Asbestos Exposure on Navy Vessels: Aircraft Carrier

Newport News Shipbuilders, Navy Veterans and Veterans of the Armed Forces are at risk for Mesothelioma Cancer if they helped build, repair, or served aboard a Aircraft Carrier before 1970. Asbestos was used on Aircraft Carriers because of its resistance to fire. Naval Contractors and Virginia Shipyard Workers who assisted in the:

• Construction of Aircraft Carriers
• Aircraft Carrier Repair
• Aircraft Carrier Demolition
• Renovation of Aircraft Carriers

are all at risk for contracting Mesothelioma Cancer due to exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. The following is a list of Aircraft Carriers that used Asbestos and that are sites of Asbestos Exposure.

If you served or worked aboard a Aircraft Carrier and think you were exposed to Asbestos or have contracted Malignant Mesothelioma Lung Cancer, contact our attorneys to learn your rights.

Aircraft Carriers

• USS America - CVA 66
• USS Antietam - CV 36
• USS Bennington - CV 20 and CVS 20
• USS Bon Homme Richard - CV 31
• USS Boxer - CV 21
• USS Bunker Hill - CV 17
• USS Carl Vinson - CVN 70
• USS Constellation - CVA 64
• USS Coral Sea - CV 41
• USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - CVN 69
• USS Enterprise - CVAN 65
• USS Essex - CV 9
• USS Forrestal - CVA 59
• USS Franklin - CV 13
• USS Franklin Roosevelt - CV 42
• USS Hancock - CV 19
• USS Hornet - CV 12 and CVS 12
• USS Independence - CVA 62
• USS Intrepid - CV 11
• USS John F. Kennedy - CVA 67
• USS Kearsarge - CV 33
• USS Kitty Hawk - CVA 63
• USS Lake Champlain - CV 39
• USS Langley - CV 1
• USS Lexington - CV 16
• USS Leyte - CV 32
• USS Midway - CV 43
• USS Nimitz - CVN 68
• USS Oriskany - CV 34
• USS Philippine Sea - CV 47
• USS Princeton - CV 37
• USS Randolph - CV 15
• USS Ranger - CVA 61
• USS Saipan - CVL 48
• USS Saratogo - CVA 60
• USS Shangri-La - CV 38
• USS Tarawa - CV 40
• USS Ticonderoga - CV 14
• USS Valley Forge - CV 45
• USS Wasp - CV 18
• USS Wright - AVT 6
• USS Yorktown - CV 10

There is virtually no portion of a U.S. Navy Ship built before the mid 1970s that is free from some asbestos material or asbestos products. Asbestos can be found in Aircraft Carrier's boiler, fire, and engine rooms, and specifically, in numerous cables, gaskets, valves, adhesives, brakes, and clutches used on all Aircraft Carriers.

Shipbuilders and sailors travelling on Aircraft Carriers and other warships often inhaled asbestos dust. Many Navy veterans recall sleeping below asbestos-covered pipes and shaking the dusty material from their bunks. Close quarters on ships and in shipyards led to many asbestos materials dislodging during normal operations, which led to asbestos inhalation and contamination of attachment to clothing. Military personnel and shipyard workers regularly carried asbestos dust home on their clothes, resulting in secondary exposure of asbestos to family and friends.

Speak with a Mesothelioma Attorney about exposure to asbestos aboard a Aircraft Carrier.

US Navy Ship Types

• Aircraft Carrier
• Aircraft Tender
• Battleship
• Cruiser
• Destroyer
• Destroyer Escort
• Destroyer Minelayer
• Destroyer Tender
• Escort Carrier
• Escort Destroyer
• Frigate
• Guided Missile Destroyer
• Guided Missile Frigate
• Light and Escort Destroyers
• Radar Picket Destroyer