Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 849-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (with USS-prefix caveat).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (with USS-prefix caveat).
- Evidence ID
- uss-ladya-msc297-pkt-849-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, MSC-297 [other_primary]
- Locator
- MSC-297 page, introductory caption and history/specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's MSC-297 page identifies the vessel as built for Thailand: laid down as MSC-297 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; completed 1963-11-21; transferred to Thailand and named Ladya (MSC 5). The page reports a 1995 striking and gives fate as unknown. This is inconsistent with the batch title's implication that the vessel was a commissioned USS; no U.S. Navy commission is asserted here.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1963-1995 (as reported)
- Limitations
- Live page verified, but NavSource is an independently maintained archive rather than an official government record. It does not supply a commissioning record, Thai service history, asbestos/materials information, the identity of the cited naval register, present location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ladya-msc297-01
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[3]Royal Thai Navy, Fleet Training Command e-book 608, section 4.3.5, 'Characteristics of vessels T.1-T.5' [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 4-6 (printed page), section 4.3.5; direct download and text extraction verified
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Royal Thai Navy educational publication states that the Thai Navy received ten shallow-water minesweepers through United States assistance between B.E. 2504 and 2509 (1961-1966); its first group was T.1 through T.5, retired in B.E. 2523 (1980). It supplies fleet context only and does not name Ladya or identify MSC-297 within that group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1961-1980 (fleet context)
- Limitations
- Official Thai Navy fleet-level context only. The publication does not name Ladya, give a hull mapping, establish individual commissioning or retirement dates, or mention asbestos, construction materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ladya-msc297-02
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[4]CourtListener API v4 authenticated helper, cl-auth-search.py; fleet pacing-limiter diagnostic [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper diagnostic: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'; no HTTP search response was received
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No CourtListener result is reported. The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion search for "USS Ladya" was initiated through the fleet helper, but the helper's fleet-wide pacing limiter refused to send the request because the shared budget was momentarily spent. The hull-number and docket searches were not attempted after that stop instruction.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- search attempted 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is an access-gap record, not a negative litigation finding. It establishes neither the presence nor absence of qualifying asbestos litigation, asbestos aboard the vessel, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ladya-msc297-03