The amount of noise inside a U-Boat.

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!!!

09-26-16, 02:50 PM	#1
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	#2
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

09-26-16, 04:14 PM	#4
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.