...ng the 20th century, with peak employment during World War II and the Cold War. Asbestos was used extensively in ship construction, repair, and overhaul o
...0 to 50 years, workers exposed during the WWII shipbuilding surge and Cold War-era naval operations are still being diagnosed today.<ref name="nps_shipbui
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...riers including both USS Lexington vessels, and 71 destroyers during World War I alone—more than all other U.S. shipyards combined.
|fact3=Peak employment reached 32,000 workers during World War II
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...ed 22 vessels and gained prominence for refitting USS Constitution for the War of 1812; the Naval Gun Factory era (1886-1961) when it served as the manufa
At its World War II peak as the world's largest naval ordnance plant, the facility employed over 25,000 workers w
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..., military asbestos veterans, veteran mesothelioma, WWII asbestos, Vietnam War asbestos, PACT Act mesothelioma, VA benefits mesothelioma, military branch
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...asbestos-containing materials].<ref name="va-asbestos" /> During World War II, the facility reached peak employment of 46,000 direct workers and supervis
...llation following the strategic imperative created by the Mexican-American War and the California Gold Rush. The Navy purchased 956 acres for $83,491 on J
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...occupational health disasters.<ref name="cdc-asbestos" /> During World War II, the company operated the largest shipbuilding enterprise in American histo
...nting one-fifth of America's entire two-ocean naval fleet during World War II
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...e in 1996, this historic facility constructed 53 warships during World War II alone while employing over 47,695 civilian workers at peak production, with
...ing operations spanning from the 1880s through the 1980s. During World War II, when asbestos use reached its peak, workers handled materials containing u
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...July 1943, operating three shifts daily to construct 253 warships for the war effort.<ref name="mlc_charleston" /><ref name="va_asbestos" /> This period
...ivity with employment hovering around 500 workers through the 1910s. World War I brought the first major expansion, with employment surging to 5,600 worke
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...oth USS Enterprise vessels — the most decorated American ship of World War II (CV-6) and America's first nuclear carrier (CVN-65) — along with every subs
...wartime employment || 31,000 workers across three shifts during World War II<ref name="mlc-newport" />
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* '''Peak wartime scale''' — Employment surged to 26,000 during World War II, making Avondale Louisiana's largest private employer
| Peak employment || 26,000 workers during World War II
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...mped approximately $105 million in wages into the local economy during the war years.
|fact2=Peak employment reached 16,000 workers during World War II
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...in 1944, during World War II, when asbestos production was surging for the war effort.<ref name="ati_minutes" /> It functioned as the trade association fo
Francis J. Wakem was a Yale-educated World War I veteran who spent thirty-six years at Johns-Manville, rising to Vice Pres
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...rkers to asbestos-laden materials.<ref name="mlc-navy" /> During World War II alone, the shipyard repaired over 7,000 vessels, with workers stripping dam
...of the estimated 90 days, sending her to Midway where she helped turn the war's tide.
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|description=Comprehensive guide to asbestos exposure during World War II (1939-1945). 4.5 million shipyard workers, Navy fleet expanded from 394 to
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...ined up to 900 tons of asbestos, compared to approximately 300 tons in pre-war commercial vessels<ref name="dandell-risk" />
* '''Women comprised 25% of workforce''' — Compared to under 5% in pre-war shipyards, Kaiser's female workforce faced the same asbestos exposure as ma
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...ounded in 1767, the facility employed over 42,000 workers during World War II who constructed and repaired nearly 7,000 vessels — most containing extensi
| 42,000-43,000 workers during World War II (1941-1945)
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|title=Korean War Asbestos Exposure: Cold Weather Equipment, Reactivated WWII Gear & Veteran
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...tructed over 425 ships including 245 military vessels, with each World War II destroyer containing 85,000-90,000 pounds of asbestos insulation spread thr
During World War II, BIW employed 12,000 workers including 1,600 women, producing one destroyer
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...h facilities spanning both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. During World War II, Todd employed 57,000 workers at peak, building over 1,000 vessels includin
...where the USS Monitor's revolutionary engines were built during the Civil War.<ref name="mlc-todd" />
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...yard revolutionized global shipbuilding with the SS Exchequer in 1940, the world's first ship with an all-welded steel hull, while simultaneously creating i
...r, revolutionizing global shipbuilding with the SS Exchequer in 1940 — the world's first ship with an all-welded steel hull. This innovation eliminated trad
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