Asbestos Manufacturers — Navy Exposure Records
Manufacturers supplied asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, packing, boiler block, pipe lagging, and refractory materials to US Navy vessels and shipyards from the 1940s through the early 1980s. Many of these manufacturers have been named in asbestos litigation and have established bankruptcy trust funds for exposed veterans and workers.
Records below draw from Navy BUSHIPS procurement specifications, OSHA inspection logs, EPA NESHAP filings, and publicly filed asbestos litigation and bankruptcy trust fund documents. Nothing here constitutes legal advice.
Common Asbestos Products Supplied to the US Navy
Pipe Covering / Lagging
Block Insulation
Boiler Insulation
Valve Packing
Gaskets
Spray-Applied Insulation
Asbestos Cloth & Rope
Refractory Cement
Floor Tile
Adhesives & Cements
Thermal Block
Turbine Insulation
Asbestos Product Manufacturers (73)
A.P. Green Industries — Refractory Products in Navy Boiler and Furnace Applications
Mexico, MO
A.P. Green Industries of Mexico, Missouri manufactured refractory brick, castable refractories, and …
Allis-Chalmers — Asbestos in Navy Turbines and Electrical Equipment
West Allis, WI
Allis-Chalmers of West Allis, Wisconsin manufactured steam turbines, electric motors, generators, …
Asbestos Boilers — Babcock & Wilcox Company and the United States Navy
Barberton, OH
Babcock & Wilcox Company was one of the primary manufacturers of marine boilers for the United …
Asbestos Boilers — Combustion Engineering and the United States Navy
Windsor, CT
Combustion Engineering, Inc. (CE) was a major manufacturer of boilers, nuclear steam supply systems, …
Asbestos Boilers — Foster Wheeler Corporation and the United States Navy
Livingston, NJ
Foster Wheeler Corporation was one of the two primary manufacturers of marine boilers for the United …
Asbestos Building Products — National Gypsum and the United States Navy
Buffalo, NY
National Gypsum Company — manufacturer of the Gold Bond brand of building products — was a major …
Hopeman Brothers Navy Ship Outfitting
Multiple Locations
Hopeman Brothers, Inc. was one of the primary ship interior outfitting contractors for the United …
Asbestos Friction Materials — Abex Corporation / Pneumo Abex and the Navy
Portsmouth, VA
Abex Corporation — and its successor entity Pneumo Abex LLC — manufactured asbestos-containing …
Asbestos Friction Materials — Raybestos-Manhattan and the Navy
Trumbull, CT
Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. was a major manufacturer of asbestos-containing friction materials and …
Asbestos Gaskets — Crane Co. (Cranite) and the United States Navy
Chicago, IL
Crane Co. — a major manufacturer of valves, fittings, and fluid handling equipment — manufactured …
Asbestos Gaskets — Dana Corporation and the United States Navy
Toledo, OH
Dana Corporation — through its Victor brand gasket division — was one of the largest manufacturers …
Asbestos Gaskets — Flexitallic and the United States Navy
Multiple Locations
Flexitallic is the manufacturer of spiral-wound asbestos gaskets — the metal-and-asbestos ring …
Asbestos Gaskets — Garlock Sealing Technologies and the Navy
Palmyra, NY
Garlock Sealing Technologies — operating as Garlock Inc. throughout most of its asbestos-containing …
Asbestos Gaskets — Lamons Metal Gasket Company and the United States Navy
Houston, TX
Lamons Metal Gasket Company — based in Houston, Texas — was a manufacturer of metallic and …
Asbestos Gaskets — Sepco Corporation and the United States Navy
Houston, TX
Sepco Corporation was a manufacturer of asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and sealing products …
Asbestos Gaskets — Victor Manufacturing & Gasket Company and the Navy
Multiple Locations
Victor Manufacturing & Gasket Company was a major manufacturer of compressed asbestos gaskets — …
Asbestos in Aircraft Engines — Pratt & Whitney and the United States Navy
East Hartford, CT
Pratt & Whitney — the aircraft engine division of United Technologies Corporation — manufactured …
Asbestos in Buffalo Forge / Buffalo Pumps Navy Equipment
