So, there we were, heading back to Pearl after completing our hush-hush special ops at Kingman Reef. Passing through the middle of nowhere hundreds of miles from anything that stuck out of the water more than 2 feet, our evaps started providing just enough fresh water for cooking and drinking. Fresh water showers quickly became a thing of the past. Your choices included a salt water shower from a hose in the head, or for the more daring bon vivants, you could head to the fantail during a squall. I tried the fantail ONCE! The rain was really cold and stung like crazy. The parts to repair the evaporator were flown out and air-dropped to us by a USN P-3 Orion sub hunter.