I’m a zoomie. I have no idea.
No comment about that.
Oh yes, sea-riders who are often taken to interesting places to do unusual things in subs also get to sleep in the torpedo room. Usually on top of a Mk48. Half a ton of otto fuel, plus the (less explosive) warhead.
If anything goes wrong, you have the consolation that you won’t feel a thing.
The worst thing about diesel boats is that it takes ages getting the smell out of your hair after a 3 month patrol.
At least we here in Australia have female submariners now, so it’s not just the female civilian “specialists” on board any more. The new subs have facilities the old ones lacked.
There is no substitute when you’re designing equipment that brave men’s lives will depend upon, for actually being there on patrols, asking questions and making observations. Listening to the people who will use the kit, rather than chairbound warriors.
(In memoriam to my opposite numbers who died on the Kursk)