The USS Saidor (CVE-117) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier laid down on September 29, 1944, and launched on March 17, the following year. It was commissioned on September 4, 1945, with the hull number CVE-117 under Capt. A. P. Storrs’ command and served in the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on September 12, 1947. During its activity, the ship had the main missions in Pearl Harbor, Panama, Norfolk, San Diego, and Bikini Atoll. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on December 1, 1970, and sold for scrapping the following year to American Ship Dismantlers in Portland. Asbestos is an insulating material that is heat and fire-resistant. Due to these useful properties, asbestos was a valuable commodity for the shipbuilding industry. Asbestos exposure can lead to many different non-malignant diseases. One of the diseases that asbestos can cause is pulmonary fibrosis. It happens when the lungs get irritated and inflamed from the person inhaling too many asbestos fibers. Scar tissue can develop and, once it thickens, it can affect the lung’s process of oxygen and release carbon dioxide, causing shortness of breath, difficulty with physical activity and athletics, coughing, and chest discomfort.
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