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Long Beach Naval Shipyard

Closed in 1997, the Long Beach Naval Shipyard was a shipbuilding facility operated by the Navy. The Long Beach Naval Shipyard was considered to be the most efficient and cost-effective shipyard operated by the Navy.

The Long Beach Naval Shipyard was officially established in 1943, as the U.S. Naval Dry Docks at Roosevelt Base in California. Two years after its inception as a Naval shipbuilding facility, the Naval Dry Docks were renamed Terminal Island Naval Facility. Three years later, in 1948, the facility was designated with the name Long Beach Naval Shipyard.

According to government authorities, Long Beach Naval Shipyard was vital to the Navy's military in repairing and building Naval ships. The facility was equipped with the space and technology to perform all of the functions necessary to build and repair non-nuclear ships, including rigging, electrical work, insulating, lagging, sandblasting, welding, woodworking, pipe fitting, and other work pertaining to the repair of Navy ships.

During the height of its usage, the Long Beach Naval Shipyard encompassed more than 200 Navy-owned acres and employed more than 17,000 thousand workers in its 17 variously equipped workstations and zones.

The United States' commencement of action in the early years of World War II brought a dire need for ships, resulting in a huge boom for the shipbuilding industry. At this time, with such a great need for quick manufacture, asbestos became a popular material for use in the production and repair of these ships built at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and similar facilities. Asbestos was a highly sought-after material because it was easily acquired, cheap, and fireproof.

As scientists and reseachers have discovered, asbestos is a carcinogen, causing the development of mesothelioma, lung cancer, and many other cancers when workers are exposed to its friable fibers.

It is estimated that more than 100,000 shipyard workers (employed during the World War II years) died as the result of being exposed to asbestos, which was used in rope, gloves, welding materials, insulation, caulking, and many other products used in the shipbuilding industry.

If you have ever worked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard or at any other shipbuilding facility, you may have been exposed to asbestos. This exposure puts you at a greater risk for developing life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and lung cancer.

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