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Are you looking for information about the Brooklyn Navy Yard, or about other Navy shipyards because you or a loved one worked at one of these shipyards? Thousands of men and women worked at these shipyards during the 20th century and were exposed to asbestos, a dangerous carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) known to cause serious asbestos diseases such as mesothelioma cancer, asbestos-related lung cancer and asbestosis.
For more information and a free review of your asbestos lawsuit, complete the form on this page. If you would like a copy of our free asbestos sourcebook, click here. Beginning in the 1930s and continuing through the mid-1970s, the U.S. Navy used asbestos-containing materials (ACM) in a number of applications on the ships in the Navy fleet. Asbestos was also used in the buildings constructed at these shipyard sites.
The men and women who worked at the shipyards, as well as the Navy personnel who served on the ships built at the yards, were all exposed to the dangerous substance, putting them at risk for asbestos disease. Asbestos was found in many materials made in shipyards, including bulkhead and pipe insulation, brake linings, floor tiles and panel sheeting. Asbestos was used extensively in the engine room, causing laggers, boiler tenders, and virtually all Navy personnel working in or near the bilges to breathe in asbestos dust. Shipyard workers routinely worked on many kinds of ships over the years, including new construction Navy aircraft carriers such as the USS America and USS Enterprise, cargo ships and other vessels.
The following shipyards are located in the U.S.:
Alabama - Bender Shipbuilding
- Gulf Shipbuilding
Alaska - Seward Ships Drydock
- Seward Marine Industrial Center
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
Connecticut - Electric Boat
- Naval Submarine Base New London
Florida - Atlantic Dry Dock
- Pensacola Naval Air Station
- Tampa Bay Shipbuilding
Hawaii Louisiana - Avondale Industries
- Bollinger Shipyard
- Conrad Industries
Maine - Bath Iron Works
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Maryland - Bethlehem Shipbuilding Maryland
- Ellicott International
- Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard
Massachusetts - Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
- Charlestown Navy Yard
- Fore River Shipbuilding
Michigan Mississippi - Halter Marine
- Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Naval Station Pascagoula
New Jersey - Federal Shipbuilding
- New York Shipbuilding Company
New York - Bethlehem Staten Island Shipyard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Caddell Dry Dock
- GMD Shipyard
- Todd Shipyard Brooklyn
North Carolina - North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
Ohio - American Shipbuilding Company
Oregon - Astoria Voyage Repair Station
- Portland Shipyard
- Swan Island Shipyard
- Willamette Iron and Steel Yard
Pennsylvania - Bethlehem Steel Shipyard
- Cramp Shipbuilding
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
- Sun Shipbuilding
Rhode Island South Carolina - Carolina Shipping Company
- Detyens Shipyards
Texas - Brown Shipyard
- Consolidated Western Steel Corp.
- Naval Station Ingleside
Virginia - Colonna’s Shipyard
- Little Creek Amphibious Base
- Lyon Shipyard
- Newport News Naval Shipyard
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- NORSHIPCO
Washington - Duwamish Shipyard
- Foss Tug and Launch Company
- Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard
- Lake Union Drydock
- Naval Station Everett
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
- Todd Pacific Shipyard
- Voyage Repair Station Port Angeles
Washington D.C. Wisconson - Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.
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