Asbestos in Shipyards
List Of Naval Bases And U.S. Shipyards With Documented Asbestos Exposure
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Asbestos is highly toxic to humans, yet the material was widely used at shipyards and naval bases for most of the 20th century. Millions of private sector and U.S. Navy shipbuilders were exposed, as recently as the 1970s and 1980s, at facilities from coast to coast. In fact, the list of shipyards not associated with asbestos exposure would be very short.
Does a family member who served in the Navy or worked in the yards have a diagnosis of mesothelioma or symptoms of asbestos disease? In pursuit of compensation, our attorneys excel at identifying shipyards and duty stations where clients would have been exposed to the poisonous substance.
The law firm of The Gori Law Firm, has handled thousands of cases of mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer. Many of our clients served in the Navy, worked in shipbuilding jobs or both. Many sailors and shipbuilders were later exposed to asbestos again in other high-risk occupations for asbestos exposure.
The U.S. Navy knew of the dangers long before it banned asbestos in shipbuilding. For years, in fact, the Navy continued to require the use of asbestos for its fireproofing and insulating qualities in spite of the well-documented health risks. Shipbuilding companies and suppliers of shipmaking materials were happy to comply.
Thousands of people receive the dreaded diagnosis each year, often 30, 40 or even 50 years after asbestos exposure. Contact us for help with the immediate concerns of medical treatment and experienced pursuit of monetary damages.
American Shipyards And Naval Bases With Documented Asbestos Exposure
(Items in bold denote current or former U.S. Navy bases/shipyards. Facilities commonly known by different names may be listed twice.)
Alabama Shipyards
- Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile
- Bender Shipbuilding
- Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw
- Ingalls Shipyard
Alaska Shipyards
- Seward Ships Drydock
- Seward Marine Industrial Center
California Shipyards
- Bethlehem Shipyard, San Francisco
- Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Terminal Island
- Conrad Industries
- Consolidated Steel Shipyards
- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
- Kaiser Shipyard, Richmond
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard (renamed Terminal Island in 1943)
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo
- Marinship Corp., Sausalito
- Moore Drydock
- NASSCO
- Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
- Permanente Metals Corp., No. 1 Yard, Richmond
- Permanente Metals Corp., No. 2 Yard, Richmond
- Richmond Shipyard
- Rough & Ready Island Ship Repair
- San Diego Naval Shipyard and Air Station
- San Francisco Drydock
- Southwest Marine Shipyard, Long Beach
- Southwest Marine Shipyard, San Diego
- Terminal Island Naval Operating Base
- Terminal Island Naval Shipyard (aka Long Beach Naval Shipyard)
- Todd Shipyard, Los Angeles
- Todd Shipyard, San Francisco
- Todd Alameda Naval Shipyard
- Todd Shipyard, Oakland
- Todd Shipyard, San Pedro
- Western Shipyard
- Western Pipe & Steel Co. of California, San Pedro
Connecticut Shipyards
- Electric Boat
- Groton Electric Boat Co.
- Naval Submarine Base New London (Groton Naval Base)
District of Columbia Shipyards
- Washington Navy Yard
Florida Shipyards
- Atlantic Dry Dock
- Gulf Marine Repair Corp.
- J. A. Jones Construction Co., Panama City
- Hendry Corp.
- Mayport Naval Station
- Offshore Shipbuilding Inc.
- Pensacola Naval Air Station
- St. John’s River Shipbuilding Co., Jacksonville
- Tampa Bay Shipbuilding
Georgia Shipyards
- J. A. Jones Construction Co., Brunswick
- Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp., Savannah
Illinois Shipyards
- Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca
- Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago
Indiana Shipyards
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville
Louisiana Shipyards
- Avondale Industries
- Bollinger Shipyards
- Conrad Industries
- Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans
Maine Shipyards
- Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath
- New England Shipbuilding Co., South Portland
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery
Maryland Shipyards
- Baltimore Marine Industries
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding
- Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore
- Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard
- Ellicott International
- Key Highway Shipyard
Massachusetts Shipyards
- Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham
- Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy
- Boston Navy Yard (aka Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston Naval Shipyard)
- Fore River Shipyard
- General Ship Corp.
Michigan Shipyards
- Defoe Shipbuilding Co.
Mississippi Shipyards
- Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Naval Station Pascagoula
- Trinity Marine Group
New Hampshire Shipyards
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
New Jersey Shipyards
- Federal Shipbuilding, Newark
- Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny
- Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark
- New York Shipbuilding, Camden
- Todd Shipyard, Hoboken
New York Shipyards
- Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island
- Brooklyn Navy Shipyard (New York Naval Shipyard)
- Caddell Drydock and Repair
- GMD Shipyard
- Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn
North Carolina Shipyards
- North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington
Ohio Shipyards
- American Shipbuilding
Oregon Shipyards
- Albina Shipyard
- Astoria Voyage Repair Station
- Cascade General
- Commercial Iron & Steel Shipyard – Portland
- Dyer Shipyard
- Floating Marine Ways Shipyard – Portland
- Gunderson/FMC Shipyard – Portland
- Kaiser Shipyard
- Northwest Marine Ironworks
- Oregon Shipyard (Kaiser)
- Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland
- Portland Ship Repair Yard
- South Portland Shipyard
- Swan Island Shipyard
- Tongue Point Naval Shipyard
- Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland
- Zidell’s Shipyard, Portland
Pennsylvania Shipyards
- American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
- Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia
- Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh
- Key Highway Shipyard
- Penn Shipbuilding
- Pennsylvania Shipyard, Beaumont
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (aka Navy Yard)
- Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester
Rhode Island Shipyards
- Newport Naval Yard (Naval Station Newport)
South Carolina Shipyards
- Braswell Services Group
- Carolina Shipping Co.
- Charleston Naval Shipyard (Charleston Navy Yard)
- Detyens Shipyard
Texas Shipyards
- American Bridge Shipyard, Orange
- AMFELS, Brownsville
- Barbas Cut Docks
- Bloodworth Bond Shipyard
- Boats of Freeport
- Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston
- Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange
- Galveston Docks
- Houston Shipyards
- Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Kane Shipbuilding
- Naval Station Ingleside
- Orange Shipbuilding Co.
- Pennsylvania Shipyard, Beaumont
- Port Adams Shipyard
- Todd Shipyard, Houston
- Trinity Marine Group
- USX Shipyard
Virginia Shipyards
- Colonna’s Shipyard
- Little Creek Amphibious Base
- Lyon Shipyard
- Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek
- Newport News Shipyard (Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.)
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth (aka Norfolk Navy Yard)
- NORSHIPCO
- Phillyship
- Richmond Shipyards
Washington State Shipyards
- Associated Shipbuilders Inc., Seattle
- Duwamish Shipyard
- Foss Tug and Launch Co.
- Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard
- Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton
- Lake Union Drydock
- Lockheed Shipyard
- Masco Shipyard
- Naval Station Everett
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (aka Bremerton Navy Yard, Puget Sound Navy Yard)
- Tacoma Drydock
- Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, Bangor
- Todd Shipyard, Seattle
- Todd Shipyard, Tacoma
- Vancouver Shipyard
- Voyage Repair Station Port Angeles
Washington, D.C., Shipyards
- Washington Navy Yard
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