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Do you good people happen to know how many crew cabins does a nimitz class carrier have? And how large are they? (square meters overall, ceiling height) How many sailors/air crew are housed per cabin, on average?
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This pic is the standard room for sailors onboard British Type 45 destroyer. CVF rooms are said to be planned of same standard. How would you compare the comfort level, luxury, overall space space to the nimitz accomodation?
The USN does not have such luxurious accommodations for it's enlisted men. Even the most senior ones. The RN an many other navies have the USN beat as far as berthing accommodations are concerned.
As originally designed Nimitz class CVNs have berthing for 5,700 sailors. Officer & enlisted.
On a Nimitz class lower enlisted men(E-6 and below) are berthed in compartments ranging in size from 18 racks(bunks) to 220 racks. As you can read the size varies greatly.
E-7 to E-9 (Chief petty officers) accomidations are some what smaller housing 6 to 12 CPO's.
Junior officers accommodations are similar to the ones on the RN Type45 DDGs.
Senior officers have a state room all to themselves. Captains and Admirals have very fine staterooms.
The ceilings(overhead) on USN ships are right about 12' feet (3.6m) high. You have to remember that there are all sorts of pipes, vents and wiring located in that overhead.
Go to the US military photo thread for an inside view of a Nimitz class. Page 31 is a good place to start.
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-military-pictures/us-military-pictures-thread-31-1975.html
Accommodations on a Nimitz class are fine. Nimitz class ships have gyms, stores,barber shops, library, chapel and other ementites for the entire crew.
I spent 7 months on the Nimitz in 1991.