USS Astoria (CL/CA-34) Areas With Asbestos Exposure

High risk of asbestos exposure

Engine Rooms
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Boilerman
- Electrician Mate Operations
- Engineman
- Fireman
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760-621-6147
Damage Control Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Boatswain’s Mate
- Damage-Control man
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760-621-6147
Pump Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Electrician Mate Operations
- Shipfitter
- Pipefitter
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760-621-6147
Propulsion Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Machinist’s Mate
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760-621-6147

Medium risk of asbestos exposure

Powder and Shot Magazine
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Storekeeper
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760-621-6147
Turret 1
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Gunner’s Mate
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Ward Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Crew Member
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760-621-6147

Low risk of asbestos exposure

Junior Officers Quarters
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Crew Member
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760-621-6147
Sick Bay
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Doctor
- Nurse
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760-621-6147
Mess Deck
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Crew Member
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760-621-6147
Reefer
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Engineman
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760-621-6147
Pilot House
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Captain
- Crew Member
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760-621-6147
Admiral's Cabin
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Captain
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760-621-6147
Galley
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Chef
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760-621-6147

Shipmates

GENE LYLE ALAIR

unknown age

Uncertain N/A

EUGENE EARLE AMICK JR

23 years old

Dead

LESLIE DOYLE ARGABRIGHT

unknown age

Uncertain N/A

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Astoria was a New Orleans-class cruiser laid down on September 1, 1930 and launched on December 16, 1933. It was commissioned on April 28, the following year under Capt. Edmund S. Root’s command as CA-34 and served in the US Navy for 8 years until it sank during the Battle of Savo Island on August 9, 1942. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 899 people on board and had the main missions in San Pedro, West Indies, Pearl Harbor, Samoa, Fiji, Sydney, Midway, Yokohama, Guadalcanal, Lae or the Solomons. For the services brought to the country during the World War II, USS Astoria received 3 battle stars.

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