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[h=1]Broken toilets keep sailors squirming on USS George H.W. Bush[/h]
http://www.ajc.com/news/broken-toilets-keep-sailors-1227055.html


The thousands of sailors and other personnel on the $6.2 billion USS George H.W. Bush, the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, have a problem when nature calls.

The carrier, named for the 41st U.S. president, has 130 bathrooms, or heads, with 423 commodes, but rarely are all of the toilets working. On at least two occasions, not a single one was in operation, according to published reports.
“Sailors tell of combing the ship for up to an hour to find a place to do their business, if they can find one at all," the Navy Times reported. "Others have resorted to urinating in showers or into the industrial sinks in their work stations. Some men are using bottles and emptying the contents over the giant ship’s side, while some women are holding it in for so long that they are developing health problems, according to sources on the ship.”
Some sailors blame a faulty vacuum system that flushes waste through 250 miles of pipe, according to The Virginia-Pilot newspaper. If something clogs the vacuum it can cause half the ship's toilets to fail at once.
That means sailors who have to go are left squirming in search of relief. Some of the carrier's 6,000 personnel reportedly are risking illness, such as dehydration and urinary tract infections, by trying to limit food and fluid intake.
In a statement, the Navy said it has spent more than 10,000 man hours trying to fix recurring problems and most issues with toilets are resolved within 24 hours.
The Navy, which didn't address the health issues, also said part of the problem is "inappropriate material or items" being flushed down toilets.
Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Frakes, an aviation mechanic whose mother, Mary Brotherton, was so angry about the problem that she flooded the news media with letters, told The Virginia Pilot via email that the problem also has affected morale and job performance.
"It definitely affects my morale," Frakes told the Pilot. "When I was unable to relieve myself for two days, I was irate to say the least."
The 1,092-foot, 20-story USS George H.W. Bush, which took Northrop Grumman eight years to build, is the last of the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. It is based at the Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
 
So apparently our navy doesn't take Sh&t from any one...???
 
Every time my heads have backed up it is the result of feminine hygiene products. Wonder if Uncle Sam's Nav has the same problem?
 
Like I told my wife when we were looking for our first boat "all boats come with toilets" peeing.gif
 
Something doesn't sound right with this story.
1. I seriously doubt that a problem such as this could/would not be fixed.....pronto.
2. Anyone that "holds it" to the point of risking infections or other health issues is an idiot. I doubt too many of the 6000 on board are idiots.
3. Sailors limiting food intake to avoid the problem. No, I don't think so.

"In a statement, the Navy said it has spent more than 10,000 man hours trying to fix recurring problems and most issues with toilets are resolved within 24 hours."

4. This quote sounds like the writer took statements out of context & combined them in order to make it sound more dramatic. 10,000 man hours & sailors still cant flush? I aint buyin it.
 
Something doesn't sound right with this story.
1. I seriously doubt that a problem such as this could/would not be fixed.....pronto.
2. Anyone that "holds it" to the point of risking infections or other health issues is an idiot. I doubt too many of the 6000 on board are idiots.
3. Sailors limiting food intake to avoid the problem. No, I don't think so.

"In a statement, the Navy said it has spent more than 10,000 man hours trying to fix recurring problems and most issues with toilets are resolved within 24 hours."

4. This quote sounds like the writer took statements out of context & combined them in order to make it sound more dramatic. 10,000 man hours & sailors still cant flush? I aint buyin it.

Obviously you never spent any time aboard a carrier..."Head Secured" was a very common sign to see even in my day (before women were aboard). I can only imagine the issues they have now. Given the cuts in maintenance, its not a shocker at all.

And don't get me started on the showers - JP-5 contaminated water, wildly unpredicable water temperature and avaliability...these ain't cruise ships.

-CJ
 
Broken toilets keep sailors squirming on USS George H.W. Bush


The thousands of sailors and other personnel on the $6.2 billion USS George H.W. Bush, the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, have a problem when nature calls.

All this crap is Bush's fault :smt043
 
And to follow what Westie said... Obama will take credit when it's fixed...Or at least one of his advisors will tell him to take credit when it's fixed...
 
The toilets/urinals on my ship would clog up every so often and would then start to overflow. The smell of all that literally burnt my nostrils. Sometimes the water was actually greasy - fuel oil in the water, yummy!

CL Martin said it - these ain't cruise ships
 
Maybe they should go back to a simpler system. My dad was on troop transport Queen Mary in WW2. Ship was carrying 15,000 troops. He said all they had were troughs with water constantly flowing and dumping out the side of the ship. It worked pretty good except once in a while some joker upstream would send a burning pile a tp floating down to singe some rear ends.
 
Maybe they should go back to a simpler system. My dad was on troop transport Queen Mary in WW2. Ship was carrying 15,000 troops. He said all they had were troughs with water constantly flowing and dumping out the side of the ship. It worked pretty good except once in a while some joker upstream would send a burning pile a tp floating down to singe some rear ends.

Hey Woody, that's to funny. My old man used to tell us about the same stunts he did when he was aboard ship. The few times I was aboard with him really impressed on me the tight conditions the crew work in. Even small mishaps can be a huge burden on the crew.
 
Hey Woody, that's to funny. My old man used to tell us about the same stunts he did when he was aboard ship. The few times I was aboard with him really impressed on me the tight conditions the crew work in. Even small mishaps can be a huge burden on the crew.
Yup, sure would be nice to save all those old experiences and hand them down. My mothers side of the family had some good genes and many broke the 100yo mark. The things/changes those people experienced were something. I remember my g-g-grandmother talking of when Lincoln was shot, trains, planes, etc. I got a lot more questions I'd like to ask them compared to when I was a kid, unfortunately all the old timers are long gone taking their memories with them. You and I are becoming the old timers now...let's hope we've done something worthy of passing down.:lol:
 

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