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| Through a water-tight door in the
aft bulkhead of the torpedo room is the forward battery.
This compartment is divided in two by a water-tight
deck. |
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| The officers'
quarters above the deck plates provided cabins for
both the commissioned officers and the chief petty
officers. The forward end of the compartment
was working space for the two Stewards Mates.
Their small work area included a coffee urn, storage
drawers, food warmers and the like. The
captain was the only officer who had a private
cabin; all others shared sleeping rooms. All
officers shared the single head in the forward
torpedo room. The wardroom, where the
commissioned officers ate and met, contained a
table, bunks and movable chairs. |
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| Below the deck was the forward
half of the storage battery (126 large, lead-acide type
electric cells, stored in the space below the deck
plates, gave the compartment its name). Each cell
was about four feet tall. They were connected in
series by a set of lead-coated copper intercell
connectors and to the main propulsion cubicle by a set
of large copper busbars and cables. |
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| The ship's yeoman had a tiny
office on the starboard side, at the aft end of the
compartment. He was the enlisted man who
maintained all of the ship's records |
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