ASBESTOS INSULATION use on US NAVY Ships in WWII 1943 

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Asbestos References:

This textbook documents asbestos insulation was used extensively on U.S. Navy vessels & other ships during World War II.  It also includes standard practice for naval equipment such as diesel engines, etc.  It’s another must have book for an asbestos litigators’ library specialized in asbestos exposure of U.S. Navy Seamen!

Table of Contents:
Marine Diesel Engines
Modern Marine Refrigeration
Heating
Ventilation
Insulation (Based on Best Practice of Leading Manufacturers)
Steering Gear and Deck Machinery
Modern Marine Electricity
Instruments
Propellers & Propulsion
Tests & Trials
Tables

In the chapter for insulation asbestos is mentioned many times.  Boilers, boiler casings, air-cooled boiler furnace walls, boiler tube doors, breechings & ducts, turbines (or reciprocating engines), deck piping, pipe flanges, valves & fittings, hot water heaters, storage tanks, hot air heaters, ducts, flues and fan housings, auxiliary steam lines, exhaust and feed & heating piping all had some form of asbestos recommended for its insulation.  Asbestos insulating materials mentioned include amosite asbestos, asbestos cloth, asbestos felt, asbestos cement, molded sectional asbestos pipe covering, 85% magnesia, asbestos millboard, transite and Super-Amosite to name a few.

Asbestos cement is shown as a filler between flanged joints.

There are step-by-step instructions given for the application of asbestos for several different applications:

     Heavy asbestos gaskets are were used in oil purifiers. 

     Asbestos graphite packing was used in cooling systems pump stuffing boxes.

Several diesel engines are diagrammed and detailed in the book with such names as: Atlas, Cooper-Bessemer, Cummings, Fairbanks Morse, Hamilton, Ingersoll-Rand, National Supply, Nordberg, Sun-Doxford and Enterprise.  A bit of background is given on each company.

The following companies are listed under the Acknowledgments at the beginning of chapters as contributing information, photos and/or illustrations: Aerofin Corp., American Air Filter Co., American Society of Heating & Ventilating Engineers, Buffalo Forge Co., Barber-Colman Co., Bell & Gossett Co., Carrier Corp., Electro-Dynamic Works of the Electric Boat Co. (General Dynamics), Fulton-Sylphon Co., General Electric Co., ILG Electric Ventilating Co., Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co., Modine Manufacturing Co., Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Co., Sarco Co., Taco Heaters Inc., Trane co., Vapor Car Heating Co; Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., and the York Oil Burner Co. Inc.

This book has a wealth of information for anyone interested in asbestos exposure of sailors and ship workers exposed during and after World War II. 

About the Book:

Out-of-print, hard-to-find hardcover book from the Cornell Maritime Press, copyright 1943, with over 1000 pages. Book is in VERY GOOD condition!!  Book has minor wear from use.  Previous owner printed their name on first free page.  There are no locations of writing,  underlining or highlighting of the text that I could find from a cursory review.  Binding is tight & square with no loose pages.   

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