"Scott Vernon" wrote in message ...
Weren't they for the sailors with VD?


Yes they were Scotty. The heads on Fletcher Tin Cans were long troffs
that salt water ran thru all the time dumping overboard. The troffs
were covered with boards with cut outs to sit on. The crew members
that had vd were restricted to useing the boards that were painted
red. Hence the name redheads.

This was shown not to be an effective and was phased out.

Joe






Scotty


"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Why was Seaman Broady required to use the Red Head during WWII?

Broady was stationed on a fletcher class tin can?

But most early WWII and WWI ships had red heads to.

The Battleship Texas has 2.

Good for 5 asa points


Joe
MSV RedCloud