Esso Gettysburg HAER No. CA-354 Page 9 The ship’s fore to aft arrangement was as follows: • Forepeak with boatswain’s stores and chain locker above tank for ballast water • Two decks of dry-cargo space above two deep tanks • Forward cofferdam in line athwartships with the forward pump room for bilge-water, ballast-water, and fuel-oil hand-ing • Thirty cargo-oil tanks arranged in ten groups fore to aft, each group comprising a center tank and two wing tanks (port and starboard), all separated by transverse and longitudinal oil-tight bulkheads • After cofferdam athwart the cargo pump room • Fuel-oil tanks • Forward engine space • After engine space • Boiler space (on a 30' flat above the engine spaces) • Washing-water and reserve-feed-water tanks (in the double bottom below the engine spaces) • Afterpeak with distilled-water tanks and steering-gear room above tank for ballast 2. Decks: The Esso Gettysburg’s navigation spaces and deck-officers’ quarters were located in a three-deck forward (or brid-ge) deckhouse. The Navigating Bridge Deck contained the wheel house, chart room, master’s sea cabin, and a fan room. Just below, the Upper Bridge Deck held the master’s stateroom and office, chief mate’s room, ship’s office, purser’s room, radio room, radio officer’s room, and a spare cabin (designated for a junior mate on the ship’s ge-neral arrangement plans). The Bridge Deck enclosed the officers’ lounge; quarters for the steward and the second, third, and junior-third mates; two two-berth passenger cabins; the hospital; and the officers’ laundry. Wash-water tanks, stores, and a large workspace filled the Upper Deck area below this deckhouse. 25 The after (or poop) deckhouse contained engine-department quarters and crew facilities on two decks. The Boat Deck aft held the chief engineer’s stateroom and office; first, second, third, and junior-third assistant engineers’ quarters; engineers’ changing room; another officers’ lounge; and a spare cabin (designated for a junior engineer). This deck also held various fan rooms and the emergency diesel-generator room. The poop deck, just below, con-tained rooms for the chief cook, second cook, machinist, boatswain, pump men, mess men, and utility men. Here also were the crew’s recreation room, galley, and the three mess rooms, one each for officers, petty officers, and crew. 26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 “Esso Gettysburg,” 4, 6 - 7. 26 ibid.

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