Wringer on USS PAMPANITO

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That MUST have hurt. (oh, BERTHED!)
(Please excuse me, no offense intended.)

I wonder why it has a wringer? If indeed bolted down wouldn't simply spining the wash-cylinder quickly achieve a damp-dry?
 
Bolts !! Where ??

You've seen the tumblers that can't spin, that require an extractor. This must be one of those "berthed" babies.

I would have volunteered for laundry duty.
 
I need to teach Michael to Spell

This spelling boo boo wasnt me, it worrries me that these exec types can struggle with such simple words :) On the upside, it was his first message post to aw.org, even if it was under my name :)

I'm assuming the reason it doesnt spin, is the vibration that it would cause. Its probably the last thing you want on a tiny sub during war.

The other reason could be, that the sub was a WW2 vessel, and spinning anything around then was reasonabley uncommon.
 
American Laundry Machinery

American, only made wash only washers until 1962 . The 1st machine they made that extracted was a 100 lb model . They named it American Cascadex . It sold then for around 6000.00 an oturagous sum for that time. It had a Automatic Supply injestion and bosted a 600 rpm extract and took a 80 Amp Service to operate. It reuired 10 by 15 feet of concrete to hold it down.

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Spindry on a Submarine

Maybe the high speed spin would create a noise and give it away for enemy subs with sonar, or something. I also wonder, did it wash with salt(ocean water)or fresh?
 

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