It was fitted with a large ice-chest, many lockers, a sink with running water, a two-burner alcohol stove with oven and a multitude of plate-racks.

It was the lightest place in the boat, for, besides a light-port on each side, it had as well a hatch overhead.

The hatch, although water-tight, was made to open for the admission of ice and supplies.

Still forward, in the nose of the boat, was a large water tank and, beyond that, the rope locker.

The gasoline tanks, of which there were four, held two hundred and fifty gallons.