Frigates were used during World War II to escort destroyers and participate in other open ocean escort and patrol missions. Asbestos products were used extensively in the construction of these warships as there were many areas, especially engine rooms, boiler rooms and navigation rooms that required superior protection from extreme fire and heat. Asbestos, at that time, was the material used to perform that role. Later, this substance was found to be extremely harmful to human health and responsible for the development of asbestos related diseases like mesothelioma. Thus, those veterans who were stationed on WWII frigates may have suffered asbestos exposure and could be at risk to develop an asbestos related disease.
| Name | Hull | Class | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Ainsworth | FF-1090 | Knox | 3/31/1973 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Albert David | FF-1050 | Garcia | 10/19/1968 | Sold to Brazil, 2001 |
| USS Antrim | FFG-20 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 9/26/1981 | Disposed through SAP |
| USS Aubrey Fitch | FFG-34 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 10/9/1982 | Scrapped |
| USS Aylwin | FF-1081 | Knox | 9/18/1971 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1998 |
| USS Badger | FF-1071 | Knox | 12/1/1970 | Sunk as Target, 1998 |
| USS Bagley | FF-1069 | Knox | 5/6/1972 | Recycled, 2000 |
| USS Barbey | FF-1088 | Knox | 11/11/1972 | Sold to Taiwan 1999 |
| USS Blakely | FF-1072 | Knox | 7/18/1970 | Scrapped, 2000 |
| USS Boone | FFG-28 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 5/15/1982 | |
| USS Bowen | FF-1079 | Knox | 5/22/1971 | Transferred to Turkey, 2002 |
| USS Bradley | FF-1041 | Garcia | 5/15/1965 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS Brewton | FF-1086 | 7/8/1972 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1999 | |
| USS Bronstein | FF-1037 | Bronstein | 6/16/1963 | Sold to Mexico, 1993 |
| USS Brooke | FFG-1 | Brooke | 3/12/1966 | Disposed, 1994 |
| USS Brumby | FF-1044 | Garcia | 8/5/1965 | Disposed, 1994 |
| USS Capodanno | FF-1093 | 11/17/1973 | Sold to Turkey | |
| USS Carr | FFG-52 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 7/27/1985 | |
| USS Clark | FFG-11 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 5/9/1980 | Disposed through SAP |
| USS Clifton Sprague | FFG-16 | 3/21/1981 | Disposed through SAP | |
| USS Connole | FF-1056 | Knox | 8/30/1969 | Transferred to Greece, 1992 |
| USS Cook | FF-1083 | Knox | 12/18/1971 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1999 |
| USS Copeland | FFG-25 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 8/7/1982 | Transferred to Egypt, 1996 |
| USS Crommelin | FFG-37 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 6/18/1983 | |
| USS Curts | FFG-38 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 10/8/1983 | Naval Reserve Force, Active |
| USS Davidson | FF-1045 | Garcia | 12/1/1965 | Transferred to Brazil |
| USS De Wert | FFG-45 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 11/19/1983 | |
| USS Donald B. Beary | FF-1085 | 7/22/1972 | Transferred to Turkey, 2002 | |
| USS Downes | FF-1070 | Knox | 8/28/1971 | Disposed, 2003 |
| USS Doyle | FFG-39 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 5/21/1983 | |
| USS Duncan | FFG-10 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 5/15/1980 | Disposed through SAP |
| USS Edward McDonnell | FF-1043 | Garcia | 2/15/1965 | Scrapped, 2002 |
| USS Elmer Montgomery | FF-1082 | Knox | 10/30/1971 | Transferred to Turkey, 1993 |
| USS Elrod | FFG-55 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 9/21/1985 | |
| USS Estocin | FFG-15 | 1/10/1981 | Disposed through SAP | |
| USS Fahrion | FFG-22 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 1/16/1982 | Transferred to Egypt, 1998 |
| USS Fanning | FF-1076 | Knox | 7/23/1971 | Transferred to Turkey, 1993 |
| USS Flatley | FFG-21 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 6/20/1981 | Disposed through SAP |
| USS Ford | FFG-54 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 6/29/1985 | |
| USS Francis Hammond | FF-1067 | Knox | 7/25/1970 | Scrapped, 2003 |
| USS Gallery | FFG-26 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 12/5/1981 | Transferred to Egypt, 1996 |
| USS Garcia | FF-1040 | Garcia | 12/21/1964 | Scrapped, 1994 |
| USS Gary | FFG-51 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 11/17/1984 | |
| USS George Philip | FFG-12 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 10/10/1980 | Stricken, to Be Disposed |
| USS Glover | FF-1098 | Garcia | 11/13/1965 | Scrapped, 1994 |
| USS Gray | FF-1054 | Knox | 4/4/1970 | Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Halyburton | FFG-40 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 1/7/1984 | |
| USS Harold E. Holt | FF-1074 | Knox | 3/26/1971 | Disposed, 2002 |
| USS Hawes | FFG-53 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 2/9/1985 | |
| USS Hepburn | FF-1055 | Knox | 7/3/1969 | Sunk as Target, 2004 |
| USS Ingraham | FFG-61 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 8/5/1989 | |
| USS Jack Williams | FFG-24 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 9/19/1981 | Transferred to Bahrain, 1996 |
