USS Prairie (AD-15) Areas With Asbestos Exposure

USS Prairie (AD-15)

The USS Prairie (AD-15) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender laid down on December 7, 1938, and launched on December 9, the following year. It was commissioned on August 5, 1940, under Capt. J. B. W. Waller’s command with the hull number AD-15 and served in the U.S. Navy for 53 years until it was decommissioned on March 26, 1993. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 698 people on board and had its main missions in Boston, Argentia, the Marshalls, Majuro Atoll, Tarawa, Pearl Harbor, Ulithi and San Diego. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on the same day and sold for scrapping.

Between the 1930s and 1970s, it was impossible to avoid asbestos exposure on military ships. Because of its ability to resist heat and flame, asbestos was used in nearly every part of a ship, from weapons and ammunition storage rooms to mess halls and sleeping quarters. The airborne asbestos concentrations aboard these ships affected not only those who went to sea but also those who built and repaired these ships in our nation’s shipyards.

Everyone who served on the USS Prairie (AD-15) inhaled the asbestos fibers and is at risk for developing lung disease

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Shipmates on USS Prairie (AD-15)

James H. Africa

James H. Africa

James Edward Adkins

James Edward Adkins

Michael Acosta

Michael Acosta

Raymond Carrillo

Raymond Carrillo

Clarence A. Gotthardt

Clarence A. Gotthardt

Freddie Ellis

Freddie Ellis

John Carter Balint

John Carter Balint

Russell Craig Bennetts

Russell Craig Bennetts

Jesse L. Boyd

Jesse L. Boyd

William Howell Carlton

William Howell Carlton

Carl S. Christensen

Carl S. Christensen

Stephen James Duich

Stephen James Duich

Robert E. Dugan

Robert E. Dugan

Marvin W. Gnann

Marvin W. Gnann

Charles H. Hall

Charles H. Hall

Ross Jantzen

Ross Jantzen

Buddy Alfred Love

Buddy Alfred Love

Edward J. Miller

Edward J. Miller

Ray Wilson

Ray Wilson

Kenneth Howard Wilson

Kenneth Howard Wilson

Randall G Emmons

Randall G Emmons

Floyd Vercher

Floyd Vercher

Michael Stanley Stenzel

Michael Stanley Stenzel