Catching the Criminals: Mesothelioma Victim Frank Bender’s Legacy
Cruisers
There are several different types of navy cruisers, each playing a specific role, that have operated throughout history. Some of the types of cruisers that served our nation during wartime include: Battlecruisers, armored cruisers, command cruisers and guided missile cruisers. Common to all of these ships is the fact that, prior to the 1970’s, they were constructed and/or repaired with a variety of asbestos-containing products. As a result, those who served on board or who worked on repairs in shipyards were frequently exposed to harmful asbestos. Today, these veterans and shipyard workers are at risk of developing mesothelioma.
| Name | Hull | Class | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Alaska | CB-1 | Alaska | 6/17/1944 | Scrapped |
| USS Albany | CA-123 | 6/15/1946 | Scrapped, 1990 | |
| USS Amsterdam | CL-101 | 1/8/1945 | Scrapped | |
| USS Amsterdam | CL-59 | Independence | 1/14/1943 | Sunk, 1951 |
| USS Arkansas | CGN-41 | Virginia | 10/18/1980 | Ship Recycling, 1999 |
| USS Astoria | CA-34 | 4/28/1934 | Sunk, 1942 | |
| USS Astoria | CL-90 | 5/17/1944 | Sold for Scrap, 1971 | |
| USS Atlanta | CL-104 | 12/3/1944 | Sunk as Target, 1970 | |
| USS Atlanta | CLAA-51 | 12/24/1941 | Sunk, 1942 | |
| USS Augusta | CL/CA-31 | Northampton | 1/30/1931 | Scrapped, 1960 |
| USS Bainbridge | CGN-25 | Leahy | 10/6/1962 | Recycled,, 1999 |
| USS Baltimore | CA-68 | 4/15/1943 | Scrapped, 1972 | |
| USS Belknap | CG-26 | Belknap | 11/7/1964 | Sunk as Target, 1998 |
| USS Biddle | CG-34 | Belknap | 1/21/1967 | Scrapped |
| USS Biloxi | CL-80 | Cleveland | 8/31/1943 | Scrapped, 1962 |
| USS Birmingham | CL-62 | Cleveland | 1/29/1943 | Scrapped, 1959 |
| USS Boise | CL-47 | 8/12/1938 | Scrapped, 1978 | |
| USS Boston | CAG-1 | 6/30/1943 | Scrapped, 1975 | |
| USS Bremerton | CA-130 | Baltimore | 4/29/1945 | Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Brooklyn | CL-40 | 9/30/1937 | Sold to Chile, 1951 | |
| USS Buffalo | CL-99 | Independence | 11/17/1943 | Sold for Scrap, 1961 |
| USS Bunker Hill | CG-52 | Ticonderoga | 9/20/1986 | |
| USS California | CGN-36 | California | 2/16/1974 | Recycling, 2000 |
| USS Canberra | CA-70 | Baltimore | 10/14/1943 | Sold for Scrap, 1980 |
| USS Chester | CA-27 | Northampton | 6/24/1930 | Sold for Scrap, 1959 |
| USS Chicago | CA-136 | Baltimore | 1/10/1945 | Scrapped, 1992 |
| USS Chicago | CL/CA-29 | Northampton | 3/9/1931 | Sunk, 1943 |
| USS Cincinnati | CL-6 | Omaha | 1/1/1924 | Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Cleveland | CL-55 | 6/15/1942 | Sold for Scrap, 1960 | |
| USS Columbia | CL-56 | Cleveland | 7/29/1942 | Sold for Scrap, 1959 |
| USS Columbus | CA-74 | 6/8/1945 | Scrapped, 1977 | |
| USS Concord | CL-10 | Omaha | 11/3/1923 | Sold for Scrap, 1947 |
| USS Dale | CG-19 | Leahy | 11/23/1963 | Sunk as Target, 2000 |
| USS Dayton | CL-105 | 1/7/1945 | Sold for Scrap, 1962 | |
| USS Dayton | CL-78 | 6/17/1943 | Sold for Scrap | |
| USS Denver | CL-58 | Cleveland | 10/15/1942 | Scrapped, 1960 |
| USS Des Moines | CA-134 | Des Moines | 11/16/1948 | Scrapped |
| USS Detroit | CL-8 | Omaha | 7/31/1923 | Sold for Scrap, 1946 |
| USS Duluth | CL-87 | 9/18/1944 | Scrapped | |
| USS England | CG-22 | Leahy | 12/7/1963 | Scrapped, 2004 |
| USS Fall River | CA-131 | Baltimore | 7/1/1945 | Sold for Scrap, 1972 |
| USS Fargo | CL-106 | Fargo | 12/9/1945 | Sold for Scrap, 1971 |
