
The U.S. Navy’s amphibious ships are designed to deliver large tanks and other heavy equipment onto a beach without the use or piers or cranes. At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy had no ships in its fleet capable of performing this task. Following the outbreak of World War II, however, the Navy built thousands of these ships, helping to deliver tanks, troops and military supplies during the D-Day landing at Normandy Beach and to islands throughout the Pacific theater.
Naval veterans who served aboard naval amphibious ships may have been exposed to asbestos used in parts or insulation onboard these vessels, Asbestos exposure can lead to a number of deadly diseases, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural diseases.
Here is a list of some U.S. Navy amphibious ships which may have been contaminated with asbestos:
Amphibious Assault Command Ships (AGC, LCC)
- USS Adirondack (AGC-15)
- USS Ancon (AGC-4)
- USS Appalachian (AGC-1)
- USS Auburn (AGC-10)
- USS Biscayne (AGC-18)
- USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2)
- USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
- USS Cactoctin (AGC-5)
- USS Eldorado (AGC-11)
- USS Estes (AGC-12)
- USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)
- USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
- USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)
- USS Panamint (AGC-13)
- USS Pocono (AGC-16)
- USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3)
- USS Taconic (AGC-17)
- USS Teton (AGC-14)
- USS Wasatch (AGC-9)
Attack Transports (APA)
- USS Adair (APA-91)
- USS Alpine (APA-92)
- USS Appling (APA-58)
- USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25)
- USS Audrain (APA-59)
- USS Banner (APA-60)
- USS Barnstable (APA-93)
- USS Barrow (APA-61)
- USS Baxter (APA-94)
- USS Bayfield (APA-33)
- USS Berrien (APA-62)
- USS Bladen (APA-63)
- USS Bolivar (APA-34)
- USS Bracken (APA-64)
- USS Briscoe (APA-65)
- USS Brule (APA-66)
- USS Burleigh (APA-95)
- USS Burleson (APA-67)
- USS Butte (APA-68)
- USS Callaway (APA-35)
- USS Cambria (APA-36)
- USS Carlisle (APA-69)
- USS Carteret (APA-70)
- USS Catron (APA-71)
- USS Cavalier (APA-37)
- USS Cecil (APA-96)
- USS Chilton (APA-38)
- USS Clarendon (APA-72)
- USS Clay (APA-39)
- USS Cleburne (APA-73)
- USS Colusa (APA-74)
- USS Cortland (APA-75)
- USS Crenshaw (APA-76)
- USS Crittenden (APA-77)
- USS Cullman (APA-78)
- USS Custer (APA-40)
- USS Dade (APA-99)
- USS Dauphin (APA-97)
- USS Dawson (APA-79)
- USS Doyen (APA-1)
- USS Dutchess (APA-98)
- USS Elkhart (APA-80)
- USS Elmore (APA-42)
- USS Fallon (APA-81)
- USS Fayette (APA-43)
- USS Feland (APA-11)
- USS Fergus (APA-82)
- USS Fillmore (APA-83)
- USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)
- USS Fremont (APA-44)
- USS Fuller (APA-7)
- USS Garrard (APA-84)
- USS Gasconade (APA-85)
- USS Geneva (APA-86)
- USS Gilliam (APA-57)
- USS Goodhue (APA-107)
- USS Goshen (APA-108)
- USS Grafton (APA-109)
- USS Griggs (APA-110)
- USS Grundy (APA-111)
- USS Guilford (APA-112)
- USS Hamblen (APA-114)
- USS Hampton (APA-115)
- USS Hanover (APA-116)
- USS Hansford (APA-106)
- USS Harry Lee (APA-10)
- USS Henrico (APA-45)
- USS Heywood (APA-6)
- USS James O’Hara (APA-90)
- USS John Penn (APA-23)
