The USS Camp (DE-251) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort laid down on February 27, 1943, and launched on April 16, the same year. It was commissioned on September 16, 1943, under Lt. Cmdr. P. B. Mavor’s command as DE-251 and served in the U.S. Navy for 3 years until it was decommissioned on May 1, 1946. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 209 people on board and had its main missions in Texas, Norfolk, Casablanca, Charleston, Argentia, New York, Pearl Harbor, and Newport. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on December 30, 1975, and sold to South Vietnam where it was renamed RVNS Tran Hung Dao (HQ-01) and, subsequently, to the Philippines where it was renamed RPS Rajah Lakandula (PF-4). If you served aboard the USS Camp (DE-251), it’s important to understand that you were likely exposed to asbestos and are, thus, at risk of developing diseases such as lung cancer, bronchial cancer, mesothelioma, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, plus many other types of pulmonary issues such as asbestosis, lung scarring, pulmonary fibrosis, COPD, emphysema, pleural effusion, pleural thickening, pleural plaques, and rounded atelectasis among many others.
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