Spec block: dp. 378; l. 145'5"; b. 27'3"; dr. 8'6"; s. 13.0 k.; cpl. 37; armament 2 20mm; cl. Albatross.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1970
- Population
- Tacoma Boatbuilding construction trades (1959-61); crew (1961-70)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material-content information. Live NHHC DANFS page verified 2026-10-03 (entry labeled '1961-1970'). Spec-block figures conflict with NavSource and the contemporary USNI account on displacement, dimensions, complement, and armament - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-01
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[3]LCDR Harry E. Padgett, USN, 'Newest Minesweepers in the U.S. Navy,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, July 1963, Vol. 89/7/725 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Proceedings July 1963 issue, 'Newest Minesweepers in the U.S. Navy' article body
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous professional-press description of this hull and class: Albatross (MSC-289) and Gannet (MSC-290) 'are the first of the 289-class,' wooden-hulled coastal minesweepers succeeding the 121-class (built 1951-53); full-load displacement 379 vs 370 tons. Gannet 'was started in January 1959' (conflicts with the DANFS 1 May 1959 keel date - see gaps), launched 26 May 1960, commissioned 14 July 1961. Both ships departed Long Beach 2 July 1962 after roughly a year's evaluation each, carrying a Pacific Fleet Mine Force endorsement as 'effective and reliable units... ready for unrestricted operations in Western Pacific,' routing via Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guam, Subic Bay, and Kaohsiung to Sasebo (Mine Flotilla One headquarters). Machinery: four new-to-the-Navy six-cylinder Harnischfeger diesels, 265 hp each, coupled two per shaft driving twin five-bladed propellers - drove Gannet over a measured mile at 13.8 knots; gas-turbine minesweeping generators piggybacked over generator housings; new hydraulic deck machinery and stern cranes; enclosed bridge (a first for the coastal class) with internal approach and bridge wings; hawse pipes; UQS/1 sonar in CIC; wardroom for four officers, enlisted complement 29.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1963
- Population
- Crew 1961-63; evaluation-period personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-specific and class documentation from a serving officer writing in the official-professional naval journal - the most detailed contemporaneous account located. Contains no asbestos or material-content information. 'Gannet was started in January 1959' conflicts with the DANFS/NavSource/NCM keel date of 1 May 1959 (contract/lead-time vs keel-laying may differ) - logged in gaps. Complement 33 (4+29) conflicts with DANFS 37 and NavSource 50.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Gannet (MSC 290) - timeline, specifications, commanding-officer roster, disposal note [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/05290.htm header block, specifications block, photo captions, CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: second Gannet laid down 1 May 1959 by Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA; launched 26 May 1960; commissioned 14 July 1961; decommissioned April 1970 at Sasebo, Japan and struck from the Naval Register; 'Sold in Japan and used as a fishing boat. Fate unknown.' Specifications: displacement 320 t.; length 144'; beam 28'; draft 9'; speed 13 kts.; complement 50; armament two .50-cal machine guns and one 81mm mortar; propulsion four 6-cylinder Harnischfeger diesel engines, two shafts. Photo record includes the 26 May 1960 launch (Tacoma Boat Building photo of tug Brynn Foss), a circa-1962 Mine Division 32 formation photo with Warbler (MSC 206), Whippoorwill (MSC 207), Widgeon (MSC 208), and Woodpecker (MSC 209), and the 2 December 1969 Yokosuka image (National Archives photo USN 1142643). Commanding-officer roster: LT Elvin Lorraine Gaylor (USNA 1956) 14 Jul 1961 - 15 Jun 1962; LT Clarence McRight Jr. 15 Jun 1962 - 16 Jul 1964; LT Peter Darby Abbott 16 Jul 1964 - 11 Apr 1965; LTJG Ray Edwin Swain (acting) 11-30 Apr 1965; LT Jack Leroy Melton 30 Apr 1965 - 4 Apr 1967; LT Richard E. Black 4 Apr 1967 - 1969; LT Richard Frank Schuerger 1969 - 1 Apr 1970.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1970
- Population
- Tacoma Boatbuilding trades (1959-61); crew (1961-70); post-sale Japanese commercial crew (1970-, unverified)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates track DANFS but its spec block conflicts with DANFS on displacement (320 vs 378), dimensions, complement (50 vs 37), and armament (.50 cal/81mm vs 2x20mm). The 'sold in Japan / fishing boat' disposal conflicts with a 'dismantled/scrapped 1970' variant in Wikipedia - unresolved, see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-03
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[5]All Hands magazine (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Vietnam Service Medal eligibility list per SecNav Inst 1650.1C Change 3 of 9 Nov 1966 - 'Gannet (MSC 290)' entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- All Hands full-text digitization, archive.org identifier allhands6006unit, Vietnam Service Medal eligibility list (ship entry 'Gannet (MSC 290)')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's official magazine published the eligibility list for the Vietnam Service Medal (per SecNav Inst 1650.1C, Change 3 of 9 Nov 1966) naming this hull: 'Gannet (MSC 290) - 22-31 Dec 1965; 19 April-28 May 1966.' These windows corroborate the DANFS Market Time narrative (Vietnam coast Dec 1965 - 14 Jan 1966; return patrols from 20 April 1966) at award-eligibility granularity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1965-1966 (eligibility windows); list published per 9 Nov 1966 instruction
