Submarines of the United States Navy: (Post-World War II Era)

Following is a list of U.S. Submarines 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
SSBN-602	USS Abraham Lincoln	George Washington	1961
SSBN-617	USS Alexander Hamilton	Lafayette	1963
SSBN-619	USS Andrew Jackson	Lafayette	1963
SSN-678	USS Archerfish	Sturgeon	1971
SSN-648	USS Aspro	Sturgeon	1969
SSN-596	USS Barb	Permit	1963
SS-580	USS Barbel	Barbel	1959
SS-550	USS Barracuda	Barracuda	1951
SS-551	USS Bass	Barracuda	1952
SSN-681	USS Batfish	Sturgeon	1972
SSBN-640	USS Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	1965
SSN-667	USS Bergall	Sturgeon	1969
SSN-676	USS Billfish	Sturgeon	1971
SS-581	USS Blueback	Barbel	1959
SSN-675	USS Bluefish	Sturgeon	1971
SS-582	USS Bonefish	Barbel	1959
SS-552	USS Bonita	Barracuda	1952
SSBN-633	USS Casimir Pulaski	Lafayette	1964
SSN-684	USS Cavalla	Sturgeon	1974
SSN-607	USS Dace	Thresher	1964
SSBN-629	USS Daniel Boone	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-626	USS Daniel Webster	Lafayette	1964
SS-576	USS Darter	Darter	1956
SSN-677	USS Drum	Sturgeon	1972
SSBN-608/SSN-608	USS Ethan Allen	Ethan Allen	1961
SSN-670	USS Finback	Sturgeon	1970
SSN-673	USS Flying Fish	Sturgeon	1970
SSBN-657	USS Francis Scott Key	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSN-615	USS Gato	Thresher	1967
SSBN-643	USS George Bancroft	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSBN-654	USS George C. Marshall	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSBN-598	USS George Washington	George Washington	1959
SSBN-656	USS George Washington Carver	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSN-685	USS Glenard P. Lipscomb	Glenard P. Lipscomb	1974
SSG-574/APSS-574	USS Grayback	Grayback	1958
SSN-646	USS Grayling	Sturgeon	1969
SSN-614	USS Greenling	Thresher	1967
SSG-577	USS Growler	Grayback	1958
SSN-612	USS Guardfish	Thresher	1966
SS-567/AGSS-567/SSAG-567	USS Gudgeon	Tang	1952
SSN-665	USS Guitarro	Sturgeon	1972
SSN-662	USS Gurnard	Sturgeon	1968
SSN-604	USS Haddo	Thresher	1964
SSN-621	USS Haddock	Thresher	1967
SSN-663	USS Hammerhead	Sturgeon	1968
SS-568	USS Harder	Tang	1952
SSN-666	USS Hawkbill	Sturgeon	1971
SSBN-625	USS Henry Clay	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-655	USS Henry L. Stimson	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSN-605	USS Jack	Thresher	1967
SSBN-645/SSN-645	USS James K. Polk	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSBN-627	USS James Madison	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-622	USS James Monroe	Lafayette	1963
SSBN-620	USS John Adams	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-630	USS John C. Calhoun	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-611/SSN-611	USS John Marshall	Ethan Allen	1962
SSBN-642/SSN-642	USS Kamechameha	Benjamin Franklin	1965
SSN-686	USS L. Mendel Rivers	Sturgeon	1973
SSBN-616	USS Lafayette	Lafayette	1963
SSN-661	USS Lapon	Sturgeon	1967
SSBN-644	USS Lewis & Clark	Benjamin Franklin	1965
SSBN-658	USS Mariano G. Vallejo	Benjamin Franklin	1966
SSN-671	USS Narwhal	Sturgeon	1969
SSBN-623	USS Nathan Hale	Lafayette	1963
SSBN-636	USS Nathanael Greene	Lafayette	1964
SSN-571	USS Nautilus	Nautilus	1954
SSN-683	USS Parche	Sturgeon	1974
SSN-650	USS Pargo	Sturgeon	1968
SSBN-599/SSN-599	USS Patrick Henry	George Washington	1960
SSN-594	USS Permit	Thresher	1962
SSN-672	USS Pintado	Sturgeon	1971
SSN-595	USS Plunger	Thresher	1962
SSN-647	USS Pogy	Sturgeon	1964
SSN-603	USS Pollack	Thresher	1964
SSN-652	USS Puffer	Sturgeon	1969
SSN-651	USS Queenfish	Sturgeon	1966
SSN-653	USS Ray	Sturgeon	1967
SSN-687	USS Richard B. Russell	Sturgeon	1975
SSBN-601	USS Robert E. Lee	George Washington	1960
SSR-572/SS-572	USS Sailfish	Sailfish	1956
SSR-573/SS-573/AGSS-573	USS Salmon	Sailfish	1956
SSBN-609/SSN-609	USS Sam Houston	Ethan Allen	1962
SSBN-635	USS Sam Rayburn	Lafayette	1964
SSN-660	USS Sand Lance	Sturgeon	1971
SSN-583	USS Sargo	Skate	1958
SSN-588	USS Scamp	Skipjack	1961
SSN-590	USS Sculpin	Skipjack	1961
SSN-664	USS Sea Devil	Sturgeon	1968
SSN-575	USS Sea Wolf	Sea Wolf	1957
SSN-584	USS Seadragon	Skate	1959
SSN-669	USS Seahorse	Sturgeon	1969
SSN-591	USS Shark	Skipjack	1961
SSN-679	USS Silversides	Sturgeon	1972
SSBN-641	USS Simon Bolivar	Benjamin Franklin	1965
SSN-578	USS Skate	Skate	1957
SSN-585	USS Skipjack	Skipjack	1959
SSN-592	USS Snook	Skipjack	1961
SSN-668	USS Spadefish	Sturgeon	1969
SSBN-634	USS Stonewall Jackson	Lafayette	1964
SSN-637	USS Sturgeon	Sturgeon	1967
SSN-649	USS Sunfish	Sturgeon	1969
SSN-579	USS Swordfish	Skate	1958
SS-563	USS Tang	Tang	1951
SSN-639	USS Tautog	Sturgeon	1968
SSBN-628	USS Tecumseh	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-600/SSN-600	USS Theodore Roosevelt	George Washington	1961
SSBN-610/SSN-610	USS Thomas A. Edison	Ethan Allen	1962
SSBN-618/SSN-618	USS Thomas Jefferson	Ethan Allen	1963
SSN-606	USS Tinosa	Thresher	1964
SSN-674	USS Trepang	Sturgeon	1970
SS-564	USS Trigger	Tang	1952
SSRN-586/SSN-586	USS Triton	Triton	1959
SS-566	USS Trout	Tang	1952
SSN-597	USS Tullibee	Tullibee	1960
SSN-682	USS Tunny	Sturgeon	1974
SSBN-631	USS Ulysses S. Grant	Lafayette	1964
SSBN-632	USS Von Steuben	Lafayette	1964
SS-565	USS Wahoo	Tang	1952
SSN-638	USS Whale	Sturgeon	1968
SSBN-659	USS Will Rogers	Benjamin Franklin	1967
SSN-680	USS William H. Bates	Sturgeon	1973
SSBN-624	USS Woodrow Wilson	Lafayette	1963

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