- USS Knox (APA-46)
- USS Lamar (APA-47)
- USS Leedstown (APA-56)
- USS Leon (APA-48)
- USS McCawley (APA-4)
- USS Mendocino (APA-100)
- USS Monrovia (APA-31)
- USS Montour (APA-101)
- USS Neville (APA-9)
- USS Niagara (APA-87)
- USS President Adams (APA-19)
- USS President Hayes (APA-20)
- USS President Jackson (APA-18)
- USS Presidio (APA-88)
- USS Queens (APA-103)
- USS Riverside (APA-102)
- USS Shelby (APA-105)
- USS Sitka (APA-113)
- USS Sumter (APA-52)
- USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30)
- USS Warren (APA-53)
- USS Wayne (APA-54)
- USS Westmoreland (APA-104)
- USS Windsor (APA-55)
Haskell-class
- USS Allendale (APA-127)
- USS Arenac (APA-128)
- USS Attala (APA-130)
- USS Audubon (APA-149)
- USS Bandera (APA-131)
- USS Barnwell (APA-132)
- USS Beckham (APA-133)
- USS Bergen (APA-150)
- USS Bexar (APA-237)
- USS Bingham (APA-225)
- USS Bland (APA-134)
- USS Bollinger (APA-234)
- USS Bosque (APA-135)
- USS Botetourt (APA-136)
- USS Bottineau (APA-235)
- USS Bowie (APA-137)
- USS Braxton (APA-138)
- USS Broadwater (APA-139)
- USS Bronx (APA-236)
- USS Brookings (APA-140)
- USS Buckingham (APA-141)
- USS Clearfield (APA-142)
- USS Clermont (APA-143)
- USS Clinton (APA-144)
- USS Colbert (APA-145)
- USS Collingsworth (APA-146)
- USS Cottle (APA-147)
- USS Crockett (APA-148)
- USS Dane (APA-238)
- USS Darke (APA-159)
- USS Deuel (APA-160)
- USS Dickens (APA-161)
- USS Drew (APA-162)
- USS Eastland (APA-163)
- USS Edgecombe (APA-164)
- USS Effingham (APA-165)
- USS Fond Du Lac (APA-166)
- USS Freestone (APA-167)
- USS Gage (APA-168)
- USS Gallatin (APA-169)
- USS Glynn (APA-239)
- USS Gosper (APA-170)
- USS Granville (APA-171)
- USS Grimes (APA-172)
- USS Haskell (APA-117)
- USS Hendry (APA-118)
- USS Highlands (APA-119)
- USS Hinsdale (APA-120)
- USS Hocking (APA-121)
- USS Hyde (APA-173)
- USS Jerauld (APA-174)
- USS Karnes (APA-175)
- USS Kenton (APA-122)
- USS Kershaw (APA-176)
- USS Kingsbury (APA-177)
- USS Kittson (APA-123)
- USS La Grange (APA-124)
- USS La Porte (APA-151)
- USS Lander (APA-178)
- USS Lanier (APA-125)
- USS Latimer (APA-152)
- USS Lauderdale (APA-179)
- USS Laurens (APA-153)
- USS Lavaca (APA-180)
- USS Lenawee (APA-195)
- USS Logan (APA-196)
- USS Lowndes (APA-154)
- USS Lubbock (APA-197)
- USS Lycoming (APA-155)
- USS Magoffin (APA-199)
- USS Marathon (APA-200)
- USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA-129)
- USS McCracken (APA-198)
- USS Mellette (APA-156)
- USS Menard (APA-201)
- USS Menifee (APA-202)
- USS Meriwether (APA-203)
- USS Mifflin (APA-207)
- USS Missoula (APA-211)
- USS Montrose (APA-212)
- USS Mountrail (APA-213)
- USS Napa (APA-157)
- USS Natrona (APA-214)
- USS Navarro (APA-215)
- USS Neshoba (APA-216)
- USS New Kent (APA-217)
- USS Newberry (APA-158)
- USS Noble (APA-218)
- USS Oconto (APA-187)
- USS Okaloosa (APA-219)
- USS Okanogan (APA-220)
- USS Olmstead (APA-188)
- USS Oneida (APA-221)
- USS Oxford (APA-189)
- USS Pickaway (APA-222)
- USS Pickens (APA-190)
- USS Pitt (APA-223)
- USS Pondera (APA-191)
- USS Randall (APA-224)
- USS Rawlins (APA-226)
- USS Renville (APA-227)
- USS Rockbridge (APA-228)
- USS Rockingham (APA-229)
- USS Rockwall (APA-230)
- USS Rutland (APA-192)
- USS Saint Croix (APA-231)
- USS San Saba (APA-232)
