Ice cream barge

The United States Navy employed an ice cream barge during the Pacific War (also called World War II) to supply sailors and Marines with dessert in large quantities. The barge, a concrete ship acquired from the U.S. Army and worth $1 million, was said to be able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes, or 500 gallons per shift. It was employed in the USN's Western Pacfic area of operations, at one point anchored at Ulithi.