- Population
- Crew during Vietnam Service Medal windows (Dec 1965; Apr-May 1966)
- Limitations
- Award-eligibility record, not an operations log: it establishes presence in Vietnam waters during the stated windows but not daily movements. OCR of the digitized issue (January 1967 All Hands on archive.org) places the list under the 'Vietnam Service Medal' heading; earlier installments of the eligibility list appeared in the July 1964, October 1965, and August 1966 issues. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' - digitized monthly deck-log file units for Gannet (MSC-290), e.g. 'Gannet (MSC-290) - May 1967' (id 173651506), October 1964 (id 220791464), December 1967 (id 173651962) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'Gannet MSC-290' filtered to items; file units id 173651506 (May 1967), id 220791464 (Oct 1964), id 173651962 (Dec 1967), et al.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives holds digitized deck logs for this hull: the catalog search returns on the order of 1,180 file units keyed to 'Gannet (MSC-290)' - monthly logbooks spanning her commissioned service, scanned under the digitized deck-log program (CSRA scans, IIIF delivery). Concretely verified file units include May 1967 (NAID 173651506) - the month of the documented Mekong Delta river operation at Vinh Long and Binh Thuy - plus March 1963, May 1963, August 1963, February 1964, September 1964, October 1964, November 1965, December 1967, February 1968, December 1968, February 1969, and October 1969.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1961-1970
- Population
- Crew (log coverage 1961-70)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: existence of the digitized series verified via live catalog search 2026-10-03; page contents were NOT reviewed this session (catalog is JS-rendered; page-level images via IIIF). Deck logs record positions, weather, and events - they are not material surveys and would not ordinarily document insulation or asbestos. The May 1967 unit is the primary-source anchor for the river-operations claim carried at ev-07.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-05
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[7]NHHC photographic catalog, image USN 1142643 - 'USS GANNET (MSC-290) underway off the coast of Yokosuka, Japan, 2 December 1969,' PH1 J.R. Hobbs; copyright owner National Archives [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC USN-1142000 series page for USN 1142643
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy photography places this hull underway off Yokosuka, Japan on 2 December 1969, four months before her Sasebo decommissioning - contemporaneous physical-presence documentation from the NHHC/NARA image series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1969-12-02
- Population
- Crew (Dec 1969)
- Limitations
- Presence documentation only - a photo catalog record; establishes location and date, nothing about materials, maintenance, or asbestos. Verified live on history.navy.mil 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-06
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[8]RINewsToday, 'RI Veterans Voice' (John A. Cianci), July 16, 2026 - Blue Water Navy inland-waterways list entry: 'USS Gannet (MSC-290) operated on rivers of Mekong Delta at Vinh Long and Binh Thuy during May 1967' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- RINewsToday article, minesweeper section of the river-operations list; Wikipedia 'Pacific Ocean operations'/'Vietnam' narrative citing ship's logs May 1967
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A published veterans-column reproduction of the documented inland-waterways ship list states that Gannet (MSC-290) 'operated on rivers of Mekong Delta at Vinh Long and Binh Thuy during May 1967.' This corroborates a more detailed secondary account (Wikipedia, citing the ship's logs for May 1967) describing a Mekong transit to Vinh Long, crossing of the Tien Giang to the Bassac, operations around Can Tho, use of the ship's sweep sonar against swimmer-sappers with crew swimming the river, several days of sniper fire answered by a gunship ('Puff'), and return via Vung Tau.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1967-05
- Population
- Crew during the May 1967 river operation
- Limitations
- Secondary press reproducing the veterans'/VA-facing river-operations list - classified at secondary reliability, not as a primary operations record. The primary anchor exists: the May 1967 deck log is digitized at NARA (ev-05, NAID 173651506) but its pages were not reviewed this session, so the detailed river narrative rests on the Wikipedia deck-log citation and remains partially verified. Does not name asbestos; river operations are a presence/exposure-context fact only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-07
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[9]Kennedy v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc., 182 Wn. App. 1031 (2014), Wn. App. Div. II Nos. 43941-7-II / 45381-9-II (consolidated); Wash. Supreme Court review of the prior decision denied 7 Aug 2013 (No. 88518-4); later petition No. 90792-7 - filings at courts.wa.gov [court_record]
