Description: History of the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipping Company (ADDSCO) in Mobile, Alabama, including information about asbestos exposure for shipyard workers. In 1917, Ollinger and Bruce Drydock Company, Gulf City Boiler Works, Alabama Iron Works, and Gulf Dry Dock Company merged to become Alabama Dry Dock and Shipping Company, also known as ADDSCO. ADDSCO…
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Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company in Mobile, Alabama
Description: History of Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company in Mobile, Alabama, including information about asbestos exposure for shipyard workers. Bender Welding and Machine Company began as a sole proprietorship in 1919; the company was incorporated in 1923 and moved to a larger facility. While it began as a machine shop and blacksmith shop, the company…
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Seward Ship’s Dry Dock in Seward, Alaska
Description: History of Seward Ship’s Dry Dock in Seward, Alaska, including information about asbestos exposure for shipyard workers. Seward Ship’s Dry Dock opened in 1973, close to local fishing grounds. It began as a general shipyard to repair and rebuild ships, and had to expand as early as 1974, when the current home for Seward…
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Naval Base Kodiak in Kodiak, Alaska
Description: History of Naval Base Kodiak in Kodiak, Alaska, including information about asbestos exposure for shipyard workers. Naval Air Station Kodiak was established in 1941, commanded by Commander John Perry. The location was chosen for the surrounding ice-free waters. It served as the principal advance naval base in Alaska and the North Pacific at the…
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Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California
Description: History of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California, including information about asbestos exposure for shipyard workers. San Francisco was home to the U.S. Naval Shipyard in California. Originally established as a commercial shipyard at Portrero Point in 1870, it was considered one of the largest shipyards in the world at the…