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bathrooms on aircraft carriers

Jim123 said:
One thing I never understood is how some ships that have this policy don't bother to use low-flow shower heads (available at any hardware store for the princely sum of $3 apiece).
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Brett327 said:
Yes. I brought this up once. They probably don't have an NSN, or some other bureaucratic non-sense.
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Maybe because they are all considered to be "secondary decontamination wash down stations"?
 
Renegade One said:
Maybe because they are all considered to be "secondary decontamination wash down stations"?
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Good point... very good point- although I'd hope that if we can figure out things like nuclear reactors on submarines, shoot down ballistic missiles raining down from space, etc., then we could also figure out shower heads :rolleyes:
 
Jim123 said:
Good point... very good point- although I'd hope that if we can figure out things like nuclear reactors on submarines, shoot down ballistic missiles raining down from space, etc., then we could also figure out shower heads :rolleyes:
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Agree. But assuming they all still have the "pinch-to-shutoff shuttle valves"…I think we've probably put about as much brain-power into the issue that it really deserves. Let's say that the engineering/design/shipbuilding and procurement folks have all done their jobs…over to you to do yours.

Unless there's a division of folks on the OPNAV or NAVSEA Staffs (of which I'm thankfully unaware) who're still working it...:eek:
 
It's one of those things that require a flag's attention to change, and as R1 alluded to it's not worth his time. You could install it yourself but then that's an unauthorized shipalt.

If you needed to use the shower to decon you can switch the head before they have the guy exiting the spill area.
 
Spekkio said:
If you needed to use the shower to decon you can switch the head before they have the guy exiting the spill area.
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Pretty sure that's on no one's "checklist".

1MC: (multiple bell rings…) "Now, away the Shower Head Reconfiguration Team, away…Main Deck and above. Report shower-head re-configuration status to DC Central at Extension 3333. Now away!"
 
Spekkio said:
It's one of those things that require a flag's attention to change, and as R1 alluded to it's not worth his time. You could install it yourself but then that's an unauthorized shipalt.

If you needed to use the shower to decon you can switch the head before they have the guy exiting the spill area.
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Does that actually make sense on a CVN?

I have no idea how they're set up on bird farms, but on a DDG (and any other new design, pressurized ship), without elaborating on the specifics, that idea would...not work well.
 
Nothing worse than being about 30 minutes into a 3.0 plane guard hop, dressed out as the swimmer and have a "colon overpressure caution light" illuminate! Been the and done that in H-60...
 
Spekkio said:
It's one of those things that require a flag's attention to change, and as R1 alluded to it's not worth his time. You could install it yourself but then that's an unauthorized shipalt.

If you needed to use the shower to decon you can switch the head before they have the guy exiting the spill area.
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Given that I've seen 4-5 different commercially available cheap-o showerheads on a variety of boats, I doubt very much that there's some kind of NAVSEA mandated showerhead spec. If there is, it's not being followed, which brings us back to the original question: If they're installing random cheap-o showerheads, why not the more efficient type?
 
Mostly because I've been saving this one...

Brett327 said:
I happen to really enjoy the high pressure/low volume shower heads, so I install them wherever I go. These things cost just a few dollars at WalMart.
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A7Dave said:
Nice!

You got to stay at the Peninsula?
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Nope, just a fuel stop!:p
Outstanding! We're just low lifes and aren't allowed there these days. You must have been a higher form of Meecham back then.
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Nope, no pukin' veggie beef soup in the hi-$$$ Peninsula! Never stayed in a room there, just enjoyed cold St. Pauli Girls brewskis in the beautiful lobby lounge in the afternoons. Then night clubbing in the evening before returning to our low-$ hotel! Good times... :)
BzB
 
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