Asbestos Exposure on Ships:

USS RICHMOND CL 9 CRUISER

USS Richmond was an Omaha-class light cruiser and she was the third Navy ship named after the city of Richmond, Virginia. The cruiser was launched on 29th September 1921 and commissioned on 2nd July 1923, with Captain David F. Boyd in command. The ship participated in Fleet Problem III, which tested Caribbean defenses and transit facilities of the Panama Canal, in January 1924. Richmond was assigned as flagship of Light Cruiser Divisions, Scouting Fleet in January 1925 and again participated in Caribbean exercises. The cruiser took off patrol of the Panama Canal in 1942 and started escorting reinforcement convoys to the Galapagos Island and Society Islands. On 3rd February 1943 she became flagship of Task Group 16.6, which was a cruiser-destroyer task group assigned to defend the ships approaches to recently occupied Amchitka. Her firs enemy air raid took place on the 10th, and on the 18th she participated in the initial bombardment of Holtz Bay and Chicago Harbor in Attu Island. Richmond covered the occupation of northern Japan, when the hostilities were over. She was decommissioned on 21 December 1945 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 21st January 1946. The cruiser earned two battle stars for World War II service. Some of her characteristics:

  • Omaha-class light cruiser
  • Weight 7050 tons
  • Length 555 feet
  • Speed 34.7 knots
  • 512 officers and enlisted served on board

Asbestos on board the USS Richmond has serious consequences

Crew members and any other people that spent a little more time on the USS Richmond faced a very dangerous environment created by the asbestos materials on board. It is important for those members that are still alive to visit a doctor and ask for medical assistance, because, as we know, asbestos causes diseases that remain latent for longer periods of time, lasting for up to six or seven decades.

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

Contact an attorney as soon as the first results of your medical exams are available. You should consider this option in order to receive much needed funds. If you have already started treatment for your disease, you already know that medical bills are not affordable for everyone. Keep in mind that you have over 90 percent chances of receiving those funds.

Please feel free to contact an asbestos professional at any point for further information regarding legal and medical issues. This is completely free.