USS Savo Island (CVE-78) 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

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WILLIAM FRANCIS A'HEARN JR

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SOULE TRYON BITTING

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DENNIS BROWN

88 years old

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Savo Island was a Casablanca-class escort carrier laid down on September 27, 1943 and launched on December 22, the same year. It was commissioned on February 3, 1944 with the hull number CVE-78 under Capt. C. E. Eckstrom’s command and served in the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on 12 December, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 916 men on board had the main missions in Manus, San Diego, Palaus, Pearl Harbor, Leyte, Mindanao, Subic Bay, Sakishima Gunto or Alameda. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on September 1, 1959 and sold for scrapping to Comarket, Inc. on February 29, 1960. For the services brought to the country during the World War II, USS Savo Island received 4 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation.

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