What is in the forward battery?
Returning to the main level inside the pressure hull forward of the control room, the forward battery includes:
- Boat’s office. This is the large office on the boat.
- Chief petty officers’ berthing, also known as the “goat locker”.
- Captain’s cabin with desk and depth and course indicators.
- The other half of the boat’s battery, 126 cells, is on the lower level.
- Fan unit to pull the hydrogen out of the battery well so it does not reach combustible levels when charging the battery. The air from the battery well is dumped into the engine rooms so the hydrogen can be burned.
- Officers’ staterooms for berthing.
- Wardroom for officers’ meals, meetings and work space.
- Serving galley. Food is kept warm and served from here. It is not cooked here.