Shipyard Asbestos Exposure
Shipyards were notorious sources of asbestos exposure for workers in the United States. Thousands of shipyard workers have been diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases including malignant mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer and other cancers.
Thousands of navy ships were constructed in the World War II ship building effort in the 1940s. Asbestos was used extensively on those ships, including on steam pipes, boilers, turbines and other high temperature applications. Asbestos products used include: pipe coverings, cement, block insulation, gaskets, pumps, valves, refractory materials and many others. Asbestos continued to be used in the shipyards after World War II and well into the 1970s.
Shipyard workers have always been at an especially high risk of developing mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases. The reasons for this include the large amount of asbestos used on ships, the poor ventilation in the work environment aboard the ships and the fact that respiratory production was typically not provided. Virtually every occupation at the shipyard was at risk of significant asbestos exposure, including pipe coverers, shipwrights, pipefitters, boiler workers, carpenters, engine room mechanics, electricians, insulators, maintenance mechanics, millwrights, sheet metal workers and welders.
Because of the latency period for mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases, shipyard workers are at risk of developing an asbestos disease for decades after their work at the shipyard ended. Even a shipyard worker from the World War II era is still at risk of developing mesothelioma now, more than 60 years later. The mesothelioma lawyers at Martin & Jones have represented shipyard workers for more than 20 years.
The following are some of the shipyards in the United States with known asbestos exposure:
Alabama
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile
Bender Shipbuilding, Mobile
Chicksaw Shipyard
Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw
California
Bethlehem Shipyard, San Pedro
Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Terminal Island
California Navy Shipyard
Consolidated Steel Shipyards
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Kaiser Shipyard, Richmond
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Marinship Shipyards, Sausalito
San Diego Naval Shipyard and Air Station
San Francisco Drydock
Todd Shipyard, Los Angeles
Todd Shipyard, San Francisco
Vallejo Shipyard
Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco
Connecticut
Groton Electric Boat Company
Groton Naval Base
District of Columbia
Washington Navy Yard
Florida
Atlantic Dry Dock
Gulf Marine Repair Corporation
J. A. Jones, Panama City
Mayport Naval Station
Pensacola Naval Air Station
St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville
Tampa Bay Shipbuilding
Georgia
J. A. Jones, Brunswick
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor Shipyard
Louisiana
Avondale Shipyard, Westwego
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport
Conrad Industries
Delta Shipbuilding, New Orleans, LA
Maine
Bath Iron Works, Bath
New England Shipbuilding, South Portland
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery
Maryland
Baltimore Marine Industries, Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore
Ellicott International
Key Highway Shipyard
Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry Dock - Baltimore
U.S. Naval Academy - Annapolis
Massachusetts
Bethlehem Shipyard, Hingham
Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy
Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown
Charlestown Navy Yard
Victory Yard, Squantum
Michigan
Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City
Mississippi
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula
New Jersey
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Port Newark
New York Shipbuilding, Camden
New York
Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island
Brooklyn Navy Shipyard
New York Shipbuilding Corp
New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn
Todds Shipyard, Brooklyn
North Carolina
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington
Ohio
American Shipbuilding, Cleveland
Oregon
Albina Shipyard, Portland
Astoria Marine Construction, Astoria
Commercial Iron & Steel Shipyard - Portland
Dyer Shipyard
Gunderson/FMC Shipyard, Portland
Kaiser Shipyard, Portland
Northwest Marine Ironworks
Oregon Shipbuilding (Kaiser), Portland
Portland Ship Repair Yard
South Portland Shipyard
Swan Island Shipyard
Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation, Portland
Zidell Marine, Portland
Pennsylvania
American Bridge Company, Pittsburgh
Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh
Key Highway Shipyard
Philadelphia Naval shipyard, Philadelphia
Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester
Rhode Island
Newport Naval Yard
South Carolina
Charleston Naval Shipyard
Texas
American Bridge Shipyard, Orange
Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange
Galveston Docks
Houston Shipyards
Kane Shipbuilding
Naval Station Ingleside
Orange Shipbuilding
Pennsylvania Shipyard, Beaumont
Port Adams Shipyard
Todd Shipyard, Houston
USX Shipyard
Virginia
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth
NORSHIPCO
Washington
Bremerton Naval Shipyard
Kaiser Shipyard, Vancouver
Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton
Lockheed Shipyard, Seattle
Masco Shipyard
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton
Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma
Todd Shipyard, Seattle
Todd Shipyard, Tacoma
Vancouver Shipyard (Kaiser)
