As a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel, this company was established in 1900, and during World War I, it manufactured portions of standard-design cargo ships that were subsequently assembled at the ship factories on the Atlantic Coast - Hog Island, Merchant Shipbuilding, and Submarine Boat. American Bridge Shipyard was located in Orange, Texas. Like numerous other shipbuilding companies, it made use of a lot of asbestos, as the mineral was ideal for insulating boilers, pipes, ducts, and other machinery and equipment prone to overheating. Some of the areas of the ship with the highest risk of asbestos exposure were the boiler room, the damage control room, and the engine room.
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