I'm more inclined to believe them to be LiOH canisters for CO2 scrubbing. Without a piping tab or being there in person to follow the piping back, it's hard to say. But it does seem odd to place a canteen station right there in the control room next to the helm.
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USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G)
Comms Div 2003-2006
Qualified 19 November 03
Yes I was really on a submarine.
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