USS Louisville (CL/CA-28) Areas With Asbestos Exposure

USS Louisville (CL/CA-28)

The USS Louisville (CL/CA-28) was a Northampton-class cruiser laid down on July 4, 1928, and launched on September 1, 1930. It was commissioned on January 15, the following year under Capt. Edward John Marquart’s command as CA-28 and served in the U.S. Navy for 15 years until it was decommissioned on June 17, 1946. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 691 people on board and had its main missions in San Francisco, Alaska, Hawaii, Guadalcanal, Sydney, Bahia, Borneo, and the Marshalls. After decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on March 1, 1959, and sold for scrapping to Marlene Blouse Corporation the same year. For the services brought to the country during World War II, the USS Louisville received 13 battle stars. More than any other service member, the Navy is at a high risk of suffering the consequences of asbestos exposure. Although it is a known carcinogen, asbestos was frequently used throughout ships and in shipyards, where service members worked in tight quarters and breathed in microscopic asbestos fibers without knowing the risks. If you served in the U.S. Navy between World War II and the end of the Vietnam War, you are susceptible to exposure by unknowingly inhaling the fibers. Once asbestos fibers enter the lungs, they can stay there forever.

Everyone who served on the USS Louisville (CL/CA-28) inhaled the asbestos fibers and is at risk for developing lung disease

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Shipmates on USS Louisville (CL/CA-28)

Augustus Howard Alston Jr.

Augustus Howard Alston Jr.

Wilbur Bestwick

Wilbur Bestwick

John Stuart Blue

John Stuart Blue

Strong Boozer

Strong Boozer

Carl Adam Cole

Carl Adam Cole

William Leonard Grandia

William Leonard Grandia

Charles Turner Joy Sr.

Charles Turner Joy Sr.

Nickolas Clifford Riopelle

Nickolas Clifford Riopelle

Edward Alva Solomons

Edward Alva Solomons