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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acadia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acadia 'This was the first wartime deployment of a mixed male-female crew on a U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acadia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acadia 'This was the first wartime deployment of a mixed male-female crew on a U.S. Navy combat vessel with just over one-third of her crew being women. During this time, the ship was branded as the "love boat" when 36 of the crew's women (about 10%) discovered that they were pregnant.'

MarkMarine 2y ago
Navy boats have been "love boats" the entire time. Only difference now is some of the crew can get pregnant.
- chroma 2y ago
  Pregnancies become a bigger problem on submarines because of the limited space for medical facilities and the difficulty of transferring crew on/off the sub.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  Not just Navy ships. What do people think happened on sailing ships when they were gone for over a year trading or whaling?
  - snapplebobapple 2y ago
    Butt stuff. We always thought butt stuff.
    - hackeraccount 2y ago
      What are the traditions of the Royal Navy? "They are rum, sodomy and the lash." - W. Churchill The US Navy on the other hand is a temperate organization that doesn't believe in corporal punishment.
      - jfengel 2y ago
        We also didn't believe in alcohol, at least not as part of the official ration. The Royal Navy "tot" was not abolished until 1970. (The US actually had one, too, until 1862. The Kiwis kept theirs until 1990.)
HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
Is that the one where, when you dig into the details, you find that most of them were either pregnant before they joined, or became pregnant while on leave with their spouses/boyfriends and only a small percentage actually became pregnant while aboard?
- chroma 2y ago
  The Wikipedia article says 22 of the 36 became pregnant with a fellow crew member during the deployment. All of them had to be transferred off the ship so they could be closer to an obstetrician in case of complications.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
    OK. I must be thinking of a different ship then.
  - Brybry 2y ago
    I think you might have misread that, it says 22 with a fellow crewmember or while on shore leave in Hawaii/Philippines/Singapore/Thailand/other ports (and the source [1] doesn't mention crewmembers but it's implied). [1] https://archive.md/eFVKi#selection-255.0-255.204 https://archive.md/eFVKi#selection-255.0-255.204

MarkMarine 2y ago

Navy boats have been "love boats" the entire time. Only difference now is some of the crew can get pregnant.

chroma 2y ago
Pregnancies become a bigger problem on submarines because of the limited space for medical facilities and the difficulty of transferring crew on/off the sub.
HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
Not just Navy ships. What do people think happened on sailing ships when they were gone for over a year trading or whaling?
- snapplebobapple 2y ago
  Butt stuff. We always thought butt stuff.
  - hackeraccount 2y ago
    What are the traditions of the Royal Navy? "They are rum, sodomy and the lash." - W. Churchill The US Navy on the other hand is a temperate organization that doesn't believe in corporal punishment.
    - jfengel 2y ago
      We also didn't believe in alcohol, at least not as part of the official ration. The Royal Navy "tot" was not abolished until 1970. (The US actually had one, too, until 1862. The Kiwis kept theirs until 1990.)

HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago

Is that the one where, when you dig into the details, you find that most of them were either pregnant before they joined, or became pregnant while on leave with their spouses/boyfriends and only a small percentage actually became pregnant while aboard?

chroma 2y ago
The Wikipedia article says 22 of the 36 became pregnant with a fellow crew member during the deployment. All of them had to be transferred off the ship so they could be closer to an obstetrician in case of complications.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  OK. I must be thinking of a different ship then.
- Brybry 2y ago
  I think you might have misread that, it says 22 with a fellow crewmember or while on shore leave in Hawaii/Philippines/Singapore/Thailand/other ports (and the source [1] doesn't mention crewmembers but it's implied). [1] https://archive.md/eFVKi#selection-255.0-255.204 https://archive.md/eFVKi#selection-255.0-255.204