The Challenges of Cooking Underwater: Inside the Galley of a US Navy Nuclear Submarine

The life of a U.S. Navy submariner is not easy. These sailors live for months in a steel tube cruising through freezing cold water, surrounded by explosives, flammable materials, and even nuclear weapons. Even in peacetime they run the risk of terrible accidents. In wartime they risk being hounded to destruction by enemy ships and helicopters. But they eat magnificently well. If you don't believe me, then check out this video where we will tell you more about what a sailors eat on a nuclear submarine!

When you live under the sea for months at a time, food becomes not only a necessary part of the health of the crew, but it becomes a profoundly important psychological factor in their wellbeing too. The cooks on submarines are the elite in the Navy. They have to be able not only to prepare, cook, and bake all of the different types of foods for the various meals, of which there are four in a 24hour cycle, but they have to do it in the smallest spaces imaginable.

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