USS Lumen (AKA-30) 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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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

JOSEPH BOOZA

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HARRY E. HOLT

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ARLEY J. PETTY

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CLEMENCE J SANTOSKI

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Lumen was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship laid down on July 19, 1944 and launched on November 20, the same year. It was commissioned on December 29, 1944 under Comdr. Thomas A. Marshall Jr.’s command and served in the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on March 23, 1946. It carried a complement of 303 men on board. During this period, the ship operated in Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Eniwetok, Saipan, Ulithi, the Philippines and it participated only in the World War II. After the decommissioning, USS Lumen was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. It received 1 battle star for the activity during the World War II.

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