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  • Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of

    03/08/2026 6:14:49 PM PDT · by daniel1212 · 39 replies
    npr.org/ ^ | January 17, 2026 | Steve Walsh
    New documents show the crew on board the United States' newest aircraft carrier are growing increasingly frustrated by design flaws that lead to regular failures in the ship's toilet system. The USS Gerald R. Ford has been deployed for seven months since it left Norfolk in June. On board the carrier, the crew is battling a toilet system that the General Accountability Office reported in 2020 was undersized and poorly designed. The system continues to fail during deployment, forcing the crew of 4,600 sailors to live with a system that randomly breaks down during their months at sea. NPR has...