USS Dauphin (APA-97) Areas With Asbestos Exposure

The USS Dauphin (APA-97) was a Windsor-class attack transport launched on June 10, 1944. It was commissioned on September 23, the same year under Comdr. B. Connelly’s command with the hull number APA-97 and served in the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on April 30, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 552 people on board and had its main missions in Norfolk, Newport, Pearl Harbor, Saipan, Ulithi, San Francisco, and Okinawa. The ship was scrapped in 1979. For the services brought to the country during World War II, the USS Dauphin received one battle star.

Asbestos was the insulation of choice for nautical boilers, engine rooms, piping systems, and ships’ interiors. The fact that asbestos sheets and wall material is also highly fire-resistant made it ideal for use on seagoing vessels. Pumps, hydraulic systems, valves, and any pressurized system would have asbestos bearing seals and gaskets.

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Shipmates on USS Dauphin (APA-97)

william a. clements

daniel a. evans

harold dwight geiger

clarence clinton mcnutt jr

albert wendall scattergood

william harrison standley jr