The Navy did not allow crew or officers to have alcohol aboard, but they figured that ice cream would be a good substitute for the people out there in the Pacific Theater, so they commissioned three large barges (I don't have any idea if they were all that big, but I do like saying "large barges") to store and distribute frozen and cold food. The barges: USS Hydrogen, USS Calcium, and USS Antimony, were towed in the seas, carrying 1,500 tons of frozen meat and 500 tons of refrigerated vegetables, eggs, and dairy products.
And some smart person thought to rig up each barge with machinery that could make ten gallons of ice cream every seven minutes, or five tons a day.
I know that Dad would have ordered vanilla!
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