The USS Gallatin (APA-169) was a Haskell-class attack transport ship laid down on August 13, 1944, at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland. The ship was launched on October 17, the same year. It was commissioned on November 15, 1944, under Cmdr. Frank S. Dowd’s command, with the hull number APA-169 and it served the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on April 23, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 536 people on board and had the main missions in the Asiatic Pacific Theater during World War II. Friable asbestos-containing material is any material containing greater than one percent asbestos that, when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. If disturbed or removed, these materials will more readily produce asbestos fibers. Examples of friable materials include thermal insulation, insulation boards, pipe lagging, and sprayed coatings. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Naval Register on May 08, 1946. The ship was redesignated as Amphibious Transport (LKA-169) and was finally sold for scrapping in September 1983.
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