Where Do You Sleep on a Navy Ship?

Take a look at where Sailors sleep and live onboard US Navy destroyers in this short excerpt from our longer documentary about life onboard destroyers!

[@Pressplaypolitics]

Small boy+Choppy seas= best sleep you can get

[@minh13101991]

Fact 😄

[@christinesommerfeld9815]

Hell no. Wake up for balls to 4 or balls to 6 watch with headache and sick stomach and everyone's boots and coveralls all over the compartment floor. FFG sailor here.

[@Cassie4486]

It's true! Even on a cruise ship, you have the best sleep with the gentle sway of the ship.

[@Vodaph0ne]

1:51-12:02 Ironically sailors on the Belfast used to say that sleeping in a hammock was such a gentle sleep as the ship would virtually rock you off to sleep

[@USNVA-yn6cp]

one rough nite of eating too many bean burritos and everyone suffers miserably

[@JusticeAlways]

Eating half dozen hard boiled eggs leads to complete privacy

[@skshade6805]

Dude, at the end of the video, had the luxury set up

[@charleslynch2938]

It's been about 50 years since I slept in a bunk if I did it now I last about 15 minutes before I have claustrophobia and had to get out of there! But somehow it was a comfortable home back in the day I guess you get used to anything if you have to

[@ricsroccharles]

Don’t leave your rack unlocked while your sleeping!

[@ivantorres1536]

Huge facts!!!

[@brettgordon78]

True, lotta horny rapists in the navy

[@EvelynZuniga52608]

Why

[@ricsroccharles]

I did that once and someone came along and lifted my rack while I was sleeping. They lift inboard, not from head to toe. If that makes sense. And there’s a prop rod that’s used to hold the surface panel that the mattress lays on. When the prop rod is holding the mattress up, your stuck in your rack until they or someone else lets the mattress back down. I hope all that makes sense. If not, maybe one day it will! Lol

[@charliedallachie3539]

@@ricsroccharlessounds like a great prank 😂😂

[@almoemason]

Where do you sleep on a Navy ship? On watch, of course.

[@JusticeAlways]

🤣

[@proudpatriot7353]

I had the top rack back in the 80s. Your right you have more wiggle room.

[@MokenaBob]

You got it so good today. USS Intrepid 1971-1974

[@anthonyferrara2222]

We never had curtains and never had breathing devices.

[@charliedallachie3539]

Looks so cozy

[@tylerk140]

Was thinking about Joining the Navy but idk this aint it

[@JusticeAlways]

Chicken of the sea? 😄

[@lotusthesayege7483]

As a Sailor, go Air Force. 😂😂these berthing racks ain’t it

[@_Access_Denied_101]

My berthing was under the jet shop on the Saratoga. You definitely had to adjust but once you did, it wasn’t too bad. I have tinnitus now but…

[@urosmarjanovic663]

*breathes heavily*

[@Ben-bg2lp]

Better than being homeless.

[@hannible1002]

Just!

[@StatesideHeathen]

I'll 2nd that.

[@JusticeAlways]

The food is great!

[@jonathancrosby2959]

It may be tight-spaced, but I'd be grateful just to have somewhere to sleep.

[@chelseafuller8412]

1:33 😂 I feel him. I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@Elwrt455]

I love this because I served in the Navy

[@John-qb3ss]

This looks like heaven I slept on streched canvas. 2 inch mattress aboard USS intrepid

[@tesdancem]

looks comfy but i imagine claustrophobic people will get anxious just by watching this

[@iamthechosenone10]

😳😳😳😳😳 yup !!! I'm tripping out lol i could never sleep in that

[@IvAleksandrov]

you get used to everything. and when you come tired after the shift, then even there you sleep like a baby

[@blackseptemba]

Me

[@tylerk140]

Thinking bout joining the Navy but idk. I thought every1 got their own room. I read you dont have to do sea duty but idk how true that is

[@MaXiMoS54]

I can just imagine snoring people and people getting up keeping me awake all night

[@hellacoorinna9995]

*reads title* ...wherever you're assigned, obviously.

[@briangulley6027]

Ask me again why I joined the AF.

[@riffraff9070]

Exactly

[@TheRealEric__1]

Chair Force?

[@juicyfruit4378]

@@TheRealEric__1 "in the navy" - Village People - nuff said.

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

Curious: do they assign people on the same watches the same rack room? Makes sense as you would want to avoid people coming and going at all hours of the watch

[@Bum-gh2zi]

No, Just the same work centers and or departments.

[@EDraus]

I had two racks 6 lockers, one locked void..USS RANGER AIMD.

[@heyjms1]

Lol back in the day we didn't have breathing apparatus issued. I remember the birthing units kept at a setting between artic and your balls just froze. Every unit that had TV & VCR featured 24/7 adult entertainment... which made no sense to me. You're stuck why torture yourself.

[@dianecenteno5275]

And yet we survived 😂

[@iamthechosenone10]

If someone farts its over lol

[@georgiaoutlaw4993]

Oh my God, especially when it looks like they’re six in a room or something that’ll be terrible

[@NRV0]

What if you're 6ft and over? I'm 6'3 and this seems like it'd be a nightmare for me.

[@carson3201]

I'm 6' 2". My feet graze the back and I got about 5 inches from the front to the top of my head. Height is about the length of your forearm

[@NRV0]

@@carson3201 Thanks for answering!

[@melindaivie2707]

Omg! Yall has 2 curtains and a safety strap... I had 1 curtain, I traded music it and no strap... top rack, heavy rolls and medicated, bad combination🤣

[@lowlychrismarks]

I’ll be honest I always slept well if I was on a ship, because the ocean did kind of rock you to sleep.

[@from-Texas]

MRI cabinet size

[@frankmaringola3188]

Try hotracking on a sub

[@georgiaoutlaw4993]

Oh my God, I can only imagine that’s worse I’m going to be sick in August and I see this is what I have to look forward to. It doesn’t bother me long as I’m not on the submarine I rather be above water than below

[@poemarnan5498]

No Thanks.

[@texasred3335]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@fireserg5812]

So basically they are preparing you for a casket lol its the same

[@TheGreenWolfss]

Can you have a body pillow and bring your own blanket?

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

I think you can yes

[@riffraff9070]

Whats the morning fart policy?

[@JusticeAlways]

All break loose...😄

[@Niko-qy2vt]

If you hot rack you need to get out the Navy ASAP

[@oldsalt7534]

Hot racking seems so unsanitary.

[@Kakkoii_ne]

in a bunk

[@thedoctor4231]

G on d b 😅❤

[@from-Texas]

Claustrophobic already

[@arshooter1]

size of a coffin

[@cristo.012]

Poreso nadie quiere servir en la Marina

[@jeffreyrichardson]

bz shipmates

[@hannible1002]

Fuck living like that! May as well be in the pen, man!

[@pierracrear-haskins1940]

Claustrophobia at its best OMG

[@veteranentrepreneur8429]

Rocha looks like the guy that never showers and stinks !

[@Ben-bg2lp]

This is why I never let anyone record me. Because then everyone has the right to make fun of my shitty looks! Rocha hasn't hurt anybody, but was stupid enough to go on camera!

[@augvoorde2]

I loved the smell of feet and dirty laundry bags . . . NOT!!!

[@legitdoctor8293]

Hard pass for me fam

[@mralbacore2]

Loved my rack, spent 5 years in it.