Kurt did as he was told, found the ship's officers al- ready gathered on the mess decks.

Please get on the public address system for the ship and tell your men to assemble in the mess deck.

They must assemble in the mess deck in ten minutes.

All hands to the mess deck in ten minutes.

He ordered two of them to escort the men from the bridge to the mess deck below.

It was one of his men on the mess deck.

"They like having the hard copy on the mess decks to read while they're eating breakfast."

The only place aboard a man could still buy cigarettes was in the ship's store under the forward mess deck.

I was still on the mess deck with a cup of tea.

In a quieter voice he added, 'I was going round the mess decks.