Depending, smaller the ship the better the chow from what I have seen. Hamburgers were ALWAYS available on the forward mess deck, main galley... they would ruin a steak by country frying it (breaded), fish, mystery meat, fried yardbird, turkey loaf and once in a blue moon lobster.. Breakfast ALWAYS had fried canned bacon, grits, Sausage usually FRESH whole milk for the first 2 weeks, powdered milk and eggs thereafter, bug juice and always GOOD coffee. This was 50 years ago mind you.
My 3 days hitching a ride on a DLG.... they ate like kings. Complement being 5500 Vs less than 400 swinging dicks.