US nuclear aircraft carrier George Bush crippled by toilet outages • The Register

Military | 461 hits | Nov 21 12:21 pm | Posted by: Scape

The US Navy's newest and mightiest nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS George H W Bush*, has been plagued by continual failures in its lavatories, according to reports. Sailors have been forced into increasingly desperate measures to relieve themselves.

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by PENATRATOR
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:24 pm
Shitty
by Gunnair
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:27 pm
Crap!
by Gunnair
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:29 pm
Been there on occasion and that does suck.

Hello piss jugs!
by BartSimpson
Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:29 pm
It was a fashionable idea to employ this kind of vacuum system for the heads. It's essentially the same system that's popular on lots of cruise ships and it's just as bad.
by bootlegga
Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:17 pm
From the same news article;

Britain's Harrier jump-jets reprieved to fly and fight again

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/15/harriers_saved/
by ShepherdsDog
Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:29 pm
A German commander(Schlitt) supposedly caused his Uboat(U 1206) to be sunk at the end of WWII because he used the boat's newly installed heads incorrectly, while submerged. All the sewage backed up into the ship while they were submerged and flooded the battery room. This caused a chemical reaction, producing chlorine gas and when they surfaced to vent, they were caught by the allies and he scuttled his boat....if he had only waited for the crewman trained to operate the valves.
by saturn_656
Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:11 am
by DanSC
Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:01 am
Well luckily they can pee of the deck like American sailors on the Bonhomme Richard
by Freakinoldguy
Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:34 am
I'd hate to be a Hull Tech on that thing.

We went throught the same things when they first started installing the blackwater systems on the ships. They were constantly crapping out, pardon the pun and the hull techs were constantly taking the sytem apart which was a pretty shitty job.

I guess I'm not ecologically sensative but I'd still rather shit in the ocean than suffer a complete colon meltdown because some twit decided to save the planet.
by RumRunner
Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:41 am
now the ship is like its namesake ... FULL OF SHIT!
by BigBri
Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:41 am
"RumRunner" said
8) now the ship is like its namesake ... FULL OF SHIT!

I'm sure you mean his son
by PublicAnimalNo9
Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:10 am
"BigBri" said
8) now the ship is like its namesake ... FULL OF SHIT!

I'm sure you mean his son
"Read my lips, no new taxes".
Either way, he's got the right Bush
by QBall
Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:01 pm
"ShepherdsDog" said
This caused a chemical reaction, producing chlorine gas and when they surfaced to vent, they were caught by the allies and he scuttled his boat....

Somehow I seriously doubt the Allies would have wanted to board to sub once they got within smelling distance of one of the hatches.
by Shadow_Flanker
Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:18 am
"Gunnair" said

Hello piss jugs!

If you gotta take a dump then what?