USS Abraham Lincoln details (25,000 gal fresh water/day; helos moving charity goods)

KFI Radio Los Angeles ^ | 1-20-05 | Capt. Dale Dye, USMC, Ret.

[danamco]

25000gal/day

25000gal/day = 100 tons of water

lots of chopper sorties for H20 alone, plus dry goods



Where do they get all the empty bottles from???

[btcusn]

Regardless of the number - salt water showers are a bitch - later
Been there - done that - if you haven't what are you talking about?

Been on water hours many times, no salt water showers though. Know a little about how the evaps work and what is needed to keep a steam plant in operation.
Jack

[Palladin]

He'll qualify, I guar-an-tee! He is a super-strong boy with firm Christian values. He grew up very unspoiled, and shared a closet-size bedroom with 2 brothers. Slept on an upper bunk all his life. Not claustrophobic. He even knows how to swim with all his clothes on already, since Baptist father would not allow the kids to wear regular swimwear. Ocean or pool or lake, they had to go in wearing long jeans and tee-shirts! We joke with him that he was raised to be a submariner. Little did his nutty father know!