how long until you have a pregnant sailor on a sub?
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There have already been female sailors who got pregnant on US Naval vessels...
don’t remember if they were on subs, but when the women had no choice about whether or not they got assigned onto ships, the only way off was to be pregnant...
and so they did..just to get shore duty again...
If I get pregnant on sea duty, when will I have to leave the ship?
Pregnant servicewomen may remain onboard up to the 20th week of pregnancy while the ship is in port. A servicewoman discovered to be pregnant while underway/deployed should be transferred ashore as soon as possible given the constraints of the ship’s location, current mission, next port call, health of the servicewoman and/or unborn child(ren), etc. Under no circumstance shall a pregnant servicewoman remain onboard past the 20th week of pregnancy.
A pregnant servicewoman may continue to serve aboard ships only while in port or serve during short underway periods onboard a ship (e.g. local operations including, but not limited to, changes in ship’s berth, ammunition anchorages, and transits to and from local shipyards) provided an evacuation capability exists and the time for medical evacuation to atreatment facility capable of evaluating and stabilizing obstetric emergencies is less than six hours; this requirement includes TAD orders. The six-hour rule is not intended to allow pregnant women to operate routinely at sea, but rather to provide the CO flexibility during short underway periods, as described above.
They even have a maternity uniform!
More....
Baby Aboard: The Navy Responds to High Rates of Unplanned Pregnancies Among Sailors
Here is the New York Times.
36 Women Pregnant Aboard a Navy Ship That Served in Gulf
AP
Published: April 30, 1991
SAN DIEGO, April 29— Thirty-six crew members of the supply ship Acadia were pregnant and had to be transferred during the ship’s deployment to the Persian Gulf, naval officials say.
More than half became pregnant after the ship was under way, but a Navy spokesman, Lieut. Comdr. Jeff Smallwood, said there were no indications of improper fraternization between men and women on the ship.
“These women have a right to get pregnant,” Commander Smallwood said. “The conclusion somebody is jumping to is that the Acadia is a love boat, and that’s not the case.”