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Default A Look At Officer Training In The US Navy and Merchant Marine
On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:00:52 -0400,
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:25:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
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The evaporators could never keep up with the demand for fresh water so
we were always on water hour rationing while underway. Taking a real
shower became a once in a great while deal.

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I'm surprised they didn't have reverse osmosis systems, wonder if that
has changed?

I doubt anyone had even heard of RO in the 60s. The ships we were on
were from WWII and I am sure they did not have RO then.
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