“Operation This Old Ship Kitchen” Scope of work She’ll get the galley shipshape in no time.” Erika is a mature, accomplished and dedicated worker we are so lucky to have her. Working with Erika also fulfills a PortSide plan to use the MARY A. It will be great to have one space thoroughly repainted to showcase what the rest of the ship can look like. “Visitors love the galley, maybe because it is so much bigger than apartment kitchens. “Erika’s offer is such a shot in the arm!” said PortSide Director Carolina Salguero. It was not possible for Salguero to work all week as Director and also be the volunteer coordinator on weekends, so the volunteer program was shut down in 2012 shortly after the access rules tightened. WHALEN now, you need to have a Homeland Security ID, the TWIC card, which requires a federal background check, fingerprinting, a fee of about $130 and about three weeks processing time or you have to be escorted by PortSide NewYork Director Carolina Salguero, the only PortSide staff member allowed to escort visitors who don’t have a TWIC card. WHALEN is docked shut down our volunteer program in March 2012. Tightened security regulations relating to TWIC cards in the Red Hook Container port where the MARY A. “PortSide also has been accumulating vintage utensils and appliances, and the galley will really take you back in time once this restoration is finished.”Įrika’s offer is particularly important to PortSide because she has a TWIC card, the credential needed to enter the port and visit the ship. “The ship’s galley is a treasure within a treasure, and I’m incredibly enthusiastic about completing this project before attending SUNY Maritime,” Erika said. Army civilian Public Affairs Officer working with senior generals involved in military logistics, including the U.S. Previously, Erika spent five years in the Air Force, over a decade in civilian service in journalism and PR, and was in Kabul as a U.S. She is entering SUNY to train for a Third Mate Unlimited Tonnage license, so she can steer ships for Military Sealift Command, a logistics support fleet for the U.S. In addition to showing the galley during TankerTours for the public, PortSide uses the space as overflow office space, a board room and conference room, and as a site for “friendraiser” events during Supper Club dinners.Įrika Stetson’s life goal is national service. The galley features a working cast iron stove patented in 1918, a wood‐paneled refrigerator and freezer, black and white tile floors, lots of metal details (brass and silver –colored Monel) and a large, round table which seats eight in a homey, semi‐circular space at the aft (back) end of the ship. WHALEN’s galley is its most popular space during public tours of the ship. Erika Stetson has offered her month of December at forty hours a week until she starts master’s classes and the cadet program at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx.Īt Portside, Erika will be learning basic ship maintenance (corrosion control and painting of steel) line handling, maintenance and knots and a lot of brass polishing as she helps whip the galley back into shape. WHALEN and for PortSide to help train Erika for her new career in the Merchant Marine. This is a campaign of mutual benefit, a way for Erika to help PortSide revitalize the heart of the historic ship MARY A. “Operation This Old Ship Kitchen” is triggered by the donation of time by Air Force veteran Erika Stetson who approached the project before Thanksgiving. To support “Operation This Old Ship Kitchen,” PortSide seeks donations of goods, services and funds. and is the only oil tanker in the world in service as an educational and cultural center. WHALEN is the last of her kind in the U.S. WHALEN is a coastal oil tanker 172’ long, 75 years old this year, and on the National Register of Historic Places. As part of our 2013 year‐end fundraising efforts, PortSide NewYork will be running “Operation This Old Ship Kitchen,” a campaign to renovate the galley on the MARY A.
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