USS Harry E. Yarnell (DLG/CG-17) 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
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

JEFFREY MARK ADAMS

unknown age

Uncertain N/A

HAL DODD ANGELL

86 years old

Dead

THOMAS H. ANSBERRY

unknown age

Uncertain N/A

Did we forget SOMEONE?

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Harry E. Yarnell was a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser laid down on May 31, 1960 and launched on December 9, the following year. It was commissioned on February 2, 1963 under Capt. Charles E. Nelson’s command as DLG-18 and served in the US Navy for 30 years until it was decommissioned on October 20, 1993. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 395 people on board and had the main missions in Guantanamo Bay, Norfolk, Amsterdam, the Gulf of Mexico, Boston or Poland. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on October 29, 1993 and sold for scrapping to Quonset Point in 1995.

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