[Doofer]

They sealed off all the berthing rooms, essentially trapping the sailors because they thought no one was in any of the rooms to avoid sinking the ship.

I was in the Navy for 21 years and I call total BS on that one. There's always some sleeping in the berthing spaces. Day or night!

[GailA]

And how many rotations they are in use is dependent on how the duty hours set are they not? So up to 3 people could use the same berth technically. I’ve seen up to 3 racks of berths stacked up when we toured ships turned into museums. Even Chiefs ‘share’ quarters in duty rotation. Per Ret. SCPO hubby. Course lots of changes since he retired. And his major duties were Flight Opps.

[cva66snipe]

I was in the Navy for 21 years and I call total BS on that one. There's always some sleeping in the berthing spaces. Day or night!

True but when the Zebra order comes down that's it the hatches get closed. My GQ station used to be inside an inescapable compartment. I was in an equipment room under the Photo Lab that supplied supplemental cooling. The hatch did not have a scuttle in the middle to exit. Once it was shut and dogged that was it.

[Pollster1]

I was in the Navy for 21 years and I call total BS on that one. There's always some sleeping in the berthing spaces. Day or night!

Except during drills or real emergencies. They may have sealed the berthing compartments after sounding the alarm, when everyone should have been up. It still doesn't make sense to say they were trapped, not when the doors can be opened from either side, except that the sailors still inside may have been injured and unable to move on their own.

[lepton]

First that sentence is mangled.

Second, what’s the procedure after alarms and evacuation?

[lepton]

First that referenced sentence is mangled.

Second, what’s the procedure after alarms and evacuation?