| USS Fargo | CL-85 | Independence | 8/31/1943 | Sold for Scrap |
| USS Flint | CL-97 | Atlanta | 8/31/1944 | Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Fox | CG-33 | 5/8/1966 | To Be Scrapped | |
| USS Fresno | CL-121 | 11/27/1946 | Scrapped, 1966 | |
| USS Galveston | CL-93 | Galveston | 5/28/1958 | Sold for Scrap, 1975 |
| USS Gridley | CG-21 | Leahy | 5/25/1963 | Scrapped, 2005 |
| USS Guam | CB-2 | 9/17/1944 | Scrapped | |
| USS Halsey | CG-23 | Leahy | 7/20/1963 | Scrapped, 2003 |
| USS Harry E. Yarnell | CG-17 | Leahy | 2/2/1963 | Scrapped, 2002 |
| USS Helena | CA-75 | 9/4/1945 | Scrapped, 1974 | |
| USS Helena | CL-50 | St. Louis | 9/18/1939 | Sunk, 1943 |
| USS Honolulu | CL-48 | Brooklyn | 6/15/1938 | Scrapped, 1949 |
| USS Horne | CG-30 | 4/15/1967 | Sunk as Target, 2008 | |
| USS Houston | CA-30 | 6/17/1930 | Sunk, 1942 | |
| USS Houston | CL-81 | Cleveland | 12/20/1943 | Scrapped |
| USS Huntington | CL-107 | 2/23/1946 | Sold for Scrap, 1962 | |
| USS Indianapolis | CA-35 | Portland | 11/15/1932 | Sunk, 1945 |
| USS Josephus Daniels | CG-27 | 5/8/1965 | Scrapped | |
| USS Jouett | CG-29 | 12/3/1966 | Sunk, 2007 | |
| USS Juneau | CL-119 | Atlanta | 2/15/1946 | Sold for Scrap, 1962 |
| USS Juneau | CL-52 | Atlanta | 2/14/1942 | Sunk, 1942 |
| USS Leahy | CG-16 | Leahy | 8/4/1962 | Scrapped, 2005 |
| USS Little Rock | CG-4 | Cleveland | 6/17/1945 | Museum Ship |
| USS Long Beach | CGN-9 | 9/9/1961 | Sub Recycling | |
| USS Los Angeles | CA-135 | Baltimore | 7/22/1945 | Sold for Scrap, 1975 |
| USS Louisville | CL/CA-28 | 1/15/1931 | Scrapped, 1959 | |
| USS Macon | CA-132 | Baltimore | 8/26/1945 | Sold for Scrap, 1973 |
| USS Manchester | CL-83 | Cleveland | 10/29/1946 | Scrapped, 1960 |
| USS Marblehead | CL-12 | Omaha | 9/8/1924 | Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Memphis | CL-13 | Omaha | 2/4/1925 | Scrapped, 1947 |
| USS Miami | CL-89 | Cleveland | 12/28/1943 | Scrapped, 1962 |
| USS Milwaukee | CL-5 | Omaha | 6/20/1923 | Sold for Scrap, 1949 |
| USS Minneapolis | CA-36 | 5/19/1934 | Scrapped, 1959 | |
| USS Mississippi | CGN-40 | Virginia | 8/5/1978 | To Be Recycled |
| USS Missoula | CA-13 | Tennessee | 7/21/1908 | Scrapped, 1935 |
| USS Mobile | CL-63 | Cleveland | 3/24/1943 | Scrapped, 1960 |
| USS Montana | ACR-13 | Tennessee | 7/21/1908 | Scrapped, 1935 |
| USS Montpelier | CL-57 | Cleveland | 9/9/1942 | Scrapped, 1960 |
| USS Nashville | CL-43 | Brooklyn | 6/6/1938 | Sold to Chile, 1951 |
| USS New Haven | CL-76 | 3/31/1943 | Sold for Scrap, 1960 | |
| USS New Orleans | CL/CA-32 | New Orleans | 2/15/1934 | Scrapped, 1959 |
| USS Newark | CL-100 | Independence | 11/15/1943 | Scrapped |
| USS Newport News | CA-148 | Des Moines | 1/29/1949 | Scrapped, 1993 |
| USS Northampton | CA-125 | 3/7/1953 | Scrapped | |
| USS Northampton | CA-26 | 5/17/1930 | Sunk, 1942 | |
| USS Oakland | CL-95 | Atlanta | 7/17/1943 | Sold for Scrap, 1959 |
| USS Oklahoma City | CL-91 | Galveston | 12/22/1944 | Sunk as Target, 1999 |
| USS Omaha | CL-4 | Omaha | 2/24/1923 | Scrapped, 1946 |
| USS Oregon City | CA-122 | Oregon City | 2/16/1946 | Scrapped, 1973 |
| USS Pasadena | CL-65 | Cleveland | 6/8/1944 | Scrapped, 1970 |
| USS Pensacola | CL/CA-24 | Pensacola | 2/6/1930 | Sunk as Target, 1948 |
| USS Philadelphia | CL-41 | Brooklyn | 9/23/1937 | Sold to Brazil, 1951 |
| USS Phoenix | CL-46 | 10/3/1938 | Sunk, 1982 | |
| USS Pittsburgh | CA-72 | Baltimore | 10/10/1944 | Sold for Scrap, 1974 |
| USS Portland | CL/CA-33 | 2/23/1933 | Sold for Scrap, 1959 | |
