The Law Offices of Michael P. Delaney represent workers and their families who have suffered asbestos exposure throughout the United States, from the carferries and railyards of Lake Michigan, to the steel mills of Pennsylvania, to the factories of New Jersey, to construction sites and powerhouses of New York City, to the shipyards of Quincy, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Norfolk, Virginia. From our archives we at The Law Offices of Michael P. Delaney produce photographs, actual testimony and lists of ships and jobsites of the United States as a testament to our clients, their lives and work.  

American Battleships.

Many of our clients were exposed to asbestos in shipyards and on the high seas, in the construction and maintenance of American ships-of-war and other large vessels, which commonly were outfitted with asbestos-containing boilers, pumps, turbines, pipe covering, gaskets, block, cement and other ACPs. Exposure could also occur as a result of missile damage during battle. Military personnel were exposed from sleeping on the ship in damaged quarters containing exposed insulation hanging off pipes, walls, and ceilings.

Lake Michigan carferries.

One of our clients worked for the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railroad from the late 1940s through the early 1960s on carferries. These large ships transported freight and passengers on Lake Michigan from 1875 to 1990. Many of these ships were outfitted with asbestos-containing boilers, pumps, turbines, gaskets, pipe covering and other asbestos-containing products. A brief history of the carferries   is reprinted with permission of the Ludington Daily News.
 

     *PM 15, 350 feet, launched 1896, placed in service 1897 as first Ludington carferry, originally named Pere Marquette, renamed PM 15 in 1924, retired 1930, scrapped 1935.
 

     *PM 17, 350 feet, built 1901, sold in 1940 to State of Michigan for use as auto ferry, renamed City of Petroskey 1941, retired 1957, scrapped 1961.
 

     *PM 19, 350 feet, built 1903, freight-only ferry, retired 1930, sold and converted to pulpwood barge, then sold off-lakes 1975.
 

     *PM 20, 350 feet, built 1903, freight-only ferry, retired 1930, sold in 1938 to State of Michigan for use as auto ferry and renamed City of Munsing, retired 1957, converted to potato barge at Washington Island, Wisconsin, in 1961, scrapped in 1974.
 

     *PM 18, 350 feet, built 1910 to replace original PM 18, entered service 1911, retired 1952, scrapped 1957.
 

     *PM 21, 360 feet, built 1924, rebuilt 1937, lengthened 1954, retired 1972, sold 1973 and later converted into barge, sunk by hurricane off coast of Honduras in 1980.
 

     *PM 22, 360 feet, built 1924, rebuilt 1937, lengthened 1953, retired 1971, sold 1973 and later converted to barge for off-lakes use.

     *CITY OF SAGINAW 31, 381 feet, built 1929, burned 1971 at Manitowoc, scrapped in 1973.
 

     *CITY OF FLINT 32, 381 feet, built 1930, retired 1967, sold 1969, later converted into carfloat barge named Roanoake.
 

     *CITY OF MIDLAND 41, 407 feet, built 1941, retired 1988.
 

     *SPARTAN, 410 feet, built 1952, retired 1979.
 

     *BADGER, 410 feet, built 1953, last coal-burning passenger vessel built in North America. Retired November 1990.
 

Some of the clients mentioned may have been represented under the former law offices of Delaney & Smith of which Michael P. Delaney was a named partner.                                                                           

New York Asbestos Litigation Master List

If you feel that you were exposed to asbestos in the State of New York, particularly New York City, check the following list of sites confirmed for the presence of ACPs. Included are shipyards, powerhouses, factories and construction sites in New York City and Long Island, upstate (the rest of) New York, and other states.