The galley features a working cast iron stove patented in 1918, a wood‐paneled refrigerator and freezer, black and white tile floors, lots of metal details (brass and silver –colored Monel) and a large, round table which seats eight in a homey, semi‐circular space at the aft (back) end of the ship. WHALEN’s galley is its most popular space during public tours of the ship. ![]() Erika Stetson has offered her month of December at forty hours a week until she starts master’s classes and the cadet program at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx.Īt Portside, Erika will be learning basic ship maintenance (corrosion control and painting of steel) line handling, maintenance and knots and a lot of brass polishing as she helps whip the galley back into shape. WHALEN and for PortSide to help train Erika for her new career in the Merchant Marine. This is a campaign of mutual benefit, a way for Erika to help PortSide revitalize the heart of the historic ship MARY A. “Operation This Old Ship Kitchen” is triggered by the donation of time by Air Force veteran Erika Stetson who approached the project before Thanksgiving. To support “Operation This Old Ship Kitchen,” PortSide seeks donations of goods, services and funds. and is the only oil tanker in the world in service as an educational and cultural center. WHALEN is the last of her kind in the U.S. WHALEN is a coastal oil tanker 172’ long, 75 years old this year, and on the National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 5 February 2021.As part of our 2013 year‐end fundraising efforts, PortSide NewYork will be running “Operation This Old Ship Kitchen,” a campaign to renovate the galley on the MARY A. "Philly Shipyard "Coming Back To Life" After Running Into Hard Times In Recent Years". "Philly Shipyard books $630 million NSMV training ship order". The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (PDF) (Speech).
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