- USS Sanborn (APA-193)
- USS Sandoval (APA-194)
- USS Sarasota (APA-204)
- USS Sevier (APA-233)
- USS Sherburne (APA-205)
- USS Sibley (APA-206)
- USS St. Mary’s (APA-126)
- USS Talladega (APA-208)
- USS Tazewell (APA-209)
- USS Telfair (APA-210)
Paul Revere-class
- USS Paul Revere (APA-248)
Amphibious Transports (LPA)
- USS Chilton (LPA-38)
- USS Clinton (LPA-144)
- USS Collingsworth (LPA-146)
- USS Hyde (LPA-173)
- USS Kingsbury (LPA-177)
- USS Lander (LPA-178)
- USS Lauderdale (LPA-179)
- USS Lowndes (LPA-154)
- USS Magoffin (LPA-199)
- USS Napa (LPA-157)
- USS Olmstead (LPA-188)
- USS Paul Revere (LPA-248)
- USS Pickaway (LPA-222)
- USS Pitt (LPA-223)
- USS Rockbridge (LPA-228)
- USS Rockingham (LPA-229)
- USS Sandoval (LPA-194)
- USS Talladega (LPA-208)
Self-Propelled Barracks Ships (APB)
- USS Accomac (APB-49)
- USS Benawah (APB-35)
- USS Colleton (APB-36)
- USS Dorchester (APB-46)
- USS DuPage (APB-51)
- USS Mercer (APB-39)
High-speed Transports (APD)
- USS Amesbury (APD-46)
- USS Balduck (APD-132)
- USS Barber (APD-57)
- USS Barr (APD-39)
- USS Barry (APD-29)
- USS Bates (APD-47)
- USS Begor (APD-127)
- USS Belknap (APD-34)
- USS Blessman (APD-48)
- USS Bowers (APD-40)
- USS Bray (APD-139)
- USS Brooks (APD-10)
- USS Bull (APD-78)
- USS Bunch (APD-79)
- USS Burdo (APD-133)
- USS Burke (APD-65)
- USS Carpellotti (APD-136)
- USS Cavallaro (APD-128)
- USS Charles Lawrence (APD-37)
- USS Chase (APD-54)
- USS Clemson (APD-31)
- USS Cofer (APD-62)
- USS Colhoun (APD-2)
- USS Cook (APD-130)
- USS Crosby (APD-17)
- USS Daniel T. Griffin (APD-38)
- USS Dent (APD-9)
- USS Dickerson (APD-21)
- USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)
- USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)
- USS England (APD-41)
- USS Enright (APD-66)
- USS Frament (APD-77)
- USS Gantner (APD-42)
- USS George E. Badger (APD-33)
- USS George W. Ingram (APD-43)
- USS Gilmer (APD-11)
- USS Goldsborough (APD-32)
- USS Gosselin (APD-126)
- USS Greene (APD-36)
- USS Gregory (APD-3)
- USS Haines (APD-84)
- USS Hayter (APD-80)
- USS Herbert (APD-22)
- USS Hopping (APD-51)
- USS Hubbard (APD-53)
- USS Hulbert (APD-28)
- USS Humphreys (APD-12)
- USS Ira Jeffery (APD-44)
- USS Joseph E. Campbell (APD-49)
- USS Kane (APD-18)
- USS Kephart (APD-61)
- USS Kilty (APD-15)
- USS Kleinsmith (APD-134)
- USS Laning (APD-55)
- USS Lee Fox (APD-45)
- USS Liddle (APD-60)
- USS Little (APD-4)
- USS Lloyd (APD-63)
- USS Loy (APD-56)
- USS Maloy (APD-83)
- USS Manley (APD-1)
- USS McFarland (APD-26)
- USS McKean (APD-5)
- USS Newman (APD-59)
- USS Noa (APD-24)
- USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35)
- USS Overton (APD-23)
- USS Rathburne (APD-25)
- USS Reeves (APD-52)
- USS Roper (APD-20)
- USS Runels (APD-85)
- USS Sands (APD-13)
- USS Schley (APD-14)
- USS Schmitt (APD-76)
- USS Scott (APD-64)
- USS Sims (APD-50)
- USS Stringham (APD-6)
- USS Talbot (APD-7)
- USS Tattnall (APD-19)
- USS Tatum (APD-81)
- USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)
- USS Ward (APD-16)
- USS Waters (APD-8)
- USS Weiss (APD-135)
- USS Williamson (APD-27)
- USS Witter (APD-58)
Small Amphibious Transports (LPR)
- USS Balduck (LPR-132)
- USS Begor (LPR-127)
- USS Weiss (LPR-135)
Attack Cargo Ships (AKA)
- USS Achernar (AKA-53)
