The USS Bairoko (CVE-115) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier launched on January 25, 1945. It was commissioned on July 16, 1945, with the hull number CVE-115 under Capt. H. B. Temple’s command and served in the US Navy for 10 years until it was decommissioned on February 18, 1955. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 1086 men on board and had its main missions in San Diego, Eniwetok, and Korea. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on April 1, 1960, and sold for scrapping.
The mechanical, chemical, heat, and flame resistance, as well as its affordability, are the very properties that made asbestos an ideal raw material for military assets. The most common test used to assess lung function is chest X-ray. The X-ray cannot detect the asbestos fibers themselves but can detect early signs of lung diseases caused by asbestos, such as pleural plaques or diffuse pleural thickening.