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,[1][2] was said to be able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes, or 500 gallons per shift.[3][4] It was employed in the USN's Western Pacfic area of operations, at one point anchored at Ulithi.[5]
See also[]
- USS Quartz (IX-150), a contemporary of the ice cream barge, used as a "crockery" ship
References[]
- ↑ Wingo 1994, p. 162.
- ↑ Funderburg 1995, p. 143.
- ↑ Meister 2017, p. 78.
- ↑ "Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy". United States Naval Institute. January 30, 2015. https://news.usni.org/2015/01/30/unique-ships-u-s-navy.
- ↑ Bovbjerg 2004, p. 13.
Sources[]
- Bovbjerg, R.V. (2004). Steaming as Before. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Hamilton Books. ISBN 978-0-7618-2850-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=-EyXB3oR2IsC&pg=PA13.
- Wingo, J.D. (1994). Mother was a gunner's mate: World War II in the Waves. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-924-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=4TFnAAAAMAAJ.
- Meister, C. (2017). Totally Amazing Facts About Military Vehicles. Mind Benders. Capstone Press, an Capstone imprint. ISBN 978-1-5157-4542-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=KfbPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA78.
- Funderburg, A.C. (1995). Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla: A History of American Ice Cream. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 978-0-87972-692-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=rLVa2zMvCiUC. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
Further reading[]
- Matt Siegel (August 6, 2017). "How Ice Cream Helped America at War: For decades, the military made sure soldiers had access to the treat—including spending $1 million on a floating ice-cream factory". The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/ice-cream-military/535980/.
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