Escort Carriers and Asbestos

Following is a list of U.S. Escort Carriers commissioned from the 1930s through 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
AVG-1/
ACV-1/
CVE-1
USS Long Island Long Island 1941
ACV-9/
CVE-9/
CVHE-9
USS Bogue Bogue 1942
ACV-11/
CVE-11/
CVHE-11/
AKV-40
USS Card Bogue 1942
AVG-12/
ACV-12/
CVE-12/
CVHE-12
USS Copahee Bogue 1942
ACV-13/
CVE-13/
CVHE-13/
CVU-13/
AKV-41
USS Core Bogue 1942
ACV-16/
CVE-16/
CVHE-16
USS Nassau Bogue 1942
ACV-18/
CVE-18/
CVHE-18
USS Altamaha Bogue 1942
ACV-20/
CVE-20/
CVHE-20
USS Barnes Bogue 1943
ACV-21/
CVE-21
USS Block Island Bogue 1943
ACV-23/
CVE-23/
CVHE-23/
CVU-23/
AKV-42
USS Breton Bogue 1943
ACV-25/
CVE-25/
CVHE-25/
CVU-25/
AKV-43
USS Croatan Bogue 1943
ACV-26/
AO-28/
AVG-26/
CVE-26
USS Sangamon Sangamon 1940
ACV-27/
AO-33/
AVG-27/
CVE-27/
CVHE-27
USS Suwannee Sangamon 1941
ACV-28/
AO-31/
AVG-28/
CVE-28/
CVHE-28
USS Chenango Sangamon 1941
ACV-29/
AO-29/
AVG-29
CVE-29/
CVHE-29
USS Santee Sangamon 1940
AVG-30/
ACV-30/
CVE-30
USS Charger Charger 1942
ACV-31/
CVE-31/
CVHE-31
USS Prince William (Repeat) Bogue 1943
ACV-55/CVE-55 USS Casablanca Casablanca 1943
CVE-56 USS Liscome Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-57/
CVHE-57
USS Coral Sea/USS Anzio Casablanca 1943
CVE-58/CVU-58 USS Corregidor Casablanca Unknown
CVE-59/CVU-59 USS Mission Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-60/CVU-60 USS Guadalcanal Casablanca 1943
CVE-61/CVU-61 USS Manila Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-62/CVU-62 USS Natoma Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-63 USS Midway/USS St. Lo Casablanca 1943
CVE-64/CVU-64 USS Tripoli Casablanca 1943
CVE-65 USS Wake Island Casablanca 1943
CVE-66/CVU-66 USS White Plains Casablanca 1943
CVE-67 USS Solomons Casablanca 1943
CVE-68 USS Kalinin Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-69/
CVHE-69
USS Kasaan Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-70/
CVHE-70
USS Fanshaw Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-71 USS Kitkun Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-72 USS Tulagi Casablanca 1943
CVE-73 USS Gambier Bay Casablanca 1943
CVE-74/
CVU-74/
AKV-24
USS Nehenta Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-75/
CVHE-75/
AKV-25
USS Hoggatt Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-76/
CVU-76/
AKV-26
USS Kadashan Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-77/
CVHE-77/
AKV-27
USS Marcus Island Casablanca 1944
CVE-78/
CVHE-78/
AKV-28
USS Savo Island Casablanca 1944
CVE-79 USS Ommaney Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-80/CVU-80 USS Petrof Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-81/
CVU-81/
AKV-29
USS Rudyerd Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-82/
CVHE-82
USS Saginaw Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-83/CVU-83 USS Sargent Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-84/CVU-84 USS Shamrock Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-85/
CVHE-85
USS Shipley Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-86/
CVU-86/
AKV-30
USS Sitkoh Bay Casablanca Unknown
CVE-87/
CVHE-87
USS Steamer Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-88/CVU-88 USS Cape Esperance Casablanca 1944
CVE-89/
CVU-89/
AKV-31
USS Takanis Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-90/
CVHA-1/
LPH-6
USS Thetis Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-91/CVU-91 USS Makassar Strait Casablanca 1944
CVE-92/CVU-92 USS Windham Bay Casablanca 1944
CVE-93 USS Makin Island Casablanca 1944
CVE-94/
CVU-94/
AKV-32
USS Lunga Point Casablanca 1944
CVE-95 USS Bismacrk Sea Casablanca 1944
CVE-96 USS Salamaua Casablanca 1944
CVE-97/
CVU-97/
AKV-33
USS Hollandia Casablanca 1944
CVE-98/
CVU-98/
AKV-34
USS Kwajalein Casablanca 1944
CVE-99 USS Admiralty Islands Casablanca 1944
CVE-100/
CVU-100/
AKV-35
USS Bougainville Casablanca 1944
CVE-101/
CVU-101/
AKV-36
USS Matanikau Casablanca 1944
CVE-102 USS Attu Casablanca 1944
CVE-103 USS Roi Casablanca 1944
CVE-104/
CVU-104
USS Munda Casablanca 1944
CVE-105/
CVHE-105/
AKV-37
USS Commencement Bay Commencement Bay 1944
CVE-106/
LPH-1/
CVE-106/
AKV-38
USS Block Island Commencement Bay 1944
CVE-107/
AKV-39
USS Gilbert Islands Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-108/
AKV-8
USS Kula Gulf Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-109/
CVHE-109/
AKV-9
USS Cape Gloucester Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-110/
AKV-10
USS Salerno Bay Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-111/
CVHE-111/
AKV-11
USS Vella Gulf Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-112/
AKV-12
USS Siboney Commencement Bay Unknown
CVE-113/
CVHE-113/
AKV-13
USS Puget Sound Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-114/
AKV-14
USS Rendova Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-115/
AKV-15
USS Bairoko Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-116/
AKV-16
USS Badoeng Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-117/
CVHE-117/
AKV-17
USS Saidor Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-118/
AKV-18
USS Sicily Commencement Bay 1946
CVE-119/
AKV-19
USS Point Cruz Commencement Bay Unknown
CVE-120/
AKV-20
USS Mindoro Commencement Bay 1945
CVE-121/
CVHE-121/
AKV-21
USS Rabaul Commencement Bay Unknown
CVE-122/
AKV-22
USS Palau Commencement Bay 1946