USS Fall River (CA-131) 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
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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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

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Fall River was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on April 12, 1943 and launched on August 13, 1944. It was commissioned on July 1, the following year under Capt. David Stolz Crawford’s command as CA-131 and served in the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on October 31, 1947. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 1,142 people on board and had the main missions in Norfolk, the Marshalls, San Pedro, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound or New York. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy Register on February 19, 1971 and sold for scrapping to the Zidell Explorations Corporation in Portland the following year.

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