- USS Alamance (AKA-75)
- USS Alchiba (AKA-6)
- USS Alcyone (AKA-7)
- USS Algol (AKA-54)
- USS Algorab (AKA-8)
- USS Alhena (AKA-9)
- USS Almaack (AKA-10)
- USS Alshain (AKA-55)
- USS Andromeda (AKA-15)
- USS Aquarius (AKA-16)
- USS Arcturus (AKA-1)
- USS Arneb (AKA-56)
- USS Artemis (AKA-21)
- USS Athene (AKA-22)
- USS Aurelia (AKA-23)
- USS Bellatrix (AKA-3)
- USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11)
- USS Birgit (AKA-24)
- USS Capricornus (AKA-57)
- USS Caswell (AKA-72)
- USS Centaurus (AKA-17)
- USS Cepheus (AKA-18)
- USS Chara (AKA-58)
- USS Charleston (AKA-113)
- USS Circe (AKA-25)
- USS Corvus (AKA-26)
- USS Devosa (AKA-27)
- USS Diphda (AKA-59)
- USS Duplin (AKA-87)
- USS Durham (AKA-114)
- USS El Paso (AKA-117)
- USS Electra (AKA-4)
- USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5)
- USS Hydrus (AKA-28)
- USS Lacerta (AKA-29)
- USS Lenoir (AKA-74)
- USS Leo (AKA-60)
- USS Libra (AKA-12)
- USS Lumen (AKA-30)
- USS Marquette (AKA-95)
- USS Mathews (AKA-96)
- USS Medea (AKA-31)
- USS Mellena (AKA-32)
- USS Merrick (AKA-97)
- USS Mobile (AKA-115)
- USS Montague (AKA-98)
- USS Muliphen (AKA-61)
- USS New Hanover (AKA-73)
- USS Oberon (AKA-14)
- USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100)
- USS Ostara (AKA-33)
- USS Ottawa (AKA-101)
- USS Pamina (AKA-34)
- USS Polana (AKA-35)
- USS Prentiss (AKA-102)
- USS Procyon (AKA-2)
- USS Rankin (AKA-103)
- USS Renate (AKA-36)
- USS Rolette (AKA-99)
- USS Roxane (AKA-37)
- USS San Joaquin (AKA-109)
- USS Sappho (AKA-38)
- USS Sarita (AKA-39)
- USS Scania (AKA-40)
- USS Sedgwick (AKA-110)
- USS Selinur (AKA-41)
- USS Seminole (AKA-104)
- USS Sheliak (AKA-62)
- USS Shoshone (AKA-65)
- USS Sidonia (AKA-42)
- USS Sirona (AKA-43)
- USS Skagit (AKA-105)
- USS Southampton (AKA-66)
- USS St. Louis (AKA-116)
- USS Starr (AKA-67)
- USS Stokes (AKA-68)
- USS Suffolk (AKA-69)
- USS Sylvania (AKA-44)
- USS Tabora (AKA-45)
- USS Tate (AKA-70)
- USS Theenim (AKA-63)
- USS Thuban (AKA-19)
- USS Titania (AKA-13)
- USS Todd (AKA-71)
- USS Tolland (AKA-64)
- USS Torrance (AKA-76)
- USS Towner (AKA-77)
- USS Trego (AKA-78)
- USS Troilus (AKA-46)
- USS Trousdale (AKA-79)
- USS Tulare (AKA-112)
- USS Turandot (AKA-47)
- USS Tyrrell (AKA-80)
- USS Union (AKA-106)
- USS Uvalde (AKA-88)
- USS Valencia (AKA-81)
- USS Valeria (AKA-48)
- USS Vanadis (AKA-49)
- USS Venango (AKA-82)
- USS Veritas (AKA-50)
- USS Vermilion (AKA-107)
- USS Vinton (AKA-83)
- USS Virgo (AKA-20)
- USS Warrick (AKA-89)
- USS Washburn (AKA-108)
- USS Waukesha (AKA-84)
- USS Wheatland (AKA-85)
- USS Whiteside (AKA-90)
- USS Whitfield (AKA-111)
- USS Whitley (AKA-91)
- USS Winston (AKA-94)
- USS Woodford (AKA-86)
- USS Wyandot (AKA-92)
- USS Xenia (AKA-51)
- USS Yancey (AKA-93)
- USS Zenobia (AKA-52)
Amphibious Cargo Ships (LKA)
- USS Algol (LKA-54)
- USS Arneb (LKA-56)
- USS Capricornus (LKA-57)
- USS Charleston (LKA-113)
- USS Durham (LKA-114)
- USS El Paso (LKA-117)
- USS Libra (LKA-12)
- USS Merrick (LKA-97)
- USS Mobile (LKA-115)
- USS Muliphen (LKA-61)
- USS Rankin (LKA-103)
- USS Seminole (LKA-104)
- USS St. Louis (LKA-116)
- USS Thuban (LKA-19)
- USS Tulare (LKA-112)
- USS Union (LKA-106)
- USS Vermilion (LKA-107)
- USS Washburn (LKA-108)
- USS Winston (LKA-94)
- USS Yancey (LKA-93)
