We could all learn a lesson about conserving water from this crew!

              LITTLE  KNOWN TItBIT OF NAVAL  HISTORY...

                   The  U.. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a  combat
vessel, carried  48,600  gallons of fresh  water  for  her crew of 475
officers and men. This was  sufficient to last six months of sustained
operations at sea. She carried no evaporators  (i.e. fresh water
distillers).

              However,  let it be noted that according to her ship's  log,
"On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution  sailed from Boston with a full
complement of 475  officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water,  7,400
cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder  and 79,400  gallons of  rum."

              Her mission: "To destroy and harass  English shipping."

              Making  Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of  flour
and 68,300  gallons of  rum.

              Then  she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12  November.
She provisioned with 550 pounds of  beef and 64,300  gallons of Portuguese
wine.

              On 18 November, she set sail for England  . In the ensuing
days she defeated five British  men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12
English  merchant ships,  salvaging  only the  rum  aboard each.

              By 26 January, her powder  and shot were exhausted.
Nevertheless, although  unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of  Clyde
in Scotland . Her landing party captured a  whisky distillery and
transferred  40,000  gallons of single malt  Scotch  aboard by dawn. Then
she headed home.

              The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in  Boston on 20 February
1799, with no cannon shot,  no food, no powder,  no  rum,  no  wine,  no
whisky,  and 38,600  gallons of  water.