This was true during the age of sail. In modern warships, crew berthing distributed through the ship, almost always below the main deck.
Officer's Country is almost always on the main deck or above. The Captain's cabin and/or sea cabin is the closest to the bridge.
On my first ship, I had the rack (bed) closest to the center of buoyancy. This means it had the least movement while underway.
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On my first ship, I had the rack (bed) closest to the center of buoyancy. This means it had the least movement while underway.
Lucky you. I had the top bunk with an iron girder 6 inches above my head. Took about 2 times of having to wake up at 4 am and smacking my head on the girder to get the hang of it. Navy had a lot of funny terms, like ‘petty officer’, and ‘waves’ for the female enlisted. Their hat had a suggestive shape and they had a prop emblem on their hat, which is called a screw. Cleverly nasty folks those sailors.