The USS Crowley (DE-303) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort laid down on May 24, 1943, and launched on September 22, the same year. It was commissioned on March 25, 1944, under Lt. Cmdr. T. J. Skewes’ command as DE-303, and served in the U.S. Navy for one year until it was decommissioned on December 3, 1945. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 198 people on board and had its main missions in Iwo Jima, San Francisco, Okinawa, Ulithi, Sagami Wan, Guadalcanal, Manus, Pearl Harbor, the Palaus, New Guinea, Luzon, Guam, and the Solomons. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on December 19, 1945, and sold for scrapping the following year. For the services brought to the country during World War II, the USS Crowley received 5 battle stars. Asbestos is a silicate mineral known for its high tolerance to heat and tensile strength. Although people have been mining the mineral for thousands of years, it wasn’t until the industrial boom of the late 1800s and early 1900s that asbestos use soared. In the years since the mineral has been added to more than 300 products commonly found aboard every ship built and used between World War II and the late-1970s.
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