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I don't know if there is a limit today, but I know that I never met anyone taller than me serving onboard a sub while I was in the Navy. I ended up with the nickname "Lurch".
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We had a missile tech (MT2) who was 6'7". He was the tallest guy on the boat. He actually developed cervical vertibrae problems since he stood missile compartment roving watch and had to walk with his chin on his chest most of every watch. They gave him a chance to move to skimmers, but he stayed in the boats. Once he made MT1 he got to park his bohunkus in the soft chair at Launcher. Problem solved.
There were valves and assorted hardware all over the place that moderately tall (I'm 6'3") guys could brain themselves upon. You just learned to avoid them; after awhile it became unconcious. I do recall our DCA (about 6 feet) one time was talking to somebody and forgot to duck underneath a high-velocity A/C output vent. The cold air hit him square in the contact lens, froze/dried it to his eyeball. The corpsman had to use saline and a deft touch to get it unstuck.