Asbestos Exposure on Aircraft Carriers
People who have dedicated years of their lives and labor to the nation working on aircrafts have tragically and unnecessarily been the victims of asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure on aircraft carriers and other ships greatly increases the risk of developing a serious and fatal asbestos cancer, called mesothelioma. Moreover, asbestos exposure on aircraft carriers increased the risk of numerous health problems, which can develop years or even decades after work in or around aircraft carriers.
What are aircraft carriers?
Aircraft carriers have been used extensively throughout all the major US wars of recent history. Enabling and augmenting military air operations via sea vessel, aircraft carriers are responsible for deploying and recovering aircrafts. Because aircraft carriers lack the firepower of other ships, they often travel as part of a carrier battle fleet. Unfortunately, both aircraft carriers, and other crafts with which they travel, present serious occupational asbestos exposure hazards to those who construct, maintain, repair, and demolish aircraft carriers and their aircrafts.
Asbestos exposure on aircraft carriers
Asbestos exposure on aircraft carriers is an undeniable hazard that threatens the health and lives of all those who have worked on these sea-going vessels over the last 100 years. Asbestos is a heat-resistant, fireproofing, soundproofing and insulating material that was used extensively on aircraft carriers. Though the risks associated with this material have been long known, the military and private operations chose to use this product despite the serious hazards of asbestos exposure to humans.
Asbestos exposure on aircraft carriers has the proven effect of causing serious injury, including asbestos cancer, medically known as mesothelioma. This asbestos cancer and other related diseases can develop years or even decades after asbestos exposure on aircraft carriers.
List of Aircraft Carriers with Asbestos Exposure:
USS America
USS Antietam CV 36 K
USS Antietam CV 36
USS Badoeng Strait CVE 116
USS Bairoko CVE 115
USS Bairoko CVE 115
USS Belleau wood CVL 24
USS Bennington CV 20
USS Bon Homme Richard CVa
USS Boxer CV
USS Bunker CV
USS Cabot CVL 28
USS Constellation CV
USS Coral Sea CV
USS Corregidor CVE 58
USS Sable ix
USS San jacinto CVL
USS Saratoga CV
USS Saratoga CV3
USS Shangri La
USS Cowpens CVL 25
USS Enterprise CV 6
USS Enterprise CVN
USS Essex CV 9
USS Forrestal CV
USS Franklin CV 13
USS Hancock CV 19
USS Hornet CV 12
USS Hornet CV 8
USS Independence C1
USS Independence CVL 22
USS Intrepid CV 11
USS Kearsage CV 33
USS Kearsage CV
USS Kitty Hawk
USS Sicily CVe
USS Sitkoh bay
USS Tarawa CV
USS Ticonderoga CV
USS Valley forge CV
USS Lake Champlain CV 39
USS Langley CV 1
USS Langley CVL 27
USS Lexington CV 16
USS Lexington CV 2
USS Leyte CV 32
USS Midway CV
USS Oriskany CV
USS Phillipine Sea CV
USS Point cruz CVE
USS Princeton CV
USS Princeton CVL
USS Randolph CV
USS Ranger CV
USS Rendova
USS Wasp CV 18
USS Wasp CV 7
USS Wolverine IX 64
USS Yorktown CV 10
USS Yorktown CV 5
