The USS Millard County (LST-987) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. It was originally laid down as LST-987 on 2 February 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 5 March 1944, and commissioned on 19 April 1944 with Lieutenant William H. Pennington in command. The ship carried out pontoon beaching exercises and trained LST officers and crews in procedures of beaching, gunnery, ship handling, and tactics. In 1961, the ship was sold to the German Navy for conversion into a battle damage repair ship. However, this conversion was never undertaken and the USS Millard County (LST-987) never saw commissioned service in the Bundesmarine. Struck from the German Naval List in early 1968, it was sold for scrap in November of that year. When asbestos is friable, it is more prone to release fibers. The word "friable" refers to a substance that may be readily crumbled with hand pressure. If friable forms of asbestos are disturbed and become airborne, an inhalation hazard may result. Asbestos products contain microscopic fibers that, when released into the air, are inhaled deep into the lungs where they can form scar tissue. Over time, lung scarring causes cancer or other serious diseases to develop.
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