Asbestos Exposure on Navy Vessels: Aircraft Carrier

• 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 - CVA 43
• 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 41
• 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 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.