USS Greenwood (DE-679) 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

JOSEPH LOUIS ADELMAN

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ROBERT EARL AMMONS JR

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C. HENRY BEAZLEY

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Greenwood was a Buckley-class destroyer escort laid down on June 29, 1943 and launched on August 21, the same year. It was commissioned on September 25, 1943 under Lt. Comdr. A. W. Slayton’s command with the hull number DE-679 and served in the US Navy for 19 years until it was decommissioned on August 1, 1962. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 213 men on board and it had the main missions in New Hebrides, Samoa, Panama Canal, Eniwetok, New Guinea, Iwo Jima or Ulithi. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on February 20, 1967. Several months later, it was sold for scrapping. For the services brought to the country during the World War II, USS Greenwood received 2 battle stars.

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