Did they still have the beam to beam urinals with everything sloshing back and forth port to starboard and back again?
Yep. The USS Rose was a troop carrier that was left over from WWII and it was a bucket of rust.
I can say that crossing the Atlantic from NY to Germany via the northern route is awful.
Below deck, nothing but sick soldiers and when you went topside for fresh air, the decks were a sheet ice covered puke with super cold winds and spraying water that froze to your clothes while you were trying to smoke an unfiltered Camel.
We did get to buy the Camels for 90 cents a CARTON from the PX facilities.
The gummint was giving it's soldiers lung cancer at a reduced, subsidized price:)