Asbestos in Shipyards
There are many factors that can lead to asbestos exposure and the eventual contraction of mesothelioma. For example, many professions hold increased risk for asbestos exposure. Mechanics, contractors, and electricians are among the major professions that have been affected by asbestos exposure. Perhaps one of the most dangerous jobs is that of the shipbuilder.
For many years, asbestos was used extensively to insulate steam pipes, boilers, incinerators, and other items. However, the carcinogenic properties of asbestos were not well known until the 1970s. For years, shipbuilders worked in poorly ventilated areas. Unaware of the dangers of asbestos, they used little or no protection from the harmful particles in the air.
Years later, effects of the asbestos on the shipbuilding industry are surfacing. Medical studies show that 86% of workers with 20 or more years of shipbuilding experience suffer from an asbestos-related disease. Although the US government now regulates asbestos in the shipbuilding industry, the effects are still being felt.
Shipyard Listings
Alabama
Alaska
California
- Bethlehem Steel Shipyard Terminal Island
- Bethlehem Steel Shipyard San Francisco
- Conrad Industries
- Consolidated Shipyard
- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
- Kaiser Shipyard
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard
- Moore Dry Dock
- Todd Shipyard Los Angeles
- Todd Shipyard Oakland
- Todd Shipyard San Francisco
- San Diego Naval Shipyard and Air Station
- Southwest Marine
- Western Pipe & Steel
- General Dynamics NASSCO
- Richmond Shipyards
- Rough and Ready Island Ship Repair
- San Francisco Drydock
- Naval Weapons Station Concord
Connecticut
Florida
- Atlantic Dry Dock
- Pensacola Naval Air Station
- Tampa Bay Shipbuilding
- Gulf Marine Repair Corporation
- The Hendry Corporation
- Mayport Navy Station
- Offshore Building Company
Hawaii
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Maryland
- Ellicott International
- Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard
- Baltimore Marine Industries
Massachusetts
- Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
- Boston Navy Yard
- Charlestown Navy Yard
- Fore River Shipbuilding
- General Ship Corporation
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
- Bethlehem Staten Island Shipyard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Caddell Dry Dock
- GMD Shipyard
- Todd Shipyard Brooklyn
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
- Albina Shipyard
- Astoria Voyage Repair Station
- Cascade General Shipyard
- Dyer Shipyard
- Portland Shipyard
- Northwest Marine Works
- South Portland Shipyard
- Swan Island Shipyard
- Tongue Point Naval Yard
- Willamette Iron and Steel Yard
Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem Steel Shipyard
- Cramp Shipbuilding
- Key Highway Shipyard
- Penn Shipbuilding
- Pennsylvania Shipyard -Beaumont
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
- Sun Shipbuilding
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
- American Bridge Shipyard
- AMFELS
- Barbas Cut Docks
- Bloodworth Bond
- Boats of Freeport
- Brown Shipyard
- Consolidated Western Steel Corp.
- Galveston Docks
- Houston Shipyards
- Kane Shipbuilding
- Naval Station Ingleside
- Orange Shipbuilding
- Port Adams Shipyard
- Trinity Marine Group
Virginia
- Colonna's Shipyard
- Little Creek Amphibious Base
- Lyon Shipyard
- National Shipyards
- Newport News Naval Shipyard
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- NORSHIPCO
- PHILLYSHIP
- USX Shipyard
Washington
- Bremerton Naval Shipyard
- Duwamish Shipyard
- Foss Tug and Launch Company
- Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard
- Lake Union Drydock
- Marco Shipyard
- Naval Station Everett
- Puget Sound Bridge Yards
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
- Strategic Weapons Facility
- Tacoma Dry Dock
- Todd Pacific Shipyard
- Voyage Repair Station Port Angeles
Washington D.C.
Wisconson
Last modified: March 09 2009.
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