Asbestos Exposure on Ships:

USS JUNEAU CL 119 CRUISER

This cruiser was a U.S. Navy Atlanta-class light ship and the second to be given this name. It was launched on 15th July 1945 and commissioned on 15yh February 1946, Captain Rufus E. Rose in command. It was nicknamed as “The Galloping Ghost of the Korean Coast." Juneau spent her first year of commissioned service in operations along the Atlantic seaboard and Caribbean and prior to the Korean War, she deployed three times in the Mediterranean. During an extended tour of Greece, she provided ample warning to the communists that aggression would not go unchallenged. The cruiser took part in the Korean War between the years 1950 and 1952. On 22nd April 1950, she became flagship for Cruiser Division 5, and reported for duty in Yokosuka, Japan on 1st June, where she began surveillance patrols in the Tsushima Straits. On 18th July, Juneau's force, which included British units, laid down a deadly barrage on enemy troop concentrations near Yongdok which slowed down the North Korean advance southward. After the war ended, the cruiser engaged in training maneuvers and operations until 7th April 1953 when she arrived in Norfolk to rejoin the Atlantic Fleet. She was placed in reserve at Philadelphia on 23rd March 1955, and remained inactive until decommissioned on 23rd July 1955. The ship received five battle stars for Korean War service. Some of her characteristics are:

  • Displacement 6000 long tons
  • Length 541 feet
  • Speed 32 knots
  • Complement of 623 officers and enlisted

Asbestos on the USS Juneau has serious consequences

The Juneau was a ship of the United States Navy that was built using large amounts of asbestos materials. In order to better understand what this means remember the news about people developing deadly asbestos diseases as a result of exposure at home. Similar materials were used on the ship as well, maybe with an even higher asbestos content.

Have you been exposed to asbestos on the USS Juneau? Contact an attorney!

Asbestos exposure can only take place in a limited number of circumstances. Possibility is that you get in contact with the mineral in a working environment, which means that exposure took place in a wrongful way. Contact an attorney to acquire important knowledge about such situations, and act in a professional manner. You might be awarded an important amount as compensation.

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