The USS Pavlic (APD-70) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort laid down on September 21, 1943, and launched on December 18, the same year. It was commissioned as a high-speed transport on December 29, 1944, under Lt. Comdr. C. V. Allen’s command with the hull number APD-70 and served in the U.S. Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on November 15, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 186 men on board and had its main missions in Bermuda, Majuro Atoll, Ryukyu Islands, Hawaii, San Diego, Hagushi, Tokyo, and Norfolk. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on April 1, 1967. Three months later, it was sold for scrapping. Between World War II and the late 1970s, naval shipyards used hundreds of tons of asbestos to build and repair maritime vessels. Anyone who served onboard the USS Pavlic (APD-70) was put at risk of developing life-threatening diseases like lung cancer, bronchial cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, throat cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, and colorectal cancer. If you believe you were exposed to asbestos while serving aboard the USS Pavlic (APD-70), you may qualify for financial compensation.
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