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

• Bender Shipbuilding
• Gulf Shipbuilding
• Alabama Drydock

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
• General Dynamics NASSCO
• Richmond Shipyards
• Rough and Ready Island Ship Repair
• San Francisco Drydock
• Naval Weapons Station Concord

Connecticut

• Electric Boat
• Naval Submarine Base New London

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

• Pearl Harbor Shipyard

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
• Baltimore Marine Industries

Massachusetts

• Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard
• Boston Navy Yard
• Charlestown Navy Yard
• Fore River Shipbuilding
• General Ship Corporation

Michigan

• Defoe Shipyard

Mississippi

• Halter Marine
• Ingalls Shipbuilding
• Naval Station Pascagoula

New Jersey

• Federal Shipbuilding
• New York Shipbuilding Company
• Naval Weapons Station Earle

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

• 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

• Naval Station Newport

South Carolina

• Braswell Services Group
• Carolina Shipping Company
• Charleston Navy Shipyard
• Detyens Shipyards

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.

• Washington Navy Yard

Wisconson

• Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.