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When I served on a Sturgeon (ssn680 nuclear fast attack, they
are all gone now) no one had to hot bunk. Sometimes but only
when we had extra people on board a few people would have to
sleep on top of torpedos. I visited a ww2 boat and they are
actually more roomy inside because they have considerabily less
equipment than a modern day nuke boat.

You would certainly know more than me. All I can say is that is is
TOUGH for me to get around being I'm 6'4" and those watertight
doors are pretty damn small as are the bunks! And, as I recall, a
number of sailors had to sleep on top the torpedos of the WWII
subs.

When this sub came into Kings Bay for supplies, I got lucky
and got a tour of it. Real impressive and it's a lot bigger
that it looks.

Really?! Sounds great. I've toured a number of WWII fleet subs,
including one that was docked on the Detroit River still
commisioned when I was a boy but I've never been fortunate
enough to tour a nuclear sub of any kind. I imagine that while
they're still cramped they're nothing like the little tin cans
110 or so officers and men went to see in during the war. And,
there's only a couple of heads for all those guys and they had
to hot-bunk!

Still "Hot Bunking" and I don't remember how many heads they
had. The new crew members have the privilege of sleeping on
top of the torpedoes. But at least they can shower everyday.
Which is nice, because it's 3 months out to sea (that's about
all of the food that they can carry) and rarely surface. I also
got to tour a "Boomer" at the same time. That's a lot bigger
sub. And it NEVER surfaces once out to sea. Never had a
chance to get on a WWII sub, but I can imagine how small
they are.


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HP, aka Jerry

"And, that's all I'm going to say about that" - Forrest Gump