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Dry California - Why No Desalination Plants???
10 Jun 2022 10:05 am
JinnMartini » 10 Jun 2022, 3:54 am » wrote: ↑ And when was that ?
Whatever . . . I think technology has improved since then ?
I was assigned to that ship in 77/78. It has since been decommissioned. If what I remember was true it had boilers that were used for the desalination. If the boilers went down temporarily (as they sometimes did) and we were out to sea we didn't have water to drink or to shower. When we went on a Westpac cruise we had to take a "Navy shower" to conserve water which meant turn on water, get yourself wet, turn water off, wash yourself, turn water back on, rinse yourself off, turn water off. BTW we made a port visit to Yokosuka (pronounced Yokuska) Japan in 78.