Ship Design, Manufacture, Routes, Repair, and Breaking: Understanding the Complexity and Exposure.
One of the more difficult jobs for Mesothelioma sufferers, attorneys, shipbreakers, and others participating in “Industries Behind the Ship,” is to sort out when and where asbestos components were located. To help you, The Book of the Ship from 1949 is a good starting place. The book doesn’t focus on asbestos but, rather on ship design, building, and repairs in fine detail. With this information, a historian researcher can better focus on where to look for asbestos.
As to the author of the book and the effort that went into its creation:
See the below for the type of information that might be useful.
The book even discusses the trade routes used by ships in the post-WW II era:
Might the information contained in this book be helpful? I think so. Let me know your thoughts either by leaving a comment of emailing me at TheAsbestosBlog@gmail.com. Thanks. Marty
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Oh lets build these ships with asbestos knowing it takes many years to kill you if you survive a war the asbestos will surly kill you. Do you think anyone thought about this when building a ship..kinda like building a school with asbestos knowing the children exposed will suffer and die 20 to 40 years from then. Many vets who made it home to libby ended up dieing from asbestos from the town they were raised in..so sad this continues today. Ps..ive been booted off facebook my friend. Take care my friend