Asbestos Exposure on Ships:

USS ENTERPRISE CV 6 AIRCRAFT

The sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the USS Enterprise, was the seventh ship to bear the name. The USS Enterprise together with two other ships, were the only aircraft carriers to be commissioned prior to the Second World War, and the USS Enterprise was the only one to survive. Ordered in 1933, the USS Enterprise was finished on the 3rd of October 1936, and commissioned to active service on the 12th of May 1938. The USS Enterprise was the American ship that seen the most action during the Second World War, receiving several important awards for her service. The USS Enterprise received a Presidential Unit Citation and 20 battle stars; the most any other American ship has received. Until her decommissioning, on the 17th of February 1947, the USS Enterprise was refitted several times. The ship never carried jet engine planes or helicopters, and it was sold for scrap between 1958 and 1960.

Here are the specifications the ship met after all her numerous overhauls:

  • Yorktown class aircraft carrier
  • 827 feet in length
  • 9 Babcock and Wilcox boilers powering 4 Parsons geared turbines, producing over 120000 horse power
  • Maximum speed of 32 knots
  • Maximum range of 12500 nautical miles while cruising at 15 knots
  • Total crew of 2217 officers and men served on board the ship
  • Carried 90 aircraft

Asbestos on USS Enterprise CV 6 has serious consequences

This was a ship built with the rudimentary technology available during the Second World War. This means that it contains a lot of asbestos materials that were easy to damage, and dangerous to the health of crew members, being able to cause even death. Asbestos fibers from damaged materials were easily inhaled or swallowed by people, and despite this, no official records of asbestos disease cases have been found, although we have reason to believe there are some of them out there.

Have you been expose to asbestos on board the USS Enterprise CV 6? Contact an attorney!

We recommend that you visit a doctor and have a complete check-up done before contacting an attorney. If the doctor discovers any trace of asbestos fibers, such as scars near the lungs, that could prove dangerous you can contact the attorney, and have him evaluate your case. He will establish what exactly you need in front of the jury in order to win the case.

Please feel free to contact an asbestos professional at any point if you require any kind of information. We provide with these details completely free of charge.