The toilets on the Navy’s largest aircraft carrier keep failing

The Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford is deployed off the coast of Venezuela and is dealing with plumbing issues nearly every day.

The Toilets On The U.S. Navy's Newest Supercarrier Are Still Clogging

The Vacuum, Collection, Holding and Transfer sewage system on USS Gerald R. Ford was developed for cruise ships, but maybe ...
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The Navy spent $13 billion on an aircraft carrier and can't get the toilets to work

The USS Gerald R Ford is the largest and most expensive warship ever built. The nuclear-powered carrier features stealth ...

The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier

Problems with the plumbing system on board America's newest aircraft carrier are getting worse. Issues with the toilets on ...

Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela

In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, USS Gerald R. Ford, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213 from embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight, and a U.S. Air ...
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A $13 billion carrier’s toilets keep failing—here’s the engineering lesson

Where is the next generation aircraft carrier? When one toilet valve can disable an entire section of bathrooms? At the USS ...