Well done those two sailors.

When I was a young student at college we had an experience somewhat similar. In the College laundry were a gaggle of broken washing machines. My friend in the next room to mine had been working on mending machines for a holiday job. We offered to the Student Union to get as many machines working as we could for a small remuneration. By cannibalizing eight machines he got four working for them in the laundry.
The fifth one which we did not mention was spirited away to our GP room. We were the only corridor with our own private washing machine and spin dryer for two years. When we graduated and left college, a strange fifth machine suddenly re-appeared back in the laundry room.