USS Tularosa (AOG-43) 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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Damage Control Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Boatswain’s Mate
- Damage-Control man
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Pump Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Electrician Mate Operations
- Shipfitter
- Pipefitter
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Propulsion Room
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Machinist’s Mate
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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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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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Sick Bay
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Doctor
- Nurse
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Mess Deck
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Crew Member
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Reefer
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Engineman
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Pilot House
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Captain
- Crew Member
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Admiral's Cabin
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Captain
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Galley
You have been exposed to asbestos if you worked as a:
- Chef
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Shipmates

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GEORGE WASHINGTON HAUTH JR

89 years old

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RICHARD YEHLING MOEBIUS

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SAMUEL KEITH PENIX

84 years old

Dead

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Stuff You Should Know

USS Tularosa was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker laid down on October 31, 1944 and launched on December 17, the same year. It was commissioned on January 10, 1945 under Lt. Rex Montgomery Stagner’s command with the hull number AOG-43 and it served in the US Navy for 1 year until it was decommissioned on April 23, 1946. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 62 people onboard and had the main missions in Norfolk, Bermuda, Midway Island, Aruba, Panama, Oahu, San Diego or Pearl Harbor. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on May 21, 1946 and sold to National Metal & Steel Corporation from Terminal Island in California in 1964.

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