I slept beneath the catapult stops on an aircraft carrier. Whenever they launched an aircraft the catapult would slam against the stops so it sounded like someone was slamming a pallet on the floor above you. I could go to sleep between launches and never hear them.
I made a play for a stateroom on the 02 level to get away from the chain dropping guy. Ended up with a weapons elevator as a neighbor. Totally sucked.
I was on WWII subs in 1951. My bunk was situated so that the lower half of my body was alongside the bowplane motor. A couple of times the guys on the bowplanes in the control room would run them down to the stops. A loud THWOCK! and a bright flash would follow. More than got my attention.