200,000 Gallons A Day

DannyG | August 6, 2008
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That’s about how much fresh water the USS Kearsarge creates from the ocean as it travels. The ship is steam-powered, and if I understand the explanation in the engine room today correctly, one evaporator at each of end of the ship creates fresh water out of the steam at a rate of 4,000 gallons an hour. That capacity alone makes the Kearsarge a great ship for humanitarian work. It can produce up to 90,000 gallons of fresh water for distribution in areas like Bangladesh whose water supplies are destroyed by natural disasters. This is today’s U.S. Navy, folks. It’s not all about war.

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