Premises Description
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (founded 1767 at Portsmouth Virginia — the oldest continuously operating U.S. Navy federal shipyard) is one of four principal U.S. Navy federal shipyards responsible for Navy nuclear-carrier and nuclear-submarine overhaul, refueling, and repair operations. Norfolk Naval Shipyard employs tens of thousands of federal shipyard workers and is a central Navy East Coast fleet-maintenance site.
Through the asbestos era Norfolk Naval Shipyard shipbuilding, overhaul, refueling, and repair operations used extensive asbestos-containing marine materials throughout Navy ship maintenance work in confined shipboard spaces with limited ventilation.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Norfolk Naval Shipyard exposed federal shipyard workforce and Navy ratings to extensive asbestos.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (as a U.S. Navy federal shipyard) is addressed under federal-employee asbestos-liability mechanisms.
Workers Exposed
- Federal shipyard machinists, pipefitters, boilermakers, electricians, insulators at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- Navy machinist mates and engineering ratings aboard ships under overhaul at Norfolk
- Contractor trade workers dispatched to Norfolk Naval Shipyard
If You Worked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
If you worked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during the asbestos era — as a federal shipyard employee or as a Navy rating aboard a ship at the yard — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.
Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956