Saturday, January 17, 2026

Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier

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.

Posted by lamplighter at 02:50 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

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... The USS Gerald R. Ford has been deployed for seven months since it left Norfolk in June. The carrier is currently at the center of the Trump administration's flotilla of Navy ships in the Caribbean.

Since the raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the carrier continues to work with the Coast Guard as the U.S. interdicts oil tankers tied to Venezuela.

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. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-17 02:51 PM

Hahahahaha. One of PEDO DONNIE's hydraulic --------?

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-17 02:56 PM

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.

Good thing they got that poop deck as backup.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-17 03:35 PM

Its becoming clearer, and clearer the US can't build anything these days.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-17 04:06 PM

Its becoming clearer, and clearer the US can't build anything these days.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-17 04:06 PM | Reply

We could but all the CEOs and Billionaires outsourced our manufacturing centers overseas to save money. It's sad.

#5 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-17 04:07 PM

Maybe, instead of spending money to put gold and marble in White House bathrooms, Pres Trump should focus more upon the basic sanitary needs of the military that servers the Country.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 08:22 PM

We could but all the CEOs and Billionaires outsourced our manufacturing centers overseas to save money. It's sad.

#5 | Posted by Alexandrite

And constantly cut corners on what hasn't been outsourced to maximize profit.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-19 02:43 PM

A glue gun can extend the life of many appliances when the plastic brackets fail as designed and the controls fall inside the unit.GE is bad for that.

#8 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-01-19 03:25 PM

The key to a functioning plumbing system is to sail perfectly level at a constant velocity.

#9 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-01-19 03:32 PM

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