As a brand new electrician having just completed NPTU (Nuclear Power Training Unit) I had the dirtiest job I have heard of.
After a lot of extensive explanations of how useless I was (NUB = Non Useful Body) I had the joy of cleaning the Machinery Two Lower Level bilge. This bilge was located just forward of the reactor compartment where the sub expanded since it is larger in diameter to accomodate the reactor shield. This means there is a little pocket was formed in the aft end of the bilge where anything that ended up in the bilge would collect.
Unfortunately a combination of factors made this fairly straight-forward task extremely nasty. First, machinery two lower level was where the auxiliary mechanic stood watch. This alone wasn't a problem except that one person who was standing that watch occasionally decided he couldn't be bothered asking for relief when he needed... er... relief... And all of this ended up floating in the bilge...
There were also a number of chemistry tests done in glass vials. These vials often would fall and break and end up... you guessed it... in the bilge.
Finally whomever designed the sub neglected to think that someone had to get into the bilge to make sure the basket over the inlet to the bilge pump was clear. This oversight meant that the only way to get down there was to open an access panel in a walkway and have a more senior electrician lower the most junior electrician by his ankles slowly through a maze of pipes and conduit...
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Sorry about that... I was the Auxiliaryman on watch.
And you would need to contact the Captain of a ship at the closest sub-base. (Kingsbay-Georgia, Norfolk-VA, Bangor-Wa, Groton-Ct, San Diego-Ca) Most would probably work with you to get you access. ;-> maybe...
