Asbestos on Navy Destroyers Post WWII

Destroyer Escorts of the United States Navy (Post-World War II Era)

Following is a list of U.S. Destroyer Escorts of the post-World War II era. 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
DE/FF-1090	USS Ainsworth	Knox	1973
DE/FF-1050	USS Albert David	Garcia	1968
DE/FF-1081	USS Aylwin	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1071	USS Badger	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1069	USS Bagley	Knox	1972
DE/FF-1088	USS Barbey	Knox	1972
DE-1025	USS Bauer	Courtney	1957
DE/FF-1072	USS Blakely	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1079	USS Bowen	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1041	USS Bradley	Garcia	1965
DE/FF-1086	USS Brewton	Knox	1972
DE-1024	USS Bridget	Courtney	1957
DE-1037	USS Bronstein	Bronstein	1963
DE/FF-1044	USS Brumby	Garcia	1965
DE/FF-1093	USS Capodanno	Knox	1973
DE-1035	USS Charles Berry	Claud Jones	1959
DE-1033	USS Claud Jones	Claud Jones	1959
DE/FF-1056	USS Connole	Knox	1969
DE/FF-1083	USS Cook	Knox	1971
DE-1021	USS Courtney	Dealey	1956
DE-1014	USS Cromwell	Dealey	1954
DE/FF-1045	USS Davidson	Garcia	1965
DE-1006	USS Dealey	Dealey	1954
DE/FF-1085	USS Donald B. Beary	Knox	1972
DE/FF-1070	USS Downes	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1043	USS Edward McDonnell	Garcia	1965
DE/FF-1082	USS Elmer Montgomery	Knox	1971
DE-1023	USS Evans	Courtney	1957
DE/FF-1076	USS Fanning	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1067	USS Francis Hammond	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1040	USS Garcia	Garcia	1964
AGDE-1/FF-1098/AGFF-1	USS Glover	Glover	1965
DE-FF-1054	USS Gray	Knox	1970
DE-1015	USS Hammerberg	Dealey	1955
DE/FF-1074	USS Harold E. Holt	Knox	1971
DE-1029	USS Hartley	Dealey	1957
DE/FF-1055	USS Hepburn	Knox	1969
DE-1026	USS Hooper	Courtney	1958
DE/FF-1089	USS Jesse L. Brown	Knox	1973
DE-1034	USS John R. Perry	Claud Jones	1959
DE-1027	USS John Willis	Courtney	1957
DE/FF-1078	USS Joseph Hewes	Knox	1971
DE-1030	USS Joseph K. Taussig	Dealey	1957
DE/FF-1087	USS Kirk	Knox	1972
DE/FF-1052	USS Knox	Knox	1969
DE/FF-1049	USS Koelsch	Garcia	1967
DE/FF-1060	USS Lang	Knox	1970
DE-1022	USS Lester	Courtney	1957
DE/FF-1064	USS Lockwood	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1066	USS Marvin Shields	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1084	USS McCandless	Knox	1972
DE-1038	USS McCloy	Bronstein	1963
DE-1036	USS McMorris	Claud Jones	1960
DE/FF-1058	USS Meyerkord	Knox	1969
DE/FF-1091	USS Miller	Knox	1973
DE/FF-1097	USS Moinester	Knox	1974
DE/FF-1051	USS O’Callahan	Garcia	1968
DE/FF-1077	USS Ouellet	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1061	USS Patterson	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1080	USS Paul	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1094	USS Pharris	Knox	1974
DE/FF-1057	USS Rathburne	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1063	USS Reasoner	Knox	1971
DE/FF-1053	USS Roark	Knox	1969
DE/FF-1073	USS Robert E. Peary	Knox	1972
DE/FF-1048	USS Sample	Garcia	1968
DE/FF-1065	USS Stein	Knox	1972
DE/FF-1092	USS Thomas C. Hart	Knox	1973
DE/FF-1075	USS Trippe	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1095	USS Truett	Knox	1974
DE/FF-1096	USS Valdez	Knox	1974
DE-1028	USS Van Voorhis	Courtney	1957
DE/FF-1047	USS Voge	Garcia	1966
DE/FF-1068	USS Vreeland	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1059	USS W. S. Sims	Knox	1970
DE/FF-1062	USS Whipple	Knox	1970

Guided Missile Destroyer Escorts

Hull Number	Name	Class	Year Commissioned
DEG-1/FFG-1	USS Brooke	Brooke	1966
DEG-6/FFG-6	USS Julius A. Furer	Brooke	1967
DEG-2/FFG-2	USS Ramsey	Brooke	1967
DEG-5/FFG-5	USS Richard L. Page	Brooke	1967
DEG-3/FFG-3	USS Schofield	Brooke	1968
DEG-4/FFG-4	USS Talbot	Brooke	1967

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Asbestos on Navy Destroyers Post WWII

Destroyer Escorts of the United States Navy (Post-World War II Era)

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