Laundry

[BlackBat242]

On Ranger (CV-61) in 1985-87, each crewman had his own mesh laundry bag (or 2 or 3) with his name & berthing block labeled in indelible ink... he tied the top closed, and these bags went into the large bags. These small bags were washed without being opened.

Yes, without being opened... we were instructed to fill them no more than half-way, and they came out clean & dry.

I tied some unique knots from time-to-time, just to check, and my bags always came back with the knot I had tied intact. I never lost a single item in a full year of accumulated at-sea time.

 

[rust]

Where is laundry done on a starship?

I do not know whether this has already been mentioned (I did not read all
posts thoroughly ... ): There was a very interesting article about Self-
Cleaning Materials, written by Bret Evill, in JTAS of 7-29-2008.

 

[Whipsnade]

Merxiless & BlackBat,

On USS California CGN-36 between '83 and '87. We had both methods; the one big gang bag and the personal mesh bags. The mesh bags weren't issued, but they were for sale on-base and in the ship's store. Laundry got done twice a week.

I used the mesh bag for skivvies, socks, and the like. My issued sheets and pillow cases, plus work clothes, went in the gang bag.

My parents visited once during a West Coast vacation they were on and I took them aboard for a quick look around. My father toured my berthing compartment, 46 men, and described it my mother as "feet and farts". He also mentioned he'd dug far preferable foxholes in Korea, but I think he was simply exaggerating.


Regards,
Bill

 

[Merxiless]

Interesting how each ship does it differently.

 

[Ran Targas]

Merxiless & BlackBat,

On USS California CGN-36 between '83 and '87. We had both methods; the one big gang bag and the personal mesh bags. The mesh bags weren't issued, but they were for sale on-base and in the ship's store. Laundry got done twice a week.

I used the mesh bag for skivvies, socks, and the like. My issued sheets and pillow cases, plus work clothes, went in the gang bag.

I was an officer and sent my wash khakis to the laundry in a cloth bag and my skivvies and socks in a mesh bag with a big safety pin holding it closed; I never let the mess cranks ever touch my dress or CNT uniforms. The khakis came back on hangers but you could play tic-tac-toe with the creases pressed into them and somehow socks managed to disappear from the mesh bag even though the pin was still in place.

I've come to the conclusion from this and my own personal laundry experiences that we have actually created transporter technology and it has something to do with hot air and static. Unfortunately, the transporter only works on wool or cotton.

 

[ThunderChilde]

I do not know whether this has already been mentioned (I did not read all
posts thoroughly ... ): There was a very interesting article about Self-
Cleaning Materials, written by Bret Evill, in JTAS of 7-29-2008.

Downloaded that article a while back Very interesting reading and concepts, I liked it. Best idea yet for why a tramp frieghter should't ever be grubby, be stained, or have a lingering foul smell in any surface whatsoever. YMMV.

To be truthful I always had a faint dislike for the dirty, rundown, grubby description of the future. If it looks that bad, it'd never fly, or sustain life support long enough to reach Jump Distance, much less make it to the destination.