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Urimaginaryfrnd
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Posted: September/17/2009 at 01:59 |
LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY...
The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh waterfor her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers). | |
bugsNbows
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Sounds like those boys had it figured out pretty well.
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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
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BillyWayne
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
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John 11:35
The're taking the hobbits to Isengard!! |
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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SD Dog
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Priorities. If I had to live on those ships for that long I would go after the rum and whiskey first too.
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Rum, why is the rum gone?
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Sound about logical to me... A bottle of rum and a cutlass, they took care of bidness.
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8shots
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Ok so let us look at this logically:
A crew of 475.
July 27 to 6 Oct= 70 days.
79400 gall/70/475 =2.38 gall per man per day!!!
6 Oct to 12 Nov = 37 days
68300 gall/37/475 = 3.88 gall per man per day.
18 Nov to 20 Feb = 94 days
64300 + 40000 + ????? captured = 104300 gall
104300/94/475 = 2.33 gall per man per day minimum
These navy guys could drink!!!!
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When we entered Luanda airport in the late eighties (without passports) we found a hangar full of White Horse whisky. Each one of us had a case of whisky donated courtesy of FAPLA!
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jonoMT
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Not a single-malt, but still quite decent of them. I'm sure they were courteous hosts. No need to bother with formal documents among good friends. |
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Reaction time is a factor...
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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Probably have to chalk some of it off to rough seas and getting spilled.
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And projectile barfing...
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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No doubt - One has to wonder how they moved a significant amount of liquid with no electric pumps and no forklifts.
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I think they drank it and then walked aboard!
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