Crew's
Mess / After Battery
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Located
aft of the control room is the crew's mess. This view, showing
the crew's mess looking forward, shows the tables used by the
crew not only during meals, but also during off hours to relax,
read, write letters, etc. The galley, located at the top center
of the photograph, is where all of the food for both the officers
and crew was prepared. The food served from here was among the
best in the Navy. According to many REQUIN veterans, not only
was the coffee pot, seen here just beside the galley window, used
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but the pastries the cook made
here were incredible.
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Just
aft of the crew's mess is the crew's berthing area, also known as
the after battery compartment. When REQUIN was converted to a Naval
Reserve ship, fifteen bunks were removed and an office, located
next to the passageway leading from the crew's mess, was installed.
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One
bunk, located just before the office, has been made up as a display
bunk, showing how some of the individual crewman's personal effects
sere stored. The whites seen in the left side of the bunk display
are "Tink" Garlock's whites. He died onboard REQUIN on September
21, 1962, the only sailor who died while serving aboard REQUIN. |
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Located
beneath the crew's berthing space is the battery space. Once used
to hold the other 126 lead-acid batteries of the 252 used on REQUIN,
this space was converted into a classroom when REQUIN became a
Naval Reserve training ship. Nowadays, this space is used as a
science classroom by the Carnegie Science Center and is known
as Pittsburgh's only underwater classroom.
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