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Asbestos Exposure on Navy Vessels: Cruiser
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 Cruiser before 1970. Asbestos was used on Cruisers because of its resistance to fire. Naval Contractors and Virginia Shipyard Workers who assisted in the:
- Construction of Cruisers
- Cruiser Repair
- Cruiser Demolition
- Renovation of Cruisers
are all at risk for contracting Mesothelioma Cancer due to exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. The following is a list of Cruisers that used Asbestos and that are sites of Asbestos Exposure.
If you served or worked aboard a Cruiser and think you were exposed to Asbestos or have contracted Malignant Mesothelioma Lung Cancer, contact our attorneys to learn your rights.
Cruisers
- USS Alaska - CB 1
- USS Albany - CG 10
- USS Amsterdam - CL 101
- USS Arkansas - CGN 41
- USS Astoria - CA 34
- USS Atlanta - CL 104
- USS Bainbridge - CGN 25
- USS Baltimore - CA 68
- USS Belknap - CG 26
- USS Biddle - CG 34
- USS Biloxi - CL 80
- USS Birmingham - CL 62
- USS Boise - CL 47
- USS Boston - CA 69
- USS Bremerton - CA 130
- USS Brooklyn - CL 40
- USS California - CGN 36
- USS Canberra - CA 70
- USS Chicago - CA 136, CG 11
- USS Cleveland - CL 55
- USS Columbia - CL 56
- USS Columbus - CA 74
- USS Dale - CG 19
- USS Dayton - CL 105
- USS Denver - CL 58
- USS Des Moines - CA 134
- USS Diluth - CL 87
- USS England - CG 22
- USS Fall River - CA 131
- USS Fargo - CL 106
- USS Flint - CL 64
- USS Fox - CG 33
- USS Fresno - CL/CLAA-121
- USS Galveston - CL 93
- USS Gridley - CG 21
- USS Guam - CB 2
- USS Halsey - CG 23
- USS Harry E. Yarnell - CG 17
- USS Hawaii - CB 3
- USS Helena - CL 50, CA 75
- USS Honolulu - CL 48
- USS Horne - CG 30
- USS Houston - CL 81
- USS Huntington - CL 107
- USS Indianapolis - CA 35
- USS Josephus Daniels - CG 27
- USS Jouett - CG 29
- USS Juneau - CL/CLAA-119
- USS Leahy - CG 16
- USS Little Rock - CL 92, CG 4, CGL 4
- USS Long Beach - CGN 9
- USS Los Angeles - CA 135
- USS Macon - CA 132
- USS Manchester - CL 83
- USS Miami - CL 89
- USS Minneapolis - CA 36
- USS Mississippi - CGN 40
- USS Mobile - CL 63
- USS Montpelier - CL 57
- USS Nashville - CL 43
- USS New Orleans - CL/CA 32
- USS Newport News - CA 148
- USS Northhampton - CLC 1
- USS Oakland - CL/CLAA 95
- USS Oklahoma City - CL 91, CG-5, CGL-5
- USS Oregon City - CA 122
- USS Pasadena - CL 65
- USS Philadelphia - CL 41
- USS Phoenix - CL 46
- USS Pittsburgh - CA 72
- USS Portland - CA 33
- USS Portsmouth - CL 102
- USS Providence - CL 82
- USS Quincy - CA 39, CA 71
- USS Reeves - CG 24
- USS Reno - CL/CLAA 96
- USS Richmond K. Turner - CG 20
- USS Roanoke - CL 145
- USS Rochester - CA 124
- USS Salem - CA 139
- USS San Diego - CL 53
- USS San Francisco - CA 38
- USS San Juan - CL 54
- USS Santa Fe - CL 60
- USS Savannah - CL 42
- USS South Carolina - CGN 37
- USS Spokane - CL/CLAA 120
- USS Springfield - CL 66, CLG 7
- USS St. Louis - CL 49
- USS St. Paul - CA 73
- USS Sterett - CG 31
- USS Texas - CGN 39
- USS Ticonderoga - CG 47
- USS Toledo - CA 133
- USS Topeka - CL 67, CLG 8
- USS Truxtun - CGN 35
- USS Tuscaloosa - CA 37
- USS Tuscon - CL/CLAA 98
- USS Vicksburg - CL 86, CG 69
- USS Vincennes - CA 44, CG 49
- USS Virginia - CGN 38
- USS Wainwright - CG 28
- USS Wichita - CA 45
- USS Wilkes-Barre - CL 103
- USS Willam H. Standley - CG 32
- USS Worcester - CL 144
- USS Worden - CG 18
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 Cruiser's boiler, fire, and engine rooms, and specifically, in numerous cables, gaskets, valves, adhesives, brakes, and clutches used on all Cruisers.
Shipbuilders and sailors travelling on Cruisers 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.
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