Cabin (ship)

The captain or commanding officer would occupy the "great cabin" that normally spanned the width of the stern and had large windows.

Thus, when likely to be called from sleep or attending to administration, the commanding officer can go to the sea cabin and thereby be able to appear at the bridge or operations room immediately.

On missions lasting a year or longer, the cabins have to be self-sustaining, i.e. replenish their own water and oxygen.

The space cabin for any long-range crewed mission is expected to be reasonably spacious, with approximately 28 cubic metres allotted to each occupant.

In the late 1960s, several experimental ground facilities were developed to evaluate regenerative life support systems for crewed space flight.

Interior of the great cabin of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa .
Great cabin on the Grand Turk , a replica of a three-masted English 18th century-frigate.
Commanding officer’s in-port cabin aboard the American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) .
Bunks on the French aircraft carrier Clemenceau .