Chapter Thirteen
They all had accommodations close enough together that the Navy assigned a bathroom for their dedicated use. It wasn’t much: three toilets, two showers, and a couple sinks, but it was theirs. And as the compartments were four- and six-up with narrow bunk beds in which it was physically impossible for two people to sleep together…or do much of anything even if the other occupants were decent enough to leave the room, other locations had to be found for more than the most basic cuddling.
Gordon would have thought that was a trivial task on a ship a thousand feet long, two-fifty wide, and a dozen or so stories tall. But with six thousand people and over ninety jets and helicopters, it was a wonder the MHA team and aircraft fit aboard at all.
With space for privacy being su