- Locator
- Wash. Supreme Court petition file 90792-7 (Respondent's Supplemental Brief, Dec. 11, 2013 - recounts the SJ record, the FMS-789/Victory Ship supply theories, and the Aug. 7, 2013 denial of review at No. 88518-4); published opinion 182 Wn. App. 1031 (2014)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Washington appellate litigation documents asbestos-insulation work at this hull's builder's yard in the mid-1960s: plaintiffs alleged that Tacoma Asbestos Co. (predecessor of defendant Saberhagen Holdings) supplied asbestos insulation to Tacoma Boatbuilding jobs at Pier 23, Port of Tacoma, including an Army Repair Ship overhaul (FMS-789) and Victory Ship work; the Court of Appeals held the record raised fact issues on exposure to asbestos supplied by the defendant's predecessor, reversing summary dismissal. The litigation establishes at appellate-review stage that asbestos insulation supply/installation was occurring in the Tacoma Boatbuilding yard environment in the mid-1960s - the same yard and decade in which MSC-290 was built (1959-61).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1965-1966 (litigated exposure window); litigation 2013-2014
- Population
- Tacoma Boatbuilding yard workers and insulation subcontractors (mid-1960s litigated window)
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline applied: this is a summary-judgment/sufficiency review, not a trial finding of exposure - the holding is that plaintiffs raised fact issues sufficient to proceed, not that causation or exposure was proven. The case does not name MSC-290 or any Navy hull, addresses the claimant's exposure (not ship construction records), and postdates this hull's 1959-61 construction window (documented jobs are mid-1960s). Yard-level context only; does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, in what products, or in what quantity. Reporter citation 182 Wn. App. 1031 (2014) cross-verified against counsel's reported-decisions listing; slip opinion itself not separately retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-08
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[10]Era inference built on: USNI Proceedings class description (wooden hull; four Harnischfeger diesels; gas-turbine sweep generators; hydraulic deck machinery); NavSource specifications; DANFS spec block; Navy-wide asbestos-era documentation (GAO HRD-80-2, ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings July 1963 (machinery/hull description); NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled, non-magnetic coastal minesweeper built 1959-61 with diesel propulsion sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (substitution did not begin until the early 1970s). As a diesel vessel she carries no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply - but era-standard applications for a diesel warship of this size and period were exhaust and machinery insulation/lagging around the engine spaces, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings on the hydraulic minesweeping deck machinery. Confined machinery and accommodation volumes aboard a 378-ton minesweeper concentrate whatever insulation was installed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1970
- Population
- Tacoma Boatbuilding construction trades (1959-61); crew (1961-70); any post-sale commercial crew (1970-, unverified)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific material list, insulation survey, or work package was located for MSC-290, and none of the construction documentation reviewed (USNI, DANFS, NavSource) names any asbestos product. Anecdotal claim of asbestos bulkhead insulation exists only as an uncitable social-media comment (gaps). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-09
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[11]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
- 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 entire construction (1959-61) and service era (1961-70).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (re-confirmed 2026-10-03); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-10
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[12]Batch-7571 search ledger (this record): live DANFS/NHHC; USNI Proceedings; NavSource; NavalCoverMuseum; NHHC photo catalog; official All Hands eligibility list; NARA digitized deck logs; Washington courts appellate record; NVR; secondary web sweeps; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gannet-msc290-01 through sl-uss-gannet-msc290-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or verified litigation naming USS Gannet (MSC-290) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - authenticated API returned daily-quota exhaustion (~5.4 h to reset); logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing listicles (Simmons, ELSM, Sokolove, mesotheliomahelp, mesotheliomavets, freeasbestostesting, and similar), most of which attach the 'Gannet' name to the earlier USS Gannet (AM-41/AVP-8) - a name-collision class excluded by source policy. One anecdotal crew comment on a museum social-media post alleges asbestos 'inside bulkheads' aboard - not a citable source, carried in gaps as unverified.
- 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 litigation-repository search is a genuine open gap (quota, not run). Deck logs (digitized at NARA, ev-05) and any Tacoma Boatbuilding construction records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gannet-msc290-11