Mesothelioma Shipyards Risk for Veterans and other Workers Exposed to Asbestos

You may be visiting our website because you worked in shipyards and have concerns about mesothelioma or lung cancer from asbestos.

According to the National Cancer Institute, about 2,000 cases of mesothelioma cancer are diagnosed in the United States, yearly. Medically speaking, mesothelioma is a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities; it is associated with exposure to asbestos.

Exposure to asbestos has also been proven to cause lung cancer. In addition, smokers exposed to asbestos are at higher risk for developing lung cancer.

Many Americans in decades past were exposed to deadly asbestos fibers while serving in naval shipyards during World War II, and subsequent wars. American automotive plants also exposed factory workers to asbestos. Since mesothelioma can take decades to develop (up to 50 years in some cases), these workers are only now being diagnosed.

According to government sources, veterans who served in some of the following major occupations may have been exposed to asbestos:

• Pipefitters
• Mining
• Milling
• Shipyard work
• Insulation work
• Demolition of old buildings
• Carpentry and construction
• Manufacture and servicing of friction products, such as clutch facings and brake linings
• Manufacture and installation of products, such as roofing and flooring materials, asbestos cement sheet and pipe products, and military equipment.

During World War II (WWII), millions of individuals employed in American shipyards and American Navy veterans were exposed to asbestos since it was widely used for military ship construction.

Below is a list of shipyards in the United States:

• Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts
• Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina
• Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California
• Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, California
• New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
• Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
• Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
• San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California
• United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland
• Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding, Mobile, Alabama
• Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon
• American Shipbuilding, Cleveland, Ohio, Lorain, Ohio
• Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington
• Astoria Marine Construction, Astoria, Oregon
• Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, New York
• Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama
• Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
• BAE Systems Ship Repair, Norfolk, Virginia
• Baltimore Drydock & Shipbuilding, Baltimore, Maryland (1827-1922)
• Baltimore Marine Industries, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland
• Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
• Bellingham Shipyards, Bellingham, Washington
• Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Inc., Mobile, Alabama
• Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited (BethShip) (1913-1964)
• Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts (1901-1964)
• "Victory Yard", Squantum, Massachusetts (1917-1919)
• Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland (1914-1997)
• BethShip San Francisco
• Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California (1905-1941)
• Alameda Works Shipyard, Alameda, California (1916-1956)
• Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York (1938-1960)[1]
• Bethlehem Shipyard (Southwest Marine Terminal at Berth 240), San Pedro, California (1940-1981)[2]
• Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington, Delaware (1904-1925, 1941-1945)
• Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland (1940-1945)[3]
• Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts (1940-1945)
• Bethlehem Atlantic Works, East Boston, Massachusetts
• Bludworth Marine Shipyards[46], Houston Galveston Orange, Texas[47]
• Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
• Bristol Yacht Building, Bristol, Maine
• Bristol Yard, Bristol, Pennsylvania
• Broward Marine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
• Burger Boat, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
• C. Hiltebrant Drydock, Kingston, New York
• C. L. Seabury, Morris Heights, New York
• California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles County, California
• Campbell Machine, San Diego, California
• Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock, Charleston, South Carolina
• Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, Maryland
• Chester Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Chickasaw Shipyard, Chickasaw, Alabama
• Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, California
• Colonna's Shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia
• Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
• Consolidated Steel Orange Shipyard, Orange, Texas
• Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo, Ohio
• Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding, Benton Harbor, Michigan
• Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan (1905-1975)
• Delta Shipbuilding, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• East Coast Shipyard, Bayonne, New Jersey
• Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Florida
• Electric Boat Corporation
• Groton, Connecticut
• Hull-fabrication and outfitting facility at Quonset Point, Rhode Island
• Erie Shipbuilding LLC, Erie, Pennsylvania
• F. W. Wheeler, West Bay City, Michigan
• Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newark, New Jersey
• Foundation (Marine), Savannah, Georgia
• Frank L. Sample Shipyard, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
• Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, California
• Gas Engine & Power, Morris Heights, New York
• General Dynamics, Quincy, Massachusetts
• General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
• George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts
• Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, Florida
• Greenport Basin & Construction, Greenport, New York
• Greenport Yacht & Basin, Long Island, New York
• Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw, Alabama
• Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, Texas
• Halter Moss Point Shipyard, Moss Point, Mississippi
• Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California
• Henry B. Nevins, City Island, New York
• Higgins, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
• J. A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
• Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
• Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, Jeffersonville, Indiana
• John H. Mathis, Camden, New Jersey
• John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City Kaiser Shipyards: Vancouver, Washington, Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California
• Kearny Yard, Kearny, New Jersey
• Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding, North Bend, Oregon
• Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
• Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington formerly Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
• Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock, Los Angeles, California
• Luders Marine Construction, Stamford, Connecticut
• Lyon Shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia
• Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
• Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
• Marine Hydraulics International, Norfolk, Virginia
• Marinette Marine shipyard, Marinette, Wisconsin
• Marinship - Bechtel Shipyards, Sausalito, California
• Martinac Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington
• Martinolich Repair Basin, Tacoma, Washington
• Martinolich Shipyard, Tacoma, Washington
• Maryland Drydock, Baltimore, Maryland
• Matthews Boat, Port Clinton, Ohio
• Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Metro Machine Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia
• Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California
• Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company, Brooklyn, New York
• Nashville Bridge, Nashville, Tennessee
• National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California
• Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine
• New Jersey Drydock and Transportation, Elizabethport, New Jersey
• New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, New Jersey
• Newark Bay Shipyard, Newark, New Jersey
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newport News, Virginia
• New York Shipbuilding Corporation (New York Ship), Camden, New Jersey (1899-1967)
• Nichols Brothers Boat Building Everett, WA (1967 - present)
• Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Virginia
• Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, part of the Kaiser Shipyards
• Pacific Shipyards & Ways, Alameda, California
• Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
• Pennellville Historic District
• Pennsylvania Shipyards, Beaumont, Texas
• Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
• Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts
• Reaney, Son & Archbold, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Richardson Boat, North Tonawanda, New York
• Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, part of the Kaiser Shipyards
• Robert Jacob Shipyard, City Island, New York
• Robbins Drydock Company, Brooklyn, New York
• San Diego Marine Construction, San Diego, California
• Savannah Machine & Foundry, Savannah, Georgia
• Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington
• Skinner & Eddy Corporation, Seattle, Washington
• Snow Shipyards, Rockland, Maine
• Southwest Marine, San Pedro, California
• St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Florida
• Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, Ohio
• Standard Shipbuilding, New York, New York
• Staten Island Shipbuilding, New York, New York
• Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington
• Tampa Marine, Tampa, Florida
• Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa, Florida
• Todd Pacific Shipyards
• Todd-Erie Basin Drydocks, Brooklyn, New York
• Todd-Johnson Drydocks, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Seattle, Washington
• San Francisco Division, Alameda, California
• Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
• New York, New York
• Todd Dry Dock & Construction Company, Tacoma, Washington
• Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas
• United Engineering
• Alameda, California
• San Francisco, California
• V. J. Osborne, Croton-on-Hudson, New York
• W. A. Robinson, Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Weaver Shipyards, Orange, Texas
• Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, California
• Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, New York
• William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• William H. Webb, New York City
• Winslow Marine, Winslow, Washington,
• Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding, Winslow, Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Zidell Marine - Portland, Oregon.

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