15 1/2 year vet from the US navy here.
I found that the food greatly depended on what size command you were on. And yes it does affect morale when your out to sea. Sailors complain as it is...but when the food blows it just makes everyone malcontent. Good food will distract people more than you realize.
For instance i was on the USS Yorktown CG-48 for 5 years. Great food, especially breakfast. You could get your eggs done however...or just go through the speed line for some pancakes and such.
But I also did some time on the USS Grapple. That food sucked all around. We actually ran out of ketchup once...was horrible. It was so bad that in port when i had duty on the weekend i would send the cooks home and we would just cook out on the fantail...lol.
Shore duty food from the galley was easy resturant quality.
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