| USS Jarrett | FFG-33 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 7/2/1983 | |
| USS Jesse L. Brown | FF-1089 | Knox | 2/17/1973 | Transferred to Egypt, 1994 |
| USS John A. Moore | FFG-19 | 11/14/1981 | Disposed through SAP | |
| USS John L. Hall | FFG-32 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 6/26/1982 | |
| USS Joseph Hewes | FF-1078 | Knox | 4/24/1971 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Julius A. Furer | FFG-6 | Brooke | 11/11/1967 | Disposed, 1994 |
| USS Kauffman | FFG-59 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 2/28/1987 | |
| USS Kirk | FF-1087 | Knox | 9/9/1972 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Klakring | FFG-42 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 8/20/1983 | |
| USS Knox | FF-1052 | Knox | 4/12/1969 | Sunk as Target, 2007 |
| USS Koelsch | FF-1049 | Garcia | 10/19/1968 | Scrapped in Hong Kong |
| USS Lang | FF-1060 | Knox | 3/28/1970 | Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Lewis B. Puller | FFG-23 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 4/17/1982 | Transferred to Egypt, 1998 |
| USS Lockwood | FF-1064 | Knox | 12/5/1970 | Recycled, 2000 |
| USS Mahlon S. Tisdale | FFG-27 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 11/27/1982 | Disposed through SAP |
| USS Marvin Shields | FF-1066 | Knox | 4/10/1971 | Sold to Mexico |
| USS McCandless | FF-1084 | 3/18/1972 | Transferred to Turkey, 2002 | |
| USS McCloy | FF-1038 | Bronstein | 10/21/1963 | Sold to Mexico, 1993 |
| USS McClusky | FFG-41 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 12/10/1983 | |
| USS McInerney | FFG-8 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 12/15/1979 | Sold to Pakistan |
| USS Meyerkord | FF-1058 | Knox | 11/28/1969 | Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Miller | FF-1091 | Knox | 6/30/1973 | Sold to Turkey, 1999 |
| USS Moinester | FF-1097 | Knox | 11/2/1974 | Transferred to Egypt, 1994 |
| USS Nicholas | FFG-47 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 3/10/1984 | |
| USS O'Callahan | FF-1051 | Garcia | 7/13/1968 | Scrapped in Hong Kong |
| USS Oliver Hazard Perry | FFG-7 | 12/17/1977 | Scrapped | |
| USS Ouellet | FF-1077 | Knox | 12/12/1970 | Transferred to Thailand |
| USS Patterson | FF-1061 | Knox | 3/14/1970 | Scrapped, 1999 |
| USS Paul | FF-1080 | Knox | 8/14/1971 | Transferred to Turkey, 2000 |
| USS Pharris | FF-1094 | 1/26/1974 | Sold to Mexico | |
| USS Ramsey | FFG-2 | Brooke | 6/3/1967 | Sunk as Target, 2000 |
| USS Rathburne | FF-1057 | Knox | 5/16/1970 | Sunk as Target, 2002 |
| USS Reasoner | FF-1063 | 7/31/1971 | Sold to Turkey | |
| USS Reid | FFG-30 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 2/19/1983 | Transferred to Turkey, 1999 |
| USS Rentz | FFG-46 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 6/30/1984 | |
| USS Reuben James | FFG-57 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 3/22/1986 | |
| USS Richard L. Page | FFG-5 | Brooke | 8/5/1967 | Disposed, 1994 |
| USS Roark | FF-1053 | Knox | 11/22/1969 | Scrapped, 2004 |
| USS Robert E. Peary | FF-1073 | Knox | 9/23/1972 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Robert G. Bradley | FFG-49 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 6/30/1984 | |
| USS Rodney M. Davis | FFG-60 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 5/9/1987 | |
| USS Sample | FF-1048 | Garcia | 3/23/1968 | Leased to Brazil, 1989. |
| USS Samuel B. Roberts | FFG-58 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 4/12/1986 | |
| USS Samuel Eliot Morison | FFG-13 | 10/11/1980 | Sold to Turkey, 2002 | |
| USS Schofield | FFG-3 | Brooke | 5/11/1968 | Sunk as Target, 1999 |
| USS Sides | FFG-14 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 5/30/1981 | Stricken, to Be Disposed |
| USS Simpson | FFG-56 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 9/21/1985 | |
| USS Stark | FFG-31 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 10/23/1982 | Scrapped, 2006 |
| USS Stein | FF-1065 | Knox | 1/8/1972 | Sold to Mexico |
| USS Stephen W. Groves | FFG-29 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 4/17/1982 | |
| USS Talbot | FFG-4 | Brooke | 4/22/1967 | Scrapped, 1994 |
| USS Taylor | FFG-50 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 12/1/1984 | |
| USS Thach | FFG-43 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 3/17/1983 | |
| USS Thomas C. Hart | FF-1092 | Knox | 7/28/1973 | Transferred to Turkey |
| USS Trippe | FF-1075 | Knox | 9/19/1970 | Transferred to Greece, 1992 |
| USS Truett | FF-1095 | Knox | 6/1/1974 | Sold to Thai Navy, 1999 |
| USS Underwood | FFG-36 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 1/29/1983 | |
| USS Valdez | FF-1096 | Knox | 7/27/1974 | Transferred to Taiwan |
| USS Vandegrift | FFG-48 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 11/24/1984 | |
| USS Voge | FF-1047 | Garcia | 11/25/1966 | Scrapped, 2001 |
| USS Vreeland | FF-1068 | Knox | 6/13/1970 | Transferred to Greece, 1992 |
| USS W. S. Sims | FF-1059 | Knox | 1/3/1970 | Transferred to Turkey, 1999 |
| USS Wadsworth | FFG-9 | Oliver Hazard Perry | 4/2/1980 | Transferred to Poland |
| USS Whipple | FF-1062 | Knox | 8/22/1970 | Sold to Mexico, 2002 |
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