USS Cabana (DE-260) 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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Damage Control Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Boatswain’s Mate
- Damage-Control man
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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

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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Ward Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Crew Member
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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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Sick Bay
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Doctor
- Nurse
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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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Pilot House
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Captain
- Crew Member
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Admiral's Cabin
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Captain
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Galley
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Chef
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Shipmates

ROBERT L. BENCE

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DAVID EUGENE BENSON

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WILLIAM CARROLL MONTGOMERY

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Cabana was an Evarts-class destroyer escort laid down on January 27, 1943 and launched on March 10, 1943. It was commissioned on July 9, the same year under Lt. Cmdr. R. L. Bence’s command as DE-260 and served in the US Navy for 3 years until it was decommissioned on January 6, 1946. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 198 people on board and had the main missions in Boston, Pearl Harbor, Norfolk, San Francisco, Saipan, Majuro, the Marshalls, Iwo Jima, Ulithi or Guam. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on January 21, 1946 and sold for scrapping the following year. For the services brought to the country during the World War II, USS Cabana received 7 battle stars.

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