Asbestos in Navy Escorts

Navy Carrier and Destroyer Escorts & Asbestos Exposure

The ensuing list provides the escort carriers and destroyers that likely contained asbestos containing materials and exposed countless unsuspecting U.S. Navy Sailors, shipyard and maritime workers and longshoremen to asbestos. The exposure to asbestos can result in the development of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma.

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US NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS AND DESTROYERS INDEX:

Escort Carriers

USS Altamaha (CVE 18)
USS Anzio (CVE 57)
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE 116)
USS Bairoko (CVE 115)
USS Barnes (CVE 20)
USS Bataan (CVL 29)
USS Belleau Wood (CVL 24)
USS Block Island (CVE 106)
USS Bogue (CVE 9)
USS Bougainville (CVE 100)
USS Breton (CVE 23)
USS Cabot (CVL 27)
USS Cape Esperance (CVE 88)
USS Cape Gloucester (CVE 109)
USS Card (CVE 11)
USS Charger (CVE 30)
USS Chenango (CVE 26)
USS Commencement Bay (CVE 105)
USS Copahee (CVE 12)
USS Core (CVE 13)
USS Corregidor (CVE 58)
USS Cowpens (CVL 25)
USS Croatan (CVE 25)
USS Daginaw Bay (CVE 82)
USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE 70)
USS Gilbert Islands (CVE 107)
USS Guadacanal (CVE 60)
USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE 75)
USS Hollandia (CVE 97)
USS Independence (CVL 22)
USS Kadashan bay (CVE 76)
USS Kasaan Bay (CVE 69)
USS Kula Gulf (CVE 108)
USS Kwajalein (CVE 98)
USS Langley (CVL 28)
USS Long Island (CVE 1)
USS Lunga Point (CVE 94)
USS Makassar Strait (CVE 91)
USS Manila Bay (CVE 61)
USS Marcus Island (CVE 77)
USS Matanikau (CVE 101)
USS Mindoro (CVE 120)
USS Mission Bay (CVE 59)
USS Monterey (CVL 26)
USS Munda (CVE 104)
USS Nassau (CVE 16)
USS Natoma Bay (CVE 62)
USS Nehenta Bay (CVE 74)
USS Palau (CVE 122)
USS Petrof Bay (CVE 80)
USS Point Cruz (CVE 119)
USS Prince William (CVE 31)
USS Puget Sound (CVE 113)
USS Rabaul (CVE 121)
USS Rendova (CVE 114)
USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE 81)
USS Saidor (CVE 117)
USS Salerno Bay (CVE 110)
USS San Jacinto (CVL 30)
USS Sangamon (CVE 27)
USS Santee (CVE 28)
USS Sargent Bay (CVE 83)
USS Savo Island (CVE 78)
USS Shamrock Bay (CVE 84)
USS Shipley Bay (CVE 85)
USS Siboney (CVE 112)
USS Sicily (CVE 118)
USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86)
USS Streamer Bay (CVE 87)
USS Suwanee (CVE 29)
USS Takanis Bay (CVE 89)
USS Thetis Bay (CVE 90)
USS Tinian (CVE 123)
USS Tripoli (CVE 64)
USS Vella Gulf (CVE 111)
USS White Plains (CVE 66)
USS Windham Bay (CVE 92)

Escort Destroyers

USS Basilone (DDE 824)
USS Carpenter (DDE 825)
USS Damato (DDE 871, DD 871)
USS Epperson (DDE 719)
USS Fred T. Berry (DDE 858)
USS Harwood (DDE 861)
USS Holder (DDE 819)
USS Keppler (DDE 765)
USS LLoyd Thomas (DDE 764)
USS McCaffery (DDE 860)
USS New (DDE 818)
USS Norris (DDE 859)
USS Rich (DDE 820)
USS Robert A. Owens (DDE 827)
USS Robert l. Willson (DDE 847)
USS Sarsfield (DDE 837)