Ship's captain initially told crew water was safe but if they didn't want to drink it, they could use it to 'scrubby scrubby' the decks during the ship's morning cleaning stations
Sailors assigned to the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln are questioning the assurances made by their commanding officer about the safety of drinking water on board after it tested positive for E. coli bacteria last month.
However, Lincoln sailors told the Union-Tribune that a fuel-like odor could be smelled in the ship’s water for at least six days after the problem began. The Union-Tribune is withholding the names of the sailors because they fear reprisal from their command. In one video, milky water flows from a water fountain on the ship. After a few seconds, the water turns dark gray.
Bauernschmidt then said good water was flowing through the pipes and it could take some time to flush out whatever was causing the previous day’s issue. In a third address that evening, Bauernschmidt told the crew that, although the ship’s testing capacity was limited, they were testing all the tanks on board and sending samples to civilian labs ashore. Results, she said, were expected the next day.
Bauernschmidt then described the symptoms of E. coli-related illness as “the double dragon” — diarrhea and vomiting — and assured sailors it normally went away within 24 hours.
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