Flintkote Company was a manufacturer of asbestos-containing construction products including vinyl asbestos floor tile (VAT) and adhesive products specifically marketed for naval use. Flintkote’s Navy Lagging Adhesive (product designation E-395-B) was a Navy-specific adhesive product — its name incorporating “Navy” into the product designation — used to adhere insulation lagging to ship surfaces. Flintkote also manufactured vinyl asbestos floor tile used throughout Navy ships and shore facilities. Publicly filed asbestos litigation records document Flintkote with Navy Lagging Adhesive E-395-B appearing multiple times in the corpus, personal testimony identifying Flintkote Vinyl Asbestos Tile by brand name during installation, internal Flintkote asbestos records, and Flintkote’s presence in the broader asbestos product defendant record.
Documented Asbestos in Flintkote Navy Products
Navy Lagging Adhesive E-395-B — Navy-Specific Product
The repeated appearance of the same product designation (E-395-B) in multiple independent corpus documents — each containing the “Navy Lagging Adhesive” text — establishes that this product was formally documented across multiple proceedings, not merely mentioned in a single record.
Flintkote Vinyl Asbestos Tile — Personal Identification
Asbestos Records — Internal Flintkote Documentation
Gasket Record — Flintkote Company Historical Documentation
Vinyl Asbestos Tile — Exposure Context
Exposure Pathways for Flintkote Products
Navy Lagging Adhesive application: Workers applying Flintkote Navy Lagging Adhesive E-395-B to insulated pipe surfaces — brushing or troweling adhesive onto insulation lagging before attaching the outer covering — were exposed to any volatile components and to asbestos fiber from the adhesive formulation or the adjacent insulation materials.
VAT cutting and installation: Workers cutting Flintkote Vinyl Asbestos Tile with hand scorers, knives, or power saws generated asbestos fiber from the cut tile edges and the asbestos-containing tile body. VAT installation in Navy ships, barracks, and shore facilities created this exposure throughout the construction period.
VAT disturbance: Breaking, drilling, or removing Flintkote VAT — whether during renovation or as a result of tile damage — released asbestos fiber from the tile body. Workers in spaces with damaged or disturbed Flintkote VAT were exposed to airborne asbestos fiber from the disturbed material.
VA Claims and Legal Options — Flintkote
Navy veterans and shipyard workers who were exposed to Flintkote Navy Lagging Adhesive or Flintkote Vinyl Asbestos Tile during ship construction, overhaul, or shore facility maintenance, and 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 construction, maintenance, or engineering duties involving asbestos lagging adhesive or floor tile
- Civil claims against Flintkote Company successors based on the documented Navy Lagging Adhesive E-395-B and Flintkote Vinyl Asbestos Tile products
Key documents:
- DD-214 or service records — documenting Navy construction, engineering, or shore facility maintenance duties
- Employment records — shipyard or construction employment records documenting tile or lagging installation work
- Diagnosis — mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, or pleural disease
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Exposure documentation derived from publicly filed asbestos litigation records including Flintkote Navy Lagging Adhesive E-395-B appearing in multiple independent corpus documents, personal testimony identifying Flintkote Vinyl Asbestos Tile by brand name during installation, documentation of what occurred when Flintkote VAT was disturbed, internal Flintkote asbestos records, and Flintkote Company historical product documentation spanning 1912-1992. This does not constitute legal or medical advice.