Amphibious Assault Ships (General Purpose) (LHA)
- USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3)
- USS Nassau (LHA-4)
- USS Peleliu (LHA-5)
- USS Saipan (LHA-2)
- USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
Amphibious Assault Ships (Multi-Purpose) (LHD)
- USS Bataan (LHD-5)
- USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)
- USS Boxer (LHD-4)
- USS Essex (LHD-2)
- USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
- USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)
- USS Makin Island (LHD-8)
- USS Wasp (LHD-1)
Landing Platform Docks (LPD)
Austin Class
- USS Austin (LPD-4)
- USS Duluth (LPD-6)
- USS Ogden (LPD-5)
Cleveland subclass
- USS Cleveland (LPD-7)
- USS Coronado (LPD-11)
- USS Denver (LPD-9)
- USS Dubuque (LPD-8)
- USS Juneau (LPD-10)
- USS Nashville (LPD-13)
- USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
Raleigh Class
- USS LaSalle (LPD-3)
- USS Raleigh (LPD-1)
- USS Vancouver (LPD-2)
San Antonio Class
- USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
- USS Arlington (LPD-24)
- USS Green Bay (LPD-20)
- USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)
- USS New Orleans (LPD-18)
- USS New York (LPD-21)
- USS San Antonio (LPD-17)
- USS San Diego (LPD-22)
- USS Somerset (LPD-25)
Trenton subclass
- USS Ponce (LPD-15)
- USS Trenton (LPD-14)
Landing Platform Helicopters (LPH)
- USS Block Island (CVE-106)
- USS Boxer (LPH-4)
- USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7)
- USS Guam (LPH-9)
- USS Inchon (LPH-12)
- USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
- USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
- USS Okinawa (LPH-3)
- USS Princeton (LPH-5)
- USS Thetis Bay (LPH-6)
- USS Tripoli (LPH-10)
- USS Valley Forge (LPH-8)
Landing Ship Docks (LSD)
- USS Alamo (LSD-33)
- USS Anchorage (LSD-36)
- USS Ashland (LSD-1)
- USS Ashland (LSD-48)
- USS Cabildo (LSD-16)
- USS Carter Hall (LSD-3)
- USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
- USS Comstock (LSD-45)
- USS Donner (LSD-20)
- USS Epping Forest (LSD-4)
- USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
- USS Fort Snelling (LSD-23) — converted to USNS Taurus (T-AK-273)
- USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30)
- USS Germantown (LSD-42)
- USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44)
- USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5)
- USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49)
- USS Hermitage (LSD-34)
- USS Monticello (LSD-35)
- USS Oak Hill (LSD-51)
- USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)
- USS Pensacola (LSD-38)
- USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29)
- USS Point Defiance (LSD-31)
- USS Portland (LSD-37)
- USS Rushmore (LSD-47)
- USS San Marcos (LSD-25)
- USS Shadwell (LSD-15)
- USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)
- USS Thomaston (LSD-28)
- USS Tortuga (LSD-26)
- USS Tortuga (LSD-46)
- USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41)
Vehicle Landing Ships (LSV)
- USNS Comet (T-LSV-7)
- USNS Sea Lift (T-LSV-9)
- USNS Taurus (T-LSV-8)
- USS Catskill (LSV-1)
- USS Monitor (LSV-5)
- USS Montauk (LSV-6)
- USS Osage (LSV-3)
- USS Ozark (LSV-2)
- USS Saugus (LSV-4)
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