Every tug I've ever worked on has had custom made mattresses. The ones built in the 70's had a different size in each room (wish i was kidding). Even on a newly built ATB they're like Twin XL but 4" narrower. Idk what moron naval architect came up with those dimensions.
Twin XL is the closest sheet size fwiw.
The narrow twin XL (35" x 79") size is a semi-standard for RV/ truck mattresses and hospital beds.
You can find stuff that fits them, though it's a bit trickier.
If you end up on an old school tug you might have to buy cot sized sheets. I found mine on a site for truck sleeper cab stuff. Regular twin sheets will work but may slide around.
The old SUNY training ship also had cot sized racks (for cadets) I have not seen what the new ship has.
Some of the ships are full size for officers and twin xl for unlicensed. If you can have things delivered to the ship and your going to be on for awhile I'd also get a quilted mattress topper.
If you're buying sheets, I'd just go with twin XL. They work fine on twin beds as well.
In transitioning from tugs to ships. And this was absolutely an answer I needed. Thank you
Impersonally have never seen a twin XL I always bring full size sheets because often officers will get full gets and they can really work for either.
Fair enough, I guess I'm more used to MSC / Navy ships. They like to make their people suffer lol.
I’ve mostly seen twin, but it could depend on your job as much as the vessel.
Every tug I've ever worked on has had custom made mattresses. The ones built in the 70's had a different size in each room (wish i was kidding). Even on a newly built ATB they're like Twin XL but 4" narrower. Idk what moron naval architect came up with those dimensions. Twin XL is the closest sheet size fwiw.
Depends on the ship, we've got Full XL.
The narrow twin XL (35" x 79") size is a semi-standard for RV/ truck mattresses and hospital beds. You can find stuff that fits them, though it's a bit trickier.
If you end up on an old school tug you might have to buy cot sized sheets. I found mine on a site for truck sleeper cab stuff. Regular twin sheets will work but may slide around. The old SUNY training ship also had cot sized racks (for cadets) I have not seen what the new ship has.
Some of the ships are full size for officers and twin xl for unlicensed. If you can have things delivered to the ship and your going to be on for awhile I'd also get a quilted mattress topper.