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The Newport News Shipyard, which built the first nuclear submarine in 1960, was among the many manufacturers of ships that used asbestos for insulation, preventing on-board fires but exposing thousands of workers to the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.

The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the first in the nation, was used to build and repair naval vessels until the 1990s, when it was closed. Throughout that time, workers were exposed to asbestos which was used as an insulator to prevent on-board fires and therefore the dangers that it is linked to, including the cancer mesothelioma.

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the largest of its kind in the world, and has built and repaired US Naval ships for as long as it’s been open. Using asbestos as an insulator as was the practice in the construction of most boats throughout the twentieth century the workers at the yard were exposed to elevated risks of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.

Newport News jury hits shipyard supplier with $3 million verdict
A Chicago-area maker of asbestos parts helped cause the death of a Navy sailor, a Newport News jury decides An Illinois maker of asbestos-laden shipboard parts was hit Tuesday with a $2.99 million verdict brought by the spouse of a former Navy sailor who died a year ago of asbestos-related cancer.

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