The serving of food was often times also dictated by restrictions on the submarines movements. Most of the time the men were lucky to get ten minutes to eat as the boat's three "shifts" all had to pass through the tiny galley in a short amount of time. Unfortunately, there wasn't much time or space to enjoy that food. They also found room to install an ice cream freezer as a small luxury for the crew. Because of the dangerous and grueling nature of submarine duty, the Navy did its best to ensure that submariners got the best food the Navy had to offer. Also read: 27 incredible photos of life aboard a U.S. To accommodate, the crew stashed boxes of food and other things anywhere they would fit - the showers, the engine room, even on the deck until there was space inside to fit it all. As many as 14 men crammed into the forward torpedo room along with 16 torpedoes.Ī submarine of that size simply could not fit all of the necessary provisions for a long war patrol in the appropriate spaces. Each crewmember also had a bunk, scattered throughout the many compartments of the boat, including in the torpedo rooms. Each crewmember had only about one cubic foot of personal storage space aboard the sub.
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