For Naval Aviators and sailors exposed to asbestos, aircrafts and aircraft carriers are a common source

From the Naval Flight Officers (also known as Navy Flyers, Naval Aviation Pilots or NAPs) to the Handlers to the Air Bosses, the men and women who served on aircraft carriers this past century were put at risk of asbestos exposure. Because of the high risk of fire when working with large ships and aircrafts, asbestos lined many parts of aircrafts and aircraft carriers.

Many duties on the aircraft and on the aircraft carrier involved exposure to asbestos. One example is the dangerous job of the “Hot Papa.” An article in the June 1931 issue of Popular Science explains the role of the “Hot Papa” on the aircraft carrier:

“Otherwise known as the asbestos man,” he stands all day near the landing decks of three carriers, dressed in a complete suit of asbestos. He has only one job. That is, if a plane should crash and burst into flames, to dash in and drag the pilot to safety.”

--””Hot Papa” protects the life of Navy Flyers,” Popular Science Monthly, June 1931, p62.

Whether you were in an asbestos suit, repairing the engine of an aircraft, working in the engine room, or landing the aircraft onto the carrier, you were likely exposed to asbestos, and if you are now suffering from an asbestos-related disease, it is good to be informed. Below is a complete list of all the aircraft carriers, which does not list escort aircraft carriers and airship aircraft carriers. If you served on one of the listed aircraft carriers, it is possible that you were exposed to asbestos.

List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy (from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy)

#	Name	Commissioned	Class	Status
CV-1	Langley	1922	Langley-class, lead ship	Sunk February 1942 65nm south of Cilacap, Java
CV-2	Lexington	1927	Lexington-class, lead ship	Sunk May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea
CV-3	Saratoga	1927	Lexington-class	Sunk July 1946 in Operation Crossroadsas a nuclear test target
CV-4	Ranger	1934	Ranger-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-5	Yorktown	1937	Yorktown-class, lead ship	Sunk June 1942 in the Battle of Midway
CV-6	Enterprise	1938	Yorktown-class	Scrapped
CV-7	Wasp	1940	Wasp-class, lead ship	Sunk September 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign
CV-8	Hornet	1941	Yorktown-class	Sunk October 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
CV-9 b)	Essex	1942	Essex-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-10 b)	Yorktown	1943	Essex-class	Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
CV-11 b)	Intrepid	1943	Essex-class	Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York, New York, USA
CV-12 b)	Hornet	1943	Essex-class	USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California
CV-13 b)	Franklin	1944	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-14 b)	Ticonderoga	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-15 b)	Randolph	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-16 d)	Lexington	1943	Essex-class	USS Lexington Museum On the Bay—Corpus Christi, Texas
CV-17 b)	Bunker Hill	1943	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-18 b)	Wasp	1943	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-19	Hancock	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-20 b)	Bennington	1944	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-21 c)	Boxer	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CVL-22	Independence	1943	Independence-classlight carrier, lead ship	Scuttled 1951
CVL-23	Princeton	1943	Independence-class	Sunk, October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf
CVL-24	Belleau Wood	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-25	Cowpens	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-26	Monterey	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-27	Langley	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-28	Cabot	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-29	Bataan	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-30	San Jacinto	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CV-31 b)	Bon Homme Richard	1944	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-32 b)	Leyte	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-33 b)	Kearsarge	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-34	Oriskany	1950	Long hull Essex-class	Scuttled as an artificial reef, May 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico [1]
CV-35	Reprisal	Canceled (August 11, 1945)	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-36 b)	Antietam	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-37 c)	Princeton	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-38 b)	Shangri-la	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-39 b)	Lake Champlain	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-40 b)	Tarawa	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CVB-41 a)	Midway	1945	Midway-class, lead ship	USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA
CVB-42 a)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1945	Midway-class	Scrapped
CVB-43 a)	Coral Sea	1947	Midway-class	Scrapped
CVB-44		Canceled	Midway-class	Canceled
CV-45c)	Valley Forge	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-46	Iwo Jima	Canceled (August 11, 1945)	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-47 b)	Philippine Sea	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CVL-48	Saipan	1946	Saipan-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CVL-49	Wright	1946	Saipan-class	Scrapped
CV-50		Canceled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-51		Canceled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-52		Canceled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-53		Canceled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-54		Canceled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-55		Canceled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CVB-56		Canceled	Midway-class	Canceled
CVB-57		Canceled	Midway-class	Canceled
CVA-58	United States	Canceled (April 18, 1949)	United States-class, lead ship	Canceled
CV-59	Forrestal	1955	Forrestal-classsupercarrier, lead ship	Decommissioned, awaiting disposal—Docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA
CV-60	Saratoga	1956	Forrestal-class supercarrier	Decommissioned, awaiting disposal—Docked at NS Newport, RI
CV-61	Ranger	1957	Forrestal-class supercarrier	Decommissioned, on donation hold—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-62	Independence	1959	Forrestal-class supercarrier	Decommissioned, awaiting disposal—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-63	Kitty Hawk	1961	Kitty Hawk-classsupercarrier, lead ship	Decommissioned, In Reserve until 2015—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-64	Constellation	1961	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier	Decommissioned, awaiting disposal—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CVN-65	Enterprise	1961	Enterprise-classsupercarrier, lead ship	Active
CV-66	America	1965	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier	Decommission in 1995 and scuttled in 2005
CV-67	John F. Kennedy	1968	Kennedy-classsupercarrier, lead ship	Decommissioned in 2007, on donation hold—Docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA
CVN-68	Nimitz	1975	Nimitz-classsupercarrier, lead ship	Active
CVN-69	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1977	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-70	Carl Vinson	1981	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-71	Theodore Roosevelt	1986	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-72	Abraham Lincoln	1989	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-73	George Washington	1992	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-74	John C. Stennis	1995	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-75	Harry S. Truman	1998	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-76	Ronald Reagan	2003	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-77	George H.W. Bush	2009	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-78	Gerald R. Ford	2015	Ford-classsupercarrier, lead ship	Keel laid
CVN-79	unnamed	2019	Ford-class supercarrier	Planned
CVN-80	unnamed	2023	Ford-class supercarrier	Planned

a): converted for jets, CVA, 1952

b): converted for jets, CVA, 1952. Converted to ASW, CVS, 1953–69

c): converted to amphibious command ship, LPH, 1959

d): converted for training, CVT, 1969

Whatever your duty on the aircraft carrier or aircraft, asbestos exposure should not have been part of it

If you served in the United States Navy in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, or during peacetime, it is likely you were exposed to asbestos while working on an aircraft or aircraft carrier. If you are now suffering from an asbestos disease such as mesothelioma or asbestos lung cancer, and would like to look into your legal options for pursuing compensation, call Weitz & Luxenberg today, or fill out a form for a free legal consultation.

Acknowledgments:

http://books.google.com/books?id=9CcDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA143&dq=popular%20science%20monthly%20June%201931%20navy&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy

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For Naval Aviators and sailors exposed to asbestos, aircrafts and aircraft carriers are a common source

List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy (from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy)

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