Asbestos Exposure on Ships:

USS PRINCETON CV 37 AIRCRAFT

USS Princeton (CV/CVA/CVS-37 was one of the 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers that was build during and even after the World War II for the united States Navy. The name was given for the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton. Carrier was laid down on 14th September 1943 and launched on 8th July 1945; in the same year Princeton was commissioned in 18 November and served a lot the Korea War in which she earned eight battle stars and the Vietnam War. She was reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), then as a anti-submarine carrier (CSV) and in the end as an amphibious assault ship (LPH) in order to carry helicopters and marines. In one of ship’s last missions served as the main recovery ship for Apollo 11 in its space mission. Because she did not received major modernizations the ship maintained its classic appearance and was still looking as a World War II Essex-class ship. Princeton Ship was renamed PCU Valley Forge to PCU Princeton.

Princeton carrier was decommissioned in the year of 1970 and then sold for scrap in 1971.

Main characteristics of the Princeton carrier are:

  • Essex-class aircraft carrier
  • 27,100 tones standard
  • 8 boilers of 565 psi, 450ºC, 4 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 shafts, 150.000 shp
  • 33 knots speed (61 Km/h)
  • Armament: 4x twin 127 mm/38 caliber guns, 4x single 127/38 caliber guns, 8x quadruple bofors 40 mm guns, 46x single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
  • 90 to 100 carried aircraft

Asbestos on board the USS Princeton has serious consequences

As a very important historical fact in the evolution of asbestos cases are those military ships built during the Second World War or any built prior to the 1960’s, when widely used asbestos was banned. We know that it was banned because it could cause serious health problems to those that kept inhaling or swallowing those tiny fibers. That was the situation on board asbestos cruisers, as called by modern asbestos experts.

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