Asbestos on Navy Destroyers: Q-Z

Destroyers of the United States Navy (World War II Era)

Following is a list of U.S. Destroyers of the World War II era (ships that were lost are not listed). Many of these ships were decommissioned after the war, however, many remained on active duty into the 1970s. These ships contained a variety of asbestos-containing products. Exposure to these products can cause asbestos-related diseases including pleural disease, asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Hull Number	Name	Class	Year Commissioned
DD-490/DMS-32	USS Quick	Gleaves	1942
DD-446/DDE-446	USS Radford	Fletcher	1942
DD-688	USS Remey	Fletcher	1943
DD-499/DDE-499	USS Renshaw	Fletcher	1942
DD-820	USS Rich	Gearing	1946
DD-786	USS Richard B. Anderson	Gearing	1945
DD-849	USS Richard E. Kraus	Gearing	1946
DD-664	USS Richard P. Leary	Fletcher	1944
DD-500	USS Ringgold	Fletcher	1942
DD-827	USS Robert A. Owens	Gearing	1949
DD-822	USS Robert H. McCard	Gearing	1946
DD-735/DM-23/MMD-23	USS Robert H. Smith	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-781	USS Robert K. Huntington	Allen M. Sumner	1945
DD-847	USS Robert L. Wilson	Gearing	1946
DD-562	USS Robinson	Fletcher	1944
DD-456/DMS-21	USS Rodman	Gleaves	1942
DD-876/DDR-876	USS Rogers	Gearing	1945
DD-804	USS Rooks	Fletcher	1944
DD-563	USS Ross	Fletcher	1944
DD-782	USS Rowan	Gearing	1945
DD-564	USS Rowe	Fletcher	1944
DD-851	USS Rupertus	Gearing	1946
DD-823	USS Samuel B. Roberts	Gearing	1946
DD-747	USS Samuel N. Moore	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-837	USS Sarsfield	Gearing	1945
DD-626	USS Satterlee	Gleaves	1943
DD-465/DDE-465	USS Saufley	Fletcher	1942
DD-501	USS Schroeder	Fletcher	1943
DD-737/DM-25/MMD-25	USS Shannon	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-750/DM-30/MMD-30	USS Shea	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-790	USS Shelton	Gearing	1946
DD-596	USS Shields	Fletcher	1945
DD-639	USS Shubrick	Gleaves	1943
DD-643	USS Sigourney	Fletcher	1943
DD-502	USS Sigsbee	Fletcher	1943
DD-565	USS Smalley	Fletcher	1944
DD-707	USS Soley	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-743/DDR-743	USS Southerland	Gearing	1944
DD-577/DDE-577	USS Sproston	Fletcher	1943
DD-478	USS Stanly	Fletcher	1942
DD-863/DDR-863	USS Steinaker	Gearing	1945
DD-644	USS Stembel	Fletcher	1943
DD-538	USS Stephen Potter	Fletcher	1943
DD-479	USS Stevens	Fletcher	1943
DD-645	USS Stevenson	Gleaves	1942
DD-888/DDR-888	USS Stickell	Gearing	1945
DD-683	USS Stockham	Fletcher	1944
DD-646	USS Stockton	Gleaves	1943
DD-566	USS Stoddard	Fletcher	1944
DD-780	USS Stormes	Allen M. Sumner	1945
DD-867	USS Stribling	Gearing	1945
DD-758	USS Strong	Allen M. Sumner	1945
DD-443	USS Swanson	Gleaves	1941
DD-746	USS Taussig	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-468/DDE-468	USS Taylor	Fletcher	1942
DD-513	USS Terry	Fletcher	1943
DD-514	USS Thatcher	Fletcher	1943
DD-537	USS The Sullivans	Fletcher	1943
DD-717	USS Theodore E. Chandler	Gearing	1946
DD-736/DM-24/MMD-24	USS Thomas E. Frazier	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-627/DMS-28	USS Thompson	Gleaves	1943
DD-647	USS Thorn	Gleaves	1943
DD-530	USS Thrathen	Fletcher	1943
DD-641	USS Tillman	Gleaves	1942
DD-828/EDD-828/AG-152	USS Timmerman	Gearing	1952
DD-539	USS Tingey	Fletcher	1943
DD-740/DM-28/MMD-28	USS Tolman	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-834/DDR-834	USS Turner	Gearing	1945
DD-540	USS Twining	Fletcher	1943
DD-687	USS Uhlmann	Fletcher	1943
DD-656	USS Van Valkenburgh	Fletcher	1944
DD-878/DDR-878	USS Vesole	Gearing	1945
DD-862	USS Vogelgesang	Gearing	1945
DD-689	USS Wadleigh	Fletcher	1943
DD-516	USS Wadsworth	Fletcher	1943
DD-699	USS Waldron	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-723	USS Walke	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-517	USS Walker	Fletcher	1943
DD-703	USS Wallace L. Lind	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-466/DDE-466	USS Waller	Fletcher	1942
DD-843	USS Warrington	Gearing	1945
DD-567	USS Watts	Fletcher	1944
DD-684	USS Wedderburn	Fletcher	1944
DD-628	USS Welles	Gleaves	1943
DD-578	USS Wickes	Fletcher	1943
DD-597	USS Wiley	Fletcher	1945
DD-441	USS Wilkes	Gleaves	1941
DD-775	USS Willard Keith	Allen M. Sumner	1944
DD-763	USS William C. Lawe	Gearing	1946
DD-715/DDR-715	USS William M. Wood	Gearing	1945
DD-714/DDR-714	USS William R. Rush	Gearing	1945
DD-716	USS Wiltsie	Gearing	1946
DD-848	USS Witek	Gearing	1946
DD-460	USS Woodworth	Benson	1942
DD-437	USS Woolsey	Gleaves	1941
DD-568	USS Wren	Fletcher	1944
DD-541	USS Yarnall	Fletcher	1943
DD-580	USS Young	Fletcher	1943
DD-777	USS Zellars	Allen M. Sumner	1944

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