Multiple Locations
Buffalo Forge Company, through its Buffalo Pumps Division, was a major manufacturer of centrifugal …
Asbestos in Celotex Navy Pipe Covering and Insulation
Multiple Locations
Celotex Corporation was a major manufacturer of asbestos-containing insulation products, including …
Asbestos in Cleaver-Brooks Navy Boilers
Multiple Locations
Cleaver-Brooks Company (Aqua-Chem, Inc.) was a manufacturer of industrial and marine boilers, …
Asbestos in Flintkote Navy Lagging Adhesive and Vinyl Asbestos Tile
Multiple Locations
Flintkote Company was a manufacturer of asbestos-containing construction products including vinyl …
Asbestos in H.K. Porter and Amatex Navy Asbestos Cloth
Multiple Locations
H.K. Porter Company and Amatex Corporation were manufacturers of asbestos textile products — woven …
Asbestos in IMO/De Laval Navy Pumps and Turbines
Multiple Locations
De Laval (later operating as part of IMO Industries) was one of the foremost manufacturers of …
Asbestos in Ingersoll-Rand Navy Compressors and Pumps
Multiple Locations
Ingersoll-Rand Company was a major manufacturer of air compressors, pumps, drills, and industrial …
Asbestos in John Crane Navy Gaskets and Seals
Multiple Locations
John Crane Inc. was one of the major manufacturers of asbestos-containing gaskets, mechanical seals, …
Asbestos in Leslie Controls Navy Valves
Multiple Locations
Leslie Controls, Inc. was a manufacturer of control valves, pressure regulating valves, and steam …
Asbestos in Philip Carey Navy Pipe Insulation
Multiple Locations
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company was one of the major manufacturers of asbestos pipe covering, …
Asbestos in Pumps — Worthington Pumps and the United States Navy
Harrison, NJ
Worthington Pumps was one of the major manufacturers of centrifugal and reciprocating pumps used …
Asbestos in Steam Controls — Yarway Corporation and the United States Navy
Wayne, PA
Yarway Corporation was a manufacturer of specialty steam control valves, steam traps, and related …
Asbestos in Turbines — De Laval Steam Turbine and the Navy
Trenton, NJ
De Laval Steam Turbine Company was a major manufacturer of marine propulsion turbines and reduction …
Asbestos in Turbines — General Electric and the United States Navy
Schenectady, NY
General Electric was one of the primary manufacturers of main propulsion turbines and auxiliary …
Asbestos in Turbines — Westinghouse Electric and the United States Navy
Pittsburgh, PA
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was one of the United States Navy’s primary suppliers of …
Asbestos in Ventilation — Buffalo Forge Fans and the United States Navy
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Forge Company was a major manufacturer of industrial fans, blowers, and ventilating …
Asbestos Insulation — Johns-Manville Corporation and the United States Navy
Denver, CO
Johns-Manville Corporation — later reorganized as Manville Corporation — was the largest …
Asbestos Packing — A.W. Chesterton and the United States Navy
Multiple Locations
A.W. Chesterton Company, headquartered in Woburn (later Groveland), Massachusetts, is a major …
Asbestos Packing — Anchor Packing Company and the United States Navy
Philadelphia, PA
Anchor Packing Company was a manufacturer of asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and sealing …
Asbestos Packing — Crane Packing Company (John Crane) and the Navy
Morton Grove, IL
Crane Packing Company — operating under the John Crane brand name — was one of the most extensively …
Asbestos Pipe Covering — Fibreboard Corporation (Pabco) and the Navy
Multiple Locations
Fibreboard Corporation was a major manufacturer of asbestos-containing building and insulation …
Asbestos Pipe Insulation — Baldwin-Ehret-Hill and the United States Navy
Philadelphia, PA
Baldwin-Ehret-Hill Inc. was a manufacturer of asbestos pipe insulation, block insulation, and …
Asbestos Pipe Insulation — Owens-Illinois (Kaylo) and the United States Navy
Toledo, OH
Owens-Illinois, Inc. was the original manufacturer of Kaylo — the calcium silicate asbestos pipe …
