The amount of noise inside a U-Boat.

Hamppupalaa · 09-24-16, 08:31 AM

I was wondering that how loud was it inside a U-Boat. Since the diesels are running 24/7 wouldn't it be awfully noisy inside?

And how easily could you sleep in all of that

Aktungbby · 09-24-16, 09:09 AM

VERY loud! I lived almost three years on a sleeper-team eighteen- wheeler in a cabover Freightliner, with 290 Cummins diesel engine directly under the mattress(doubles as the insulation-sound barrier) in the '70's...you can easily sleep through anything! Engine on for heat in winter; AC in sweltering summer 24/7! It's wondering if your novice codriver can stay awake behind the wheel while you're napping that worries your lead-driver ass the most!!

On smooth 3 day coast-to-coast trek, it's 4hr on, 4hr in the bunk, carefully noted to keep the logsheets legit. Talk about 'hot-bunking' here!

Hamppupalaa · 09-24-16, 12:26 PM

Wow, sounds pretty horrible.

My dad was a truck driver for 20 years but he didn't have to sleep while the engine was running cos he was driving alone

UKönig · 09-25-16, 11:23 PM

Never underestimate the power of exhaustion and fatigue (to say nothing of oxygen deprivation or carbon monoxide poisoning) in helping people fall asleep in almost any condition...

Hambone307 · 09-26-16, 02:50 PM

Coming from a medical background, I would be more than interested to know if there are any reports on the health of the sailors who served on those boats out floating around somewhere. Combination of noise and exposure to different chemicals would make an interesting topic.

Sailor Steve · 09-26-16, 02:57 PM

I'm not sure how much noise-dampening is obtained by the hatch between the aft crew quarters and the engine room, but the crew sleeping in the torpedo room and the officer and PO bunks are more than 150 feet from the engines, so that might help.

Aktungbby · 09-26-16, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hambone307

Coming from a medical background, I would be more than interested to know if there are any reports on the health of the sailors who served on those boats out floating around somewhere. Combination of noise and exposure to different chemicals would make an interesting topic.

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/p006362.pdf I had noted that seval WWI U boat skippers died early on from inhaling diesel fumes.

Hambone307 · 09-26-16, 04:14 PM

Awesome! Thank you for the link!!!

09-24-16, 08:31 AM	#1
Hamppupalaa Seaman Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Jyväskylä Finland Posts: 37 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	The amount of noise inside a U-Boat. I was wondering that how loud was it inside a U-Boat. Since the diesels are running 24/7 wouldn't it be awfully noisy inside? And how easily could you sleep in all of that

09-24-16, 09:09 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,000 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	It's the co drivers that can kill you not the noise! VERY loud! I lived almost three years on a sleeper-team eighteen- wheeler in a cabover Freightliner, with 290 Cummins diesel engine directly under the mattress(doubles as the insulation-sound barrier) in the '70's...you can easily sleep through anything! Engine on for heat in winter; AC in sweltering summer 24/7! It's wondering if your novice codriver can stay awake behind the wheel while you're napping that worries your lead-driver ass the most!! On smooth 3 day coast-to-coast trek, it's 4hr on, 4hr in the bunk, carefully noted to keep the logsheets legit. Talk about 'hot-bunking' here! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-25-16, 11:23 PM	#4
UKönig Captain Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 495 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Never underestimate the power of exhaustion and fatigue (to say nothing of oxygen deprivation or carbon monoxide poisoning) in helping people fall asleep in almost any condition... __________________ Because I'm the captain, that's why!

09-26-16, 02:50 PM	#5
Hambone307 Planesman Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 188 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Coming from a medical background, I would be more than interested to know if there are any reports on the health of the sailors who served on those boats out floating around somewhere. Combination of noise and exposure to different chemicals would make an interesting topic. __________________ ____ I can't tell if I have found a rope or lost my horse.

09-26-16, 02:57 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm not sure how much noise-dampening is obtained by the hatch between the aft crew quarters and the engine room, but the crew sleeping in the torpedo room and the officer and PO bunks are more than 150 feet from the engines, so that might help. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-24-16, 12:26 PM	#3
Hamppupalaa Seaman Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Jyväskylä Finland Posts: 37 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Wow, sounds pretty horrible. My dad was a truck driver for 20 years but he didn't have to sleep while the engine was running cos he was driving alone

09-26-16, 04:14 PM	#8
Hambone307 Planesman Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 188 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Awesome! Thank you for the link!!! __________________ ____ I can't tell if I have found a rope or lost my horse.