American battleship design placed more emphasis on crew comfort after the Great White Fleet returned. Accommodation through much of the interwar period receives praise for its spaciousness compared with other navies. The January 2021 assessment is less favorable toward contemporary American ships. Enthusiasm for the accommodation planned in the new Constellation-class frigates is treated as evidence that expectations had fallen behind those elsewhere. This is a comparative judgment about habitability, without measurements of individual accommodation spaces.
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How American crew accommodation compared across generations
Early American attention to spacious crew accommodation contrasts with a critical assessment of contemporary standards in 2021.