Now I know how the “drunken sailors” reference came into fruition:

The UK’s newest aircraft carrier, complete with its own pub, has landed in America https://t.co/npq2BXhHo1 pic.twitter.com/xVxRrh2IP3

— Jalopnik (@Jalopnik) September 11, 2018

The U.S. Navy, by contrast, is a totally dry organization where alcohol is strictly forbidden on ships, with few exceptions.

The Navy originally served daily rations of rum and then whisky to sailors for more than a hundred years but ended the practice during the Civil War. In 1914 personal alcohol consumption was banned completely. Ships still carry small amounts of alcohol for “medicinal purposes”, to be dispensed to shaken sailors who have had really, really bad days.