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Sailors on board the collier USS Orion sit down for a meal, circa 1917-1920

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Olympia lounge in the torpedo room after a meal, October 1899.

Sailors on board the gunboat USS Elcano share a meal on the Whang-Foo River in China, 1916.

Sailors are (around table, starting at left): Clancy Hodges, Milo Smith, Branden, Dunham, Arthur Furnas, La Bounty.

Berth deck cooks on board USS Ossipee pose with food and cooking implements in 1887

Sailors on board USS Olympia sit down for a meal, 1898.

This pre-WWI cartoon postcard depicts a certain problem with a heavy diet of beans in the Navy.

Sailors of the engineer's force on board the cruiser USS Baltimore pose with their Christmas feast in 1904, off China.

A drawing depicting a Christmas Eve toast on board the battleship USS Kansas in 1908, during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

The silver service of the battleship USS Kansas, on display, and guarded carefully by two Marines.

A shot of the galley on board USS Olympia, taken in 1899.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Charleston pose with an extravagant Thanksgiving feast in 1893.

The forward compartment of the protected cruiser USS Boston, launched in 1884. Hooks on the beam in the foreground were used to hang hammocks. In the background, note the table hung from ropes, both to allow for stowing above, and to account for the…