Asbestos was used in virtually every area of naval ships in hundreds of applications, including U.S. Navy Battleships. Here is a list commissioned from 1912 to 1944
| No. | Name | Comm. | Class |
| BB-33 | USS Arkansas | 17 Sep 1912 | Arkansas (Wyoming) |
| BB-34 | USS New York | 15 Apr 1914 | New York |
| BB-35 | USS Texas | 12 Mar 1914 | New York |
| BB-36 | USS Nevada | 11 Mar 1916 | Nevada |
| BB-37 | USS Oklahoma | 2 May 1916 | Nevada |
| BB-39 | USS Arizona | 17 Oct 1916 | Pennsylvania |
| BB-38 | USS Pennsylvania | 12 Jun 1916 | Pennsylvania |
| BB-42 | USS Idaho | 24 Mar 1919 | New Mexico |
| BB-41 | USS Mississippi | 18 Dec 1917 | New Mexico |
| BB-40 | USS New Mexico | 20 May 1918 | New Mexico |
| BB-44 | USS California | 10 Aug 1921 | Tennessee |
| BB-43 | USS Tennessee | 3 Jun 1920 | Tennessee |
| BB-45 | USS Colorado | 30 Aug 1923 | Colorado |
| BB-46 | USS Maryland | 21 Jul 1921 | Colorado |
| BB-48 | West Virginia | 1 Dec 1923 | Colorado |
| BB-55 | USS North Carolina | 9 Apr 1941 | North Carolina |
| BB-56 | USS Washington | 15 May 1941 | North Carolina |
| BB-60 | USS Alabama | 16 Aug 1942 | South Dakota |
| BB-58 | USS Indiana | 30 Apr 1942 | South Dakota |
| BB-59 | USS Massachusetts | 12 May 1942 | South Dakota |
| BB-57 | USS South Dakota | 20 Mar 1942 | South Dakota |
| BB-61 | USS Iowa | 22 Feb 1943 | Iowa |
| BB-63 | USS Missouri | 11 Jun 1944 | Iowa |
| BB-62 | USS New Jersey | 23 May 1943 | Iowa |
| BB-64 | USS Wisconsin | 16 Apr 1944 | Iowa |