Anchor Packing Company was a manufacturer of asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and sealing products distributed throughout the industrial and naval markets. Anchor Packing supplied compressed asbestos sheet gaskets, braided asbestos compression packing, and specialty asbestos sealing products used at naval facilities and aboard Navy vessels in the maintenance of valves, pumps, and piping systems. Anchor Packing products were used alongside — and interchangeably with — products from Garlock, Crane Packing (John Crane), and other asbestos packing manufacturers throughout the Navy’s operational maintenance framework. The company’s asbestos liability resulted in formal bankruptcy proceedings, with Anchor Packing appearing in the asbestos litigation corpus in the context of its bankruptcy case documentation. Publicly filed asbestos litigation records document Anchor Packing Company: formal asbestos gasket product identification with McCrone study documentation (a standard asbestos fiber analysis method), Anchor Packing style number product designations, Anchor Packing Company bankruptcy proceedings, and Anchor Packing in the multi-defendant structure of naval asbestos litigation.
Documented Asbestos — Anchor Packing in Naval Litigation
Asbestos-Containing Gaskets — Anchor Packing
McCrone Study — Anchor Packing Products
Anchor Packing — Bankruptcy Documentation
Style Number — Anchor Packing Product Designations
Anchor Packing in Multi-Defendant Asbestos Litigation
Anchor Packing Products in Naval Applications
Compressed asbestos sheet gaskets: Anchor Packing manufactured compressed asbestos sheet gaskets — cut to custom shapes for use at pipe flanges, valve bodies, and equipment connections throughout Navy ship engineering spaces. Every gasket replacement involving Anchor Packing sheet released asbestos fiber at the cut edge and during scraping of the old gasket from metal surfaces.
Braided compression packing: Anchor Packing’s braided asbestos packing was used in valve stem stuffing boxes and pump mechanical seals throughout naval vessel engineering spaces. Re-packing valve stems with Anchor Packing material released asbestos fiber at every maintenance interval.
Specialty sealing products: Anchor Packing supplied specialty asbestos sealing products for high-temperature and high-pressure applications in Navy ship engineering spaces — applications requiring the most robust gasket and packing materials available.
VA Claims and Legal Options — Anchor Packing Company
Navy veterans — particularly Machinist’s Mates, Boiler Technicians, and Pipefitters who used Anchor Packing asbestos gaskets and packing material during valve and pump maintenance aboard naval vessels — and shipyard workers who installed Anchor Packing products during ship construction and overhaul, who subsequently developed mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, or pleural disease, may qualify for:
- VA service connection under VA asbestos-claim guidance for veterans with documented duty in engineering spaces performing gasket and packing maintenance
- Civil claims against Anchor Packing Company successors based on documented asbestos gasket and packing use in naval maintenance contexts and the McCrone laboratory asbestos content documentation
Key documents:
- DD-214 or service records — documenting naval service in engineering ratings performing valve and gasket maintenance
- Rating records — Machinist’s Mate (MM), Boiler Technician (BT), or Pipefitter rating with documented engineering space duty
- Diagnosis — mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, or pleural disease
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Exposure documentation derived from publicly filed asbestos litigation records including formal asbestos-containing gasket product identification for Anchor Packing Company, McCrone Associates laboratory asbestos analysis documentation for Anchor Packing products (dated 08/08/86), Anchor Packing Company formal bankruptcy case documentation, Anchor Packing style number product catalog identification, and Anchor Packing in multi-defendant asbestos litigation proceedings. This does not constitute legal or medical advice.