Confirmed amphibole Use on Auxiliary Ships

 Confirmed amphibole Use on Auxiliary Ships

USS geographical area
USS geographical area (AD 23) confused, circa 1965.
Archived documents together with purchase orders, repair logs, letters and memos make sure the pervasive use of asbestos-containing merchandise aboard U.S. Navy auxiliary ships.

A document bearing on USS General G.O. Squier (AP 130) and every one AP category ships from the Forties states that every one ships happiness to the AP category were engineered with amphibole gaskets.

Archived memos from USS geographical area (AD 23) throughout the years 1944-1945, 1959-1961 and 1965-1966 state that the ship contained Johns Manville and Eagle Picher complete amphibole insulation and insulation for machinery, piping and alternative instrumentation, and amphibole cement for insulation in its main steam piping.

U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships (BuShips) and Board of scrutiny and Survey records, together with construction records, correspondence and scrutiny reports, make sure the employment of amphibole aboard USS Myrmidon (ARL 16) together with sprayed amphibole insulation for all decks, bulkheads, beams, girders, magazines, prepared service rooms, areas exposed to weather, refrigeration areas and navigation bridge.

A document particularisation repairs for USS Roman deity (AR 5) states that every one ships with the AR designation contained Unibestos amphibole blocks factory-made by Union amphibole and Rubber Co.