What do the inside of Navy ships look Like?

Question

Whats life like on them?
Hows the rooms?
Windows?
Comfortable?

Answer 1

daily shipboard life underway is long..like 20 hour days long.

berthing is open ..one big huge room with Racks stacked 3-5 high. the only privacy is curtains on your rack. you get a small locket that can be locked to stash your stuff.

Windows.. yeah.. On the Bridge and maybe the Captains cabin. otherwise..nope.

Comfy? not so much. your workspace is eithger too hot or too cold.. they keep it optimum for the equipment, not the people actually using said equipment. Berthing ..you will have 30 roomates..or more.

Answer 2

Ship life is something you get used to. The inside of the ship is really nothing. Looks like the outside.

If you are an officer, the rooms are not nicer, but they don't pack as many into a small space. The berthing area, where you sleep is fairly tight. Racks are usually 3 or 4 high, with the bottom one almost at floor level, and the top one you have to climb to get into. The mattress is about, oh, 2 inches thick. If you prefer a hard mattress, it won't be bad. We called them coffin racks, cause they would open, and you stored most of your stuff in there.

Life is pretty much 24/7 on ship, as people are always working. There are three meals a day, and mid-rats. Generally, that is left over dinner late in the evening for those who work the graveyard shift.

Windows? Oh, you mean portholes, well they are few and far between. Navy ships practice light discipline at night. That means no uneccesary light comes out of the ship at night.

Life isn't bad, you just have to get used to it. After a few days, you develope your sea legs, and can walk normal even while the ship is rocking. You are woken up every morning to the "beautiful" sound of a whistle. Reville, Reville, heave out and trice(or whatever the guy always said) up. Breakfast for the crew. Throughout the day you will get used to commands coming over the loudspeaker. "sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms, give the ship a good sweep down fore and aft...." I was on an LHA, looks like a carrier, but smaller, and only helos and harriers were on board. "Flight quarters, flight quarters, the ship is in flight quarters...." After a while, you don't even listen to them anymore.

I enjoyed ship life. Not necessarily being on the ship, but seeing all the different places I got to go. I don't know if they still do the Shellback Induction or not, as some said it was hazing. You get it when crossing the equator. We did it on our way to Australia. I went to Russia, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Surabaya, Bali, Tinian, Singapore, Phillipines, Guam, Australia, Okinawa, Mainland Japan, and Korea.

There isn't any TV on ship, but they play movies each evening, or they did on the one I was on. But, after 6 months, you start seeing reruns. We did get the superbowl though, live. Of course it was at 4 in the morning, but we all got up and watched it. It was the year Green Bay lost to the Broncos.

The food is good enough. It was better than the chow hall at least.

Some people like it, some do not. Only one way to find out.

Answer 3

The compartments where the men/women live are not spacious. The racks are stacked anywhere from 3 - 5 high. The clothing is stored mainly inside the bunk frame with the mattress and base lifting to access the things stored inside. There are small,narrow lockers to hang uniforms. If there are windows (called port holes) they are few and far between (the newer ships have none). Comfort is in the eye of the beholder. Compared to our U.S. Marine brothers and sisters, sailors live in 5 star hotels. Most passageways are narrow requiring two people meeting as they traverse the ship to move to one side. There are cable runs in the overhead, 'knee knockers' at different places in the passge way (knee knockers are named for obvious reasons), water tight hatches which must be closed behind you. The heads have very narrow stalls, small sinks with auto release taps for the better part, small showers with shower hoses that must have the button pressed down to get water out. NO constant running water. Revellie is at 6 a.m. and muster is at 7 a.m. Watches in various places are stood in 4 hour shifts. On some ships while at sea, working hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or longer (and the 'night check' is from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. or longer), 7 days a week. Some civilians think this is terrible, but it takes special people to live and work in such close quarters. Special people who have sacrificed time at home with their families and often giving their lives that have made this country the great nation it is today. If you haven't lived it, you really wouldn't understand. Try it, you might like it.
USN/Retired 1965-1985

Answer 4

I have no idea what the life in Navy ships, though I have to say it's not a luxury cruise, they are war ships so you have to expect that they lean more to the art of war than to creature comforts.
Though I know that most of our ships won't kill you with really bad discomfort like other ships, as it would bring down moral (and recruitment numbers).
Most are cramped(ish) and the rooms are not spacious. I don't think most have windows below the deck (to try to prevent maximum flooding if hit, less holes already, the better). And I guess the comforts aren't that bad. I really haven't heard any one from the navy complain, should talk to someone in the Navy who had been deployed.

Answer 5

Same color as the outside but artificially lit. They are close, cramped, and windows are few. They are on the "un" side of comfortable. Depending on location, they can be very hot or very cold. But sailors are a tough bunch. Just think how it would be on a submarine that stays submerged for a month or more!

Answer 6

Havent you ever seen the movie titanic? Its just like that. Oh Sorry, Completely opposite. Let see if your asleep dont wake up too fast or youll bang your head on the top bunk. And even if your on top youll still bang your head. its Not comfortable. But the Military isnt. If you want comfortable join the Air Force.

Answer 7

Glad you asked that. We've got a picture at our website www.navyrackpacks.com. This shows a product my submariner husband and I invented to make life on ships and subs more palatable. We've been doing this about three years since the day Ed asked me to make his sleeping space more habitable _reduce light shining in his eyes, increase storage, keep things from rolling around. Nearly every person who saw the design bought one, we tweaked it, perfected it, and now we're on ships and subs from Guam and Japan to Scotland and the Persian Gulf. (and lots of places in between)

Answer 8

Like the outside. Steel and grey. Noisy. Usually you're packed like sardines in bays. Windows? Few and far between unless you're on the bridge. Comfortable? It's what you make of it. I thought being on a ship was OK. Like I mentioned, it's all what you make of it.