Asbestos Pipe Insulation — Philip Carey Manufacturing and the Navy
Cincinnati, OH
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company was a major manufacturer of asbestos-containing insulation …
Asbestos Pipe Insulation — Pittsburgh Corning (Unibestos) and the Navy
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation — a joint venture of PPG Industries and Corning Glass Works — …
Asbestos Products — Armstrong Cork Company and the United States Navy
Lancaster, PA
Armstrong Cork Company — later operating as Armstrong World Industries — was one of the largest …
Asbestos Products — Borg-Warner Corporation and the United States Navy
Chicago, IL
Borg-Warner Corporation was a diversified industrial manufacturer whose product lines included …
Asbestos Products — CertainTeed Corporation and the United States Navy
Multiple Locations
CertainTeed Corporation — originally Certain-Teed Products Corporation — was a major manufacturer of …
Asbestos Products — Eagle-Picher Industries and the United States Navy
Joplin, MO
Eagle-Picher Industries was a diversified industrial manufacturer with substantial asbestos product …
Asbestos Products — Flintkote Company and the United States Navy
New York, NY
Flintkote Company was a major manufacturer of asbestos-containing building products — including …
Asbestos Products — GAF Corporation (Ruberoid) and the United States Navy
Multiple Locations
GAF Corporation — and its predecessor Ruberoid Company — manufactured and distributed a broad range …
Asbestos Products — Kaiser Gypsum Company and the United States Navy
Oakland, CA
Kaiser Gypsum Company was a manufacturer of gypsum-based building products — including …
Asbestos Products — National Service Industries and the Navy
Atlanta, GA
National Service Industries, Inc. (NSI) was a large American conglomerate whose industrial services …
Asbestos Products — Quigley Company and the United States Navy
Multiple Locations
Quigley Company, Inc. was a New York-based manufacturer of asbestos-containing refractory cements, …
Asbestos Products — U.S. Mineral Products (Insulag) and the Navy
Stanhope, NJ
U.S. Mineral Products Company manufactured Insulag — a spray-applied asbestos-containing …
Asbestos Products — Union Carbide / UNARCO and the United States Navy
Paterson, NJ
Union Carbide Corporation was one of the largest American chemical and industrial companies of the …
Asbestos Products — W.R. Grace & Co. and the United States Navy
Columbia, MD
W.R. Grace & Co. was a major American chemical and specialty materials company whose product …
Asbestos Refractory — General Refractories Company and the Navy
Multiple Locations
General Refractories Company (operating under the GREFCO trade name) was a manufacturer of …
Asbestos Refractory — Plibrico Company and the United States Navy
Multiple Locations
Plibrico Company was a Chicago-based manufacturer of plastic and castable refractory cements — …
Asbestos Spray — Keene Corporation and the United States Navy
New York, NY
Keene Corporation was a manufacturer of asbestos-containing products — including spray-applied …
Asbestos Supply — Turner & Newall and the United States Navy
Waukegan, IL
Turner & Newall Limited (T&N) — the British asbestos conglomerate headquartered in …
Asbestos Textiles — Amatex Corporation and the United States Navy
Norristown, PA
Amatex Corporation was a major manufacturer of woven asbestos textiles — including asbestos cloth, …
Asbestos Textiles — H.K. Porter Company and the United States Navy
Pittsburgh, PA
H.K. Porter Company was a manufacturer of asbestos textiles, friction materials, and specialty …
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation — Chrysotile Supply to Navy and Industrial Markets
Cassiar, BC
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation operated a major chrysotile asbestos mine in northern British Columbia …
De Laval Turbine Company — Asbestos in Navy Steam Turbines
Trenton, NJ
De Laval Turbine Company of Trenton, New Jersey manufactured steam turbines and turbine-driven …
