The USS Flint (AE-32/T-AE-32) was a Kilauea-class ammunition ship constructed at the Ingalls Nuclear Shipbuilding Division, Litton Industries, in 1969. The vessel was acquired by the US Navy in 1971 and was capable of underway replenishment at a steady speed, an essential for fast-moving naval task forces. Her innovative transfer-at-sea facilities included the ability to utilize helicopters for vertical replenishment. She was commissioned in the same year and first deployed in 1972, resupplying gunline destroyers and aircraft carriers for the 7th Fleet. From 1973 to 1975, she was assigned to naval forces in the Gulf of Aden, and between 1990 and 1992, the vessel served as an ammunition supply ship during Desert Shield and Desert Storm operations. The USS Flint was decommissioned at Naval Air Station Alameda in 1995 after more than 23 years of service and transferred to the MSC under the name of USNS Flint (T-AE-32). She was sold for scrap in 2015. Asbestos is now qualified as a human carcinogen, but during the middle of the 20th century, it was commonly used in shipbuilding materials. If you built a Navy ship before the 80s, repaired, or served onboard one, and developed cancer, you may be entitled to VA benefits and compensation from asbestos trust funds.
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