© Timothy J. Burton
Looking to the starboard side in the galley. The electric range and oven is visible to the right. The gray rectangular tank behind the stove is actually a hot water heater. The brass spigot sticking out next to the stove is for the hot water from it. The gray box with the torn top next to the spigot doesn’t belong in the galley at all. It’s taking up the space where the large soup kettle/cooking pot should be. It looks like someone from the museum just put it there to fill that space. The soup kettle/cooking pot had a capacity of 40 liters (10.6 gallons), and was heated by an 8,800-watt unit in its base. Three stages of heat control were provided. The later model kettles were further fitted with a tight cover with a relief valve to permit it to be used as a pressure cooker, and a faucet at the bottom from which the contents of the kettle could be dispensed.
Toward the middle of the galley is a shaft sticking out of the bulkhead, that is the flood valve shaft for starboard fuel ballast tank 6. To the left of that shaft is the large white cabinet that houses the automatic circuit breaker for the forward-most battery (battery 2). The refrigerator and provisions locker were located on the other side of the boat across the passageway from the rest of the galley. (Caption courtesy of Matt Hamacher)
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