Dresser Industries — Asbestos in Navy Valves and Compressors
Dallas, TX
Dresser Industries of Dallas, Texas — parent of Dresser Manufacturing, Masoneilan, and other …
Fairbanks Morse — Asbestos in Navy Diesel Engines and Pumps
Beloit, WI
Fairbanks Morse of Beloit, Wisconsin manufactured opposed-piston diesel engines used extensively in …
Goulds Pumps — Asbestos in Navy Centrifugal and Process Pumps
Seneca Falls, NY
Goulds Pumps of Seneca Falls, New York manufactured centrifugal pumps, vertical turbine pumps, and …
Grinnell Corporation — Asbestos in Navy Valves and Piping Systems
Providence, RI
Grinnell Corporation of Providence, Rhode Island manufactured valves, pipe fittings, hangers, and …
Harbison-Walker Refractories — Navy Asbestos Exposure Records
Pittsburgh, PA
Harbison-Walker Refractories of Pittsburgh was a major manufacturer of refractory brick, castables, …
IMO Industries / IMO Delaval — Navy Turbines and Pump Asbestos Exposure
Lawrenceville, NJ
IMO Industries and its predecessor IMO Delaval — successor entity to De Laval Turbine Company — …
Nicolet Industries — Asbestos Pipe Joint Tape & Navy Exposure
Ambler, PA
Nicolet Industries manufactured asbestos pipe joint tape and insulation materials used aboard US …
Raw Asbestos Supply — Asbestos Corporation Limited and the United States Navy
Thetford Mines, QC
Asbestos Corporation Limited — headquartered in Thetford Mines, Quebec, in Canada’s …
Riley Stoker Corporation (Riley Power) — Navy Boiler Asbestos Exposure
Worcester, MA
Riley Stoker Corporation — later known as D.B. Riley, Inc. and subsequently Riley Power, Inc. — …
United States Gypsum (USG) — Asbestos-Containing Products in Navy Construction
Chicago, IL
United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) manufactured asbestos-containing joint compound, wallboard …
W.R. Grace & Co. — Zonolite and Asbestos Products in Navy Applications
Cambridge, MA
W.R. Grace & Co. manufactured asbestos-containing insulation and construction products under the …
Insulation Contractors at Navy Shipyards (6)
Specialty insulation contractors performed lagging, pipe covering, and removal work aboard Navy vessels and at shipyard facilities. Workers employed by these contractors typically had the highest fiber exposure levels of anyone working on Navy ships.
ACandS Navy Shipyard Insulation Contractor
Multiple Locations
ACandS, Inc. (Armstrong Contracting and Supply) was one of the largest asbestos insulation …
Metalclad Insulation Navy Shipyard Contractor
Multiple Locations
Metalclad Insulation Company (later Metalclad Insulation LLC) was a West Coast asbestos insulation …
Thorpe Insulation Company Navy Shipyard Contractor
Multiple Locations
Thorpe Insulation Company (J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc.) was a major West Coast asbestos insulation …
Asbestos Insulation — Outside Thermal Insulation Contractors and the Navy
Washington, D.C.
Thermal insulation contractors — civilian companies hired by the United States Navy and its …
Asbestos Insulation — Sprinkmann Sons Corporation and the Navy
Milwaukee, WI
Sprinkmann Sons Corporation was one of the largest asbestos insulation contracting companies in the …
Asbestos Sales to the Navy — Western Asbestos Company
Multiple Locations
Western Asbestos Company was a California-based asbestos distributor that sold asbestos-containing …
Asbestos Trust Funds for Veterans and Shipyard Workers
Many of the manufacturers listed here entered bankruptcy and established asbestos personal injury trust funds that remain open today. Veterans and civilian workers diagnosed with mesothelioma or asbestosis may be entitled to compensation from multiple trusts simultaneously — regardless of when the company went bankrupt or how long ago exposure occurred.
Major Navy-relevant trust funds include Johns-Manville, Owens-Illinois, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Armstrong World Industries, Celotex, and the Amatex trust. Filing with multiple trusts requires knowledge of which products were present at your duty stations.
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