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Did you work with Warren Pumps Navy shipboard centrifugal pump braided asbestos packing (fire-and-bilge, main-feed, emergency-feed, condensate service)? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Warren Pumps Navy shipboard centrifugal pump braided asbestos packing (fire-and-bilge, main-feed, emergency-feed, condensate service), sold from the 1940s until the 1970s. Warren Pumps allegedly furnished Navy shipboard centrifugal pumps whose stuffing boxes were packed with braided asbestos rings on fire-and-bilge, main-feed, emergency-feed, and condensate service throughout the U.S. Navy fleet. Braided asbestos packing rings (compressed chrysotile, often with graphite or oil lubricant impregnation) allegedly installed in the stuffing boxes of Warren Navy shipboard centrifugal pumps — including fire-and-bilge, main-feed, emergency-feed, and condensate service. Machinist's mates and shipyard machinists allegedly cut packing rings to length from spool stock, drove out spent packing with picks, and re-set fresh asbestos rings around the pump shaft during routine maintenance and casualty repair. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Machinist's Mates, Boiler Tenders, Enginemen, and Shipyard Machinists. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Warren Pumps Navy shipboard centrifugal pump braided asbestos packing (fire-and-bilge, main-feed, emergency-feed, condensate service) and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Warren Pumps allegedly supplied centrifugal pumps to the U.S. Navy across the mid-twentieth century, including fire-and-bilge control pumps, emergency feed pumps, and other shipboard service pumps that ran continuously in Navy engineering spaces. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Warren Navy pumps were built with stuffing boxes sealed by braided asbestos packing rings — the industry-standard shaft-sealing material for shipboard rotating equipment through the asbestos era.
Braided asbestos packing rings were cut to length from spool stock, hand-formed to the shaft-and-box geometry, and driven into place with a packing tool. During service the packing progressively glazed, extruded, and eroded — requiring periodic repack cycles. Removing spent packing with a picker or corkscrew tool allegedly liberated dry, degraded asbestos fibers directly into the operator’s breathing zone. Cutting fresh packing rings from spool stock generated additional fiber release from the braided material.
Workers Exposed
- Machinist’s mates (MM) repacking Warren pumps during shipboard maintenance, watch turnover repairs, and casualty response.
- Boiler tenders (BT) working the paired boiler-feed, condensate, and fire-and-bilge systems that Warren pumps served.
- Enginemen (EN) on ships whose auxiliary machinery included Warren pumps.
- Shipyard machinists performing Navy-yard and private-yard Warren pump depot overhauls during availabilities.
- Pipefitters (UA) breaking suction and discharge lines at pump flange connections.
- Millwrights re-aligning pumps and drivers after packing renewal.
Bystanders in shared machinery spaces breathed fibers released by ring extraction and cutting.
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