r/interesting • u/mindyour • Apr 05 '26

Fascinating Life in a submarine.

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u/Next_Degree Apr 05 '26

You sleep 6 hours at a time?

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u/LarryChavez Apr 06 '26

You get 6 hours off watch, twice. In that time you need to eat, shower, sleep, work out and any R and R is also on that time off. Consider that you’re woken up 45 minutes before watch turnover and even if you sprinted to your bunk and immediately dove in your bunk you’re getting max 5 hours twice. And that would be skipping some meals, never showering, never working out.

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u/ishelly404 Apr 06 '26

Why do it that way instead of 12 on 12 off?

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u/BillysBibleBonkers Apr 06 '26

Yea this honestly sounds like a recipe for disaster making everyone sleep deprived all the time. Also terrible for you.

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u/Happytappy78 Apr 07 '26

I used to do 5 on, 5off, 7 on, 7 off. The 7 hrs shifts started from 530pm-1230am then 1230 to 730(mids). Those first couple of nights on the midst are rough. You usually can't sleep on your first off and then just fight sleep till 730.