| MAIN DECK (00 Level) | Galley |
| The ship's galley was where the cooks prepared the food for the 200 enlisted men. Soups and stews were boiled in the three large steam kettles, known as "coppers". Grills and a fry kettle are located against the aft bulkhead. Ovens provided a constant flow of fresh bread. The galley was a popular place late at night when the fresh loaves came out of the oven.
The galley was also a dangerous place when high seas and heavy rolling would cause hot broth to slosh from the caldrons, or pitch the novice cook against a hot grill top. Food stuffs were stored in the "reefer spaces" below the mess deck, access is from a hatchway in the forward crew berthing space. Additional storage was in vegetable and spud lockers on the superstructure deck, and a bread locker and vegetable locker in adjacent passageways. At mealtime, heavy pans of food were carried forward to the ladders and hand carried down to the mess deck. The galley was capable of keeping the crew well fed as long as supplies held out and seas were moderate. However, many a DE man will recall subsisting on coffee and sandwiches during prolonged periods at battle stations or stormy weather that was routine during North Atlantic convoy duty. |
 
The original Slater equipment had been upgraded over the years. The ranges and fryer are by Luminox and were probably placed by the Hellenic Navy. Original equipment was more likely; Range, Galley, Electric, Edison Steel Equipment Inc-General Electric/or Hotpoint, 14.5kw, 440volts, 3 phase, 60 cycles, with three (3) each griddles size 12” x 24”; Fryer, Deep Fat, Griswold Co., model 4012, 12KW, 440volts; and Oven, electric, Roasting, Edison-Hotpoint, 12kw, 440v, 3ph, 60cy. The bake oven to the right has a vintage stainless steel refrigerator at this location. |
 
The mixer appears original, a Hobart model A-200, speed 1725, 1/6th HP, 3.01 Amps, 115 volts, 20 quart capacity, SN 812291. (Machine, Food Mixing, Bench mounted, electrical drive, 20 qt capacity)
The "coppers" are a 1953 Navy Standard Steam Jacketed Kettle, 40 gallons, by Legion Utensil; a Groen 20 gallon; and a 1964 Kettle, Steam, Jacketed, Type 1 style 1, class B, 20 gallons model M-195 by Legion Utensil. Although these are newer there has been little change in their style or operation since 1940 which were also typically by Legion Utensil.(Kettle, Steam Jacketed, (copper), Legion - Utensils Corp, 2- 20gal, 1 - 50gal capacity) |
| The Slater had a small automatic potato peeler located on the sink. The typical was; Machine, Potato Peeling, electric drive, 15lb capacity, located out on the deck. |
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