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Sailors leap off the side of the battleship USS Rhode Island after coaling ship, circa 1913.

A Chinese steward on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia.

This colorized photograph shows sailors doing their laundry by hand on the deck of a Navy warship.

The private shower facility in Officers' Country on board the former cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 2009.

A washroom in Officers' Country on board the former cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 2010

This head on board the former protected cruiser USS Olympia shows the modern, and somewhat luxurious, facilities available to officers of the ship.

Dirty sailors hose down the deck of a ship after coaling, circa 1912.

Troops on board the transport USS Mercury stand on deck, awaiting a blast of cleansing water from a fire hose.

A Navy mascot on board a battleship gets a good washing, circa 1907-08.

Cyanotype print of sailors doing their laundry in buckets on board USS Olympia, 1898.

Sailors wash on deck, using buckets of water, circa 1913.