On her maiden voyage the Big U carried 1036 crew members and 1700 passengers. To feed 2736 people the ship left port with.

• 123,811 pounds of meat
• 59,450 pounds of poultry
• 12,468 quarts of milk
• 7,935 quarts of ice cream
• 24,458 pounds of smoked fresh and chilled fish
• 500 pounds of caviar.
• 69 toasters could turn out 15,250 pieces of toast per hour