New U.S. Navy aircraft carrier sets sail with no urinals

The U.S. Navy has decided on a new form of berth control.
 
The USS Gerald R. Ford — the newest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, and the first in its class of ships — is ditching urinals, introducing “gender neutral” bathrooms.
 
“This is designed to give the ship flexibility because there aren’t any berthing areas that are dedicated to one sex or the other,” Operations Specialist 1st Class Kaylea Motsenbocker told Navy Times recently.
 
Bathroom experts told the Navy Times that urinals cost less, take up less space, and are more sanitary (fewer men miss their target with a urinal).
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/u-...-1.3352063
 

Look for the new top of line flushing ability for the entire system.

 

 

Kawooosh!

 

 

It'll even flush bananas...

 

 

:Banana_Dance:

Look for the new top of line flushing ability for the entire system.

 

 

Kawooosh!

 

 

It'll even flush bananas...

 

 

:Banana_Dance:

 


 
Older systems were causing problems for obvious reasons. 
 
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The Navy Times reports that toilets have been malfunctioning since the ship's initial deployment. The toilet's vacuum system—which consists of 250 miles of tubing—has completely failed on several occasions leaving sailors to "anchors away" off catwalks and into bottles.
 
The Navy blames the sailors for clogging the system on the $6.2billion boat with feminine hygiene products and clothing.
 
http://gizmodo.com/5859717/toilet-troubl...-pee-dance