The 1912 caption reads: Al fresco cooking on Famous Monitor - This is the deck of the original Monitor, with part of the crew that had participated in fight in Hampton Roads. The savory smoke is blowing away from the fire, where the ship’s cook is preparing the mid-day meal. The crew are awaiting the mess-call, and in the foreground are seated two of the fire-room force. Because sun heats up metal plating - sometimes so hot it could scorch feet - it became the custom for the ship’s cook to prepare the messes up on deck and for this purpose stoves were erected that could easily be taken below i
The 1912 caption reads: Al fresco cooking on Famous Monitor - This is the deck of the original Monitor, with part of the crew that had participated in fight in Hampton Roads. The savory smoke is blowing away from the fire, where the ship’s cook is preparing the mid-day meal. The crew are awaiting the mess-call, and in the foreground are seated two of the fire-room force. Because sun heats up metal plating - sometimes so hot it could scorch feet - it became the custom for the ship’s cook to prepare the messes up on deck and for this purpose stoves were erected that could easily be taken below in time of action, and the men took their meals al fresco in the open air. Unfortunately, a few weeks after this picture taken, Monitor foundered in a storm off Cape Hatteras and most of crew went down with ship. The date was December 31, 1862.
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