USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) 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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Propulsion Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Machinist’s Mate
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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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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

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Grand Canyon is a Shenandoah-class destroyer tender laid down on November 16, 1944 and launched on April 27, the following year. It was commissioned on April 5, 1946 under Capt. W. D. Hoover’s command with the hull number AD-28 and served in the US Navy for 32 years until it was decommissioned on September 1, 1978. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 977 people onboard and had the main missions in Newport, Augusta, California, Messina, Naples, Palermo, Cannes, Athens or Taranto. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on September 1, 1978 and sold for scrapping to Union Minerals & Alloy Corporation in New York.

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