| USS Portsmouth | CL-102 | Cleveland | 6/25/1945 | Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Providence | CL-82 | Cleveland | 5/15/1945 | Sold for Scrap, 1980 |
| USS Quincy | CA-39 | 6/9/1936 | Sunk, 1942 | |
| USS Quincy | CA-71 | Baltimore | 12/15/1943 | Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Raleigh | CL-7 | 2/6/1924 | Sold for Scrap, 1946 | |
| USS Reeves | CG-24 | Leahy | 5/15/1964 | Sunk as Target, 2001 |
| USS Reno | CL-96 | Atlanta | 12/28/1943 | Scrapped, 1962 |
| USS Richmond | CL-9 | Omaha | 7/2/1923 | Sold for Scrap, 1946 |
| USS Richmond K. Turner | CG-20 | Leahy | 6/13/1964 | Sunk as Target, 1998 |
| USS Roanoke | CL-145 | Worcester | 4/4/1949 | Sold to Levin Metals, 1972 |
| USS Rochester | CA-124 | Oregon City | 12/20/1946 | Scrapped, 1974 |
| USS Salem | CA-139 | Des Moines | 5/14/1949 | |
| USS Salt Lake City | CL/CA-25 | Pensacola | 12/11/1929 | Sunk as Target, 1948 |
| USS San Diego | CL-53 | Atlanta | 1/10/1942 | Sold for Scrap, 1960 |
| USS San Francisco | CA-38 | 2/10/1934 | Scrapped, 1959 | |
| USS San Juan | CL-54 | Atlanta | 2/28/1942 | Sold for Scrap, 1961 |
| USS Santa Fe | CL-60 | Cleveland | 11/24/1942 | Scrapped, 1959 |
| USS Savannah | CL-42 | Brooklyn | 3/10/1938 | Scrapped, 1966 |
| USS Seattle | CA-11 | Tennessee | 8/7/1906 | Sold for Scrap, 1946 |
| USS South Carolina | CGN-37 | California | 1/25/1975 | To Be Recycled |
| USS Spokane | CL-120 | Atlanta | 5/17/1946 | Sold for Scrap, 1973 |
| USS Springfield | CL-66 | Cleveland | 9/9/1944 | Scrapped |
| USS Springfield | CLG/CG-7 | Cleveland | 9/9/1944 | Scrapped |
| USS St. Louis | CL-49 | St. Louis | 5/19/1939 | Sold to Brazil, 1951 |
| USS St. Paul | CA-73 | Baltimore | 2/17/1945 | Scrapped, 1980 |
| USS Sterett | CG-31 | 4/8/1967 | To Be Dismantled | |
| USS Tallahassee | CL-61 | Independence | 2/25/1943 | Sunk, 1944 |
| USS Texas | CGN-39 | Virginia | 9/10/1977 | Recycling, 2001 |
| USS Ticonderoga | CG-47 | Ticonderoga | 1/22/1983 | |
| USS Toledo | CA-133 | Baltimore | 10/27/1946 | Sold for Scrap, 1974 |
| USS Topeka | CL-67 | 12/23/1944 | Scrapped, 1975 | |
| USS Trenton | CL-11 | Omaha | 4/19/1924 | Sold for Scrap, 1946 |
| USS Truxtun | CGN-35 | Belknap | 5/27/1967 | Ship Recycling, 1999 |
| USS Tucson | CL-98 | Atlanta | 2/3/1945 | Scrapped, 1971 |
| USS Tuscaloosa | CA-37 | New Orleans | 8/17/1934 | Scrapped, 1959 |
| USS Valley Forge | CG-50 | 1/18/1986 | Sunk as Target, 2006 | |
| USS Vicksburg | CL-86 | Cleveland | 6/12/1944 | Scrapped, 1964 |
| USS Vincennes | CA-44 | New Orleans | 2/24/1937 | Sunk, 1942 |
| USS Vincennes | CG-49 | Ticonderoga | 7/6/1985 | Sold for Scrap, 2010 |
| USS Vincennes | CL-64 | Cleveland | 1/21/1944 | Sunk as Target |
| USS Virginia | CGN-38 | Virginia | 9/11/1976 | Ship Recycling, 2002 |
| USS Washington | ACR-11 | Tennessee | 8/7/1906 | Sold for Scrap, 1946 |
| USS Wichita | CA-45 | 2/16/1939 | Scrapped, 1959 | |
| USS Wilkes-Barre | CL-103 | Cleveland | 7/1/1944 | Sunk, 1972 |
| USS William H. Standley | CG-32 | 7/9/1966 | Scrapped | |
| USS Wilmington | CL-79 | Independence | 7/24/1943 | Scrapped, 2002 |
| USS Worcester | CL-144 | Worcester | 6/26/1948 | Sold for Scrap, 1972 |
| USS Worden | CG-18 | Leahy | 8/3/1963 | Sunk as Target, 2000 |
| USS Yorktown | CG-48 | Ticonderoga | 7/4/1984 | Scheduled for Scrapping |
Sources
List of Cruisers of the United States Navy. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_cruisers
(accessed 22 February 2011).
